Percy's point of view

I sat contemplating whether I would visit my mom, Paul, and little sister or not. On one hand, I wanted to protect them, and if Lycaon tracked me down while I was there that could end badly, but on the other hand I did want to see them again even though I was a bit worried about how my mom and Paul would take the news of me being a werewolf.

After debating for a while, I eventually caved and decided to visit them. Even though I had been avoiding even going to New York I knew that I couldn't avoid it forever I know that they worry about me I kind of feel bad about that but since I'd been a demigod my whole life up until now, they had reason to be worried since monsters came after me a lot due to the fact that I am a child of one of the big three.

Now though I guessed that monsters probably won't bother me anymore other than Lycaon. Despite that I am going to keep Riptide, it's the only sword I ever used and who knows I might still have to kill monsters at some point if I find one trying to hurt a demigod and considering the fact that monsters are always trying to attack demigods I most likely will.

I knew that I would just stay in New York long enough to visit my mom and Paul, and little sister Ashley. I wasn't ready to go anywhere near camp, for that matter I might not even be able to get into camp half blood anymore without permission. After all, the border keeps out monsters and mortals, and now I technically am a monster. I wasn't too concerned about not being able to get into camp, after all, I'm in no hurry to go back there.

I figured I could still get into camp Jupiter if I wanted since the only security it has is campers guarding the tunnel and Terminus. That didn't really matter at the moment though since just like camp half blood, it would be a while before I would go back there. I headed to the apartment that I used to call home, and when I got there I knocked on the door. Paul opened it and in surprise said, "Percy,"

At the sight of my stepdad, a slight smile formed on my face and I replied, "Hey Paul,"

I was also pretty sure that he quickly looked me over and I guessed that he noticed at least some of the differences in my appearance. We didn't say anything else before heading into the apartment. Once we were inside my mom quickly walked over and hugged me, I hugged her back, and I was pretty sure that she noticed the changes in my appearance as well.

Once we were all sitting in the living room my mom asked the question that I had been expecting to hear. She said, "Percy, you've only contacted us once since you left camp Jupiter, are you alright? Are you planning to stay?"

Well technically that was two questions, but I answered them both nonetheless.

I replied, "yeah I'm okay,"

maybe that wasn't exactly the truth since I wasn't over Annabeth, and now I was coming to terms with the fact that I was a werewolf but I don't want my mom to worry about me too much and I wasn't planning on telling them about me being a werewolf unless they asked about why I looked different. In response to her second Question, I said, "No I'm not staying, I'm sorry Mom but if I did I'd just be putting you in danger and I don't want to do that. You'll be safer without me here, I can't lose you, any of you."

After I finished Mom asked, "are you going back to camp then?"

I answered, "No I'm not over Annabeth yet I only came to New York to visit you."

That was when Ashley, my little half-sister, decided to add her voice to the conversation since we heard her start crying in one of the other rooms. Mom went to check on her and after she had gotten her calmed down she brought her when she came back to finish the conversation. After she returned, Paul was the next one to speak, his question was one that I had kind of suspected I would hear but I also kind of hoped that I wouldn't hear it. He asked why I looked different. Unsure of how they would take the news I explained that I was a werewolf now and that was why my appearance was different. That revelation resulted in a whole new batch of questions, especially from Paul since he couldn't help but wonder how different the werewolves from Greek "mythology" were from how pop culture portrays them. Obviously, since I had only recently become one I hadn't figured out everything but I did my best to answer his and mom's questions.

Eventually, we finished talking and I figured I should probably leave. I figured that Lycaon was probably still trying to find me and I didn't want him to find me at the apartment. I left the apartment promising to Iris message them and to visit when I could. I did tell them that Monsters probably wouldn't come after me now except for Lycaon so they don't have to worry about me quite as much.

The only problem would be if I run into the hunters because unless they realize who I am they would most likely kill me since I'm a werewolf now and all their weapons are silver. It would be best if I avoid them, or maybe I should Iris message Thalia so she can tell the others so if we do encounter each other they won't kill me. Regardless I'm not going to worry about that right now, I would decide what to do about that later.

As I was traveling away from New York I noticed a couple of odd smells and I guess that the source of them wasn't too far away but then again since my sense of smell had gotten stronger I could have been wrong. One of the smells was that of rotting meat, and the other smelled like something was burning.

I thought that was kind of odd but I didn't think much of it until I heard a bellowing noise that was annoyingly familiar, and then a high-pitched scream that I guessed belonged to a girl. I hurried in the direction of the smells and noises assuming that a demigod was being attacked by a monster. With my additional speed, it wasn't long before I found the source of the noises and realised that my guess had been right.

It seemed that the smell of rotten meat had come from my old enemy the minotaur, and the burning smell seemed to be coming from the girl that he was about to attack. That seemed weird, but I wasn't really worried about that right now since the main thing on my mind was helping that girl. I had gradually been getting used to my wolf form, and that was the form I was currently in so when I saw beefhead about to attack that girl I growled at him partially to show my intentions, and partially to get his attention away from that girl. The minotaur looked at me and made a mooing sound that much to my surprise I understood, I could only assume that since I was now basically a monster I could understand other monsters.

Somehow through that one moo he had said, "Why are you helping this godling?"

it was quite obvious that he was confused. To be completely honest I was finding it rather amusing. In response to the minotaur's confusion, I replied, "Perhaps it's because I was only recently turned and I'm unlike the rest of my kind,"

After those words left my mouth I turned back to my human form, an amused smirk planted firmly on my face I was honestly enjoying the minotaur's confusion, shock, and disbelief when he finally realized who I was. It wasn't long before his shock became anger and he, very stupidly I might add, charged me.

Rolling my eyes at the fact he would never learn I took out Riptide, uncapped it and prepared to face him yet again. I barely noticed the familiar weight of Riptide in my hand due to my new strength and it wasn't long before the minotaur once again took a trip to Tartarus. After that, I remembered why I had confronted the minotaur in the first place and walked over to the girl who had a mix of emotions on her face.

That was when I once again caught a whiff of the burning smell that seemed to surround her. I still wondered why she smelled that way, she didn't look like she'd been through a fire. That's when a thought occurred to me and for a moment I stopped in my tracks. the smell didn't just smell like something burning, there was another smell mixed in with it that I couldn't quite place.

The thought that had suddenly occurred to me was that this was my first encounter with a demigod since Lycaon had his wolf Turn me could that smell that seemed to surround the girl be her demigod scent? It made sense I was technically a monster now I would most likely be able to smell it.

I pushed the thought aside, for now, it's not like I was going to hurt her just because I could smell her demigod scent. I walked over to her and at first, she was a little frightened of me considering that I had transformed from a wolf to a human and defeated the minotaur without much effort.

Once she became a bit more comfortable with me though I managed to find out what she already knew and explain everything else. I told her about the three places she could go and she settled on Camp Half-Blood which happened to be the closest to where we were. I did get her to camp but I refused to go in with her. And when she asked what my name was I told her the truth, but I asked her to tell the others a fake name. I also asked her to lie about what I looked like.

I'd also come up with a pretty good guess of who her father was but obviously, since I didn't enter camp with her I wouldn't know for sure if I was right. I continued on my way with no real destination in mind just hoping to avoid Lycaon and the gods. I knew I wouldn't be able to avoid them forever but I was trying to avoid them for as long as possible.