Hey! So I haven't updated in awhile but I'm going to make up for it! I got a review telling me there was no Percabeth in the story so I'm gonna change that now. Also I know Percabeth is listed as a main couple and there will be chapters all about them I feel it's important to show Nico and Dakota in the beginning.

One last thing a one of my best friends helped me with this chapter. I think he's an amazing writer so he's gonna co-write with me on this story now. Check out his stories SHWsaga576. He's seriously a great writer so check him out!

Now onwards with the story!

Percy's P.O.V

I had no clue how I got stuck with "Dakota duty". After watching her take down Clarisse effortlessly, Annabeth and I made an effort to stay away from her. Nico didn't seem to mind spending the time with her, so he took over the duty. But someone had to do it eventually, right? So why me, you ask?

A memory flashed in my head of me and Annabeth laying down on some hay in the pegasi stables. It was one of the only places we could actually be alone nowadays. Sure, it wasn't the most romantic place on Earth. The horses smelled to high heavens, and the flies buzzed around nonstop. But hey, love conquers all right?

As I was playing with her blond curls between my fingers, she looked up at me with those beautiful grey eyes.
"Your turn to watch Dakota"

"You really know how to kill a mood, don't you?"
She lurched up to a sitting position, abandoning me in the hay. "I'm serious Percy. Someone has to keep an eye on Dakota. Nico can't do it forever" she said, suddenly serious.

"No offense Annabeth, but after seeing her take down Clarrise, I don't have intentions of watching her. Or seeing her. Or being in the same room as her. "

"Somebody has to do it"

"…Rock, paper, scissors?"

He smacked our fists against our open palms three times. She held up a fist and I held out two fingers. I looked up at her with pleading eyes. "Best two out of three?" I asked. She got up from the hay and left without saying another word. A horse shot me a concerned glance, and I glared back at him. "Not a word" I warned, and it turned back to grazing on it's hay.

I left the stables where we house the Pegasi and horses to go for lunch in the cafeteria. I heard distant shouting behind me.

"Percy!"
At first I turned around expecting Grover, but I got a different surprise instead.

"Hey Percy! I have a note for you." Conner Stoll from the Hermes cabin said running towards me. Ironic a Hermes kid was giving me a note, especially Conner Stoll. I tried to make it a habit to stay away from the Stoll brothers if I'm alone; they tend to have some pretty nasty "jokes" on them. And by jokes, I mean bombs. They have bombs on them.

"Thanks Conner." I say taking the note from him but he doesn't stay to talk. Hmm, he must be in a hurry for something.

Percy, come down to the beach, it's important. ~D

Well this day just seems to get better and better…
I trudged along the sand of the beach alone. I figured that if Mr. D had called for me, that was a good enough reason for not protecting the most prized possession of Olympus right? But I found it strange that as a I walked along, I didn't see the pudgy overseer of Camp Half-Blood. It was just sand, the water, a couple rocks, and more sand.

Maybe I should wait here. Just in case he comes around I thought, and stared out into the water. I breathed in the salty air that formed the mist. I loved it, it made me feel so alive. It made me feel…wait, something wasn't right.

Suddenly, something shot out the water and pounced at me. Before I had any time to react, it had already tackled me and now we were rolling on the sand. Pinning both of my hands down, I had realized it was Dakota. I also realized that our faces were also inches away from each another. Her face, usually beautiful (from what I'm told, i tended not to notice girls unless it was Annabeth) , was twisted in a malicious scowl.

"Dakota, what are you doing?!"

"What does it look like? I'm hunting"

"For what?"

"You. I've been sitting underwater waiting"

She hopped off of me, and that's when I realize that she must have sent that letter to me as D. Of course it wouldn't have been Dionysus, he never got my name right. She had trapped me, without even trapping me. Did that make sense? Wow, she was good. I crawled to my feet and although the back of my shirt was now covered in sand, Dakota's green dress was nice and dry. I couldn't help but wonder what other tricks she had up her sleeve.

"Thanks for the practice. Bye"

"Wait, hold on. I need to come with you"

"With me? Why?"

"Because…someone has to be watching over you"

"I already told you, I do NOT need a babysitter" she screeched. I took a step back at her sudden burst of anger

"Well, don't think of me as a babysitter. Think of me as a…bigger brother"

I could see her processing it, giving me a skeptical look. "You do realize who you are comparing yourself too?" she asked. Ouch, I thought but I didn't say it because I didn't want to bring back angry Dakota. I nodded. With that she was satisfied and calmly said, "Okay". I was stunned by her bipolar ways.

We both walked on the beach in silence. She didn't seem interested in me, and I didn't want to say anything that would make her go berserk again. But eventually, the silence got to me and I blurted out something I think I shouldn't have.

"So…you and Nico-"

She shot me a glance, and at first I immediately thought that was it. It was bye-bye Percy. But she just look forward and responded in a low voice. "He's nice".

Was that a hint of a blush I saw? So even the all-powerful Dakota was no match for Aphrodite's craft?
"You like him don't you?"

"Please. I am the daughter of the greats! I don't have no time for 'liking' anything"

"But you're still a teenager"

She stopped and I can see she thought about this. Technically, her time of being a teenager had long past, but she still looked and acted like one (and kind of like a little kid). With a sigh, she reluctantly admitted it. "Okay…maybe I do…sort of…"

She froze in sentence and pulled out a dagger. She flung into the nearby bushes at an invisible enemy, missing me by mere inches. I was confused, until a huge figure burst out of the leaves only to be stopped by Dakota's knife. Upon closer observation, I realized the creature was a Minotaur.
Impossible, I thought. It took me more than simple knife throw to kill a minotaur. What made it more impressive was the fact that Dakota hadn't even seen him coming.

Before I could react Dakota grabbed my wrist and looked me in the eyes which were filled with determination. "We need to get to camp. Now."

Yay for chapter five! You guys seriously have SHWsaga576 to thank gir this chapter. So review, let me know what you think of Owrcy and Dakota's "sibling" relashionship. Hope you liked it, gonna try update soon! Review!

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