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PERCY'S POV:

I groaned and lifted an arm to shield my eyes from the light filtering in from the windows of my cabin. I rolled over and covered my head with a pillow. I really just wanted to go back to sleep. I didn't sleep well at all last night. I can't quite recall the details of my nightmare, just that I was cold, and my friends were in danger. Groaning again, I swung my legs onto the floor and sat up. My head hurts so bad, wish I had some Tylenol. I had to get ready though, because as soon as breakfast is over I have to go to the big house to meet with Chiron, Annabeth, and Grover. Maybe at breakfast I can find out what I did to piss off Annabeth, again. Sighing, I got ready and trudged up to the dining pavilion.

All through breakfast I kept glancing discreetly (or so I hoped anyway) over at Annabeth. She didn't look over my way a single time. That bothered me a lot more than it should have. Praying it wouldn't get me in trouble, I tossed a biscuit at the Athena table. It hit Annabeth in the back of the head. She whipped around and glared at me. Woops, big mistake. Now she's even more pissed. Crap… I just looked down at my plate, cautiously avoiding her glare. She finished eating before me and darted off to the big house.

I stood and looked for Grover. I spotted him over by the edge of the woods talking to Juniper. I rolled my eyes and walked over to them.

"Hey G-man, hey Juniper," I greeted them.

"Hey Percy, what's up?" Grover asked.

"Well, we're supposed to go meet Chiron this morning, remember," I told him.

"Oh yeah!"

He started off toward the big house and I walked beside him. After a minute or two of silence he asked, "Soooooooo, what'd you do to Annabeth?" he asked me. I just rolled my eyes.

"Nothing! She just started giving me the cold shoulder out of nowhere!" I said innocently.

"Yeah, suuuuuuure Percy. Besides, I don't think launching a biscuit at her head earlier helped you out any."

"Probably not," I admitted.

"Just apologize to her, "He advised, nodding wisely. I snorted at his expression.

"For what?"

"I dunno, just apologize."

"Couldn't hurt, I guess," I agreed. We stopped talking then though because we were at the big house. We walked through the door to find Mr. D and Chiron playing their usual game of pinochle. Annabeth was standing in the corner.

"Well now that Perry, Annie Bell, and the satyr are all here we can begin," said Dionysus. Mr. D never gets anybody's name right. I know he knows our names, but he likes to be annoying I guess.

"So why are we here?" I inquired, even though I had a sinking feeling that I already knew.

"Well, there is a girl at a middle school in New York, she's a half-blood and she's in danger. We need to bring her here as soon as possible. She hasn't been attacked yet, but it's only a matter of time. I want you three to go and get her." Chiron informed us.

"Great, so we'll be like, babysitters?" Annabeth put in sarcastically.

"Well, I suppose you could look at it that way…"

"Fabulous, alrighty, what school does this kid go to?" She asked.

"Her name is Olivia; she goes to Jackson Middle School." (A/N: Ya, I know, crappy name for the school, but lol it's my cousins school and I couldn't think of anything else…hehe also Percy's last name, I know)

"Wait, New York the state or New York the city?" I asked.

"The state."

"O-kay… I guess we'll leave soon then." For some reason Annabeth glared at me when I said that. Gods, girls are so confusing! Especially her!

"Yes, take the rest of the day to pack and prepare and you can leave tomorrow morning."

"Alright." Annabeth rushed out before me and Grover. He looked at me meaningfully and I darted after her.

"Annabeth! Wait!" I called after her. She ignored me but I finally caught up to her. I grabbed her arm to stop her from walking off.

"Why are you mad at me?" I asked.

"I'm not mad at you, Seaweed Brain!"

"Alright, Annabeth, I'm sorry. What's wrong?" I asked very gently.

"I-I, uh, nothing. Nothing Percy. I just need to think, alright? But I'm not mad at you, I promise." She told me.

"Okay, Wise Girl. But you know I'm here if you ever need to talk, right?"

"Yeah, thanks."

"I'll see you later?"

"Yeah, Seaweed Brain. See ya later."

"Wait!" she said all of a sudden.

"What?"

"Why are you sorry?"

"Oh, I dunno actually," I said with a shrug. "You just seemed like you were upset with me so I decided to apologize."

She grinned and rolled her eyes. "You apologized even though you didn't know what you were apologizing for?"

"Well, yeah," I said grinning sheepishly. "I figured since I'm such a kelp head I did something to make you mad without realizing it."

She just laughed. "Whatever, see you at dinner."

" 'Kay, see you at dinner." I said that and we turned and walked off to our cabins. I walked into mine and flopped down onto my bunk. This has been such a long day… I thought sleepily as my eyelids drifted shut.

"Ah!" I started awake as I realized I'd been having yet another nightmare. Great. My eyes flickered down to the watch Tyson had made me to find that I'd only been asleep about an hour and a half. It's still a while 'til dinner, so I decided to go to the beach again. I was sitting in the sand, exhausted, when I heard snapping and mumbling from behind me. I jumped up to see...

Ha! Who's Percy gonna see? Guess! Alrighty, so what did joo think? Love it? Hate it? Review! (no flames peoples!!) Constructive criticism appreciated. Happy Christmas!!