CHAPTER 6

Aaaaaaand I'm back! Sorry for the impromptu hiatus, I just didn't wanna write. I'll try to update on a weekly basis. Also, all chapters from now on will be third person basis, like in HoO.

I am trying a new style, like a play, as in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Reply and tell me if it's better than the usual third person.

I will soon be posting a crossover one-shot (three-shot, at most). It may give you a hint at what's about to come.

Anyways, have fun reading (Disclaimer: I don't own PJO, KC, or MCGA), yada yada yada, let's get on with it.

PERCY

It is three p.m. Percy is in his room, copying some spells from one papyrus onto another and thinking why the plural of discus was discuses if the plural of papyrus was papyri. Suddenly, he feels a rumbling. Which shouldn't have happened, since only him, Anya, Sadie, Carter and Walt were at Brooklyn House. Zia was at the First Nome. Julian and Cleo had a museum trip worth half their grade, and Felix had tagged along. He pauses, waiting for any sign. Suddenly a boom resonates throughout the house. He opens his door and looks outside. Soon, another boom sounds. He gets out into the corridor. The door to the left of his room opens and out steps a sopping wet Anya.

Anya: (angry and grumbling) I was taking a bath! Seriously!

They make their way into the Great Room. And are promptly shocked.

Anya: (shocked) What the Hel?

The balcony is nowhere to be seen. Carter is looking outwards and downwards, into the East River raging below.

Percy, Carter and Anya are standing in front of the balcony.

Anya: (unbelieving) So, you mean to tell me that there was a serpopard. Here. In New York. While there's no God-of-Evil-and-Mischief-and-Trickery trying to destroy the world?

Carter: I know what I saw.

Percy: Um, excuse me, but... what's a serpopard?

Anya: (thinking) Wait a second.

Anya goes off into the direction of the library. She returns a few minutes later with a picture.

Anya: (hands Percy the picture) This is a serpopard.

The picture is of the back of the Narmer Palette. It shows two leopard like creatures, with their really long necks entwined around each other. They looked like diplodocuses (which should have been Diplodoci, really, thinks Percy).

Percy: (processing) Oh... okay then.

Carter: (turns to Anya) So... they're probably clinging to Philip, but you need to go down there and get them back up.

Anya: (shrugs) Works for me. Come on, Isa.

Percy: (slightly panicking) Why me?!

Anya: (places Percy's hands on her shoulders and hers on Percy's) Because you're new.

They jump off, into the East River.

As they fall, the water of the river rises to meet Percy and Anya, giving them a soft landing. Percy looks around.

Percy: (slightly worried) Uhh... I don't see a boy, a girl, and an albino crocodile anywhere.

Anya: They must have floated away. Wait a sec..

Anya closes her eyes and concentrates. Suddenly, she starts to glow golden.

Percy: (definitely worried) Anya?

Anya: (jerks her head to the right and opens her eyes) Yeah. Sorry. They're that way, (points downstream)

Percy: Well then, let's swim dangerously and almost die so that we can save a guy, a girl and an albino crocodile.

{A/N: I don't know if I told you guys, but Percy has partial immortality.}

{Time Skip - 5 Minutes}

Anya: (exasperated by now) There they are!

She points to a guy and girl, sitting on an albino crocodile. Shockingly enough, there aren't many of those in the East River.

The duo swim towards Sadie, Walt and Philip.

Sadie: (also exasperated) There they are! What took you so long?

Anya: Well, you've drifted so far away, it's not our fault. Now come on, we've got to get back. Carter should be fixing the balcony.

{Time Skip – 5 Minutes}

The magicians are below the balcony. Anya makes some water shoot up to it. A couple of seconds later, A portal appears a few feet away.

Carter: (while looking through the portal, which opens up onto the balcony) Took your time, didn't you? Now come on.

One by one, Sadie, Walt and then Percy hold Carter's hand while he pulls them into the portal. Anya then gets off of Philip and says a command word. He shrinks into a wax statuette. The grabs the statuette, then Carter pulls her into the portal as well. Everyone is now covered in wet sand.

Anya: Oh, great, I'm covered in sand! I'll have to take another shower now.

Anya stalks back to her room. Sadie and Walt go to the library. Percy looks at Carter.

Percy: You want a sandwich, don't you?

Carter: You're turning into Anya. And yes, I want a sandwich.

Carter and Percy go to the kitchen to make sandwiches (which will probably be blue). They start eating and suddenly, they hear a scream. They run to the Great Room and enter simultaneously with Anya.

Carter: Anya? Why were you screaming?

Anya: (confused) Me? I wasn't screaming, I thought Sadie was screaming.

As if on cue, Sadie enters with Walt.

Sadie: What happened? Who screamed?

Percy: (confused) Wait, you didn't scream, and Anya didn't scream, so... who screamed?

Voice (from balcony): Oh, no one screamed. That was me.

Everyone turns. Standing on the balcony is Hades.

Walt breaks the silence.

Walt: (nods at Hades) Lord Hades.

Hades: (nods at Walt) Anubis. Nice to see you.

Walt: (confused) Anubis returns the compliment. Why exactly are you on the balcony, Lord Hades?

Hades looks at Percy (who is trying to shrink behind Anya as she is standing farthest away from Hades and is only a couple inches shorter than him).

Hades: They're looking for you, you know. The Olympians.

Percy: I highly doubt it, uncle.

Hades: Your father's worried sick.

Percy flinches.

Percy: Which father?

Hades: Poseidon.

Percy: Last I heard, he had only two children, Mark and Margaret.

Hades: He does only have two children, Percy. And Mark is not one of them.

By now the other four people are looking at Hades and Percy like they're watching a tennis match.

Percy: What do you mean, Mark is not one of them?

Hades sighs, and tries to take a step into the room. He is immediately stopped by the barrier.

Carter: Ah, right, sorry. I, Carter Kane, allow Lord Hades of the Olympians to enter the 21st nome.

Hades steps inside.

Hades: Percy... I don't think Mark is a son a Poseidon. I think he's a son of Hecate.

A/N: BOOM! Bomb successfully exploded. I will try to update every week from now on.

Yasss greater than 1,000 words!

About the upcoming one(three?)-shot, it is a crossover with Miraculous Ladybug: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir and it explains why Anya hates Paris. (Hint: Akuma)

Spoiler Alert: A Liar Gets Exposed

I will also probably start a new MLB fic.

That's it for now! Bye!

13052007

-nephthys13