Sad to say, but this will be the last chapter. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: JEEZ, I DON'T OWN PJO!

We stepped outside, and I had to stop in shock. It was so loud! And the sky seemed smoggier somehow. And lots of people were talking or clicking into these little box things. But those were just after thoughts. Because the only thing I could think about was the cars.

At least I think they were. Lots of sleek, smooth running speeding ones. They all seemed impossible, what we had imagined for the future, but I knew the United States at least hadn't invented anything like these.

I looked over at Nico and saw that he was just as confounded.

After fumbling with his mouth a bit he managed something like "I can't... They're so... shiny...What happened?"

"Right there with you." I agreed.

The new, gruff, strange lawyer seemed to notice our confusion for the first time. "Things may be different. You were in hotel long time. Is year 2007." he explained, seeming to want to use as little words as possible.

Oh, so the new lawyer was a prankster. " I don't believe you." I said defiantly, sticking out my chin the way I did when Nico was trying to pull one over on me.

"Is true." was all the strange man said, so I walked over to newspaper stand. I looked at the date, but instead of seeing August, 1941, I saw September 19, 2007. I just couldn't comprehend what I was seeing. It wasn't possible. It just wasn't.

Nico walked over to me and placed a hand on my shoulder. "Well, say something, you look stupid just standing there." he teased, but my mouth wouldn't work so I just pointed. He stared for a minute.

"Hmm, yes that's... um, yeah." was apparently the best he could manage. My younger brother has such a way with words.

"Please get in car. Need to go." The lawyer reminded us. We silently got into his car. And sat. I don't think anyone said anything the whole drive. We were just trying to absorb that we had effectively traveled through time.

We went to a pretty nice school called Westover Hall. Most of the teachers were pretty horrible, but the other kids were nice enough. I made friends, and Nico made Mythomagic buddies, and we adjusted. We got used to being thrust 60 years into the future and we lived like totally normal children.

It was the last day of school and the school dance. The only time kids got to be out of uniform. And let me tell you they went crazy. I didn't really care to dress up, so I just wore my casual clothing, but I bet if you asked any other girl who didn't get asked to the dance, they'd say the same thing. I chatted with my friends, danced a little (though my version was a bit more shy than most), and drank the punch. It wasn't too bad, especially for a school that was usually so anti-fun.

At first Nico just wandered around shy and lost, but then he started dancing, and trust me, he was better off before. If you haven't seen Nico dancing, you haven't truly suffered. It's kind of a combo between falling and doing a mutant version of the Hokey Pokey.

I guess I was alone in that opinion, because a girl two or three years older than him started chatting with him and twirling her hair. I didn't want to anything rash, maybe she was just being friendly. I sat down and tried to pretend that I believed that.

She was getting really flirty now, batting her eyelids and moving closer. I was doing okay until she leaned in close enough to kiss my little brother. That's when I exploded.

I got up and ran over to Nico and the other girl. "And just WHAT do you think your doing?" I asked them my loud voice drawing a few curious looks.

They jumped apart faster than I thought was possible. The girl blushed a furious red and stammered some excuse to leave.

I worked hard to keep my voice low, and not draw more attention than I already had. " Nico what were you thinking? I wouldn't be surprised if she was three years older than you."

"I can have my own social life." he mumbled taking out and shuffling through his Mythomagic deck.

"Are you even paying attention! I just... you're real young and I don't want you get hurt is all."

"Or maybe you're jealous that I can get a date and you can't!" was his response, followed by a fairly dramatic storming off.

Siblings, can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.

Thanks for reading my first story! The part with the girl and Nico was not my idea. I owe that to ProudHunterofArtemis (formerly known as XxDaughterofHermesxX). I'm thinking about doing another version of this in Nico's point of view. Tell me if you think I should. Also, I am planning on making a story with Calypso from her point of view. If your interested just check my profile in the next week or so.