AN: Thanks to chicadiva75 and liveyourlifedancing for reviewing. Thanks for Pm-ing me Chicadiva75 I hope you don't mind being an Athena camper Chica.

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They walked out of the Golden gate river hand in hand, wearing ridiculously, happy grins on their faces. The diamond ring on Annabeth's hand sparkled and gleamed in the sunlight. The mist had disappeared long before. The couple walked up the bank and weaved between the houses, onto the street beyond.

"Percy?" Annabeth asked glancing over at him. Percy looked over at her smiling softly.

"Yeah," He prompted.

"Do you know the way back?" She asked her eyes dancing in amusement. Percy's face fell and he shook his head.

"I didn't think this far through." He said in dismay. Annabeth laughed lightly and squeezed his hand.

"Don't worry seaweed brain. We aren't in any hurry. Are we?" She raised her eyebrows. Percy shook his head again.

"Nah, as long as we make it back before 7 tonight." He said. She laughed.

"Another surprise?" Percy nodded at her. "And you're not going to tell me that surprise is, are you?" Percy shook his head laughing. They walked in silence for a while swinging their hands between them.

"Hey, Perce?" Annabeth began. He glanced over at her. "Do you think we could send Chiron and Iris message?" He nodded.

"Do you know where a fountain or something, near here, is?" He asked. Annabeth looked around them, finally taking in the surrounding houses and footpaths. She spotted a shopping mall ahead of them and pointed it out to Percy.

"There might be one in there." She suggested," And the mist should stop mortals from seeing us."

"Ok. Let's try it then." He said. They started to walk faster towards the shopping centre. The automatic doors glided open and they stepped into the refreshing, coolness of the centre. Annabeth looked around and spotted a map hanging on one of the walls nearby. She rushed over pulling Percy by the hand. They silently began searching the map for a fountain, they were in luck.

"There's one," Percy said pointing to the middle of the map where there was a big food court and in the middle was a fountain. Annabeth nodded and, gathering her bearings began to head towards the fountain. They passed clothes, phone and craft shops, but something felt off.

"This place doesn't feel right." Annabeth muttered. Percy nodded in agreement.

"Let's hurry."

Finally they emerged into an enormous food court. In the middle of all the chairs and table was a large, white fountain. The fountain itself had statues of women dancing, each holding a vase that spewed water. They wore draping Greek tunics with a bronze belt around their waist. There were five women in total, evenly spaced around the perimeter of the raise, circular base. The statue had a moat that was filled with shining silver and gold coins. Thankfully, above the fountain were large gold gilded windows which cast the fountain into dazzling sunlight. Percy turned the water to mist as Annabeth fished around in her pocket for a dracma. Triumphant Annabeth pulled the dracma out of her pocket and held it up.

"Oh, goddess except our offering. Chiron at Camp half-blood." She tossed the dracma into the mist which absorbed the dracma and shimmered. A moment later they could see Chiron and almost a dozen other campers. They were standing in the rec room shouting at each other. Percy and Annabeth glanced at each other.

"Oi!" Percy shouted. The campers and Chiron turned and stared at them. The campers all smiled grimly and Travis and Connor Stoll waved cheekily at them.

"Hello, Percy, Annabeth." Chiron greeted them sadly.

"What's wrong Chiron?" Annabeth asked. Chiron shook his head sadly.

"I am afraid one of our campers had been attacked just outside the camp boundaries." He explained.

"Yeah. The camper tried to leave two days ago. He had checked before he left to make sure there were no monsters around and walked out. Then out of thin air, a hydra appeared and attacked him. He killed the hydra, but was wounded." Chica, the Athena cabin head councillor explained. Annabeth nodded.

"Do we know why yet?" Annabeth asked momentarily forgetting her news. Chica shook her head.

"Do you want us to come back?" Percy asked. Clarisse stood up angrily.

"We don't need your help, Jackson." She sneered. Percy shook his head at her.

"Well how are you going to fix it then Clarisse?" He challenged her. Clarisse shook her head angrily and sat back down.

"We don't have a plan yet." Chica explained. "We don't even know why it's happening. Another camper tested it out yesterday and a dracnae popped up. After he killed that one another came." Annabeth shook her head.

"We'll leave tomorrow." Annabeth promised.

"Are you sure?" Percy asked. Annabeth nodded.

"We have to Percy. It's Camp." She said. Percy nodded and grabbed her hand.

"What is it that you wanted to tell us Annabeth?" Chiron asked. Annabeth grinned and raised her left hand, the grey diamond flashed in the sunlight.

"We're engaged." She announced. There was complete silence. Then the table burst out into cheers and wolf-whistles courtesy of Travis and Connor Stoll.

"Really?" asked Katie excitedly. Annabeth nodded.

"To Percy right?" Katie clarified. Annabeth laughed and nodded. "Just checking." Katie smiled at them.

""Did he ask mom?" Chica asked. Annabeth looked at Percy and he nodded.

"Yeah, I went up to Olympus before we left and asked her. I don't think she wants to kill me anymore." He announced cheerfully. The table laughed.

"Insert another dracma, for another minute." Iris sang. Annabeth fished in her pockets, but come back empty handed.

"We'll be at camp tomorrow night Chiron." Annabeth yelled as the image dissolved and the mist evaporated. They were left staring into the fountain at the glittering silver and gold coins. Annabeth cocked her head to the side. The gold coins where awfully large for mortal money. She reached in and pulled one out, shaking some of the water off it. She studied the coin carefully. The coin was faded, but able to be read. It was a golden dracma, the traditional currency, of the Gods.