Badda boom, badda bing-chapter four! Thanks so much for waiting, I won't make ya wait more. Here!

We left the party around eleven thirty, which was when Tyler started kicking people out, wanting her apartment back. It had been surprisingly kosher for a college party. Not that I'd been to any before, but I watch movies, you know?

I gave Jenna my jacket because she'd forgotten hers(In New York, at night, during fall. California must have some really nice weather if she didn't think to bring a coat.). We didn't talk much, but it wasn't an uncomfortable silence. Finally we got back on campus, found our way to the dorms, and parted way at their front door.

We were pretty wiped, so we hit the sack right away. Let me bring up now that I'm a really light sleeper. I used to wake up just when the rain would hit our roof at my house. So though I was pretty exhausted, I awoke when I heard someone shuffling around. Without sitting up, I listened. In the dim light from the lamp outside our window I could see Percy rifling through his dresser.

"Pants with pockets…" he muttered.

Upon hearing this, I figured I was dreaming, so I turned over and tried to get back to sleep.

Within a minute or so, however, I heard more shuffling, so I rolled back over and propped myself up. Percy was picking up his backpack and slinging it over his shoulder. Then he headed for the door. Extremely confused, I sat up all the way.

"Dude, what are you doing?"

Percy whirled around. "Nothing." He said. "I'll be back later. Get some sleep."

"Uh, no thanks." I said. "Where are you going?"

"I'm, uh…studying."

I scoffed. "Yeah, right."

"Look, it doesn't matter. I told you, I'll be back later."

I began sitting up straighter. "Then let me come with you," I said.

"No way. Just go back to sleep, man."

I pulled off my blanket and swung my legs off the bed. "Yeah, way. I'm coming whether you like it or not."

"You can't do that," Percy told me, with an edge to his voice. However, I ignored it and soldiered on.

"Yeah, I can."

"Why?" There was a challenge in his voice.

"Because," I said, glaring, "I thought we were friends. And this is not a stunt a friend would pull."

Percy stared back at me, but I saw a chink in his armor. He glanced at the clock, which read midnight. Then he sighed.

"I don't have time to fight you on this, so I'll bring you. But you have to swear-on your life-that you don't ever say anything about whatever happens."

He made it sound serious and kinda scary, but I couldn't really back down now. I got up, pulled on some jeans and grabbed my coat-I'd forgotten to get my jacket back from Jenna-and slipped on my shoes. Percy walked out the door, and I followed him.

He walked out of our dorm, down the hallway and to the fire escape. Our campus was pretty old and the dorms were original buildings, so the emergency exit doors didn't have any alarms installed. This, of course, caused all kinds of trouble for the campus police, since it was super easy to sneak out. Percy opened the door and I followed him out, shutting it quietly behind me. We quickly made our way down the fire escape that spidered its way down the dorm building, peeking into each floor as we neared the ground. When we got all the way down, Percy turned to go around the back of the building. My mind racing, thinking of what on earth could be going on, Percy sighed and sped up. Then I heard him say, softly, "You've been waiting fifteen minutes, tops. You're exaggerating."

I thought about asking Percy who he was talking to-because it sure wasn't me-but decided instead to keep my mouth shut.

Then Percy stopped in front of something. My eyes were still adjusting to the dark, so I couldn't quite make things out. But…was that some sort of animal? It sure looked like one. What was an animal doing out here? I rubbed my eyes and watched as it slowly dawned on me that Percy was petting a horse. A horse? Yep, it definitely had a horse-y look. But what-how-why? My mind was having difficulty processing this.

"Now, what's the problem at camp?" Percy asked. I didn't answer. I was so confused.

"Hmm," Percy said. Finally I opened my mouth.

"Percy, is that a horse?"

He turned around, as if just remembering I was there. He sighed. "Actually, it's a pegasus."

"A-a what?" I asked.

"A horse with wings. Remember how you swore not to say anything about tonight?"

"Uh, yeah," I said vaguely.

"Well, it's gonna get worse." Then he swung himself up onto the horse-pegasus?-and looked down on me. "You coming, or not?"

I stared at him, and then down at the horse, whose…wings I could now see folded up. Oh my god. Oh my GOD.

Then I thought about my options. I could go back into the dorm, fall asleep and believe this whole thing to be a dream…

But let's face it. I had to know what was going to happen next.

So I stepped forward, and Percy held his hand out. With a little help from him, I managed to get onto the, er, pegasus behind Percy. I'd only been horse riding a few times, as a kid, and I'm sure that this was bound to be different, so I was slightly worried. Percy was talking to the animal. "You'll be fine, Blackjack. I didn't either. We're not that heavy. Now come on, didn't Chiron need us quickly? I'll deal with it then. Okay."

And then the horse's black wings began to unfold and expand. Two dark, raven-like wings stuck out with a wingspan of, well, a lot. And then they began to flap, bringing us skyward.

"Woah," I said, grabbing onto the first thing I could-which was the end of one of the wings.

"Let go," Percy said without even turning around. So instead, I tightened my legs around the pegasus and grabbed Percy's shoulders. In any other situation this might be embarrassing, but you have no idea how little I cared about my pride at that point. I was more worried about falling and breaking every bone in my body, and what would my parents think if I died? And I'd never even gotten my jacket back from Jenna…

Then I actually did look down, and let me tell you-it was cool. The whole city of New York was below us, lit up and alive. I loved the city at night. And now an aerial view! If I weren't in danger of plunging to my death, this would actually be quite enjoyable. I closed my eyes, though, because we were picking up speed and the wind was cold and stinging. Occasionally I heard Percy muttering things, seemingly to the pegasus, but I ignored them and instead concentrated on not falling.

Finally I felt us descending, and I opened my eyes as we landed on the side of a hill. We were out in the country now, where I couldn't be sure. Outside of the city's brightness you could see the stars a lot better. They were scattered against the dark sky, and I looked up at them as I slid off the horse. And almost fell over.

My legs were super stiff. I stretched out my right one and bit down on my lip, trying to ignore the pain. Walking would be a pain.

"Percy!" I heard someone yell. I looked up to the top of the hill, and next to this giant pine tree-stood the chick from Percy's picture. Annabeth.

She sprinted down to us, catching Percy up in a hug. Then she turned to me.

"And who is this?" She asked, and not in a welcoming way.

"My roommate," Percy said.

Annabeth looked at me some more. "Really, Percy? That is so like you, to bring a tagalong! Now what are we going to do?"

I looked straight back at her. "Annabeth, right? Nice to meet you." I tried to keep the sarcasm out of my voice.

She ignored me. "Come on, Chiron and Mr. D are waiting in the Big House." She turned around then, and began her way back up the hill, with an angry gait.

The pegasus made a whinnying noise, and Percy said, "Go ahead, Blackjack."

The horse flew up and headed the same way Annabeth did.

"Nice girl, that Annabeth. A real catch," I told Percy. He sighed.

"Come on," He said, starting after his girlfriend. I followed him. Once we got to the pine tree(which I gave a wide girth, because it looked like a snake was curled around it) I tried to walk forward, but couldn't. It was like an invisible wall was there. Percy walked right through it.

"Oh," He said, seeing me struggle. "I, Percy Jackson, give permission for Chad Foster to enter the camp."

The wall disappeared. I stumbled forward, and then looked up.

"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood, Chad." Percy said to me.

I've been sick but I finally got this out!
"I'm not watching Jangles the Space Monkey, and I'm SO glad."
Only about two of you will get that.

Okay! Review, love you, bye! Jenna