The next morning was an experience. We left about half an hour earlier so we could escort Annabeth to the Houses of Parliament. She wasn't needed until 10:00, but she wanted a look around, insisting she'd never get a chance like this again. She's right, of course, but she was probably going to look at the architecture. I swear that was the only reason she went anywhere now a days.

Percy on the underground was something else. You'd think he'd be used to it, what with the subway in New York, but apparently the London Underground is very different.

"It's too loud," he complained. "And the carriages rock too much."

Laura and I just rolled our eyes. To say he'd saved the world more than once, he could totally be a wuss sometimes. He told me about how everyone was doing at Camp. Apparently, Jason and Piper had stopped tip-toeing around each other and were officially dating now, Drew had broken yet another boys heart (his fault, really, for getting mixed up in that train wreck) and Nico and Frances were as strong as ever. He also mentioned that Clarisse has missing me.

In capture the flag, that is.

"She's constantly complaining about how the Red Army are loosing now that they don't have you to sneak about everywhere."

I laughed. "Well, I'll be back in a few months. She won't have to miss me for long. And then we can go back to kicking your butt as usual."

We arrived at school earlier than usual, so only a few students were there.

"We'll take you to Mrs Jolinwood's office," Laura said, leading the way. "She'll want to know you're here."

"She's the head," I explained to Percy.

After a few minutes, Percy looked even more confused than usual in a new environment.

"What?" I asked, paranoid something was going to jump out at me.

"Where are the boys?" he asked, still searching. "I can't see any."

"You'll have a job on," Laura muttered.

I slapped her arm playfully. "It's an all girl's school," I said to Percy. "You're one of the few males to ever set foot on campus."

"So, you go to an all girl's school," Percy pondered aloud, "but refused to go on that 'All Girl's Night' over the summer?"

I shuddered.

"I refused with good reason," I said, remembering. "You know the Aphrodite cabin had organised the whole thing. As much as I like Piper, I would have killed Drew in the first five minutes – and Clarisse would have helped me. Can you imagine having to explain not only to an angry Chiron and Mr D about Drew's sudden disappearance in the ocean, but her mother? Or your father? Contrary to popular belief, I don't enjoy encoring the wrath of the gods!"

Percy just chuckled. "Oh, right. And what did you and Frances do in the meantime? Have a girly night in? Was that it?"

I sent him daggers with my eyes.

"Don't try it, Eden," he said, rolling his eyes. "I lived with Lupa, remember? Even Ares' dagger look has nothing on her wolf stare."

I stuck my tongue out at him and carried on leading him toward the Head's office with Laura.

A few minutes later we reached the office. I knocked politely.

"Come in," Mrs Jolinwood said from inside.

I opened the door, Laura and Percy following me in.

"Ah, Miss Llewellyn, I see you've found our demigod visitor," she said, smiling surprisingly warmly at Percy. Maybe she was trying to come across as human for the guest?

"Yes, Miss," I said. "This is Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon."

"Nice to meet you, ma'am," he said, extending his hand.

"Likewise, Mr Jackson," she replied, shaking his hand.

"Well," Laura said after a moment of silence. "We should probably leave you to it, I'm sure you have a lot of things to discuss."

Was I the only one who noticed the fact she was moving slowly towards the door?

"Of course, the pair of you may go," she said, gesturing at the door. "Would you tell the office to send a note around saying there is a whole school assembly this morning on your way down?" she added as an after thought.

"Sure thing, Miss," I said, closing the door swiftly behind me.

"Whole school assembly?" I heard Percy ask loudly from the inside.

Laura and I laughed as we went down the stairs towards the office. After telling the ladies there what the Head wanted us to, we went back outside. For the middle of May in England, the weather was surprisingly nice. We went to sit under the maple tree in the courtyard.

"How long have you known Percy?" Laura asked.

"Since I first went to Camp," I explained. "Although, technically, I saw him before as he was the guy who wrestled the old man into the bay in San Francisco."

"The old guy who turned into a whale?" she asked, trying to remember.

"Yeah," I said, nodding. "Percy was there on a Quest to save Annabeth from the Titan's curse. He's been on a lot of Quests, now that I think about it…"

Thankfully she didn't ask further. I could see the clouds gathering and had a feeling there'd be more thunder if we carried on that topic.

"So what do you think's gonna happen this morning?" she inquired.

I shrugged. "I don't know, maybe he has a speech already prepared, and then asks for questions at the end? Or maybe he's going to ask for questions straight of the back?"

"Can I ask you something?" Laura said, her expression turning devious. Uh oh.

"You can ask," I said, not committing myself to answer.

"You know how for history last year and we did Greek Mythology? And we had to write a paper on a god or goddess and you wrote things on Hades that Ms Price didn't know?" I nodded, smiling at the memory. It's always fun out smarting teacher. "Did you go to Olympus and ask for an interview with Hades or something?"

I laughed. "No, Laura, I didn't. You don't just go to the Underworld and say to Lord Hades 'I have a history project, mind helping me out?' It was nothing that glamorous. If you must know, I got Frances to come and take me to Camp, where I used the Athena cabin's library to find information. Then I went and found Nico and asked him for the stuff I didn't know. Although, going to the Underworld would have been fun."

She huffed, disappointed.

"What are the chances I'll meet a god?" she asked, pouting. "It must be so cool being related to them."

"It is at times, I suppose," I said. "As for meeting a god, I have no idea how likely that'll be. Who knows, with four demigods in one building, especially a child of the Big Three, you could meet one today!"

We laughed, thinking it was an innocent enough statement.

Boy, were we wrong.