I thought for once my life would be normal but of course life as a demigod is never that easy. I've recently defeated the titan lord Kronos so you think I deserve a break right. Wrong. My name is Percy Jackson, saviour of Olympus you may have thought my story ended at the end of the 2nd titan war and I got the girl (which I did), that my life would go back to normality, well whatever normality you can get being a demigod. But if you've paid attention in Latin class you've probably learnt that for heroes there is no such thing 'happy ending'.

At the end of the not all the titans were defeated and got a one way ticket back to Tartarus. Some went into hiding and not even the gods can find them. This is the story where, for once, I don't have to be the hero, well mainly because I can't. The titans decided as for revenge for defeating Kronos they would poison me. Nice right. Well so why I'm busy well dying my friends are busy trying to find the cure so I don't have an unplanned visit to my uncle. So I might as well look on the bright side right, it looks like I'll miss that algebra exam.

Chapter 1

If you're a mortal dreams are usually good well expect if you have a nightmare. Well I'm not mortal and demigod dreams suck. I know I've said it before but it's true because there never just dreams, they have to be all prophetic and annoying. I know I sound all whiney but unless your also a demigod you have no idea what I'm talking about.

I dreamt I was on Olympus, but the sky was pitch black and rain was hammering down so I knew something was seriously wrong. I could hear arguing coming from the throne room so, naturally, I went to investigate. Inside I was shocked to see that the entire Olympian council was gathered, including Hestia and Hades. Hint number 2 that something is wrong since Hades was only supposed to be on Olympus during the winter solstice.

"What do you mean Zeus" my father shouted, he seemed angry for some reason and I wanted to find out what had him so worked up. When I looked around I saw similar expressions on all the Olympians.

"You heard me after the war we never managed to catch all the titans and send them back to Tartarus" Zeus said.

"Where exactly are you getting with this father?" Artemis asked.

"I mean the titans we never captured because they went into hiding immediately after the war, such as Krios, are rising again. We were foolish not to deal with them straight after the war and now they are out for revenge"

"Revenge on us?" Hermes asked

"No think" Athena started "We really didn't play an active part in the titans downfall, we were too preoccupied with Typhon. Think who fought in the war and defeated Kronos, that's who they want revenge on and they won't stop until they get it"

"So you're saying our children are in danger" Hermes asked and my blood ran cold. No one answered as they all knew the answer.

"What are we going to do about it" asked Aphrodite.

"I think we should start by…" Zeus started and I didn't hear the rest as a woke up, shivering and covered in a cold sweat. The titans are out for revenge, just my luck I thought. I looked around and saw that I was at home in my room, nothing to worry about. I looked at my alarm clock on my bedside table and saw it was 1:24am. Great just great I thought and I have school tomorrow well I guess today.

I thought I was never going to get to sleep yet so I got up grabbed some clean clothes and went to the bathroom to wash the sweat off. While I was splashing water on my face and thinking about my dream I felt a sharp pain in my stomach and felt all dizzy and light- headed. I rushed over to the toilet where I promptly puked my guts up. I remained like that for 5 minutes and started to feel better and the nauseating feeling went as quickly as it came. I wandered over to the sink to brush my teeth and rinse my mouth out, anything to get rid of the taste of vomit in my mouth.

I changed into a clean pair of boxer shorts and slipped on a white cotton shirt. I decided to go into the kitchen to get a drink and found a can of coke I opened it and downed half the can when the nauseating feeling overcome me again. I knew wouldn't make it to the toilet and threw up in the kitchen sink. I was there for 10 minutes throwing up, only for the pain to lessen a little. I rinsed out the sink and made my way back to the bathroom where I remained for the next couple of hours to be on the safe side before I crawled back into bed. I looked at my alarm clock and it said 5:24. Oh my gods I have been up for 4 whole hours at least I can get another hour of sleep before school.

It felt as though I had barely shut my eyes when I heard my mom shouting "Percy Percy are you up yet, hurry up or your going to be late on your on your first day back" I looked at my alarm clock for the 3rd time that morning and it said 7:02. Great just great I thought as I climbed out of bed grabbed a pair of jeans and a sea green t-shirt. I ran to the bathroom again for the 3rd time that day and saw my reflection in the mirror and almost gasped.

I looked pale and clammy with dark circles under my eyes. My normally vibrant sea green eyes were dull. I stripped off my shirt but remained in my boxers as I stepped into the shower and turned the water on full blast. Being a son of Poseidon, really has its perks like not getting wet unless I want to, which was really helpful when your running late for school.

I got out of the shower, quickly got changed and brushed my teeth. I looked in the mirror again and saw my face had a bit more colour to it but it was still really pale and my eyes looked less dull but still had bags under them. Strange, I thought normally water completely reenergised me like drinking 5 cups of black coffee. I'm probably just worried about the dream. I grabbed my lethal ball point pen riptide and slipped on my watch and grabbed my sea green school bag and ran into the kitchen. I looked at my watch and it said 7:26. Good if I left now I should make it to school on time. I grabbed the keys to my blue maserati spyder, which was a 16th birthday present from my Dad as I was about to leave when my mom caught sight of me.

"Have a nice day at school sweetie, Paul went on ahead so…" my mom stopped and really looked at me "Percy do you feel alright you look ever so pale"

I could tell my mom was worried so I told her "I feel fine just didn't get that much sleep last night" it wasn't exactly lying but I just missed the detail as to why I was up half the night.

I could tell my mom didn't believe me then she said "Well if you didn't get much sleep maybe its best if you stay home today and I'll call Paul to pick up your timetable and stuff"

"No no, I told you I felt fine so I'll see you later mom" I said then walked out before my mom could stop me. As soon as I got out the door I felt that strange nauseating feeling and rushed to the nearest public toilets in the apartment block where I threw up again. I must've got food poisoning or something I thought, I grabbed a bottle of water out of my bag and made it ice cold then drank it all. I immediately started to feel better so ran down the stairs to my car and drove to school.

I pulled into the parking lot and parked in the nearest available space. I looked at my watch and it said 7:52, good I thought, enough time to get my timetable and get to homeroom which starts at eight. I entered and went to the office to collect my timetable and my locker number. I found my locker and dumped my PE kit in it along with my lunch. I pulled out my timetable and studied it.

Period 1 – Science, Mrs White

Period 2 – Algebra, Dr Boring

Period 3 – English, Mr Blofis

Period 4 - Lunch

Period 5 – Greek Mythology, Mr Riordan

Period 6 – PE, Miss Wills

"Great I have to wait until after lunch to do a class that I'll actually enjoy" I muttered to myself as the bell signalling the start of homeroom went. I looked at my timetable to see where my home is and saw it was in room 303 with Ms Rogers, so I headed there.

I took a seat at the back of the classroom by myself and tried to ignore the girls making googly eyes at me. Oh did I forget to mention that I'm considered to be one of the hottest guys at Goode, not that it mattered or I cared. The teacher started taking the register and I wasn't paying attention until one particular name.

"Sam Fitzgerald" the teacher said

"Here Miss"

"Thalia Grace" wait what last I checked Thalia was a hunter what was she doing here. "Thalia Grace" the teacher repeated.

"Here Miss sorry I'm late I'm new and don't know my way around" a girl said. Sure enough it was Thalia at my school, her black hair was spiked up and she was wearing skinny jeans and her death to Barbie t-shirt.

"That's alright dear everyone gets lost on their first day so why don't you go sit next to Percy" at my name Thalia's electric blue eyes lit up and she spotted at the back. "He's the one with black hair sitting at the back."

"Ok, thank you Miss" Thalia said sweetly, gods I didn't know Thalia could be sweet, than headed over and sat down in the seat next to me. She turned to look at me with a grin on her face and said "So Seaweed Brain bet you're surprised to see me." Then she looked at me properly and her smile faded and face creased with worry.