A/N: I would like to thank olympianchef213 for being the first to review my story. I do not own PJO or the characters.

Following Percy wasn't the easiest thing to do, especially on the streets of New York City. I constantly kept bumping into people.

" Sorry," I mumbled as I bumped into a woman who glared down at me as I ran off.

" Come on! We're almost there!" yelled Percy as he turned a corner.

" Wait up!" I yelled running after him. Damn, I thought to myself. Why does New York City have to be so crowded? I was so deep in thought that when I turned the corner, I didn't notice that there was a pole and I ran right into it.

" Ow!" I wailed and fell backwards. People stared at me as they walked by. No one asks me if I'm okay?, I thought. Fine, be that way. I got up on my feet just in time to see Percy running towards me.

" Come on! Just a few more blocks," Percy said. I groaned.

After what seemed like 10 minutes, we finally reached an alley. There was a girl with blond hair and an orange shirt that read "Camp half-blood." She had gray eyes and a proud expression. She looked at me.

" Hi! I'm Annabeth," she said extending her hand out to me. I stared at it. I mean why should I shake? I don't even know her.

When she saw no sign that I was going to shake it, she reluctantly put it back at her side.

She slowly turned to Percy and said " She is the one, right?"

" Of course," answered Percy. They both looked at me for a long time.

Finally, Annabeth asked me " What's your name?"

" Um…," I started. " My name's Stephanie," I said wondering where this conversation was going.

" Whose your parents?" Percy broke in as delicately as he could.

" My mom is Emilia Torres. She took care of me for 11 years but then she abandoned me," I answered, finding it difficult to get the last 5 words out.

" I'm sorry about your mom," they both said looking at me. " But whose your dad?" Annabeth asked.

I shrugged my shoulders. " I don't know. He died before I was born. I never met him."

They both sighed as if they've been through this conversation before.

" No, he's not dead," said Annabeth lightly.

" How would you know?" I asked curiously. " Did you know him?"

" No," answered Annabeth. " But you're a half-blood."

" A half what?" I asked.

" A half-blood," Annabeth repeated. " Half-blood means half human, half god." The term "half-blood" seemed familiar to me. The monster! Of course! He called me a half-blood.

" So," continued Annabeth. " Since you're a half-blood, this means that you have an Olympian parent. Like an Olympian God." Annabeth said glancing at me.

I stared at her in disbelief, half expecting them to yell " Sike! Gotcha!", but of course, they didn't.

I was about to protest when Annabeth said quickly " I know it's hard to believe but it is 100% true," Annabeth said reassuringly.

" If it's true, then who are your olympian parents?" I asked curiously to see if they really were telling the truth.

" My Olympian parent is Athena, goddess of wisdom," said Annabeth looking at me.

" And my parent," said Percy " is Poseidon, god of the sea and one of the Big 3 gods." I stood there in complete shock. Were they telling the truth? I couldn't tell. They seemed to know their Olympian parent instantly. There was no way that they could be making this up.

Finally, I said " Okay, I think I believe you." As soon as I said this, they smiled at me.

" Good," said Annabeth. " You'll see that all this is true if you still have some doubt. But right know we have to get you to Camp Half-blood. Percy do it know."

My attention turned to Percy. Percy closed his eyes and looked as though he was deep in thought.

After a few seconds Percy opened his eyes and said "Their coming."

I was about to ask what was coming but before I got the chance, I heard a horse sound in the distance. I spun around trying to find out where that noise came from. Five seconds later I find myself face to face with a black shiny horse with wings. I nearly jumped out of my skin.

I was going to yell but Percy said " Don't worry. He's our friend. His name's Blackjack." Blackjack gave a small reassuring grunt.

" Blackjack says," Percy said. " that it is nice to meet you."

" He's gonna take us to Camp," said Annabeth. " Get on."

Percy got on first, then me, with Annabeth at the end. When we were all on Blackjack, Blackjack burst into the sky and we started our journey to camp.

A/N: Well, what do you think? Review please!! Chapter 3 is on the way!