Chapter 2 is kinda short...

"Hmmm..." Chiron stroked his beard. He wore a pink 'Whose your centaur?' t-shirt under his bow and quiver. We three sat around the ping pong table, discussing the situation.

"So...can we go?" I ask. "I don't see why not. But you have to have adult supervision with you at all times. And when you get back you have to teach the little kids to sword fight. "

"Deal," Annabeth and I say at the same time.

"You can leave today, if you want. Just exactly how long will you to be gone?" Chiron asks.

"3, 4 days, max." Annabeth answers for me.

"Please don't tell Grover that were leaving today for the trip, I don't want a big show from him." I ask, referring back to the many times that he had sobbed about never seeing me again.

Chiron smirks. "What trip?"


Half an hour later Annabeth meets me by the lake with her suitcase. I pick it up and almost drop it. "Gods Annabeth! What did you put in here? Celestial Bronze?" She shrugs.

"Oh you know...my binder, a notebook to take some notes, an underwater camera, Daedalus ' laptop, my scratchpad, you know the usual." She throws a small backpack at me. It's much lighter.

"What's in here?" I ask her.

"Clothes. How are we going to get down there?" She asks, pointing to the water. "Won't I drown or something?" I shake my head.

"I can keep us dry underwater."

"Good," she says. "Because I really don't want to get wet." As soon as she says it I thrust my hand towards the lake and I feel a pull in my gut as a 10ft wave bursts from it. I direct it towards Annabeth and she gets soakied. "Really?!" Annabeth shrieks. She tries to shake the water off there is no effect. I smile and draw the water from her and deposit it back in the lake. She glares at me.

"Ready?" I ask. She nods and I throw our luggage in the water. I grab her hand and we both jump in.