Perseus, Guardian of the Hunters Chapter 4, a percy jackson and the olympians fanfic

Update Four: Perseus: Guardian of The Hunters

A/N Alright guys, I'm sorry I haven't updated. But I uploaded two other stories and still have another to create. I have ideas on where to take this story, but after I hit the 8,000 word mark on this chapter, my mind hit a fucking brick wall.

Then I took a good three week break (Accidentally) and decided to update on my birthday. So, yeah. October 30th, and I just turned 16. Also, if the summary in any of my stories do not match the story, deal with it. I write these as I go, and I'm really not good at making plot lines beforehand.

One more thing. Please, for the love of god, do not post any reviews saying 'Update'. They are flat out annoying and do nothing at all, whatsoever. If you want to review, actually say something. If you're just thinking, 'Update', then kindly get the fuck out. I have a damned life.

Filler chapter ahead, the most important part is at the end.

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or… Fuck it, I consider the Heroes of Olympus books to just be more Percy Jackson books. All I know is I don't own them, be happy I don't. The series would go nowhere.

~END OF RANT~

Song: Flawed Design, Stabilo.

P.S. Do not say happy birthday, hope you like the chapter.

~PERCY'S POV~

The same night Alex was claimed, we moved her belongings into the Poseidon cabin. Over the next couple of weeks, Annabeth and I attempted to crack her shy persona. The only times when she would open up would be when she was with either Annabeth or I.

"Alright Alex, bed time." I told her. Even though she still looked wide awake. She looked like she would protest for a moment before she shook her head.

"Fine." She finally said, crawling into the bed right beside mine. I sighed and collapsed into my own bed. I looked over to tell Alex goodnight, but she was already asleep. I just rolled my eyes and drifted off into a restless sleep.

"Percy?" someone whispered, I simply rolled over and muttered something that sounded like "Go awaaay."

"Percy? Come on, wake up." I didn't move or say anything this time, assuming I was dreaming about the voice.

"Percy!" Someone screamed in my ear, I yelped and jumped out of my bed.

Right onto the floor. A short silence ensued before I heard someone trying to hold back their laughter. They were doing fairly well until I groaned. That's when they couldn't hold it in anymore, I poked my head over my bed and saw Alex holding her sides laughing and trying to stop. I waited for a couple of seconds for her to stop. When she didn't I did the next best thing, I pulled water out of the new fountain and splashed her in the face with it.

She sputtered out water and stopped laughing. "Percy!" She yelled at me, for my part I was now the one laughing. She just jumped across the bed and tackled me to the ground. Then we started to wrestle. I was the one winning until I heard O' in my head.

"Hey! You do not have a dog fight without the dog!" O' mentally yelled at me. She got up from off the bed beside mine and joined in on the fight. After about five minutes I was laying spread eagle on my back with Alex sitting on my chest, smirking triumphantly. O' was lying with her head on my head. Just to rub it in. "You are a traitor." I told her, she just gave me an animal grin.

"Looks like I won Perce." Alex said from her spot on my chest.

"Yeah yeah, shut up. You had help from my little traitor." I said glaring at O' again.

"Well you haven't really played with me much lately, have you?" O' asked

"Shut the hell up all of you. I'm attempting to sleep over here." A drowsy and pissed sounding Nib said from across the room.

"Whatever you two, be quiet." I grumbled I looked up to see Alex staring down at me questioningly.

"What?" I asked her.

"You can…Talk to them?" She asked.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you… For a couple of weeks actually… Well, you know how I can change into a wolf?" I asked. "That power also lets me talk to animals. Only ones I've formed a bond with. So Mrs. O' Leary, Nibbles, and Blackjack I can talk to while human. While I'm a wolf though, I can talk to any animal." I told her.

She stared at me again; I started to get a bit squeamish under her gaze. After a few seconds I was about to try to get up when Alex started to talk again.

"Okaaaay? That's awesome, but weird. All at the same time." I chuckled at that.

"So," I said looking at my alarm clock. "Mind telling me why you woke me up at three in the morning?" I asked.

"Well," She started. "I woke up because I was having a really bad dream. When I woke up though, I looked over to see you talking in your sleep. You seemed to be having a bad dream as well. Once you shouted, 'No! Why Annabeth?' I thought that I should wake you up to find out what was wrong…So what were you dreaming about?" She asked, I tried to remember the dream. Even a single detail would have made me happy, but I didn't remember a thing.

"Well Alex, I would tell you. But I don't remember a single thing." I told her. She looked a bit disappointed by that.

"What was your dream about?" I asked her. I knew instantly that it was a sour subject by the expression on her face.

"Oh… Uh, it was nothing… Really." She muttered, looking away. I reached up and gently grabbed her chin, making her look at me.

"What's wrong Alex? You know you can tell me, right?" I asked, looking her in the eyes. With a start, I realized that she was crying.

"Alex… Are you okay?" I asked, starting to get concerned. She nodded her head and reached up to wipe the tears away.

"It-It was nothing Percy…" She said a bit weakly.

I wasn't convinced, but I decided to let it go. For now.

"Well, if you're okay. Do you mind getting off of me? It's not fun having your little sister sitting on your chest." I told her, my face breaking into a small smile. Alex, on her part, glared at me. The fact that she had cried now long forgotten.

"Well then, how about I just sit here on you? Because it's quite comfortable." She said grinning. By now I was starting to run out of breath because she was sitting on my lungs.

"No, no. I would rather have you get off s-so… I... Can breathe..." I wheezed out the last part, because I running out of breath. Alex just smirked at me before getting off and walking over to her bed.

I was about to sit up, when I heard someone say. "Oh no you don't!" The next moment I was tackled by O' who started to lick my face. In my mind, I heard Nib going into full hysterics mode. He had given up on going back to bed by the looks of it. Because he was laughing his little lion ass off.

"Nib.. Shut up… Would… You!" I choked out, in between being licked by O's tongue. "And O'!... Get off… Of me!" Que more hysterical lion's laughter. I was still pinned under O's onslaught of licking when I had an idea.

I changed my form to a wolf, O' jumped back in surprise which gave me the chance that I needed. I jumped at her and tackled her to the ground.

O' fell down, mentally yelling "Damnit!"

Nib, seeing the chance to get back at O', jumped on top of the both of us. In the end we were all in a dog pile… Pun intended. The three of us started to laugh.

"Well, that was pretty stupid." I said.

"Stupid? Boss, I thought that it was fun!" Nib chimed in, fully awake.

"Well…" I started, "It was fun, but stupid." I explained.

"Agreed, now we should go back to bed. I'm tired and need my beauty sleep."

"Beauty sleep? Well O', that's frankly impossible for you…" Nib muttered under his breath. You could see the pain that O' promised in her eyes.

"Why you little..." O' then went on into a very colorful vocabulary while chasing Nib around the room. I was sitting there laughing until I decided to finally go to bed. Looking up at it, I decided to just stay in wolf form and go to sleep. Since I was too tired to change back.

Jumping up onto my bed, I used my snout to weasel my way under the covers. Then, my brain went into 'Wolf Mode.' This basically means that I spent the next two minutes walking in circles before lying down on the bed.

I was about to pass into the realm of 'YAY SLEEP!' When Alex shook me. I gave out a little puppy dog whimper and opened my eyes. Looking up to meet her gaze, I gave her a questioning look.

Alex just looked down and asked. "Um, can I sleep with you tonight?" Rather timidly. I just stared at her for a couple of seconds, before using my paws to scoot myself backwards a bit. Giving her room to lie down. She smiled a little while crawling under the covers, and scooting closer to me for warmth. I laid my wolf head on top of her head and finally went to sleep.

For once in a very long time, I had a peaceful, dreamless sleep.

The next morning I woke up as someone whacked me over the top of the head with a pillow.

"HEY!" I tried to yell, just to hear it come out as a yelp. Jumping back in surprise I opened my eyes to see my snout.

'Oh yeah, wolf form. I'm a moron.' I thought to myself.

"Yes, yes you are."

'Hey, look! It's the…. Wait.. Shit, I forgot what I called you.'

"You forgot what you named yourself?" I asked myself.

'Yep, which means you forgot too, didn't you?' I asked, wolfishly smirking.

"Fuck off you twit." I was surprised.

'Damn, I didn't know I had that colorful of language.'

"Yes, you do. Now stop staring at the wall and answer you're sisters question!" I mentally yelled at myself.

'Okay, okay.' I answered back, cringing. I need to go see Dionysus after this.

"What do you need Alex?" I asked, turning towards my little sister. Doing this only seemed to make her madder though.

I wonder why… Fuck! I'm still a wolf! I concentrated on myself, picturing myself human. The next thing I knew, I was laying in my bed full human me.

Missing my shirt. Ah, the dumb shit that comes with cool powers.

"Okay, now what Alex?" I asked, again turning back to my sister. She just glared at me before finally answering.

"I was asking you to change back so I could figure out what I'm supposed to do today." She answered impatiently.

I stared at her for a bit before chuckling slightly.

"Well, first we grab showers, and then we go to lunch. Then I go ask Mr. D about my sanity, then on to sword fighting and on. You have to do the same schedule as me, so… Well, just follow me." I was still looking at her, when a look of confusion crossed her face.

"A-Ask Mr. D about your sanity? What are you talking about?" She asked incredulously. I straightened up as she said that, I didn't mean to say it.

"Uh… I was just joking Alex, okay?" I asked cautiously.

"Oh, okay. Sorry I didn't notice." She said cheerfully. I sighed; amazed that she had believed that blatant lie.

"Alright, let's hit the showers." I said while getting up and moving over to the bathroom, grabbing a dark pair of jeans, a Camp-Half Blood t-shirt, some socks and boxers along the way.

Before I could reach the bathroom though, someone grabbed my wrist. I spun around quickly, raising an eyebrow at the one and only other person in here. Alex's cheeks were a bit red, I raised another eyebrow at that.

"Um… What?" I asked, seriously confused. Alex's face reddened a little more.

"I don't have any o- other clo-clothes…" She stuttered out, looking embarrassed. I just looked at her.

"Okaaaayyyy?..." I said, and then it hit me.

"Oh!... oh… Well," I started frantically looking around. Seeing a par of sweatpants sticking out of one of my drawlers with a pure black t-shirt on top of it. Reaching over to grab them, I hurriedly handed them to Alex. "Go into the bathroom and put your dirty clothes in the washer and put these on. Once you're clothes are clean, we'll go into the city to get you new clothes. And… Hey!" I said, instantly coming up with an idea. "Maybe you can meet my mom! She would love to meet you, but watch out. She hugs as hard as a Rhino."

Alex stared at me, looking a bit overwhelmed. Once she finally registered everything she looked up at me a bit hopefully.

"Really?" She asked me, probably thinking I was lying.

"No, I'm joking. Of course I want you to meet my mother! Hell, she'll even treat you as her own daughter. Seeing as you're my sister." I told her, thinking my mom would actually do that. "Now Let's get some showers, and get your clothes washed and head into New York!" I yelled cheerfully, while practically diving into the bathroom to get a shower, and get away from any more questions.

After ten minutes I got out of the shower. I'm sorry, the warm water going down my back felt too damn good to leave.

After another seven minutes, Alex walked out of the bathroom after getting her shower. Her clothes were still in the washer, so we had to wait.

"Gods dammit, right now is when I wished I had Kronos's time powers. I'M BORED." I said out loud after another ten minute wait. Alex just looked at me and started giggling.

Finally, as I was throwing a ball at the wall to bounce it back to me, the washer went off.

"Yes!" I jumped up and yelled. Alex started to giggle again.

"What are you giggling about now?" I asked, confused. She just giggled louder.

"Percy," She said, finally stopping. "We still need to put it in the dryer."

I just stared at her for a few seconds. Then I flopped down on my bed yelling "Dammit!" Alex, yet again giggled. She then started to go and move her clothes from the washer to the dryer.

"Percy?" She called out.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"Um, why are my clothes dry? I mean, I picked them up and they instantly became dry?" She asked.

I raised an eyebrow. So her powers were already developing? Damn.

"It's part of your powers, I can't believe I forgot about it though. Oh well, get dressed and let's go talk to Chiron." I called out to her.

After Alex was changed, we walked out of the cabin. Looking up at the dining pavilion, I noticed that breakfast had already passed. I was wondering why Annabeth hadn't come to wake me up yet. But I blamed it on the fact that she probably thought I was teaching Alex something. I thought about trying to find her to tell her where I was going. But instead, I decided to have Chiron tell her.

"Come on Alex; let's hurry to the big house." I told her, while breaking into a light jog.

"Hey! Wait up!" Alex yelled from behind me. I looked behind myself; Alex had just started to run to catch up. I smirked at her and took off in a full blown sprint. It took me about thirty seconds to get to the big house. When I got there, I was breathing a bit heavily. I turned around to see Alex still a little ways off. Shrugging my shoulders, I sat down on the houses rail and waited for her to catch up.

After another thirty seconds, Alex finally made it to the big house. She doubled over and held onto her knees, attempting to catch her breath.

"Have a nice run?" I asked, giving her a cheeky grin. She glared at me under her eyelids.

"No… I did not!" She snapped at me. Still trying to catch her breath. I just kept grinning at her. She finally managed to catch her breath and stand up again.

"I hate you." She told me, still glaring at me. I just shook my head and stood up. Walking up to her I gave her a hug.

"And I love you too." I said, attempting to annoy her. She just glared at me.

"Mission accomplished." Came Mr. Rationales sarcastic remark.

"Come on, let's go ask Chiron if we can go into the city." I told her, grabbing ahold of her hand and dragging her inside with me.

"Chiron!" I called out in a loud voice. I heard a faint "Coming!" come from the kitchen. Seconds later Chiron rolled out of the kitchen with a glass of lemonade in his hands.

"You wanted me Percy?" He asked. I nodded my head and began talking.

"Yeah, Alex here doesn't have any clothes other than what she's wearing. So I'm asking if we can head into New York to buy her some new clothing?" I asked Chiron, really hoping that he would let us go.

He seemed to ponder over the question for a few seconds, before he finally shook his head.

"How would you get there though? I cannot lend you the camp's van, nor can I have Argus drive you there. So, how would you go?" Chiron asked.

"Um… Oh damn, I never really thought about it…" I trailed off.

Then I came up with an idea.

"How about I transform into a wolf and run into the city? Alex can ride on my back?" I turned around to Alex. "Would you be fine with that sis?" I asked her.

'Well… I trust you, so… I guess?" She said nervously. I let out a slight chuckle.

"Don't worry, I won't let you fall off." I told her, looking back at Chiron for his answer.

"Fine, I guess you two can go. But be careful! You never know what is waiting for you in the mortal world." Chiron warned.

"Don't worry Chiron, When am I not careful?... Actually… When I'm careful it doesn't help anyways… We'll be fine, how about that?"

"Um… Whaaat?" Alex drawled out, looking very very confused.

"Nothing," I said. "So alright, let's get going!" I told Alex while walking to the door.

Behind me, Alex mumbled. "Percy, you are such an idiot…" Before following me out the door. I just grinned and shook my head, walking off of the porch and walking up the hill.

When I got to the top, I looked at Thalia's pine tree and smiled. I missed my friend, even if we argued and tried to kill each other whenever we met.

Looking away from the tree, I remembered what I was here for. Mentally thinking, 'Wolf mode, Activate!' I closed my eyes and felt the shape shifting process take place. Once the pain had stopped, I opened my eyes and saw my familiar looking black snout. Turning around, I saw Alex staring at me in awe.

I tilted my head to the side in a questioning manner. She continued to stare at me for a couple of seconds before finally figuring out that I was asking a silent question.

"Um… It's just weird watching you change form." She told me, still looking awestruck." I gave a wolfish laugh and walked up to her. She looked down at me questioningly. I simply walked behind her and used my muzzle to smack the back of her right leg. Alex yelped and started to fall down.

Before she could fall all of the way though, I rushed under her and caught her on top of myself. She instantly grabbed hold of my fur to keep herself from falling off. I silently laughed in my head before sprinting down the hill with a screaming Alex on my back.

'That was hilarious.' I thought, while slowly increasing my speed, until I was running at a steady fifty miles per hour. Any faster and Alex might fall off, as well as this was my limit while carrying people.

"Percy! I hate you right now!" Alex's screamed at the top of her lungs, but the next seconds her voice was lost in the wind. I simply smirked and kept on running into New York.

Now, I may be an idiot. But after traveling to Manhattan from camp a few times, I didn't really think that the trip was that long.

I soon learned that I was wrong. After a good forty five minute run, I collapsed in front of my mother's apartment building. I was in one of those walk down stairwells that was connected to the street, just lying on the ground, panting up a storm.

"So, have a good run?" Alex asked, smirking at the fact that she used what I told her earlier to get back at me.

I shifted back into my human form. "Alex… Your mean…" I panted out, leaning against a wall. Still trying to catch my breath. Alex's grin seemed to get twice the size that it currently was.

"Fuck yoooouuu…" I whined playfully… Her grin got larger…

"Dammit… So do you want to go inside now?" I asked her, trying to change the subject. Her huge grin instantly turned into a white lipped line of nervousness.

"Are you sure that she'll like me Percy? I mean, there are so many-"

"Alex, it'll be fine. I promise that she'll like you, okay?" I asked. She gulped nervously.

"P-Pinky promise..?" She asked a bit hesitantly, I chuckled at her childish antics. But stuck my pinkie out, nonetheless.

"I pinky promise." I told her. She to stuck her pinky out, and together we said.

"Promise."

"Alright!" I said grabbing her hand, "Let's get going!" With that, I rushed out of the stairwell and up to the front of the apartment building.

The buildings day doorman, Walter, stopped me before I entered the building.

"Percy! It's great to see you here again! The last time you visited was months ago!" Walter exclaimed, a large smile plastered over his face.

"Yeah Walter, I know. I was in Greece with my real father studying local marine life." I told him.

"Oh, Poseidon? I remember him, great conversationalist. But I still can't believe that he's named after the Greek god…" He trailed off. See, one day, I brought my father with me home and he ended up having a half hour conversation about pollution in the oceans, lakes, rivers, and all other things involving water and pollution. Dad thought that Walter was such a great guy, that the next day. He left a bag with a million dollars sitting on Walters's doorstep. Walter, being one hell of an awesome guy, didn't tell the police about the money. Instead he donated eight hundred thousand of it to charity and used the rest to keep his elderly mother in a good retirement home.

He continued to work as the doorman of the apartment building and blamed my father for giving him the money. He used to bother me about it all of the time, but now he just doesn't say anything.

He figured out that I would never answer him.

"Hey, Walter. Do you mind opening the door so that we can head on up to see my mother?" I asked him, since he was staring off into space.

"What? Oh, oh yeah sure." He looked behind me and raised an eyebrow. "And who is this young lady?" Walter asked, looking at Alex who I was still holding hands with.

"Hmm? Oh, yeah sorry. I forgot to introduce you guys. Alex, meet Walter the coolest doorman ever. Walter, meet Alex. My younger sister."

Walter looked a bit confused.

"But, your Sally's only son, so how do you have a sister..?" He asked.

"Shit, we never thought of this!" My rational side screamed at me.

'Yeah I know! Now shut up and let me come up with something!... I've got it!' I retorted.

"Well, you know how I'm eighteen, right? Well, my father met another woman eight years later. His current wife. And Alex here was born," I said, waving a hand towards Alex. "So, she's only my half-sister." With that, I concluded my. 'Holy shit, come up with something fast!' Explanation.

"Ah, alright I get it. Well Alex, it is very nice to meet you. Now that I know that you're Percy's sister, feel free to come back whenever." Walter said, smiling at Alex. She gratefully smiled back.

"Thanks.." She said quietly. Walter looked a bit amused.

"Shy eh? Well, living around Percy should fix that right up!" He exclaimed, smiling hugely. I chuckled a bit at his antics.

"Don't worry Walter, I'll fix her right up. Now do you mind getting the door?" I asked him.

"Haha, well alright. If you insist." Walter told me, while entering the passcode for the door.

After a couple of seconds there was a loud. 'BEEP!' and the door popped open.

"Thanks Walter, you're the best." I told him, handing him a five dollar bill as a tip. He looked at the bill before attempting to hand it back to me.

"Come on Percy, you know that I don't need this." He said, trying to pry the bill into my hands.

I simply smiled. "No can do Walter. It's something my father asked me to do every time I see you. If you want to return the money, find my father." I told him while walking into the lobby.

"If only I could find your father, I would thank him a thousand times…" Walter muttered quietly behind me. I simply laughed and led Alex over to the elevators. We hopped into the right one and I pressed for floor thirteen.

I looked over to Alex, who was smiling at me.

"What are you smiling for?" I asked her out of curiosity.

"Just because the fact that Walter is awesome. And that I'm amazed that you came up with such a good cover story." She told me, still smiling.

I laughed, "It was a pretty awesome cover story, wasn't it?" I asked her, she nodded her head in agreement. I sighed a bit as I noticed that how nervous she had been had all but disappeared.

'DING!' The elevator doors parted. Still holding Alex's hand, I walked down the hallway to my parent's apartment.

We stopped in front of apartment door 4M, I looked back over to see Alex's expression.

'Hello nervousness is back.' I thought wryly to myself.

"Are you ready for this Alex?" I asked her, she started to nod… Then slowly shake her head.

"No, no I'm not ready for this! What if she doesn't like me? What if she hates me for being another child of Poseidon?" She asked, frantic for an excuse to get out of here.

"Hey there, don't worry. I promised, remember?" I told her soothingly, letting go off her hand to give her a hug.

"Bu-But what if she doesn't like me?" Came her muffled voice from my shoulder. I pulled back from the hug and lightly gripped her by the arms.

"We'll never know if we don't talk to her, okay?" I asked her, she nodded weakly. I gave her another light hug.

When I let go of her, I looked at her to get her approval for me to proceed.

"Just… DO it..!" She semi-squeak, semi-yelled. I stared at her oddly for a second before mentally shaking myself.

I looked back at the task at hand. 'Well mom, time for you to meet Alex.'

With that thought on my mind, I knocked on the door.

Now, I may know what you're thinking. Why did you knock on the door? Don't you live there?

Well, I live at camp most of the time. So whenever I come home, I knock so that when they look through that little peeky hole thing. They can greet me before I walk into the room saying. Hi guys! I'm home!

Yeah, my mother would kill me if I did that. So not going to happen.

Once I finished that thought, someone on the other side of the door gasped. The next thing that I knew, the door was being thrown open so fast that I missed my mother tackled hugging me. I was so startled that I fell backwards onto the floor.

"Oh my gods, Percy! Annabeth had told us that you had gone into a coma and they didn't know when you would wake up! I'm so glad you're okay!" After that, she broke down into tears. And after that, she tried to scold me for almost dying. Then she broke down into more tears.

Paul was just standing in the doorway looking highly amused. Alex was just standing on the side, a look on her face that clearly stated one word. 'whoa.'

Finally after my mother had stopped crying, Paul cleared his throat. My mom, Alex, and I all snapped our heads towards him. Mom and Alex's in surprise, and mine in confusion.

Paul looked a bit sheepish. He tucked his hands into his pockets. "I know you just got home and all Percy," I simply raised an eyebrow at that. "But, who is this that you brought along with you?" He asked me, pulling his hands out and gesturing towards Alex. My mother turned and looked at her surprised, never noticing her presence.

Mom blushed. "Oh gods, I'm so sorry for not noticing you there. It's just that-" She cut herself off abruptly. Cocking her head to the side and looking at Alex more carefully. Then she turned to look at me, then back to Alex.

Me.

Alex

Me.

Alex

M- No wait. She just stared at Alex. Said person who was being stared at started to get a bit squeamish. Then my mother did something none of us expected.

Which means Alex…

My mom jumped forwards and hugged Alex. Alex, who was so stunned, just stood there for a couple of seconds. Then, she re-gained her wits and returned the hug. Tears were starting their treks down her cheeks.

I looked at my mother and noticed that she was also crying.

After a good five minute cry. Both my mother and Alex stepped back and stared at each other.

Then there was an awkward silence, I looked over at Paul to see him looking back at me. He shrugged and I was starting become confused. So naturally, I decided to break the silence.

"So, uh, mom. I came here to let you, uh, meet my sister Alex?" I said in a more questioning form.

Alex slapped me upside the head.

"I knew it!" My mom almost shouted. "I thought you two were siblings, you look exactly the same!" Alex stared at me horrified, and I returned the stare.

"I DON'T LOOK LIKE HIM/HER!" We both shouted in unison. My mom laughed, Paul chuckled, and Alex and I blushed.

"You two even act the same! Oh come on, let's go inside the apartment to talk over some coffee and blue cookies."

"Blue cookies..?" Alex asked looking mystified. I shook my head barely holding in a chuckle.

"I'll tell you more inside. Come on." I told her while grabbing her arm and dragging her with me.

The moment Alex saw the blue cookies; she seemed to question my family's sanity. The moment that she picked up a cookie, she seemed to question its edibility.

Then she took a bite. It seemed like her eyes were melting with pleasure, much like I knew that the chocolate chips inside the cookie were melting. The next moment, Alex did a magic trick and had the cookie do a disappearing act. She took a quick look at me, still chewing on her cookie. Then she glanced at my hand that was reaching towards the plate to grab a cookie.

The next moment, the plate did a disappearing act. I simply stared at her in amazement as she devoured cookie after blue cookie. After about a minute, the entire plate of twenty- five blue cookies had disappeared into my sister's stomach. I stared at her for a few more seconds as she attempted to lick the crumbs off of the plate. I cleared my throat, (Which finally got her to look up from her plate licking.) and looked up towards my mother.

"Um, mom?" I started out. "We're going to need some more cookies…" I glanced back at Alex, who had full blown puppy dog eyes going. Oh gods… How many cookies does she want? I quickly turned my gaze away from her face.

'Don't look at the eyes,' I mentally told myself. 'Don't look at the eyes,' My eyes were creeping upwards. 'Don't look at the- DAMN!' I sighed as I caught the look in Alex's' eyes. I looked back up towards my mother, who was waiting for me to ask for a certain amount of cookies.

"We'll need another twenty mom." I told her, she nodded and turned back towards the oven. I looked back at Alex. Her gaze kind of scared the Hades out of me. It was a mix between puppy dog eyes and a glare. "Um, mom? Make those forty cookies." Alex kept up her creepy look. "Seventy-Five?" The look softened, but it was still there. "A hundred?" I asked uncertainly. Alex did a little happy dance from across the table. I looked over to see my mother staring at us, she seemed very amused. She didn't say anything though; she just smiled at me and turned back to the oven. Starting on the next batch of the ONE HUNDRED BLUE COOKIES that Alex wanted.

I stared at her, eyes wide, pretty sure that she would yell. 'Psych! I only wanted five!' Or something along those lines. Instead, she just grinned like a maniac. Waiting to get her cookies.

"How… Does- Does your stomach lead to Tartarus or something?" I asked her. Alex gave me a confused look. But once she processed what I had said, she leaned over and smacked me upside the head.

"OW!" I yelped, "What was that for?" I demanded, glaring at her. She just scoffed at me.

"Did you really think that I was going to eat them all now?" She asked.

I didn't reply.

"Of course, why did I think that you would actually think?" She seemed to ask herself.

"Hey!" I said, "I do to think... Well, most of the time I do…" I grumbled under my breath. Unfortunately, Alex heard me.

"Ha!" She shouted, standing up from her seat. "You even admit it!"

"Well… Shit…." I mumbled, Alex gave me a triumphant smirk. Before she could gloat, or start to pick on me even more (I know, it's sad that I'm older but she picks on me) my mother decided to join back into the conversation.

"So Alex," My mother started, sliding into a chair beside Alex. "How did you get to camp? And where did you live previously?" My mother asked, staring straight into Alex's eyes. Alex, who had sat back down, was busy taking a sip of lemonade, almost choked. My mom's eyes flashed with concern.

"Alex, are you okay? Is it something that I said?" She asked, reaching a hand towards Alex to help her.

"I'm o- *Cough* Okay…" Alex coughed out, waving a dismissive hand towards my mother. "It's just that no one asked me these questions yet." She sent a glare at me. But in my defense, I had just woken up after being unconscious for a few days, learnt I had a little sister, and ran- literally- into New York. My mind had better places to be.

I was going to voice my opinion, but my voice came out as a small, "Whoops?"

"Good fuckin' job there bro'."

'Fuck off rational side, just fuck off." I told myself. I refocused on the situation that I was in, and noticed something.

Now Alex and my mother were glaring at me. I started glancing back and forth, going from Alex's face to my mom's.

Alex…

Mom…

Alex…

Mom…

Alex…

I finally gave up and decided that my Adidas shoes looked very, very nice. The two sitting across from me figured out that they won. I figured that they would go back to the conversation. But NOPE! They laughed at me.

"Figures, it's Alex and mom. They always laugh at me." My rational side spoke up.

'Yeah, I know… WAIT, if I am talking to myself. Do I say me? Or we? Or do you say we? Or me?... I'm confusing myself…' I thought back to myself… Or not?... Αχ σκατά…(Aw Shit)

I snapped out of my thoughts- Literally, someone snapped and I came out of my thoughts.

"Huh?" I asked, looking up. "What did I miss?" Alex just stared at me for a moment.

"Welllll…" She drawled out. "Everything." I blinked. How long had I been thinking…?

"About five minutes have passed since you looked down." Alex said, I jumped back a little bit.

'Did she just read my mind?' I thought, seriously bewildered. Alex just laughed at the look on my face.

"No." She chuckled out, "I could just tell by the expression on your face that that was what you were thinking." Was I seriously that easy to read? Man, I need to work on-

"Yes Percy, you are that easy to read." Alex interrupted my thoughts. I stared at her for a moment, and then I threw my hands into the air.

"That's it! I swear you are reading my mind!" I accused. Alex just laughed at me, while my mother gave a light chuckle.

"No Percy," She told me softly. "I was thinking the same thing as well." I shifted my stare to her. Then I brought my hand up and simply face-palmed.

"I give up," I groaned. "I apparently cannot hide anything from you guys…" Alex grinned and her eyes gave off that little mischievous spark.

"Nope!" She called out cheerfully. I just groaned again.

"Let's just get back to the conversation again, shall we?" I asked, gesturing my hand towards Alex. My mom still had some questions I'm guessing.

"Oh right." She said, turning her attention back towards my sister. "Alex, why did you have to come to camp?" She asked her.

Alex visibly stiffened. My mom saw her mistake and tried to correct it.

"Oh Alex, you don't have to tell us if you don't want to." She told her soothingly. Alex just slowly shook her head. With each second she shook her head even harder.

"No…" She finally said, which made my mother and I both looked at her. "If I can't trust you guys, then who can I trust?" She asked us.

Neither one of us had anything to say about that, so Alex continued on.

"I lived in Florida, my mother… Well, she never really cared about me. She would just send me off to school and when I got home, she tried to have nothing to do with me. Last week, while walking home from school. I was attacked by Percy's dog-"

"A hellhound?" My mother interjected. Alex just nodded at her.

"Yeah, one of those. I was walking through a park when it showed up. I couldn't do anything, so I just decided to run home. When I got there, my mother noticed the dog and grabbed a knife. One that looked like Annabeth's. After a couple of minutes she had killed the thing and was screaming at me." Tears were starting to form in Alex's eyes now. "She just gave me a map and told me to get out. I followed the map for the next few days and found the hill. But that big dragon thing showed up and chased me. And that was when you," She said, pointing her finger at me. "Showed up and saved the day." By the end of her story, Alex had tear marks running down her face. Tears were slowly dripping off of her chin and landing in her lap.

My mother gently put her hand on her shoulder in a comforting manner. I on the other hand, walked around the table and wrapped her in a hug. Alex buried her head in my chest and silently sobbed. I tilted my head to the side, and glanced at my mom. She must have seen the twinkle in my eyes, because she instantly nodded her head to symbolize the word. 'Yes'

I looked back down at Alex, and lifted her chin so that she was looking into my eyes. Her green irises voiced her confusion.

"Alex," I asked. "Why are you crying?" More tears seamed to trickle down her face.

"Because, I have no more family. My mother threw me out. I have no one…" I raised an eyebrow at that.

"Well, I'm standing right in front of you. Aren't I?" I asked her. Her cheeks turned a light red from immediate embarrassment.

"Well… Yeah, you are. But other than you I have no family." Back to depressed Alex. Time to fix that.

"Well Alex, it is your lucky day. Do you want to know why?" I asked giving her a small smile. She tilted her head to the side.

"Why?" She asked, hesitantly. My smile became larger. I picked up Alex, one arm under her back and the other under her legs.

"TO THE ADOPTION CENAAAA!" I yelled, running towards the front door. I heard someone laughing at my antics. Looking down I could tell it was Alex, but my hearing also told me that my mother was laughing as well. I had just made it out the front door when I heard my mother call my name.

"Percy! The cookies aren't done yet!" Hearing this is stopped five feet from the elevator. I sighed and jogged back towards the apartment, muttering the word "Dammit" As I entered the kitchen.

After a good two hours at the adoption center, I was pretty much bored senseless. We had just managed to adopt Alex. The center asked if she wanted to have the last name Blofis, or if she wanted my mother's surname, Jackson.

Alex picked Jackson. So, now her full name was Alexandra Marie Jackson. (Bad middle name choice?) I, being Percy Jackson, did a little fucking happy dance when it was all over and done with. We were all walking out of the adoption center- Scratch that, my mother and I were walking out. Alex was riding on my shoulders since she is eleven. And is really, Really, happy.

I actually couldn't say much. I was smiling like a complete idiot. But we were all walking to the parking lot, planning on going clothes shopping after eating some lunch. We were almost at the car when my senses told me to duck. I tossed Alex off my shoulders, spun around and caught her, and jumped to the side in a matter of two seconds. I did this all in time to avoid an arrow that had been aimed right at my back. I quickly gave Alex to my mom and uncapped Riptide since the pen was already in my hand.

I spun around and came face to face with a squad of dracaenae, and they were all aiming for me.

"Alex, mom, get in the car and get out of here!" I yelled at them, simultaneously pulling Icepick from its sheath and blocking an arrow headed towards my head.

"No! Percy, you could get hurt!" Alex protested, I glanced at her and noticed her attempting to struggle out of my mother's grasp. I looked my mom in the eye and she nodded.

"Meet up at the mall. I'll see you two in thirty minutes." I told them. I turned back to the dracaenae, hearing my sister protest as my mother dragged her to the Prius.

"So," I started. "Who wants to die fir-"I quickly sliced an arrow in half. I glared at the monster woman on the left hand side of their phalanx formation. "So, I guess you then?" I asked, before throwing Riptide end over end like a throwing knife. The ancient blade sunk hilt deep into her chest and appeared out the other side. The monster had a look of shock on her face before her body disintegrated into dust. I smirked, raised Icepick, and sprinted straight into the monsters.

I did a quick mental head count as I ran. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12… Fuck this… I gave up and lunged at the dracaenae leading the group. I swiftly stabbed her in the throat, yanking my blade sideways. I caught the snake woman who was attempting to spear me in the side. Icepick cut straight through her abdomen.

The two monsters cascaded into dust. I dove to the side, just as another arrow whizzed past my ear. I felt my right hand brush past something in a pile of monster dust. I gripped Riptide and brought it up with me. Coming up in a crouch, forming an X across my torso with my blades.

"Three down, some unknown amount leftover. Can. We. Finish. This. Faster?" My rational side, or insane side, spoke up.

'Yes, yes we can.' I answered back. I used my senses over water and pinpointed a pipe line running under the street. Its path was five feet behind me. I focused on it and felt the normal pain in my gut. The ground started to shake from all of the pressure back-upped.

Then, the parking lot exploded. Water sprouted twenty feet into the air, and it was all at my command. I raised my left hand above my head. The water behind me listened to the command. It formed a massive wave, ready to barrel down upon its foes. With one final smirk, I moved my hand in an arc. The one simple gesture made the entire wave billow over my head and slam into the dracaenae. The water held so much force that the monsters were destroyed, their dust dissipating into almost nothingness.

With a triumphant smile, I sheathed Icepick, capped Riptide, spun around and walked away.

'"Now time to get to the mall" I quietly told myself. Looking around, I spotted no one. I grinned, and walked into an alley.

Thirty seconds later, a pure black wolf with a long grey streak flowing sown its right side made its way onto New York City's streets.

The trip to the mall was pretty uneventful… Well, if you consider tipping over a hotdog cart, jumping across taxies that were stuck in a traffic jam, being chased by children, and an explosion that I for once, didn't cause…

Then yeah, I would say pretty uneventful.

After I finally reached the mall, I looked around the front parking lot for a bit. I fully thought that they would be parked in front.

After a couple of minutes, I decided to head inside to find them. I didn't even look around the rest of the parking lot, just walked into a dark alcove provided by two buildings and morphed back into my eighteen year old self.

I poked my head out and looked around. There was barely anyone outside, which was very surprising because this is one of the busiest malls in New York. I shrugged and walked out of the shadows, moving towards the revolving doors.

Now, I know your all going to call me an idiot for what I did next, but I 100% blame the ADHD.

I walked up to the revolving doors and walked through them, but they never opened. I was walking in a circle for a few minutes before a young girl. Maybe a few years younger than me pulled me out.

"Hey! What was that…" I stopped when I looked back at the door. And then I face palmed. "Godsdamn ADHD." I said out loud. I turned to look at the girl that was clearly attempting to hold back a fit of giggles. "Thanks, I would have probably kept walking in there for the next half hour… Or I would have broken the door. Whichever came first." The girl gave me a large smile.

"You're welcome." She told me, before walking back into the mall. I just shook my head at my own stupidity and glanced around. I was on the south wing of the mall which meant that the food court would be up ahead in the atrium. Off to my right was American Eagle. Which meant that-

"Wait! Why don't we make a list of stores that they wouldn't be in?" My rational side spoke up.

'…You're a genius!.. Actually, that makes me a genius… AWESOME!' I though back, then I just decided to get back to the list.

American Eagle…

Abercrombie and Fitch…

Aeropostale…

Gap…

J.C Penny..

Hot Topic…

Victoria's Secret…

… Never mind, that didn't really help at all. The only thing I could cross out was Victoria's Secret; Alex is too young to go in there. Mentally reviewing my task one more time, I walked into American Eagle and began my search.

For the next thirty minutes I was walking through the clothing stores on my list, I still hadn't found them. The only things that I had accomplished was using the mist to get some new clothing since mine was covered in dust. I had picked out a White t-shirt with a black eagle on it in AE, and a pair of pure black jeans.

What can I say? Nico's rubbed off on me a bit. I picked out my articles of clothing and walked up to the woman at the register. She looked up at me with a kind smile on her face, it made me feel bad about what I was about to do. But I really needed something else to wear.

"Hello sir, is this all that you would like today?" She asked nicely, it made me feel really bad about what I was going to do. And I mean really bad. But I still did it anyways.

I laced a bit of power into my voice and calmly, even though I wasn't feeling calm at all. Spoke to the woman.

"Um, actually miss. I've already paid for these. You just never de-activated the security tabs." I told her, placing the clothes onto the desk. The woman's eyes glazed over, and when she spoke it was in strict monotone.

"Of course, sorry about the mistake sir. Just let me get those for you." She deadpanned while picking up her scanner. She quickly scanned the clothes and handed them back to me. I thanked her and began to walk out of the store. "Have a nice day!" She called out to me as I was walking away. You could tell that while she was saying that the mist around her was releasing its hold. I quickly rushed out of the store before it wore of completely.

I hurriedly moved my way to one of the many bathrooms that lined the hallways of the mall. Opening the door, I quickly ducked inside and went into a stall.

I changed clothes in a matter of seconds. Looking down at the pair of jeans I had been wearing, I frowned. They were completely encased in monster dust from the knee down. Sighing, I opened the stall door and dropped the jeans and T-shirt into the trash on my way out the door.

One store down, Five to go.

Currently, I was sitting in the food court above the Atrium. I was eating a bag of Dorito's and sipping on a can of Coca Cola. (I'm seriously doing that right now) I had been through all of the stores and still had come up empty…

Well, I did pick up a black and Sea green hoodie in Gap. (The mist is officially awesome by the way) it may have been considered stealing… But I was ten dollars short.

But yeah, I was just looking out across the atrium. Looking for the familiar complexion of my little sister or mother. And so far I had just come up empty. I began to trace small circles on the table with my right hand out of pure, unadulterated, boredom. I finished up the can of Coke in one last, long gulp. Quickly glancing over my shoulder, I turned back to look over the mall's floor.

And then I chucked the Coke can over my head. A moment later, I heard the distinctive 'Ping' of the metal trashcan.

Mentally yelling, 'He shoots and he scores!' I fist pumped the air.

And then my boredom came crashing right back down. I threw my arm onto the table and smacked my laid my head on it. I spotted a small fountain down on the ground floor. I pointed one of my fingers at it and started to make the water from shapes. First I made a small swan appear in the air over the fountain. People stopped to look at the oddly made swan floating a foot above the fountain. I then made the swan dive back into the fountain and a Pegasus burst out of it. It took to the air over the water, flying in lazy circles.

By now I had most of the people inside the atrium staring at my little show. I smiled slightly as I set the Pegasus back down to stand on the water. From there I slowly changed its structure into water vapor. Effectively making the winged water horse disperse into mist. Some people began to applaud, whilst others were looking around for whatever caused the show.

It took all of my willpower to not stand up and bow. Instead, I just stayed seated and reached over and grabbed the last Dorito out of the bag. I tossed the last tortilla into my mouth and crumpled up the bag that they came in.

I pushed back the chair that I was sitting in, finally deciding that I needed to comb through all of the shops again. Walking past the trashcan I tossed the Coke into, I dropped the empty bag of Doritos inside. Taking one last glance at the seat I was sitting it; I turned and walked down the stairs.

And then I came up with a brilliant godsdamn Idea, which was also a really stupid idea at the same time. I reached in my pocket and pulled out my phone (That I'm not supposed to have) And typed in my mother's number since I memorized it. The phone hadn't even made it through one ring before it was picked up, an urgent voice on the other end.

"PERCY!" My mother's voice rang out, almost making me go deaf. I yanked the phone away from my ear

"Mom, I don't want to become deaf." I said a bit loudly so that it would be picked up from the distance. She apparently didn't hear, or she didn't care.

"What were you thinking back there!" She continued, unfazed. "You could have gotten killed!" She practically yelled. But then she switched over to over concerned mother mode. "Oh my baby, I'm happy you're alright, but where are you?" She asked, any bit of anger in her voice covered by her caring nature.

"I'm in the mall mom, my question is where are you two?" I asked over the phone. And then I realized that I was still holding it a foot away from my ear. I quickly pressed it back against my head and heard a quiet laughter. "Um, mom? What are you laughing about?" I asked, completely confused. Her quiet laughter picked up a bit before it quieted out altogether. "Um-" I started, but was just cut off.

"Percy, were in the parking lot." I dropped the phone from my hand and heard it hit the floor. But I didn't care; I just kept staring at the wall in front of me.

I only had one thought running through my mind the entire time. 'They're in the parking lot?' I kept saying it in my head like a mantra. Finally though, I tilted my head and said the other thing going through my head.

"Fuck."

Currently I was jogging up to Paul's Prius which was parked at the southernmost side of the mall. I could clearly see my mother and Alex sitting in the front of the car. My mother was smiling in relief while Alex was glaring at me through the windshield. I jogged up to the driver's side window that my mom had rolled down.

"Uh, hi." I said a bit awkwardly. My mother just shook her head while Alex kept up her glare. I leaned down closer to my mother and whispered in her ear. "Why is she glaring at me..?" I must have said it louder than I meant to because Alex snapped at me.

"I'm glaring at you because I'm mad at you!" She hissed, "Why did you stay behind?"

"I had to kill the monsters..?" I more of asked than stated. She seemed to falter in her attempt to be mad because her cheeks turned the color of cherries. I shook my head a little bit at her reaction to me staying and fighting to save them. I decided to give her the benefit of the doubt, so I changed the subject.

"So, what are we going to do now?" I asked the two. My mother gave me a look that clearly said, 'Sorry' while Alex just smirked at me.

"We have to go inside so Alex can get clothes Percy." I just stared at her, and then I switched and looked at Alex. Hoping she would yell 'Kidding! You should have seen the look on your face! We're actually going to get pizza.' But no such luck, so instead, I spun around and walked back towards the mall.

'Why do stupid things happen to me?' I asked myself.

"Because stupid things happen to stupid people!"

Alright, that proves it. I'm going insane.

After two hours of following Alex and my mom around the mall, we were finally done shopping. We were now in Paul's Prius heading down the street. My mom was doing the same thing she did years ago when we went and found Nico and Bianca Di Angelo. She was telling Alex every embarrassing story about me.

I just think that my mom likes to give everyone blackmail on me. We were passing Central Park when I had a brilliant idea. I turned to look at my mom.

"Hey mom? Want to go into Central Park?" I asked, she turned her head and looked past me into the park and nodded her head in agreement.

We found a parking lot that was surrounding the park, and decided to park the car there. We hurried across the street and into the throng that is Central Park. (Parkception!)

After a good fifteen minutes of being there, Alex was staring at one of the ice cream carts. I decided it would be a good idea to satisfy her hunger… Or thirst, whichever Ice cream is considered. So I poked her in the side.

"Huh?" She mumbled, but when she turned to look at me she snapped. "What?" I pointed over her shoulder at the ice cream stall and asked.

"Want any?" She glanced at the cart before shaking her head. I just gave her an incredulous look; she seemed to shrink away from my gaze.

"Okay, maybe I want a Hot Fudge Sunday…" I nodded my head, "With Oreo cookies sprinkled on top." I was going to say something, but she was on a roll. "With Cookie Dough and Sprinkles. Oh, and Chocolate and Strawberry Ice cream along with the Vanilla-"

I cut her off by handing her ten dollars. She gave me a weird look.

"I couldn't remember it all." I told her with a shrug. She gave a jump of joy before running off so fast, that I swore I saw an after image of her. I quickly yanked my head to the side and saw her already standing at the cart.

Fifty feet away, I stared at her for a moment. My Seaweed Brain not being able to compromise the speed she had just run. After a few moments, my brain said. 'Hey, this hurts, stop.' So I just gave up and walked over to where my mother sat watching Alex.

Mom and I started talking about something random- I was more interested in Alex bitching the Ice cream worker out for not having Oreos and Cookie Dough. It was utterly hilarious. The discussion my mother and I were having (Not really) Ended when Alex came back muttering something about 'Stupid Ice cream men and their stupid rules." I glanced back over and noticed the guy had an Ice cream cone on his forehead.

I began to laugh uncontrollably. My mother gave me a weird look and I pointed while laughing. Alex, who had gotten within six feet of us, snapped. "What!" I just pointed over her shoulder at the guy.

Alex had turned the man into a unicorn. My sister saw what she had caused and promptly fell to the ground in her mirth. I laughed so much that my stomach hurt and I almost fell off of the bench. My mom though, being the most responsible (Not a surprise) Laughed lightly and stayed on the bench.

Finally, after a couple of more seconds, I joined my sister on the ground.

By that I mean that I fell off of the bench. After a while we both seemed to be calming down.

And then Alex hiccupped, and I lost it all over again. I rolled over on to my back, desperately clutching my stomach to stop the laughter. But I was getting nowhere, just becoming ever closer to a stomach cramp. The only thing that could help me in this situation was… Well, nothing really.

Alex though, who had already stopped laughing and hiccupping, leaned over and punched me in the gut.

Needless to say, it made me shut up. And with an extra added bonus, all of the air was knocked out of me; I gasped for breath and grabbed my stomach. Alex during this whole situation was just giving me a cheeky smile. Which earned her a glare from me. The smile on her face slowly disappeared until she was sitting there, completely pokerfaced.

I was about to say something to her, but I caught a flash of silver from over her shoulder. I stuck my head out to the side a little bit, and I managed to see another flash before it disappeared into a thicket of trees. I looked at my mother, and noticed that she was looking at the same thing I was just moments before.

As if feeling my stare, my mother turned her head towards me and nodded. It was the unofficial sign that she saw what I did… And that I had permission to go figure out what it was. I stood up.

"I'll be right back." I told them, and then I took off into the direction that I saw the flash in a few moments before.

The moment I reached the thicket though, I saw nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing that really pops out and says. Hi! I look suspicious! Come this way! With a big, glowing, neon arrow…

Alright… I may be getting my hopes up a bit, but can you blame me? I have shit for luck.

I was about to just turn around, maybe forget what I saw, and go get an ice cream cone from Mr. Unicorn man. When I saw another flash of silver, maybe a few yards into the tree line. My interest peaked, I forged my way into the trees.

The moment I burst out of the opposite side of the trees though, I became formally acquainted with about fifteen bows and the girls that held them.

"So that's why the color was silver…" I muttered under my breath. Then, in a slightly louder voice, I spoke. "Hello hunters… Can you not kill me?" The ending came out a bit questioning and hopeful.

"No," One of the older girls in the front bluntly said, which caused me to sigh.

"Alright, but before I run for my life. Can you at least tell Thalia to Iris message Percy Jackson?" I asked knowing they would say no. But it wasn't that hard to know they would tell Artemis and Thalia in their report.

"No," Well, that didn't surprise me. "We cannot tell her because she is at Camp Half-Blood. Something with some girl named Anniebell or something being sick." Okay, now that surprised me. I even blinked a couple of times, believing I might have heard it wrong.

"What?" I asked, "What do you mean Annabeth is sick? What happened?" I shouted at her. The girl only sneered and pulled the string of her bow string even more taut.

"What does it matter to you boy?" She hissed, "You won't live long enough to find out!" And with the girls last words, the un-needed order passed down through the line of girls. The order that would have a mortal, or demi-god killed in an instant.

Fire.

But I was no mortal, nor am I your average demi-god. I was the savior of Olympus twice over. That, mixed with the side of me that is wolf, helped me when the arrows were speeding towards me. I reached out towards the arrow that was closest to me, and grabbed it from thin air.

I heard a few gasps, but I didn't have the time to focus on them. I used the arrow that I had grabbed and spun it like a baton twirler would swing their baton. And since the hunters arrows were made out of some really, really, hard silver metal. The arrow did a fine job deflecting all of its brethren… Or would it be sisteren? Whatever, you get the point.

A split second after all of the tinkling noises ended, I dropped the arrow, turned around, and took off before the hunters could get another volley in. I burst out of the tree line and dashed for the nearest fountain since a trip to camp would take too long. Behind me, I could hear the shouts and crushing foliage that meant that the hunters were on my tail. So I picked up my pace until I was going wolf speed, which means that I was running at about 30mph or more.

Not so soon enough, I was sliding to a stop in a clearing that held a large, magnificent, fountain. But at the moment, I didn't give a damn if it was a very sexy fountain. I just needed to Iris message Annabeth to see if she was alright. I jogged up to it, while at the same time using my powers over water to create a fine spray of mist in the air. I could hear shouts in the distance, but I figured that I had time.

"Oh Goddess of the rainbow, accept my offering and show me Annabeth Chase." I said while pulling a drachma from my pocket and flicking it into the fountain. And then I waited a few anxious seconds before it finally connected.

The first thing I heard was sobbing, and then, as the message flickered the color of the rainbow, an image came to it.

It was Annabeth all right… But she looked different, palier, much like she did when she took that hit for me at the end of the Titan war.

But this time she wasn't moving. Thalia was sitting in a chair beside her, crying her eyes out. Chiron was standing beside her, a hand on her shoulder with small streams of tears leaking down his cheeks. And as I watched, and Apollo camper walked into the vision, grabbed Annabeth's blanket, and lightly pulled it across her face.

And the only thing I could think of was the dream from the night before, now fully remembered.

'Soon' She had whispered, 'Soon I shall exact my revenge.'

That voice had been Gaia, and she had killed Annabeth for revenge.

A/N Well guys, I guess here I should really explain the long absence. I uploaded two other stories, had a bunch of projects in school, and just generally procrastinated. I really should have uploaded this weeks ago, but I didn't. And for that, I'm sorry.

Don't expect me to update soon, because I just update whenever I finish a chapter… Which is very unpredictable. Because face it, I don't exactly know where I'm going from here anyways. Even though I have some slight idea…

But, again, sorry for the long wait. And I hope you guys like it. Have a good day/ bad day/ mopey day/ pissed off day/ whatever.

Peace out.