(A.N.) Ok, ok ok! I'm soooooo sorry! Like, seriously! I'm sorry for a few things actually... 1) I am sorry for not updating for like a month! U probably thought I had fallen off the side of the planet! 2) I am also sorry for this being the shortest chapter ever at 550 words! :( Well... I guess we could look at the bright side! At least I updated! So go on! Read!

If I had been on edge before, Annabeth's Iris Message had really put me on edge. She told me what had happened with the dracanae and that they would get to us around 6:30. She had also tried to get more info about Andy out of me, but I wouldn't break. I didn't want to increase the poor girl's chances of being attacked. The only thing they know about her is that "she looks exactly like her half-brother". But they don't even know which brother so they virtually know nothing about her.

About an hour before Annabeth, Percy and Nico were due to show up I finally assumed it was safe to go back home. And I figured then was as good a time as ever to tell her about the wonderful yet tragic lives of demigods.

Yeah, that went great. Of course at first she didn't believe me (heck, I barely believed me, it still sounded so crazy). That little bit went sort of like this:

"Thalia, you're either really bored or you think I'm really stupid."

I was prepared for that, so I said, "C'mon Andy, you know me. I could never think up something that complex just because I was bored or wanted to mess with you." And it was true. I was not that creative.

"Ok, let's assume what you're saying is true," her voice took on a mocking tone, as if we were playing a game "and you are the daughter of Zeus, you're gonna have to prove it." Despite her tone, I knew her well enough to hear that behind the sarcasm, she was trying to convince herself. I had never lied to her before, and she knew I had no reason to now.

I was prepared for that so I dragged her to her yard and made her look out to the panoramic view of the Superstition mountains. It was cloudy (thank the gods) so I said, "Ok, you see that tree? The one right there?" I made her look where I was looking. She nodded her head. "Alright," I said concentrating very hard on the tree, hoping I could pull it off without starting a wildfire (Grover and Juniper would not be very happy with me), "it's going to be struck with lightning in 3…2…1…"

BANG! The tree was hit.

I looked over at Andy, her mouth agape

"Told you," I said

"I-I still don't believe you," she stuttered

I sighed. Figured.

Just then there was a massive screeching from the front yard, like a large vehicle was coming around a corner too fast. Took 'em long enough! I thought excitedly. I grabbed Andy's wrist and called back to her "Yank your necklace off!"

"What? Why?"

"Just do it! In order of self-defense!"

She looked heart-broken, it was her favorite keepsake, but she yanked the necklace by its silver trident pendant.

By this time, we were in the front yard, an odd scene unfolding before us. I had already notched a arrow and let it fly, squarely hitting a hellhound on the rump, but Andy hardly noticed. Her gaze was held to a 4 foot, bronze sword in the hand that thought would be holding a broken necklace.

(A.N.) Yay! we know who her daddy is! (As if it weren't obvious, but you know what I mean) So... review? Did u like it? Did you hate it? Tell me with that blue button right down there!