Chapter one

Percy

I had seen and done some weird stuff, like a Pegasus landing on my stepdads car, I had held up the sky, made dam jokes and even named a Ophiotaurus Bessie.

But for some reason, when I saw the girl floating in the lake that was weird.

It all started on a Friday. I had finished my 70th search for my girlfriend Annabeth. She had been missing for what, eight months now? I was tired, angry and hungry.

So, I did what I would normally do, go to the canoe lake and swim around, being a son of Poseidon and all that, it was relaxing for me. I grabbed a sandwich and set out to the canoe lake. I dropped my sandwich on the soft sand and casually walked into the water. I dunked my head down. The cool water was refreshing as it rolled over my aching body.

I thought about the last time he had spent with Annabeth, we went down to the canoe lake and had a picnic. I set out a nice blanket and tried my best to make some delicious food (aka chicken and tomato sandwiches) and took a guitar lesson from Will Solace. Annabeth loved it, I could tell. I loved it as well, we munched on some sandwiches and looked at the dazzling sunset shining down on us.

After Annabeth went to her cabin and I went to mine, and the next morning, she was gone. Her cabin mates were puzzled. She couldn't have gotten past the Harpies otherwise they would've shredded her to pieces. Plus sh would never do that, Annabeth loves Camp Half Blood. Nothing could've taken her because a dragon protects the camps borders. We were all confused.

And I've been looking for her ever since.

I opened my eyes again and saw a figure drifting in the water. I shrugged probably a wild hippocampus or something. But then I saw something, something strange. Was that a cape? I squinted and swam towards the figure, I kicked upwards and my head emerged out of the water. I grabbed the figure and looked down. It was a girl. About what 15 or 16? She had a dark hair tied in a braid by her side, her eyes were closed and she wore a purple shirt with golden letters spelling out SPQR, over that, she wore golden armor and a red cape. A golden sword lay by her side on a belt and a silver dagger.

Panicked, I swam back to shore and rested the girl on the beach. I focused with all my might and concentrated in the water blocked in her lungs. Suddenly she began to cough and sputter, she gasped and her eyes fluttered open. She had eyes dark as obsidian. She stared at me and scrambled on her feet, her posture perfect and regal, confident as if nothing could knock her down. Her eyes were sharp and limbs tense. Ready to defend herself from an attack.

"Hey." I said. The girl looked uneasily at me before answering.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Percy, what's your name?"

"I-I don't know." The girl said, she held her head as if it hurt and then fainted.