A/N

Hey guys sorry for the littl delay in getting this chapter to you.

I was completley stuck on ideas and NO ONE sugegsted anything to me so i had to spend ages planning instead... GRrrrr.

By the way, when it is in italics, it is when percy and liam are speaking inside their heads...to eachother...

enjoy...

Chapter 10
Percy's POV

Liam and I woke early that morning. Ok, that's a lie, I woke early that morning. I wasn't very tired and the first thing i did was check the shield. Well not the shield...the lightning bolt hidden in it. Part of me expected Amelia to come running in bounding with her usual energy unlike me who was scared to move, well does running away count? I then reasoned with my self that she wouldn't come into our cabin early in the morning to risk…observation…I had only been here 2 weeks and everyone expected us to complete our first quest so quickly, especially when it is the great prophecy...and one of us will die in the process. It's a nice thought isn't it!
"Morning..." I grumbled to Liam.
The response was a huge groan as he changed his position under the covers. I laughed, he must have been up all night…thinking about her. Amelia I mean. Fair point I was thinking about Annabeth!

A giant strike of lightning suddenly bolted down outside. Loud enough that I could hear it without opening the door. We had to move fast or our secret would be revealed so I stood up and glanced around to find my clothes.

"Come on Liam, we leave for our quest today!" I urged.

"cmkmdmmckmm… 5 more minutes…" was his muffled reply. I sighed, loosing all hope!

"I'll see you at breakfast…I'll leave you the shield." I announced. I was not gonna sit there and wait for him. For all I knew, 5 minutes could easily be 20. I quickly flattened my hair in the mirror and made my way to breakfast. I did make a detour past a certain Apollo cabin, just to see if I could hear her! I knew that if she was in their I would know. Unfortunately I couldn't hear her meaning I would see her at breakfast. I don't mean to be rude, but I don't really want her on this quest. She came into our lives so fast… so bubbly and energetic, like nothing in the world could put her down. I wasn't like her; I couldn't pretend that the prophecy meant one big fun exciting quest. I just feel like it's gonna be hard…and painful. I don't like prophecies in the way that I don't feel that I am in control of my own future. Like my whole life was planned out before me…that my decisions mean nothing…That's the problem with knowing the future. Apollo must have a really hard time I thought. I walked on rather quickish after I realized she wasn't there. I didn't want anyone to think I was a pervert, trying to look at people in the early hours of the morning. I did take a detour though, so I could clear my head. I almost fell over at one point, I knew these laces would be the death of me.

I finally arrived at the breakfast place and I saw Liam wave at me. Seriously! How long was my walk? I asked myself. I glanced down at my watch. WOW! 20minutes! That was a long walk, it was only meant to be a short detour!

"Hey Seaweed brain!" Amelia teased. I groaned internally and was a little angry for only my Annabeth can call me that and get away with it.

What took you so long? Liam asked me mentally.

Would you believe me if I said I went for a very short walk and got distracted? I replied and Liam burst our laughing. I walked over to their table, saw their empty plates and immediately felt bad that they had waited for me.

"What's so funny?" Amelia questioned confused.

Does she not know we can talk like this? I asked Liam. He shook his head smiling. She looked at us both confused. I put her out of her misery.
"We can read each other's minds and speak to each other in our heads." I told her.

"OMG! That's awesome! Ooh I know."

She whispered something in Liam's ear.

What did she say? I queried.

Bubble, cheese and Christmas crackers! Liam replied confused yet found it hilarious at the same time.

"Now…what did I just say to Liam?" she questioned me, a tight smile on her lips.

"Bubble, cheese and Christmas crackers. You do think bizarre things Amelia!" She looked shocked.

"You can read my mind too?" she asked gob smacked and I laughed,

"Of course not! But you just admitted that you think bizarre things!" Liam squealed! Amelia blushed and punched Liam gently on the shoulder.

10minutes later.

"Right, I got us loads of Ambrosia and nectar, 4 wads of cash and two shields excluding yours!" Amelia told us.

"And we got… the lightning bolt and a Pegasus called Blackjack!" We told her. She sighed shaking her head.

"Traveling by air, in Zeus' domain? Are you crazy?" she asked us both looking at us in turn.
We didn't think this through did we? Liam thought spoke to me. I looked at him and shook my head.

"You got a better idea?" I asked her. She tilted her head to one side as in deep thought.
"Actually I do" she told us and smiled excitedly. "We travel… by hellhound! Shadow travelling. I'm sure Nico wouldn't mind lending us Cerberus" she giggled nervously.

"Who the hell is Nico?" I asked.

"The Prince of Darkness" she replied spookily. We must have looked scared because she laughed.

"Son of Hades! He's not that scary! He's really kind!"

"Ok, let's go find him then"

"No need" a new voice interrupted. It was him… Nico. I think. He was dressed all in black with a sword in one hand and a shield in another and 2 dead guys hovering next to him. Following him. He waved his hands and in one sharp movement the ghosts disappeared.

" Strange isn't it. My best friends are ghosts!... believe me I know it's strange! He told us causing both of us to grin madly.

"And we can talk to horses! Welcome to the family of weird people!" Liam shouted at him, excited for he had only just made this discovery, unlike me who had a horse when I was six. I knew I wasn't crazy but the physiatrists didn't think so. Nico saw the funny side and laughed.

"Cool but I should be the ones welcoming you, I have been here longer than both of you put together…which I hear you…can do…" he broke off kinda confused.

"Can you...?" he asked hesitantly. I sighed and Liam nudged his shoulder next to mine. Once more I saw the blue wispy stuff and my vision went slightly hazy as we transformed into one body. I could see Nico staring at us, we smiled.

"And you think having ghosts as friends are weird!" we laughed. Nico's mouth dropped even further open. It was like we were speaking at the exact same time which is really freaky. Technically we were speaking at the same time. One body, one mouth, two voices!

I shuffled slightly away from Liam and I felt his shoulder on mine no more.

Nico tried to regain his composure and stood up a little taller and gave a weak grin.

"Guess we're all freaks here…" he replied then whistled really loudly. I turned to see what the noise was. Not Nico whistling but the squeals and the trembles of heavy foot steps. Some shocked campers drew their swords ready for the beast to attack. It was a hellhound.

"HE'S WITH ME! NO ONE ATTACK" Nico shouted. Some campers lowered their swords but did not withdraw their gaze. They didn't take their eyes off the beast.

"Meet Cerberus "he introduced us. We all nodded slowly, slightly amazed. \normally we would fiht them…not RIDE them. I kept my mouth shut. He gestured us to climb on and we did… slowly and hesitantly.

"Just say your location and you off!" he told us.

"Thanks Nico" we all said.

"Any time" he said.

"Olympus" said Amelia. Just before my vision completely went I saw a slightly confused Nico and the shimmer of a lightning bolt which unfortunately, did NOT escape his attention.

I raised my head slowly. It was pounding heavily. Nico may have FORGOT to mention that it takes a while to get used to the feeling. Cerberus had left us. My vision was swerving and my stomach was rumbling (unbelievably cos I only just had breakfast) and a horrid feeling in the pit of my stomach which was…about to be explained…I was sick. Amelia wasn't moving, probably knocked out cold; Liam was on his hands and knees coughing madly.

You ok? I thought spoke to him, not trusting my voice to be strong enough yet. He didn't reply straight away…but then he replied.

I am NEVER doing that again he thought spoke to me. I sighed in relief when I realized he was ok but Amelia still hadn't moved. I saw the pack lying next to me and grabbed it and swung I over one shoulder. My vision went blurry as I tried to stand. I was successful. I went over to Amelia, Liam crawled. I checked her pulse. I heard the reassuring sound of her pulse.

She's alive!

Thank goodness! he replied. I reached into the pack and got our a few nectar squares and popped a chunk into her mouth. Her eyes snapped open and Liam gave her a big hug.

"Thank goodness! We thought you were dead!" he exclaimed. Sigh, a little bit over the top but admit it worked. A little too well. Amelia used Liam to pull herself up and before a single word was spoken, her lips were on his, they began to kiss passionately and I turned my head in order to give them a little bit of privacy and for the first time realize where we were, in a park opposite the Empire state building…the entrance to Olympus. A branch snapped…

And I turned to see Annabeth staring at Liam. What was she doing here? I thought. She coughed loudly which made them break apart,

"You better not be doing what I think you're doing sea weed brain" she pointed out staring at Liam and Amelia. She glanced at me. I could tell what she was thinking…If it was me kissing Amelia she would NEVER forgive me, luckily it is Liam so I am ok.

She thinks Liam is me! I realized and fixed it with a simple phrase.

"Actually I'm Sea-Weed-Brain" I said quietly.

A/N

Thankyou for reading, sorry if their are errors... their probably is.

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PS: Annabeth and Percy are secretly dating and so was shocked when she saw "him" kissing her.

I will start this story again soon so hold on viewers...