Author's note: I don't own any of the characters. They all belong to Rick Riordan. In case you're wondering, Thalia left the Hunt there will be Thalico. Don't forget to review. Sorry if Percy's a little OOC, but don't forget he's now a she and that has to be a pretty scary feeling. Revised Ch. 3 a little.

Chapter Four

On the beach, Athena and her children sat and discussed various things, such as battle strategy, architecture, literature, and other intellectual topics. Annabeth chimed in occasionally, but her attention was focused on the two figures out on the water.

Perci and Poseidon

Perci and her father sat on their boards out on the water, using their powers to create waves perfect for surfing. Poseidon, of course, was anxious that his daughter would get hurt. Perci just rolled her eyes at her father and concentrated on the water.

After the 67th comment, Perci sighed exasperatedly, turned to her father and said, "If you're so worried, maybe you should go first." Poseidon readily agreed to that and Perci had an idea. Smiling innocently, which seemed to work on him a lot better as a girl, she said, "Maybe you could do a double back tuck." Poseidon just looked at her incredulously, even though he couldn't really get hurt if it didn't work.

Perci noticed his expression and decided she needed to pull out the weapons he had noticed other girls using. She put a little pout on her face and gave her father big doe eyes and pleaded, "Please Daddy." Poseidon melted like butter in a frying pan.

He waited for another couple of waves to go past before paddling forward to catch one with Perci cheering behind him. The wave he chose was large enough and he was doing great. Taking a few deep breaths, he prepared himself then grabbed some air, pushing off of his board and pulling two back tucks in a row. He was coming down and it looked like he was going to do fine when his foot slipped on the landing.

He took a header into the water, fortunately not sustaining any damage. He surfaced quickly and heard loud laughter from the beach and giggles from where he had come from. He glanced at the shore to find Athena and her cabin laughing at him. His response, to yell at the top of his lungs, "She made me do it," which only made them laugh harder.

Percy continued to giggle as he retrieved his board and rejoined her. She gave him an impish grin and said, "Still worried I'll hurt myself?" Poseidon sighed and hung his head in defeat before motioning for her to go next. She gave him a cheeky grin and caught the next wave, grabbing it perfectly. She only waited moments before she began pulling the stunts she had been practicing to show her father.

There was loud cheering from the beach and Poseidon was whooping in delight as he watched. His laugh was long and loud when she shot him another cheeky grin after pulling and landing an aerial stunt, a barrel to kick flip. She took it easy on her father and only performed that one aerial stunt, she knew he'd counter with two and they would proceed to try to one up each other.

Dismounting from the wave, Perci paddled back to her father and said, "Beat that." Poseidon took it like the challenge it was and began to look for the perfect wave.

On the beach

Athena and her children watched as Poseidon and his daughter competed, having fun and pulling some really awesome aerial stunts. Some of the campers were discussing the scientific principles needed to perform the stunts while other less interested campers watched but also discussed literature and mathematics. Annabeth, Malcolm, and Athena, however, were the only people paying strict attention to the two figures out on the water.

Athena and Malcolm were talking about the history of surfing. Malcolm had an interest, so Percy had been teaching him for the past few weeks as he had practiced. Annabeth chime in occasionally but focused most of her attention on the water, cheering when either of the two landed a stunt.

The group sat there for a couple of hours before they noticed both Perci and Poseidon headed for the same wave. Annabeth rolled her eyes and face-palmed, even though she had a small smile on her lips. She knew what they were doing.

Athena and the rest of her children looked a little alarmed, worried that either of the surfers could get hurt. Annabeth eased their worries. "They're in the sea, one is a god, and the other has the curse of Achilles. Not to mention the sea heals them. They'll be fine. Their surfboards might not be, but they will."

The group was silent as they watched the two drop in. Poseidon was the first to pull a stunt, a simple aerial barrel roll. Perci responded with a kick flip. Poseidon pulled a 360 rocket grab. Perci performed a backside reverse lift. Poseidon grinned and pulled a backside air reverse. He then pulled a backside air 720 right after it before pulling out of the wave and dropping down to wait near the shore.

Poseidon failed to see the light of challenge in his daughter's eyes and, as a result, was stunned at the two stunts she proceeded to pull back to back. Her first stunt was a beautifully executed inverted backside air reverse. The jaws of everyone watching dropped and they gaped at the daughter of Poseidon. She proceeded to follow that with a barrel-to-kick flip, something nobody had ever seen before.

Everyone was still gaping as she dismounted the wave and stopped next to her father. Malcolm closed the video camera he had pulled out when the two had started to move towards the same wave. He had recorded the whole thing and he planned to give it to the Hermes cabin to show during dinner. That was the coolest surfing he had ever seen.

Poseidon was still gaping at Perci, amazed that she had managed to pull such complicated stunts. There was an impish gleam in her eyes and she gave her father a cheeky and triumphant grin. Her father's mouth snapped shut and he launched himself off of his surfboard, tackling Perci and pulling them both into the water.

Athena and her children shook their heads in amusement, well used to the somewhat childish natures of the two. The water would burst up every so often, signaling that they were having some sort of mock fight under the surface. Not long after, the two broke the surface laughing. Perci proceeded to latch onto her father's back and use him as a surfboard.

Annabeth raised her eyebrow at the sight but smiled anyway. The two were still laughing when they walked out of the sea and stopped walking when they were met by the entire Athena cabin standing there with their arms crossed. They gave sheepish grins and Athena and her children burst out laughing.

Perci ignored them and said to her father, "We're gonna hang out with the Pegasi first, then lunch, then training in the arena. Let's go change and grab some apples and sugar." Seeing her father about to flick his wrist and change their clothes, she grabbed his wrist to stop him and said, "Uh-uh. I have something back at the cabin for you to wear." She then proceeded to drag him back to the cabins while cabin 6 went off in the direction of the archery range while Malcolm went to find Hermes and his kids.