Chapter 6:

Dylan was still hugging Percy when Darla ran outside.

"What is with all the noise!?" Darla yelled.

Percy rolled his eyes. "Why now?" he asked himself.

Darla looks around her and sees all the destruction. Houses destroyed, people dead on the floor.

"You did something!" yelled pointing at Percy. "You little halfwit! I know it`s you! You're standing out here looking like the happiest person alive."

"All I did was defeat the- okay you're not gana believe me but there was this huge monster the upper half was a loin and the bottom was a dragon and on its back was a goat head, and a dragon head and I killed it."

Darla looked at him like he was the craziest person.

"Look you know I don't care about you at all, but this is scary. You talking like monsters are real-"

"But they are real, Aunt Darla!" Dylan told her. "I saw the monster it chased me home!"

"Dylan my goodness. What has your father done to you?" Darla complained. "This has to stop! He cannot be believing in stuff like this at his age, especially claiming he saw these monsters, he's going to be made fun of. I`ll calling child protective services, he cannot live here with you loons. "

"You can't do that! Hess my son!"

"It's for the best, Percy. Don't you think screwing up one kid is enough?"

Darla started to walk back toward the house.

"I lied." Percy told her.

Darla turned around and looked at Percy perplexed by what she was hearing him say. Dylan looked at Percy with the same confused look.

"It wasn't a monster. It was a storm, ask anyone on the block it was a huge hurricane."

"In New York?"

"Last year we had hurricane Sandy. Anyways the storm was really bad and loud and people were screaming. I wouldn't let Dylan look outside because it was so bad. People were being hit with things, stuff was flying everywhere. He assumed it was a monster from the noise. I had said that I defeated the monster because I wanted to be a hero in his eyes like I am to Jack."

"But dad! I-"

Percy faced Dylan.

"Dylan, I'm sorry I lied to you. But it's the truth."

Darla was quiet for a long moment. It was pretty scary.

"Against my better judgment," Darla said. "I'm going to give you another chance. I could imagine it must be hard to have your child hate you, and it might make you do stupid things. But you seemed to realize you were wrong to do that. One more chance, if you screw up again I'm calling child protective services."

Percy smiled the biggest smile.

"Thank you!" He said happily.

The three of them walked back into the house. Darla went into the kitchen for a snack.

Dylan grabbed Percy`s arm before he could leave the living room.

"Dad, "Dylan said. "I need to talk to you."

"Okay."

"But not here, in my room."

The two go upstairs and into Dylan`s room. It was very dull looking it was blue with almost bare walls. When you walked in you saw his book case filled with science fiction novels and textbooks he wanted to read for fun. On his right wall was his bed with plaid red and white sheets. On the left wall was a huge window and under the window was a desk.

"I really saw a monster, Dad. Then I saw you with the sword and you attacked the monster. I wasn't just seeing things, was in? I mean that really all happened right?"

"Yes. I only said what I said because I didn't want her taking you away from me."

"I…I …..This can't be real. I have to be going crazy. This can't be real!"

"Dylan you got to stop thinking with head with this. You have to believe what you see, what I'm telling you. This is real. The stories I told you there real. I know you probably don't remember most of them, but if you're some kind of demi god, those stories may just help you. Maybe even save your life."

"But what you said out there about the storm, you said you didn't really see the monster…." Dylan paused. "But when you described the monster to you said the same thing that I saw. So you must have seen it. …..this is real…."

That night Annabeth came home around 11:00 PM. Percy was in their bedroom watching re-runs of Saturday Night Live. Annabeth came home exhausted. She really seemed like she just wanted to slip into her pajamas and go to sleep, but Percy told Dylan he would find out what was going on with him. After Annabeth got changed she slipped into bed and tried to go to sleep.

"Annabeth?"

"What?" she said irritated.

"Something weird happened with Dylan today."

Annabeth sat up in the bed and looked at Percy with concern.

"Is he okay?"

"Yeah, he`s fine. He saw some kind of monster it chased him home and was trying to attack him. When he brought here I saw it too and killed it. But how is this possible when he has never seen monsters before and can't be a demi god because he has two demi gods as parents."

"Well of course he could be a demi god. I mean not a traditional one, but we are both demi gods so obviously half our genes are genes from the gods and the other half is mortal, so those god genes could be in him. It's actually very likely if you think about it. If a mortal couple has kid and they both say have red hair its more likely that there child would have red hair too.

"But if this is so likely how come I've never heard of this happening before?"

"Well I'm guessing for two reasons, demi gods don't live long enough to reproduce and 2. Why would anyone write stories about demi gods having kids, when there are younger more interesting demi gods to write about or to tell about?"

"so you really think he`s a demi god?"

"Yes."

"Wait but how about the fact that he has never seen any monsters before. Don't demi gods start seeing them at a young age?"

"Well maybe it has to do with the fact that he isn't a traditional demi god. You know? He doesn't have a god as a parent and a mortal parent. He has two demi god parents, so maybe it's different and they don't see or are bothered by the monsters till later."

"Makes sense to me." Percy replied.

*PLEASE PLEASE tell me if Annabeth`s theory of what's going on with Dylan makes sense.*