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PERCY
...And I was aroused from my sleep with a loud knocking on my door.
Grumbling, I got out of bed to open the door, then seeing myself face- to- face with Annabeth. Gods, I couldn't help noticing she looked beautiful even when she just woke up.
"Seaweed Brain!" She exclaimed. "You've slept for eleven hours!"
"Hey, I'm a growing boy," I defended. "I need sleep."
Annabeth rolled her eyes. "Thalia and Nico are already packed, and Thalia's debating with herself whether or not to use her lightning on you. And by the way, you're probably past the age of growing."
Trust a daughter of Athena to point that out.
Once she left, I grabbed a duffel and stuffed in some spare Camp Half Blood shirts, ambrosia, and checked to make sure my sword was in my pocket. When we met at Thalia's (former) pine, Annabeth looked skeptically down at my stuff. Heck, I didn't have much.
"Is that it?"
"Yup," I said proudly. "Didn't Chiron say that all we needed was at the- the-"
"-Burrow?" She inquired.
"Whatever," I said, as Thalia and Nico came running to the tree (racing,) with Chiron trotting after them.
"You said they were all ready," I accused Annabeth.
She stuck her tongue out at me. "Anything to get you up."
"Cheater."
"Athena always has the plan."
"I'll miss you," I switched the topic to get her to shut up.
"Me too, Seaweed Brain. You sure you'll get along fine without me?"
"Positive," I grinned, and we leaned in to kiss-
"GODS, GET A ROOM!" Thalia screeched. "Hunter of Artemis, here. And keep it down when we're at Pimplypigs."
Chiron coughed loudly, and I felt my face turn red. No, I didn't feel it, because I was holding Riptide, I saw it. Actually I couldn't see myself without a mirror- but what? Oh, never mind.
"Are you all ready?
"Yeah," we chorused, minus Annabeth, who looked miserable. We just got out of Tartarus together, and another quest?
"I promise I'll write," I tried. I hated writing, but this was an exception.
"Great," Chiron said enthusiastically. "Just remember- NO MATTER THE CASE- don't tell anyone who you really are, except for Dumbledore. And watch out for Harry. Also, I forgot to tell you- you'll be taking a potion to transform you into your fourteen- year- old selves, to fit in."
He totally forgot. More like mentioned it after we realized we couldn't back out.
Thalia was voicing that, too- and she was definitely not agreeing.
"Well, I don't have to change," Nico suppressed a rare smile; "I'm already fourteen."
Chiron nodded yes.
"Hey, Thalia," I grinned. "I can't wait to see you in your fourteen- year- old self."
Thalia shot me a death glare and lifted her spear, before Chiron interrupted.
"And please...try not to kill each other."
"We'll be off in a moment," Nico muttered. "I just need to talk to them before we leave."
Chiron nodded, and trotted off. I gave Annabeth a hug. "See you in four months."
Nico and Thalia started complaining loudly, until Annabeth and I broke apart.
"Are we ready to leave?" I asked, still watching Annabeth walk back towards Cabin 9.
"Er, there's a slight problem. I don't know where- or what- the Burrow is."
"SLIGHT?" Thalia yelled, and I smelled ozone. "HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET THERE- I THOUGHT YOU KNEW!"
"You thought," Nico said calmly. "I didn't want to bother Chiron with an explanation.
"I have an idea," I said.
Thalia snickered, and I shot her a Clarisse- like glare (which only made her laugh more.)
"Chiron said our stuff would be at the Burrow, right? So how about thinking about out school supplies with our name and wands and everything, so it might get us to the Burrow place?"
Nico frowned.
"Come to think about it, that might work," Thalia thought out loud.
"See, I have brains, too," I complained loudly. I was about to make one last comment, until I landed somewhere dark, dizzy and nauseous.
"Least you could do was tell us when you were going to shadow travel," Thalia groaned.
"Hey, it's not like you did anything," Nico retorted.
"Excuse me, but who was there to save your sorry butt when-"
"Guys," I interrupted. "You can stay down there, Death Breath and Pinecone Face, but I'd rather get out of here."
That made us get up and find a door, which was luckily in front of our faces. Pushing it open, we got out and realized where we were.
Hades Underpants, we landed in a freaking bathroom cabinet. Thanks, Nico.
"You're welcome," Nico said sarcastically. "And I'd prefer it if you didn't use my father's undergarments in your speech. I am his son, you see."
Gods, I didn't realize I just said that out loud. But I figured it would make me sound more like Percy the Idiot, so I let it pass (not before sticking my tongue out at him.)
After we got out, we did the only reasonable thing to do- we walked out of the bathroom and down the hall to ask for help, when I came face to face with Rachel Elizabeth Dare.