Hello folks! Not much to say today but: This is not supposed to be in first person. I'm finding myself writing 'I' so much more than 'she' so bear with me. I think it's because I just finished writing a historical fiction story for school, and I made that in first person. If you see an 'I' where it's not supposed to be I'm so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, sorry. That brings me to the fact that I need a beta as of 3/3/13. Thanks!

Disclaimer- Just because I'm writing a story about it, PJO is still the exclusive property of Mr. Riordan.

RMaNC

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A Day of Changes

Today was a day of changes for fifteen-year-old Emily. Emily Jackson always woke up at five every morning, always feeling horrible. Today, though, was different. Emily felt like she could run four miles without breaking a sweat. Maybe it's Mom and Dad's blood finally shining through, she thought. Emily had always liked the crack of dawn if she wasn't feeling awful (which was pretty much every day). It was sorta okay that Emily liked this time of day, since that's when you had to run a mile at Camp Half-Blood and she loved it. Except she was terrible at running more than a hundred yards. Emily was supposed to be at Camp, since it was the middle of July, but her Dad, Percy, thought it would be a nice change if Emily didn't go this summer. He had taken precautions though; every enchantment on the Jackson's apartment were the same as those at Camp, with the exception of the Golden Fleece.

Emily was a loud girl at her bored-ing school in Midtown Manhattan. She had many friends, but since they weren't half-bloods, they never had any idea how she was feeling. Emily's hair was jet-black like he father's, but she had inherited her mother, Annabeth's, gray eyes. She had also inherited Annabeth's intelligence, along with Percy's knack for rule-breaking, which made an interesting combo at school. She couldn't really control water yet, like Percy, but she had made the sink explode and drown the awful cat a few years ago. She lived in Midtown, adoring the City and all its might. The sidewalks there were perfect for running on before six in the morning. Emily hoped that one day when she felt good, she could sneak outside and run, since her parents never let her. You know stranger-danger? Well Emily's parents didn't believe in that. They believed in monster-danger. Today was her lucky day. She felt great and was ready to run.

Emily quickly got dressed for running and put on her owl necklace, which, when tapped, transformed into full body armor, a Celestial Bronze sword, and a shield with pictures of her parents' adventures in the Sea of Monsters when they were kids. Emily adored the necklace, ever since she had gotten it from her mother, for her 13th birthday, her mark of becoming a demigod. She went downstairs to the kitchen, expecting it to be empty, as her parents never got up before seven, and found Annabeth cooking waffles with her arm around Percy. Great, she thought, the one day that I feel like I can sneak out and run in the morning because my parents don't let me, they have to be up early. "Hi, Mom," she yawned, "Hey Dad. Say, you two are never up early. What gives?"
"Well, first of all: good morning," Percy started, "second: to answer your question, Mom and I have to a meeting with Chiron at five thirty, so we thought it would be nice to make him a housewarming gift." Annabeth nodded in agreement. "Wait," Emily started, "Chiron's coming here? And why so early?" Annabeth and Percy both chuckled, "To answer your questions: yeah and we have no idea," Annabeth stated, "Do you want to help us get ready? He should be here any minute." Emily grumbled, "Sure," she said sarcastically. "Then let's get going," Percy smiled, "Maybe you could help me pick up in the living room while Mom makes breakfast." Parents, Emily thought before following Percy to go pick up in the living room.

As soon as she finished folding the blankets, the doorbell rang. "I'll get it!" she called. She threw the door open and found Chiron there in wheelchair form. "Hi, Chiron." she said. "Hello, child. We missed you at Camp this summer." Emily grumbled, but put on a smile when she saw Chiron staring at her, "Oh, um... Mom and Dad are probably in the living room. Let's go." Chiron followed her in his motorized wheelchair into the living room where Percy and Annabeth were waiting. "Percy, Annabeth, how nice to see you! I thought you forgot about me!" Chiron laughed. "That'd be impossible," Annabeth said, while giving him a hug. "Oh! Uh... Emily," Percy said, "Maybe you could go to your room while we talk?" Emily opened my mouth to complain, but Chiron beat me to it, "No, Percy. I wish Emily to hear this." She made a mental note to thank Chiron later.

"So, what do we need to talk about?" Annabeth said. "Well, first of all, I don't know everything, so what I'm telling you is all I know, so asking questions is pointless. Second of all, I'm here at this ungodly hour today, not because I have someplace to be, but you three do." He nodded at all three of us, and Emily was confused. Nobody told me I was going anywhere today, she thought. Annabeth must have been just as confused because she said, "We're not-,"

"Bup, bup, bup. Remember, no questions." Chiron's expression suddenly turned solemn, "Now, down to business. I received a Iris message from Zeus asking me to tell you to go to Olympus at 7 o' clock, today, July twenty seventh. He said that Gaea was stirring again and had partnered with other evils to bring down America, then the world." Here, Chiron paused. Percy was shaking and clutching his knee where he had been clawed by an Earthborn in the Giant War. Annabeth looked like she was going to pass out. "I would advise that you bring some extra clothes; you might be fighting them awhile. He said that there will be 'others' coming up to Olympus, who are not demigods, but not quite mortals, so Olympus is open to them. Zeus said that these 'others' were the opponents of Gaea's partners. I was shocked, but Zeus said it will make sense. The last thing he said to me was, 'Tell them not to be afraid to use your powers in front of the mortals for the tests.' Oh, I almost forgot. He said to bring Emily with you. There is a task that only she and a few others who were coming could complete."

Emily's heart leapt. She had never been to Olympus because her parents said it was "too dangerous." She was eager to hear Chiron continue, but he didn't. Now that Emily saw her parents' terrified she became beyond terrified because her parents were scared. They had faced more than Emily ever would, so, if they were worried, Emily was super-duper-uper terrified.

"I can see in all of your eyes, that you wish for me to leave you three alone," Chiron sighed, "so I suspect I must. Remember 7 o'clock!" With that, he waved his hand and disappeared in ripple of mist.

"So we better get packing, right?" Emily said, amazed that she had enough strength to talk while she was ten times as afraid as her parents. "Um...y-y-eah," Percy stuttered in response, still shaking, "E-e-emily, g-g-go upstairs and st-st-start p-p-packing. I'll c-c-come help after I pack m-m-mine and Mom's things."

Once the three had finished packing, they climbed into a taxi, with Annabeth still green and Percy still shaking. "Where to, sir?" the driver asked Percy. "Uh, Th-th-the E-e-em-"

"The Empire State Building!" Emily blurted. Oddly, even though she was the most scared on the inside of the three, she seemed to be not at all scared on the outside.

The driver nodded and they set off towards Olympus.

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So, how'd you like it? You know the drill. Step one: review. Step two: review. Step three: REVIEW! I'm glad we got that down. I got a review (on one of the extras) saying, "Good story. This is supposed to be in the crossover section, though. -_-" I agree with them, but I put the extras on the normal section so everyone who read TKC, HP, PJO, and The 39 Clues knew about this fic. This is also on the crossover section, though. I got a similar review that asked if I would take down the extras because they were just an announcement. The answer is YES, but only if I get a lot of people reading the Full Story of THE EVIL RETURNS.

One more thing: To those of you who don't know what the heck I mean when I say extras, I mean the other fics that I posted in the Harry Potter & Kane Chronicles Xover section, Harry Potter & Percy Jackson Xover section, Percy Jackson & Kane Chronicles Xover section, 39 Clues & Kane Chronicles Xover section, Percy Jackson & 39 Clues Xover section, 39 Clues NORMAL section, Harry Potter NORMAL section, Kane Chronicles NORMAL section, and Percy Jackson NORMAL section. All these extras were exactly the same. They had the first chapter ONLY in them, along with where to find the Full Story if they liked Ch. 1. These extras were announcements directing them HERE to the Full Story!

Thanks for reading!
RMaNC