Chapter 3
(Hunter's POV)
As I ran to find Chiron, I kept thinking of what happened to Percy. When I got to the Big House I found Mr. D and Chiron looking concerned. Then I took a deep breath. "Hey Chiron, I want to talk to you about the disappearance of Percy and the Golden Fleece" I said. Then Chiron sighed and said "Let me guess, you, Thalia, and Christi want to go on a quest. Well, you may, but you must be incredibly careful". Then I thanked him four times and went off to tell Thalia and Christi to get ready for a quest. (The next day) Me, Christi, and Thalia slung our backpacks over our shoulders, and put our weapons in them. I brought my bow, Thalia brought a sword and aegis, and Christi brought a club. Then we walked up half-blood hill. Thalia put her hand on her weakening tree, and then we walked out of the borders and started our search. As we walked towards the city, I thought of something. "Thalia, if your tree dies, do you die?" I asked. "Frankly, I'm not sure. I hope not" she replied. I looked at where Christi use to be and she was missing. "Thalia, where is Christi?!" I asked. Thalia gasped. "Wow, she moves fast for a smallish girl" she said. We started looking for her and calling her name. Then I saw her riding her Pegasus Paycheck, and next to her was my Pegasus Chloe and Thalia's Pegasus pony Gizmo. We mounted the Pegasi and put our stuff in the saddle bags that were attached to their armor. Then Christi hesitated and asked "So, where are we going exactly?" We thought for a minute. "I think we should try finding someone who can help us try to figure out who the thief is" I said. Then Thalia said "what if we ask… ugh, Annabeth and the hunters?". We came to an agreement and decided to find the hunters of Artemis. Even though Annabeth didn't like any of us, we decided it was our only hope.
Thalia gave me a golden drachma so we could Iris message Annabeth. I asked Christi if she could make a small wall of water. I threw in the drachma and said "show me Annabeth Chase". Then, the iris message appeared. "Ugh, what do you want Hunter?" She asked. Then I said "look Annabeth, I don't want to talk to you either, but we have a problem. The Golden Fleece was stolen and the thief took Percy as well. Do you think maybe you and the hunters could help us track down the thief?" Then she gasped, and even looked a little worried. "Ugh fine, but we would need to be in the same place. The hunters and I are in The Civil War Battlefields in Washington D.C. I guess we'll see you there". Then she cut off connection of the iris message. Then I said "Ok guys, we are going to Washington D.C."