I swim to the beach , feeling nostalgic as I see the cabin me and my mom used to visit frequently. I manipulate the mist not letting the mortals see me come from the ocean. I walk towards the cabin and open the door and I grimace at the dust it accumulated along the years. I make a note to come here another time and clean it as I close the door and start walking in the direction of the city.

I was walking down the streets of New York when a boy bumps into me. "I'm sorry!! " He exclaims and I nod forgiving him easily since I see crutches on his legs. That's when I see him stiffen suddenly sniffing the air. My eyes become sharp assessing him. Is he a monster? But no that can't be right. I see no mist covering his form.

"Go-ods of Olympus!!" He exclaims,well more like bleats and I relax coming to the conclusion that he is just a satyr. It's time to act then.

"Gods? Are you a believer of any religion?" I ask innocently.

"Oh..um... Yeah. My whole family worships the Greek gods" He says smiling nervously.

"Oh really!!" I exclaim acting surprised. "Well I am strict believer of the Almighty one. I worship God with capital G" I say feeling giddy at how I am playing with him. I know it's a little cruel but I can't stop it. His eyes widen in terror.

"You don't believe in Greek myths?" He squeaks out.

"Nope. No way I am going to worship them. They are just barbaric." I hold back a wince as thunder booms loudly in the sky. Note to self: Do not criticize the gods. Not even for fun.

"I'm sorry for not introducing myself earlier. I am Percy. Perseus Jackson."

"You have a Greek name but you donot believe in them?" He asks incredulous but shakes my offered hand.

"I'm Grover. Grover Underwood" He introduces himself. "I hope I am not rude but where are you going?" He asks.

"Well I don't know. Mom is busy today. So I thought to go explore the nature. I want to get out of the hustle and bustle of the city. I heard there are strawberry fields nearby. So I thought to visit there." I explain hinting him subtly. His face glows at that as if Apollo parked his car on his face.

"Oh really? I know where they are. I could take you there." He offers.

"That's very nice of you. Yes please" I ask and then we proceed to book a cab and are on our way when the weather takes a drastic turn as a storm starts.

"Sorry kiddos. But this is till where I can go. You can get out now." The car driver says and I look at Grover questioningly. I don't care about the rain at all. It even refreshes me. Grover shrugs and we climb down the cab.

"Come on this way." He gestures me to follow him in climbing a hill which I know for sure is the half-blood hill. We were steadily climbing the hill when there is a roar behind us. I look back and stop a groan that threatens to come out my mouth. Did Uncle Hades suddenly start hating me or what? Because if I am not mistaken the monster behind us is certainly the Minotaur.

"Wh.. What is that!!" I scream in false horror.

"Percy I'll explain everything later. First we need to reach the camp"

"Camp? "

"Yes. It's just down the hill. Can you see the pine tree there. If we cross it we will be safe." Ah yes the infamous Thalia's tree. I have heard about the unfortunate girl who was turned into a tree. My family totally freaked out when they heard what happened to the daughter of Zeus. They were afraid I suffer a similar fate seeing I was also born out of a broken oath. I shake my head to clear my thoughts.

The Minotaur is halfway to us when we start running when I hear a screech. I turn back and immediately freeze in my tracks. Uncle Hades should really hate me because if I am not mistaken, there is also a Fury flying towards us. When father informed me that uncle would send monsters after me, I thought maybe a couple of hellhounds. Not two most dangerous monsters in the history of Greek mythology. Time for action then. I turn around and Grover bleats in misery.

"Percy what are you doing? "

"You go Grover. I will take care of them" I order.

"No way. You don't know anything about... "

"Just shut up and go Grover" I snap at him. He hesitates for a moment but rushes off to camp probably to bring reinforcements. I look as the Minotaur rushes towards me it's hands outstretched. I felt the time slow down around me as my eyes become focused. I swivel to the right just as it was about to catch me. And just as I had thought, the Minotaur couldn't take fast turns. So while it outruns me I jump on its back and cling hard as it shakes hard to remove me. My eyes find the horns and I get a stupid idea that would surely give me a house arrest if mother ever knows of it. I catch hold of a horn and pull it back with all my strength, the rain rejuvenating me. Snap! The horn breaks and I waste no time to plunge it into it's neck. I jump down from its back just as it starts dissolving into gold dust. I take the horn, my first spoil of war, I think proudly before my attention directs towards my next opponent.

"Alecto?" I whisper holding the horn in front of me in an attacking position. Alecto nods at me very subtly.

"Yes Perseus it is me. You have to kill me" She says and I flatter.

"What?"

"Do not worry. This is all Lord Hades plan. I would reform immediately. He said it would be dramatic if he sent both me and the Minotaur."

I groan at that. "Damn gods and their need of dramatics." I whisper before immediately dodging an attack from Alecto.

"Die Perseus Jackson" She shouts as she flies at me and wow. She is very good at acting. I duck at another swipe of her talons. Next I roll down rather than swiveling sideways when she flew at me and stab the horn in her abdomen.

"Sorry Alecto" I whisper as she screeches leaving nothing but golden dust behind. I turn around my breath little heavy and look at the assembled audience looking at me in shock and awe. Atleast they had a good show I think as I take my backpack which has fallen down sometime during the fight and trudge upwards the hill.

I close my eyes with a sharp intake of breath as the protective magic of Thalia's tree washes over me. But the feeling was short lived as I was immediately bombarded with hundreds of questions from everyone.

"Shut the hell up will you" I snap and they all close their mouths looking at me with wide eyes.

"Thanks. That's good. Now. " I turn my head towards Grover. "Would you mind explaining what the hell is happening now?" I ask patting myself inwardly at my acting skills. That was when Chiron(I think fondly) and is it Dionysus? comes towards us from the camp. I hold back a smile as I see them stumble on nothing when they see me. And they nearly fall down in shock as that was the moment father decided to claim me. I am gonna give a huge hug to dad when I see him next time I think as I look at the fading hologram of trident above me.

They all kneel down still in shock at the chain of shocking events. Chiron kneels down on his front legs while Dionysus continues to gape at me.

"It's determined" Chiron announces as he asks my name. I keep my expression a mixture of shock and confusion and I say my name. "It's Perseus" I pause just to see their reaction and as expected Chiron's and Dionysus' eyes widen more. "Perseus Jackson" I say. There was a couple of seconds of silence before Chiron comes out of his shock.

"All hail Perseus Jackson. Son of Poseidon. God of seas and earthquakes. All hail the son of the Stormbringer."