Chapter 17.

I'm woken up by a cold gust of wind. When I sit up, I see the sun rise through a gap where the entrance to the tent is. At first I think it's an animal or perhaps we were going to get fined for camping here. Hello?" I whisper.

"Morning." The voice belongs to Thalia and I sigh with relief.

"How long have you been up?" I ask, keeping my voice as low as possible.

"Couple of hours. Some one needed to keep watch and I couldn't fall back asleep. It's actually quite unnerving how quiet it is for London."

I hadn't noticed, but the night time traffic has stopped and the only noise is birds chirping. No cars, no shouting.

I stand up and wrap my arms, then exit the tent where the morning chill causes goose bumps. I'm still wearing my clothes from last night. My belts with all my knives lay at the side of my bed, and Backbiter is leaning against the edge."Percy went missing a couple of years ago. He was switched with my brother, Jason. Both of their memories were wiped. Annabeth had everyone looking for the idiot."

"Do Demi gods go missing often?" I ask.

"Yeah." She studies her boots. "Too often."

"So, Grace and Liam are your half siblings on your dad's side?" She asks. I nod my head,

"Dam, must be some special guy. Jason and I have the same mother and father, so it's not uncommon for gods to have children with the same mortal. But I've never heard of three gods to have children with the same person."

"I don't know how that happened." I admit.

"Why was your dream like?" She asks, changing the subject.

"I didn't really have one."

"Lucky. I interrupted Mrs. Dracula and she chased me awake. I hate those things. They're one of the worst and they cause sleep problems."

"Mrs Dracula?"

"Vampire ladies. You shouldn't say the real names of monsters out loud because it gives them more power. I call that thing we killed earlier lions because everyone knows what you're talking about." She explains.

"Does it work for us? If you say my name out loud will I become more powerful?"

"Katy Thomson. Katy Thomson. Katy Thomson." She jokes.

"Thalia." I say, keeping my voice as serious as I can.

"What?"

"I'm, I'm growing wings."

"You know what I want to try?" She asks.

"What? Growing wings?"

"Jason can fly, by controlling the wings. Part of me wants to jump off a cliff and try to fly."

"Do you want a push.?"

She glares at me. "You push me off any cliff and I'll throw you into Tartarus." Her face warms. "I'm not going to, and I never will, but do you ever dream about facing your fear?"

"Public speaking." I confess. "When I read out loud, some times I stumble across the words it feels like they fall into pieces when say them. Also, I hate being in the centre of attention. When I do speeches in class I can't stop my leg from shaking and I feel sick. Yet I always want to give some jaw dropping speech."

Thalia nods her head. "Humans always want what they can't have. Even when it's just their own brain that is stopping them."

"Morning you two." Lexi joins us. She's wearing a grey sports bra matched with three quarter length running tights and grey Nike trainers. Her hair is tied back and she has lined her eyes with mascara. "What's with the eye liner?"

"Your brother's up and bored. I'll be back in half an hour." She nods before running off. "I'll go and see the others." I say before slipping back into the tent.

Liam is fixing his hair in a small mirror on his bed. "Morning prince." I say, overly sweetly.

"Morning, rat's nest." He replies.

"Shut up you two!" Grace grumbles, before rolling over in her bed.

"Such a ray of sunshine of a cloudy day, you are." I mutter.

"Argh, get lost you freak!"

"If I had a dollar." Nico mutters.

"Well, we're in England now. We have pounds and pence. Or quid." I say. I bring back my thick Northern accent that I had hidden when we moved back to New York. "Your voice sounds odd." Nico mutters.

"You're not one to talk Nico." Thalia says as she enters the tent.

"Don't you dare!" Nico warns and he sounds so ominous I have to laugh.

"What's your best British accent?" Thalia asks.

"Well, there are lots of different accents in England alone. Then there's the Irish, Welsh and the Scottish accent. We lived in Teeside, so when I start going on a rant about some thing then it really comes out." I say.

"What's some thing you feel strongly about?" Nico asks. Liam smirks and shouts

"Pluto isn't a real planet!"

"Alright, ok. Sit down son. First of all, Pluto has moons ok. There are five moons, Charon, Hydra, Nix, Styx and Kerberos. You want to know how many moons Earth has? One. Also, it orbits around the Sun. Do you know what the dictionary definition of a planet is? A celestial body moving in an elliptical around a star. Our sun is a star. And, lastly, Viva la Pluto screw you!" I finish shouting and Liam is cackling.

"Shut up man!" Grace calls from her bed.