Annabeth goes to 'Goode', but this time everything is different. Everyone is IN CHARACTER, not unlike the other stories of this kind. New secrets are revealed. Read to find out. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: the characters are all Rick Riordan's. I'm just using them for your entertainment.

Chapter 9

Annabeth

From the moment Percy came back to our table in the café my day became worse. Not only he forgot to order me a cheeseburger, he also managed to get the annoying waitress to like him. I wasn't the overprotective kind of girlfriend, but hey, even I can get jealous sometimes.

So we left the café, not before I checked if this Taylor was looking at us, and went toward the subway so we can get home. When we were about to buy our tickets Percy said he heard someone calling him. So I did the most obvious thing; I put my Yankees cap on and turned invisible. I walked toward the end of the wharf, where I figured the call came from. I did my best to be un-noticeable as I ran toward the call's direction. I almost ran into two people on my way.

Looking back from now, it might be my very first bad plan. Running away without someone to help me if things get difficult is kinda stupid. But I guess I just wanted to get away from Nick. He said something about me being wrong on our way. This guy doesn't know what's good for him.

To put it in simple words: the guy annoyed me. He was so Aphrodite like. Always talking about other people's life. Always looking at other people, checking if they did something wrong. I didn't regret coming to his help earlier – this is what a good person would do – but I definitely regretted having dinner with him. Martin was much better. I guess I got used to the satyrs over the years so he didn't bother me that much. But still I waited 'till I can get my time alone with Percy.

As soon as I reached the end of the wharf, something jumped on me and knocked me to the ground. I screamed from surprise. I was a little scared, not too much, but I knew I can fight back. I was about to take out my dagger and vaporize the monster, which appeared to be a hellhound, but then I suddenly recognized it.

"Mrs. O'Leary?" I called, surprised.

"WOOF!" Mrs. O'Leary barked.

From all the weird things that happened to me from the moment I woke up until the moment I was attacked by a friendly hellhound, this was the weirdest one. What is Mrs. O'Leary doing in Manhattan in the middle of the day? And then I saw who was riding her.

"Great," I muttered.

Nico looked offended. He looked directly at me. I reached my hand and touched my hair. My invisibility cap fell off when Mrs. O'Leary jumped on me. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," I shook my head. I was about to ask him what's he doing there, but Percy called my name.

"Annabeth! Where are you?" he yelled. He saw him from the corner of my eye. He looked scared and terrified. You know, it's good to know your boyfriend cares about you. Nick was standing behind him. He scanned the crowd, probably to get a better view of me – which is kinda stupid, despite the fact I wore my Yankees cap when I left them. Martin was sitting on the ground, eating a can. He looked like nothing had happened.

"Stupid Seaweed Brain," I muttered. "Nico, can you tell Mrs. O'Leary to get off me?"

"Oh, sorry," he apologized. "Mrs. O'Leary, can you please get off Annabeth? She might be squeezed to death. We don't want that."

Mrs. O'Leary listened to him and got off me. I got up to my legs, taking my cap and putting it back in its place. I looked at Nico. He wore a black army coat with black jeans. His sword was placed on his hip, just like always.

"Thank you," I said.

"No need to thank me," he answered. "Can you call Percy and these freaks? I need to talk to them. This is why I'm here."

"Fine," I said. "Percy!" I called.

Percy turned around. He sighed with relief. He ran over to me and hugged me. "Gods, you're fine. I thought something happened to you."

"No need to worry, I'm not that fragile." I laughed.

Percy released me and turn back to call to Nick and Martin. They came over. They didn't look as happy as Percy. But oh, well. "What happened to you?" Martin asked.

"Nothing, actually," I said. "A certain son of Hades thought it'd be funny to land on me with Percy's hellhound."

I started counting in my head. One . . . two . . . three . . . four . . .

"My hellhound?" Percy asked. He looked around. It took him two more seconds to notice Mrs. O'Leary. "Mrs. O'Leary!" he called in happiness. He walked over to her and started stroking her nose.

"What is this thing?" Nick asked.

"This is a hellhound," Nico said from the top of Mrs. O'Leary. "It's an Underworld creature. Mrs. O'Leary is Percy's pet."

"He has an Underworld creature as a pet?"

"I'm pretty sure you already got it, but this guy is not normal," Nico confirmed.

"Yeah," Nick nodded. "Who are you?"

"Oh, I'm Nico Di Angelo. I'm a son of Hades, the god of the Underworld," Nico explained. He slid down Mrs. O'Leary's back and stood on the ground next to Percy, who apparently didn't want to get away from his pet.

"I thought demigods should be athletic," Nick noticed.

Nico's face turned pink. "Some of us are different," he said. "Anyways, I'm here to tell you something important."

"What is it?" I asked.

"Don't get him to Camp Half-Blood," Nico said. "He shouldn't be there."

"Why?" Martin asked. "He's a demigod."

Nico nodded. "He is a demigod, but he doesn't belong in Camp Half-Blood."

"Wait," I said. "I think I got it . . . I understand." I turned to Martin. "He doesn't belong in Camp. We shouldn't take him there."

"Why?" Martin asked again.

"Maybe I'll manage to explain things better," a familiar voice said behind Mrs. O'Leary. A young lady came out of the darkness. From that moment, I was even surer things won't get easy soon. All I wanted was a normal life. I guess I should thank Athena for being special and not normal, but I think I should at least expect my life to be more normal after we saved Olympus for the second time in two years.

"Hello, demigods," Taylor smiled at us. She wore a sleeveless simple white dress that reached her knees. Her shoes were white, too. She had a flower in her hair.

"I knew something wasn't right about her," I snapped.

Seeing Taylor made Percy leave Mrs. O'Leary. "Hi," he said. "What are you doing here, Taylor?"

Taylor laughed. She smiled at Percy. I took a step aside so I stood next to Percy. I sent my hand and took his. I could see him rolling his eyes.

"I'm afraid my name isn't Taylor," the woman said. "I am Proserpina, and I am also Nick's mother."

Hi guys! I'm so sorry for the long wait! I had a busy week (I spent the weekend at my cousin's house, I had a writer block on Monday and I was on a trip yesterday.). The good thing is that I'm done babysitting my little sister! Oh, and I won't be able to update again this week. The spoken cousin is coming over in a few hours.

I hope you liked the chapter. Who is Proserpine? I'm pretty sure you already guessed this, but oh, well.

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Here's a joke from Rick's latest tweet: Hypothetical fight bt Harry Potter and Percy? Percy: "Why are we fighting?" Harry: "No idea." Gleeson Hedge appears from nowhere: "DIE!"

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P.S. Check out my new fanfic, 'Letters To Seaweed Brain'.