Annabeth's Pov

- Hey, you said you live in Hades Castle!? Really?

Percy said, he was clearly interested in the topic.

- Yeah but it's not that cool. The Wifi is terrible.

I said. Actually, living in Hades Castle sounds pretty cool, I have to admit, every time someone tells me: "Hell has a special place for you!" I don't feel offended, I even laugh because it's true.

- Wait, Underworld has Wifi??

Percy asked me. It's true that many people think that places like that don't have electricity, right?

- Of course, in this age of technology, everywhere has electricity, Wifi and Internet. But if you ask me in more detail, I give up.

I said. It's true that I don't know where Hades gets Wifi, Electricity, Clean Water for drinking (mainly for me) and I don't really care. As long as I'm alive, it's fine, I have no complaints.

-Wow, Underworld is actually more modern than the other camps. Electronics are almost completely banned in the camp.

Grover sighed, I understand. It's true that electronics are a luxury in the camp. And to think about it, the half-blood camp has strict curfew hours, if you don't follow them, the worst thing is to be fried into a frying pan by those bird-shaped demons for dinner. But in Underworld, no one forces me to sleep early (and even if I wanted to, I rarely get to sleep), so now my eyes are full of dark circles... trust me, I've tried to get rid of them from my face, but once they appear, I can't get rid of them.

-That's why Persephone sometimes tortures me by forcing me to watch romantic dramas with her. Oh my god, those movies are 90% unrealistic and cringe, I don't know if Persephone intentionally chose those cringe movies but I swear, she knows I don't like romance stuff.

I complained. I can't remember how many illogical and cringe school romance movies I've watched, sometimes I even thought the screenwriter was a middle school girl or something. But nowadays, every thing has to try to get cram emotions in, sometimes it's good but most of the time it ruins everything (at least for me).

- Agreed, If it is a good film with unpredictable, unique plot, thenI don't have to anything to say, but many romance stories nowadays are about the type of naive female lead meeting some handsome rich guy, and the rest of the plot is too predictable, everyone knows that there will be misunderstandings, mistresses, etc.

Percy said. I don't think he even watches romance movies.

-Is this the time to be badmouthing romances??

Grover asked us. Yeah, it's weird to be riding a Pegasus in the sky while on a mission to decide world peace and talking about romances, but who can blame us? Even if we're demigods, trained heroes or something, we're still teenagers.

- Exactly, my friend. It's been a long time since someone thought like me. The last time I talked about it, the girls in my old class treated me like a heartless piece of shit, and I still get mad.

Percy said. If there was a child of Aphrodite here, we'd probably have a big fight, but we wouldn't have one here, we're in the sky. I suddenly realized that hating the same thing and badmouthing it together is actually a good way to start a friendship.

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It was getting dark. The sun was setting. It was really beautiful to watch the sunset while riding a Pegasus. It was magical and poetic. The sky changed from orange to purple and then black.

I looked around and saw a convenience store on the ground.

-Hey, let's go to the convenience store, okay?

Both Grover and Percy agreed so I rode Alisk down. I tried to land in the parking lot, why? Because if Alisk got turned into a car by the fog, we would have to explain why we were driving and parking in the wrong place at the age of 12. It was super annoying. You better trust someone with years of experience like me in this.

Then I jumped off Alisk. Grover and Percy followed me but Percy fell, poor him but he's a demigod so he'll be fine.

-Oh right, we should have reported the situation to Chiron, I forgot.

Grover exclaimed. It made me nervous, I didn't know how Chiron and the camp would take the news that the daughter of Hades who had been gone for 2 years suddenly appeared out of nowhere and joined this mission, very suspicious if you ask me.

-Oh yeah. And Luke too! I forgot.

Percy said, rubbing his head and clicking his tongue. Come to think of it, when Percy was there I saw Luke seeing him off at the gate and I think he gave him something.

-There's a water tap over there, you guys can go there and send an IM to camp.

I shrugged and pointed to the tap near the parking lot. Then we walked over to it, turned it on and tossed a Drachma. I stayed hidden, I still didn't want to reveal myself completely, maybe it would depend on the situation. And I'm leaning more towards the option of not revealing myself because, you know, I'm sure Chiron thinks my godly father is the culprit.

-Please help us, Iris. Camp Half-Blood, Long Island, the big house.

A rainbow screen flickered out of thin air. But contrary to what I expected, it was Luke who appeared. He seemed quite surprised to see us.

-Percy, Grover! Are you two okay? How's the mission going?

Luke asked, he seemed worried. My brain froze for a moment because he didn't say my name, then I remembered that I was standing in the corner, he couldn't see me. I felt like an idiot.

-We're fine! Um, where's Chiron?

Percy said. His eyes were clearly lit up, his lips curved into a smile, his cheeks flushed a little. He liked talking to Luke, no need to ask. And that was right, who didn't like Luke? He's everything a guy could want.

-Oh, Chiron just left to stop the campers from arguing. The situation at camp is as tense as it was during the Trojan War.

Luke summed up the situation at camp. His face was filled with complaint. I could already imagine how chaotic the camp was without even being there. I sighed inwardly.

-Um, Luke.

Grover spoke. He must be talking about me joining the mission.

-Luke! Connor did it again..

Another voice rang out from Iris Massage, it was Chris Rodriguez, a boy who had not been recognized for all his years at Camp Half-Blood. I felt bad for him but hey, the gods weren't all that nice.

-Huh? Oh, Connor did it again?!Okay, sorry guys! Anyway, everything's okay, right?? If anything happens, let me know! Be careful, everyone!!

Then Luke hang out IM. So fast. Oh my god. I cursed Connor. I could see Grover was stunned and Percy was disappointed.

We went into the convenience store to buy dinner. It was then that I realized I hadn't eaten anything all day. But it was okay, I was used to starving myself. I grabbed a couple of sandwiches from the counter. I was wondering what kind of coffee I should buy when I heard Grover shout.

-Hey Percy, come here! This article is about you!

Percy and I ran to Grover to read the article.

"Newspaper June 12

MISSING BOY SUDDENLY REAPPEARS WITH A GROUP OF RIOTING GIRLS WHO DESTROYED SAINT LOUIS FACILITIES!?

Recently, according to the police, Perseus Jackson suddenly appeared with two other strange children in the riot that occurred between a group of girls in Saint Louis this morning. According to information, we know that he and his mother, Sally Jackson, went on a trip on May 27 but then got into a mysterious car accident that according to the police may not have been an accident because the forest area around the car was burned. He and his mother mysteriously disappeared and their bodies were not found. However, he was recently said to have appeared in the latest riot at the Saint Louis attraction!

According to witnesses, he used a crowbar to attack other girls on the building. And according to Perseus's stepfather, Mr. Gabriel Uglino, and his former classmates, Perseus had always had a tendency to be violent both at home and at school. This fight caused a lot of damage and at the same time, the appearance of the boy has raised many theories. Is there anything fishy about this story? If anyone finds the boy, please contact the phone number:...

[The article printed a picture of Percy on Saint Louis]"

I remembered what Floris had said. "He burned down a forest." Percy must have encountered the Minotaur while his mother was driving. But uh... really, the mist turned those monsters into schoolgirls? And now Percy sounded like a dangerous person from the tone of the article. But honestly, I found the article quite funny.

-Percy..

Grover looked up at Percy, his face slightly worried. Yeah, who likes to be written about as a terrorist in the newspaper.

-Oh my god! Why did they pick the picture where I looked so ugly? Geez, I really want to talk to the reporter.

Percy sighed. All he cared about in this situation was whether the picture of him was good or bad!? Really?

-I can't believe this is the first time First I'm in the newspaper! Wow, really want to buy it as a souvenir!

Percy held up the article, looking at it. Being in the newspaper for participating in a riot or fighting is not a great achievement. But now we'll probably have to limit our landings, it'll be tiring.

-We can't waste money on meaningless things, Jackson.

I said, reminding him. After this, he can buy as many as he wants, but the budget is tight now.

-Yeah, I know. I'll probably buy it when the article has better content.

Percy said, putting the article away and clicking his tongue. I could see that he wasn't happy with the content of the newspaper either. Because it was leaning towards the direction that, needless to say, he was the cause of the car accident, his mother's disappearance, and the forest fire. Actually, there was a high probability that 2 out of 3 were true. But no one likes to be blamed.

When we went to pay, the staff shouted:

-Hey, Isnt this kid looks so familiar?

The three of us froze because if she recognized us, it would be a big problem, so we quickly paid and ran to Alisk as fast as we could, even though we still had trouble climbing up Alisk.