A.N. Short, pretty much just a filler chapter with some attempted humor. Only one person voted, so Karmabear2050 wins.

Disclaimer: Percy Jackson belongs to Rick Riordan and Man, I Feel Like a Woman belongs to Shania Twain

The next morning, I woke up to someone playing music outside my cabin. At first I was too groggy to make out the lyrics.

"I'm going out tonight – I'm feeling alright…

Gonna let it all hang out,

Wanna make some noise – really raise my voice…

Yeah, I wanna scream and shout!"

By now I had gotten up and started to get dressed. I was still uncomfortable with the 'appendages' I had received since the transformation, so I had my eyes shut the entire time. I was trying to figure out what song this was and why anyone would play it outside my cabin this early in the morning.

"No inhibitions – make no conditions,

Get a little outta line…

I ain't gonna act politically correct,

I only wanna have a good time!"

Why did this song sound so familiar? I must've heard it on the radio a million times. But what was it?

"The best thing about being a woman

Is the prerogative to have a little fun and..."

And then it sunk in. It was that one song, Man, I feel like a woman. I raced to the door to see who was playing it. If my hunch was correct…

"Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy – forget I'm a lady

Men's shirts – short skirts

Oh, oh, oh, really go wild – yeah, doin' it in style

Oh, oh, oh, get in the action – feel the attraction

Color my hair – do what I dare

Oh, oh, oh, I wanna be free – yeah, to feel the way I feel

Man! I feel like a woman!"

I threw open the cabin door and found myself looking at the Stoll twins laughing their butts off. " You guys suck! I freaking hate you two!"

Travis was the first to respond, after stifling his laughter. "M-morning 'Andromeda'. We thought you might like to wake up to some music on your first day back. What do you think?"

"What do I think? What do I think? I think I'm gonna kill you!" I replied angrily. I mean seriously, who did they think they were?

"Ooh, I think we made her angry, Travis. We better watch ourselves."

" Yeah, we wouldn't want her to beat us up. Besides, she might break a nail."

Oh, I was soooo gonna kill them! "Shut up! Why don't you both just go…" It was then that I noticed that they had stop laughing and mocking me. They were just standing and staring at me, with their faces all red. It was starting to creep me out. "What are you two looking at?"

"Uh, well, y-y-your, um…"

"Well, what is it? Spit it out already!"

"Y-your shirt…"

I had no idea what they were talking about. I took a look at my shirt… and realized that I had just pulled a Janet Jackson and flashed the two of them (and anyone else who had happened to be in the immediate area). Mortified, I let out a shriek. "Why are you two still looking?!? Turn around! Or better yet, just leave!"

They didn't have to be told twice. They grabbed their boombox and ran off like a horde of hellhounds was after them. Meanwhile, I threw myself back inside my cabin and decided to bury myself in my bed, hoping beyond hope that I was still asleep and this was just a dream.

A little while later I heard knocking. "Who is it?" I asked dully.

"It's Annabeth. Alex is here too. Can we come in?"

"The door's unlocked."

The door creaked open, and I felt a weight at the foot of my bed. "What's up? We haven't seen you all day. "

"What are you talking about? It's still morning." Isn't it?

Alex gave a slight chuckle. "No, actually. It's almost two in the afternoon. You've been shut up in here all day."

Styx, Styx, Styx."No way! It can't have been more than half an hour since…" I cut my self off, not wanting to replay the events of the morning.

"Since what, exactly?" Annabeth inquired.
"Oh, um, nothing. I must have just fallen back asleep. Look it's nothing. What have you guys been up to?"

Annabeth wasn't convinced. Thankfully, Alex came to my rescue. "Dude, this camp is awesome! It's even better than you guys described! Granted, I almost died on the climbing wall, but still…"

"It's great that you like the Camp, Alex. Have you decided who you'll team up with for the Olympics?"

"Well, I was hoping to team up with you. If that's alright, of course!"

I grinned. "That's a great idea, Alex! But now, who are we going to team up with? 'Cause right now, I'm the only inhabitant of this cabin…"

Alex was confused. "Why can't we just team up with Annabeth? That'd work out fine, I thought."

"Well, you probably could team up with the Athena cabin, but the Athena cabin, other than Annabeth, aren't that fond of me for being a s-daughter of Poseidon. The whole Athena-Poseidon rivalry thing."

"Oh. Well that sucks. Any other cabin rivalries I should know of?"

"Well, Ares isn't that fond of me…"

"Oh, that's fantastic. Oh well, we'll think of something. Anyway, are you planning on getting out of bed at all today?"

"Would you shut up? If you and Annabeth would kindly leave, I'll be able to get up and get dressed."

"Why do we have to leave?" I threw my pillow at him. "Fine, fine, I'm leaving. Prude…"

After making very sure that my shirt was on all the way, I went out and met them. From then on, the day went pretty normally. I devoted most of my free time to practicing archery, which, even after years of practice, I was still awful at. I needed all the practice I could get if I wanted to have a shot in Hades in the Olympics. I prayed to Apollo and Artemis for some sort of help but wasn't expecting much. If Apollo was inclined to help anyone, it would be his own children, and Artemis wasn't exactly fond of men. Although right now I'm not technically a man. I sighed. Probably doesn't matter to her either way…

"Percy, Percy! Guess what!" Annabeth was running towards the archery field. She skidded to a halt right in front of me.

I whisper yelled at her. "Annabeth! Are you insane? You could've blown my cover!"

"Sorry, sorry. But you'll never guess what happened! Go on! Guess, I dare you!"

I was stumped. What could make Annabeth this excited? "I don't know. You got an A quadruple plus on a test?"

"No! Well, yes, but that's beside the point. Thalia and the Huntresses are here! Artemis let them come to participate in the Camp Olympics!" Huh. Well maybe Artemis did have some pity for me. "Well, what are you waiting for? Go say hi to her!"

I left my bow with Annabeth and headed for the cabins. I grinned to myself, thinking about all the extra practice I could get in with Thalia's help. This was sure to give me a chance in the Olympics! I sped up when I saw the crowd around the fire pit. It took me a minute to pick Thalia out from the crowd. When I finally did pick her out, I decided to surprise her. I snuck up behind her and gave her a slight shove while shouting 'boo'. She seemed shocked for like, two seconds, before she spun around and pinned me to the ground. "Um, Thal, could you get off? It's great to see you and all, but you're making me kinda nervous, what with the knife to my throat. So could you get off now? Please?"

Thalia narrowed her eyes at me. "Who are you?" she hissed.

Oh. "Okay, um, try to listen to me. I'm one of your close friends. Trust me. If you let me up and follow me to my cabin, I'll explain."

* * * * *

"… And that's what happened. Any questions? Comments? Concerns?"

I braced myself for the disbelief, the outrage. Instead, I saw a look of comprehension on her face. "Um, no questions? No outraged disbelief? No knife to the throat telling me to give up Percy?"

"No, no, and definitely not. I believe you."

"Okay, I've had to give this speech for Zeus knows how many times now, but you're the only person to outright believe me. So one question: Why do you believe me?"

"Lady Artemis told me before we left that some of my friends might have changed in unexpected ways. At first I thought she was just giving me the 'you don't grow up, but they do' speech, but now I understand what she meant. Oh Percy, this is fantastic!"

That threw me for a loop. "I'm sorry, but I can't how this is fantastic. Care to explain?"

"Of course it's fantastic! Don't you see? Now you can join the Hunt with me!"