And so we come to chapter two. (Or page five in Word. The chapters are longer written out, but I'm splitting them up here.) Now Percy shouldn't seem as girly. I made sure of that. (I think)

"Hello Percy," he smiled, though his voice was urgent.

"Dad, I have a few questions…"

"Go ahead."

"OK, first; why don't you have a cell phone?"

"Honestly, Percy. Not very many inexpensive cell phones even work underwater. If you really wanted to contact me, you could use an Iris Message, or my home phone…"

"But couldn't you make the cell phone work?"

"Of course! I am the god of the sea! I can do anything!"

"Then why –"

Poseidon's sea green eyes got a mischievous glint in them.

"Percy, I rather enjoy watching Hermes struggle to deliver a message. Think about it. When you are among peers, don't you enjoy feeling more powerful than them at times?"

I imagined sitting on a sea star throne and watching Clarisse, a loathsome child of Ares, swimming towards me, decked out in scuba gear.

"I get it," I told him, smirking.

"Don't you have more questions?"

"Just one. Well, how did Hermes talk to you?"

Poseidon looked confused, "Using his mouth and vocal cords. Just as anyone else would."

"Ya, but how?"

"Oh, so you're looking for adverbs. Hermes spoke to me very thoroughly."

"OK, let me rephrase that. We are underwater, and Hermes was in his scuba gear with a mask on his face that gives him oxygen. How was he able to speak to you?"

"Finally, Percy. A logical question. The answer: I simply put a bubble around him, and he took off his mask."

I felt like an idiot.

"Percy, we need to have a talk." The mood of the room shifted from friendly to dead serious.

"Dad…um– that's… well, Mom and Paul already– well, ya."

"Percy, for the god's sake! I am glad you did not choose immortality or we all would have suffered the works of your adolescent mind forever!"

"Uh…sorry?"

"Now, I heard from Hermes that the Chimera is transforming her children to much more powerful monsters."

I cracked my knuckles, "I think we can take them."

"Actually, Percy, currently a hellhound is destroying the entire western border. It is as effective as the Sow."

I cursed in Ancient Greek because I'd met the Sow, or flying monster pig, before. To defeat her, you need a Pegasus, a living statue, and two marble lions. Easy, right? A hellhound is normally easily killed, unless they're the size of a tank, like the world's only friendly hellhound, Mrs. O' Leary.

Finally, just when peace was made; bam! There are evil people trying to destroy the world again.

"Your friends at Camp Half-Blood are waiting for you on land. You must leave now."

The merman who had brought me here escorted me out quickly. Tyson was waiting for me outside of the castle. By the look on his face, I figured he knew what was going on, or at least he knew enough to know that something was very wrong.

"Tell Annabeth hi."

"Sure, big guy."

"Do you have your shield?"

"Of course! I can't tell time without it."

About four years ago, Tyson had given me a watch that spirals out into a shield with patterns of him, Annabeth, and me fighting monsters. It was one of my most prized possessions.

I willed the water to bring me to the surface, where I met Rainbow.

Lord! Is there any way I can help you?

"No, I think I can take it from here."

But Lord! You must need my help!

Being the son of the Sea God, I can hear water animals' thoughts, and since Poseidon made horses out of waves of the sea, I can hear their thoughts, too. The hippocampus just happens to be a fish and a horse; I didn't have a problem reading minds there. I'm just going to tell you now: hippocampi aren't exactly the smartest creatures on the face of planet Earth. Don't tell them I said that. Like you'd ever be surfing in the ocean and see a hippocampus. Mortals can't normally see through the Mist.

"OK, Rainbow, if you really want to–" but I couldn't even get a sentence in before we were tearing through the waves.

Thank you, Lord! I am honored!

"No problem."

Rainbow must've been smart enough to now that I needed to go to Camp Half- Blood, because I sensed we were going in the right direction. (I can tell longitude and latitude from anywhere in the sea. It's a demigod thing.)

My thoughts turned to my friend Annabeth, a daughter of Athena. She's really pretty with curly blonde hair and storm gray eyes. In her spare time, she makes me look like an idiot with her superior smartness.

I know: In a time of real crisis, why are you thinking of some girl way out of your league? The truth is, I don't know. But I was pretty sure we were supposed to end up together. I… sort of gave up immortality for her.

Before I knew it, Rainbow was asking me ever so politely to get off his back.

Please, Lord. I am at Camp Half-Blood.

Sure enough, I looked over and saw a tall hill with a pine tree and a teenaged dragon wrapped around it. Peleus was getting so large, I didn't want to think about how long he was or how much he weighed.

"Thanks a ton, Rainbow."

Of course my Lord. I am available at any time.

I climbed off of Rainbow's back and started up the hill. When I reached the top, I scratched Peleus' head. His eyes closed and smoke came out of his nostrils.

"Hey, Peleus. Good boy. I'd give you a snack, but…" I showed him my empty hands.

"Seaweed Brain!" Annabeth ran up the hill and hugged me. Maybe she'd missed me.

"Oh my gods, Percy! You could have been eaten alive! There are those new monsters out there and–"

No, she just didn't want me to die, which was still comforting.

"How are those building designs coming along?"

Her startlingly gray eyes lit up.

"There's this one I'm building, it has two-foot-wide columns and flying buttresses and…" She started rambling, and I smiled. I knew she was on her way to becoming a successful architect. Ever since she was granted the opportunity by the gods to rebuild Manhattan, she basically lived in her laptop from Daedalus. But don't ask me what a flying buttress is.

We began walking down the hill when Annabeth started talking about measurements and a fountain for Athena. At the bottom of Half- Blood Hill, the camp was strangely quiet. I heard faint cheering from the Training Arena. I started walking that way with Annabeth following along chatting happily.

There's your second chapter. Don't worry, I have plenty more written out already. There will be more action! Please review!