"Phoenix! Pearl!" I burst through the doors and saw no one. Not a single sound, nothing moved. I closed my eyes and felt for any form of energy around me, there was one. Phoenix sat in a corner he was curled up in a small ball holding his stomach.

"Phoenix!" I yelped he looked at me and he gave a gaspy breath then removed his arms, a bloody stab wound slit through his stomach. The fact that it wasn't healing was scary…a bloody golden blade lay crossed with another one, Fiona's. I looked over and saw her clutching her heart. Her life slowly fading from her eyes, I knelt down and grasped Phoenix's hand.

"Phoenix…what happened!" I exclaimed tears sprouting to my eyes, my heart impounded in a deafening sad beat.

"It's a dream…don't believe…" He trailed off and then his eyes were lifeless, I cried out my heart wrenching. I was too late… then still with those lifeless eyes he grabbed onto my cheek and his face turned to the lifeless eyes of a close friend…Percy Jackson. I gasped,

"What's going on…? I won't believe it! I won't, you both can't be dead!"

I woke with a jerk, my heart pounding; I was asleep on the steps of Olympus. An electric green toga wrapped around me. I got up and walked up the marble stairs each layered at an even height. Short and long, so it felt like you were never advancing to the top, never slowing… When I reached the marble columns with the listless statues of the Greek gods staring at me, I opened the large doors and found that a few of the gods sat in their chairs talking. Demeter saw me then gave a small smile and an acknowledging nod, then continued on with her conversation with Apollo. I looked around but didn't see Phoenix anywhere. I went straight up to Apollo and interrupted my descendant's conversation.

"Where's Phoenix?" Apollo got a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Well pretty lady, I don't know that question exactly. He was just here a few momentos ago. I'd say he'd be back any time now, said he had to use the w.c."

"Really Apollo, the w.c.? Were back to Holland now?"

"Hey I always preferred the term." I rolled my eyes and looked around. I walked out to the palace gardens and found him sitting there. His eyes downcast and a tear stream was leading from one of his pretty stormy blue eyes. I stood there watching the beautiful picture of a slumped figure of a handsome man, watching the twist of the sherbert colored sunset with the vast lushness green plants that grew around him. I realized all too quickly I would be seventeen today… I watched Phoenix put his head in his hands then he let out a frustrated sigh. I walked over, he hardly acknowledged me. I sat next to him. He looked at my green toga, and then eyed my body until he fell on my eyes.

"Penelope…" He started but he broke down through the middle of the sentence then passionately pressed his lips against mine. We embraced, our tears intertwining and I was hardly aware of the small little voice outside. When we finally pulled away we smiled and each other then clung to each other, happiness rushing through my veins.

"Wow, you guys really got to get a room. You know my brother's missing and all you can do is suck each other's lips. Wow, pathetic." Pearl's voice spoke awaking us from our dream world.

"Pearl!" I exclaimed then flung myself at her. "I missed you so much!" She stroked my hair.

"I did too, Goat Girl… I did too." She held me for a second then let go.

"So what's up with Percy?

"Nothing you gotta…you gotta talk to Annabeth. There are a lot of new kids that have a say in this."

"Blondie, um I don't think so. You see Annabeth and I were not on the best terms. Never have been and never will be. She thinks I'm creeping on Percy or something. I'm totally not! Alright maybe a little… but that doesn't mean anything! How's Sally taking it, better yet how's his little brother taking it?"

"Oh Sally, trying to put the P in positive. But that's pretty hard to do when you got two sons, one that just was born. One that you know will always come home."

"I don't think so Pearl, Chiron sounded pretty urgent the last time I talked to him. Maybe it's really bad."

"Eh, could be, we got a few tricks up our sleeves. I have to meet with these half-bloods that want me to go with them on the frekin voyage to Greece. I just told them find Cartivalica."

"Cartivalica, alright wait don't even explain it to me I'm scared to know."

"Just come with me, please!" I glanced at Phoenix he gave a forced smile, and then took my hand in his.

"I'm coming with her." He said staring Pearl straight in the eye.

"Fine." She gave a snooty nod then I connected us to the evergreen tree at camp. We quickly transported, when we landed we rolled all the way down the hill. "Ow! That's hurt's like he-Hi little girl what's up?" Pearl corrected herself before she swore. But then Phoenix came right out and said it. The girl happened to be Lisa, she just rolled her eyes, she was a daughter of Ares. I'm sure there worse things she heard. We walked onward to the Big House. I heard noises coming form the rec room. We walked in like a triangle. Pearl out front Phoenix and I the wings. She leaned on the door frame.

"Sup, half-bloods." She said her voice sly and con-artist type. I observed the faces of each of the campers. But something surprised me, a boy sat in the seat for the Zeus cabin. He was pretty cute actually, blond hair and blue eyes. Ah, the perfect race. I looked at the rest of the crew a pretty Aphrodite girl, wore no makeup. Shocker there, I scrunched my brow at her. Whispers went around the table. Then Pearl laughed, whipped her hair in my face. I almost gagged it smelled like salt water.

"Pearl, don't do that!" I gagged and a little barth came into my mouth.

"Sorry, hon. I thought you'd be a little tougher being a goddess and all!" She rolled her eyes then glanced back to the half-bloods. She sat down in a spare chair, then plopped her feet on the table. The Ares counselor, Clarisse just eyed her with a certain respect. She was in the same position. "Alright get on with it, yadah yadah, and my annoying kid brothers missing. What's wrong again?"

"Pearl! I'm sick of your behavior! You always come in here like you own the place. You show no respect to Percy! You know he told me he was so happy that you were his sister; he couldn't have picked a better one. Tell me, why are you so mean to him! I can't stand it, I really can't. He doesn't have one mean bone in his body and yet you still choose to disrespect him. Even when he could be dead for all we know, his memories probably wiped clear. He probably has no clue who he is. Do you have any idea how much I'm worrying about him! You sicken me! You're an atrocious sick being. I can't believe you call yourself an angel of the sea!" Annabeth lectured.

"You done, like seriously, that was annoying as he- I mean annoying as a beeping sound…" She thought about for a second, "Yeah that, anyway you should actually respect the small acts I do for you. I didn't even have to help. But you're lucky I like my brother. Actually the only way you're going to find him is if you find Cartivalica. But if you can't then it's too late for my brother and your little 'relationship'."

"Both of you stop! Were not here to argue but to make peace. Jason, Piper, and Leo have volunteered to accompany you two on the quest to find Percy and stop the Typhion from rising. Alright, now who else is going? Penelope since you are the most powerful make a decision." Chiron said, I glanced at the faces.

"No one else. Actually, Grover and Rodney should accompany us. Then I want to everything you guys know, and what you have gathered. Ok- and holy crap! You, that face, your Dad is- ! Ohmigods! My friend is obsessed with him! Ohmigods!

"Let me guess King of Sparta, blah blah, nothing I haven't heard before. Yes my father is Tristan McLean. Can we please not talk about that?" Piper asserted.

"Sorry, my apologies, I had a weird teenage urge. Where did that come from? Ug, excuse me. I have to leave the room." I walked out of the room my heart racing. What the hell was going on? I'm here for two minutes and I start acting like a normal teenage girl. This wasn't natural! I put my head in my hands. I felt an arm around me, Percy. Oh Percy, where was he… I started to get a little bit of an anxiety attack. Was he alive, I knew he was invincible, but I couldn't help but wonder.

"They said, he's at the Roman Camp. They think it may be in San Francisco."

"If their lucky, it may be there. I doubt it. They need Cartivalica. I don't know what her name is now, but that's what it once was. I have a feeling she's the girl of another ancient prophecy."

"Ug, not another one!"

"Well the story was Cartivalica was this super powerful half-blood because she was conceived of the Greek Poseidon, but then born when Poseidon was Roman. She received both normal rations of Greece half-blood, and a Roman half-blood. Then she made like the time of Peace for both the Greeks and Romans, she can do almost anything with water. Since water is in almost every substance she can create that substance. Then she can also control water out of a fifty mile radius." Pearl said, "Oh and her last earthquake killed! It was the Great California Earthquake! That was when she died; think of how it was when she was rebirthed. She was reincarnated, that's all I really know about her." Pearl said.

"That's quite a lot to know about a girl you never met." I said.

"Well she's kind of like a role model. I absolutely love hearing stories about her. She sounds so powerful and I want to meet her. Like there are stories she's drop dead gorgeous and other ones about how she's hardly human. I want to find her, it's the only way to find Percy…and I don't really know how to live without him now. I've spent my whole life with my mother telling me soon enough I'd get a baby brother. Now I finally have and he's gone. It's determination in my blood, once there was water within it. But now that's gone and I'm set on finding him." Pearl said we stood there overlooking the peaceful scene of Camp Half Blood with its beauty and kids trying to cut each other's throats with there swords, ah so lovely. I wanted so badly to become one of them not having to worry about anything. I remembered my promise to Percy; he could never lose me, even if he disappeared off the face of the planet I would find him. I had too, I loved him, and I had been doing so good trying to hide it. Now I feared this would bring it out once more. Phoenix and I were having a complicated relationship as it was, now bring a clear-of-memory-Percy into this. Things just went up another step to totally and completely puzzling.

I looked straight at Pearl.

"I made a promise to Percy a long time ago that he would never lose me. Now he's gone and I have to find him. He's the only other boy I ever felt feelings for besides Phoenix. I have to find him, Pearl."

"Then Goat Girl, we will. We can't give up. It's a long way to go, you sure you're up to another voyage?"

"Aren't I always?" I smiled. Then we shook hands then walked back inside to the half-bloods. I gave a nod to Chiron, and then he announced that the half-bloods who were going would still go. I noticed Leo had been eyeing Pearl the whole time. His eyes full of admiration, for her beautiful facial structure, and piercing sea green eyes. I smiled at him, but he didn't notice. Pearl sure had a little bit of magic up her sleeve. Chiron dismissed everyone and then called on us, I hesitated I didn't really want to stand to close to the one boy, he reminding me of Fiona with those shocking blue eyes. I stood on the over side of the bunch as possible. Then sat on the edge of the table.

"So Penelope clarify this for me, Jason your leading, Leo, and Piper are on their own journey. But Annabeth is coming along to find Percy with Phoenix, Pearl, Grover, Tyson, Rodney, and yourself, am I correct?"

"Yes sir, that sounds about right."

"Well I suppose you should go pack, all of you. Piper especially you if anything." He gave her a knowing smile. She smiled then rolled her eyes then ran out of the room, slowly Jason, and Leo left. Then Phoenix went after Will Solace. I myself stood, not knowing really what to do. Chiron gave me a small glance.

"You understand it's your responsibility to find this girl that Pearl keeps going on about. You have to find her, she's much like you. I'll give you a book that describes her; all I know about her is that she lives in the warmest place in America."

"So were talking, say Florida?"

"Or California."

"Thanks Chiron that just advanced a whole six days!"

"I'm not saying you're wrong, just read the book. Remember one other thing, Penelope. Guard Pearl with your life, she's the only really who actually can know if that's the recreation of Cartivalica. Also, when you find Percy, he won't probably have any idea who you are. If the Romans have him chained up, take this. They use a special kind of chain that is unbreakable by any real normal knife. This one will cut it." He handed me the silver edged blade that could have cut an arm off it got to close. I nodded.

"Thank you Chiron, I guess I'm off. I have to get going if I'm to find him."

"You'll be on a boat. So get over your nauseous self, and go have fun killing monsters." He gave me a pat on the back. I gave him a wink, and then ran out of the Big House and found Leo talking to Pearl she stood uninterested. But was eyeing Jason with a sly eye, she gave Leo a kind smile. Then transformed herself to a beautiful color of pale and her hair fell around her shoulders in a gorgeous wave, it shimmered in the dimming sunlight. She laughed a pretty courageous laugh. I just stood and watch her flirt with the boy, Jason. Who had been tying knot from a great ship, to the dock. He smiled at her and laughed right along with her. Piper who was already on the ship looked sourly at Pearl, her dark green eyes changed to a bit of a fiery brown. Jealousy it seemed to strive through the air.