"Do we tell her now? Let her grow up knowing? Or do we wait?"

"We attract enough monsters as it is. If she knows, she'll only attract more. We need to keep her from this much as possible."

"But of we lie to her, won't she hate us?"

"I don't know. Maybe. But I would rather not tell her at all."

"We can't. She'll find out eventually."

"So when do we tell her?"

"Fifteen. We tell her when she's fifteen."

"Okay. We tell her when she's fifteen."

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"What the crap?" I stare at the beast. It has the upper body of a bull and the lower body of a man. A name from Mom's book on Greek mythology pops into my head. Minotaur. Right. How do I kill this thing? I ask myself. It's horn. If the Minotaur can be hurt by anything, it's bound to be by its own horn. I jump in front of a tree, partially grateful that I'm wearing a red shirt. The bull charges, but I jump out of the way just in time. It's horn gets stuck the bark and rips off. I pull it out and when the monster charges again, I point the horn at it. It runs into the horn and dissolves into yellow dust. I wipe some of my jeans and pick up the horn.

"That was weird, right?" I head home. When I get there, I go straight to the room and stick the horn in my dresser. I grab out the journal I found in Mom's room. It looks like it is made of green snakeskin. I open it. Most of the pages have been torn out, but the first entry left seems to be the first entry period. I read through it, and suddenly, my day doesn't seem that far fetched. The last part of entry is the writer asking a little girl her name. Her response makes me stop.

"What's your name?" I ask her.

"Annabeth."

I stare at the name. I've heard it countless times. Because it's my mother's name.

"Maya?" Mom calls. I don't respond at first. She walks into my room and sees the journal.

"Is it true?" I demand.

"That?"

"Yes. This journal. Is it true."

"Percy!" Mom screams. Dad runs in. Get this. He's holding a sword.

"Dad. Mom. What aren't you telling me?"

"You are a lot like your mother. Annabeth I thought left that at camp," Dad whispers the last part.

"Camp?" I raise an eyebrow. "The camp you go to every summer but refuse to take me to? That camp?"

"Maya, there's something your mother and I need to tell you. Go ahead Annabeth," Dad looks at Mom expectantly. She looks at him add if to say really? and turns to me.

"Maya, you remember the Greek mythology I've had you learn? Well, is real. All of it."

"And Dad is a son of Poseidon and you're a daughter of Athena?"

"Um, yeah, actually. How'd you know?"

"Please. If Greek mythology is real, then the gods are likely to do the same things they used to do. Come to earth and have half god half mortal kids, like Jason and Perseus. Oh my gosh, Dad you were named after Perseus."

"Yes I was. Back to how you knew who or parents are."

"Please. I've met Grandpa, so Mom had to have a goddess for her mom. Only one goddess had grey eyes. Athena. And Dad, I've seen you explode the plumbing when you're mad."

"Okay for the record," he says after seeing Mom's face, "I did not know anytime was there, and I wasn't mad. I was having a bad dream."

"Never mind, I understand now. But seriously, you've got to learn to control that."

"Yes. I know."

"Percy? Annabeth!" A familiar voice calls from downstairs.

"This discussion is not over," Mom gives me a pointed look and leaves. Dad follows her. "Hey Jason."

Jason Grace is one of Mom and Dad's best friends. "Hey. I have no idea what to do. Mason knows."

"So does Maya. How's Piper?"

"Attempting to convince Mason he's imagining the hellhound that just attacked him."

"At least Maya's never been attacked," Dad says. I snort.

"Consider yourselves lucky. You tell Maya?"

"Never. Well, not willingly."

"I find that hard to believe coming from a genius strategist and a guy who can control water."

"She found Luke's journal," Mom says.

"I thought you left that with Chiron."

"I sorta took it back."

"Why? He betrayed you."

"Oh! Hi Mr. Jackson, Mrs. Jackson," another voice says. I grin.

"Luke. Hi. Maya's inside," Mom says. I sit on my bed.

"Hey Maya."

"Sup Luke," I wave him in. Luke is my friend from school. This may sound ridiculous, but I take some college classes.

"Oh my gods. How did I not see it before?" Mom exclaims. I can almost hear Dad and Jason's confused looks. "Eighteen years ago, Luke opted for rebirth. Now there's an eighteen year old who looks exactly like him minus the scar whose name is Luke. Do the math."

"You don't think..." Dad trails off. "I'm gonna kill him."

"Percy no!"

"Annabeth, he hurt you. He betrayed all of us and let Kronos take over his body and-"

"Stop. Talking. He wouldn't remember any of that, because of the Lethe. This Luke, is not the same Luke who betrayed us. That Luke had an insane mother, a terrible childhood, and am evil Titan whispering in his ear. Currently, said evil Titan has practically been wiped from existence."

"Annabeth-"

"No. You're not going to kill an innocent kid for something he did in a different life. Twenty years ago."

"Fine. But if he so much as hurts one hair on my baby's head, I will break him."

"At which point you will be arrests for assault and possibly murder. Unless he turns into an evil maniac, you won't touch him."

I snicker at my parents bickering. Dad never wins these arguments. Luke looks stoney faced.

"What?" I ask.

"If your mom is right, and I am evil, then I can't be around you."

"What? Luke, that's not you. You're Luke Wells, a.k.a., my best friend."

"But Maya-"

"No buts. Now I have something to show you," I pull out the Minotaur horn.

"Woah. Where'd you get that?"

"Off the giant monster that attacked me no more than fifteen minutes ago."

"And you're not trembling with fear and insanity."

"It will probably hit me tonight when I go to bed."

"Whatever Jackson," Luke pulls out a textbook.

"You're seriously going to study after finding out that Greek mythology is real, my parents are demigods, and you died."

"Um, I didn't know about either of the first two things but yes. We have a biology test in two weeks."

"Which I will ace because first off, I ace ask my tests, and second of all, anything to do with water is a piece of pie."

"I still don't get why you say a piece of pie rather than a piece of cake."

"Because I hate cake."

"Again. I still don't get why."

"There's a lot you don't get Luke."

"Shut up."

"Make me."

"After hearing what your dad said, no thanks. But can you please help me study now?"

"Whatever," I take the textbook from him. "what's the difference between a porpoise and a dolphin?"

"One has a noise and the other doesn't?"

"Yes. And?"

"One is a species of the other?"

"No."

"Try something else."

"Kelp versus seaweed."

"Kelp has roots. Seaweed floats?"

"Kelp is a group of single celled organisms that work together to survive. No roots. Just specialized parts of the bottom cells that are made to grip a rock or something. Seaweed is an actual plant. When a patch gets big enough, it can no longer withstand the currents and gets ripped from the sea floor. It floats to the surface where it becomes a home for crabs, fish, and turtles, and their safe haven from sharks and whales."

"Yeah you're going to ace this. And I'm going to fail this."

"Luke, out," Dad walks in.

"Dad," I protest, "Luke's fine. He's not going to hurt me. Like mom said, he's not an evil maniac."

"You heard all that?"

"Yes we did. And like is currently terrified of you."

"With good reason. Out. Now," Dad glares Luke, who takes back his textbook and leaves.

"You're annoying," I slam my door in Dad's face.

"Maya Elizabeth Jackson, open this door!"

"Why? So you can lie and accuse my friends of being evil some more?" I shout.

"Maya, you have to the count of three," Mom says calmly. I open the door. You never want to see Mom when she's at three.

"What?"

"What is that?" She looks over my shoulder at the horn.

"Just the horn of a monster that attacked me earlier. It was the Minotaur, but hey, no biggie."

"So that's how you knew."

"It certainly clued me in. You guys have been lying to me for fourteen years?"

"More like not telling you everything but yes," Dad says.

"I'm exhausted. So why don't I go to bed early while you two do whatever the heck it is you do add demigods," I shut my door and crawl into bed. About an hour later, they finally stop knocking. I look at my alarm clock. Seven thirty. I grab my backpack and stuff an extra T-shirt, some granola bars, a water bottle, and some cash. I add the journal and horn. Then I take out the horn and tie it to my waist. I wait until it hits ten o'clock and then I climb out of my window.

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Percy knocks on the door. "Maya? It's Dad. Can you let me in? Please? We need to talk about last night." He waits a few minutes and knocks again. Percy opens the door and sees the window. And the rope hanging down from it. "Annabeth!" He screams. "Annabeth get in here!"

"What's wrong Perc- oh gods no. Percy, where is she?"

"I'm starting to think we should have told her from the beginning and not have decided to wait until she's fifteen."

"I have got to agree with you. I'm going to call the others, you go in the pool and scream so you don't blow out the plumbing."

Percy nods and goes to the back yard. Annabeth looks out the window and winces as all the water in the pool erupts as if from a volcano. She pulls out her cellphone and calls Jason and Piper.

"Hello?"

"Gods. Jason, she's gone. She ran away. Maya's gone."

"So is Mason. I was hoping you were him."

"What? I'll call Leo. You call Hazel and then get over here ASAP."

"You got it," Jason hangs up. Annabeth punches in another number.

"Hey Annabeth," a female voice answers.

"Calypso? Is that you?"

"The one and only. What's up?"

"Maya's missing."

"I'll tell Leo and Cooper. We'll be over right away. Leo!... What?... No!"

"Calypso?"

"Leo says Cooper's gone."

"I'm calling Nico. You guys just get over here," Annabeth hangs up. It is the same story from him. And Reyna. Soon, the whole gang is in Percy and Annabeth's living room, under much less happy circumstances than the last time they'd all been together, which had been at camp.

Nico di Angelo and Reyna Ramirez-Arellano had both married mortals, so their spouses aren't there. Leo and Calypso Valdez stand together on the brick of the fireplace in case Leo accidentally bursts into flames. Jason and Piper Grace sit on the couch. Hazel Zhang paces behind them, leaving a wake of precious gems in her wake. Her husband, Frank, keeps changing shapes from bulldog into calico cat, almost like the dog and cat versions of him were fighting. Thalia Grace, Jason's sister, repeatedly shoots arrows into the floor. Percy and Annabeth sit together on the opposite side of the room from the kitchen and bathroom.

"You know what, we need to quit panicking. How many of us ran away when we were kids?" Leo, Annabeth, Thalia, and Reyna raise their hands.

"Does being dropped off in the wolf house by my Dad's wife at two qualify?" Jason asks.

"Does running away from camp because I was mad a Percy for killing Bianca count?" Nico asks.

"Does getting cursed to be stuck on an island for eternity because of who my father is count?" Calypso asks.

"Technically I still am a kid," Thalia offers. Even though she was born seven years before Jason, she is still fifteen. She is the lieutenant of Artemis and cannot die unless killed and will never age unless she breaks her vows to remain a virgin.

"They're together," Annabeth says suddenly.

"What?" Leo asks, his eyebrow catching fire.

"Did they all know?"

"Mason knows," Piper says.

"So do Emily and Juliette," Nico has two daughters.

"So does Hylla," Reyna had named her daughter after her sister.

"John and Samira know," Calypso extinguishes Leo's eyebrow.

"Ziva found out yesterday," Hazel says.

"Exactly. They all know each other because we're always hanging out. They trust each other. They're bound to go to each other."

"Annabeth is right," Frank nods. "They're more likely to try and survive as a group rather than on their own."

"Maya was attacked I think by a Minotaur. Jason, you said Mason was attacked by a hellhound?"

"Yeah."

"Ziva was attacked by a manticore."

"Some sort of sea monster attacked the girls," Nico says.

"Lycaon came after Hylla."

None of the others had been attacked. Annabeth suggests a plan that they all agree to. Thalia and the Hunters will search on foot. Nico and Hazel will search the underworld in case they end up there. Jason will search from the air. Percy will search all the waterways. The rest of them will go back to camp and get help.