Chapter 1

I had been running for miles. Being in cross country throughout my high-school years hadn't hurt at all. But- this year, I figured after all this, I would be done running. 

When I had left, it had been about 3 am. Dark, and quiet I had time to burn. Now, it was around 8 and I was gods-know-where. 

The entire time I had been gripping this thing that Percy gave me- so I figured now was as good a time as any to check it out. 

Heaving out quick, shallow breaths, I took a seat on a patch of grass in the middle of the wooded area I been passing through. 

I set my green pack on the ground beside me and opened my sweaty hand to view the object. 

A squirt gun. 

I couldn´t help it. I started laughing. Laughing harder than ever. Tears came to my eyes- and I thought- if anyone saw me now- they´d think I was insane. 

No wonder that idiot had been laughing. 

He had been planning to do this for months, hadn´t he? 

I turned the squirt gun over in my hand and looked at a scribble on the side. Property of Percy Jackson- if lost return to Olympus. 

I didn´t dare read it out loud. If I had I´d start crying. 

Who needed that anyways?

I tucked it into my bag and pulled out a Ziploc bag that was supposed to hold my hairbrush. Here I found a bag of blue cookies- marked with a smiley face and a See you soon

That a*****e....

I rolled my eyes and grabbed my things- and then it came to me- 

There was the river and-

Perseus Jackson!