Hi everyone! Here's the second chapter (obviously) and I hope you like! Pretty much, I'm setting the plot as I go along. I don't have like a big butt spider-web plot of how this story is going to go, so in a nutshell, I'm winging this :) Please please please please please review!

Chapter 2: The Quest

Chiron moved Percy to cabin three, a.k.a. Poseidon's cabin, the next morning. I felt so bad for Percy! He had finally started to fit in and now he was back to being the freak.

Also, the bad feeling I had been having forever was at its peak. It was so bad that I was getting headaches from it. Luke was starting to notice it and was worried about me. I hated making him worry so whenever he was around me, I acted like I was fine, although it made the headache worse and then I would go to bed and sleep whenever I could.

On top of all that, I was applying for colleges and that was a pain in my demigod butt. I had applied for a lot and I had been accepted to all of them. My main choices were Colorado State University and Yale (which I had been amazingly been accepted to). I wanted to go to CSU because I missed Colorado but I wanted to go to Yale because it was close to Camp Half-Blood.

"What are you doing?" Luke asked as he came into the Hermes cabin. He had just come from teaching a sword fighting class. Luke came over and sat down on the bed behind me because all the acceptance letters were in front of me.

"Looking through my acceptance letters. I didn't think so many people would accept me," I said, looking at the acceptance letters from Yale and CSU.

"Where are you thinking about going?" Luke asked, wrapping his arms around my waist and resting his head on my shoulder.

"I can't choose between CSU and Yale," I replied, leaning my head up against his shoulder.

"Why?"

"I want to go to CSU because it's in Colorado, it is safe, and I miss Colorado really badly. On the other hand, it's so far away from camp. I want to go to Yale because it is an amazing education and it's close to camp, but it's a really dangerous area," I sighed.

"I would rather you be far away and safe than close by and in danger."

"That was very deep," I grinned.

"Hey, underneath these good looks, I have a brain," Luke joked.

"You could've fooled me!"

"Hey!" Luke laughed. I turned my head to look at him and kissed him.

"You forgive me?" I whispered with a teasing smile.

"I was never mad at you in the first place," Luke replied, kissing me again.

"I have an archery lesson in five minutes, I should get going," I said, standing up.

"Do you really have to go?" He asked.

"Yes, unfortunately."

"Okay," Luke sighed with a smile. "I'll see you later. I'm going to go to the sword fighting arena so I'll walk with you to target practice."

We walked out the door and towards the target practice arena. Luke's hand was intertwined with mine and we were in a comfortable silence. We had these moments where we were both lost in our own thoughts. My mind was a labyrinth that I got completely lost in and it took a lot to break through it.

"Elizabeth? Elizabeth?" Luke was waving his hand in front of my face. Hey, what did I tell you? It takes a lot to break through my thoughts.

"Yeah?" I said, shaking my head.

"Sometimes I wonder what you're thinking that makes you get so far away." Luke pushed a strand of hair out of my face.

"If you did, you'd get lost," I teased. "I'll see you later."

"I'll hold that to you," Luke grinned. He hugged me goodbye and left me to my archery lesson.

Andy's POV

Something was seriously wrong with Elizabeth. She was quieter than usual and she's almost never quiet. I decided I needed to confront her about it. Archery practice was the perfect time. I strung bow and aimed at the target.

"Hey, Elizabeth," I greeted her cheerily.

"Hey, Andy. How are you?" Elizabeth replied sweetly.

"I'm good, you?"

"Tired," Elizabeth chuckled good-naturedly.

"Are you sure that's all?" I prodded.

"Yeah, I'm sure. Why?" Elizabeth notched an arrow and aimed at the target. She released the arrow and it hit straight on the bulls-eye.

"I don't know. It just seems like something's wrong."

"Why does everyone keep asking me that?" Elizabeth turned to me.

"Again, I don't know. Seriously, I know something's wrong with you. What is it?"

"How do I explain that I have a feeling that something bad has happened on Olympus and it is giving major migraines and that I think my boyfriend is hiding something but I don't know what?" Elizabeth ranted quietly. So something had been bothering her!

"What do you think is wrong?"

"How the hell should I know? I've asked Chiron if anything was wrong but he wouldn't tell me jack and now it's giving me headaches because the feeling is getting worse and worse and then something is bothering Luke and I don't know what the hell it is. I keep waiting for him to tell me but he isn't showing any signs of telling me what it is and I don't want to ask him because I don't want to bother him about it but I'm worried about him. He's been acting differently, too," Elizabeth ranted even more. She stopped her tirade and looked at me with a tired smile. "You probably don't want to hear all my problems."

"No, I was worried about you. I could tell something was wrong," I told her.

"Is it that obvious?"

"No, I just know you."

"Oh, well, that's very true."

"Do you want me to talk to Luke?"

"No, it's okay. I don't want to seem like the suspicious girlfriend type. He'll tell me when he wants to tell me," Elizabeth assured me.

"Well if I can help then let me know because I hate it when you're upset."

"Thanks Andy," Elizabeth smiled.

"Anytime," I answered.

We didn't speak anymore after that, we focused on archery. Elizabeth was hitting her target almost every time. I think it was she getting her frustration out.

Elizabeth's POV

I finished with my archery lesson and walked to the sword-fighting arena, where I passed Percy. He looked surprisingly thoughtful. He didn't strike me as the thoughtful type.

"Hey Perce, everything okay?"

"Yeah, I just got a quest."

"What?" I exclaimed.

"Yeah, I know. Annabeth and Grover are going with me," Percy said. I was kind of disappointed I wasn't going but I had other things to worry about.

"Good, Annabeth and Grover are good choices," I assured him.

"Thanks."

"If you need anything, let me know. I'm an expert on quests."

"You are?"

"Well, at the doing really stupid things to save my butt or a friend's butt."

"Like what? I don't think you can top blowing up a school bus on accident. Well, that wasn't really to save anyone, it just… happened," Percy grinned.

"Try jumping off of Niagara Falls," I smiled.

"Okay, yeah, that tops mine."

"Oh, and try dancing with a Lastrygonian."

"What?"

"Hey, I didn't know I was a demigod then and Luke saved me from him so…"

"You and Luke are close, aren't you?"

"You could say that," I said.

"What do you mean?"

"He's my boyfriend."

"Oh, that makes sense," Percy said.

"Well, I'll see you later. If you need any help, let me know," I told him. I waved goodbye and left to go to the sword-fighting arena where I was hoping Luke would still be there. He was. He was fighting a kid from Ares with an audience watching intently. Luke made quick work of him. The Ares kid ended up on the ground with Luke's sword pointed at his chest. Luke helped him up and twirled his sword, looking for another opponent.

"Who's next?" Luke asked the crowd. No one came forward.

"I'll take you," I answered, stepping forward. Luke turned my way and grinned. I took out my sword, Cyclone, and got ready to fight.

"Elizabeth!" Chiron came through the crowd. I, along with everyone else, bowed respectfully to Chiron.

"Yes sir?" I questioned.

"Come with me. I need to speak with you," Chiron ordered. There was something in his voice that told me not to question him in front of everyone.

"Yes sir." I made Cyclone turn back into a bracelet and followed Chiron.

What's going on? Luke's voice entered my mind. We never had been able to figure out why we were able to use our Empathy link to communicate when we were both awake because usually, one person had to be asleep to communicate with the other.

I have no clue. I replied.

If you're in trouble or in danger in anyway, remember your necklace. Luke reminded me. My hand absently went to my amethyst necklace. Luke had given it to me for my sixteenth birthday. If I pressed the amethyst, it would alert Luke that he needed to contact me immediately.

I will. I replied.

Chiron and I finally reached the Big House. We walked in.

"Now, what I'm about to tell you is highly classified. You can't even tell Luke," Chiron said firmly.

"I understand sir," I replied.

"I know you came to me after the winter solstice because you felt like something was wrong on Olympus. I told you that everything was fine, but you were right. Something has happened."

"Well, what's wrong?"

"Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen."

"Daaaaamn…" I said. "Who did it? Because I know it wasn't Percy."

"That's what the visitor upstairs wants you to find out."

"There's a visitor upstairs? Who is it?"

"Go up the stairs and enter the first room on the right," Chiron told me with a serious look.

"Um, would you mind telling me who it is?" I inquired. Chiron just looked at me. "Right, I'm on my way."

I went up the stairs and opened the first door on the right. I walked in and stopped short. A tall man was staring out the window at a person passing by. The only person that he would be able to see clearly was Percy.

"Poseidon?"