Here's my Kane Chronicles/Percy Jackson crossover... that I didn't even really start the plot on :\ sorry. As usual- line break = new chapter.

Carter:

Carter here (unfortunately joined by my annoying sister, Sadie- Ow! Sadie, stop hitting me!). I guess there's no break for the world's unluckiest magicians, because we're back with another adventure.

It was technically all Sadie's fault. (Yes it was, Sadie. It's always your fault.)

You see, now that Apophis was defeated and there was- for once- no impending disaster we had to stop, everyone at Brooklyn house was seizing the chance to finally get a 'normal' life, or at least as normal as it can get when you live with the Kanes. Felix had joined an ice hockey team and spent pretty much all of his free time at the rink downtown- either that or at the penguin exhibit at the zoo, Cleo still spent hours pouring over her scrolls in the library, we'd finally bought little Shelby an easel for her literally magic markers, and Sadie and Walt-and-Anubis were going out almost every night now. I had enrolled in the school where Sadie and most of the kids from Brooklyn House went, and I spent a lot of time with Zia, too.

It was nice, not having to save the world every other day. But I think we jinxed ourselves somehow, because we soon found ourselves saving not only our world, but someone else's, too. Just my luck, right?

For future reference, remind me to never, ever, under any circumstance, go on a double-date again.

I was watching the Lakers game with Khufu on the couch. They were losing and consequently being pelted with pistachios, Khufu's newest favorite snack. I looked down to brush the shells off my pants, and when I looked up, a somewhat miffed Sadie was staring down at me. Her hands were on her hips and her foot was tapping impatiently, as if she was expecting something from me.

"Um, yes?"

"I'm going to Manhattan for the day, so you'll have to cover my classes. Okay? I'll make it up to you eventually."

"What? There's no way you're going into the biggest city in America by yourself, plus I am not covering your classes. Zia and I are going out later." She rolled her eyes.

"I'm going with Walt and Anubis, so I won't be all by myself. We're going to the Empire State Building, Central Park, Times Square, everything!"

"And that's totally a reason to skip teaching today,"

"Glad you understand, brother dear. I'll be off," Sadie started towards the door, but I held her back.

"Amos said we weren't supposed to go to Manhattan anyway. What if there're demons or crazy gods who want to kill us?" I tried to reason with her.

"Oh good, I've been looking for some excitement. Nothing Walt, Anubis, and I can't take care of." Sadie still seemed to address her boyfriend as two different people, much to the general confusion of the rest of us.

"I can't let you go there alone, even if you are with your boyfriend. Remember those weird magic signals we kept tracing to Long Island? We need to see what those are before we even think about going to New York City, and Amos said he'll check it out with us as soon as he gets the chance." She seemed to think about that one for a moment, then her face lit up and I knew I was in trouble.

"I have a perfect idea! Why don't we all go? Suspend classes for the rest of the day and put Jaz in charge, and you, Zia, me, Walt, and Anubis can all go. We can check out your stupid signals really quickly and then go see the sights! We'll even go to some stupid museums for you if you really want. Please? You know Zia'll love it." I could see Sadie practically pulling a puppy-dog face if I didn't agree.

I sighed, knowing she'd won. "Fine. Lemme call Zia and talk to Jaz." For once, my sister actually hugged me.

"I knew you weren't a total stick in the mud! I'll talk to my boyfriend and set a time. Meet back here in an hour?" For once, Sadie seemed to be thinking ahead and actually planning.

"Sounds like a plan," I replied.

What I'd really just gotten myself into, I had no idea.

Percy:

Finally, my life was back to normal- or as normal as it gets when you're a demigod. I'd been making the most of my first quest-free summer at Camp, and it was amazing how long the summer seemed to stretch when you weren't on the run from monsters every day.

And then the car pulled up.

Luckily (or unluckily), I'd been tasked with feeding Peleus that day, so I could see it speeding down the dirt road. I waited for it to pass like the few other cars that came down this road, and it did. It sped along for a few more feet before I heard the shrill screech of brakes. Now in reverse, the car passed by me again. And stopped right in front of Camp.

I sprinted to the border, curious and more than a little nervous. Fingering Riptide in my pocket, I hoped that maybe it was someone's parent, or a lost mortal. Anything but a group of monsters. We had a ton of new demigods, but most were barely trained. I prayed the magical boundaries would hold them at bay until we could assemble a group to attack them.

To my surprise, four kids about my age exited the car. I could sense automatically that they weren't monsters... but that they didn't seem like normal mortals either. Maybe they were demigods?

All of them looked too old to be unclaimed. There were two guys and two girls. The driver was a burly African-American guy with a buzz cut, black clothes, and a ton of rings and chains. He looked calm, like he stopped in the middle of abandoned roads all the time. His eyes were dark and deep, the likes of which I had only seen on Nico Di Angelo and Hades himself. I wondered briefly if Nico was going to have an older brother (not age-wise, of course, but you know what I mean).

A girl, probably the youngest of the group by the looks of it, hopped out of the passenger's seat. She reminded me vaguely of Thalia: her carmel-colored hair was streaked with purple, and she looked perfectly capable of stomping on someone in her black leather combat boots. She looked bored and vaguely annoyed, her blue eyes rolling at the guy getting out of the back seat behind her.

This guy had dark, wildly curly hair that matched his brown eyes and dark tan skin. He seemed the most interested of the group, scanning his surroundings as if looking for something, though he also seemed to be arguing with combat-boots-girl. If anyone was a satyr, it was definitely this guy.

The apparent argument was broken up by the final girl, who had a vaguely Middle-Eastern-Egyptian-y appearance. Her shiny black hair hung about midway between her face and shoulders, and she wore a simple white dress. Obviously accustomed to the other two's bickering, she literally stepped in the middle of the two and pushed them away from each other.

They made no attempt to enter Camp, however, which was weird. I decided to leave the border, hiding along the treeline, so I could hear their conversation.

"So there's nothing here. Problem solved, Carter is as paranoid as ever. Now let's head into Manhattan," combat-boots-girl had her arms crossed, and I could hear a twinge of a British accent as she flung the car door open and hopped inside.

"There could be a huge pit of demons just waiting to attack us, Sadie. We have to check it out before we sight-see- you of all people should know that," the curly-haired guy seemed pretty annoyed as he yanked the girl- Sadie- back out.

"Yeah, because there are oh-so-many places an army of demons could hide out around here. This is a strawberry farm, Carter. I really don't think demons are smart enough to make a freaking farm into a hidden base. Maybe you were wrong when you sensed the 'super-strong magic signals' here. What a waste of time- I could be looking out from the top of the Empire State Building by now!" Sadie exclaimed.

I was really confused at this point. They seemed accustomed to monsters (or demons, as they called them) attacking them, but they were apparently unaware that they were looking at Camp Half-Blood, not a regular old strawberry farm. Carter had apparently "sensed" magic signals coming from here? He couldn't possibly be a satyr- they'd be inside the borders otherwise. Maybe a son of Hecate? I'd never heard of sensing magic before. But then again, Sadie was impatient to go to the top of the Empire State. No unclaimed demigod could possibly know about that.

So who the Hades were these kids?

I was interrupted from my train of thought when Carter and Sadie started shouting at each other again, calling each other some names I probably shouldn't repeat.

"Enough!" I saw the other girl shout over the other two. "We aren't going to accomplish anything if you two keep bickering. Let's look around a bit and then we have the rest of the day off. Amos is going to kill us- namely me- if we go into Manhattan, which he specifically forbade us from visiting, without addressing these signals. So let's split up- I'll go, erm, that way; Sadie, take that side, and Carter can go the other way." She pointed out each direction, and I noted that Carter and Sadie were sent to complete opposite sides of the area.

"I can wait here. Make sure nothing attacks." The other guy spoke for the first time, and no one seemed to want to argue with him. They split off, and I realized with a start that they were all walking towards the border.

With a gulp, I dashed back to the Big House, carefully making sure I wasn't seen as I re-entered Camp. I had no idea what to do- I didn't want to seem paranoid by gathering up the entire Camp, but what if these kids really did pose a threat to the demigods? Chiron wasn't on the porch, in his office, or in the rec room. Where the Hades was that centaur? A memory of a "quick visit to the Party Ponies, Vegas chapter" flooded into my mind. I didn't know which was worse; being potentially attacked, or attempting to control the chaos caused by the rowdiest creatures known to man.

Who else could I ask to help? I was walking down the steps when I literally bumped into the answer. Unfortunately, this also caused Annabeth to spill all the diagrams and blueprints she'd been carrying.

"Seaweed Brain! These are important!" I could tell she wasn't really that mad (thank gods), but I hastily picked them all up and shoved them back into her arms.

"Sorry, I'm just... uh, concerned. Did you see those weird kids prowling around the border?" I gave her the briefest explanation possible and I could already see the storm clouds brewing behind her eyes.

"We should go check it out- did you tell Chiron?"

"He's in Vegas, remember?" She cursed.

"I forgot. Well, I guess it's just you and me- think the two of us can take on four big baddies?"

"If you've got my back, then those kids are toast," I laughed. She pulled her knife out of her pocket (why it was there, I didn't feel like asking) and set her papers down. I uncapped Riptide.

We walked to the border. With an exchanged glance and a nod, we stepped outside the boundary together.

To our surprise, three of the kid (Carter, Sadie, and the other girl whose name I didn't know) were already gathered, staring at us as we became visible. I saw the other guy over by the road, leaning against the car.

Sadie rummaged through her large purse, I could see the bulky guy twisted his many rings in over in the distance, and Carter and the other girl braced as if ready to attack. There was an awkward pause as each group seemed to glare each other down. Finally, Sadie stepped forward, hand extended.

"Sadie Kane, world savior and protector of the House of Life. Nice to meet you too- I do hope you won't attack us."

Sadie:

"Sadie Kane, world savior and protector of the House of Life. Nice to meet you too- I do hope you won't attack us."

To be truly honest, I was pretty shocked when two kids my age appeared out of thin air. They definitely looked intimidating, holding out weapons that I knew weren't playthings.

On the left, there was a guy (if I didn't already have two gorgeous boyfriends, I would definitely call him hot) with black shaggy hair and sharp green eyes. The other was a gorgeous girl with curly blonde hair and narrowed eyes the color of a storm about to break. Both were very athletic-looking and tan.

They seemed confused by what I'd just said (I would expect that kind of reaction from normal non-magicians, but something told me these kids weren't exactly normal...) [Why yes, Carter, maybe it just was my psychic senses. Your sarcasm isn't appreciated.]

Neither of them bothered to shake the hand I extended, and I withdrew it a little awkwardly.

"House of Life? What the Hades is that?" I chose not to ask about the girl's odd curse word (I, too, have gotten pretty creative at times).

"Wait, wait. You guys can use magic- appearing from nowhere and the like- but you don't know what the House of Life is? Even demons would know about it." Carter seemed very suspicious, and for once, I didn't blame his paranoia. [Don't hit me like that- you are paranoid. Just because it paid off this one time-].

"Demons? Magic? ...Are you guys half-bloods or not?" The guy still hadn't lowered his sharp-looking sword. This time, Zia stepped forward.

"Half-bloods? Is that some kind of insult?" She'd seen the odd looks Carter and I received as siblings, and it seemed to be one of the few things that made her tick. The sun turned brighter, harsher, and a wave of heat set in. Someone needed to calm her down before I started to melt.

"Wha- no! Of course not. It's just another word for... well, I'm a half-blood, and so is Annabeth here." Why wouldn't he want to tell us the other word? Was he hiding something important? Annabeth glared at him, and the guy seemed to register that telling us her name was a mistake.

"Nice going, Seaweed Brain," she muttered. I swallowed my laugh. Seaweed Brain? What kind of a nickname is that?

"Okay, okay. How about we start over? I'm Carter Kane, this is Zia Rashid, crazy girl over there is my sister, Sadie Kane. The guy back at the car is Walt-and- uh, nevermind." Of course, Carter wasn't about to announce that Anubis the Egyptian god was with us as well. They definitely seemed suspicious of us. "Could we get your names?" They exchanged glances, and Annabeth gave a slight nod.

"I'm Percy Jackson and this is Annabeth Chase. Why are you guys here anyways? Something about magic signals?" How did he know that? "Oh, uh... I was kinda watching you guys as you pulled up." Annabeth gave him a glare once again, and I made a mental note to get her to give me some glare lessons. Percy seemed pretty used to it, though.

"Yeah. We sensed something strange around here and needed to check it out. We were trying to make sure it wasn't anything that would want to kill us. But it was just you guys, and hopefully, you won't run us through with the swords, right?" I tried to sound convincing. Percy only rolled his eyes.

"Well, sure, but if you know how to sense magic and all, wouldn't you know what this place is? Wouldn't you be able to see it?" Annabeth seemed more curious than intimidating now; I could practically see the individual gears turning in her mind as she attempted to fit together the pieces of the puzzle, gesturing behind her to the farmhouse and strawberry fields.

"What do you-" We all looked behind them once again, and suddenly, the image shimmered and changed. The house, that huge pine tree (it had seemed a little out of place from the start), and most of the fields were still there, but how could I possibly have missed something like this? There were tons of buildings, a lake, and at least seventy or so kids running around. I saw a horse with wings (a pegasus? no way), two kids sword fighting, and a girl with what appeared to be shaving cream on her head chasing a guy with curly brown hair, among many other things. How were we just now seeing this?

"Wha- what is this place?" Carter breathed.

"You really haven't been here before?" Percy asked, still unconvinced for some reason. We all shook our heads.

"In that case, welcome to Camp Half-Blood. If you guys are who I think you are... well, just follow Annabeth and me. You think it's okay to let them in?" The last question was directed at Annabeth, who nodded a little bit reluctantly.

Percy grinned, and I realized that when they weren't trying to kill me, they seemed really nice.

"Okay, we'll take you to the Big House first. Our director is going to want to meet you guys."