A/N- So tired...I ended up flying (Long story) back to Texas, just in time to enjoy my last day of school. So I'm out of school and yeah, I gonna miss my friends who aren't coming back. But now I'm an eighth grader! So yeah...this chappie is all about Percy, Persia, and the quest.

Percy Pov-

The silver eyes floated in my vision; capturing my attention.

"You're so close," The eyes said; a female voice. "Wake up. Wake up!"

"What do you mean?" I asked, feeling myself waking up. "Who are you?"

"Ithaki, Greece." Her voice faded away, leaving me alone in the cold darkness.

I slowly opened my eyes, seeing a hazy image of Annabeth.

"Annabeth?" I croaked; my throat dry.

"Shh." She said, dribbling some ambrosia into my mouth.

Once I was able to get up, I realized we were in a hotel room, with all my friends around me.

"We're in Greece," Jason informed. "The pilot flew to the nearest hospital and you stayed there for a few days until we brought you to this hotel."

"How long was I out?"

"About two days," Annabeth estimated. "Time difference; I counted every sundown."

"We need to go to a taki." I said, suddenly remembering my vision.

"You mean Ithaki, Greece?" Annabeth guessed.

"Yeah," I said. "We've got to go there."

"Vision?" Hazel presumed.

"Yep." I stretched, feeling my muscles pop. "Are we in Athens?"

Piper shook her head, "We're on the Ionian Islands-Ithaki's about five miles away from here."

"Walking it is."

"There's nothing here!" Piper yelled. We were deep into the vegetation and so far, we hadn't seen any signs of life, just a tall mountain overlooking the sea.

"Maybe we should split up." I suggested, we'd have better luck if we weren't so distracted.

"It's going to get dark," Jason pointed out. "We should camp."

"What's so bad about the dark?" Nico murmured. Before Jason could respond, I smelled something.

"Do you smell that?" I asked, heading toward that smell. It was up that mountain, just where the moon met the tides.

"No." Annabeth said, looking around. "What does it smell like?"

I sniffed once more. "Flowers?"

"I don't smell it." The rest of the group sniffed and agreed with Annabeth's statement.

"Let's split up and look for that smell then," Thalia offered.

Annabeth and Thalia went northeast, Nico and Frank went southeast, Jason and Piper went south, and Leo and Hazel went north.

(On a total off note, the minor pairings for this story are: Lazel, Thalico, and I'll let ya'll vote on everyone else. Except Percy- think you're so sneaky, huh?)

I ran out of the woods into the soft sand of beach nearby. The wind blew in my face, blurring my vision. Not even stopping to catch my breath, I climbed that mountain.

There's something up there, whether it was Persia or something else, I was determined to find out.

Persia Pov-

"That was really dumb,"

"It was not dumb," I contradicted. "It was brilliant-do you know how long I have waited up here? These chains are not the most comfortable thing, you know."

Adonis stopped playing with his mirror and turned around to face me.

"When I died, Thanatos came to me and told me to wait on top of this mountain until you came around. You're here now, but not like you were before."

"That didn't make any sense," I shifted to my side, feeling the chains jingle. "You didn't even know me before."

"Just because I wasn't here doesn't mean I wasn't watching you- I watched you grow up and take your last breath, I knew you before." Adonis sighed. "All I'm saying is don't lose yourself. Forget about your past life, focus on your mission."

"You want me to forget that Artemis killed me!" I nearly screamed. "I don't think I'll ever forgive her."

"I did," Adonis pointed out. "It might take a long time, but if you've forgiven me I'm sure you'll forgive her."

If I could shake my head, I would. "I've already forgiven you, Adonis. I won't pardon her."

"But if you wou-"

"Can we not talk about this?"

Though I could not see him, I was sure Adonis was sulking. Just as I was about to apologize, he gasped.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Look down."

I strained my head and saw a blur, although it was a fast blur, it was a human.

I smiled; glad I sent that message. "I think that's your guy," His chocolate brown eyes met my silver eyes. "Make me proud, kid."

His voice cracked, tears in his eyes. I smiled at him, nodding.

"I will...Dad."

Adonis smiled at his proper title. As if he was never there, Adonis vanished from my sight. Below me I saw a tangle of black hair.

It's about time.

Percy Pov-

As I went further up the mountain, I thought I heard voices but I shook it off as soon as I saw a girl in chains.

My eyes widened, she had the exact silver eyes as Artemis and the voice I had seen.

She was smiling as if I had made her day. For the first time, I noticed she perfectly fit Apollo's description.

"Persia?"

She nodded and if possible, she smiled even wider. Without even thinking about it, I ripped her chains off, freeing the girl.

She gawked at me; astonished. "T-that was enchanted metal. How?"

I shrugged, holding out my hand. She gradually accepted it, holding onto me to gain balance.

"Can you walk?" I asked, imagining all those years of being chained up.

"Barely," Her voice had a soft bell ring to it.

"I think I can carry you." I said, sweeping my arms around her.

She latched onto my neck, burying her face in my shoulder. "Did you get my message?"

I blinked. "That was you?"

She laughed and nodded. "Took you long enough."

Halfway down the mountain, Persia gripped onto to me harder.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, just afraid of what the world is like now."

"It's okay, I'll be there right beside you, and by the way, I'm Percy."

"I guess that makes me Persia," She mumbled into my chest.

Slowly gripping a rock, I stepped onto shore, Persia still in my arms.

"Are there others with you?" She asked.

"Yeah, but we split up to look for you." I said.

"Percy?" I heard Jason call.

"Yeah?" I said, feeling a shuffle of feet towards me. Annabeth's face appeared face.

"Hey, we looked everywhere and didn't find anyone, so we just went back to the beach and waited for you..." Her voice faltered when she saw the girl in my arms. "And who is she?"

"This is Persia." I introduced. The others gathered around, looking around.

"Persia, these are my friends," When Persia uncovered her face, I pointed to each one of them.

"Annabeth,"

"I'm his girlfriend." She pointed out. Her tone had a weird edge to it, like anger and something else.

"Yeah...that is Frank."

"Hello." Frank blushed, shuffling his feet.

Persia tensed up but nodded.

"Hazel,"

Hazel waved shyly making Persia coil back into my chest.

"ηρεμώ." (Calm or quieten.) I whispered softly before going to the next person. "That's Piper,"

Piper smiled, her eyes changing colors.

"That's Nico. Hazel is his sister."

Nico shared a small smile.

"That's Leo," I said.

"Where have you been all my life?" The son of Hephaestus stared at Persia.

Persia giggled while I rolled my eyes, moving on.

"Those two are Thalia and Jason-they're brother and sister too."

At this point, Persia clutched me so hard I swore she made a permanent dent in my neck.

"What's your problem?" I tried to ask softly, but it came out as a strangled cry.

"Greeks don't like Romans." She said stiffly.

"Oh that's over now," Jason piped up. "We're reuniting the Greeks and Roman together."

Persia looked at me for confirmation, when I nodded she eased up a little.

"There's nothing to be scared of. Thalia won't hurt you, she's Artemis's lieutenant."

Persia dug her nails into me, drawing a little blood.

"Will you get off of him!" Annabeth yelled, her face completely red.

Persia released her grip, muttering an apology.

"It's okay," I reassured. "Artemis isn't here right now,"

"If she was, she'd probably strangle me..."

"Hold on a second," Annabeth interrupted. "Artemis killed her?"

I sighed, I knew they would act like this.

"You have alot to explain water boy." Thalia said.

I groaned. This was going to be a long night.

A/N- So Persia's a bit scared, I revealed some of Percy's powers, and Annabeth's a bit jealous. (Don't worry I'm not going to pair Persia and Percy together. It'd be hard to find a mash-up name for them anyway.)

So read my new story, Invaded, which I will be updating.

Happy late memorial day, r.i.p whoever died in any war, on our side or not.

Oh when I said minor pairings that just means it's more of a side thing, not too important.