Chapter 1

My Vacation to California Just gets Ruined

Percy

On Earth…

"Percy K. UnJackson! Wake up at once!"

"Why?" I groaned.

"Your father is waiting for us…"

"Why can't he wait a little longer? He's just gonna leave for a day…" I argued, opening my eyes to see my mom.

"Not your stepfather, your real father. Your middle name is a patronym."

I kept on asking my mom what my middle name was but she would never tell me, so I guessed it was like Percy Kay UnJackson or something.

"Who's that? Kay?" I sat up, suddenly interested on the subject.

"He's going to be the new ruler of the universe. I thought you were smarter than that, Percy!" hinted my mom.

"A person named Kay is going to take over the universe?" I folded my arms.

"Gosh Percy, you are so dense."

I was supposed to know this stuff! I was a straight A student and the most popular person at school. I had Accelerated 7 PE and Band (I play the trumpet), Accelerated 8 Science and Social Science, and Accelerated 9 Math and English. I had like what, forty-one dates? It was August 1st, and my 12th birthday was approaching fast. We planned to go to California for my birthday at a five star hotel.

"Umm, cupcakes?"

"Nope," my mom smiled, which soon turned into an evil grin, "It's your father, K-"

She never got to finish her sentence because I woke up. It was 3:06 AM and I needed to go empty my bladder, in this case, pee. Before my trip, ew right? But anyway, people need to pee, or else their bladders will explode and too much toxins in the body and surgeries, every second except for sons of Apollo because they are the doctors and the gods because they don't have… nevermind.

In the morning…

"Ready for the vacation?" Mom inquired.

"Oh yeah!" I exclaimed. It was going to be my very first vacation.

We drove for miles and finally got to the airport. As we boarded the plane, I asked for the window seat, but my mom said that it would make me dizzy. But she was staring out the window the whole ride.

"Why are you staring out the window? Wouldn't it make you dizzy? THIS IS UNFAIR, IT'S MY BIRTHDAY SOON!"

"Oh, I don't get dizzy…" replied Mom in a distant voice, "I-"

"Turbulence," reported the robot pilot, "TUR-BU-LENCE!"

The plane shook furiously, as in some giant was using its hand to shake the plane. It was just too much…

"Percy! Percy!" a soothing voice startled me awake, "Here, drink this."

I tasted it. It was the best thing I ever tasted. She quickly removed it after I took a sip.

"What was that?" I asked.

"That was ambrosia, it has healing properties for demigods. Don't overdose, or you will burn into flames," answered a brown haired girl with braids, "I'm Annabeth, daughter of Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle strategy. Who are you?"

"I'm Percy, Percy Jackson," Percy replied, smiling gratefully. Why didn't I say Percy Kay UnJackson? I didn't really care…

"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood!" Annabeth welcomed as Percy looked around in awe. There were kids training their sword skills, practicing archery, and playing a card game that was labeled Mytho-Magic. It seemed so familiar…

That was the last thing I saw before a hand shook me awake. It's my mom, I thought. But oh, I was so wrong.

I, Percy K. UnJackson, will never been so frightened as I was when I opened my eyes. Staring down at me was my mother, at the same time, not. How is that? Well try to say this when your mother turns half demon on a plane and starts giving people heart attacks. Hard, right? I did the simplest thing. Scream. It was my mom but with extended canines, dark red wings, and instead of feet, talons.

"Percy. Come here now."

My "mom" beckoned me to come. Before I could react, she grabbed me with her talons and flew out of the hole that was teared in the plane. I tried hard to resist and scream, but dark red feathers muffled my voice. I tasted blood. We were flying so high, I didn't want to let go, but at the same time, would do anything to get away. I hoped it was all just a dream and could escape it anytime. I banged my head against her taloned feet and blacked out.

"Percy, Percy!" a muffled voice called to me, "I am coming to save you….."

Annabeth's POV:

"Annabeth," the head of Camp Half-Blood, Chiron, requested, "You got your very own mission."

I excitedly jumped out of my seat and hopped up and down in a circle like I just won a capture the flag game.

"Your partner for this mission will be Thalia, daughter of Zeus," Chiron stated, "Your mission will be to seek a powerful demigod currently on a vacation to California. He will be at a five star hotel for five days and five nights. His name is Percy K. UnJackson."

Who is Percy "UnJackson"? Such a weird surname.

Thalia was a spike enthusiast… She wore a collar with spikes, shoulder plates with spikes, bracelet with spikes, nosepiece with spikes, shoes with spikes, necklace with spikes, and that's pretty much it. She had short, dark, hair that was always messy and a silver crown (Yes. Spikes.) showing that she was the daughter of one of the Big Three. Thalia wore a half-shirt and a leather jacket that was torn. Her jeans were tattered and fake tattoos covered her arms. She was so cool, she made even a geek like me jealous!

Ally looked exactly like Thalia but with blond hair. Other than that, they looked like identical twins.

Thalia and I helped each other since five years before Camp Half-Blood. We traveled together with Luke Castellan, son of Hermes, traveling and defending ourselves from monsters. Thalia, Luke, and I had a strong relationship but Thalia's new friends kept her apart from me. She used to be my 'big sister'.

"No!" I disagreed, "Not her!"

"Thalia will come Annabeth. You can decide on who else after my conditions," Chiron reminded as he turned to Luke, "As for you, you made the camp a mess just because of your lust for money. Castellan, you shall be exterminated by dawn tomorrow."

"Yes!" Thalia whispered. Thalia was best friends with Ally, daughter of Ares/the biggest bully on campus. They caused a huge mess like, three weeks ago!

DO NOT MAKE ME GO INTO DETAILS!

I JUST DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT...

"You can't do that!" I yelled, "Give him another chance!"

"He already was given enough chances," Chiron fired back at her, "It wasn't for Thalia and Ally, Luke would mess up the demigod world!"

"Banish HIM!" Thalia pointed a finger at Luke, "Oh wait, he's too weak to go out! Nevermind. Luke, such a little baby," Thalia teased.

"I am perfectly fine outside myself," Luke snapped.

Knowing him, he would probably get serious payback sooner or later.

"Hmm." Chiron decided. It was no use arguing with a daughter of the wisdom goddess. "Luke Castellan, son of Hermes, you will join Annabeth and Thalia on their mission."

I faced Chiron, "What's the mission?!"

"Find a 12 year old boy named Percy K. UnJackson. The future of Camp Half Blood rests on him."

Thalia POV:

"You must promise that you will fulfill your mission no matter what, and will never come back until you are done," Chiron began.

Luke, Annabeth, and I all held our right hand up and promised.

"You must vow to get back there within two weeks, or else serious consequences await you," Chiron glared at Luke. "All of you."

"We promise!"

"You shall always support the camp and all of the needs, wants, and desires at whatever cost," Chiron continued.

"Of course!" I nodded my head proudly.

"And will never switch sides, no matter the problem," Chiron finished.

"We promise to uphold Camp Half-Blood's customs and traditions and will never fail!" we promised.

"You will be provided $200 to spend on your needs. Spend it wisely!" Chiron informed as he handed over the money. He glanced at Luke who was smirking at the money.

"No stealing…"

"Fine…"

Luke POV:

Thalia, Annabeth, and I went to the airport to buy the tickets to fly to California. As we went to the stall, a police eyed us suspiciously. I winked at Annabeth and she smiled back as our turn to buy the tickets came.

"Hello," Annabeth greeted. "We would like to buy a plane ticket to California."

"Direct?" asked the man at the counter with a gruff voice.

"Yes please," Annabeth replied.

"Any luggage?" questioned the man.

"Nope," Annabeth answered.

"That would be $1,000 please."

"$1,000?" Annabeth scoffed, "for those lousy plane tickets?"

"No," the man answered. "Because our planes are the best in the city!"

"More like the ONLY planes in the city," Annabeth countered.

"Ohhh! You just got REKT!" I yelled.

As Annabeth and the man at the counter were arguing, I carefully snuck behind the stall and stole three business class plane tickets and carefully tucked them in his hidden pocket.

"We have the best first class in the whole state!" the man argued.

"WHATEVER!" Annabeth rolled her eyes and flipping her hair like she was a stuck up super star, "Come on, Castellian. Let's leave this pig-pen."

Did she just call me Castellian?

As we were far out of the man's sight, I read the label on the tickets.

"Second class seating from New York to California," Luke read.

"Cheapo!" Thalia muttered.

"What? First class would be too suspicious!" Luke argued.

"Whatever," Thalia rolled her eyes.

"Section 5, gate 23, seats 16-19." He read.

As we walked to the gates, I had an eerie feeling that we were being watched.

As we passed through the gates, the security looked at us strangely. He had a thick, black moustache that curled up at the ends and hazel eyes. His eyes also had something else about it that sent shivers down my bones. He had a glass of water in his hand. Something was weird about that water, but I couldn't place my finger on it.

Thankfully, we flew to California safely. As we approached the hotel, I had no problem finding Mr. UnJackson. He had a demigod powerful aura (and had the loudest snore). It was almost dawn and I grabbed Annabeth and flew up.

"Hey! What about me?" Thalia called from below.

"Too bad," I shrugged and dropped Annabeth off at the window. Thalia apparently summoned wind and pushed me down to help her.

"I don't get why you can't just summon wind to push yourself up," I said.

"Me neither," she replied.

I carried Thalia up to the window. She started to sway.

"I also don't get why you're afraid of heights," I commented.

"No I'm not! Shut up!" she snapped.

"Jeez…" I responded as we finally reached the top.

This is gonna be an easy mission, I thought, but wow, I was way off.