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Chapter 3:

Day three of torture had just begun and I had the same empty feeling that I had yesterday. People were still coming up and asking if I was okay, I would shrug because I wasn't okay but they already knew that. The beach didn't make me feel carefree anymore so I tried to stay far away from there. I was still was laying low about the whole note thing but it was a hard secret to keep. Sometimes I think that Chiron knows about the note or that I was hiding something but he doesn't say anything so I didn't linger on the thought for long.

The wind was blowing some of my curly hair into my mouth which would cause me to gag. I knew that I should have brought a jacket but being stubborn I didn't. I was rubbing the goose bumps on my arms hoping the friction would warm me up. Standing on the prier would do that to you, make you cold I mean. Wishing it was summer I dipped my toes in the water like fondue. I shivered. The water was freezing. If Percy was here he would have warmed it up. I sighed. Percy. Boy did I miss him. His stubbornness. The way his hair looked like a rats nest in the morning. Or even the way he would smile if something embarrassing happened to him. Smile his goofy smile. Just thinking about it made me laugh.

Feeling like I was getting hypothermia, I got up and started back to camp. There was a pebble on the ground so I started to kick it. I had the urge to practice sword fighting so I took it. I then remembered that I left my dagger in the cabin. It was five in the morning so I would have to be quiet when I walked in but thankfully I had left it on the desk next to the door.

I took a deep breath when I approached the door then silently pushed it open. There, just where I last left it, was my dagger. I tried reaching for it but quickly realized I was to short. I slowly and carefully walked into the cabin then grab my dagger. I slipped out the door and ran toward the sword fighting arena.

There wasn't anyone there so I had to practice with the dummies. While I was decapitating a dummies head I was thinking of a plan. I had to stop moping and think of a plan, Athena always has a plan. The arena usually gave me great ideas but this time I was coming up short. My mind we blank and I couldn't explain how lost I felt and that is a bad thing for a child of Athena. I scared me a bit but I quickly got over it remembering what was important, Percy.

Okay Annabeth look at the clues. He didn't tell me where he was or going but he told me not to go after him. Okay, where was somewhere he didn't want me to go. Let's think, uh, anywhere Luke is, San Francisco and Mount Tamalpais. I don't think Percy would be in San Fran, he might be on Mount Tamp but most likely where Luke is. Now I just have to figure out where that is.

The last I saw him was the night he kissed me then I ran away. He probably wouldn't want to talk to me now since I rejected him but it was worth a shot. Now to find where Luke was. This was the hard part. He was most likely with the monsters that he is creating as an army, and they are stationed...uh, on the Princess Andromeda! I got it. Percy was going to Luke who was on the Princess Andromeda. I felt so great. I decided to destroy a few more dummies before I asked Chiron for an Oracle.

After about ten minutes of practice I went to find Chiron. I went to the Big house first. It was around seven o'clock in the morning so Chiron must be awake by now. I knocked on the Big house door and when no one answered I invited myself in. The living room was stuffy and the sun was shining through the windows. I saw Chiron studying something out the window near the fireplace. My curiosity took over and I quietly walked over to where he was observing. Obviously I wasn't quiet enough because Chiron turned around to find me sneaking up on him.

"Hello Annabeth, why are you up so early?" Chiron said coming over to where I was standing.

"I needed to think and I came up with a plan to get Percy back. I need to consult the oracle," I said really fast.

"Oh, I give you permission," Chiron said gesturing toward the attic.

I gulped then headed toward the attic stairs. The stairs creaked when you stepped on them and the closer to the attic you got the richer the stench of old became. I coughed then opened the door. The rooms wallpaper was pealing and there was old knickknacks lying everywhere you looked(or stepped on). The old shrived up mummy was sitting on its stool wearing the same tie-dye dress as the last time I was up here. I wanted to make this fast to I went over to the shrived hag.

"Where is Perceus Jackson?" I asked the creepy body.

Green smoke emerged from its mouth and it said in a raspy tone:

One has run but isn't far

waiting for the scar-faced one

fighting for the blonde haired maiden

hoping to come back without breakage

The green smoked crawled back into the mummies mouth which was my cue to leave. Walking down the stairs I thought about the oracle. Most of it made since but then again I could be misreading it. I haven't had many oracles before so I didn't want to mess it up. There was one little thing that worried me, it didn't say that I was going with anyone. Now that I think of it it didn't say I couldn't go with anyone either. Maybe it would be easier to go alone...

When I reached the living room Chiron was still there looking out the window. He looked up with an anxious look in his eyes. Chiron loved Percy like a son, so this must be hard. I told him the oracle and about my thinking of no one coming with me. Chiron thought that I should go alone also. He told me to get some rest and pack for tomorrow when I would embark on my quest. I took a deep breath then walked to my cabin ready for what tomorrow threw at me.

A/N: Well, what did you think? Honestly, I like this chapter a lot and I hope you did to. Please review and if you have any quotes please tell me. Review, thanks!