CHAPTER 12:

PENELOPE'S POV:

When Chiron wants to see some one it isn't good. I walked my way up to the big house and waited for the centaur to open the door for me."Don't look like that. I'm not going to kill you, yet." His twinkle in his eyes, well twinkled. "Uh, I didn't do anyhing. What ever you think I did, except for distroy the arenia, but that wasn't all me." I said trying not to freak out. "I called you, because I think you need some time in the mortal world. You are still acting to much like a guy." Chiron started to laugh. "Hey, that one time was not my fault. It clearly said girl and not guy." My face started to blush. "I didn't mean that. I meant you need to go and talk to some one. You have the emotions of a girl and the hardness of a guy. Their is a reason that girls talk to each other. Go to the mortal world make some friends, some friends that are girls." Chiron said. "So, you are kicking me out to be more girl like. How is that suposed to help." I was getting a bit mad. Yeah, let's kick Percy out in the world, so she can become more girly. Great plan every one. "You can go out to night and I will make up some story." Chiron said, then he walked me to the door.

"What did Chiron want?" Stanly was out of the informery already. "Nothing, he just needed help with a god in peral. That's it." I wanted him away as soon as possible. "That's it? How is a god in peral any thing to be so blunt about?" He asked me. "Because they are always in peral and never will not be. If you ever save their butts as much as I have you will know that." I said shooing him away, but he wouldn't get the clue. "What god is it? Zeus? Ares? Hermes? Ires? Hecate?" He kept rambling off gods names. "Kid, stop saying the names. Names are very powerfull. And to answer your question. It is Hermes. He told me not to tell anyone, because he is embaressed about it." I lied. I silently asked Hermes not to shoot me down. "Cool a secret mission." This kid kept asking questions about the gods and what I did for them. I finally snapped, "look I know you have a little crush on me, but I can't date any one. It would be weird if I dated a guy then I would be seen as gay. And I can't date Annabeth anymore, because right now I'm a girl too. You see the problem. And once Chiron gets the cure for me I will go back to my old life. So please don't bother me." I stormed away from the kid.

Once every one had left the camp fire stadum, Chiron walked up to me. "Stanly had a very intersting story about how Hermes need your help." Chiron looked at me. "I guess that's the story then." I tried to fell fine but I knew I falled. "And what of the campers who know how gods really are?" Chiron look critaclly at me. "This was your idea. Don't look at me... Just say that I had to find a very important thing for Hermes and it was to for out of his reach in his busy scedual to do it." I was pleased with my self for thinking it up. "Fine." Chiron didn't seem as pleased with the plan as I was. "So, when can I come back to Camp?" I asked. "When you learn how to be a girl. The boarder will know and it will only let you in then." Chiron smirked. "Great so I'm locked out of Camp Half-blood untill then. How do you know I won't just go to Camp Jupiter instead. I'm welcome there too." I said. "Because I have alerted Rayne about my plans, and she has told her patroller to shoot on sight. And they won't kill you, but they won't stop till you live." Chiron said in the most serious way.

I packed up all my stuff and went up the hill in the dead of night. If Chiron hadn't told the harpys what I was doing, I would have been died literally, eaten up by the cleaning bird ladys. So no one was suspicious I had to walk all the way to my mom's and step dad's apartment in Manhatten. Last I heard from them, it was almost a year ago. Going to New York was a walk in a park. If the park was full of monsters who could sence your every move. When I finally got to the building I was atacked so much I looked like I just came from a quest. "You need anything, kid?" The person behind the desk asked. "Uh yeah, Sally Jackson's apartment." I asked looking at the guy. "Sorry the only Sally here, is Sally Blowfis." He looked me in the eye. "Have we met?" I asked, because I was certain of it. "Maybe, I used to be behing the desk of the Empire State Building. I got fired when a bunch of kids trashed the place, when I was getting some coffee." He explained how he was there for seven and saw alot of people. "I know you, but you would believe me if I told you." I said, smiling. "Try me, I've seen alot in my life." He said. "I'm the kid with the lightnin' bolt. Now, I need to see Sally Jackson." I said. "You ain't that kid. The kid was a boy, not a girl, like you." The bellhop laughed. "I still need Sally Jackson, tell her that Percy Jackson needs to see her. Oh, and also tell Paul blowfis." I walked outside on the curb and waited.