A/N I want to give big hugs to my awesome beta SlyPuff RavenDor She rocks my sock off!
Percy's P.O.V.
I can't believe that I had made it threw the school year with out one monster attack. That has to be a new record for me. (Not that I'm complaining.) I guess my good luck has something to do with my friend Rachel Elizabeth Dare. Rachel is a mortal, but she can see through the Mist.
She sometimes sees monsters before I do.
I'm going to Camp Half Blood tomorrow. For those of you who don't know, it's a special training camp for demigods.
Yes, I said demigods. A demigod, or a half blood, or a hero are all the same thing. We are children of a mortal and a Greek god. (Yes, like Hercules.)
Rachel had finally turned sixteen and was presently driving me home in her new lime green VW Beetle.
"You know," Rachel was saying, "I'm really going to miss you, Percy, and what the heck am I suppose to do if a monster shows up? Are you sure you can't get me one of the special swords? Because I think most of the monsters know I can see then now."
Rachel continued to talk in a way that made you feel like you were taking a very important test and didn't know any of the answers. "Oh well," she said as she parked the car, "Say hi to Annabeth for me."
I promised I would and got out of the car. I went in side the apartment building and pushed the button for the elevator. When I opened the door to the apartment something slammed in to me. It squeezed me so tight I thought it was a monster trying to strangle me.
Just as I reached for Riptide my mom pulled away from me and before I could tell her how much she had freaked me out she blurted out, "Paul just proposed!"
"That's great mom!" I said, genuinely happy for her.
"Hello, Percy" Paul said, he was sitting at our little table drinking from a brown mug. "How was your date with Rachel?"
I was about to explain that it wasn't a date, but there was a crash and the door flew wide open.
A/N ooh! Cliffy! Reviewers get cookies!