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[A soaking wet Anthea climbs over the railing by the river she had fallen into, walking a few paces before standing to stare over at Annabeth, Grover and Percy, who himself is soaked.]

Anthea: [Annabeth, Percy and Grover walking over to her] Hey. So, I apologise for shoving you in the stairwell. Even hearing myself say that sounds really bad, but I just- I knew you'd never agree and there wasn't enough time- and Percy needed to get to the river in time, which by the looks of it, he did-

[Anthea's cut off by Annabeth and Percy throwing their arms around the girl. Anthea lets out a sigh before sinking into their embrace and putting her arms around them.] 'Oh, this is nice.'

Grover: So... you're not ass dead as we thought you'd be. [Annabeth and Percy unwrap themselves from Anthea, them both turning to look at Grover.]

Anthea: Well, I'm full of surprises, aren't I?

A few people in the Great Hall let out a laugh.

"You never really die though, Thea. Not really," Draco laughs, looking over at his friend.

Grover: What happened?

Anthea: Short version, we need to go to Santa Monica. [Grover, Percy and Annabeth look at Anthea in confusion and shock.]

Grover: What, like now?

Anthea: Our father's gonna meet us there. He's gonna help us.

Grover: Okay, Uh, just one problem with this plan. The police think that we crashed an Amtrak train and then did that. [Grover points over to the still smoking Gateway Arch.]

Anthea: Th-The cops are after us?

Percy: Yeah.

Anthea: Well, that's gonna make it hard for us to get onto any mode transport.

[The four can been seen walking down a main road, next to a train track. Anthea and Percy are now dry, Anthea's hair slightly wavy now since she couldn't dry it properly.]

Percy: Hey, guys. I think this quest might be harder than we thought. I've been thinking.

"Uh oh. That's never a good sign," Anthea says, looking over at her brother.

"Oh. Haha. Very funny, Thea. Just know that the next time you need help hiding something from mom, I'm not covering for you," Percy tells his sister, causing her to look at him in shock whilst Sally turns to look at her daughter, not believing what she's hearing.

"And what have you been hiding from me, young lady?" Sally questions her daughter causing her to look at her mom in shock.

"Uh. Nothing," Anthea says, not looking at her mom.