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Percy's POV, 2018
Percy felt like he had a pretty lucky life. First of all, Leo was alive. He remembered when they had his funeral; Leo interrupted it by arriving on Festus who was blowing fire. He was singing "Girl on Fire" at the top of his lungs while blasting air horns. Calypso was with him, too, and she looked very uncomfortable. Percy then turned to Annabeth and said, "He learned his funeral crashing skills from me."
Percy was now 24 and had a wife, and even a kid. That day, June 21st, was Percy and Annabeth's 3rd anniversary and their kids Anthony's birthday. Percy visited his mom in the morning, and he walked home pushing Anthony in a stroller. Annabeth couldn't make it, because she was tied up at Mount Olympus. For some reason, Ares thought it would be a good idea to ride a motorcycle around the palace, and destroyed almost everyone's thrones.
Suddenly, a teenager with black hair darted around Percy and Anthony, almost crashing into him. "Whoa, kid. Slow down." said Percy as he turned around. But the kid was already a block away. Percy turned back around and started walking, but five feet in front of him were two dark red, ghost-like figures. Anthony started crying. Percy reached into his pocket for Riptide, but they passed him without acknowledging Percy at all. Percy took out Riptide anyway and uncapped it. Some of Annabeth's wisdom must have rubbed off on him, and he assumed the wispy things were chasing the teenager he just saw. He then realized that he might be a half-blood. He was about to go help him, when he realized he had Anthony. He hesitated, but pushed the stroller in front of him and ran anyways.
The wispy things weren't exactly fast, so Percy could catch up to them even with a stroller. Right before Percy could slash his sword at them, the things disappeared with a poof.
Percy looked around. Finally, he saw the wispy things fifty feet behind him chasing the teen. Somehow they got behind him. Percy continued to pursue them.
The teen being chased took a stick out of his pocket. He screamed, "Expulso!", pointing the stick at the wispy things. A ray of blue light shot out of the stick, went right through the things, and hit the ground no less than ten feet in front of Harry. The sidewalk exploded. Before he could think about how he did that, Percy realized that this may be too dangerous for Anthony. He decided to perform the dumbest plan he had ever done in his life.
He took Anthony out of the stroller, turned to a random woman, and said, "Take care of this baby for a few minutes!" He handed it to her unwillingly, and as Percy ran away he could hear shouting in protest.
The teen and the wispy things were nowhere in sight, and it took a minute for Percy to find them. He ran up behind them, and Percy slashed Riptide at both of the wispy things at the same time, but instead of dissolving into sand like most monsters do, they exploded, sending sand flying everywhere. Percy saw the kid still running still running, and yelled, "Hey! Kid! Wait up!"
The teen stopped and turned around. His eyes were wide. He was breathing heavily.
"Listen, kid, everything will be okay." coaxed Percy.
"Go away, Muggle!" yelled the teen. He spoke in a British accent. He turned around and sprinted away.
Percy looked around. He saw a water fountain next to a hotel. Using his sea god powers, he broke the fountain and used the water to make a giant fist. He made it block the black-haired teen's path, and used the fist to pick him up and pull him towards Percy.
"What's you name?" asked Percy.
"J-James." said the teen reluctantly.
"What were you being chased by?" tested Percy, making sure he didn't see something else because of the Mist.
"Two red monsters, like ghosts."
"I'm going to tell you something. You see, I'm pretty sure one of your parents is a Greek god."
James' eyes screwed up in confusion. "My mum or my dad? And how do you know? And I don't even know anything about Greek myths."
"Well, did your mom or your dad leave you sometime after you were born?"
"No. I-I have lived with them my whole life."
"Really? Well, James, I think you're mistaken. You see, you live in a world full of monsters who want to kill you. The only safe places for demigods are Camps Half-Blood and Jupiter. " explained Percy.
"But what about my father? The monsters made them disappear in a red cloud-"
"James. I know what those were as well as you do. But we have to get back to Camp Half-Blood. Let's go."
Percy set James down, dried him off, and stopped controlling the water. Percy walked in the direction of Camp Half-Blood, paused, and turned around.
"Right after I find my baby." Percy deadpanned.
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