Disclaimer: I do not own PJO or HOO. Katrina and Ian are my OCs. This applies for all chapters

Annabeth POV

It was a calm day. Percy and I found a Greek restaurant a while back, and want to see how authentic it was. Chiron let us go, but he gave us about two million warnings about anything that could go wrong. We had to swear on the River Styx that we wouldn't die.

When we got there, it was raining, but only a little bit. We sat outside under an umbrella, but the wind blew a bit, so Percy should've gotten rain all over him, but being son of the sea god and all, he didn't get wet. He still had to wear a poncho so no one would be wondering how in the world is that boy not wet? But for me, I had to wear one so I wouldn't get soaked.

While we were waiting for the food, Percy took my hand and held it as if it was a million dollar jewel. We smiled at each other.

"This is actually a pretty nice day," Percy said.

"Yeah, it really is," I said. I was being serious. It was summer, and the day was pretty warm, but the rain cooled me down. I looked into his sea green eyes and his tousled black hair. The green poncho he was wearing made his eyes look striking. I scooted my chair so that we sat next to each other, looking out at the streets and the people walking. When our food came, Percy and I made up a game to see how many people were either talking on cell phones or looked like they were talking to no body but were really talking to Bluetooth's. When we finished eating and set down the money, I had counted 40 cell phones and Percy counted 35 Bluetooth's.

I saw a girl about our age walking quickly, continuously looking over her shoulder. I pointed her out to Percy, wondering what was wrong. When we looked closer, she looked super scared. The girl looked behind her again, and she froze. Before I could ask Percy if he was seeing what I was seeing, she ran into a dark alley. I stared at where the girl had just been. Within 2 seconds, I saw a lady in a leather jacket stand in the exact same spot and looked around. Percy gasped. Her eyes fell on the alley where the girl had just run into and slowly walked into it.

"That was Mrs. Dodds!" Percy said.

I looked at Percy, and I knew right away that he was thinking the same thing I was. We got up and ran toward the alley. When we entered the alley, we saw Mrs. Dodds, with her back to us, shaking the girl violently, screaming at her to say where the camp was. When the girl started crying and shaking her head, Mrs. Dodds shoved her and she fell, hitting her head on the concrete. With her back still to us, her arms grew into long, leathery bat wings, her fingers and feet turned into claws. Her face transformed into a hollow skull with only the thinnest layer of skin, with eyes that glowed orange-red and yellow fangs. She had turned into a Fury.

I looked at Percy, who looked at me with a mischievous hint in his eyes. "Let's go get 'er," he said.

I pulled out my dagger while Percy uncapped his magic pen, Riptide, that transformed into a sword. Then the Fury flapped her wings and was about to dive for the girl when Percy shouted, "HEY!" It must have really scared her, because her wings kind of spazzed out, causing her to fall onto a metal garbage can. I heard a loud crack, then the Fury screeched and rolled off the can, but was unable to get up after trying to pull her feet beneath her. I figured her back was broken.

At that happy thought, Percy and I ran forward and stabbed her. She exploded into powder with a scream. That all happened within about 30 seconds. But before I could even think about that, Percy and I ran over to the girl, who was groggily trying to sit up.

"Ugh… What happened?" she asked.

"You were attacked, but you're safe now," Percy said reassuringly.

"Why don't you tell us your name," I insisted.

The girl groaned and rubbed her head. "I'm Katrina." Then she groaned really loudly and fell against Percy, her whole body extremely tense. Percy looked surprised, but gave me a look that said it's okay. As Katrina began to cry, Percy put his arms around her, quietly telling her it would be okay.

We sat like that for about 20 minutes when Katrina fell asleep. About 10 seconds later, Blackjack, Percy's Pegasus, flew down next to us. I don't know what Percy and Blackjack were saying to each other (Percy can talk to horses since his father, Poseidon, helped create the horse), but the Pegasus eventually whinnied happily and allowed me and Percy to lift Katrina onto his back. Then Percy got on in front of Katrina while I sat behind her.

"I promised him I'd find him the juiciest red apples I could find when we get back, plus a dozen donuts," Percy told me, laughing. Then we were soaring above Manhattan, flying back to Camp Half-Blood.