DISCLAIMER: I do not own the PJO/ HoO series

A/N: So here is the longer chapter like I promised. I hope you guys like it! I've been getting requests for more Isolde POVs so here it is. Enjoy!

Isolde

It's been two and a half months, and we are in Easton, Pennsylvania. I know, I know. According to Google Maps, the trip to Easton should have taken about 241 hours, and 256 hours to New York, but that was if we walked non-stop. Auden and I had to sleep, eat , and take detours to escape mortal police. Plus, we're demigods. Come on. Right now, it's like maybe 10 or so at night. Auden is praying to Athena because she thinks that Athena is her mom. She couldn't be more correct. Lucky her. I still have no idea who my mom is. At first, I thought she would be Aphrodite, but she seems to girly, so I am completely out of luck. Auden tells me that my mom might be a minor goddess like Iris or Hecate, but I don't do rainbows or magic. So I am stuck, with no one to pray to, and absolutely no clue of my parentage (besides dad). Lucky me.

I thought of myself three months ago, when I first ran away. I was stupid, thinking that I needed three different curling irons and a whole case of makeup. Basically, this was what my "running away bag" was three months ago: phone, phone charger, curling irons, makeup, sleeping bag, spare outfits, nectar/ambrosia, icebreaker (my sword), sunglasses from Prada, a nail file and nail polish from Dior. I mean, Auden and I use the nail polish and makeup to make us look somewhat normal, but I still feel like things have changed a lot. Three months ago I would have never thought about leaving the house (wait, mansion) without a full face of makeup. Now, I wore much less makeup and didn't really curl my hair. Thinking about this made me feel sad. My old self was so different from who I am right now.

"WAKE UP!" Auden' semi-shouted as she shook me awake. She has this thing where she would tell people things, and people obey her without question. So basically, I had no choice. I groaned and sat up. Auden looked like she had been awake for a long time. Her hair was neatly braided and pulled up in a somewhat high ponytail, and she changed to a spare outfit she'd brought along. It was a trench coat with black leggings and her usual converse. She had laid out some Ritz crackers and a small Dixie cup filled with water. My spare outfit was folded and put next to me. It was around 7 or 8 AM. Yep, Auden was that much of a morning person. Auden smiled. "Morning!"

I frowned and said, "I'm going back to sleep."

"No no no no no, missy." Auden rolled her eyes. "Today is the day."

A realization spread within me. "Right. Sorry, I forgot." Today was the day we would hopefully, make it New York. We Ran into someone on the way, and he told us what to look for.

"Look for Delphi Strawberry Service when you get to New York. Try to take a cab and hand the card to the driver. Tell him to stop about five minutes before you arrive. Enter, but be careful. There may or may not be a monster trying to take you down," he had said. He handed me a card that had the address on it. The guy seemed awfully familiar, but at the time, we could not stop and chat. We were kinda sorta on a run. What did Auden call him... Beck? Weird.

I ate my "breakfast" and went to the nearby restroom to change while Auden cleaned up the alley we stayed in last night. I changed into white T-Shirt, a jacket, skinny jeans, and a pair of lace-up boots.I put on some makeup and quickly braided my hair into dutch pigtails.I cleaned some of the dirt off of my previous outfit and headed back to Auden. She had already put my sleeping bag back in my knapsack and put some of our things into our bags.

"Ready to go?" I asked Auden.

She handed me the map and nodded. "Let's go."

We were officially out of Easton. We were in the middle of nowhere, New York and there was this weird guy following us. Talk about stalkers. He was a ginger, with super pale green eyes and sideburns. He kinda reminded me of this villain "prince" from a Disney movie, minus the fact that he was a middle-aged man with a potbelly. I don't remember what movie though.

Auden was getting suspicious. She was clutching her dagger in her pocket. Let's just take a moment to talk about her dagger. It's super pretty. Imperial gold and celestial bronze swirled together, with some small diamonds. Its name is Twister, I think? Yeah. I felt Icebreaker getting colder in my jacket. I mean, yeah Isolde. Icebreaker is literally made of unmeltable ice, so it's always cold. I'm not very smart, obviously. Back to the present, the man was looking at us and Auden snapped. Freaked. Somewhat panicked. Which was bad.

"Whatcha looking at?" She shouted. I mentally facepalmed as his eyes lit up. Great Auden. Look what you've gotten us into. I grabbed her hand and ran before she could do anything stupid again. That seemed ironic. The supposed daughter of Athena doing something stupid.

"Why Auden? Why?" Frankly, Auden had upset me a lot. What if the guy was just a mortal. What if he wasn't after us? I would rather run away from the monster than fight it, but Auden obviously disagrees.

"I am going to kill that little monster with my own hands," she said, glaring at the man, who was still looking at us. She looked like she was thinking of the many different ways to take him down. "That's it."

I seriously hated Auden sometimes. She let go of my hand, unsheathed her dagger, and charged the man shouting, "Whatcha lookin' at ugly?"

I think I've mentally facepalmed so many times today my head hurts. At least she got the ugly part right. Auden reminded me of an annoying little sister, but she was losing ground against the man. He had transformed into this Cyclops (well, his eye mostly). The mist had fooled us yet again. Auden was good with her dagger, but she had to get close to do good damage. Plus, she isn't the most experienced. I knew that I wasn't that great of a fighter, but I believe in strength in numbers. So I did what I thought was best. I ran straight into battle. Three words: I am stupid.

_A/N: If you guys have figured out my riddle from chapter 2 ? If so, please PM me or send your answer to me privately. Please do not spoil it for others, although the riddle is fairly easy. I'm having trouble coming up with ideas, so feel free to PM me if you want to help. I apologize ahead of time just in case your idea isn't used.