Pretending he was perfectly fine today in front of her was very hard. After she had gone to take a shower,Hermes and Artemis came in to encourage and support him.

"What if she says no?" He asked,striding across the room,extremely anxious. Artemis rolled her eyes.

"She loves you Apollo,she isn't going to say no." She replied,sighing at her anxious brother.

"Yeah but,she's like,scared of marriage!" He argued "she might..just might.."

"What's going on?" A new voice said. He looked up to see her peeking through the door,wearing a fresh pair of ripped jeans and a Camp T-shirt with a blue hoodie. It wasn't much,but just the sight of her made his anxiousness vanish and his vision brighter. She was dressed casually,but it made his heart thump.

"Oh nothing" Artemis smiled at her as she got up "I'd better take the Hunters for trainers. I'll see you guys later." She said,and in a snap,she vanished. Hermes got up and stretched his back.

"Yeah,I'll let you two kiss and whatever. Later." He grinned at him,and then disappeared. He exhaled sharply. Tonight was either going to make his day,or destroy him completely.

"Apollo? You okay?" She asked,stepping forward and frowning. Needing comfort and encouragement,he took her hand and laced her fingers into his.

"I'm good Sunshine. You going to Camp?"

She winced "Ah,yeah. Apparently there's some rogue dragon in the forest terrorizing the campers. So they need my help. I don't know how long it'll take,but I'll try and finish before our date."

He nodded,both nervous and relieved. At least he would have some time to pull himself together,so he nodded and wrapped an arm around her waist.

"Sure,no problem. Just stay safe,okay?"

She smiled "That's never possible for me,but I'll try. I love you."

"I love you too Sweetheart. Need a ride to Camp?"

"Duh."

"Percy!" She yelled,jogging towards her familiar twin brother. He regarded her with a look of relief and firmness.

"Glad you could join." He nodded.

"Had the dragon hurt anyone yet?"

"There's been some close calls. Leo insisted on keeping it as a pet,but he already has Festus,and the dragon nearly spit poison on Leo's pants the other day,so he decided otherwise."

"Hey! A little less information,okay Water Boy?" Leo said.

"For the last time,don't call me Water Boy. Now sis,you ready to go?"

"Duh,what else."

"Wait!" Annabeth stopped them before they could charge "We have to think of a plan!"

Percy gave her a swift kiss and then said "The Jackson's don't charge with a plan. See you later guys." He said and they both jogged into the dark forest.

Once they were out of sight,he muttered "Okay,we need a plan."

"Shouls we split up?"

"That's both a good idea and a bad one,but yeah okay." He said. She nodded and went left,while Percy went right. The more deeper she went,the more colder it got and more darker. She had to surprise a shiver every time she saw a tree. It reminded her of Daphne,and that reminded her of Apollo.

Concentrate,she told herself.

Can't you see a huge dragon even when you're thirty feet away? Maybe it had flown off. Did it have wings? Did it breath fire? Oh Styx,she forgot to ask. Sweat beaded her forehead,and the back of her shirt was sticking to her irritably. Once she got out of here,she needed a mega shower.

Think positive,she told herselfYou'll be going on a date with your boyfriend soon.

Suddenly she heard a loud roar. It sounded like it was coming a long way ahead. Just hearing it made her shiver and almost drop her sword. Taking a deep breath,she slowly walked forward,in case if the Dragon came out of nowhere.

Finally she reached an open clearing,which was sloped down like a giant bowl. She couldn't help but think that it was beautiful.

It had a mix of green and bronze scales,with a long spiky tail. She couldn't see its eyes,as it was closed but it was breathing gently,with little puffs of smoke rising from its huge nostrils. And it was sleeping around a huge pile of white stones.

No,not stones. Eggs.

It was a mother? How could she kill a mother dragon? She sighed and then some movement caught her eye. Her mouth dropped open as she recognized a familiar brother all the way on the other side. She wasted no time in walking around the valley,which was hard,because the vegetation was extremely thick. Apparently,Percy had the same idea,as they met halfway.

"We can't kill her." He said at once.

"I know. But why does she have to come terrorizing the campers? She lives far off from there's anyway."

"I know,but let's go. The vegetation here is thick. Seems like Jurassic Park or something." She said,swatting some flys. She nodded and together they slowly walked away from the valley.

"Penny," Percy said,after they'd come to the edge of the valley "While I was on my way,I saw something black-"

ROAR!

This time,she really did drop her sword. She hastily picked it up and turned around,the Dragon up at full height and its eyes open. It hard one eye green,and one eyes red and was staring at them.

"Should we run?" Percy squeaked.

"Is that even a question! Go go go!" She yelled as it roared again. They ran as fast as their legs could carry them,heart beating wildly and breathing intense. She felt that if her heart beat any faster,it would burst.

"Stop! Stop,okay?" She ordered,grabbing Percy's arm and panting. He didn't object; he leaned towards a tree panting hard. Far away,they could hear a faint roar,before it died down.

"I think it stopped chasing us" she said,wiping her brow "It wouldn't want to get too far from its eggs."

Percy nodded,clutching his stomach "Yeah...yeah..."

"Anyway...what were you saying? You said you saw something-PERCY LOOK OUT!"

She watched with horror as she saw a sword brough down upon Percy Jackson.