Sooo here is the new chapter. Thank you to everyone who loved this story and reviewed! :)

My mind is currently 90% blank, but lets see how this goes.

Chapter 5

The sun has barely even poked an inch over the horizon, yet in the "Servant's Den", a boy was fully awake and getting dressed in his home. Percy, least to say, was excited for the day. He couldn't quite explain why, but maybe it was that he wanted to explore. He never got the chance yesterday since he woke up at high noon, so he and his father had to spend the remainder of the day working.

They hadn't even finished their work. If possible, Percy made the pond they were supposed to clean even messier than when they started.

Percy, his father, and his mother Sally Jackson, had stayed in Thalia's house. It was a simple little hut, but it had a small living room and kitchen combined into one. There were three other rooms as well. One was currently being used by Thalia, one was being used by Percy, and one by his parents.

Percy's and Thalia's rooms were small,they could fit about two beds. Sally and Poseidon got the bigger room that could fit four beds. For Percy, it was small, but snug and comfy. Though he still missed his old room in his old farm house, burned down by the enemy kingdom.

Percy was well aware of the rivalry between the kingdoms, but still he hoped it wouldn't result in war.

For this morning, Percy was all ready for the day. He walked out of his room, a bright smile on his face. He noticed no one was awake yet. He decided to take a stroll outside.

He quietly unlocked the front door of the house and slipped out, shutting the door behind him in the same quiet manner. The Servants' Den were simply a bunch of small houses, like Thalia's, all clumped together on the outside walls of the castle. It was named "Servants' Den" since almost everyone who lived here were working in the palace or used to work in the palace. Some had their extended families living with them too. Thalia's house was easily spotted as having a roof made of bamboo and palm fonds woven together and walls constructed of wooden planks.

The other houses were mostly made of wood. The houses were aranged in two rows- one facing the walls of the castle, and one facing the other way with their backs to the castle walls. That left a narrow road in the middle, just enough for a carriage to pass through. Clothing lines hung from posts on the second floors of some houses, small toys littered the front doors of some houses and piles of building materials still littered the place.

Percy started to walk down the road, careful not to go too far away. The sun had just started to rise and few people were awake. Just when Percy had decided to head back the way he came, he noticed a boy who looked about a year older than him sitting in a doorway. It looked like he was strugling to stand. He tried to prop himself up on a bamboo stick, just half his height, but he stumbled and fell back into the doorway.

Percy's instincts took over and he rushed to the other boy's aid. He took the fallen bamboo cane and handed it to him. Percy slowly helped to boy up until he was standing upright.

"Are you okay?" Percy asked.

"Y-yeah." The other boy replied. "Thanks for helping me. I'm Grover, by the way."

Percy smiled and shook his hand. "I'm Percy." He introdouced himself. "What happened to your legs?" He asked, clearly curious as to why Grover's legs were bent at a funny angle.

Grover looked down, like he was remembering something painful. "Well," he finally said. "A week ago, I was walking down one of the hills over there." He pointed toward a row of small hills south west of the kingdom. They looked like they had small huts there too. "My father asked me to buy some healing herbs from the lady who sells them up there since he was sick. On the way down there's a shear drop to the bottom with lots of rocks. And also, a bunch of bullies lived there. They loved to pick on me, so I hate that place. And-and then, when I was on my way down, they showed up in the middle of the road and..." Grover had started to get teary-eyed.

"They picked on you and pushed you?" Percy guessed. Grover nodded. "I landed feet first and basically crushed every bone in my legs when the rocks rolled over me..." He gulped. "My legs can still kind of support me, but not completely. My mom wont let me walk."

Percy looked confused. "Then why are you outside?"

"Well I don't want to be stuck not walking for eternity" Grover muttered.

"That's okay." Percy agreed. "But still, we gotta get revenge on those bullies! "

"Percy, we don't have to-"

"Yes we do! Just tell me if you see them, and they'll be dead to me."

"Percy, you can't possibly beat them!"

"Oh yes I can!" To prove his point, the eight year old boy took a rock the size of his head from the ground, lifted it up and threw it down with a bit of a struggle. "See?" Percy said, quite proud of himself. "I got your back, Grover."

That made Grover smile. "Really?"

"Really. Because your my friend." Percy declared.

"I never really had friends before..." Grover mused. "No one likes me."

"I like you." Percy grinned. "So you're my friend. Okay?"

"Okay." Grover smiled. Just then, Percy noticed it was already full morning. His parents would be looking for him. He bid his goodbye to Grover and rushed off. He hadn't realized he had strolled so far away, he even wondered if he had already passed his house. After about five minutes, Percy found the house he was looking for. Then he charged straight into the door, surprising Poseidon, who was currently cooking breakfast.

Poseidon examined Percy who was panting and leaning on the door frame. He smiled at his son, momentarily forgetting the eggs he was frying."Now where have you been, Percy?" Poseidon asked his son playfully.

"Just... around... the den..."Percy panted. Poseidon gave a little chuckle and asked his son to sit down. He scooped up some water in a wooden cup, put one of the eggs onto a plate, and served them to his son. Percy immediately drained the cup in one gulp and started to eat his egg. "So," Poseidon said. "Anything you've discovered around the Den?"

"Well," Percy had said just when Sally came out of her room. She was wearing a simple white shirt and a long brown skirt, her brown wavy hair tied behind her head, her Caribbean-blue eyes. "Do tell, Percy." Sally said, as smile on her face as she headed over to the eggs that were cooking over the fire. "Have you made any friends?" Percy swore his mother could read his mind sometimes. Percy nodded and he started to tell the story of how he met Grover. When Percy was finished, his mother said. "Well, he sounds very nice. I'd be glad to meet him sometime."

Percy smiled. "Yeah. I'm gonna try and visit him this afternoon so we can play."He said cheerfully. But Poseidon shook his head. "Oh no, Percy. You are cleaning the pond all by yourself until there is not a patch of moss or dirt in sight!" he scolded. "All by myself?" Percy asked in his most innocent and pleading voice while flashing his pleading green eyes. Poseidon simply rolled his eyes. "Just eat your breakfast son."

Sally laughed as Percy pouted.

Annabeth had woke up as she usually would and quickly got dressed in her usual outfit- light brown pants, greyish long sleeved shirt, orange vest, and brown boots. She slipped out of her bedroom doors, her unreadable expression in tact. She was still thinking about yesterday, about all the fun she had. She had never experienced this kind of fun before. She decided to find Percy later. She finally reached the dining table where her father and Susan were currently having breakfast. As she took her seat, she was confused at the dumbfounded expressions of the two others at the she realized a small smile had slipped on to her features. She immediately retained her blank expression and proceeded to eat her breakfast.

"Annabeth," Frederick uttered after recovering from shock. "How- how..." Okay, so maybe he hasn't completely recovered. He was still confused. Yesterday he saw his daughter actually smiling and also the other day... as far as he knew, Annabeth can never smile.

"Annabeth dear?" King Frederick finally managed to say. "have you... have you met any new friends yesterday?" Annabeth was debating on weather to tell her father or not. She knew exactly what he was thinking, but she didn't know what his reaction would be to her reply. She didn't want to lose a friend. But she took her chances. "Well, actually, yes." She finally said. "We played around the courtyard yesterday."

Frederick then grinned widely, knowing her new playmate was the one who made his daughter smile. "Well, I would be very happy as to meet him one day." he declared. Annbeth shifted uncomfortably in her seat. "Um, okay." Annabeth muttered unsurely. Though she was looking forward to finding Percy again.

Okay I am very sorry guyz that I had to cut this chapter short and with a weird end. I'm sorry if this chapter was kind of crappy but please leave a review and tell me what you think! Reviews encourage me to steal the laptop from mom everday... I mean write chapters! XD

-Apollo'sPirateDaughter