"I don't know what to say Miss Chase, the other girl claims she smashed her into the wall but I don't get it. I'm sorry but we have to punish someone."

The principal was on the phone; was a short, round woman, she had a soft face and sweet, kind dispossession. Usually she would be smile, or at least look sympathetic, but today she was puzzled.

" No its, alright its only two days of suspension, it doesn't matter. Beside I've been meaning to take Alice down to the old cabin, we haven't been there in years. "

Annabeth sighed and down the phone and glared at her daughter, who cringed at the sight of her mother's cold gray gaze.

" I'm sorry Mom, I don't know what happed."

She picked up the phone again.

" I'm sorry about this Annabeth, I know you've been having trouble finding her a school that's right for her. I was hoping Donald's would be a permanent home. But maybe I could make an exception. "

" No, Mrs. Harris its fine, you've done so much, trying to find her a place here."

In the back of her mind, she new there was only one place her daughter would fit in. But it brought back to many sad memories to think of it. Beside she would be able to talk to Sally about it once they got to the cabin. Sally had gone through this with Percy back in the old days. Percy... Oh Percy, Alice is more like you every day....

" Mom, are you alright?" Alice asked from the back of the car.

"Oh, I'm fine just thinking about, yeah now."

"Didn't you tell me Aunt Sally was going to be at the cabin this summer! I can't believe it, I haven't seen her since I was in fourth grade!"

"Yeah, she'll be there I've missed her too."

It was true; ever since Percy had left she had always gone to Sally for guidance or help. Sally loved her granddaughter, even though Alice thought she was just an old friend of her moms. She had felt guilty for not telling Alice but she thought that if had told her that maybe she would have to tell her the truth about her dad. She really needed to talk to Sally because she was planning to tell her this week at the cabin. "Maybe Sally could help me..."

As they drove down the seaside road, she thought of the cabin and of the last night she had been with Percy. It was a night that stayed in her mind and that always saddened her.

It was almost like it had happened yesterday.................

"I guess this is goodbye, Annabeth..." Percy said, pain in his sea-green eyes.

He kissed her one last time on the cheek, in a loving bear hug. And stepped back into the surf.

" Wait, I want you to have this. " He handed her a small black pen. Which she knew as his faithful sword Riptide?

"No, Percy keep it, I can't take riptide. "

"I want you to protect yourself, Riptide is yours now. "

He started to glow, "God of the Tidal waves, huh." Annabeth said, smiling sadly.

" You'll make one helluva God, Percy. I know it."

He looked back and smiled. And Annabeth averted her eyes. When she looked again, he was already gone. Gone forever without, know about what would happen to her, or about his future daughter Alice Georgia " Gorgophone" Chase-Jackson. Her mother ad given her that middle name because, that was the name of the Greek hero Perseus and Andromda's first daughter. Only fitting for the daughter of Perseus Jackson, her own hero.

They began to drive up to the cabin a small shack half way hidden in the sand dunes and shadowed by a couple of old pine trees sprouting out of the small rock by the shoreline. She loved the cabin because it had been Percy's favorite place. He used to take her there after school on Fridays on his motorcycle, and they'd roost hotdogs by the dunes. Now standing by the door was a tall woman with long arms and semi-curly gray-brown hair. She was in her 50s but looked years younger. She waved and smiled while she waited for them to get their things out of the car.

" Oh man, Annabeth Its been so long, way to long. And Alice you're getting so big, and you look so much like your mother. I hope you haven't been getting in to much trouble" she teased her, and Alice smiled

" No not too much Aunt Sally. I had in run-in with a crazy old man a month ago though..." Her mother interrupted.

" ...So Sally, where do you want our stuff?"

"Oh, yeah over here. Lets get you two settled in and ill get dinner started and we can start a bonfire. And Alice can tell me all about her school year."

"Um Sally, that sounds great but first could I talk to you down here. Alone " She gave her daughter a strong gray gaze. " Alright mom I'll go put our stuff inside."

Alice walked inside the cabin and as soon as the door closed. Annabeth began lumbering Sally with detailed questions, about what she was going through, and how she was going to talk to Alice.

"Oh Annabeth this just like what I went through with Percy." She looked depressed as she said it. "You just need to think of an easier way to explain. I mean with you it's going to be way more complicated. Your past, what happened to Percy, camp, you'd have to explain it all."

"I know, I know, but it's just so hard, and I've waited so long too."

" I'll help you with it. Come on I've got to get the hot dogs ready lets go inside."

"Wait, ... ever since he left, did Percy ever visit you?" She choked up at the question but asked it anyway.

"Annabeth, He did once but it was a month or two after he left. Poseidon was with him. I told him to visit you but he said he wouldn't because it was way to hard for him. I'm sorry Annabeth."

"I miss him so much... every time I look at her it reminds me of him. She's so much like him."

"I noticed that too." She comforted her with an arm around her.

"It's a good thing, just think of the all happy times with him. Lets get you a tissue inside."

She sniffled, and followed her inside.