Well, hello! In case you are continuing to read this story from Blueh, I have made some minor changes, but it will still be relatively the same. And if this is the first you have ever heard of the story, welcome! I hope you all enjoy, because I sure did ;)

~Nikki

"I think I just fell out of the sky," Percy moaned, not even trying to get up from the uncomfortable position that he was currently in. He wasn't even sure what had happened to him—Maybe he ate some bad mushrooms? Maybe this was all a dream. He was hoping that he didn't literally fall out of the sky, but his blissful ignorance was short-lived as an irritated voice sounded from underneath him, "Yes you did! ON. ME."

Percy recognized that voice anywhere, it was Thalia's voice, but that didn't make any sense! Thalia was with the hunters doing whatever the hunters like to do. She shouldn't be here, should she?

"Well both of you landed on ME!" Another female voice that Percy recognized; Annabeth. She should be here, of course, but they were at the beach, not on concrete. This only brought up more and more questions that he couldn't find the answers to.

"Annabeth?" He asked cautiously, making sure that he wasn't mistaking her voice for someone else's, but really, how could he mistake Annabeth's voice? He heard it every day and it gave him comfort, something to cling onto after the Giant war. She was always there for him.

"Sure," Thalia's voice grumbled. She didn't seem to try and hide the annoyance in her voice as she shifted under Percy's weight, "Recognize her but not me. Now, if you don't mind, get your lazy butt of me!"

"Jeez, Thalia," Percy muttered, imagining how much lightning he was going to be shot with when he got off her, "Temper."

He tried to get but then he noticed the weight that was pushing down on him, keeping him in place. Percy grunted a bit before pushing upwards, sending the person—or people tumbling off of him.

"Ouch!" One of the unknown people complained. Again he recognized the voice—it was Leo, son of Hephaestus. "I landed on something mushy!"

"Dude!" Jason's voice broke through all the bodies, "You landed on me!"

Leo jumped up and brushed himself off completely forgetting that he had been thrown into the air by a son of Poseidon and glanced at Jason as if he were thinking. "Y'know, your really squishy for a Son of Jupiter. I didn't know they could be like that."

"Leo!" Piper yelped, standing up and whacking him on the back of the head. Leo groaned and rubbed the back of his head, while Percy sent an amused glance his way. Leo was like his little brother; they looked out for each other, and they had a pretty special bond, even though Percy couldn't understand half of what he says.

"Alright!" Percy said, clapping his hand together to get everyone's attention. Everyone's head turned towards him, and Percy counted seven demigods in total. Jason, Leo and Piper were busy arguing (as always) Annabeth was standing by his side, and Thalia was tackling Nico to the ground while still looking at Percy (how she did that, the world may never know). Wonderful, Nico's going to die before they even figure out what happened. "Thalia, please release Nico from the choke hold before you kill him—"

"But he insulted me!" Thalia protested, "He called me fat because I ate too many cheeseburgers!"

"Fine," Percy huffed, "Nico apologize to Thalia, preferable before she kills you. Leo and Piper quit arguing over whether Jason is squishy or not. And Annabeth? Just stay were you are."

Nico quickly apologized to Thalia before she was going to lunge and promised her that he would buy her a cheeseburger later, but he didn't seem very happy about it. Piper and Leo sighed, but didn't make any move to apologize to each other. Jason was blushing like crazy, not looking anyone in the eye, and Annabeth was next to him, grinning at everyone's disorder.

"Okay," The daughter of Athena said, "Does anyone know what happened?"

"Well," Leo said, "I fell out of the sky, first onto Percy then Percy pushed me off so I landed on a squishy Jason."

Wonderful," Percy muttered under his breath, "Mental note; don't ask Leo for advice other than mechanics." Then he raised his voice so that everyone could hear him, "Does anyone where we are?"

"It looks like Manhattan," Annabeth said, "Your mom lives just down the street."

Percy looked around, only to see a few people giving them weird looks as they walked down the near empty street. Annabeth was right; he did know this street. It was the back way to his apartment.

"I guess we could check it out," Percy suggested, "Then go to Olympus and figure out why we were transported here. An explanation would be nice."

Percy started to walk towards his home, ignoring all the stares the demigods were giving him. It must have been his expression, because they weren't looking at his body. He had this nagging feeling in the back of his gut that this trip wont be what he expected. Something was off; things weren't the same. He passed a bill board that held an advertisement that Percy hadn't seen since he was twelve.

When they go to Percy's house, Percy was the first one to knock on the door. It wasn't Sally, Percy's beautiful mother, answering the door, or even Paul, Percy's new step father, but a giant man that Percy had hope to never again.

Gabe Ugliano grunted at the hoard of demigods, and Percy did the only thing natural in his current state of shock; he punched the walrus in the face, hard. The man stumbled back, clutching his nose before falling to the floor. Percy stood there shocked. That man shouldn't be alive, he should be in the fields of punishment, getting what he deserved. How could he be here?

Annabeth was the only person the recognize the unconscious form of Gabe, and she kept muttering things like, "Impossible!" or "This isn't right." The others were too busy trying to get over their shock that the most easygoing guy that they knew just punched a random guy in the face.

Piper was the first person to get over her shock and she yelled, "Percy!" As if she were scolding a little child, "What was that? You don't just go randomly punching guys in the face!"

Percy's eyes were still as wide as the moon as he tried to form words. Several strange noises escaped his mouth before he could sputter, "B-but. Th-that's . . . I-impossible." Not once did he take his eyes off the form of Gabe, still lying on the floor.

Jason seemed to sense Percy's feelings, and he tried to calm Piper down. He gave Percy one of his famous roman demigod looks, trying to figure out what he was hiding. Jason always had this effect on Percy; sure, they were good friends, but even the best of friends fight over the stupidest matters.

"Percy? What's wrong? You look like you saw a ghost." There was concern in Jason's voice, and Percy was glad that someone cared. This was his family, and he couldn't ask for a better one. These were his friends that would help him in his most dire need, and not abandon him.

"I-I did," Percy muttered. He was shaking and pale, not at all happy to see his older step dad. He closed his eyes trying to block out the memories of the past, shaking with anger. Gabe had done nothing good to his family other than keep hide Percy's demigod sent. It was hard to think that a man walrus such as him could possible do something as good as save a person's life.

He continued to stare at Gabe, ignoring the questions he got from the other demigods (besides Annabeth, she seemed to realize what was going on) he didn't even notice that she had moved until he realized that he was being dragged away from the apartment to a nearby restaurant.

By the time he got there, Percy had recovered from his initial shock and could now form complete sentences. Jason seemed to realize this as well because he asked, "What just happened? Percy? Are you okay? Care to explain?"

Percy shrugged and sat down at an empty table. It was pretty comfortable for a restaurant; it had like the home feeling instead of the business feeling. The restaurant seemed more peaceful than a normal restaurant would be.

Percy was vaguely aware of Annabeth, who suddenly stood up and excused herself to do who knows what. Then he started to tell them what happened. "Well, as Jason said I should have seen a ghost. That man is suppose to be dead. He died when I was twelve."

"Then how's he still alive?" Leo asked, seemingly clueless that nobody knew the answer to his question. Percy gave him an odd look as if to say 'well if I knew the answer do you think I would look like this?'.

Thalia banged her head on the table, "Leo? We. Don't. Know. And Percy? What's wrong? You seem edgy, and you don't seem to like that guy much. Who is he?"

Percy scowled and glared at nothing so fiercely that they wouldn't be surprised if something burst. After an awkward silence, Percy said, "He was my old step-father." The son of Poseidon made a face when he said step-father like the word tasted bile. His anger defiantly didn't go unnoticed by the other demigods, but they didn't say anything.

"He was a really bad guy," Percy continued, "He was abusive, rude and like to hit me and my mom. The only reason that she put up with him was to hide my demigod scent. After our first quest I gave my mom a choice to get rid of him for good. She took the chance and now Gabe should have been a nice, ugly statue in a museum where people can make fun of his ugliness."

Percy sighed and sat back in his chair after he finished his rant. He didn't want to see the looks of pity that his friends were giving him, nor did he want to hear their apologies. The son of Poseidon was extremely grateful to see no looks of pity on their faces, but instead looks of anger and frustration; Thalia literally had sparks coming offer her fingertips along with Nico who seemed to be reacting to the shadows.

This is why he loved his friends, Percy thought with a slight smile. They're not going to let you down.

He was interrupted from his musing by a frantic Annabeth that came running towards the table, clutching in her hands a small newspaper. Percy couldn't make out the small letters on the page, but he has a feeling that he knew those words, and another feeling that he wasn't going to like them much.

Annabeth slammed the newspaper down on the table, causing it to shake. Her expression was on the verge of panic and she repeatedly glanced over her shoulder. Then in a quiet voice she said, "Guys? We have a serious issue on our hands. Read the title."

Percy glanced at the newspaper title and was shocked to find something that he hadn't seen in almost five years. Those five words printed on the page were like a recorder playing over and over in his head.

'Percy and Sally Jackson Missing'

Then the summary was what struck Percy the most. It was about what happened five years ago, the night that Percy fought the Minotaur, it was the night he thought that his mom died, it was the very night that changed his life forever.

On the bottom left showed a picture of the smashed 98' Camaro, a car that Percy would have never thought to see again. But that wasn't what surprised him the most; it was the date on the top left corner of the magazine.

Suddenly all the clues fit together; Gabe, the old advertisements, and even the fashion. It's because none of Percy's life had happened yet. They were sent five years into the past.

Okay, I only ended up changing two words. That's how GREAT of a writer Blueh is!