SADIE

Hello, Sadie here. Found the package yet? No? Well this is going to get a lot more interesting. Carter and I were in Manhattan, and I know, Uncle Amos said for us to stay away from there but as you know, I don't follow orders that well.

[Shut up Carter! You know it's true!]

'This is bad,' Cater said, looking over his shoulder, as if some monster would come out and slice him to shreds. 'Uncle Amos said for us to stay away from Manhattan.'

'Come on Carter, lighten up, there's a skyscraper I want to see.' I said, everybody was talking about the Empire State Building and I knew absolutely nothing about it.

[Shut up Cater, I do know things!]

Anyway, I shouldered my bag which had my magic kit and I ran towards the skyscraper, leaving Carter behind me.

As I ran toward the skyscraper, I heard Carter calling my name but I realized a little too late to why he was calling, I ploughed straight into some guy.

'Oh my God! I'm so sorry!' I apologized as I helped the guy up. The guy was about 16, with long black shaggy hair and electric blue eyes. But what made the guy suspicious was the thick scar running down his cheek, all the way to the bottom of his jawbone.

The guy smiled and the scar on his face rippled. 'It's okay, it's not like I expected a random girl to knock me down.' He said; dusting himself off and the girl behind him just rolled her eyes. The girl must have been the guy's sister because they looked almost alike; the girl looked about 15, with a silver tiara on top of her short black spiky hair and dark eyeliner around her electric blue eyes.

Carter ran up towards us, catching his breath. 'Sorry! My sister is just very clumsy!' I glared at him.

The guy looked at me then Carter. 'You're related?' He asked. Now, a couple of months ago, I wouldn't have cared that much about that, but Carter and I had been through a lot together, the Red Pyramid, Dad turning into the god Osiris, going though the Duat. Now, when anyone asked, I would have to resist the urge to punch their lights out.

'I take after my Mum.' I said through gritted teeth. 'My brother takes after my Dad.'

'Where are your parents?' The second girl asked. She had long curly blonde hair and startling grey eyes.

'Our parents are dead.' It was the usual response, it wasn't a lie and it wasn't the whole truth.

CARTER

[Stop hogging the mic Sadie. What do you mean you haven't said the best bit? You just said it!]

Anyway, as Sadie went on explaining things to the group of teenagers, they had a few questions of their own.

'What brings you to Manhattan?' The guy with the scar asked.

'So you are just going to ask us questions without us knowing who you are?' Sadie asked.

The guy smiled. He looked like he was fun to be around with, with his sarcastic smile and mischievous glint in his eye, he could class as one of the troublemakers in school.

'I'm Ryan,' the guy said, putting out his hand. 'This is my sister Thalia,' He gestured towards the Goth girl. 'And this is Percy and Annabeth.'

I shook his hand. 'I'm Carter, and this is Sadie. We're here because Sadie wanted to see the Empire State Building, you?'

'We're seeing parents.' Thalia said.

'Your parents live in the Empire State Building?' Sadie asked.

'You could say that,' Annabeth said. 'We also just finished school so we thought that we should talk with them before we go to Camp.'

'Camp?' I asked. But Annabeth ignored the question. 'What about you, if you don't have parents, who do you live with?'

'We live with our uncle in Brooklyn.' Sadie said. 'He has this huge mansion with a –'

'Sadie,' I said. 'Shut up.' Ryan snickered and Thalia whacked him on the arm, it looked like they did this a lot because Percy and Annabeth just smiled. I then heard something that my the hairs on my arms stand on end, a low growling sound that coming from behind me. Then from out of the shadows a huge black hound came face to face with us.

'Aw, come on!' Ryan yelled. 'I would like to have one day without any monsters and any fighting!'

I didn't know what he meant but he put his hand in his pocket and took out one of those push-pencils.

'What are you going to do with that?' Sadie yelled. 'Poke it to death? Kill it!' Ryan pushed the button and the pencil grew in his hand until he was holding a metre long bronze sword. I looked around to see that Thalia, Annabeth and Percy all had similar weapons; Percy had a sword like Ryan's, Annabeth had a bronze knife and Thalia had a silver arrow notched in a bow. The monster had its red eyes fixed on Sadie. I took a step towards my sister.

RYAN

One Hellhound can ruin your day. I had just met two kids who could possibly be demigods and a Hellhound decides this is a great day to go hunting for demigods. The Hellhound had its eyes on Sadie and Carter. I looked at Annabeth. 'You have any ideas, Wise Girl?'

Annabeth glared at me but she shook her head. 'How was I supposed to know a Hellhound was going to come here?'

'So in other words you don't know what to do.'

'Guys,' Sadie said, trying not to make any sudden movements. 'If you don't mind, we are going to die!'

Then, something weird happened, Carter grabbed the air in front of him and his hand disappeared. When he got his hand out again, he was holding a curved sword. I looked over to Sadie, who was going through her bag and she brought out something that looked like a boomerang.

'Ha – di!' Sadie yelled, and the ground beneath the Hellhound exploded. I took this as an opportunity to use some of my Big Three powers; I channelled all my powers to Slashbolt and a bolt of lightning shot out of Slashbolt and the Hellhound exploded into gold dust.

'W-Who are you people?' Sadie stuttered, pointing to each of us in turn. I looked at Annabeth, looking for an answer, she nodded.

'Come on, let's talk inside.'

SADIE

Hello, Sadie again. Where were we? Oh yeah, a big black hound attacked us and then Ryan killed it by shooting lightning. Anyway, Ryan led us into the lobby of the Empire State Building and him and Thalia seemed to be having a serious conversation outside. I couldn't hear them but I could read their lips.

Ryan: But a Hellhound hasn't attacked in months, even our luck isn't that bad!

I wondered what Ryan meant by Hellhound, I sounded like something from one of those Greek myths.

Thalia: Well a Hellhound was bound to attack us, I mean three children of the Big Three and a well experienced child of Athena; it would be weird if it didn't attack us.

Ryan: But the Hellhound wasn't going for us, it was going for Sadie and Carter!

That sent a chill down my spine, the monster wasn't going for Ryan, Thalia, Percy or Annabeth, it was going for me and Carter. Thalia and Ryan came in and Ryan asked for me and Carter to sit down.

'How much do you know about Greek mythology?' Ryan asked. Carter and I shook our heads; we knew lots about Egyptian mythology but Greek mythology forget it.

'Well how about the gods, how much do you know about them?'

'You mean like Zeus, Poseidon and Athena? Those gods?' Carter asked. The teenagers nodded.

'Well, the Greek gods are still alive and they come down to earth and have kids.' Annabeth explained and thunder rumbled overhead. 'Those kids are called Demigods or Half-Bloods.'

'And you're Demigods?'I asked. They nodded. I heard Uncle Amos' voice in my head. 'Manhattan has different problems, different gods.' Then everything made sense to me, the monster, and the teenagers going to see their parents, their parents were one of the Olympians.

'So, who are your godly parents?' I asked.

Ryan and Thalia came forward. 'Our Dad is Zeus, god of the sky, king of the gods, Percy's Dad is Poseidon, god of the seas and Annabeth's Mom is Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle. What about you? You two are not normal, are you?'

Me and Carter exchanged looked, Carter nodded. 'We're the hosts of Egyptian gods.'

The teenagers looked at us with shock; Annabeth had gone pale, as if she was about throw up, Percy, Ryan and Thalia were too shocked to say anything. Then the security guy at the front desk called Ryan, he turned around and said, 'Yes?'

'Zeus wants to see you.' Ryan went to the desk and took a key card from the security guy and led us into the elevator.

When we got inside Ryan put the key card into the slot and a mew button appeared, the Greek Omega. Ryan pushed the button and the elevator started to go up. Katrina and the Waves played,'Walking on Sunshine'

Ryan turned to face Percy. 'Did you mention to the gods to change the elevator music after the war?' He asked.

Percy shrugged. 'I only realised when I got into the elevator.'

Annabeth shook her head and chuckled. 'Seaweed Brain.' I noticed that Annabeth and Percy were holding hands.

'How long have you two been together?' I asked them. They started to blush.

'Since Percy's birthday.' Ryan answered for them. 'Even though their parents hate them going out.'

'My Dad is perfectly fine with it.' Percy said, turning to Annabeth. 'It's just your Mom we need to convince.'

'She's getting better.' Annabeth admitted. 'She's not calling you 'devil spawn' anymore.'

'Anyway,' Thalia said, glaring at the two. 'Here's our floor.'