Okay everyone, I'm extremely sorry for the long wait since the first chapter. School, computer crashes, and other stories have completely thrown me off schedule. I promise that this chapter will be as long if not longer than the first. Now, read on and review please once you're done!

"Percy."

I groaned, and stuffed my head further into my pillow.

"Percy."

I grabbed my other pillow, and put it on my head, covering my ears.

"PERCY!"

I bolted up, fell out of my bed, and looked up to see the image of my half brother, Andrew Peterson.

Andrew sighed. "Gods, about time you got up!"

A little about Andrew before I say anymore. He arrived after Poseidon said he would send me some brothers and sisters. So far, he's the only one. He is 14, and basically looks like a younger version of me. Andrew is a nice kid, if but a little annoying sometimes. Like now, IMing me at six-thirty in the morning.

I smiled a bit. As annoying he can be, he is still my brother.

"What do you need, Andrew? It better be important." I grumbled.

Andrew started to fidget with his fingers, which is what I do when I'm nervous. Like I said, a younger version of me. "Well, um, Percy, there's this…girl, at camp, and I think-"

I stopped him. "Whoa, whoa, whoa there, Andrew. Are you sure I'm the best one to tell this to?"

"Well, I don't have any parents outside of camp, and it's not like I could IM our dad!"

Andrew had a good point there, I thought.

"Alright, go on." I replied.

Andrew started again. "Well, I think I might…like her."

"Okay, so why are you telling me this?" I asked.

"Because you have a girlfriend, I thought you might be able to help!" Andrew pleaded. "I can't ask any Aphrodite girls, because they'd just spread it around camp!"

I saw that he was in a real dilemma. "Okay then, what's her name?"

Andrew's face grew red. "Promise not to tell anyone, except for maybe Annabeth?" Why is it that everyone can trust Annabeth? First my mom, then Paul, now Andrew.

I sighed. "Alright, I promise."

"I-It's Claudine." He said, his face getting even redder.

I was surprised. Claudine was his best friend, one of the closest people to him ever since he came to camp. She is a rather cute girl, one of Aphrodite's children. Claudine is also probably the only Aphrodite girl who should be in Athena's cabin, based off her personality. She is a petite, yet amazingly tough girl. Claudine is probably the person that he spends the most time around, apart from me and Annabeth. She and Andrew were around the same height, with her maybe a tad shorter. Now that I think about it, Andrew always looked very happy when he was around Claudine.

(A/N: Hmm must be something in the water…Percy's best friend, who is a child of Athena, is now his girlfriend. Get it? Percy: Thanks for interrupting my story!)

I smiled, and replied, "So you like Claudine? What's so bad about that? Just ask her to the camp dance!" The camp dance is a new thing that Annabeth and I convinced Chiron to do. Basically, it's a welcome back dance, and the Muses are going to be there.

Andrew looked crestfallen. "W-what? I can't just ask Claudine to the dance! She's my best friend, er, I mean I like her, but I think that that's all we are! What if that just completely ruins our relationship? I would rather us be best friends than not friends at all!"

I sighed, and glanced at the clock. If this is how I acted with Annabeth, then she had the right to call me a coward last summer. (A/N: It's a reference to the Last Olympian, when Annabeth got mad at him at camp after he heard the prophecy. I believe that they were filing reports and doing inspections.) I looked at the clock: Seven-forty! I had to pick up Annabeth at nine, and the airport was half an hour away! I still had to get ready, and that alone took me thirty minutes. I looked back at Andrew, and said, "Look, I'm sure Claudine likes you too, okay? Here, when I get to camp, I'll talk to you more. I might even talk to Claudine. Anyway, I have to get ready to pick up Wisegirl from the airport." I winked at him. "Good luck with Claudine!" With that, I cut the connection and went to go take a shower.

As I drove down to the airport, I thought about me, Annabeth, and what Andrew told me just 30 minutes ago. It's funny; I realized that I loved Annabeth at the same age as Andrew, even though she was my best friend. I thought of all the adventures me and Annabeth had, and realized it that no matter what, I would've fallen for her anyway.

Before I knew it, I was parked in front of the airport. Excitement coursed through my body at the thought of seeing Annabeth. Suddenly I realized I had to go inside. Wow, maybe my head is full of seaweed. I opened the door, got out, and went to the trunk of the car. I lifted it up, and found my sign I made to make sure she comes to the right person. It said: Special Transportation for a Special Wisegirl!

So I waited by the gate, and I could hardly keep my balloon of excitement from bursting. I actually did let a little out though; I grabbed some random girl and hugged her, spinning around at the same time. Finally, I heard the intercom say, "All flights from San Francisco are now arriving."

I was so happy. I am finally going to get to see Annabeth, after so long! However, after nearly all the people had left, Annabeth still hadn't come off the plane. I decided to go into it, to check on her. What I saw stunned me.

Annabeth was unconscious, and there was a dude rifling through her purse. How someone had managed to knockout Annabeth when even I couldn't do that I will never know, but a burst of anger surged through my mind.

"HEY! Just what do you think you're doing?" I hollered.

The man turned around, and pulled out a knife. "Stay back kid, and no one gets hurt, including little miss hottie here." He looked at her with a very lustful look.

I kept advancing, not believing what he had just said about Annabeth. Not only was he going to steal from her purse, he had actually planned on doing things to her that no one ever should do to my Wisegirl.

"Get away from my girlfriend, now." I whispered angrily.

"Or what?" the man replied, smirking.

I suddenly rushed up and punched him in the gut, knocking the wind out of him.

"Or you are going to be in serious trouble." I replied with a snarl. All of a sudden, he swung his arm upwards, and stabbed through my shirt.

"Ha! Not so tough now are ya, kiddo?" he said, laughing. The man stopped abruptly when he saw that I wasn't hurt. "Th-that's impossible!"

With that, he fainted, dropping all the things he had from Annabeth, including some undergarments that weren't of the male flavor. Wow, what a pervert. I shook Annabeth.

Her eyes fluttered open. "P-percy?"

I gave her a warm smile. "Hey Annabeth. Welcome to the Big Apple."

Annabeth and I were in the kitchen of my apartment. She was sipping some hot chocolate while I told her what had happened.

I raised an eyebrow at her. "How in the name of Poseidon's longest fishing pole did some random pervert figure out how to knock you out before I could?"

Annabeth laughed, which was a wonderful sound to hear. "Well, he slipped something into my drink while I went to the restroom, right before the descent. That jerk should get eternal punishment from Hades, and I'll make sure of it…"

Suddenly, there was a flash of light behind us. I turned to see an unusual thing: my dad, Poseidon, and Annabeth's mom Athena.

Poseidon spoke first. "Percy, Annabeth, are you two alright?"

"Yes, we heard what had happened on the plane, and went to find you as soon as possible!" Athena said, with a touch of anger in her voice. Oh boy, the man was going to have more to worry about than Hades; Athena will probably make his life up here just as much of a hell hole.

"Mom, don't worry. We're both fine." Annabeth replied. "All thanks to Percy coming to the rescue!" She then was surprised as Athena rushed over and hugged her. Normally, gods never even have physical contact with their children, but I guess Athena couldn't handle it anymore. I mean, her daughter had almost been raped, as much as I hate to even think of the word.

Poseidon turned toward me with a weary look. "How are you Percy? Is everything alright?"

I smiled. "Yeah, Dad, everything is going great."

Athena suddenly turned towards me. "Perseus Jackson, I thank you for saving my daughter from a horrible fate. I am hereby indebted to you, and shall give you something I have never bestowed onto a child of Poseidon before: my eternal blessing, for you have shown that you truly care about my daughter enough to endanger yourself."

Soon, I began to feel power surge through me. Not like raw, energetic power, but more like the power of understanding. I suddenly was able to understand all of those things that my math teacher had been trying to tell me.

"My blessing does not make one smarter; it makes one be able to comprehend a situation and allows you to remember anything." Athena explained. "It doesn't, as many people seem to think, make you as smart as my children."

I was kinda bummed about the last part, but hey, I was the first Poseidon kid to receive Athena's blessing, which is AWESOME! I turned to thank Athena, but she had disappeared. Now all that was left was the faint smell of olives. I wonder why gods leave behind a scent after they teleport? I wondered.

So, instead I turned to my dad. "Um, Dad?"

Poseidon perked up. "Yes, my son? What is it?"

"Do you mind transporting us to Camp Half-blood?"

Poseidon smiled, and with a wave of his hand, Annabeth and I were swept away in a sea breeze.