Sorry, I may not have made this clear. This story takes place after "The last Olympian" but before "The Lost Hero". Alright, read on. And PLEASE , if you have a story, I would love for you to… advertise my story! This is my first fanfiction, so I really want to get the word out about it! Thank you!

Chapter 2: First a missing Lieutenant, then a worried goddess, next a calm but not calm centaur, then the craziness starts

Meghan's POV

I saw Lady Artemis end her Iris-Message with Chiron. I couldn't hear what she had been talking about, but when she turned from her call, she looked even more disturbed than before.

All morning we, the hunters, have been looking all around our campsite for Thalia Grace. After almost 5 hours of searching, Artemis called the camp. She can't seem to focus on anything, Thalia was always her favorite. And her missing, well, Artemis didn't like it.

I felt someone tap me on the shoulder. I shook my head, and turned around to see Phoebe.

"Hey Meg, something wrong? You look like something is bothering you", she asked me. Phoebe always tries to act like my best friend, ever since Zoe passed away.

Zoe and I were in the hunt together for what seems forever, then she went on the quest. I expected her to come back with Lady Artemis, but instead she never came back.

"Ya, I'm fine, thanks", I smiled at her, and she smiled back and went off to continue searching. I sighed, and I was about to continue as well, but Artemis caught me by the arm.

"Is my assistance needed, Lady Artemis?" I asked her.

"Yes, actually. I have just been told… rather disturbing news. I do notice that you do not have the same hatred towards men as several of my other hunters", she looked at me questioningly. I nodded, wandering where this was going. Lady Artemis continued.

"Chiron has just informed me that the sons of Poseidon and Hades have also disappeared. A prophecy has been spoken, and a hunter is required to fulfill the quest. I believe you are the most worthy for this problem", she finished. I stared at her, letting everything she just said sink in.

Me? On a quest? I have always just stuck with the hunt, never bothering to mix with demigods. I am a demigod, child of Athena, but the Hunt has been like a home to me, I never wanted to have the chance to think I might like being at Camp Half-Blood more than the Hunt.

"I believe you are thinking too hard, Meghan", Artemis told me, "your eyes are a dark grey." I nodded my head.

My eyes are… odd. Since I am a daughter of Athena, my eyes should naturally be grey. But my dad's eyes were sky blue, so for some odd reason, mine are too. But whenever I am thinking hard, from battle strategies to what I should wear, my eyes would turn grey. Just an Athena thing, I guess. I looked at Lady Artemis, we were about eye level, I am 14 and Artemis is in her 14 year old state.

"I have never been on a quest, My Lady. I believe others in the Hunt may be more prepared for a quest than I. Maybe Melinda, or Gwen, or Phoebe would be good…"

"Ah, yes, they are good choices, but they cannot tolerate men. This quality you have is necessary for this quest. Meghan Pallas Alexander", I flinched at my full name, nobody uses it, or knows it for that matter, "You are going to represent me on the quest to save the children of the Big Three." Well, her mind was made up.

"Yes, My Lady", I nodded," I will… go pack."

I walked off to my tent, which we had not yet taken down due to the search. Most of my stuff was already in my bag, since I had already started packing to leave our sight before Thalia's disappearance was noticed. I checked my bag to make sure I had everything. My extra clothes, my silver parka, not that it was going to snow in the middle of summer, and my dress. Nobody knew I even had a dress. I looked around to make sure no one was in the tent, then withdrew the dress from my bag. I held it out in front of me. This dress had a long, complicated history. A story for another time. I sighed and folded it back into my bag. I threw in my sleeping bag and I was ready. I stepped out of the tent, and saw all the hunters crowded around Lady Artemis. I walked up to them. I listened to what Artemis was saying,

"…and in Thalia's absence, her temporary replacement as my Lieutenant will be Phoebe." There was a short clap for her as she smiled a big ear-to-ear smile. "I am sending Meghan to go after Thalia with two other demigods Chiron is sending on the quest with her." All eyes averted to me at the back of the group. I looked down to hide my blush. "Now that you all know what exactly is happening, I must have a few words with Meghan before she departs. Meghan, to my tent please."

I nodded and followed her to her tent. Before she let me enter, she turned to me. "You may want to say goodbye to your fellow hunters before I transport you to Camp Half-Blood." I nodded and went back to the group. I looked among the 30 girls, trying to find my friends. I saw Clara in the back, so I parted the group and walked to her.

"Just wanted to say bye, Clara", I told her as I pulled her into a hug.

"And good luck to you Meg!" she told me, sounding excited. She pulled back and smiled. "Go show the world Meg the Great! Because she is amazing!"

"Thank you, Clare. I'll make sure to do that." I smiled at her nickname for me. She is the only hunter, besides Zoe, that knows all about my past. The nickname always made me think of my dad. I walked over to Phoebe to tell her goodbye, and she also wished me good luck. Many other girls said the same, and I ended up walking back to Artemis' tent. She was sitting on a plush pillow on the ground. Next to her was my hunting dog, Argo.

He ran up to me and sat in front of me, expecting a pet. I scratched his head before sitting in front of Lady Artemis.

"As you can see, I have summoned your hunting dog here. I am giving you the rare option of taking Argo with you. I believe he will come in handy at one point. But of course he will only appear when he is called." I smiled and hugged Argo, who had sat next to me.

"Yes! Of course! Thank you Lady Artemis!"

"My pleasure. Now you must be off. I am going to transport you to Half-Blood Hill. From there Chiron will explain everything."

"Yes, my Lady", I replied standing up along with her. "Good Luck Meghan. The moon will always help you." I smiled and thanked her.

She told me to close my eyes. I pet Argo one more time before doing as she asked. I felt as if I was floating, and then the next second I felt a cool breeze on my tan skin. I opened my eyes and saw I was at the top of Half-Blood hill, and the breeze whipping my long, light brown hair all over. I stepped over the border and the breeze stopped. I looked over the camp.

It was mid-morning, yet the camp seemed to be in full swing. I could hear metal clashing and groans of defeat coming from the arena. I heard heavy banging coming from a little workshop. There was also the beautiful sound of music coming from the strawberry fields, where I saw satyrs playing their flutes. Then I remembered why I was here. I made my way to the Big House. I stepped on the porch and was met by a lazy sounding voice,

"Well, looks like Artemis just needed to send me more children. I can barely stand the kids I have now. Who are you?" I turned and saw Lord Dionysus sitting at a small table with cards in his hands. I saw three other sets of cards just floating in the air around him. I approached him and bowed.

"Lord Dionysus, Lady Artemis has sent me to fulfill the latest prophecy as a representative of the moon", I greeted him, even though from my past stays at Camp Half-Blood, he never did seem friendly.

"Ah, now if only the campers were as formal as the hunters. Mr. D seems to be getting rather old. Stand, huntress." I did as he asked. "Chiron is in the living room if that's who you want", he told me, looking back at his cards and setting one down on a pile.

"Thank you, My Lord", I said as I walked away. Wasn't he a fun guy. Of course, as Mr. D said, Chiron was in the living room, talking to a boy. I examined the boy before stepping in. He had long, platinum blonde hair, tan skin, and when he noticed me standing at the door, I saw his eyes were… a very light brown? What is the term… amber.

"Who are you?" he asked me. Before I could answer Chiron spoke. "You must be Lady Artemis' representative. I am Chiron, as you most likely know. May I ask your name, huntress?"

"Meghan, Lord Chiron", I replied to him, and I saw his face slightly blush.

"Oh, no need to be formal. Just Chiron is fine, Meghan. Thank you for coming. This is Nicholas", he said, pointing to the boy, who was now standing from the coach he was occupying before. "He has been chosen to also go on the quest. Nicholas", before he could continue, 'Nicholas' interrupted him.

"Please, Chiron, it's just Nic! Only my grandma calls me Nicholas!"

"Very well", Chiron sighed before continueing what he was saying, "Nic, will you please tell her the prochecy at hand?"

"Yes, Chiron." Nic looked at me before saying, "It said,

To find the three you seek

You must join the sun, moon, and garden with a blue streak

The demigods are hidden in each other's domain

To find them is simple and plain

But you must fight Earth at the Son of Poseidon's shack

To successfully finish your quest and safely get back"

He finished and looked to Chiron. Chiron nodded and looked at me.

"Our Leaders here have already deciphered that a child of Apollo, the sun, a representative of Artemis, the moon, and a child of Demeter, the garden. Beyond that, not much has been deciphered." I thought about it. I couldn't come up with much either.

"Well, we can start by finding our third quest member. A child of Demeter, you say?" Chiron nodded.

"But what does it mean 'and the garden with a blue streak'? That doesn't make any sense."

"Yeah, I've noticed that, too", Nic said. I looked at him. He looked so… confident. I had the feeling he always had this "confident" posture because of his looks. I mean, from a girl's point of view, he was, well, hot. But as a hunter, he was just a boy. I don't think he's… cute or anything. I'm a hunter! I don't like Nic… wait I should get back to the point.

"I'm afraid I do not know what the prophecy means either. But you may want to go to the Demeter cabin anyway. Maybe the prophecy will become clearer on your travels. And I'm sure Katie would love to go on a quest. She is very… handy", Chiron told Nic, since I had no idea who Katie is. But I could sense doubt in his voice. I don't believe he thinks Katie is the third quest member. But I guess she is the best we will get.

"Ok, Chiron, thanks, we'll go check out the Demeter cabin", Nic said as he took my hand and pulled me out the door. Once we stepped on the porch he stopped and looked at me. He smiled and introduced himself.

"By the way, I'm Nicholas Burns, son of Apollo. But I just go by Nic." He held out the hand that wasn't still holding mine for me to shake, but instead I held up the hand he was holding, showed him, and shook that hand before dropping it. He looked at our hands and quietly said, "oh, yeah, sorry" before blushing and kept walking. I followed him.

"I guess I must introduce myself. I am Meghan Alexander, but I go by Meg."

"Oh, cool name. So, are you a demigod? Or mortal? Or I guess you could be a nymph, but they don't really have last names…" I cut him off by saying,

"I am a demigod. Daughter of Athena, at your service."

"Oh, so this must be a personal thing for you, right?" What? What did he mean "personal"?

"What do you mean by personal? Lady Artemis just sent me, she didn't have a specific reason." Well, I do know she had a reason for sending me, but, really, I don't want to tell a man that I sent because I don't hate guys. Might be a bit of a downer.

"Well, Annabeth went after Percy, the son of Poseidon, and know she is missing, too. Annabeth is also a child of Athena, so I just, you know, thought…" Nic didn't finish the sentence, just looked down sheepishly.

"I wasn't aware of a daughter of Athena missing, I never met any of my siblings that reside here. But since we do share brain waves, thank you for your concern", I told him, I couldn't stand the guilty feeling I had when he looked down. He looked up and smiled at me. From there we walked in an awkward silence, until we stopped at a cabin that looked very… plantish? There was grass on the roof, flowers everywhere, and it was all, well, green. Nic knocked on the door. A girl around 16 answered the door.

"Well hi there, what's up?" the girl asked. Nic replied, "Hey Katie", so this was the girl,

"Well, you know what the prophecy said about the garden, so we are assuming it is a child of Demeter. Now, since you are the leader, you are our first option. So we need to know if you want to…" Nic was cut off a loud thump. Katie jumped like she had been frightened and looked down.

Laying there was a girl, obviously a daughter of Demeter. The girl had brown hair, olive colored skin, and when she stood up from her fall, I could see total embarrassment in her green eyes.

"Sorry", she said sheepishly, blushing like crazy. The girl looked the Katie. "What's going on Katie? Hey Nic, and who is this?" she said, looking at me on the last part. I smiled at her.

"Oh, sorry, I'm Meghan. I came as a representative of Lady Artemis." I held out my hand so she could shake it. Before she took my hand to shake it, she ran her hand through her hair to tame it down from her fall. That's when I saw it. I stared at her in utter shock. She stared back at me questioningly. Nic saw her face, and looked at me.

"Hey Meg, what's wrong?" I looked at him, and back at the girl.

"Who are you?" I asked her.

"I'm Chloe Parsons, daughter of Demeter", she said, a little uneasily. I looked at Nic again and then grabbed a strand of Chloe's hair and showed it to Nic. He opened his mouth to question what I was doing, then saw what I meant.

"You have a blue hair streak", he told Chloe. She stared at him, giving him a "well, duh" type of face, and then I explained.

"Chloe, the prophecy says, 'You must join the sun, moon, and garden with a blue streak'. A child of Demeter is needed for the garden, and at first we thought we could just pick anyone, but now we know, the garden with the blue streak is you. Chloe Parsons, you are the third quest member."