SO-so-so Sorry! SCHOOL HAPPENED. Ewck. I mean, so much work. But it's where I learn to improve my skills in doing stuff like this, eh? Ok, here's a note…for my other story? I need help with that. Any takers? Let me know.

Thanks for all your reviews, and ideas. I'm thinking them all over.

Disclaimer: My hips don't lie son, and they say I OWN NOTHING.

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Tonight the hills are watching her as she runs towards the sea.
Yeah, she runs so she'll be free.
And of all the friends and enemies she's made along the way,
They are nowhere in her thoughts as she dives beneath the waves.

---The Presets; Girl & the Sea

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I guess I fell asleep whilst reading this boring little diary of Emily's, because the next thing I

heard was a pounding on the door. Quickly, I threw the book back into the bag, and ran to open the door. When

I did so, a short man with blonde hair was looking at me funny. 'He must be one of Jack's crew members' I thought to myself.

"Erm…'ello!"

"…Where be Captain?" He asked, obviously surprised by me.

"You tell me, sir."

"Just tell him…. wait, who are you?" This articulate man asked of me, and I shrugged.

"The amazing Persephone, at your service. And you?"

"Jessica Gerald, professional butt kisser."

Ok, he didn't really say that, but can you imagine if he did?

"Jessica Gerald, and Miss Amazing, if you see him, tell him I'm looking for him? I've some good news

he'll be wanting to hear." With that, the short man turned and walked away. I sighed at the awkward

moment. When I was little my brothers' friends would come over and get drunk, sometimes they'd knock on my

door looking for this or that. It was always so weird when they realized that no, I was not in fact Disney world, and I was not planning on giving them free

churros. They were weird, but I'd been there. I watched him leave, and stood in the doorway, wrapped again in my own thoughts. Who was this Emily? Ah, well, I could safely say that Emily made my time traveling necklace and gave it to David who obviously didn't use it too wisely. Oh, but what were those words? He said something in the letter, about being protected. Protected by what exactly? Oh headaches, you love me, don't you?

Shaking my head, I turned back around to the room and decided to read a bit more, but before I made it back to my reading rainbow, mysterious captain person came bursting in. So maybe I had been mad at him for not hitting on me, but maybe it was for the best, eh? I think it's time that Percy starts acting more like a pirate. After all, I can't do that at home, and I have to if I want to survive. Uhm, hello? Pirate ship anyone?

"Oh look at you. Sitting around my cabin all day, like there's nothing better to do."

I raised my eyebrows, "Uhm…"

"Nevermind…"

"You're being weird. But then again, how would I know what was weird for you? I mean, I've not even known your for 24 hours. Whatever, anyways, some dude was here for you. Jessica Gerald?"

"Oh! Aye! Ay! Aye!"

"Yeah! Ah-hah. Boo weird noises, Hooray beer!"

He looked at me funny. Oh, right, no redstripe commercials back here. Now I look crazy.

"You don't do a good job of making sense. Where'd you say you're from again."

"Ah, I didn't. Now, tell me about this Jessica fellow."

"It's not a he, first off, well, it is a he, he just thinks he's a girl…very troubling childhood." He shook his head.

"Oh, so you can relate?"

"To a troubled childhood?"

"No, to thinking you're a girl."

He chuckled, "Well I best be goin' to find him."

"Wait, stop leaving me! " Wait, that's totally clingy, ew. "What I meant was, give me something to do, come on. That way…That way, in case there IS no treasure, I'll have paid my way somehow."

"I've two initial responses to that. One is, What the bloody hell do you mean no treasure? And two is, there's more then one way to pay me."

"Oh gross, you gross….pirate."

"That's my line."

"What?" I asked confused.

"You blame me for something, then I fall back on the excuse that I'm simply a pirate, and you can't expect better from me."

"Either way, that's gross."

"Most pirates are worse." I laughed this time.

"So you're saying I should be thankful?" I asked.

"Aye, now what did you mean about there not being treasure?"

"Well…" He looked at me suspiciously, "It' just…"

"Out wiv it, Persephone."

"It's just, nothing permanent, right?" I was thinking about how old this map really was, and didn't quite know if it was accurate. I knew I had to keep reading this diary if I wanted to find more out. But the diary was my backup. If he planned on ousting me, I had that to hold over his head. I wasn't so trusting, not as much as I acted, not really.

"Forget it, I'm just saying."

He eyed me, "You best be. Fine, you can come with me to see Jessica Gerald. HeShe is a major suck up."

"Really?" I laughed at myself; I was so good at predicting these things.

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A/N I know it's short, but I've a much longer one coming out later on tonight, so just you wait! Hah.