Hey, sorry it's taken so long to update! I've had a hectic week, but now I should be updating more often, especially since I have two weeks before school ends for summer! Thanks for keeping with me, reviews appreciated! Fronk x


The time soon came for assembly. We all filed in as usual, but Leila pulled me aside.

"Can we talk later?" she asked, her voice low.

"Sure," I said, concerned. "What's up?"

She just shook her head and said she'd tell me later. The she hurried to her place in line. Okay.

I wandered over to Miss Greenly.

"Mornin' Miss," I said happily, smiling.

She jumped at my voice, looking up from the floor.

"Oh, Eden," she said, a little breathless. "Good morning, dear. How are you?"

"Good, thank you. Has anyone given you any trouble over the whole demigod thing?" I asked.

She shook her head. "No, all of my students were fine with it; they actually seemed to behave a little better, too. I checked with Rose earlier and she said she was fine also. You might want to double check on her, though. She might not tell me everything, you know?"

I nodded. "I do, yeah." A hush fell over the hall as Mrs Jolinwood went up on the stage.

I wormed my way through the people to my seat.

"Be seated," Mrs Jolinwood said. We sat. "Now, I have gathered you all here for a reason. Yesterday I mentioned a demigod visitor, to answer questions you may have on the matter as not to bother our demigod students. He is here today."

She beckoned Percy onto the stage. Everyone was silent.

"This," she said, "is Percy Jackson. I leave you in his capable hands." She went down off stage.

Percy swallowed nervously before beginning.

"Hi," he said. "As Mrs. Jolinwood said, I'm the demigod visitor, Percy Jackson. My father is Poseidon, god of the seas. Because of this I have control over water, can breathe underwater and communicate with horses – my dad's the god of them, too," he added hastily, seeing the confused looks on the front row.

"I've known I'm a demigod for six years now. I found out when I was twelve years old, after I was attacked by my maths teacher who was in fact a Kindly One. For those who don't know, they're not nice to come across. After that, I was propelled into a world of things I never even imagined existed.

"Yes, being a demigod is dangerous. Many don't live past mid-teens, so I thank that gods daily for that. However, if it weren't for my heritage, I wouldn't have found my father, who I believed to be lost at sea. I found family and friends I know I'm going to keep for the rest of my life. I also found the love of my life."

A chorus of 'aw' went up then, and Percy had the grace to blush. Boy, was I telling Annabeth when I saw her tonight!

"So, that's a bit about me. I'm now gonna throw the floor open to you, and answer any questions you have. Just as a warning – if you happen to hear thunder after a question, there's a good chance I won't be able to answer it. That'll be the Lord of Sky telling me to shut up."

A ripple of laughter went through the student body.

"Who's first?" he asked, looking out.

A hand appeared about a third of the way back. Percy asked for that person to ask their question.

"How come you can communicate to horses?" she asked.

Percy smiled. "My father is the god of horses 'cause he created them out of sea foam, so I can talk to horses telepathically. With my mind," he added at a few blank looks.

Another hand was raised.

"What gods have you met?"

Thunder rumbled threateningly.

"I don't think I can answer that one," he said nervously.

"Okay then," the girl continued eagerly. "Can you say if you've met Zeus, at least, seeing as he keeps butting in?"

I flinched at the girls words. Did she want to get electrocuted? However, there wasn't any thunder, so Percy took that as a sign to carry on.

"I have met the Lord of Sky, yes," he said. "The first time I met him I'd… retrieved an item for him of great importance and went to take it back to him," he said, nicely avoiding mentioning the Lightning Bolt incident. That would be hard to explain.

"Do you know any of the demigods here?" someone asked.

Percy nodded. "Yeah," he said. "I know Eden quite well, seeing as she's one of my girlfriend's best friends. I've met Rose briefly during lessons at Camp, but I don't know her that well. I haven't had the pleasure of meeting Miss Greenly yet, but I'm sure I will at some point today."

"Who is this girlfriend of yours?" another person called.

Percy smiled broadly. "Her name is Annabeth Chase and she's a daughter of the Athena like Miss Greenly. I've known her almost as long as I've known I'm a demigod." His smile softened, his eyes glazing over as he remembered. "She's always been a constant, no matter what's happened. Even when I… fell ill about a year ago, she was still with me."

It was true. Even with his amnesia, he still remembered Annabeth. It was so cute.

Another chorus of 'aw' came from the audience. Mrs Jolinwood cleared her throat, motioning for Percy to continue. He asked for any more questions.

"You know that tsunami a few years ago?" I heard Sandra call. Uh oh. "Did your dad have anything to do with it? And if you have control over water, couldn't you have done anything to stop it?"

I saw Percy's eyes go wide. No thunder rumbled over head as a warning, so he tried to answer.

"Urm, well," he stammered. "My father is god of the sea, so he probably did have something – a very minor something – to do with it, but -"

"So your dad was responsible for the deaths of all those people?" Sandra pressed.

'He'll be the death if you carry on like this,' I thought, looking around cautiously for any telltale signs of imminent smighting.

"I highly doubt that," Percy carried on, beginning to look a little annoyed. "And I couldn't have done anything because I was busy savi -"

Thunder rumbled then, cutting him off. The air also gained a little more moisture…

"Now, now son," a new voice said from the back of the hall. "Is there really any need for that?"

All eyes turned to the back of the room. There, looking as calm as ever in his Hawaiian shirt and Bermuda shorts, was Poseidon, god of the sea. He carried his trident in one hand as he walked confidently towards the stage. He nodded to me as he passed, and I nodded back out of respect. He nodded at Miss Greenly and smiled kindly at little Rose, who blushed in return. He even nodded at Mrs Jolinwood, which I found odd.

Eventually he reached the stage.

"Now," he said after greeting Percy fondly, "to answer the young miss who has been interrogating my son – Sandra, isn't it?" His eyes found her sitting a few seats to my left and a row. "There are tsunamis all the time, not many to do with me. I do, however, help greatly with relief efforts. I believe seeing as I am the god of the seas I should help wherever possible when my domain causes trouble or strife."

There was a stunned silence as the reality of having a god in the room sank in the people. Many just stared, disbelieving. Some looked around the room at their friends in shock. Some started talking to the people sat next to them, as Laura was doing to me.

"Is that really him?" she asked, he eyes wide.

I nodded. "Yeah," I said quietly. "That's him."

It wasn't that I didn't like Poseidon – on the contrary, he was one of the more reasonable gods, one of the one I got along better with. However, having one of the Big Three come to a tiny little school to talk to his son was a bit worrying. They ever came out for anything minor.

He whispered something in Percy's ear. Percy's eyes widened as he looked aghast at his father. He nodded frantically and rushed of stage.

Poseidon turned to address us.

"Unfortunately," he said. "Something has come up and he is needed elsewhere. I, however, shall take over where my son left off. Now, who wishes to ask a question next?"