NEVER CHALLENGE April Mae Jackson, because you will be left feeling like an idiot. She said she could make a great room, and boy could she.

The square room had changed to that of a tower, tall, round and inviting. Built in to the walls were long drawers that were actually pull-out-beds. They were arranged to go up and around the room like a spiral stair-case. Under each bed, there were cubby-holes. 4 for each of us. Going down the length of the cubby holes were small cupboards that we couldn't see through, for "private" things.

Randomly dotted around the room, there were long, thin rectangular holes that we were to slide our clothes into. Long story short, it was amazing.

We all went to pick out beds and get unpacked, which would have been a simple affair if Percy and April hadn't ended up in next door beds. It seems my boyfriend was still a teensy bit…extremely mad at April.

"I don't see why you're so eager to be so close to me. You weren't so eager when you left for 12 years." Percy said scathingly. My boyfriend can be an old moody-pants sometimes.

"Percy." She replied with a tone showing she obviously had experience with this type of thing. "I have apologised like a million times, please, can't you just forgive me. I'm sorry. I never meant to leave you." She took his hand with genuine sorrow in her eyes. "please?"

Somehow, it seems that apology, which I would have accepted gladly, was not enough.

He ripped her hand out of hers. "NO! April, don't you see? You're half hearted sorry isn't enough. It's not as if you just went on holiday without me. You made me think you were dead! Dead April! And you're my sister! Sorry doesn't cover it. I thought you were dead!" He turned away.

"But I've apologised." April protested. "Doesn't that mean anything?"

"Mean anything?" Percy repeated. "You want to mean something? Well mean this. "I will never sing or play music for or with you ever again."

She reeled back. "But you said-"

"-Our musical link was a testament of how close we are and how much we love each other." Percy finished. "I know.

April looked down. "Sorry." She said one last time, and swam off.

It was safe to say I had a good old talk with Percy. He didn't seem any more likely to forgive her, and that made me slightly angry, but I had a way to fix it.

On the way to this place, I had a small talk with April. I just couldn't believe that such a sweet looking girl would purposely do that to her brother. Especially as it seems they were pretty close.

"So you're Percy's sister huh?" I asked. Whilst she trudged on, carrying us, she nodded. "I'm sorry." I joked.

"Same to you, you're his girlfriend." She laughed. Her smile faltered. "He's never going to forgive me is he?"

I sighed. "It looks bad now, but he will. The fact that he's so mad at you proves it, it shows he cares."

She smiled. "You're clever." She said. "Percy must drive you crazy."

I nodded. "That's true. But there's something else, or rather someone else that's on my mind right now."

She looked over at me. "what?"

"You…" I hastened to explain. "Percy hates you, you made him think you were dead, but I don't believe that. There is more to what happened that day. I want to know what." She looked reluctant, so I carried on. "Look, I don't know what you did, but I don't think you did it on purpose, you have to try and cooperate because I'm trying to help you. If you don't want to, I can always side with Percy, he is my boyfriend after all."

She must have guessed from my tone that I wouldn't take no for an answer so she nodded. "But not right now. I need time to prepare."

I gave my nod in consent. "The evening then?"

"By the coral gardens" She said. "By the Plooth."

"You won't lie to me." I checked.

She seemed to have a resigned sparkle in her eyes. "I couldn't if I tried."

As we continued walking, I had my mind on my talk with April that evening. Slowly, I came up with a plan. I was a very risky plan but it could patch up Percy and April's relationship…or completely destroy it. But I had to try.

Later that day, whilst we were unpacking, I talked to Percy.

"I need your help." I asked him. He looked at me and smirked that beautifully, handsome, smirk that made him look…. Sorry, where was I? Oh yeah…

He said. "Who'd 'a' thought the great Annabeth Chase would need my help. Me! The simpleton Percy Jackson!"

I swatted him. "Take me to the coral gardens." He stopped. He didn't drop his hands, or his pose, or his smile, he just stopped.

"T-The coral gardens.?" He stuttered. I kept up my determined 'business' face. "To the Plooth." I continued.

His face turned serious, which actually scared me a little. "Do you know what Plooth is darling?" He asked, his face still serious. I wracked my brain, thinking of the plants name. Then it came to me. I thought of what April had said to me earlier.

You won't lie?

I couldn't if I tried.

"They are plants that cause the person standing closest to them to tell the truth and only the truth." I said, becoming more in awe of April's determination and bravery as I said it. I wouldn't do that to myself when talking to a complete stranger, even if she was my brother's girlfriend.

"What's going on Annabeth?" He asked. I'd almost forgotten he was there.

"That's not important right now." I said, loving him more and more because he had the trust in me to just nod and accept it. "I just need you to take me there and to hide as well."

He shook his head and sighed. "Uh… Alright, I guess I'll take you there." He consented. "But then I need an explanation."

"Of course."