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(Percy POV)

Where am I going to go next? I really hadn't thought about it very much, planning ahead really isn't my forte. I suppose I could go see how mum is doing. She should be about 5 months pregnant now, and I might not get a chance to see her for a while depending on where I go.

"Well I guess that decides it. Off to mums I go." I say, turning towards New York and starting my long lonely hike.

I've been walking about an hour, when I hear some rustling in to woods. I quickly crouch down, my hand slowly going to Riptide in my pocket. I swear if this is another bloody rabbit I'm going to kill it. The rustling lasts a few seconds longer and then stops. I wait for a minute to see if anything else happens and when it doesn't I get up and continue walking.

"Bloody forest making my think I'm going to die every few minutes." I mutter angrily, kicking at a stray rock.

When all of a sudden I'm tackled from behind by a large mass of fur. I would like to say that I took it well, kept my cool. But I would be lying, because I scream like a little girl and cover my head with my hands. Waiting for something to bite me or hit me. But instead it just licks my hands and the back of my head excitedly. What the Hades?

"I found you!" Midnights voice explodes into my head, making me wince slightly.

"Oh, hi Midnight." I reply, trying to calm myself from thinking I was about to die. Wait! What the fuck is Midnight doing here? I role over so that I am now facing Midnights onslaught of licks face on. Wonderful, I'm going to smell like dog breath till I get home.

"Midnight, what're you doing here?" I manage to ask between licks. I am actually ecstatic, I can't believe she's actually here. I'm not even sure why, we only met today, but I already feel like I have a fairly unshakeable bond with her.

"My Mistress said that I could travel with you." She replies, elated. Artemis let her come, I didn't think she would let her. I smile at the large wolf in disbelief as I push myself up into a sitting position, making her step back a little. Her silver eyes almost glowing with happiness.

"Well I'm glad you're here little lady. It'll be great having someone with me. If travelling with me is really what you want." I say with a smile as I pull her into a hug, Gods she's soft. Which she accepts greedily, basically climbing onto me for it. It's been a long time that she's had any contact like this, hasn't it.

"As am I Percy, and it really is. I feel like my master would have agreed as well." Her gentle voice small and loving, the image of Zoë pops into my head as she finishes. I let her go and pull myself to my feet, dusting off my jeans. I really don't know how Zoë would react to this. I look down at the excited wolf with a smile.

"Well you knew her better than I did, so I'll take your word on it." I return as I continue my long hike, with my new companion running through the trees around me happily.

"Where are we headed anyway?" She inquires after a few minutes. I can still hear the happiness in her gentle voice.

"Well we are going to make a quick stop at my mums house, and then after that, um, I guess make it up as we go along." I chime happily.

"That's your plan?" She inquires, sounding a little shocked. I'm guessing she's used to a little more of a structure when planning things. I laugh quietly to myself.

"Welcome to my life. Don't worry, we'll make it work." I snigger, watching her run through the trees.

"Your plan needs work." She mutters quietly. I grin and carry on walking.

(Line Break)

It's about 11pm when we finally stop to sleep for the night. We set up next to a lake among a couple of trees, next to what look suspiciously like a golf course. It's just my luck to get hit by golf ball in the morning, I can just feel it. We're sleeping in the open air tonight as my tent got destroyed by the last monster attack, which sucks by the way. I take my backpack and Cyclone off and sit down against a tree, with Midnight lying next to me resting her head on my lap.

"Midnight, what led you to me when I was dying?" I ask, looking up at the dark sky trying to spot some stars.

"I'm not really sure. I just had a feeling that pulled me towards you, and you have a similar scent to Zoë. I guess that might have been part of it." She replies sleepily. I have a similar scent to Zoë? Maybe she means the smell of the Ocean. If I remember correctly Zoë said that her mother was Pleione, a water nymph.

"Do you think it's because I'm a son of Poseidon and she was the daughter of a water nymph?" I ask, slowly drifting in Morpheus' realm.

"Maybe." Is the last thing I hear before falling asleep, for about ten seconds. Before a blood curdling scream pulls me back to reality. The fuck was that? Midnight is up and looking off towards the golf course.

"Someone is being attacked, and I smell monsters." She informs me quickly. I jump to my feet and draw Cyclone.

"Ok, take me to it and keep it quiet." I quietly command. She seems to scoff at me, the idea of her being the loud one baffling her and then shoots off towards the noise. I follow her as quickly as I can, preparing myself for the potential fight.

We run right up to the clubhouse, where we spot a pair of Cyclops' meandering between the cars. Why're there still cars here? I shake the irrelevant question from my head and crouch down next to Midnight.

"Can you see what they're chasing?" I whisper to her.

"You know you can talk to me in your head right." She states, glancing back at me. No, I didn't know that.

"Um, yes?" I reply uncertainly, projecting the message mentally. This feels stupid.

"Are you lying to me?" She asks, her eyes drifting back to the Cyclops'. I look at her in mock hurt.

"I would never." I say, putting my hand on my chest. Before turning serious.

"But seriously, do you see anything?" I ask again.

"I can't see anything, but I can smell a Demigod hiding amongst the cars." She responds, still scanning the car park. Well it looks like we have to help whoever it is.

"Alright, you go around and sneak up on the left one and I'll get the right one." I whisper, momentarily forgetting about the telepathy. Midnight nods at me and prowls off into the darkness, as I sneak the other way. I keep Cyclone low, so that it doesn't reflect any light and give away my position.

"Come out so we can eat you!" One of the Cyclops' bellows. Well he seems strangely literate. I slowly creep closer, until there is only one car between my Cyclops and me.

"Are you ready?" I call out in my mind, hoping the telepathy works over this distance.

"I've been waiting for you." Midnight protests. I guess it's a given that she would be in place first. I take a breath and leap over the car swinging at the Cyclops. Only to have my blade stopped by mismatched armour, well that's new. I quickly jump back as its club comes hurtling towards me.

I see a blur of movement to my left, and realise that it's Midnight snapping and clawing at the other Cyclops' legs. Whilst dancing out of the way of its strikes, while said Cyclops calls her a bad dog.

I dodge out of the way of another swing and then launch myself at the Cyclops, slashing at its exposed side. It howls in pain as each slash finds it mark, but this seems to only annoy it more and making it charge at me. I quickly turn and run, sliding over the bonnet of a car in the process. I've always wanted to do that! The Cyclops sends the car flying and carries on chasing me. An idea starts to form in my head, making my grin. I got this. I jump up onto the bonnet and spin to face the Cyclops, which smiles at me like I've gone mad.

"You mine now!" It shouts. My grin only grows, as it gets closer. It swings its club at me, but at the last second I jump up and over the club and jab Cyclone through its eye. Making the Cyclops explode into golden dust. As I land I quickly turn to go help Midnight, to see her sitting on the roof of a car about 5 meters away.

"How long have you been watching?" I ask, looking at her in confusion.

"A minute or so." She replies, scratching her ear like nothing just happened. The whole fight took about a minute, and she just sat there? I struggle to keep myself from laughing.

"I could have died." I press on, trying to make her feel bad for watching.

"Nah, you were doing fine." She casually replies jumping off the car. I'm not going to win this one. I sigh and look around for the Demigod, I wonder where they're hiding.

"You can come out now, the monsters are dead." I call out to the silent car park, and big surprise nothing happens.

I glance down at Midnight, who nods back and runs off into the car park. I sit down on the now upturned car and wait. Less than a minute later I hear a scream, I guess she found them. I then spot Midnight trotting back, dragging a small body behind her. That can't be good.

"He fainted when I found him." She says, dropping the young scruffy looking boy at my feet and sitting next to me, he has curly black hair and a slight tan. Well we can't leave him here. I pick him up and carry him to where I left my stuff by the water.

(Line Break)

It only takes about 10 minutes for the little boy to wake up and only a second for him to panic and crawl away from me. Fear evident in his hazel eyes.

"W-who a-are you?" He stutters out. Looking around nervously, and shrinks away when he sees Midnight lying down next to me.

"I'm Percy, what's your name?" I ask as softly as I can, trying not to scare him further. He looks at me cautiously before answering.

"Jason Green. What happened to the scary one eyed men?" He asks, still looking around nervously.

"They're gone now, don't worry about them. How old are you Jason?" I inquire, with a kind smile. He seems to relax when I tell him the Cyclopes' are gone, but doesn't come any closer.

"I'm 7. Do you know why those men were chasing me? And why did they only have one eye?" He quickly shoots out.

"I think I know the answer to your questions, but first. What do you know about the Greek Gods?" I ask, keeping my voice low and calm. He gives me a confused look before replying.

"I've watched Hercules Disney movie." He replies innocently. Well this is going to take a while to explain.

It takes me about half an hour to fully explain the Greek pantheon, monsters, Camp Half-Blood and that he's more than likely a Demigod. He sees to take it surprisingly well, before firing off some many questions so quickly I can barely keep up. But the ones I latch onto are, 'Do you know who my mum is? Do I have special powers? Where can I get a wolf like that?' The last one makes me laugh a little as it feels like Midnight is grinning at me.

"Well from your appearance and the fact that the grass and bushes have grown to about twice their size since you got here. I'd say your mum is Demeter, the second eldest Goddess and Goddess of Agriculture and some other things." I explain to him. He just nods wide eyed at me, inching a little closer.

"As for powers, you should have control over all plants." I continue, as he looks down at his hands in awe.

"And you can't get a wolf like Midnight, she's special." I finish, giving her a soft stroke between her ears. Earning myself a happy whine in return, Jason looks a little disheartened at that.

"So will I be going to the Camp Half-Blood?" He asks quietly, looking a little scared.

"Yea, but it's a great place. Everyone is really nice and you'll make loads of friend I promise." I reassure him. He nods weakly and crawls a little closer.

"How about we get some sleep and I'll send you to camp tomorrow. It's only in Long Island." I suggest, indicating for him to crawl a little closer. He does, and lies down next to Midnight. What an eventful evening.

(Line Break)

Midnight nudges me awake from a dreamless sleep at the crack of dawn, with the sun just peaking over the horizon. I groan and roll onto my front, pushing myself onto all fours.

"You look good like that, it looks more natural." Midnight giggles into my head.

"Oh shut up you pelican." I mutter at her tiredly.

"Pelican?" She questions, tilting her head to the side.

"Yea I don't know either, it's too early." I mumble back.

"Who're you talking to?" Jason asks sleepily, looking over at me and wiping the sleep from his eyes.

"To Midnight." I reply, pushing myself to my feet and stretching my back out and letting out a content sigh when I hear a couple of clicks. That feels better.

"We should get going." I say, picking up my backpack and reattaching Cyclone to the back of my waist. I catch Jason eyeing my sword with wonder and grin.

"You can get one at Camp. After you've trained." I quickly add, the picture of him running around with a sword and stabbing himself flashing through my head. He nods happily, probably picturing something very different.

"Let's go then." He urges

We walk for about an hour before I spot and hail a taxi. I give him my home address and we all pile into the back. I have no idea what he's seeing Midnight as, but I doubt it's a Chihuahua. It takes about an hour for the taxi driver to get to my mums place. As we're pulling up I turn to Jason.

"Alright little man, this is where we part ways. When you get to the address, carry on walking up the road and you'll see a hill. Walk up over the hill and you should spot camp, or someone will spot you. Tell them Percy sent you and you'll be fine." I quietly explain to him, handing him about $200. That should be enough. He nods and gives me a hug.

"Thank you for saving me Percy." He cries a little into my shoulder. I smile, pat his head and step out of the taxi, making sure to pay for the fare up to here. I wave at Jason as the taxi pulls away, praying to Demeter to watch over her child until he gets to camp.

"He's a nice kid." Midnight says, drawing my attention.

"Yea, Katie's gonna love him." I reply quietly, turning towards my mums building.

"Who's Katie?" She asks inquisitively, padding after me.

"She's a friend at camp, and the head counsellor of the Demeter cabin." I quickly reply, giving the doorman a friendly nod. He give's me a once over, looks at Midnight for a minute and then lets me in. That's a relief.

When I knock on the door, my somewhat pregnant looking mum answers the door.

"Oh Percy, it's great to se… Oh my gods is that a WOLF!" She screams, finally seeing Midnight. Midnight just looks at her with wide eyes.

"Yea, Artemis let her came with me." I explain, patting her head. My mum just looks shocked at my statement and steps aside to let me in.

"Sally what's wro… Oh, hi Percy. When did you get a Husky?" He asks calmly, after skidding into the hall. Huh, she looks like a husky. Bet she loves that.

"Did he call me a Husky?!" She fumed, making my chuckle. We all walk into the sitting room and sit down.

"So this is Midnight. She used to be one of Artemis' wolves, until yesterday. When she agreed to let her come with me." I explain, petting her affectionately. Paul's face drops in a flash and then he just rubs his temples. He's still not used to this world.

"Why would she let one of her wolves go with a man?" My mum asks.

"That's actually a great question. I have no idea, she came to me after I left their camp." I say thoughtfully, looking down at Midnight. Who has decided to stay silent on the matter. Is she still upset at being called a Husky?

"Why were you at Artemis' camp." She inquires, making me freeze and look at her with a guilty smile.

"Perseus Achilles Jackson! What happened?" She demands, my smile vanishing at my whole name.

"Well you see…" I then explain the whole me getting attacked, watering down how close to dying I was and getting saved by the Hunters. By the end my mum is fuming, calling my stupid and reckless. At which Midnight walked over and sat next to my mum and nodded along.

"Traitor." I mutter to her telepathically.

"She's right though." Is all Midnight says in reply. I just sigh and accept the verbal punishment like a man.

"Anyway, would it be ok if I stayed here for the night. Till I can figure out where to go next." I cut in as mum takes a breath. Making her lose her train of thought.

"Of course, your room is just as you left it." She replies sweetly.

"Thanks mum, you're the best." I add, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek. Midnight softly headbutts mum stomach, wishing her well with her pregnancy. We all smile down at the affectionate wolf and her soft nature, not that they heard what she said. She then pads after me to my room.

My room is by definition an organised mess, or as others like to say, a bombsite. My beds messy, there are clothes all over the floor, along with some spare armour. The moonlace flower that Calypso gave me still sits on my windowsill. Midnight immediately jumps up onto the end of my bed and curls up. I should probably get some food for her, and myself while I'm at it. I dump my bag and wonder back towards the kitchen, where mum is making some breakfast and I can see that she's making enough for Midnight and me as well. She's so great.

"So Percy, any idea's where you'll go next?" Paul asks, as he walks into the room. What day is it? Doesn't he have work?

"Um, I'm not really sure. But it'll be a bit further a field than last time." I say thoughtfully, taking a seat and Paul follows suit.

"Is there nowhere else you can go which is safe and protected?" Paul questions, his teacher side taking over a little bit.

"No not really. I mean there is Camp Jupiter and New Rome, but I couldn't impose on them like that." I reply, leaning back and looking at the ceiling.

"Weren't you a Praetor? And doesn't your tattoo mark you as part of the Legion?" He continues, looking over at mum to confirm his facts.

"I'm sure they would welcome you dear. You have friends there don't you." Mum adds, turning away from making breakfast. Could I go to Camp Jupiter? It never crossed my mind. I look back and forth between them, thinking over what they said.

"I guess I could call Reyna and ask." I concede with a sigh.

"Go on then. It's better to find out sooner, rather than later." Mum says, turning back to breakfast. With a sigh, I get up and walk over to the tap. I turn it on and will some of the water to my hand.

With a ball of water the size of a baseball floating in my hand, I open the blinds over the window fully. Letting the sun shine through. I catch Paul fascinated expression in the window. I suddenly realise. He's never seen my powers like this before. I will the water to turn into a mist.

"Oh Iris, goddess of the Rainbow, please accept my offering. Show me Reyna in New Rome." I pray, pulling a Drachma from my pocket and throwing it into the small rainbow. After a couple of seconds, an image of Reyna doing paper work forms in front of me. Ever the workaholic.

"Hey Reyna." I call out, making her jump about a foot into the air. Before she glares at me, and I'm sure if a look could kill. I'd already be in Tartarus.

"What can I do for you Jackson?" She returns keeping her voice calm.

"You see, I was wondering if I could come and stay at New Rome for a little while." I ask, getting quieter towards the end. She gives me a confused look, puts her pen down and bridges her fingers.

"I guess, but what is wrong with Camp Half-Blood?" She inquires. I look down, sadness building in my chest.

"Um, how about I explain when I get there." I offer weakly. She seems to pick up that I don't want to talk about it and nods.

"Well then, I shall see you when you arrive." Professionalism filling her words, before she swipes through the message.

"Well she seems nice." Mum says, plating up some bacon and eggs. Yea, you would think that.

I guess I'm heading to New Rome.

A/N: Here I am again, writing at 4 in the morning. Work's gonna be a bitch tomorrow. Anyway, hope you enjoyed it and as always. Let me know if something is wrong.