I'm sorry guys, my chapters keep being short. But on weekdays I'm tired so usually this is all I can manage. I figure it's better than no chapters at all until weekend, right?

So, you guys all know theres gonna be another Percy Jackson movie out next March, right? I'm just like: 'Dude, you guys like f***ing killed the book, you don't need to stab it again.' Good news though, I think Annabeth is blond in this one. They have a new Chiron, but I enjoy the actor who is playing Chiron in movie 2. Also, without previously mentioning Thalia and her tree, how is that gonna work? 'Um, yeah. This is Thalia's tree. It's really important, protects the camp, but we somehow forgot to mention this to you last summer. Sorry.' Like, seriously? I actually found a deleted scene from movie 1 where Grover and Perce talk about Thalia, but since they deleted it they screwed themselves. All the actors are like 20+! I think Grover is like 32! Look up actors for the movie. Its stupid. The skinny blond chick who played Glimmer in Hunger Games is Clairesse. DAFUQ IS UP WITH THAT SHIT? I think the guy who was...GOD I'M BLANKING ON HIS NAME! The talk show guy with the blue hair from Hunger Games? Yeah, I think he's gonna be Dionysus. Another: 'Yeah, um, I don't know if you noticed, but our Camp Director is a God. The God of whine actually. He f***ing hates you, but, again, we forgot to mention him. Sorry.' SERIOUSLY?

But, of course, I'll probs go see it ASAP. And while I'll hate it for it's inaccuracy, I'll love it for the sole fact of it being Percy Jackson. Just like the first one. Conflicted. I think I'm gonna drag my friend (myheartsastereo) to see it with me and she'll have to put up with me going "THAT did NOT happen!" "Nuh-uh! No f***ing way!" "She does NOT look like THAT!" ect. ect. I can go on for hours about the first PJ movie.

Feel free to express your outrage about the PJO movies in reviews! They sucked! Yet, we all love them because, if you look DEEP down, they are still Percy Jackson. Sort of.

VIRTUAL HUGS TO: Meepmeep123, mrpuppy, The Avian-Olympian, storm35-50, Cassie896, Syst3m, Pokemonchen, Wisdom-comes-naturally.

Replies to reviews:

Meepmeep123: Right? It should be a f***ing holiday! And I have am practice so I;ll probs be up at like 4;30 am to read! So guys, I probs won't post on the first either, cuz I'll need to go to bed so early.

mrpuppy: I know! Zack's a lot sappier than Lena but that's why they work! :)

The Avian-Olympian: 1) Thank you. ;) I try. 2) Yes! Zena-ness! 3) Gray sisters are bat shit crazy. Hopefully I capture that.

storm35-50: Ha! I didn't forget! :) And yup! Zeus wants Lena dead, Zeus's son just WANTS her. Yeah, we're all ignoring the fact that they're like second cousins. IGNORING! And you've read my A/N right? I talk about the randomest shit. ;)

Cassie896: Aw! Thanks! And, ha! You're welcome! I love music almost as much as books so I like incorporating that. And if it helps you guys with homework...BONUS! ;)

Syst3m: Right? And don't worry, real soon that's gonna happen. *cough* tomorrow *cough* And I think I own that song.

Pokemonchen: Yeah. Zack and Lena don't fare well in the Taxi.

Thanks for the reviews! You guys are awesome to the power of amazingness! Over 100 reviews so far! Lets see how long it takes to double okay? I bring my phone with me to classes and between every other class or so I check my email, and I'm exhausted form morning practice, so seeing [New Review] BRIGHTENS MY FRIGGEN DAY LIKE TWELVE HUNDRED THOUSAND TIMES!

Also, if there's any House of Anubis fans: my friend myheartsastereo is starting a HoA fanfic and its good so far! :) FABINA ALL DA WAY!

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Zack's PoV

The Hunters were finishing packing, and Lena was about twenty feet away checking her pack and weapons. Needlessly cleaning them. It was busy work. She was nervous, although she would never openly admit to it unless it was pried from her.

I realized Thalia was standing next to me. "She wasn't always like this you know."

I turned to her, frowning. "What do you mean?"

"Lena. Back when she was Silena she was...normal. I met her when she was very little, and saw her again when she was eight. Just four months before..." Thalia swallowed. I had to remember that Percy and Annabeth were Thalia's personal friends, or at least, they had been.

"Anyway," Thalia continued. "She was a normal child, maybe even better. Percy and Annabeth sure thought so. She was upbeat. She smiled at everyone and everything. She loved her parents so much. Everything intrigued her." Thalia smiled, lost in memories. "She was so curious. Got that from her mother, she did. Percy and Annabeth didn't like it much, though. She would ask them questions about their past and they would try to sway her interests, but she was as stubborn as them. They hated telling her their stories. They felt as if they were robbing her of her innocence." Briefly I wondered how she knew this. Then I figured they told her.

"And that was it. Silena was innocent. Pure. All that was good. She saw only the best in people." Thalia diverted her eyes. "Now she sees only the worst." Another swallow and then she forced her gaze upward. "All innocence had been robbed from her at such a young age. But that's the curse of a hero, huh?" Thalia laughed bitterly. "Taking on the world, holding it on your shoulders, before you can even drive."

I recalled that Percy Jackson supposedly held the world up at the age of fourteen.

"Scars like that..." Thalia told me. "They're hard to heal, easier to hide. But...but they're not unmendable." She looked me dead in the eyes. "Do you understand?"

It was my turn to nervously swallow. "Yes."

Lena, I promise you, I will do all I can to cure you, heal you, save you from yourself.

Lena's PoV

Tough stomach or not, I thought I was going to vomit all over Zack. I gripped my seat, as if it could save me. I wasn't tethered to the seat in any way. Oddly enough, the chains for seat belts didn't appeal to me. Nor Zack. After just a few minutes, though, I had begun to regret my decision.

I had heard of the Gray Sisters. Two versions actually. The old myth version telling of wise women, and my parents version telling of bat crazy people sharing amongst themselves one eye and tooth who fought relentlessly. It was immediately clear the latter was far closer to the truth.

"You're parents SURVIVED their trip with these people, right?" Zack asked me, his voice an octave higher than typical.

"Yeah. How, I have yet to discover."

"Who's your parents?" The middle sister called to me, her voice scratchy and old. Like a crabby grandmother.

"I smell sea salt!" The driver said.

"Athena! I smell Athena for sure!" The one closest to Zack called. I was behind the driver.

"No!" The middle one screeched. "I smell Zeus absolutely!"

"Your nose is out of whack!" The driver shouts.

"Give me a Drachma! I want to bite it!"

"You don't have the tooth!" The driver shouts back. Shouting seems to be their only volume.

"Give me the tooth, Tempest!"

"No!" The middle one shouted. "You had it yesterday, Anger! Wasp, give me the eye!"

"I need to drive you bat!"

"Can she keep the eye?" Zack squeaked, looking as sick as I felt. "I'd really like the driver to be able to see."

"Oh, hush back there!" Tempest insisted.

"He's the Zeus!" Anger shouted.

"He's Zeus?" Wasp asked.

"No you loony," Tempest mocked. "He's a son of Zeus, clearly."

"Who's the girl then?"

"Athena! Athena child for sure!" Anger declared.

"No, you dolt!" Wasp insulted. "She's obviously Poseidon's daughter."

"Um, ladies, I'm kinda both." I said, hoping that by ending their argument, we would have less almost-accidents. "My parents are Percy and Annabeth Jackson."

"Annabeth Jackson? Don't remember her." Wasp told me.

"Annabeth Chase!" Anger said. "She was with the Percy boy!"

"That boy took my eye!" Tempest pouted. "After you two popped it out!" I cringed at her use of the phrase 'popped it out'. It didn't create a pretty picture.

Anger groaned. "Yes! Demanding he was!"

"Heard he was a hero though." Wasp inputted.

Once again, I had found myself in my parent's shadow of heroism and bravery. It was an odd thing, a mixture of pride and defeat. While I reveled in hearing about my parents, everything around me seemed darkened by their shadow. I would never escape it. I wonder if my father felt this way about Hercules. My father supposedly bested a lot of monster that the last one to do so was the ancient hero himself. Nowadays it's 'Ah, yes, Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon, saved the world NUMEROUS times, was the last to beat that monster there. But good luck! Try not to die as he did.'

Talk of my father between the Gray Sisters was limited though. Within minutes they were back to arguing over the eye and tooth. I really didn't care who got the tooth (at one point Anger lunged at Tempest for the tooth), but I'd really rather Wasp keep the eye. Whenever attention was drawn to Wasp and her eye, I tried to divert it to Tempest and her tooth. At one point, Tempest and Anger acknowledged that, leading to a screaming match between Tempest, Anger, Wasp, and I. Doing so while trying NOT to lose what little I'd eaten was very taxing and difficult.

Night had fallen once again by the time I reached the borders. As awful as the ride had been, I was reluctant to get out. My hands shook as I handed the Gray Sisters their Drachmas. Noticing that Zack had gotten out as swiftly as possible, I attempted to appear to be doing the same. As soon as I was out of the cab, it disappeared.

"Good riddance." Zack muttered.

"No kidding." I agreed.

We turned and faced the hill. Surely it was the infamous Half Blood Hill. And surely that tree was once Thalia's. I could see a glittering cloak-like object on it, figuring that was the Golden Fleece. Courtesy of my father's second Quest after said tree had been poisoned.

"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood." Zack murmured to me.

How come I felt like was about to walk into my execution chamber?