A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in so long guys! Here's the next two chapters! Enjoy (and let me know if you have any suggestions for this story)

Chapter Three: The Phone Call

By Potions, Draco had not figured out an appropriate response to the revelation that Rachel Kaligras had a crush on him. So he continued acting like normal, which meant that they were fighting again. "Honestly, Malfoy, quit picking on poor Neville! Get a life outside of bullying people."

Draco rolls his eyes dramatically. "You use the term people quite loosely. Anyway, how can you not laugh? This is the third cauldron he's blown up in as many days-it is pathetic!"

"You're pathetic! And maybe if you were nicer to him he wouldn't be so nervous!"

"Ha! It's not my fault he's afraid of his own shadow!"

Right at that moment Professor Snape billowed by. Glancing at Rachel, he stated, "Five points from Gryffindor."

Rachel stuck her tongue out at his retreating back. "Detention, Miss Kaligras," Snape said without even turning around. Rachel opened her mouth to respond but was cut off by a loud dad dum! dad dum!

"Here comes Jaws!" Rachel yelled. "I love this ringtone." She pulled an odd Muggle device out of her robes and glanced down at it. "You guys get great reception here," she commented before opening the device and holding it to her ear. "Hullo, Percy Jackson, cousin of mine!" Draco heard quiet muttering from the Muggle contraption. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, ANNABETH'S MISSING?!" More quiet mutterings, followed by a sigh from Rachel. "All right. I'll go gather Kaden and Kody and call you back." Without waiting for a response she snapped the device closed and darted from the classroom.

She ran from the dungeons up into the main part of the castle. All the way to Professor McGonagall's classroom she sprinted. When she threw open the door she half-collapsed against the doorframe. 60 pairs of Fourth Year Slytherin and Hufflepuff eyes swiveled to stare at her, and Professor McGonagall was quiet as she stared at the girl who had just interrupted her class.

"Rachel!" Kaden exclaimed. He jumped up and hurried to her side. "What happened?" While catching her breath, she used sign language to say "Don't panic."

Once she finally was able to speak, she ordered, "Meet me in the Astronomy Tower in five minutes. Something's happened." Kaden nodded.

Rachel pushed herself to her feet and ran off again. "If you leave this classroom, it's detention for a week, Mr. Kaligras," Kaden heard Professor McGonagall call as he sprinted from the classroom. He simply waved one hand in acknowledgement, not breaking his stride as he hustled to the Astronomy Tower.

The next classroom door to slam open was that of Ancient Runes. Kody leapt from his desk and caught his sister as she sagged into his arms. He sat her on the desk, watched a moment to be sure she wouldn't collapse, and then transfigured his textbook into a goblet. "Aguamenti," he whispered, pointing his wand at the transfigured textbook, and the goblet filled with water. He handed it to Rachel and watched anxiously as she finished it. She gulped it eagerly, and then handed it to him with a quiet "Thanks."

He nodded and quickly transfigured the goblet back to his textbook. Once that was done, Rachel said, "We have to go to the Astronomy Tower."

Kody nodded in agreement. This wasn't quite what he was expecting when she burst into his classroom so obviously frazzled. The news that she had kissed Malfoy would have surprised him less than a random intrusion followed by an expressed desire to visit an abandoned tower. "Alright," he said compliantly. "We'll go as soon as class is over."

"No, now," Rachel argued.

"I can't miss this information. The NEWTS are coming up soon and-"

"Kody," Rachel interrupted. "Percy called. Annabeth's missing."

…

Once they were all gathered in the Astronomy Tower, Rachel pulled out her cell phone and called Percy. She put it on speakerphone so that they could all hear the phone ring. A few seconds later, they heard, "Hello?"

"What do you mean, my sister's missing?" Kody demanded. Rachel touched his arm to calm him. Annabeth was the sister he was closest to, and he didn't seem to be taking it well.

"I don't know! We were fighting a manticore and the next thing I knew she went on this thing's back, and it fell over a cliff, and we looked for her but she was gone and I get this feeling that she's not dead but I don't actually know for sure, it's just this strong feeling that she's not dead but if she's not then I don't know where she actually is," Percy rambled.

"She's not dead," Rachel replied confidently. "I would have seen it if she was."

"Oh yeah, I forgot about your seizures." Ever since Rachel was little she would always have a seizure if someone they knew was about to die. Accompanying the seizure would be a vision showing exactly how the person would die. When she would come out of it, she often had enough time to save the person. So she was certain Annabeth wasn't dead because she would've literally watched her die.

"Explain slower, please," Kaden requested. "I'm confused about what happened."

"We went up to Bar Harbor, Maine, to Westover Hall. We were told by Grover that there were two half-blood kids who were there."

"We?" Rachel questioned.

"Me, Annabeth, and Thalia," Percy clarified. "My mom drove us. Anyway, we got up there and there was this dance. We danced and then noticed that the half-blood kids were gone. Sorry, guess I'm getting ahead of myself again. Grover told us that there was a monster there watching the half-bloods too. So when we noticed the kids were gone we were obviously concerned. We went out to look for them and saw that the monster-a manticore- had them cornered. We battled, and Annabeth ended up on the manticore's back. Then," a quiet sob which everyone politely ignored "the manticore went over the cliff. We looked for Annabeth but couldn't find her. The manticore vanished, and Annabeth was gone too."

"Where are you now?" Rachel asked.

"We met up with Artemis' Hunters. We're back at the camp now."

"And the Half-bloods?" It was the first words that Kody had spoken since first demanding to know how Percy had lost his sister. "What happened to them?"

"They're here with me."

It was clear Kody was entering his son of Athena mode. "Any sign of who their parent might be?"

"None."

"At least you didn't compromise the whole mission. Do you have any idea where Annabeth is now?"

"Not at the moment. Just a really strong feeling, confirmed by your sister, that she's not dead."

"Alright, here's what we'll do. Rachel, Kaden, and I will Floo into Camp. Tell Dionysus to be prepared for us. Once we're there we'll split into search teams and head off to search for Annabeth. We'll search on Mount Olympus-well, we'll talk to Apollo and see if he knows where she might be-and we'll search the Underworld with the help of Thanatos. If anyone has any other ideas, I'd love to hear them."

"Okay," Percy says. "See you soon. Bye guys." The connection is cut off suddenly, and Kaden, Kody and Rachel are left staring there for a moment.

"Well, let's go," Kody says, and they jump up.

"Who's Annabeth?" a voice questions. Kody whips around and stares at Draco Malfoy, who has appeared in the Astronomy Tower. "Why does it matter she's gone? Who's Apollo and Artemis? Where's camp, and what is Mount Olympus?"

Kody glares at him. "Sod off, Malfoy. We don't have the time." He stomps off.

"Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. If you don't tell me, I'll have Filch alert Dumbledore that you and your siblings are trying to sneak out."

Kody freezes. "And if I tell you the answers to your questions?"

"I'll let you go without another word. No one will realize you're gone until enough time has passed that you can be there safely, because I won't alert anyone."

Kody spins around, staring daggers at Malfoy. "Swear it. Swear on the name of Salazar Slytherin that if I tell you what you want to know, to the best of my ability, you won't tell anyone where we've gone."

"I swear. On the name of Salazar I swear that if you tell me what I want to know, I won't tell anyone you are gone."

"Annabeth is my half-sister. She and I are very close. It matters that she's gone because it means she could have been taken prisoner by our enemies. Camp Half-Blood is located in New York. I can't answer your other questions…speaking of enemies, Rachel, has Luke contacted you recently?"

Rachel shakes her head.

"Okay. I know he used to like to tell you this stuff, back when you guys were-" he trails off awkwardly, not sure how to finish that statement. Dating? Married? Partners in crime? When he abused you? He ponders. None seem appropriate.

"I don't know what he's doing anymore, fortunately."

"Fair enough. Let's go."

They heard shuffling footsteps, and the voice of Filch say, "Students out of class, Mrs. Norris? We'll find them and drag them back by their ears."

"Run!" Kaden whispers.

"No, wait! Stay here and stay quiet," Malfoy orders, and he descends the stairs of the Astronomy Tower with soft steps.

"Well what're you doing out of class?"

"I don't answer to you, Squib."

"Very well. I'll take you to your Head of House and we'll see what he has to say to you."

There's the sound of footsteps heading the opposite direction, then a loud "I'll walk myself, thank you, Squib. Wouldn't want you contaminating me with your filthy hands." They can't hear Filch's response.

"Thank Merlin for good friends," Kaden whispers emphatically. Kody signals to him and they hurry down the stairs. Filch and Malfoy are nowhere in sight. In fact, the Kaligras' do not cross them the entire time they travel from the Astronomy Tower to Dumbledore's office.

Kody strides confidently into Dumbledore's office. "Headmaster, we have an emergency at home which we must attend to. My sister has gone missing. We fear she's been kidnapped."

"Very well. Go, children." Just like that, Dumbledore steps aside from his fireplace to let them through. Kody picks up Floo Powder, yells "Camp Half-Blood" and vanishes.

"You next, Rachel. Don't worry, it's easy to Floo. All you have to do is say where you want to go clearly, then drop the powder."

Rachel picks out a bit of Floo Powder from the container beside the fireplace and steps bravely into the flames. "Camp Half-Blood," she says, words clear as a bell. She too disappears.

Kaden quickly follows. When he opens his eyes, he is standing close to a disgruntled Mr. D. "Oh look. Caleb just stepped out of my fireplace too."

"My name is Kaden."

"Whatever," Mr. D. said flippantly.

"We're here about my sister," Kody says.

"Far as I know, she's right beside you," he says, peering at Kaden again. Kaden isn't sure whether or not to take offense.

"My other sister, Annabeth Chase."

"Ah yes, Annabelle! Peter Johnson was just asking about her as well."

The door to the Big House slams open abruptly, and a teen girl with jet-black hair wearing a gothic "Death to Barbie" tee-shirt stepped in. She was followed by a boy with black hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a light blue tee-shirt and jeans. Trailing behind them is a tiny boy. He is wearing a bright yellow shirt and shuffling cards quietly.

"Kody, thank the gods you're here! We've been trying to find more about where Annabeth might've gone, but we're running low on ideas. Between the Athena cabin and us, we still have no ideas at all of where she could be."

"It's alright, Thalia," Kody comforts, going over to give her a hug. "We're here now. We're going to find her."

Kaden walks over and punches the boy companionably in the arm. "Hey Percy, let's go to the beach. We'll talk this over. Maybe with some new minds we can figure out something you guys didn't think of."

Thalia and Kody both nod. The four of them go to walk out the door, until Kody realizes Rachel isn't following. "Coming, Rachel?"

"In a second."

They head on down the path, and Rachel approaches the younger boy who entered behind Percy and Thalia. After entering the Big House he had flopped on the floor and ignored everything around him, content to shuffle his cards. Rachel squatted down to his level. "Hi. What'cha got there?"

"Mythomagic cards. I collect them," the boy says proudly. "See, here's one of the guy that was just in here." He pulls out the card and stares at it with adoration. Rachel is shocked to see a Greek statue with the word Dionysus written beneath. "Everyone says he's really lame because his attack points are low. I've always liked him, though."

Rachel has no response to this. "Do you collect Mythomagic cards?" the boy asks, turning to her.

"No."

"Oh. My sister doesn't either."

Rachel's interest is piqued. "You have a sister?"

"She's with the Hunters now. She left me."

"Oh. Well, maybe we can be friends. I can be like your sister, if you want."

The boy stares up at her. "I think I'd like that."

She smiles. "Great. What's your name?"

"Nico Di Angelo."

Rachel puts out her hand to Nico to shake. He takes her hand and quickly drops it. "Ouch!" Rachel peers down at her hand. The moment their palms touched, heat radiated up and shocked her. Judging from Nico's reaction, the same thing happened to him. Curious, Rachel presses one finger timidly to Nico again. Nothing happens. She stretches out her palm and touches his. Nothing. Her brow furrows in confusion.

Finally, she decides not to worry about it. Whatever that was, it was just a fluke. "Okay, well, it was nice meeting you, Nico. I'm going to go meet up with my brothers now, but I'll see you soon."

"Okay," the boy affirms.

Rachel heads down the path toward the beach. Her brothers, Percy, and Thalia are sitting on the edge of the pier. Though it's January, Percy's feet are in the water. As Rachel approaches, she hears Percy saying, "Zoey had a dream saying Artemis was missing too. It makes me think my dream was right."

"Hold up, what did I miss? And Artemis is missing too?" questions Rachel as she sits on the pier, pulls off her shoes and socks and dangles her feet in the water.

"I had a dream last night. Annabeth was on this mountain, and she saw Luke holding up the sky. She went to him, and he told her that if she helped, they could hold the sky together. So she did, and he left like the jerk he is."

Rachel frowned. "Don't know why Annabeth would help him anyway," Percy mutters angrily. Rachel understands, though. Annabeth would help because, like Rachel, she kept hoping that if she cared enough, they would be able to redeem Luke. After all, Annabeth was his good friend, their good friend. She had been there when Rachel had left him too, hiding the- Rachel stops that thought in its tracks.

She feels a light pressure on her arm and turns to see Kody smiling a bit at her. "It does no good to dwell on the past, Rachel."

"I know. It's just hard. He wasn't always this evil."

"I'm confused," Kaden cuts in, addressing Percy. "You never mentioned Artemis in this dream."

"I was getting there," Percy says irritably. "Anyway, so after Luke left Annabeth holding the sky, then Artemis came-well, was taken prisoner, actually-and she took the sky for Annabeth. So quick summary-Artemis is currently holding the sky, Annabeth's prisoner, and Luke's a jerk." Kaden snorts at the last statement.

"Wait. I thought you said you didn't know where Annabeth was. Have you had another dream since then where she moved locations?" Kody asks.

"No. Why?"

"Then we know where she is!" Kody exclaimed cheerfully.

"We do?" Kaden says, looking over at his brother.

"Yes! Come on guys, let's go!" He yanks Thalia to her feet, then pulls Rachel, Kaden, and Percy up as well and drags them along the path enthusiastically.

"Where are we going?" Percy yells breathlessly as he's pulled along.

"To the Big House!"

"Why? We know for sure she's not there."

Kody rolls his eyes. "No, I never said she was."

"But-" Thalia begins.

"Going to the Big House will get us a quest, which is what we need to be allowed to go get her." He begins sprinting up the path again.

"So where is she?" Thalia and Percy demand simultaneously.

Kody grins. His windblown hair and wide, cheek-splitting smile make him look like a lunatic, but he doesn't care. They know where his sister is. They can find her, rescue her, bring her to camp where she is safe and make this imprisonment a bad memory. "Mount Tam," Kody responds.