Annabeth nervously paced her cabin. Chiron had invited the Egyptian magicians to come. Apparently they were magicians, and they lived right across the river. Annabeth heard a shout; she grabbed her baseball cap, and ran outside. A bunch of people were walking over to her. In the lead was a guy and a girl. Annabeth walked over to them. "Chiron will speak to your leader in the house over there." Annabeth pointed to the Big House. The boy and girl both started walking over there. "Uh, Chiron wants to speak with only one of you." Annabeth said. The girl frowned. "Well, I'm not going back." The boy sighed, annoyed. "Come on Sadie, I'll tell you what happens." The girl, Sadie, stomped back and next to another boy.

Chiron, Percy, and Jason were all waiting for the Egyptian boy to come in. Finally, he did. He nervously sat down. "I'm Jason Grace, and this is Percy Jackson." Percy smiled, and Jason glanced at Chiron, who didn't say anything. "I'm Carter Kane." "Nice to meet you Carter." Chiron cleared his throat, and the three boys looked at him. "You've all heard of Pandora's box, right?" Percy shuddered at the memory of the box following him around and finally giving it to Hestia. Carter shook his head. "Well, a lady named Pandora was given a box and told not to open it. Curiosity overcame her, and she opened it. All the evils of the world came out, except for hope." Jason frowned. "Why didn't the hope come out?" "Well, some of it did. And it went into a little girl named Celia. The hope remained in her until Celia died. And it was said that the hope went from child to child, spreading hope around the human race." "Who's it with now?" asked Percy. "We don't know, but we are getting close."

Annabeth frowned. She wanted to know what was going on in there. Sighing, she reached for her baseball cap but a hand grabbed her wrist. Leo shook his head. "They'll tell us about it later. Besides, I have to work to do." He went off to the Camp Forge. Sadie stood up. "So, can we sneak out now?" "I'll sneak out, and you'll stay here." "Why?" asked Sadie. In response, Annabeth took her baseball cap and put it on her head. Sadie was impressed. "Sweet, an invisible baseball cap. But watch this." She pulled out something that looked like a boomerang. "L'mun!" She spoke, and she became invisible. "That wasn't Greek." Said Piper weakly. "Or Latin." Said Hazel. "It's Ancient Egyptian. Oh, I'm Walt, by the way." Frank frowned. "You seem really powerful. A little more powerful than the others." Walt smiled. "I'm hosting Anubis. God of the dead, well, a funerary god." Some of the campers tried to discreetly take a step back. Sadie opened the door. "Are we going or not?"

Annabeth and Sadie made their way to the house, but just then Chiron, Jason, Percy, and Carter came out of it. Sadie cursed, and became visible. Annabeth took off her hat. Percy frowned. "Do you know where someone who is . . . neutral . . . would be?" Sadie gave them a puzzled look. "In the middle," answered Annabeth quickly. Jason nodded. "So, she'll be in the middle of the United States." Sadie shot Carter a look. She? Carter responded with a look that said they'll talk later. "So, what's in the middle of the U.S.?" Sadie asked, getting to the point. Annabeth closed her eyes. "It's near the town of Lebanon, in Kansas." Annabeth opened her eyes. "Wait, were you counting Alaska and Hawaii?" Chiron smiled. "No Annabeth, you're right, it's Lebanon." "Let's go to Kansas!"