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Thalia's POV

2 months later

Ugg, the last few months have been terrible. Annabeth's personality had slowly changed over the past 2 months. First she started to talk less, then not talk to her friends at all and finally only talking to Alex and who was with him. She started to look for Percy for about a week and gave up, what a friend she is. Slowly the people looking for Percy went away, leaving only me, Grover and Nico looking for him. We first started looking for him at his mom's house.

When we got there Sally opened the door and nodded like she knew what I wanted to know, but she was as stubborn as Percy. She would only say how Percy was happy know, but that didn't stop us. Nico almost always looked for Percy while Grover and I had our duties to attend too. I of course didn't admit it but Artemis knew I was always looking for him.

She even managed to say that if she saw him she would tell me. I knew she had taking a liking for Percy, or at least as close to a liking as a maiden goddess could get. Like a respect. We just arrived in Wyoming to find why stronger monsters had started to come there.

When we arrived in a small town we noticed an unusual crowd around a TV. Artemis sent me up to look at what it was and saw a small gas explosion happened in a town 50 miles from here. No one knew how it happened considering it was on a rural road but the signs all pointed to a monster.

I reported back to the hunters what I found and we all talked about it. We decided that the town closest to it was probably the best place to go. It was called Casper. Artemis mentioned that if something in that town was causing a disturbance than we shouldn't go in a big group. This would attract unwanted attention. So we decided that Artemis and a new hunter named Shay, daughter of Apollo, would go. After hearing this I started to protest but she cut me off.

"Thalia, while we are gone take the hunters to set camp outside of the town. Make sure it is close enough so we can come over but far enough that no one will find us. While I am gone you can go and look for that friend of yours." I was still mad about not going but looking for Percy excited me.

Artemis walked over to her tent and motioned for Shay and I to come over to her tent with her. She smiled and said "I will change my hair and eye color so no one will recognize me. Look for Percy while I am gone and I will send a message to you." I smiled and walked out. I looked back just in time to see Artemis's hair change brown and eyes change strikingly blue, like mine.

Nico's POV

I had recently left Camp Jupiter in an attempt to find information about Percy. Almost everyone had stopped searching but that wouldn't stop Thalia and me. I had searched for Percy almost nonstop the past two months. I followed monsters and talked to the dead. None had any ideas on where he had gone.

When I stopped walking I realized I was right in front of Camp Half-Blood. I had been walking there from Manhattan and was so wrapped in my thoughts I hadn't notice how close I had gotten. Pelus was wrapped around Thalias Tree and the Golden Fleece rested on the branches. Just as I finished petting Pelus I heard the camp horn.

The campers seemed to be gathered in the amphitheater, with Chiron, Annabeth and Alex up front. They were talking about something; I heard bits and pieces like "Great Prophecy" "Starting" "Monsters not reforming". This was big news, the Great Prophecy and monsters not reforming. Especially with our best monster killer MIA we would barely stand a chance.

When I finally couldn't listen anymore I turned around and nearly ran someone over. It was Thalia! She smiled and said "Hey Nico, How have you been?" "Good, have any luck with Percy?" Her face darkened.

"I think I might have found a lead but Artemis decided to investigate on her own." She frowned and looked down. It hurt me as much as her, getting so close but to have it taken away by a god. Well that wouldn't stop us.

"Maybe Artemis went in to the wrong place; let's go to other towns around there." She smiled and we walked to my cabin. I went inside and grabbed my few belongings. An extra bottle of nectar and some of my old game cards, who knows, I might get bored. As I walked out Thalia stared at the cards but didn't say a word.

I grabbed her hand, ready to shadow travel but when I touched it she pulled away. "I only need to shadow travel, and besides where are we going?" "Paradise (Not actual town), Wyoming." I smiled and grabbed her hand, but when I did I felt a weird feeling in my stomach and I could feel my face heating up. I quickly dismissed that and shadow traveled away.

Percy's POV

The recent days in Casper were great. Only a few monster attacks and I had only destroyed a road once, on accident of course. I had really become friends with Sam and Katie. We talked almost every morning and everything was just perfect. I had even started college for marine biology! But today felt like a different day, like something great was going to happen today.

"Order 34" I called out. A man walked out and grabbed it. I smiled at him and handed him his meal. Today was an average day; the normal customers were here with a few new ones. Of course I was too busy talking to Sam to notice.

"So how's school?" Sam asked. "Good, the class is really easy which is a surprise. Usually I suck at school." He smiled and responded "You hear about the explosion on the old road a mile from your house?" I immediately stiffened up. Of course it wasn't any explosion, only an awkward meeting with my old friend Kelli. Long story short she threw a fire ball and caused some damage. I finally managed to beat her after the road turned into charred dirt.

"Good, heard a boom while I was at home. Spooked Blackjack and she nearly shook me off." Of course this wasn't the truth. Blackjack was spooked but not while I was with her. He smiled and looked at his watch. It was time for him to go. He waved goodbye and walked out. I smiled and got right back to work.

When I finished my shift I went out of the café and looked around. I could feel something powerful around me. There wasn't anything out of normal but two girls looking around at signs. One had blond hair like Apollo's and the other was stunning. She had brown hair that didn't seem right on her but that didn't matter. She just looked beautiful.

After realizing I had stared at her for a couple minutes I decided to walk home. As I got home I couldn't shake a feeling that the girl I saw looked familiar. I decided it was just a trick of my mind and I walked into my house.

Artemis's POV

I saw my lieutenant walking out of my tent and her eyes widen. She must've realized I changed my eye color to match hers. I hoped she would find her friend; he was one male I actually respected. Perhaps he was one of a kind.

I turned around and faced Shay. She was 15 years old and a daughter of Apollo. She lived at camp for a month and apparently just didn't like it. Luckily we arrived just in time to save her from the boys there. They may be demigods but they were just like any other man. They just made me mad. She seemed to notice I was just staring at her and asked "What are you looking at my lady?" I responded "Nothing, we should be leaving now." And without a word we left the camp.

When we arrived at the town we looked at the TVs in the windows of some stores. All of them had the same report we had seen before. Just a freak gas accident, mortals are so easy to convince. How could there be a gas explosion when there was no gas pipes around. I could feel a source of power around us but I couldn't pinpoint where it was coming from. Around us were a couple stores and one pretty busy café.

Shay suggested asking around if any unusual things happened. We found a woman to ask but she had nothing to say that we didn't already know. She suggested to read a nearby paper or the billboards for places to go. I went to a news stand to buy a paper and the head page read the same, Mystery Gas Explosion near Residents House. Almost everything was the same except an interview of the resident. Apparently he was near the explosion and it blew up while he was riding his horse. He went over to investigate and found the charred ground and called the police immediately.

I set the paper down and read a few billboards. The one that stood out the most was Betties Café. Maybe I could ask around there. Shay and I walked over to the café and opened the door. There was one women working on the job. We pulled up to the nearest stools and waited to order.

"Hello, I'm Trisha. I haven't seen you guys around here. Are you new?" We nodded and she quickly responded "Oh, sorry. What would you like to get?" I ordered a coffee and Shay ordered hot chocolate. She loved the stuff; she has a cup or two every morning. "Ok, I'll bring them right over." She said with a smile.

She walked to the back of the kitchen to make our drinks. "What do you think we should ask her?" asked Shay. I was about to respond when Trisha walked over with our drinks. "Here you two are, how are you liking Casper?" We stared at each other until I responded "It's great, but what happened with that gas explosion near town?"

She frowned and responded "Ya, quiet an event. Almost nothing happens around here. Turns out one of my employees lived by there and was spooked when the explosion went off." I sent a telepathic message to Shay, This must be our guy. "He is a really nice kid and a great worker. Just moved into town a few months ago, don't know where he was before. Doesn't talk about his past much." This sounded like he was hiding something and I am pretty sure what it is. "When does this man work next? It would be nice to meet him and talk about it." I smiled as I said that. "He works every morning, 6:00 to 9:00. Well, I better be off. See you tomorrow."

She smiled and walked off. I grabbed Shay and brought her outside. "So I think we found our guy." She nodded. I then decided to walk around town to look at everything. Like every city there were men flirting with us. When I finally couldn't stand it no more I took Shay out of town and back to our camp.

So that is that. I will hopefully update tomorrow. I will try to aim for 2k words next chapter too. I have decided to ask a question at the end of my authors note is to ask a question. Today's question is what is the best pet in Percy Jackson? Mine is Mrs. O'Leary. So goodbye peoples.