I know, I really shouldn't be starting a new story. But sorry! I couldn't get this one out of my head so... I know it's kinda lame but whatever. Here goes. Percy is sixteen-turning-seventeen and Danny's sixteen. Phantom Planet didn't happen so only Sam, Tucker, and Jazz know Danny's secret.

"We're doing WHAT?" I couldn't help but yell. Paul had a mix of determination and please-don't-kill-me terror on his face. My mom sighed and explained, again, exactly how they were going to ruin my summer.

"Paul has a big teaching conference in Illinois this summer, and I figured you could use a rest from, ah, your normal summer activities. I'm sure that now the Titan War is over, Chiron and Annabeth will be able to hold down the fort at Camp."

"Even Mr. Big-shot Hero of Olympus needs a break," Paul added. "Besides, we're staying with my cousin, Maddie, and her family. I believe they have a son about your age."

"You can finally have some normal, mortal friends!" Mom smiled. I sighed, knowing where this was headed. Standing up to the Titan Lord? No problem. Standing up to my mom? All Hades breaks loose.

"How long are we going to be there?" I conceded.

"We're leaving Tuesday and coming back two weeks before school starts. If you really want, you can still have your Camp friends over for your birthday. And it'll be nice to get out of the city. I've heard that Amity Park is on the Lake Michigan coast, you can go to the beach!"

"Yeah, whatever," I grumbled. "I'll go IM Chiron and tell him."

"I already did. Annabeth seemed a bit upset, but she said to IM her every night, you Seaweed Brain." My mom had a sparkle of humor in her eyes as she impersonated Annabeth almost perfectly. "Now go pack. I don't want to find you shoving all your stuff in a suitcase an hour before we leave." As I made my way back to my room, I grabbed the bottle of water I always kept on my desk specifically for this purpose. Guiding the water over to my window, rainbow colors shimmered as the sun shone through the water, and I used my free hand to dig a drachma out of my pocket and threw it into the newly-formed rainbow.

"O Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow, show me Annabeth Chase... wherever she is." The water shimmered and slowly melded into a picture of Annabeth directing some nymphs who were lifting a golden statue of Aphrodite. She was on Olympus.

"Annabeth!" I shouted. She spun around, angry at first, but her scowl melted into a smile.

"Seaweed Brain! I heard about your trip."

"I know. I'm going to miss you."

"Me too. Does this mean I have to find a new date to the fireworks? If I have to go with Nico or Clovis I'm going to lock myself in the girls' bathroom," she joked. I laughed with her, but we both ended somberly. We'd been looking forward to the Camp fireworks for a long time.

"Yeah, good luck with that. I'll call you every night. I had to get an email for school so we can talk on that too."

"Where're you going anyway?"

"I don't really know, somewhere in Illinois. Not Chicago... like Charity Park or something? We're staying with Paul's cousin Maddie and her family."

"Wait, do you mean Amity Park? You're kidding!"

"Yeah, Amity Park. That sounds about right. What about it?"

"It's the most haunted town in the U.S! They get attacked by 'ghosts' like every day! You should totally find out something about it. Maybe get some pics of the ghosts for me?" She blinked her eyes flatteringly. Once a researcher, always a researcher.

"Annabeth, you can't seriously believe in that. Ghosts? Like Hades would ever let enough ghosts escape to terrorize a town like that."

"Okay, whatever you say. Seriously get me some pictures though! I want to make sure your trip was worth ditching us all for the summer! Gotta go- your dad's pool is infringing on my mom's library space."

"Oh no! The tragedy!" I mock gasped. "See you soon, Wise Girl."

"Bye, Percy." She waved her hand and killed the connection. I directed the water back into its bottle and sighed. I was definitely going to miss everyone this summer. But I thought about what Annabeth had said. Was I really going to be staying in a haunted town? I decided to risk going on the computer to Google it. I found tons of articles about different ghosts that had been spotted around the town, but no real pictures. There was one "ghost" in particular that kept popping up. The name Danny Phantom was everywhere. There were these famous ghost-hunters in the town, the Fentons, who were determined to erase Phantom from existence. I sighed, hoping the whole ghost thing was just a myth to attract people to the city. The last thing I needed was another set of magical beings in my life.

"Percy! What did I tell you on Thursday? This is exactly what I wanted to avoid." My mom watched scornfully as I shoved a bunch of T-shirts and shorts, sneakers and flip-flops (just to clarify: guy sandals, not the girly kind), swimsuits, my camera and some other stuff, and demigod tools (drachmas, ambrosia and nectar, you get the picture) into my Goode Swim Team duffel. "

"I'll be fine, Mom. I have everything I need, and it fits in the duffel. no big deal."

"That duffel smells like chlorine. Can you please take something a little nicer?"

"But I like chlorine." With an incredibly un-mom-like snort, she strode out of my room to finish putting stuff in the car. So we'd appear normal (easier said than done), we were taking my mom's car as opposed to the Pega-Prius, and she and Paul were having trouble cramming everything in the tiny trunk. I zipped my bag, checked to make sure Riptide was in my pocket (it's always there, but you never know), and settled into the back seat. Mom plugged my iPod- a gift from Tyson that was enhanced to repel monsters- into the car speakers and soon we were on our way. I quickly fell asleep (blame Achilles), and didn't wake up until my mom doused me in water. I woke, spluttering and disoriented, my mom smiling back at me.

"We're here. Now hurry up and dry off, we don't have all day." I sighed and dried myself off. Paul stared as my clothes and hair instantly dried themselves, and I couldn't help but grin back.

"So where does your cousin live again?" Mom asked.

"She says she lives on Specter Street, in a brick house with a big sign that says... Fenton Works?" He seemed to doubt what he was reading. I almost choked.

"Wait, your cousin is Maddie Fenton? The ghost hunter?" Paul looked astonished, which was normal when he was around me and my friends, but still.

"Um, yes. Why? How do you know that?"

"I was talking to Annabeth and she said the town was supposedly haunted, and I looked it up and the Fentons are like big ghost hunters here."

"Oh," was all he managed to reply as we pulled into Specter Street. The Fentons' house was impossible to miss, with a giant sign that said FENTON WORKS. We parked the car beside a giant green... RV? Even before I met them, I knew that our stay with the Fentons was definitely going to be one to remember.