Percy's POV.

I headed out of my cabin towards the arena to practice. I was feeling really good today...maybe due to the fact that I didn't dream last night. See, demigod dreams are never normal. Sometime they tell us of the future..., which is never good. Most of the times the gods just want to kill us. I mean, really. First you're careless and mess around with the babes and dudes and then go, "YOU SHALL NOT LIVE". The Gods must be crazy.

"Hey, Percy." Samarah, a girl from the Aphrodite cabin, pulled me out of my reverie. She was twirling her hair with her fingers and kept batting her eyelids.

"Um...hi. Do you have something in your eye?", I asked her.

"What?..No.", she said coldly and walked off. Girls.

I spotted Nico and waved to him."Hey, what's up, Nico?"

"Hey, man.", he said.

He looked different somehow,...I couldn't put my finger on it. We went and trained for about an hour. Then, out of nowhere, it hit me.

"You cut your hair!"

He looked at me like I had lost it. Which I probably had. Guys don't talk about haircuts!

"Yeah I did... angry naiads."

I imagined the scenario: Enter Nico-"Hey naiads, I don't like your water baskets."

They get angry...purple with rage...and give him a haircut? I cracked up.

"Why are you laughing?", a very confused Nico asked.

"No...continue..why did they...", I managed to get in between snickers.

He narrowed his eyes. "I accidentally spilled coke in the lake. The next morning I woke up with gum in my hair. Samarah cut my hair. It was not as horrible as I expected. At least I didn't have to go the Aphrodite cabin.", he shuddered.

I was still laughing when I saw Annabeth walking towards us. She was talking with a girl. New camper, the one we had found in the woods unconscious. She had her dark hair up in a ponytail. Her black shirt and jeans and combat boots were still muddy because of her sleepover with the naiads.

"Oh, hey Percy!", Annabeth came up to me and gave me a hug.

I blushed lightly.

"Hi, Nico. You guys this is Charlie. She's... a new camper.", she said.

Charlie was staring at us with wide eyes.

"Um...hey, Charlie.", I said. Annabeth nudged her."Oh...um..hi! Sorry. I think I hit my head pretty hard.", she grinned.

Nico and I snickered. She just rolled her eyes. "So how did you end up in the woods?" Nico asked.

She shrugged. "I don't know...I was just walking toward the forest and then I felt a shock and I just kind of blacked out. "

"Who do you think is your godly parent?" I asked her while looking at Annabeth.

"I think it's Apollo I'm not sure." Charlie replied.

"Why Apollo?", I asked.

"Oh," she said,"That's because I love music and writing and, don't laugh, I sorta have ESP."

We all snorted.

"What? It's true...unbelievable, I know, but true."

"Yeah, right!", Annabeth said.

"Fine. Don't believe me." Charlie said.

"Seriously?", Nico asked.

"Yes.", she replied."It's hard to explain but... I dream about stuff, and I forget as soon as I wake up, but when it actually happens, it feels like déjà vu or something."

Just then the conch horn sounded.

"C'mon guys, dinner time.", I said as we headed towards the pavilion.

"Charlie?"

"Hm?" She said, her brown eyes sparkling with excitement.

"You're gonna love this."