Trina's P.O.V.

I stood on top of the Metropolitan museum of arts and looked beneath me. The morning traffic was everywhere, and people went on with their normal lives down bellow.

Tilting my head to the blue cloudless sky, I contemplated on my decision. Was leaving the camp really a good choice right now?

I knew I left in a hurry, but the dreams were getting worst and I didn't know what to do, I could possibly harm more people, if I left... I think. I thought back to the dream I had last night...

...

Luke was sitting on a black throne, but his eyes where gold, and I remembered that it must be Kronos in his body now. The walls were black and there were pillars everywhere like an ancient Greek building.

I was standing behind a pillar, but I saw him talking to someone kneeling on the floor.

"So, Zeus has put another player in their little game, this is good news. She might prove helpful if the child only knew her abilities. She's still young, we might have a chance of convincing her to join, after all she is unclaimed and may have a grudge... or two." With that Kronos laughed darkly and my body shivered.

"But my lord, we were not able to detect her presence at camp, only after a few months ago did we find out her true power unraveling..." Said the person who now stood. I gasped, it was Evan, another unclaimed camper from the Hermes cabin.

"Well, did you not know that even the gods are capable of hiding their silly little secrets for a while, the child must have been protected, of course until now." Kronos sneered.

Suddenly, my dream self shivered, and I started to wonder if he was talking about me. What did they mean about my true powers?

"Send an army to the camp, seize the girl and bring her back. If you fail, lets just say you will no longer be serving me."

"But the borders..." Evan said uneasily.

"There will be no buts! Do you understand! Without Jackson there, they can't do anything but hand her over or suffer in my wrath." Kronos boomed and I felt color leaving my face.

"Yes my lord." With that Evan bowed and departed quickly out of the room.

Then I moved my arm, and Kronos seemed to have noticed, and looked at me with those horrible golden eyes. The pillar seemed too thin to hide me completely now.

Then the scene shifted.

I was standing on the shores of a beach I went to with my adopted family three summers ago. I liked that beach, it had nice white sand and a beautiful shade of green and blue water.

As I looked around, I noticed a presence coming from the sea. As I watched, I saw a wave coming closer, but this one seemed to be shaping. The wind blowing around the wave suddenly cleared and a woman appeared, dressed in a sea green dress that shimmered in the sunlight.

She smiled at me, and touched my face. I felt a tingle run through me as she whispered, "It is time, you shall learn the truth..." with that she withdrew and began to fade. Back to the clear blue and green ocean..

I wanted to run after her, call her back, but my dream self only stood there watching the womans figure disappear as quickly as it came.

...

All those dreams. Last night was the worst. Like my adopted mom told me, I was a curious person, too curious most of the time. It bothered me that I couldn't figure out anything the dream might have meant. I grimaced at the concrete floor between my feet.

Why had all of a sudden, all these dreams come? All starting a few days after my fifteenth birthday.

Why hadn't my parents claimed me yet? Did they think I was that worthless.

I remembered everyone else at the Hermes cabin, some that also haven't been claimed. I felt the combined hurt and burden of it all along with them.

Back then I thought they would claim me eventually, but after 6 long years, my parents ignored me. The only people who actually cared about me where my adopted family, that seemed worried on my fifteenth birthday, when they told me to return to camp immediately and stay there. I even promised them I would, and I always kept my promises.

Of course, until now, my dreams where disturbing me. They always seem to bring new questions and nightmares when I woke up every single day.

At first, I would usually sit at the roof of our cabin, like I always do when I need time to think.

I don't know why, but high places seem to bring me comfort. But then, the dreams grew worse, until yesterday. I was going to tell Chiron, but decided not to. I thought he would think I was stupid.

And when I woke up in the middle of the night, I just had the idea that I wanted to get away, be more alone for a while.

I walked along the shore of the beach, the moon shining brightly and reflecting off the still water.

When out of no where, a Pegasus came down and landed in front of me. I've never seen him before, and trust me I know every one of the Pegasi from the stables. His whole body seemed to shine silver, with a flowing golden mane.

Without thinking I reached out to pet it's head, and at the touch, I felt a presence in my head. Talking to me, "Score one for the Quickster! I finally found you! Names Quicksilver at your service mistress." with that he lowered his head and kneeled on one of his front knee in a kind of bow, horse style.

I reeled my hand back and gasped, and I felt my jaw drop. When I finally decided to talk, I probably said the most stupidest thing ever since the Stoll brothers decided to eat chocolate with mustard and ketchup just to show off, "You can talk?!"

The Pegasus whinnied. I looked at him in confusion, then said again, "Um, Quicksilver, right? Did you just talk to me?"

Again no reply, only an annoyed nod from him, and it dawned on me that he could probably only talk to me when I touch him.

So I cautiously reached out to him and put my hand on his head, then the presence came back, "well no duh I can talk miss. I'm not that stupid, unlike my bro Blackjack who seems to want to be kept in the stables and follow that kid around instead of returning to the wild with us."

At the mention of Blackjack's name, I thought of Percy, that guy that seemed to always rescue the world every year since he came two years after I got here. He never let anyone actually ride Blackjack since he came, which kinda annoyed me because I thought the Pegasus was interesting. Then I asked quizzically, "You know Blackjack? Why haven't I seen you around here before?"

The Pegasus snorted in annoyance again and responded "well duh, he's my bro. And unlike the tame, ordinary pegasi you keep round here, me and Blackjack are wild, and tend to stand out too."

Once again looking at his silver coat and golden mane I nodded in acceptance, "That's true enough. But why can I talk to you and no other pegasi?"

"Well for one thing, I was sent here to look for you. and trust me miss, I never expected for you to talk back to me either. You ain't a daughter of Poseidon are you?"

I turned away in disappointment and responded, "I wish I knew... I haven't been claimed yet."

"Well that's sad to hear, but listen miss, the winds told me to find you. Said I should help you if I can. So now you can call me your personal Pegasus from now on!" Quicksilver said in what seemed like pride.

Then it dawned on me, I felt like leaving, and here was a mode of transportation. There was nobody to stop me, not even Mr. D who left to deal with something in Olympus.

...

That's how I'm standing on top of the MET now. It was the place my adopted parents told me that I had a real mother and father. While we where walking through the Greek statues on display when I was ten.

I looked to my right, Quicksilver seemed to have taken interest in the air vent and was amusing himself with it. I smiled, me and Quicksilver where getting along pretty well.

I took a deep breath, sitting close to the edge of the building and figured this was the best decision. I can't risk anyone at camp to get hurt, and my dream said that Kronos was only looking for me. So if I wasn't there, he wouldn't attack. Right?

I hoisted myself on the edge of the building, and sat with my elbows on the hard stone, resting my chin on my hands.

I watched the city below as people went on their normal lives. How easy it would have been If I was normal, I thought.

All I have to do is wait until the camp is safe for a few days, and then probably come back. I frowned. No. That can't be the only answer. I want to know who my parents are, I wanted to know a lot of things. I have to find out the answers by myself.

Feeling a cool morning breeze on my face, I felt a sort of calm feeling going through me. Closing my eyes, I wished things could be easier.

Percy's P.O.V.

Holding my breath I waited until Mrs. Sparks spoke, "Two days before her birthday, her mother came to me in my dreams, I thought it was just a normal dream, but it came back the day after. Her mother told me to send her back to camp immediately. I asked her why. Her response scared me, she said, 'My dear daughter's protection is weakening, she cannot be hidden from the world any longer, she has come of age, and must now learn the truths.'"

"I thought Chiron said that you never knew her mother and that she was a lady who begged you to take care of Trina." Rachel asked confused.

Mr. Sparks spoke this time, "We knew her mother. She's my sister."

Silence enveloped the room as that sunk in our heads.

"What protection? Why now?" I asked breaking the silence.

Sighing, Mrs. Sparks said, "Trina was always special, her mother and father wanted to protect her until she turns 15, they told me about your camp, and told me to send Trina there when it's time. Roberts sister did not give me any details, and I swore on the river Styx I will never tell anybody of what I have learned. I intend to keep my word. She always came to me to send messages, we were close friends."

"So where is her mother?" I asked slowly.

whispering, Mrs. Sparks said, "I have sworn not to say anything about that either. Alastrina must learn the truth on her own."

"Well do you have any idea of where she might be at least?" Rachel said getting annoyed.

Releasing her pent up breath she said, "I'm afraid not, Trina loved to travel, she can get restless. Of all the other more safer, Trina loves the most highest places she could find, it makes her feel calm. She could be anywhere. Do.. Do you think she's hurt?"

I frowned at the possibility and thinking really hard (and that doesn't happen often) I remembered Nico. Smiling I said, "I don't know, but I know a friend who probably does."

With a fragile smile Mrs. Sparks nodded and said, "well, I'm guessing you both have to be on your way. Please tell Chiron all I have told you, it was hard to lie to him all those years, and now would be a bad time to know... I think." pausing, "can you wait here, I'll go get something."

Waiting in the living room, I looked at the untouched cookies and grabbed one because I felt hungry. I looked at Rachel, she smirked and shook her head at me. I stuck my tongue out at her. Feeling like I was ten, and bit the cookie. Minutes later Mrs. Sparks came back and held out a small piece of paper.

I reached for the paper and found a happy smiling picture of Trina on it. Her dark hair and olive colored skin made her eyes stand out, sparkling with energy. I heard Rachel smirking again and she elbowed me on the ribs.

I glared at her and she smiled smugly, then looking at Trina's adopted parents I said, "Uh thanks, for the picture and everything, might make it easier to find her too. We'll contact you once she's found I promise."

Then me and Rachel left for the door, saying good-bye to the Sparks as they watched us leave.

Pausing at the open door I said, "by the way, I like the cookies, would be nice if they where blue too." then I saw Mrs. Sparks smiling as the door closed behind us.

Once we were walking from the house Rachel burst out laugh, "Seriously Percy? What is it with you and blue food."

"What! Something wrong with blue?" I asked her, annoyed. I love the color.

She grinned and shook her head, "Never mind Jackson. You got any plans on finding Trina?"

"Yeah, we can go find Nico, he would probably know if anything happened to her. And maybe me and Blackjack can search around."

"Fine by me, but what do I do? I want to help out too." It surprised me on how much Rachel actually cared about this.

"Can you IM Chiron and tell him the story, I'll go with Blackjack and look before trying to find Nico." I said tossing her my last drachma I found in my pocket.

"Yep, no prob." Rachel said, looking at the drachma.

I whistled and a moment later, Blackjack came landing in front of us.

"Yo boss! Waz up! You still alive that's great, I need more hay." He said more demanding than polite.

"Yeah, Blackjack, I'm still alive, and about that hay, you had your fill last time I bought you extras." I said sarcastically. Then, "Ok anyways, we need your help to look for someone," and I fished out the picture of Trina that Mrs. Sparks gave me.

"Oh ho hooo! So we gotta find your girlfriend boss?! What happened to the blond one? I didn't know you got a new one! She's pretty!"

I felt my face flush with color as I replied angrily, "She's not my girlfriend! And Annabeth... we're not going out either."

And I heard Rachel smirk behind me and murmured, "sure you aren't going out."

"Whatever you say boss." Blackjack said in amusement.

I rolled my eyes and quickly hopped on Blackjack while telling Rachel to meet me at Central park at 8, trying to ignoring her comment about Annabeth. Then Blackjack shot up to the air and began to go west. I felt the wind pass me as we ascended.

Then I said, "Hey Blackjack, lets go check out the tallest buildings first. I have a feeling she might be up their somewhere."

Blackjack whinnied, "No prob."

Trina's P.O.V.

Sighing I left the edge of the building and went back to the corner where I was going to spend my night.

"You ok miss?" Quicksilver said looking up from the air vent.

"Yeah, just thinking if I should sleep tonight. I don't want another dream to come." I admitted hugging myself.

Then suddenly I thought of caffeine. I grinned and stuck my hand in my pockets looking for any change or money I must have brought with me. If I don't want to sleep maybe coffee will help.

Finally being able to find some loose change in my sweater I went over to Quicksilver and got on him as I told him to fly me to the Starbucks a few blocks away.

...

As I left the shop with a hot coffee in my hand, I noticed that there was a group of people across the street. They looked odd, as if they where watching someone.

I started to walk at a quick pace to where I told Quicksilver to wait for me.

In the corner of my eye I noticed that the group of girls were following me now. I shivered and decided to lose them at an alleyway. I gripped the short sword hidden in my cleverly padded pants pocket and went in the nearest alley.

Now i prefer a bow and arrow over a sword any day, but it was hard to hide something that big without people noticing. So I left my bow and quiver of arrows back at camp and took my sword instead.

"Hey there! Where you going? Can we talk to you?" one of them said, as I kept walking.

"Hey wait! Come back Alastrina, we just want to know one little thing." I imagined her grinning along with her friends.

Suddenly I whirled around and paused, "How.. How do you know my name?" No one knew my real name, unless they where my friends. It was a weird name, I never liked it so I told people the shortened version instead.

The group advanced and they gave me a horrible thought that I must have been seeing what humans see in the mist... these people can't be humans if they knew my name.

As they came closer the girl in the front suddenly smiled and I saw a row of sharp teeth. She said, "So we finally meet, our lord will be happy to know we found you, now if you would just come with us. Try to fight and we will kill you half-blood!"

I didn't know what to do, I didn't want to follow them. Thinking that fighting would be my only choice I bought the sword out and crouching getting ready to fight.

Laughing the leader said, "How pitiful, without knowing your true self girl, you are no match for us all. You have been lost all these years. We know you must hold a grudge against your parents, join us and our lord can tell you who your loving parents are."

I gulped, and whirlwinds of thoughts blew in my head. Finally pushing the thoughts away I said, "No, I don't hold grudges and I won't come with any of you demons."

"Then you will suffer." and with that they lunged at me. All six empousa.

I quickly slashed at the throat of one and it vanished with a trail of dust. Dodging an arm I stabbed it and backed off. Still having four more didn't actually make me happy. Then one of them attacked and scratched my arm. I managed to snatch it back but I was to late from having my arm scraped and blood welled out. I winced in pain and kicked the next empousa, dragging my sword toward her.

I can't give up! I have more unanswered questions, and I'm not going to die like this, not after all those years in training! I scowled and with a new burst of energy I hacked and slashed three more until one remained.

I took a long shaky breath and stared at her. She was apparently the leader and was now grimacing at me. I dogged her claw like hands and stumbled on a coffee cup. A coffee cup! Damn that must have been mine!

I tried to stand but then I felt a hand grip my throat and drag me up against a wall. I choked in pain as my lungs constricted making me unable to breath. My sword dropped and I looked into the eyes of the now smiling empousa.

I couldn't scream for help, there wasn't even anyone near enough to hear or see us.

"My lord will not be happy you are going to die, but killing my sisters doesn't actually get you on my good side, girl. It would have been easier if you where a male" she sneered in my ear.

Coughing I gasped without actually thinking about it, "I didn't know you had a good side."

That seemed to get her because she tightened her grip, and I felt blood draining from my face. I felt fear surge through my whole body. So I guess this is how I die now. I grimaced at the thought. I looked up at the sky, and watched as the clouds calmly swept across the buildings surrounding us.

All those unanswered questions! I hated the thought and suddenly a new anger erupted in me. I remembered how my adopted parents told me about my real mother and father. How they lied to me all those years. They added to my pain that I carried now, knowing I would never find my real parents.

Thinking of all these, an anger I never felt in me before welled up threatening to explode. But it didn't.

Surprisingly, when I thought I was finally going to die I felt a surge of new energy, energy that made my skin tingle. I felt a burst coming from my heart and surged everywhere in me.

Then, with a flash of blinding electric blue light, the empousa's grip on my neck was gone and I was looking at her now disintegrating form.

Dropping on my hands and knees I gasped for air. I felt like energy was drained out of me, making me feel tired.

Remembering my bleeding arm I looked at it and saw the skin ripped and blood coming out slowly.

How did I do that? What was that? I asked myself in wonder as I felt dizzy, and I collapsed on the hard pavement.

I felt a gust of wind beating the air around me and felt hooves clopping nearby. Then I felt the cool muzzle of horse and a presence entered my head, "Miss! What happened! Oh no, we have to get you outa here."

I felt my sweater being lifted from the back, and feeling like I was on the air, a sense of calm enveloped my mind and I drifted into unconsciousness.