NO! *chucks shoe at TV* *notices you guys* Oh… Hi… I was definitely not screaming at a Dalek on a fictional show… Um… *hides*
Disclaimer: Δεν είμαι κύριος Percy Jackson. Δεν θέλω να σας απογοητεύσω. Μπέικον. Μήπως να βοηθήσει; (Put that into Google Translate, Greek to English)
"So she just… disappeared?" I asked, as Chiron and I walked to the Big House for a meeting with the other counselors and a few satyrs, including Grover.
"Yes. Artemis sent me a message telling me that she just disappeared during the night. No one saw or heard her leave, and there are no tracks. Just… gone."
I ran my fingers through my hair and groaned. "Come on. Can't everything just be normal for awhile?"
Chiron gave me a sympathetic smile. "It'll be alright, Annabeth. At least Percy didn't disappear again, right?"
I nodded, and thought to myself. Yeah, Annabeth. Look on the bright side. You have Percy and he's safe. For once, Seaweed Brain isn't in huge trouble. Then the negative part of my mind thought, Yeah, but Thalia's in trouble. Closest thing to a sister you've got, remember? I growled and smacked my hand against my head.
Chiron gave me a concerned look. "Annabeth?"
I waved him off. "It's fine. Just thinking about something." We arrived at the Big house and went into the rec room. I say by Percy. He grinned at me, but his eyes were still cloudy, which bugged me.
We waited for the rest of the counselors to come in.
"TRAVIS!" we heard. The Stolls came running in and hid under the table. Nice hiding spot, guys.
Katie came in, looking pissed off. She drew her sword and pointed it at the boys. She looked like she was about to start slicing them to shreds, but Chiron interfered. He put a hand on the hilt, and gave Katie a look. "Katie. No killing."
"I wasn't going to kill them… Just chop off a limb or two." He gave her the classic Haha, now put the dang sword down. Well, that's not normally classic, but here at camp it was.
She rolled her eyes and sat down. But on the way over, she gave Connor a pretty strong kick. He made a very manly squeak.
"Alright, everyone. I have an announcement. Some of you have heard, some have not. I got a message from Artemis saying that Thalia has disappeared." There was a mumbling among the teens.
I raised my hand. "Um… I had a dream last night and I think it's kind of related." Chiron gestured for me to continue.
I explained my dream, telling them every detail I remembered. "But it's weird," I said, when I finished. "Percy was in the dream, too, but he's perfectly fine."
Chiron studied Percy for a moment, then said, "Hmm… I don't know… That's definitely something new. Anyway, I am issuing a quest. Artemis and her Hunters are already looking for Thalia, but she said she's looking for all the help she can get. I believe-"
Just then, Mr. D came barging in. "Chiron, I told you, game of pinochle at ten."
Chiron pinched the bridge of his nose. "Mr. D, please, we're in the middle of something."
Mr. D crossed his arms. "More important than pinochle? Ha! I doubt it!"
"The daughter of Zeus is missing," Chiron told him. "I even told you this morning."
"There's a reason I doubted it. It's not more important." I started to get up, but Katie held me down. She gave me a look, saying, I know it's hard not to strangle him, but you don't want to get turned into a grape vine, do you? I sighed, and muttered, "I still don't understand how he became a god."
"Honestly," I heard Percy mutter. "How is he a major god and not me?" I looked at him. "What?"
"Hm?" he said, innocent. "Nothing." I gave him a disbelieving look. "You realize you said no to being a god, right?"
"Why would he- I mean, um, I know… I meant, um, well-"
"Alright," Chiron said, interrupting our conversation. "Well, kids, you choose who will go on the quest. Mr. D, honestly…" He followed Mr. D out.
There was an awkward moment of silence, then Katie said. "Well, Annabeth should go. She had the dream, and she knows what the place looked like."
"Percy should go, too," Travis said. "He's most experienced, and the dream had him in it, too. He's probably connected to it in some way."
I nodded. Percy looked somewhat worried. Not a surprise, Thalia had just gone missing.
"Who else?" asked Leo. "Needs to be three, right?"
"I'll go!" Grover volunteered. "I'll be able to sniff out the monsters." I nodded. "Okay, it's settled. Percy, Grover, and I are going to find Thalia. And we will find her."
"So is that the whole meeting?" Katie asked. I shrugged, "Guess so."
She grinned scarily. "Good." She pulled out her knife and faced the Stolls. They simultaneously mumbled, "Oh, Styx." Thunder rumbled as they bolted out the door. Katie chased after them. Everyone started filing out after her.
I looked at Percy and Grover. "Okay, so I guess I'll go visit Rachel."
I ran to the forest and started hiking to her cave. "RACHEL!" I yelled.
Her fiery red hair popped out from behind the curtain. "Hey, Annabeth! What's up?"
I sighed. "I need a prophecy." She nodded, "I see, I see, those are my specialty. Just one second, it should hap-" Green mist spewed out of her mouth, and she said,
To defeat the daughter of spell,
And the odd man of change,
You must go to where wisdom's daughter fell,
With knowledge of the exchange.
Run, run, run,
The thieves took two not one.
The spawn of sky,
Runs for her life,
From the one of the sea kingdom.
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