A/N: If you recognize it, it's not mine. Simple as that.

Chapter 5

Perci POV

Bella was up to something, I knew it. The past couple months, since her night out with Jessica, she'd been secretive and spending almost all her free time on the reservation. The past few weeks though, she'd been coming home with multiple injuries, and even a concussion before focusing on a map with Jacob. I was tempted to follow them wherever they were going, but Bella had been pulled out of her funk by Jacob, so I could focus on spending time with Charlie, whom she was neglecting, and swimming.

Yesterday though, had been very weird. Bella had gone to the movies with Jacob and one of the annoying kids from school, Mike Newton, and had come back worried out of her mind about Jacob. She had called Billy Black every fifteen minutes or so before going to bed without saying much besides that Jacob had gotten sick at the theater. I didn't really care to worry about her obsessing over Jacob, though I was sure that he would be thrilled, since his crush on Bella was painfully obvious. I was too busy trying to figure out why I kept having demigod dreams about that grey wolf that I had encountered a the cliffs back in January.

The wolf had been all but starring in my dreams once a week since, and I could always hear Aphrodite giggling when I dreamed of it. I had given her offerings for answers, and had received nothing in return. Since then, I had tried to avoid going to La Push, or at least going alone, for fear of running into the wolf again. I was tempted to IM Artemis or Apollo to ask about it though, since wolves were a shared symbol between the two of them, though I didn't think I'd get many answers out of them.

Finally though, after a few weeks of Bella moping around, falling back into her zombie state slowly, she ended up snapping, and dragged me to La Push before seven in the morning.

"Why are we going to the Black's house so early again?" I demanded tiredly. Bella had barely even paid me any attention since latching onto Jacob, so the fact that she had chosen to drag me with her was surprising, and I was less than pleased to have my sleep interrupted for this.

"To get answers." She said by way of explanation, not giving me anything else.

With a sigh, I followed her out of the truck, and up to the door, not caring if Billy saw me in my blue pajamas. If Bella was going to drag me out of bed to suit her desires, I wasn't getting dressed to do it. I was just fortunate that I remembered to grab Riptide. It would have been just my luck to forget it and get attacked by a monster. I shoved my hands into my pockets as Bella banged on the front door.

"Come in!" Billy's voice called from inside, and Bella opened the door, walking in like she owned the place. I rolled my eyes, but followed her nonetheless.

"Bella, Perci. What are you both doing here so early?" He asked, though I noticed his voice was slightly tense.

"Don't ask me, I'm here because Bella dragged me. I'd prefer to be sleeping right now." I told him, earning a slightly strained chuckle from the older man as he focused on my cousin. I was starting to wonder if she had some mental issues like Nico had suggested back in December when I saw him when I went home for Christmas and the Winter Solstice meeting. Thalia had just said that Bella sounded pathetically codependent on others.

"I need to see him." Was Bella's answer, and I let out a soft groan at her obsessing over Jacob not talking to her. Nico was wrong, she didn't have mental issues. Thalia was the correct one, I swore.

"He's sleeping." Billy told her, only to get shoved aside as Bella barged back into Jacob's bedroom.

"Sorry about that, I don't know what her problem is." I offered, checking the wall where Billy's chair had hit for holes.

"It's fine, Perci. How are you doing? I haven't seen you around much lately." He asked, and I gave a small smile despite being freaking exhausted.

"I'm okay. Sorry I haven't been coming to visit lately, I was just worried about the wolf population. I saw this freaking huge grey one back in January when I was swimming. The thing looked right at me, and I've been kind of nervous about running into it again. Can't escape the fact that it's been dream stalking me though." I said, mumbling the last part, and missing the way Billy tensed in response.

"A grey wolf, huh? I don't think you have anything to be worried about. Wolves are our tribal brothers, after all, and we've never had issues with wolves on the reservation." He assured me. I nodded, before groaning when I heard Bella shouting outside.

"I'd better go see what stupid thing she's about to do, and to who." I mumbled as I walked out, pausing momentarily at the sight of four shirtless men who were about as muscular as some of the Ares cabin. I started moving again at the sight of Bella slapping one of them, feeling irrational anger on behalf of the one she slapped.

"Bella! You don't just slap people, you idiot!" I shouted, running toward her. I picked up the pace when I saw the one she slapped shaking so bad, it looked like he was vibrating, pulling her back just in time for Jacob to come running out of the house and both of them explode into wolves. I let out a startled curse in Ancient Greek, instinctively reaching for Riptide in my pocket, but not drawing it as the silver and russet wolves disappeared into the woods, fighting all the way.

"Hey, take them to Emily's place." One of the remaining three men ordered the other two, one of whom I was now able to recognize as Embry.

"Guess the wolf's out of the bag." He muttered, picking Bella up and taking her keys from her to drive the truck.

"Where are you riding, Perci? Want to ride in the cab, or in the back with Jared?" He asked, the newly named Jared giving a friendly wave. Looking between the two, I nodded to Jared.

"I think I'll ride with him, I'm likely to slap Bella for her stupidity if I get within close quarters right now." I said, drawing a chuckle from the two, and a look of offense from Bella.

"No wonder she's Paul's." I heard Embry mutter as Jared and I hopped into the bed of Bella's tank of a truck.

"What did he mean by that?" I asked Jared as Embry started driving to an unknown location.

Jared froze for a second before relaxing and giving me a mildly apologetic look.

"I'm sorry, but it's not my place to tell you. You'll have to ask Paul later when they get back." He said, and I rolled my eyes in exasperation. I'd have better luck getting a straight answer out of Rachel on what a prophecy meant right now.

"Which one is Paul then, so I know who to interrogate later?" I asked, swiping my long black hair out of my face as I looked over at him, earning a smile.

"The one Bella slapped, the one who turned into the grey wolf." He said, and this time, I was the one to freeze. Did that mean it was Paul I saw that day in January while I was swimming? I stayed silent the rest of the trip, trying to figure out what this meant, if they were part of the Greek world or not. I was leaning against it, since they hadn't tried to attack me yet, but I couldn't be too careful. They could be a part of Lycaon's pack for all I knew.

Deciding to take a risk, I moved my jacket sleeve up, revealing my SPQR tattoo, pretending I had an itch under it, while keeping an eye out for a reaction.

"Cool tattoo, what does it mean?" Jared's voice asked, holding only curiosity. Studying his face, I noticed that he genuinely didn't know what the tattoo meant, and gave a small sigh of relief.

"Family thing on my father's side." I said, by way of answer. They may be wolves, but I wasn't revealing the gods unless ordered to, or given permission to do so from one. He nodded, and I let my sleeve drop just as the truck rolled to a stop in front of a quaint little house that was practically on the beach, as I could see the ocean from here.

I wanted so badly to run to it, to call my father or Triton to see if they had answers on what was up with the Quiliutes that allowed them to turn into wolves. I wondered if it was the work of Apollo, since I knew there was no way Artemis would allow a bunch of men to turn into wolves. She'd sooner turn them into jackelopes before she'd turn them into wolves.

"Hey, I think we should go back to see if Jacob's okay." Bella said as Embry got out of the cab and Jared helped me out of the bed.

"He'll be fine, Bella. Come on in, we don't bite!" Embry called back to her, earning a snort from Jared.

"Speak for yourself, dude. Oh, Perci, about Emily, Sam's fiancee, don't stare." He said, before walking through the open door, into the house.

Confused for a second on why I would stare, I followed him inside, Embry and Bella behind me.

"Are you boys hungry?" A woman's melodic voice asked, before scoffing in amusement.

"Like I even have to ask." She said, turning around to give Bella and I a view of her face. She was a native woman with almond shaped chocolate brown eyes, and pin straight raven black hair. Though now I knew the reason I wasn't supposed to stare was the scars that graced her russet skin from her eyes, all the way down to her hand on her right side. Used to scars though, I didn't even bat an eye, instead, zeroing in on the muffins in her hand.

"Who are they?" The woman, who I assumed was Emily asked, catching sight of Bella and I.

"Bella Swan, and her cousin, Perci Jackson, who else?" Embry asked, sounding slightly sarcastic, making Emily hum in acknowledgement.

"So, you're the vampire girl." She said, looking at Bella, making me freeze before whirling to face my moron of a cousin.

"What?" I demanded, my voice low and deadly, not caring about the fear I saw on her face.