I don't own PJO. Period. No way, Jose, would I own PJO, however much I would like it.

Chapter 7

It's funny, how one fight can change others whole perspective you. Apparently, no one, not even Chiron who has millennia of practice, can beat both Percy and Annabeth separate, much less together. The Hermes cabin was either having a lot of fun with me since I helped them on their pranks (it was fun, just saying. The punishment, however, wasn't), or avoided me since whoever was my parent had to be pretty powerful. I didn't tell them I was a mortal, and no one asked.

Percy and I had grown close, and every once in awhile I would make a funny reference to the books, and Percy would stare at me, and then fall out laughing, with me joining him. That's how I got Percy to surf.

"Hey Percy. I've been thinking." I said, coming up to him after he was leaving archery.

He groaned. "What are you up to now?"

"I think it's time to prove Nico something."

"What did he ask you to do?"

"I haven't seen him in a week, but it was something he asked you right after you rescued him and his sister."

He looked at me, wary. "Whether or not I fight with Thalia a lot?"

I busted out laughing. "No, that's already been proven. I was meaning if you can surf really well."

Percy still was looking at me warily. "Fine. But one question."

"Shoot."

"How did you get that streak in your hair?"

My lighthearted smile turned grim. "It wasn't because I held up the sky. Both being half-Celtic does that a bit, and so does six years of stress and living on your own. I take after the Celtic side of my family, and eventually, this" I touched the rather wide silver streak in my hair "will be my entire head. Celtics gray young. My grandfather was white at seventeen. Anyways," I pushed old memories away. "now that I've told you, you have to go get dressed for swimming." I smirked at him. "See if I can find a chink in the great Percy Jackson's armor."

"Oh, come on. It's easy. Just paddle out, duck dive under a wave that you don't want, turn your board around, and do a push up and stand up carefully!" I sighed in exasperation.

"But-"

"What if you wipe out? What if your leg gets taken off by sharks? What if you bonk your head on your board and sink to the bottom of the sea, unconscious? Screw what ifs, get off your lazy bum and get out there!" I hauled him up, shoved a long board at him, turned him around, and pushed him into the sea. The longer the board, the easier it is. "And don't forget to attach the leash so you don't lose your board!" I hollered after him.

"Don't you think you're being a little rough with him?" an amused voice said behind me. "Piper Mc-"

"Lean, daughter of Aphrodite and Tristan McLean." I finished for her. "And no, I don't think so." I noticed she had a board and a swimsuit also. "You surf as well?"

"Sort of. Although I'm so bad I can take a wipeout without a board."

"Ooo!" I squealed like a little girl. "I can fix that." I grabbed my board, which was way shorter than Percy's, and hauled Piper in after me. I saw Percy just sitting on his board. I muttered some very uncomplimentary words towards him. "Percy! There's a great wave right in front of you!" I hollered at him. I heard Piper snicker at my choice of words. "Excuse me." I said to her, and paddled my way over to Percy. "If you won't attack that great white wave that'll be easy for a newbie such as yourself, I will."

I paddled out, not very far, since it was almost on top of me anyways, and dropped in. I held out my arms a bit for balance, my right foot in front. It was exhilarating to be back on the board since eight years ago, and I was aware of everything: the spray, the tube that was about to encase me, the wind, my placing and balance. The tube covered me and I rode the wave almost to the shore and then did a graceful dive into the sea. I popped up. Piper came paddling up.

"Oh my gods. You're amazing!"

"I'm a klutz on land, but in the water I'm fine. I also ride goofy foot. Maybe that'll help." I shrugged.

"Goofy foot? Does that mean you have two left feet?" Percy asked, also paddling up.

"Right foot forward rather than left, as most people do." I explained patiently, ignoring his attempt on a pun on the Goofy character on Disney. "Just like skateboard. I do that too." I said as an afterthought. "Well? Are you going to get haired out?" I asked. "I showed you once, now you get the next." I gave his board a little shove towards deeper waters.

Piper snickered again, knowing what I meant by 'haired out'-too scared to take on a wave. "And don't worry, you don't need to do any power turns or carve the wave!" I called after him. I turned to Piper. "I guess I need to teach him surf-speak." Piper nodded, amused. "Ah, well, I can have fun torturing him with slang he doesn't know today. Now with you. I need to see what you can do. Try it goofy foot first, and if that doesn't work, do it normally."

Piper raised an eyebrow. "You really think that'll work?"

I held up my hands in the universal gesture of defense. "Hey, if it doesn't work out, I'll teach you some other way."

Piper turned around towards the sea before I could bombard her with threats or insults to get in there. I sighed.

I sat in the water, my legs dangling, alternately watching Piper and Percy. Percy was pretty good for a first try. He was a little awkward getting up, almost causing his board to tip over, but he righted it and looked relieved.

Piper was good with duck diving (going under a wave she doesn't want), paddling out she was going strong (going past the breaking waves), and dropping in was somewhat smooth, but once she was upright she kept shifting, causing her to wipe out about a minute into it.

Percy, as soon as he was about a minute into it, did his fatal mistake, which was a sudden move, which was a fist pump. He wiped out just before the wave did a close out, which would've made him wipe out anyway.

I plucked him out of the water and put him on my board, then grabbed his and instructed him to hold it. I paddled over to Piper, who was sitting on her board.

"Piper, you did pretty good. What were you complaining about?" I asked her. "If you didn't keep shifting, you'd have it down."

"Actually, that was my longest time ever to stay on the board without wiping out during dropping in." she admitted.

"So goofy foot works for you." I mused. I snapped back to attention. "Percy, you were doing good there, but then you did a fist pump, which totally ruined it. You could've gone a few more seconds on that one before it closed out on you."

"Ooo." Piper winced. "You got a close out? That had gotta hurt."

"No, he wiped out before the wave did it for him." I reassured her. "And he didn't get pummeled. Boy, Percy, I don't know if the ocean is against you or favorable today." Piper and I chuckled.

"Hey!"

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