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Annabeth POV

Ouch, my head. I open my blurry eyes gradually looking around. Whoa where am I? I slowly got up from the ground blinking hard. As my vision adjusted I looked around slowly. I seemed to be in a street full of shops? And they weren't just any old shops. Through the windows I could see strange objects like Cauldrons? And brooms? What? Who has a shop full of brooms? My mind raced with different theories of how I got here when I finally came to a conclusion: Hecate. She must have sent me here!

I stood up and walked around passing many people in old fashioned robes. This place was amazing! Look at that architecture! As I walked past a rather dusty alleyway I felt something. As if something or someone was calling me. I looked at the street sign. Nctrukon Lalye? Stupid dyslexia. It took me awhile to unscramble the letters but I finally made something out that looked like Knockturn Alley? I looked around me checking to see if anyone was following me and headed down the shifty alleyway my hand never leaving the dagger in its sheath at my side.

The alley was filled with rather creepy looking old men and women in tattered robes. As I passed they sent me creepy smiles and looks. I shuddered. Hopefully I won't be here for long. The shops here looked older and dirtier. Pieces of rubbish whirled around my feet as I walked. As I passed a shop that looked like it was called Borgins and Burkes. I got that strange calling feeling again.

I opened the door of the shop. As soon as I stepped inside I wish I hadn't. The place was filled with grotesque items. The shop seemed empty. As I hesitantly creped around the shop I felt like someone was watching me. I turned around quickly to see a pair of almost black eyes gleaming in the gloom. I didn't hesitate to pull out my dagger and slash blindly in front of me.

"Whoa! Annabeth calm down!" I heard a familiar voice say.

"Who are you? How do you now my name?" I asked cautiously steeping closer.

"Because it's me," Said the voice stepping out of the shadows revealing. Nico Di Angelo. He wore his usual aviator's jacket and dark clothes. His dark eyes looked like they were full of hell fire, which would have been scared any sane person if you weren't used to them.

"Nico!" I cried in relief giving him a friendly hug "Thank the gods! What are you doing in here?"

"I would of asked you the same question but I doubt either of us know," he admitted "I think Hecate sent us here." I sighed knowing what he said was right. Why would Hecate send us here? I looked closely at Nico.

"Nico why are you covered in...Cobwebs!" I shrieked. All of Athena's children are deathly afraid of spiders since my mother turned Arachne into the first spider. Since then all of her descendants try to torment the children of Athena.

"Oh yeah, I'm guessing Hecate was still miffed about the Hogwarts comment because, well, she transported me into a cupboard" he said sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. I couldn't help but laugh despite of my fear of spiders.

"I don't suppose you have seen Thalia or Percy?" he asked trying to change the subject.

"No," I said with a sigh "I have a feeling that they aren't here. I just hope they're alright," My mind drifted to thoughts of my boyfriend and my best friend.

"Come on Annie," he said, ignoring my glare at being called Annie, "Let's get out of here, it creeping me out,"

I raised an eyebrow "You spend most of your time in the Underworld and your creped out by a shop?" I said disbelievingly. He shrugged and held out his wrist for me to grab and we sunk into the darkness of the shadows.