A/N Okay here is the whole chapter.

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(Percy's P.O.V)

"Mom,"

"Sally"

"Sally!"

"Miss. Blowfish…err…Blofis"

"Sally"

"Sally! Blowfish?" said Poseidon in a voice just below a whisper.

"WHA-what is a mortal doing on Olympus, I should just get rid of yo-" started Zeus until Percy intervened.

"She is my mother, you harm her and I will take you to Tartarus for six months like I wa- you know what I will just force you to fade" Said Percy in a deathly quiet voice.

Zeus Just nodded looking quite frightened. Percy then turned the 40 Year old woman, "Mom? What are you doing here shouldn't you be at you book signing back in 2014?"

Sally nodded "Yes, but I wouldn't be able to see my son and my sort of niece and nephew along with Tyson And your nephew Nathan, Plus I want to know what went on in your head as a demigod."

"H-Hi -M-Miss Sally." said Luna She had seen a lot of scary thing in her life and a mad Sally Blofis Nee-Jackson took the grand prize.

"You" she said in a hard voice.

"Mom" Percy warned "Remember your blood pressu-"

"Percy, be quite," Sally said in a strict voice

"Yes Ma'am,"

Sally turned back to Luna, "You broke my son's heart and for that I look at you like you are a Titan" sally said in a harsh tone. Luna not knowing what else to do nodded and sat back down Sally turned back to Percy, "Now change out of those robes, I want to see my son not an Assassin."

Immediately a flash surrounded Percy and he was now wearing black jeans, Nike high tops, black T-shirt, Wrist watch and Ray bans. "That's better," Sally turned to a stunned Apollo "Apollo will you please hand me the book?" she asked in a nice tone.

He looked like he was about to throw it when Percy's better than batman's observing skills saw it, "Apollo my mother is 60 years old. Don't you dare throw that book," Percy said as you could see the hills of a dagger in his left pant leg Apollo nodded and got off his throne and handed the book to Sally. He turned back with a gulp.

"Thank you," Sally said as she cleared her voice.

"I Drive My Dog Into a Tree."Sally read.

Mrs O'Leary saw me before I saw her, which was a pretty good trick considering she's the size of a garbage truck.

Most of the occupants of the room looked shocked while Hades just shrugged turning to Percy, "She's that small?" Percy just shook his head

"Now she's so big when she stands on her hind legs she's half as tall as the Empire state building." The shocked looks suddenly resembled something more akin with fear.

I walked into the arena, and a wall of darkness slammed into me. "WOOF!" The next thing I knew I was flat on the ground with a huge paw on my chest and an oversize Brillo-pad tongue licking my face.

"Her toung is the size of a billboard," Percy said with a sigh. He remembered the time they chased after the mortal's cars. While it had been entertaining it was also dangerous.

"Ow!" I said. "Hey, girl. Good to see you too. Ow!"

It took a few minutes for Mrs O'Leary to calm down and get off me. By then I was pretty much drenched in dog drool.

"Um…ew," Said Aphrodite in disgust. Nobody really minded her, but Luna was tempted to run her through with hunting knives.

She wanted to play fetch, so I picked up a bronze shield and tossed it across the arena. By the way, Mrs O'Leary is the world's only friendly hellhound.

Now it was Hades' turn to be shock, "Wow, if she weren't she would rip you Adam's apple out of your throat…"

"Um, again, EW!" you all knew who said that.

I kind of inherited her when her previous owner died. She lived at camp, but Beckendorf… Well, Beckendorf used to take care of her whenever I was gone.

Hephaestus's face darkened along with Percy's. Sally patted Percy on the back and he immediately felt better. Hera thought to do the same so she got up and walked next to Hephaestus' throne and lightly patted him on the back his dark look changed to one of happiness and shock. Compassion was something the queen rarely (if ever) showed.

He had smelted Mrs O'Leary's favourite bronze chewing bone. He'd forged her collar with the little smiley face and a crossbones nametag. Next to me, Beckendorf had been her best friend. Thinking about that made me sad all over again, but I threw the shield a few more times because Mrs O'Leary insisted.

Soon she started barking – a sound slightly louder than artillery gun –

Ares's face lighting like he had the best idea in the world Percy knowing what he was gonna ask said, "No Ares we will not put gun powder and bullets in her mouth," Ares pouted like a child who didn't get to play in the snow.

Like she needed to go for a walk. The other campers didn't think it was funny when she went to the bathroom in the arena.

Nico glared at Percy, "Why didn't you take her out that day?" Nico asked with narrowed eyes.

"I wasn't at camp," was his simple answer. Nico huffed but said nothing.

It had caused more than one unfortunate slip-and-slide accident. So I opened the gates of the arena, and she bounded straight toward the woods.

Artemis and Luna smiled. To them the wild was what a milky bar was to a chocoholic.

I jogged after her, not too concerned that she was getting ahead. Nothing in the woods could threaten Mrs O'Leary. Even the dragons and giant scorpions ran away when she came close.

When I finally tracked her down, she wasn't using the facilities. She was in a familiar clearing where the Council of Cloven Elders had once put Grover on trial.

Percy growled slightly. Everyone gulped but those who were on Percy's good books. The sound wasn't something you'd want to hear in a dark alley…

The place didn't look so good. The grass had turned yellow. The three topiary thrones had lost all their leaves.

Demeter looked horrified. The chocoholic analogy anyone?

But that's not what surprised me. In the middle of the glade stood the weirdest trio I'd ever seen: Juniper the tree nymph, Nico di Angelo, and a very old, very fat satyr.

Nico glared at Percy, "I'm not weird," he said and to prove his point (not) he summoned a jar of peanut butter and a jar of pickles and started dipping the pickles in the peanut butter and eating it.

"Nicky pass me one will ya?" Nico threw it and Percy caught it in his hand. Percy took a moment, "Nope, you're still weird."

Nico was the only one who didn't seem freaked out by Mrs O'Leary's appearance.

"FF, CRUSE NEFT I WEAS LEDF HFF FIRD BEFF FENRID." Said Nico with his mouth full. Nobody could really understand what he was saying.

"Nico don't speak with your mouth full.'' Said Sally, you just couldn't not listen to her.

Nico swallowed "sorry MS- Aunt Sally"

Sally just nodded.

"Nico tell me what you were trying to say." Percy said with a head tilt.

"Of course not, I was practically her third best friend." Percy just nodded.

He looked pretty much like I'd seen him in my dream-an aviator's jacket, black jeans, and a T-shirt with dancing skeletons on it, like one of those Day of the Dead pictures.

His Stygian iron sword hung at his side. He was only twelve, but he looked much older and sadder.

Hades frowned; his children didn't have the best of luck but was it really that bad? One look at Nico and he had his answer.

He nodded when he saw me, and then went back to scratching Mrs O'Leary's ears. She sniffed his legs like he was the most interesting thing since rib-eye steaks.

"Understandable," Said Hermes, Nico, Apollo, Percy, Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, and Dionysus.

They paused, "Freaky." Apollo muttered.

"You can say that again," Hermes said with a slight shiver.

"Freaky," The not so bright sun god said again. Hermes just shook his head; he'd officially lost hope in his brother's intelligence.

Being the son of Hades, he'd probably been traveling in all sorts of hellhound-friendly places.

The old satyr didn't look nearly so happy.

"Why would he be," asked Demeter. No one answered her.

"Will someone-what is this underworld creature doing in my forest!" He waved his arms and trotted on his hooves as if the grass were hot. "You there, Percy Jackson! Is this your beast?"

Percy glared at the floor so hard it started to char a little bit. Gotta love those abilities, eh?

"Sorry, Leneus," I said. "That's your name, right?"

The satyr rolled his eyes. His fur was dust-bunny grey, and a spider web grew between his horns.

"Ha, Percy where do you come up with this stuff?" Asked Hermes as he wrote it on a note pad.

His belly would've made him an invincible bumper car.

"Well, of course I'm Leneus. Don't tell me you've forgotten a member of the Council so quickly.

"Yup," said Percy with a shrug.

Now, call off your beast!"

"WOOF!" Mrs O'Leary said happily.

The old satyr gulped. "Make it go away!"

"Wimp," Ares said and everyone nodded in agreement. Not every day you see the god of war saying something everybody agreed on.

Juniper, I will not help you under these circumstances!"

Juniper turned toward me. She was pretty in a dryad-y way, with her purple gossamer dress and her elfish face, but her eyes were green- Tinted with chlorophyll from crying.

"Percy," she sniffled. "I was just asking about Grover. Iknowsomething happened. He wouldn't stay gone this long if he wasn't in trouble. I was hoping that Leneus-"

"Would go die in a hole and be forced to eat his own shi-" He stopped his sentence right there when he saw Sally glaring at him. Note to self, stop saying things like that in front of mom.

"I told you!" the satyr protested. "You are better off without that traitor."

Juniper stamped her foot." He is not a traitor! He's the bravest satyr ever, and I want to know where he is!"

"WOOF!"

Leneus's knees started knocking. "I ...I won't answer questions with this hellhound sniffing my tail!"

"That's what she said," said Apollo everyone stared at him in shock.

"Apollo that's not even close to being right." said Percy, Apollo just pouted.

Nico looked like he was trying to not crack up.

"I was on the inside," Nico said before he took another bite of his pickle.

"I'll walk the dog," he volunteered. He whistled, and Mrs O'Leary bounded after him to the far end of the grove.

Leneus huffed indignantly and brushed the twigs off his shirt. "Now, as I was trying to explain, young lady, your boyfriend has not sentanyreports since we voted him into exile."

"Youtriedto vote him into exile," I corrected. "Chiron and Dionysus stopped you."

"Hmm, I must have had a reason," Dionysus muttered to himself. God of insanity talking to himself, anyone seeing a connection here?

"Bah! They arehonoraryCouncil members. It wasn't a proper vote."

"WHAT!?" roared Dionysus. He flicked his wrist.

"Dionysus! What did you do?" Asked Zeus.

"Incinerated that puny satyr," the wine god said with a smirk.

"I'll tell Dionysus you said that."

Leneus paled. "I only meant ...Now see here, Jackson. This is none of your business."

"Grover's my friend," I said. "He wasn't lying to you about Pan's death. I saw it myself. You were just too scared to accept the truth."

"Like I said before, Wimp" Guess who.

Leneus's lips quivered. "No! Grover's a liar and good riddance. We're better off without him."

The floor started smoking.

I pointed at the withered thrones. "If things are going so well, where are your friends? Looks like your Council hasn't been meeting lately."

"Nice one," said Ares and Percy wondered if the Apocalypse was coming. Never in his life did he expect Ares to complement him.

"Maron and Silenus ...I ...I'm sure they'll be back," he said, but I could hear the panic in his voice. "They're just taking some time off to think. It's been a very unsettling year."

"It's going to get a lot more unsettling," I promised. "Leneus, weneedGrover. There's got to be a way you can find him with your magic."

The old satyr's eye twitched. "I'm telling you, I've heard nothing. Perhaps he's dead."

"That's it!" The floor burst into flames as Hestia and Hephaestus were trying to calm the flames. Poseidon, Nathan and Percy doused it in water.

Juniper choked back a sob. "He's not dead, "I said. "I can feel that much."

"Empathy links," Leneus said disdainfully. "Very unreliable."

"So ask around," I insisted. "Find him. There's a war coming. Grover was preparing the nature spirits."

"Without my permission! And it's notourwar."

I grabbed him by the shirt, which seriously wasn't like me, but the stupid old goat was making me mad.

Nico and Thalia flinched "So scary," they muttered.

"Wait that wasn't scary Percy? You know the one who set the floor on fire by glaring at it." Asked Apollo.

"No that's slightly annoyed Percy" said Nico.

"Listen, Leneus. When Kronos attacks, he's going to havepacksof hellhounds. He's going to destroy everything in his path-mortals, gods, demigods. Do you think he'll let the satyrs go free? You're supposed to be a leader. So LEAD. Get out there and see what's happening. Find Grover and bring Juniper some news. Now, GO!"

Ares nodded "Nice," He said, which was the closest thing to a compliment.

I didn't push him very hard, but he was kind of top-heavy.

He fell on his furry rump, then scrambled to his hooves and ran away with his belly jiggling. "Grover will never be accepted! He will die an outcast!"

Now Percy's hair was on fire.

When he'd disappeared into the bushes, Juniper wiped her eyes. "I'm sorry, Percy. I didn't mean to get you involved. Leneus is still a lord of the Wild. You don't want to make an enemy of him."

"No problem," I said. "I've got worse enemies than overweight satyrs."

Nico walked back to us. "Good job, Percy. Judging from the trail of goat pellets, I'd say you shook him up pretty well."

I was afraid I knew why Nico was here, but I tried for a smile.

"Welcome back. Did you come by just to see Juniper?"

He blushed. "Um, no. That was an accident. I kind of… dropped into the middle of their conversation."

"He scared us to death!" Juniper said. "Right out of the shadows. But, Nico, youarethe son of Hades and all. Are you sure you haven't heard anything about Grover?"

Nico shifted his weight. "Juniper, like I tried to tell you ...even if Grover died, he would reincarnate into something else in nature. I can't sense things like that, only mortal souls."

"But if youdohear anything?" she pleaded, putting her hand on his arm. "Anything at all?"

Nico's cheeks got even brighter red. "Uh, you bet. I'll keep my ears open."

Nico's face turned red.

"We'll find him, Juniper," I promised. "Grover's alive, I'm sure. There must be a simple reason why he hasn't contacted us."

She nodded glumly. "I hate not being able to leave the forest. He could be anywhere, and I'm stuck here waiting. Oh, if that silly goat has gotten himself hurt-"

Mrs O'Leary bounded back over and took an interest in Juniper's dress. Juniper yelped. "Oh, no you don't! I know about dogs and trees. I'm gone!"

"Ha," said Thalia then she turned to Percy "Looks like she doesn't like dogs." she said to him.

"Shut UP!" was his reply.

She wentpoofinto green mist. Mrs O'Leary looked disappointed, but she lumbered off to find another target, leaving Nico and me alone.

Nico tapped his sword on the ground. A tiny mound of animal bone erupted from the dirt. They knit themselves together into a skeletal field mouse and scampered off.

"I can do more than that," he said and touched his sword to the ground.

****15 seconds later*****

"NICO! GET THE ELEPHANT OUT OF THE THRONE ROOM"

Okay fine!

"I was sorry to hear about Beckendorf."

Again Percy looked down.

A lump formed in my throat. "How did you-"

"I talked to his ghost."

"You talk to the dead too much cuz you can talk to me and Pine cone face anytime," Percy said and Nico just nodded.

"Oh... right." I'd never get used to the fact that this twelve-year-old kid spent more time talking with the dead than the living. "Did he say anything?"

"He doesn't blame you. He figured you'd be beating yourself up, and he said you shouldn't."

"Knows me well," Whispered Percy, Luna being the only one who heard him turned to him but then looked away when she received the harsh glare from her ex.

"Is he going to try for rebirth?"

Nico shook his head. "He's staying in Elysium. Said he's waiting for someone.

This time Nico, Thalia, Percy, and Tyson looked grave.

Not sure what he meant, but he seems okay with death."

Aphrodite looked up almost as if her tiny brain was trying to work and figure out what he meant but then shook her head and went back to fixing her makeup.

It wasn't much comfort, but it was something.

"I had a vision you were on Mount Tam," I told Nico. "Was that-?"

"Real," he said. "I didn't mean to be spying on the Titans, but I was in the neighbourhood."

"Doing what?"

Nico tugged at his sword belt. "Following a lead on ...you know my family."

Nico, Hades, and Percy glared at Zeus so hard his beard burst in to flames and he started running around the room screaming, everyone went back to focusing on Sally.

I nodded. I knew his past was a painful subject. Until two years ago, he and his sister Bianca had been frozen in time at a place called the Lotus Hotel and Casino.

They'd been there for like seventy years. Eventually a mysterious lawyer rescued them and checked them into a boarding school, but Nico had no memories of his life before the casino. He didn't know anything about his mother.

He didn't know who the lawyer was, or why they'd been frozen in time or allowed to go free. After Bianca died and left Nico alone, he'd been obsessed with finding answers.

"So how did it go?" I asked. "Any luck?"

By now Zeus was on his throne with patches of facial hair.

"No," he murmured. "But I may have a new lead soon."

Nico Looked down in shame Percy gave him a reassuring pat on the back.

"What's the lead?"

Nico chewed his lip. "That's not important right now. You know why I'm here."

Nico flinched.

A feeling of dread started to build in my chest. Ever since Nico first proposed his plan for beating Kronos last summer, I'd had nightmares about it.

Sally looked to Percy "is this when, you know, IT happens?" Percy just nodded leaving the peo-err gods of the past in confusion.

He would show up occasionally and press me for an answer, but I kept putting him off.

"Nico, I don't know," I said. "It seems pretty extreme."

"You've got Typhon coming in, what ...a week? Most of the other Titans are unleashed now and on Kronos' side. Maybe it's time to think extreme."

I looked back toward the camp. Even from this distance I could hear the Ares and Apollo campers fighting again, yelling curses and spouting bad poetry.

"They're no match for the Titan army," Nico said.

The gods who had kids at camp wanted to protest but couldn't.

"You know that. This comes down to you and Luke. And there's only one way you can beat Luke."

Athena gasped in shock. She'd figured it out, Percy thought.

I remembered the fight on thePrincess Andromeda.I'd been hopelessly outmatched. Kronos had almost killed me with a single cut to my arm, and I couldn't even wound him. Riptide had glanced right off his skin.

"We can give you the same power," Nico urged. "You heard the Great Prophecy. Unless you want to have your soul reaped by a cursed blade..."

I wondered how Nico had heard the prophecy – probably from some ghost.

"You can't prevent a prophecy," I said.

"But you can fight it." Nico had a strange, hungry light in his eyes. "You can become invincible."

"Did I really sound that crazy?" Nico asked Percy

"No!' Nico let out a breath, Percy smiled, "Much crazier!"

"Maybe we should wait. Try to fight without-"

"No!" Nico snarled. "It has to be now!"

I stared at him. I hadn't seen his temper flare like that in a long time.

"Um, you sure you're okay?"

He took a deep breath. "Percy, all I mean ...when the fighting starts, we won't be able to make the journey. This is our last chance. I'm sorry if I'm being too pushy, but two years ago my sister gave her life to protect you. I want you to honour that. Do whatever it take to stay alive and defeat Kronos."

I didn't like the idea. Then I thought about Annabeth calling me a coward, and I got angry.

My daughter convinced you to risk your life for Olympus by calling you scared?" asked Athena Percy just nodded.

Nico had a point. If Kronos attacked New York, the campers would be no match for his forces. I had to do something. Nico's way was dangerous-maybe even deadly. But it might give me a fighting edge.

"All right," I decided. "What do we do first?"

His cold creepy smile made me sorry I'd agreed. "First we'll need to retrace Luke's steps. We need to know more about his past, his childhood."

Hermes Took a Deep shaky breath.

I shuddered, thinking about Rachel's picture from my dream – a smiling nine-year-old Luke. "Why do we need to know about that?"

"I'll explain when we get there," Nico said. "I've already tracked down his mother. She lives in Connecticut."

Hermes turned chalk white. They couldn't be going to her, could they?

I stared at him. I'd never thought much about Luke's mortal parent. I'd met his dad, Hermes, but his mom...

"Luke ran away when he was really young," I said. "I didn't think his mom was alive."

"Oh, she's alive." The way he said it made me wonder what was wrong with her. What kind of horrible person could she be?

"Okay... "I said, "So how do we get to Connecticut? I can call Blackjack-"

"No." Nico scowled. "Pegasi don't like me and the feeling is mutual.

"Don't be hating on my Pegasus!" Percy said and Poseidon smiled in approval.

But there's no need for flying." He whistled, and Mrs O'Leary came loping out of the woods.

"Your friend here can help." Nico patted her head. "You haven't tried shadow travel yet?"

"Shadow travel?"

Nico whispered in Mrs O'Leary's ear. She tilted her head, suddenly alert.

"Hop on board," Nico told me.

I'd never considered riding a dog before, but Mrs O'Leary was certainly big enough. I climbed onto her back and held her collar.

"This will make her very tired," Nico warned, "so you can't do it often. And it works best at night. But all shadows are part of the same substance. There is only one darkness, and creatures of the Underworld can use it as a road, or a door."

"I don't understand," I said.

"No," Nico said. "It took me a long time to learn. But Mrs O'Leary knows. Tell her where to go. Tell her Westport, the home of May Castellan."

"You're not coming?"

"Don't worry," he said. "I'll meet you there."

I was a little nervous, but I leaned down to Mrs O'Leary's ear.

"I gotta say it was fun in a freaky way," Percy admitted.

"Ha," Nico snorted, "Want to go for another ride?"

"NO!"

"Okay girl, uh, can you take me to Westport, Connecticut? May Castellan's place?"

Mrs O'Leary sniffed the air. She looked into the gloom of the forest. Then she bounded forward, straight into an oak tree.

Just before we hit, we passed into shadows as cold as the dark side of the moon.

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