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Travis POV

"Unnatural eyed? What is that supposed to mean? Like cyclopes or…?" Leo questioned, trailing off.

"I don't think so. The only time we ever fought with a cyclops, or at least a time that would be significant, would be with Ma Gasket. And Piper didn't have an actual base during that time." Jason said.

Percy stared off into the distance, thinking. "Well there haven't been any fights or wars with some unnatural eyed people recently. Unless you count… oh. Duh. Guys, this is about the Titan War, with Kronos. Remember, when he was being hosted by Luke, Luke's eyes were gold. If that isn't unnatural, then I don't know what is."

"Alright, but what base is the note talking about?" Nico asked. "And let's not forget the double initialed and jungle part." This was way too complicated.

We were all silent. I decided to speak up. "Well, we at least know it has to do with the Titan War. So why don't we just head back east and figure it out from there?"

No one complained, so Percy let out a shrill sharp whistle. Soon enough, a flock of pegasi flew by and landed in front of us. Percy walked up to one that was pure black and mounted it. Looking over at us, he said, "Well, come on. What are you waiting for?"

I walked over to a pegasus named Raintorn, Katie's favorite. He was different shades of blue, all close to denim, like rain. I mounted him and we flew off into the air. Looking around, I thought about how much Katie would've loved this. I had really screwed up this time. I should've just done what everyone told me to do, and told her I loved her. But being me, I had to prank her for attention.

In a matter of minutes, which I thought was kind of awesome, I saw the Empire State building. The pegasi dropped us off in front of it and flew away. The mortals in the city didn't even blink an eye.

"Well, now what?" Zach asked. "We can't just wander around, this place is huge. We need some sort of game plan."

"I suppose, but for all we know, this could be about Krios and Mount Othrys." James pointed out.

As they talked about what to do, I looked around. It had been a while since I'd been here. But it looked the same: same hot dog vendors, same honking cars, and same tourists. One really loud tourist walked by me with her friend. "And we have to go to Battery Park, by the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel."

I was about to let the comment slide without any thought, when it suddenly registered in my mind. "Percy! What did the note say again?" I asked, interrupting whatever conversation they were having. He repeated it to me and I mentally facepalmed. How did I not know this? "It's the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. That's where we have to go. It has the double initialed name, and that's where Katie and the Demeter cabin were sent in the Titan War. They destroyed it and turned it into a jungle."

Connor broke out into a smile. "That's it! You figured it out. And people think Hermes kids are stupid."

"Not me…" Will mumbled.

"It doesn't matter. Now let's go!" Leo said, waving us in the direction of the tunnel. We practically ran all the way there.

I stopped, putting my hands on my knees and breathing heavily. Looking up, I saw the note in the middle of the road. Without even thinking about it, I ran into the street to get it.

"Dude, wait!" Connor yelled after me. Ignoring him, I kept going.

Right before getting it, a truck suddenly came and passed right in front of me. The note blew a few feet away, but I grabbed it and ran back to where the others were waiting.

"Bro, you almost had a Regina George moment right there!" Connor yelled at me.

"Hold up. You've watched mean girls? Heck, the only reason I know that is because Seph likes that movie." James said, raising his eyebrow at me and my brother.

I shuddered. "Yeah, Skylar kind of tied us up and put tape over our mouths and forced us to watch it… Note to self: never steal her converse ever again." I said.

Everyone looked at Will, who shrugged. "Sounds like Skylar to me."

"Never mind that. What does the note say?" Frank asked.

I looked down and read it.

You hated her, and she hated you,

No words had ever rang more true.

But in that sudden moment on the pier,

She said words your heart still holds dear.

Katie POV

I opened the door to my and Skylar's room and walked inside. The two sides of the room were totally different, so you could easily tell whose side was whose, but they fit together like a charm.

Skylar had one of those mirror sliding closets and a small bookshelf next to her bed with books about the monsters in the Greek world, weaponry, and volumes 1-4 of Hermes's special pranking books. She grabbed volume 2 and jumped onto the bed. It had a brown blanket with blue and white polka dots everywhere and white and blue pillows, all sizes. On the other side of the bed, there was a small table with a lamp and a picture frame on it. There were bean bags all over the floor, individually colored and matching the bed. All in all, it was perfectly Skylar.

I had a small bookshelf with books about Greek charms and curses and gardening books. They were about things like the different types of plants and the meanings of flowers. I also had a vanity desk, with hair clips and ponytails. Next to that was a modernized bureau. There was a table next to my bed with a lamp on it. My bed had a green and blue striped blanket and individual green and blue pillows. There were small designs of flowers on the pillows.

On the side of the door that was facing inside the room, there was a tack board and white board. The markers on it told me it was magnetic as well. There were two notes on it. The first one read: There's a garden outside the house for you, Katie! I smiled and thanked the gods for not making this place total Hades. I read the second one: Even though you have closets, there aren't any clothes in them. Every time you need it, there will be a new outfit in them, including shoes and hair requirements, courtesy of moi. At this I groaned. Of course Aphrodite had to control this part of our… um, trip. At least now we knew who was behind all of this.

I tacked the notes back to the board and walked over to my bed, falling backwards onto it. "Ow…" I murmured, as I felt something hard. I pulled back the covers of the bed and saw a picture frame. The picture was… of me and Travis. I remembered this day. It was a cold day, at most 60 degrees, but the entire camp had decided to have a water balloon fight. The picture showed the moment when Travis had fallen on top of me and we were just there, staring into each other's eyes. It had only been for a split second, but it still made me feel lightheaded and strangely happy whenever I thought of it.

"Katie?" Skylar's voice said.

I looked up. "Yeah?"

"I'm going to go tell the others to meet in the living room in half an hour. We really have to talk about what's happening, and figure out what we're going to do about it." she said, and I nodded in agreement.

After she walked out, I put the picture of Travis on the table next to my bed and walked over to the vanity desk. I looked at myself in the mirror and noticed my hair was back to being brown, but there was still one green stripe in it. It actually looked kind of cool.

I thought back to the last moment I saw him. I didn't know why I had reacted the way I did about my hair. Maybe I was just sick of Travis's pranks. Or maybe I was just sick of the fact that he pranked me, and seemed to hate my very existence, when I on the other hand, felt the complete opposite way. Either way, I had not been expecting him to say the things he did. He had been on the verge of bursting out laughing in amusement, when his emotions switched gears and he just snapped.

Turning away from the mirror, I walked to the bureau and opened the door. Inside there was a new outfit for me, with a note from Aphrodite. Hope you like the sweatshirt! I put on the blue bootcut jeans, the green tank top, and the white converse. Then I looked at the sweatshirt I was holding. It was white and had "New York" written across the front in blue letters.

I put the sweatshirt on and fell back onto my bed. The sweatshirt seemed familiar to me somehow. It was weird, but it smelled familiar too. It took me a moment to realize it, but I was wearing Travis's sweatshirt. I debated over taking it off or not, but decided against it and kept it on.

I soon realized how tired I actually was, and decided to take a small nap. After 20 minutes of dreaming about nothing, I woke up to the sound of some very loud music.

"Sorry!" Skylar said, turning the music down. "I found this just sitting on my bed when I came back, and decided to try it out."

"It's fine. I like that song anyway." I said, before noticing that she'd changed as well. "By any chance, is that Will's?" I asked, seeing as she had a blue varsity jacket that had been paired with a black tank top, jeans, and converse like mine.

She nodded. "When I went out, the weather had completely changed from before. It was cloudy, and had just started drizzling. So I was looking for a jacket and I found this." Skylar jumped off her bed and turned the music off. "We should go now."

"Alright," I agreed, getting up. We walked down together and I laid down on the couch, while she fell onto a bean bag.

Soon, everyone was in the living room. "So, I guess we've figured out that this is Aphrodite's doing. But why, and how do we get out? What's happening, Kenna?" Seph asked McKenna, who'd woken up a little bit ago.

"Honestly, I have no clue. I just have this… feeling about this place. It's a safe feeling, but I don't know. And, and sometimes I have these flashes, like flashbacks, but what they mean… I'm not sure." she said, hugging her knees.

Seph nodded. "Alright, then I guess we-" Lightning suddenly flashed, and thunder rolled. The doors to the beach slammed open, and rain began to pour down more heavily.

Reyna stood up and walked over to the door. Looking outside, she said, "I don't see anything. Should we go look?"

In my opinion, we should have just stayed inside, but Skylar got up. "Of course. We couldn't even get those doors open with our swords, and now a little storm does? That isn't right; we have to check it out." Annabeth nodded in agreement, and the rest of us followed them out.

The beach was isolated. The waves were crashing along the shore. In the distance I could see another beach house, which made me feel a bit better, seeing as we weren't completely alone, unless it was empty. That wouldn't help. There was a road behind the beach, probably leading to a town or something, and an empty parking lot near it. Behind that, there were some small hills with trees and greenery on them. Other than that, you couldn't see much… or anyone.

We continued to look around the beach, not finding anything.

"Ow, what the Hades!" Thalia yelled. I looked back to see her rubbing the back of her head, with an annoyed expression on her face.

A boy with dark hair appeared. "Sorry." He said, picking up a Frisbee from the sand.

"Whatever," Thalia grumbled, as he stood up. She glanced at his shirt and back up at him. "Hey, I love Green Day!" she said, her tone becoming nicer.

The boy looked at her and grinned. "Finally, I've actually found someone else who's normal. I'm Ethan, by the way."

She laughed. "Thalia. Besides us, the only other person I know who likes Green Day is Nic-" She stopped speaking abruptly. "Um, never mind," she mumbled. A group of nine other boys appeared behind Ethan. Thalia took a step back towards us.

"Who are you guys?" Annabeth asked suspiciously.

Ethan looked back at them and then at us. "These are my friends. We're staying at the beach house over there." He said, pointing to the house on the other side of the beach. "Looks like we're going to be neighbors."

AN: What do you think?

~Skylar, Seph, McKenna