Well I can say it was a rocky start in the morning Percy had to handle the blondie, Annabeth, she was pretty nice, the girlfriend. Pearl sulked, Phoenix called Apollo telling him he was going on a demigod quest. This made anger boil in me, talking about me like I was a disease. Then there came the matter of the prophecy. I told them about it Percy had said the meaning was pretty clear, the first line was already solved. This started another argument from Pearl. They were at each other's throats once more.

Phoenix had to light his hand and press it against their arms they yelped and both glared at him. He bit his lip as if he had to hold back a laugh.

Soon enough we were finally ready to set off. Percy and Pearl both screaming at each other, about a stupid subject, I sighed it was annoying as heck. I looked over my shoulder at the two of them and felt a word just sitting on my tongue, I tried to hold onto it but it slipped out:

"QUIET!" They both turned and looked at me Pearl had anger scraped into her eyes, Percy's eye's flashed with anger. "I am seriously this close to wrapping a vine around both of your necks." I showed my fingers.

"Fine." Percy said.

"Whatever." Pearl snapped. They were silent going up the hill of Camp Half Blood, but the something else happened, and another argument started.

"What did the prophecy say again about where to find the place?" Phoenix asked.

"Nothing it just says, The throne of a god lay empty."

"Well it could be Pan, couldn't it?" Percy's brow furrowed.

"No dimwit it's Zeus." Pearl snapped sarcastically.

"Shut up no one asked you!" Percy shot right back at her.

"Stop! Could you two just be quiet for one moment?"

"Ok so it's Pan that's always a option, but maybe like it could be a god that just hasn't returned, ya think?" Phoenix got a thoughtful look on his face.

"Ok good idea, so we have to find a god that hasn't gotten much recognition." I suggested.

"Pan hasn't gotten much recognition." Pearl said.

"Not everything in this prophecy could be about Pan, maybe a lost god, like another Pan?" Percy said.

"Suggesting that another god like my father, was he lost?"

"Everyone thought he was dead, but we found him about a year ago." Percy said.

"So another lost god?"

"Yeah! Let's think, what god that you know of, has really no information?" Pearl said.

"Nike?" Phoenix suggested.

"Yeah, but Nike has been in France, I mean ya know? City of Romance." Percy answered.

"Fortuana! Nemesis's twin sister."

"I suppose…But she's pretty shady, I mean you don't really know when good luck's going to strike." Pearl said, "Asclepius? Greek god of medicine? Some say he died at the hands of Zeus because he rose mortals from the Underworld, this both made Hades and Zeus angry. So he killed him, but keep in mind he was Apollo's son, so Apollo killed the Cyclops that made Zeus's lightening bolts."

"Thus creating another family argument, man Zeus's is a nice grandpa." I said.

"Got that right." Pearl looked to the sky and rolled her eyes.

"Ok so Asclepius, but how do we know he's the one?" Phoenix said.

"Well why don't you ask your father?" I asked.

"Apollo has ever mentioned anything about him…"

"He was a half blood, has Chiron ever mentioned anything about him?" Pearl asked.

"Wait hold up." I held up my hands, "I thought he was a god?"

"He was, but he was born of Crotos, who was a beautiful woman, and Apollo his Father was so proud of him in his further life, that he made him a god. He stayed at Camp Half Blood with Chiron for sometime, Chiron taught many things about medicine and philosophy. He was almost like a son to Chiron." Pearl explained.

"Hmph, wish Dad was that nice to me." Phoenix muttered. We traveled on crossing reaching Manhattan and by nightfall. And then kept walking we had agreed to reach the Hudson and then Pearl and Percy steal a boat and take us to Apollo's sacred place. (Forgot to add that in, it's in Miami, Florida) By the time we reached the harbor it was noon, Percy saw a near by sail boat a simple one it could with hold the weight of us. Pearl dove in and commanded the water to bring it to us. I watched in amazement as the rope automatically untied and bended to her every will. Percy grabbed the boat's front and pulled in close to the dock. Everyone got on except me; I had never been on a boat, let alone a sail boat.

Percy smiled encouragingly,

"It's not that bad I promise." He held out his hand, I grasped it graciously and leapt onto the boat making it rock. For a moment though I was caught by the intensity of his eyes, caught in a moment. But it was ruined by of course none other then myself, I screamed as water sloshed into the boat.

"Oh my God were sinking!"

"Penelope, its fine." Phoenix held back a laugh and looked out onto the harbor. I glared at him, sorry I'm scared of boats! Pearl still wading in the water starting laughing her head off she went under water so I wouldn't feel embarrassed but I saw bubbles which most likely meant she was still laughing.

"Hey Giggle Head get up here!" Percy barked, Pearl popped her head up and bit her lip but tears dripped down her eyes to show she was still laughing about it. She gripped the side of the boat almost tipping it over but she froze it and then gently set it up again. A hand flew to my mouth to keep the scream in. This erupted more giggles she fell to the boat's floor laughing.

"Stop laughing it's not funny anymore." Percy said.

"You think so?" She cocked her head then looked at me. But then she burst out laughing again, Percy rolled his eyes and then made the boat fly off from the dock. We sailed briskly across the harbor, Pearl or Percy made the harbor gates fly open. We sailed straight through them they both seemed at ease and started to talk, like literally, talk! Not argue. Phoenix both looked at each other, shocked, they were talking about Poseidon it appeared. Percy was saying something about the titan war, while Pearl bobbed her head and explained the situation of a palace.

I watched the waves move and the white froth creating bubbles on top of the water. It reminded me of a blue blanket with all these patterns on it always changing and moving. Amazing me… Gulls squawked and dove down for fish. I saw a few fish leap out of the sea, a few dead ones floating. A helicopter flew over head, and surprised me out of the quiet atmosphere. It buzzed and flew over it's giant propellers shredding through the air. I got a shiver down my spine. It flew over to a hospital maybe? Then it was quiet once more. I settled down on the bottom of the boat and propped a few life jackets under my head. I watched the gulls fly through the sky, the sound of the waves lapping against the boat soothed me. I heard Percy and Pearl talking in a hushed tones and Phoenix was humming a melody that was relaxing. I closed my eyes and dozed off when I woke up I heard them talking. But I didn't open my eyes.

"So you going to wake her?" Pearl asked.

"No, let her sleep she looks like she hasn't slept in days." Percy said.

"Well considering it's like ninety degrees out you might want to put some sunscreen on her." Pearl said I heard the sound of someone taking something out of a bag.

"Here." Pearl gave something to Percy. He opened a tube of sunscreen I guessed, and started to rub the stuff on my arms then my legs, the whole experience was actually really awkward. But he paused at my face then as gentle as a mother with a child he touched my face. I opened my eyes and met his it wasn't embarrassing his eyes were bright and kind. I smiled at him, he returned it.

"Hey, you fell asleep were almost to Connecticut."

"Already?"

"Yeah, well when you got two children of Poseidon controlling it at a very fast speed you get things done…pretty quickly."

"Ha, in your dreams dimwit I'm doing most the work, I guess ten thousand years of training from your godly father finally pays off." Pearl smiled and then saw our expressions. "Hey I didn't say I was young." She shrugged, and went on with her business. She looked like she was at least thirteen, not ten thousand years old! Percy read my expression,

"Pearl I thought you were fourteen." He rolled his eyes and smiled.

"I am, fourteen…thousand."

"Dang girl, you're old!" Phoenix said with an amused expression.

"Told you I knew more then all of ya, put together." She giggled and then got a expression on her face.

"Pearl…"Percy trailed off but then he seemed to know what she felt. She dove in the water Percy realized what she was doing. "Pearl!" He dove in after her. Phoenix and I looked at each other. Something was amiss. I saw tiny ripples running through the water then something happened. A scream pierced underwater, it was disfigured but it was still blood curdling. A giant hurricane of bubbles erupted but they were tinted with something…red. Phoenix lifted one up with the tilt of his finger.

"Blood." A fear erupted in me, all we could do was wait. We waited and waited, no conversation was shared. No sound was sounded finally Percy's head popped up to the surface Pearl beside him but she had cut's outlining her face. She jumped into the boat and Percy followed her. They sat down, not a drip of water got in the boat.

"What happened?" I asked barely able to contain my excitement I started to bite my fingers. Pearl started to sob, her shoulders moving every time she sobbed. Percy sighed and looked out into the distance, at first he didn't speak, but then:

"A few years ago I was on a quest with my friends we rescued this monster that was a baby and it would cause great destruction but we got to it just in time before it…well you know grew up wrong. But I guess our hard work went to nothing, he just was killed…" He trailed off and put his head in his hands. Pearl looked up and nodded,

"I was raising his myself, he must have escaped out of the pen, oh it's all my fault."

"What was he killed by?"

"He was stuck in a fishing net, we tried to untangle it but he panicked and started thrashing around. We finally got him out, but it was too late." Percy said.

"I'm sorry." I said at a loss of words, for one I didn't even know these guys that personally, two what kind of monster would be worth saving, three it's a little freaky how they use their little fishy tentacles, or whatever to sense things! Freaky! The boat sped up again it was silent for awhile finally night came. To break the silence I suggested we find some where to hide the boat so no one could see it. The water bots, I started to call them, hid it in a reedy cove. Phoenix insisted on taking the first watch, no one argued.

I dreamt of a warm glowing ball, I wanted to touch it but my nerves stood on guard. As I ventured closer I found myself in the clearing at Camp Half Blood, where I had found the aura. I slowly reached my hand out and then I touched it, immediately I found myself on my home island. It was so different but I knew it had once been my home. I saw that nothing was the same, the green hills of the island stretched endlessly, water flooded where I was standing I saw a few bodies floating in the water. I turned away I ran to my home and saw mother nature had taken over my house. The small colonial house was totally crushed ivy leaking through cracks of the brick. I gasped as I heard a cry from inside I ran in and saw a thing laying over my mother's lifeless body. It was a monster, it looked like a thing right out of a nightmare.

It looked like a ape but it's teeth were sharp and hung out its mouth. It was covered with brown greasy fur, I screamed as it looked at me. It growled and it's lips curved upward and it leapt at me. I woke up sweating and breathing hard. I saw Phoenix was asleep and Percy had taken the next watch he heard me and glanced around.

"You ok?" He asked.

"I had a nightmare, that's all."

"Half bloods have those…well more then I can say." He smiled, and once again I was struck by those eyes, hypnotized.

"Yeah I see what you mean…" I looked around the cove and heard the water making soft little waves.

"You know being here makes me think of a few years back when I was hiding with my girlfriend, Annabeth."

"Blondie right?"

This hit a nerve, I could tell.

"Yes." He said through gritted teeth.

"I'm sorry," I said suddenly, "I didn't mean to refer to her as that, she's really nice. I just-back at my old school, my best friend and I…we just-we referred to the "popular crew" as "blondie's."

"Yeah I used to do that with my friend, when we both went to this school, gods, thinking back on it, I was so young and childish, I never knew anything as to what I do now…" He looked out into the dark water. I sighed never knowing what Percy had dealt with. I had my own problems. The world was going to be in chaos if I didn't find that wild place soon…