Ha ha! another Mediator crossover! I'm just brilliant, huh? for those of you reading my other story, no worries, it shall continue to get regular updates. and ,hopefully, the chapter of this story won't have so much cliffhangerness. Oh, and if you want to suggest a crossover for me to do, them got to my page to see all the different books and stuff that I'll write stories on then pm me with your idea. enjoy! just so you know, this is like in the pre- war-with-the-titans era and the beginning of Haunted.

Disclaimer: me no ownee Percy and Suze

Annabeth, Grover and I walked walked across camp grounds to the Big House. Chiron had sent for us, apparantly he had urgent news- sounded pretty scary, really. As we arrived, I opened the door nervously.

Chiron smiled," Oh, good, you're here."

None of us said anything, and he grew suddenly serious," I need to talk to you, I've herd some important news.

"What kind of news?" Annabeth questioned immeadiatly. I wasn't so sure I wanted to know.

"Kronos has recruited a new force," Chiron's voice was grave," He now has a large suppy of ghosts in his control." Okay, that had not been what I was expecting- at all.

"Hold on- ghosts? Since when do ghosts exist?"

"Ghosts have always existed, but they are invisible to anyone without the gift."

"Gift?"

"Certain, rare people are born with the ability to see and speak to ghosts."

I had to admire his patience. I mean, it's not like I was exatly helping with any of this. But, hey, I was in shock. I hadn't really thought that there would be much that could suprise me, after the whole existance-of- all-things-mythological and all, but, still......ghosts.

"So, what are we going to do about it?" Annabeth asked. She was acting like the whole thing hadn't even phase her. She had a point, though.

Chiron had a good point, too," We need to contact someone with the gift to help us. We have no chance against them if we can't even see them."

"So, basically, we're gonna go hunt down people that talk to ghosts and convince them we need their help to defeat an evil army?," Easier said than done, for sure," Whoever we contact is going to think we're insane!"

"I have already found them, it will be your jobs to get them here." Chiron smiled," If it helps, people with this gift are immune to the Mist."

Annabeth grinned," Great, let's go."

I hopped out of Brad's car, slamming the door so hard the whole vehicle shook. After finding out yesterday that I would be seeing Paul Slater at school, the thought of actualy having to go there every day had become practically unbearable. I was planning on doing everything possible to avoid him, but I kinda doubted that that plan was going to work so well- I was right.

So, when a novice told me I was needed in father Dom's office, I couldn't have been more relieved. I figured this was gonna be another moral lecture, but I rally didn't care. Apparantly Father Dominic had other plans, becuase as soon as I walked in the door i noticed three other kids sitting in the corner of his office. They looked a little younger than me, and I was sure i had never seen them around here.

"Hey, Father Dominic, you need me?" I didn't take my eyes of the mystery kids the whole time I was talking.

"Yes, Susannah, we need to speak to you."

I didn't miss the we in that sentence," So, who's your friends?"

"Oh, this is Percy, Annabeth, and Grover."

The girl, Annabeth, smiled at me," Hi Susannah."

"Um, hi, call me Suze."

"These three have something very important to tell you."

Wow, Father Dom sounded really serious. I took a closer look at them. They didn't seem to have something very important to say- but looks could be decieving, I knew that much. So, I just shrugged.

"Okay, shoot."

"Well, we sorta need your help with something."

"My help? With what?"

One of the two boys, Percy, started explaining," Well, it's a long story..."

The three of them took turns expaing for the next hour. By the time they were done, I had missed 's class- not that I minded at all. All I could do was stare at them.

"Wow."

Oh, real clever, Suze. But what else could I say? One look at these guys told me they were dead serious, and I was in shock, a little. I'm proud say I actually snapped out of it pretty quickly.

I jumped up," Sure, I'll come help."

They stared at me," Seriously?" Annabeth finally asked.

"Well, yeah," I frowned," Did you guys think I wouldn't come?"

"We didn't think it was actually going to be that easy."

Oh. I guess that made sense. I shrugged," We still have the dillema of what to tell my family."

"I can take care of that," father Dominic said quickly," Go ahead back to class, we can discuss this at lunch."

I grinned- good 'ole Father Dom. "Okay, see you guys then."

Annabeth, Grover and I stared after Suze. Out of the five people we'd gathered, she was the only one that had accepted this mission without question. It was quite a nice change, really.

I turned toward the priest," So, how long until lunch?"

"Oh, about another two hours."

"Looks like we have some time to kill," Annabeth said.

Grover smiled suddenly," Well, it's about time, isn't it?"

I stood up," I think some sightseeing would be nice."

So we spent the next couple hours enjoying ourselves- Grove had been right, after going on a cross-country mission to convince five different mediators to help defeat Kronos, a break was welcome- and nowhere better for a break than the beach.

The time passed to quickly, and we ended up rushing back to the school, pretty desperate to get there in time. but, as we flew down the hall toward the office, a voice called out sharply. "You, children! There is no running in the halls! and where are your hall passes?"

We all stopped short, turning to spin in the direction of the voice. There stood a very scary-looking nun. Seriously, I'd fought the furies tthemselves, but one look at this woman and I was practically shaking.

She stalked angrily up to us,"Didn't you hear me? And what- you are all three wearing denim! You know that is strictly against the dress code!"

What was she talking about? This school had a rule against jeans? That shoud be illegal or something, if you ask me.

"Uh- we, um, we don't actually go here, ma'am, we didn't actually know the dress code and stuff." I mumbled.

The nun frowned and eyed us sharply," Don't go here? Then what are you doing here? You need to be in school!"

Okay, time to think fast,"We- we're doing this, er, project on private school education versus public school education."

"Nice thinking." Grover whispered. I just hoped the nun bought it- to much to hope for, apparantly.

"What, with no papers or anything? I don't think so! Now, let's go!"

Now what where we going to do? "See, we-"

"They're with me, Sister Ernistine." the voice came from behind us.

Grover, Annabeth and I spun around at the same time. Suze was standing behing us with her hands on her hips.

The nun, Sister Ernistine, glared at Suze," and what exactly do you mean, with you?"

"They're friends of mine, I'm taking them to talk to father Dominic."

"What could Father Dominic possily want with these children?"

"I don't suppose that's any of your business, is it?"

She walked toward the office, motioning for us to follow. I hurried to catch up, leaving a rather shocked looking Sister Ernistine behind.

"Impressive," Grover mumbled.

Suze grinned," Don't worry, the whole school hates that woman."

She held open the door to the office," Let's go."

I was seriously hungry. Our planning had lasted all the way through lunch, and I would eat about anything at this point.

But I really didn't have time to worry about my stomache, there were bbigger matters to think about. It had been decided that i would sit through the rest of the school day as usual, then go home, where Father Dom would call my mom and mention some big state-sponsered school trip or whatever. I'd pack, then we'd leave the next morning.

I fidgeted at the thought. How was I supposed to wait that long? How was i supposed to lay and sleep, with everything I'd learned? I didn't spend the least bit of attention to class the rest of the day, I only thought about the trip- what to bring, what to expect, what to say, there was plenty to wonder about.

Finally, home. Now I could at least do something constructive- wait a second, Suze Simon wanting to do something constructive? Major wierd.

I hurried up to my room, pulled out my suitecase, and started on the challenge of what to take. After half an hour of that, my head was actually spinning and I decided it was a good idea to sit down for a sec.

So I perched myself on the end of my bed, taking deap breathes and concentrating on staying calm. Wow, getting ready to go fight an epic war against ghosts and monsters can get you so worked up- who knew?

"Susannah, what are you doing?"

I was suprsised, to say the least. Jesse had been avoiding me lately. I guess he just had to choose now to show up, huh? Figures.

I hopped up and went back to packing," Oh, I'm going on a trip,Mediator thing."

Jesse raised an eyebrow, the one with the scar," Care to elaborate?"

I didn't really know what to tell him. It seemed pointless to lie, but I couldn't really just tell him everything I'd learned in the past day, could I?

I took a breathe," No, not really, it's rather...complicated."

"Complicated? You mean, dangerous?"

"Well, that's not what I meant, but, yes, potentially very dangerous."

I could've sworn he looked worried," Querida, please explain."

"You-you wouldn't believe any of, trust me."

"Do you believe it?"

"Well, yeah."

Jesse nodded," Then, I will."

Well, he seemed pretty set on this. i wasn;t gonn be able to avoid it. So, I sat back down on my bed and started talking. This was gonna be a long night.

There was a short silence after I finished my story.

"And you are sure that it is all true?"

"Totally."

"And you may be gone for weeks, preparing for this war."

"Um, yep."

"I suppose that settles it."

I frowned," Settles what?"

"I'm coming, too."

He disappeared before I had a chance to comment, and I stared momentarily at the spot on my windowseat where he'd been sitting. The I shrugged- back to work.

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