So far, we have battled cyclopes (which had been hard for me since they are related to me on Dad's side of the family), Madea, King Midas, and some more venti. Turns out that Leo did set the wheel on the chariot. Festus died. Now he nothing more than a head. A giant called Encaladas, which is pronounced as enchiladas, is making Piper turn in Jason and Leo so that she can save her father. Jason has an older sister. Thalia Grace. One of the people who is trying to help Annabeth and me find Percy.

"I haven't been completly honest with you guys either. You guys asked who my mother is and I never told you. Now I will. My mom is Maleficent, the evil Disney Fairy. I grew up on a place called the Isle of the Lost. The Isle is kinda like your Alcatraz, but more evil. Three months ago, my mom wanted my friends and I to steal Fairy Godmother's wand. We refused. At my boyfriend's coronation, my mom almost killed me, Percy, Annabeth, and my boyfriend. Once I healed my boyfriend, I got an amazing gift, wings. But with my wings, I got other gifts, like levitation, uncovering lost memories, enchanting nonanimate objects to walk and talk, and shrinking down to the size of a butterfly. I also have my mother's spellbook." I explained to Piper, Leo, And J. Jason is starting to let me call him that.

We were talking at the airport, waiting for Piper's dad's plane to get there.

"Mal, I think you should go home to your boyfriend. I just got a phone. Can I have your number so I can talk with you when this is done." J suggested.

"I'm not going. I already defeated all the monsters. All we have to do is free Hera."

"Okay, let's go then."

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We freed Hera, me yelling at her because she openly admitted to kidnapping Percy and taking J's memories. We explained what happened to Chiron and the rest of the camp, and then I went home. Somehow the things that my friends shipped to me didn't get lost or broken. I haven't opened them yet.

Ben didn't have anything planned when I got back. He was just at the castle, getting ready for a speech that he has to do. Evie was on a date with Doug so I snuck into my drom and changed clothes. I put on a sea green dress, kinda like the dress that Evie made for me for the coronation. It sparkled as I moved. I put black leggings under the dress, and a black leather jacket along with it. I brought the bag with the packages in it with me. I borrowed (read stole) Ben's Vespa and drove to Castle Beast, Ben's house.

So no one would see me, I found Ben's window and a vine. I started climbing the vine and I saw Ben working in his room. He was alone. The terrace door was locked.

"Make it easy, make it quick, open up without a kick." I muttered under my breath. I silently closed the door and snuck up behind Ben. I put my hands over his eyes.

"Guess who?" I whispered in his ear.

"Mal?" He asked then removed my hands and saw me. He hugged me, then kissed me.

"Did you open the things we gave you?" Ben asked. I shook my head no.

"Well, open them already!" He exclaimed. We sat down on his bed and I brought out the packages. I opened up the box first.

There was a note inside that read We didn't know what to get you for Christmas. We hope you like them. Jane, Lonnie, Chad, Doug, and Audrey.

"What's Christmas?" I asked Ben.

"It's a holiday." He responded.

When I opened up the box, there was a pair of shoes that have blades on the bottom of them. They were purple, but they were also very plain.

"What are these?" I asked Ben.

"They're called ice skates."

I started rummaging through my bag, looking for my stencils and spray paint cans.

"What are you doing?" Ben asked.

"I'm going to make these skates a little more me." I responded. I found a tarp in my bag. I used it to keep the packages from breaking. I put it up against Ben's bed and lay the skates on it. I put my dragon heart stencil against the ankle of the skate. For the top half, I used my pink spray paint. For the bottom half, I used the emerald green spray paint. I repeated the same pattern on the other skate.

"That is more you." Ben said. "Okay, open up the one that is wrapped up. Not the one that came with an envelope though."

I grabbed the wrapped up box. There was a note on it that said Mal, you've never had a pet before, so we got you this. We hope you like it. Evie, Jay, and Carlos. When I opened it, I saw an egg in the box. It was shaking.

"Oh My God! It's going to hatch!" Ben screamed. About 2 minuets later, the thing in the egg came out. It was a baby dragon.

"Awww! It's a baby dragon." I said as I picked her up. "I'm going to call you Festus." I named her that in honor of the mechanical dragon.

"What is that Latin for?" Ben asked.

"Happy. It's Latin for Happy."

Ben checked his phone. "Hey, Audrey, Jane, Lonnie, Evie, Doug, Chad, Jay, Carlos, and I are going ice skating at Elsa's Ice Palace. Do you want to come with?"

"Sure, but you are going to have to teach me how to use these things." I said, pointing to my ice skates.

"Okay, let me just ask my dad for a ride."

"No need. I stole your Vespa from campus and drove it here. It's parked outside the castle."

"Okay, let's go."

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I really shocked my friends. Ben waited outside while Elsa gave me an ice skating lesson. I was actually really good.

"Your friends are coming." Elsa said." Crouch down and hide."

I crouched down, very uncomfortable.

"Hey, I have a surprise for you guys." I heard Ben say.

"Suprise!" I yelled and popped up from crouching. After everyone got on their skates, they all tackled me.

"The ice is cold." I said, after they caused me to fall onto to fall onto the ice.

"Well, no duh Mal! Hey, you're wearing the skates we got you for Christmas. I see you put your emblem on them. How many minutes after you opened the present did you spray paint the emblem?" Jane asked.

"About 1 minute." Ben responded for me.

"Hey guys, watch this." I told them. I got up on my feet and started skating backwards. I jumped and spun midair. I landed perfectly and skated back to my friends.

"Mal, that was amazing!" Jay said.

"You should join the figure skating team!" Lonnie suggested.

"What's figure skating?" I asked.

"What you just did." Audrey said. "If you want to join, we meet in a couple of minutes."

"I'll be there."

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After a few minutes, Audrey and Lonnie introduced me to the figure skating team. The other girls were Kate, Anna, Beth, Joan, and who I just found out was my twin sister, Sabrina.

"Okay, let's see what you got sis." Sabrina said. I got onto the ice and started skating, I jumped, twirled, and finished.

"Wow, you're good Mal. Welcome to the team." Beth said.

For the rest of practice, I worked on my technique. Now I am way better than Sabrina, the captin of the team.

"Do you have any questions for me?" Sabrina asked.

"Yeah, how is it that I'm just now finding out that I have a twin sister?" I asked her.

"I ran away when we were little. I guess Mom erased your memories of me. But anyway, Mom treated me unfairly. I got so fed up with it that I sunck onto a garbage truck that came to the Isle with fresh garbage. Ben found me after I got off. He was good to me when no one else was."

"Time out! Ben knew about you! As in Ben, my boyfriend Ben!"

"The same."

"BEN!"

Ben lazily walked over. "Yeah Mal?" He asked.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT SABRINA!?" I asked.

"I thought you already knew. And I didn't want to see you yell."

"WELL, YOU COULD'VE AVOIDED SEEING ME YELL IF YOU JUST TOLD ME!" I screamed.

"Mal, I'm really sorry."

"You're forgiven. But you're not off the hook."

"Do you know what today is?" Ben asked me.

"December 24th." I anwsered.

"Christmas Eve. Tomorrow is Christmas. Your first one."

"Sorry for yelling. This is what Mom did every year around this time. OMG! I'm turning into Mom!" I freaked out.

"Come on, I want to show you something." Ben said.

I followed him to his Vespa and got on. He drove back to Castle Beast. We got off and Ben lead me back into his bedroom.

"Why are we in here again?" I asked. He ignored me and, for some reason, he had a red cocktail dress in his closet, along with black leggings, black combat boots, a black leather jacket, and a black hat in his closet. The weird part about that is that they were my size.

"Don't ask questions. Just put these on." He left the room. I changed into the clothes that Ben picked out.

"Are you done yet?" Ben called from outside.

"Yeah." I said when I came out.

"Go back inside."

"Why?" I asked.

"No questions. Remember?"

I went back inside Ben's room and found out that J texted me.

J: Hey

Me: Hey. I just found out that today is Christmas Eve

J: So it is. Merry Christmas.

Me: Um, Merry Christmas to you to, I guess

J: Have you ever celebrated Christmas before?

Me: No, this is my first year

J: Really?

Me: Yes

J: Oh, what are you doing right now. Texting me is not a viable anwser. Just saying

Me: I'm locked inside of my boyfriend's bedroom

J: Why?

Me: NCWSE

J: And that stands for...

Me: No Clue What So Ever

J: Okay. Piper just walked in got to go

Me: Okay. Let me know about any updates with the Percy Hunt

J: K. Bye

Me: Bye

"Hey Mal, ready to come out?" Ben asked from outside.

"What do you think?" I asked as I opened up the door.

"Close your eyes. No asking questions. Remember?"

"Ugh, FINE!" I said as I closed my eyes. Ben grabbed a spare cloth and wrapped it around my eyes. Then he grabbed my sholders and lead me down the stairs. We came to a stop in either a hallway or a big room. He took off the blindfold.

"Okay, open your eyes."

When I opened my eyes, Evie, Audrey, Jay, Carlos, Jane, Lonnie, Chad, and Doug were gathered under a big tree.

"What's going on?" I asked Ben.

"You got some explaining to do. Now spill." Ben said.

I told them everything. I told them about Percy going missing, about my secret powers, minus the thought power, about J, Piper, and Leo, and about the quest I went on. They hanged onto my every word. I think that everyone was a little shocked about what I've been through.

"Wow Mal," Audrey started. "I wish we could come with you this summer."

"Hold that thought."

I texted Annabeth: Hey, my friends want to come on the trip next summer. Can they?

10 minutes later, Annabeth texted back: Just checked with Chiron. They can come, but they are your responsibility.

Me: Thank you.

"Hey guys, I got good news! You guys can come with next summer!"

"Really! That's really good news. I have to ask Dad if he can cover for me, but I'm sure that I can come." Ben said.

"I'm in." Audrey said.

"Same here!" Carlos anwsered.

"I'm going because Audrey is going." Jay said.

"I'll have to ask my mom, but I want to go." Jane said.

"I'll go!" Chad responded.

"I'll go because Chad is going." Lonnie said.

"I want to go as well." Doug said.

"I'll come to since Doug is going." Evie said. "You know, you should ask Sabrina if she wants to come?"

"Good idea! I'll text her right now."

Me: Hey Sabrina, it's Mal. So my friends and I are going on a trip for most of the summer at the end of the school year, and we want to know if you want to go as well.

Sabrina: Sure. Text me with the details when it gets closer.

Me: K

"So the head count is 8 definites and two maybes."

"Make that 9 definites, my mom said I can go." Jane said.

"10 definites. Dad is willing to cover for me." Ben anwsered.

"Okay. It looks like we're all going."

We left a few months later.