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Chapter 3:

Percy's POV

"It's okay." Annabeth said. "We won't hurt you. We're just like you."

"No. You're all monsters. You have swords and knives. You're here to kill me." She said through gritted teeth. Even though her voice has hard, she looked scared. I couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

"We're not monsters, kid. We're humans. Well, technically no. We're half humans. But we do have human blood." I said. I realized that whatever I just said made no sense at all. It was never really easy to explain stuff to new demigods.

"Humans don't have hooves and horns." The girl said, pointing towards Grover. Good point. I thought. Annabeth saved the day.

"Look, kid. We can explain. But you have to trust us. Grover is a satyr. He is half-human and half-goat. Percy and I are demigods. We're part human, part god. Okay?" She explained.

"Oh, great. Stalker guy there is half goat and you guys, you guys say you're gods. Do you think I'm crazy?" The girl asked, looking at us skeptically.

"Look kid, it's the truth. You have to come with us. We can get you to a safe place for people like us." Annabeth said.

"No. I'm not going anywhere. I don't know you. And you don't know anything about me. The last thing I need is you turning into more monsters." She said, saying the last sentence more to herself. But we had heard it.

So she had encountered monsters. I looked at Annabeth and our eyes met. She nodded, agreeing that we had to take her to camp. Before either of us could say something snarled and growled from the bushes. I immediately uncapped riptide. Suddenly, an empousa appeared out of the bush. Without hesitation, Annabeth and I slashed at it with our weapons, while Grover shielded the girl. I slashed Riptide at a deadly arc and the empousa turned into a pile of monster dust.

From the corner of my eye, I saw that Annabeth was fine and Grover was sniffing around to smell any other monsters. "What was that?" the girl whispered, shock clearly written on her face. I sighed and started to explain the girl.

"That was an empousa. They're servants of Hecate. They're fast and can be deadly. Have you seen others like it?" I asked her. She just nodded.

"We fight these monsters." Annabeth said, taking the lead. "Mortals cannot see them because of the Mist. They'll probably think it was just a normal girl. But we can see them. They seek us."

"So, so you're saying that all these years, all those things that I see, they're real?" She asked. We nodded. "All those monsters. Everything?" she then closed her eyes, trying to process all this information.

She looked up at us, and slowly asked a question, as if choosing her words carefully.

"Then, I'm like you?" we nodded. "Why?" she asked. I looked at her, confused. What why?

"Why do I see them? Why am I one of you?" she asked. She looked like she knew it but was afraid to accept the answer.

"Because, you're a half blood, like us." Annabeth said. Those big, green eyes studied me and Annabeth. She ran her hands through her hair, and sighed.

"What do you mean by part god?" She asked at last. Smart question, I thought.

"Have you heard of all the ancient Greek myths about gods and Titans and monsters?" Annabeth asked her.

"You mean the ones with Kronos and Zeus and the Furies and stuff? Yeah, they used to tell us those in the orphanage when I was small." She said. Thunder boomed when she took the names.

"Yes." I said, rather hastily. "Try not to take these names, okay? Names have power."

She nodded. Annabeth, Grover and I took turns explaining her everything. She listened carefully. After we finished, she simply looked at us, trying to take in so much.

"I'm Annabeth, daughter to Athena, goddess of wisdom." Annabeth said. "This is Percy, the son the sea god, Poseidon." The girl looked between me and Annabeth.

"I'm Arika." She said at last.