Hi Demigods! It's me Jackie. How's Life? Good? Good.

Sorry for not updating in a while. I've been busy with school stuff and my weekends have been crazy too. Gonna do a disclaimer.

Me: I do not own PJO or HoO.

Percy: Nobody owns me! (Snaps fingers)

Darcy: What the heck are you doing Percy.

Me: Ummmm, actually Uncle Rick does.

Percy: Who in Olympus is Uncle Rick?! Wait... Darcy are you not telling me something?

Darcy: Of course I haven't told you anything yet, that's what this chapter is about! Duh.

Percy: CHAPTER? What in Hades is happening?

Me: Holy Hera Percy calm down. I'm just letting people know that Rick Riordan invented you. Not you Darcy, I invented you.

Percy and Darcy: ...

OK there we have it! Enjoy!

Darcy"s POV:

I wiped a tear off my face. I was ready to tell Percy everything, but how could I begin? As if reading my mind, Percy said, "Okay. I know how we can start this whole thing. Let's do a Q and A. I'll ask you a question you give me an answer. How's that?" I thought about it. A Q and A seemed easy enough. I nodded my head.

"Okay. Question 1, why are you afraid of the water?" This would be easy. "Well, on my 8th birthday, my friend Lexi and I were swimming, but my other...friend Avery was kinda reluctant to come in. We convinced her though. As she was running in, she tripped and literally flew out into the ocean. I was swimming out to go find her and the water was getting really choppy as I went out. I kept screaming for her and she stopped answering after a little bit. I was always afraid to see her body in the water. She um... she's dead now. " Percy gasped. "Oh my gods Darcy, I'm so sorry." I didn't say anything. There was one more part of the story I had never told anyone. "Percy, I wasn't done. Avery... She was my, um, twin sister." A tear leaked out of my eye. Percy wrapped his arms around me. He kept telling me he was sorry.

"Percy, it's okay." I said, even though guilt had been tearing me up for years. I just wanted him to stop apologizing. "You didn't do anything wrong." I told him. I did, I thought. Percy looked into my eyes. "You didn't either, sis." he said. I looked away. He was just trying to make me feel better. I hadn't been able to save her from the ocean, the one thing that made me special. Just then, a horrible realization came over me. My twin sister. Born 2 minutes after me. Poseidon was her father too. He could have saved her. After all, she was a daughter of the ocean too. Avery could have been alive, she could have met Percy, she could've ad a future. "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAVE HER?!" I screamed at the ocean. Percy jumped back, confused. "Darcy?" he asked. I was fuming.

"SHE COULD'VE BEEN ALIVE! I COULD'VE HAD A SISTER! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" My voice faltered. I couldn't believe this. She was dead, because of my father.

Percy's POV:

Darcy had a twin, and she was dead. I hugged her and kept apologizing, though I didn't know why. Possibly because I just felt so terrible that she had kept that secret inside of her for all these years. I looked into her eyes, tears brimming mine. She looked... guilty, sad, and a tiny bit afraid. I knew she thought Avery's death was her fault, but it wasn't. "You didn't do anything wrong." she said, her voice soft. She thought I felt guilty, for some strange reason. "You didn't either, sis." I reassured her. She looked away.

Then, out of nowhere, a shadow crossed her face, making her look angry, like she wanted to kill someone. It reminded me of a couple years ago, when my girlfriend Annabeth and I were in Tartarus. I had tried controlling poison, and apparently, I had looked pretty scary, because she had looked at me with fear and tears in her eyes, and said. "Percy, don't ever do that again."

I turned my attention back to Darcy. She was now standing on the edge of the wave we had been riding on and screamed, "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAVE HER?!" at the ocean. I jumped back, startled. I had never seen her like this. "Darcy?" Was she okay? She had tears in her eyes, angry tears. "SHE COULD'VE BEEN ALIVE! I COULD'VE HAD A SISTER! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" Her voice faltered.

The ocean started to spin, frothing and making huge waves. "Show yourself Poseidon! FATHER, DON'T BE A COWARD!" Darcy yelled. She was talking to... Dad? My father appeared out of nowhere. Okay... How come she showed up for her? I pushed that thought out of my mind and looked down at my father. He sat on top of his own wave and looked angry. "WHO DARE CALLS ME A COWARD!?" He yelled. I flinched. Not that I was scared or anything, but it was just loud that's all. And startling. Forget about that. My dad looked at Darcy and I. "Perseus, Darcy." he said, calming down. Then he noticed Darcy's fuming expression. "Ummmm... Hey, Darcy." he said. I internally laughed. I'd never seen my dad act so nervous. She glared at him, her sea blue eyes (Like a turquoise color) darkening. "Why." She said, her voice barely audible over her growing storm. "Why, did you let Avery die, why did you not save me fro-from him, why did you let my mother die." I gasped. "Darcy, -" The god of the sea was cut off by an 11 year old. "Why did you leave me to die, why did you never send a sign that someone was out there, listening to my cries, why did you let me get beat up in school." I looked at Poseidon. He had tears in his eyes. "WHY?" Darcy cried. Then, she fell, silently sobbing, into the sea. My father picked her up and held her. She was shaking. I walked across the water to my family. "Is- is she ok?" I asked. Face-palm, that was a stupid question. "Perseus, has she told you nothing?" I shook my head. "That's sorta what we were in the process of doing.

"Would you like me to tell you?" I nodded, I wanted to know, soooooo bad. "Well, Darcy's mother was a beautiful woman. She had caramel colored eyes, and short, wavy brown hair. She taught Mythology classes at a local library. When we had Darcy and Avery, it was a total surprise. I stayed with her for half of a year, then of course had to leave to return to my duties on Mount Olympus. She was heartbroken, but took great care of the twins. Then, she remarried to a man named Pete. He worked at a gym. He was extremely nice to her face. But he did a lot of drinking. So when Jenna, Darcy's mom, was gone, he would treat her and Avery like slaves. But he told them he'd kill them if they told, so they never said anything. Then, Avery drowned. It was awful for Darcy. Avery was only thing that kept Darcy from going insane. Once she was gone, Darcy had no one to talk to. Not to mention, she was bullied at school for her dyslexia and ADHD. But having her mother be with her always made her happy. In that same year, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. I tried to get Apollo to heal her, but you know how it is. We can't meddle in mortal lives. She died the next year. Darcy was truly alone, living with her abusive stepfather. He beat her, starved her, and occasionally would cut her. Then, Annabeth brought her here." He finished.

I looked at my now passed out sister. I would do anything for her. "Wow..." I didn't know what to say. "I want to bring her back to the cabin." My father handed her over to me. I'd never realized how light she was. "Goodbye son." my father said. With a wave of his hand, we were back in cabin 3.

"I won't let anything happen to you." I promised, and put her to sleep.

Darcy's POV:

I was dreaming again. One of those flashback dreams.

I woke up to the sound of Pete screaming at me. "Get up, you little brat!" he yelled. "I'm practically starvin. Make breakfast!" I pulled myself up out of my bed. My head was pounding from the beating i had gotten last night. I took of my flannel pants and blue tank top and threw on a pair of faded jeans and a light blue sw. I walked out of my room. He was there. He slapped me across the face. I didn't bat an eye. Yeah, it hurt, but I wouldn't give him the satisfaction of knowing. "Hurry up, brat." He spat.

I walked past him and into the kitchen. I began to make him eggs. As I stirred them around, my stomach growled. How long had it been since I had last eaten? A week? I was so hungry. I brought him his plate, ready for the torture. I sat down across from him as he ate. My stomach begging for just a bite. He leaned over and punched me in the face, just because. "Are you hungry?" he asked with mock sweetness in his voice. "Well too bad! Only good girls get to eat, and you certainly aren't a good girl are you?" I shook my head, knowing that he wanted me to beg. " Ok, now get out of my sight." I ran into my closet/ bedroom and began to brush my long, wavy, dark brown hair. I slipped on some ratty converse and left the house through the fire escape.

Once I got to the school, I walked into my first class, English. (Her dream was set the year before she got to CHB)I sat down next to a girl with straight, brown hair, with a streak of blonde in the front. She was wearing purple glasses and had hazel eyes. I thought she was new. "Hi." she said. "Hello. Are you new?" She nodded. "I'm from upstate. A little town called Carmel. I'm Leanna. What's your name?" She asked me. "I'm Darcy. Welcome to NYC." Leanna smiled. Then, walked in. She handed out a worksheet. Great, we had to read something and write about it. I could never. I was busy drawing a ship when I looked over at Leanna. She was already half way done with her writing. She looked up at me.

"What? Am I doing something wrong?" she asked. "No, it's just that you're already halfway done with your writing." I said. She blushed a little bit. "I write a lot. I really love it." She peeked over at my paper. "That's a really good ship." she smiled. "Uh, thanks. English is a little hard for me. I- I'm uh, dyslexic and ADHD. So..." I trailed off. She nodded her head and went back to her paper. I continued on my ship. Then she looked up with a happy look on her face. "What's the teacher's name again?" she asked me. " ." I said. Leanna raised her hand. "Yes?" said. "Is it ok if Darcy works with me a little bit? I'm having a little trouble, and its just so hard being in a totally new place..." She wiped a tear from under her eye. She looked really upset. "Of course go ahead." The teacher said. Leanna smiled through her tears. "Th-Thank you." Ms. Davis smiled and went back to grading papers. "Are you ok?" I asked Leanna. "Yeah, of course. Why wouldn't I be?" she smiled happily, any trace of sadness was wiped off of her face. She laughed a little bit. "I used to act at a theater called Pied Piper when I lived in Carmel. I like to act too." I gave her a little applause. "Great performance!" I said, smiling. It was the first time I had smiled in a long time. Leanna had helped me with the writing, and I had got an A. The scene of the dream changed.

It was Leanna again, but she was a year older. I knew it was her. Her purple glasses gave it away. She was running with a girl who was her polar opposite. She had jet black hair that was cut in a short bob and dark brown eyes. She was wearing all black except for some red and pink. Leanna was farther ahead than she was. "Come on Rose! Just a little farther! Then we'll loose them!" Rose was struggling. "I'm doing the best I can with a broken ankle, dammit!" They turned a corner and ran into an abandoned house. Leanna stared straight at me for a second, then turned around shaking her head. Rose crumpled to the ground. "Rose!" Leanna lifted her up. Rose was super pale. "I-I can't Leanna, I can't keep running. I'm sorry I dragged you into all this." Leanna shook her head. "NO Rose, I'm in it as much as you are. We just need to get to Long Island. That's what the boy told us." Rose nodded and passed out. "Anyone, if you're up there please help." Leanna went to sleep.

I woke up with a start. I was alone and for a second I forgot where I was. "Hello? Percy?" I called for my brother. He came running in. "Sis! You're awake." He smiled. "How do you feel?" I nodded. "Fine, a little tired but fine. I had a weird dream Percy." He sat down. Knock, knock. Annabeth came running into our cabin. "Is Darcy awake yet?" She walked into the bedroom. "Yes." She answered her own question. Percy nodded at me. "Hi Annabeth. So, it started off with a flashback to my stepdad. Then I went to school and talked to a girl named Leanna. I remember her. It was last year that I met her. She was really my only friend. We never got to do much together, but we were still pretty close. Then, it was her and another girl, named Rose, I have no idea she was. They were both running from something. Leanna looked a little different. She was skinnier, and she had some cuts on her. The girl Rose had cuts on her too, and she was not as skinny as Leanna. Her ankle was broken. They stopped inside an abandoned house, Leanna almost looked like she saw me, but then she turned away. Now here's the weird part. Leanna said that a boy had told her to get to Long Island. The end." Annabeth looked at Percy. "Ummmmmmm..." She said. "I have a sort of idea of what is going on. The flashback part was definitely a flashback-" Percy laughed. "Thanks for telling us that Wise Girl." She playfully slapped him. "Shut up, Seaweed Brain. Anyway, the second half. I-I think it might have been real." Percy nodded. "These kind of dreams happen to me a lot." He said. "Wait. So, if this is real, then Leanna's really in danger. We have to help her!" Percy nodded. "But first, we have to go to the arena. Grab Sapphire, Clarisse wants to see you."

The End! I guess this IS sorta cliffy... PLEASE REVIEW, FOLLOW AND FAVORITE! Jackie Out.