AWESOME! Chapter four is officially up! My longest chapter yet! Ok, so i have finally decided what the monster will be. Cuz originally the monster was gonna be a sea serpent. then once i posted the third chapie i was like,"oh! how about a Drakon attacks them." Yeah thats right not a dragon, but a drakon. but, then Cowgrl94 suggested this particular monster, and I was like "OOOOOOOOOOOOOH...Hades Yes!" so you can all thank her for suggesting this monster.

Here is Chapter Four, and i hope you enjoy.

IV

Annabeth

The bronze body of the dragon reflected the bright sun. Annabeth closed her mouth before a fly could get in and raised her eyebrows. "Leo, you've been busy."

Leo's faced turned dark red, and he turned away. "It's not grand. I didn't have time to finish him; I'm hoping he stays up."

Festus clicked his gears together in response. Leo nodded his head and said, "Good. Nothing is breaking…yet."

Annabeth frowned. "Leo? Weren't the oars on the ship able to change into spears so that monsters couldn't destroy the hull?"

Leo made a face. "Yeah, but while you and Percy were…away…a monster attack caused it to malfunction and break. I was meaning to fix it, but there was no time."

"Um, Leo?" Everyone looked over to Hazel who was pointing at the water right beneath them. It was churning angrily.

"Let's get out of here." Jason said.

Festus flew towards the shore. The creature was swimming underwater right behind them. Annabeth looked back to figure out what was pursuing them. Her eyes widened in fear. She remembered this creature from mythology books. As far as she knew, only one hero has actually defeated it. The hero only defeated it, because he had Medusa's head and was able to turn the monster to stone. Unfortunately they were fresh out of Medusa's head.

It was a dark shade of green, and it was massive. It was about the size of Cythera, a Greek island. Annabeth opened her mouth to tell Festus to go faster, but all that came out was a shrill squeak. She felt the eyes of her friends stare at her.

"Please tell me that was a sound of relief." Leo nervously said.

Annabeth tore her eyes away and said in a small voice, "Go! Go! Go! Go faster! It's going to get us!"

Leo's eyes were bulging out of the sockets. "We are going at full speed."

Piper looked toward the oncoming shore and tried to be optimistic. "We are going to make it."

No, we are not, Annabeth's brain argued.

"What is it?" Frank asked.

Long green, reptile-like tentacles shot up from the water and surrounded them, blocking them from going anywhere except the water. Annabeth new if they jumped off of Festus they would land right in the monsters mouth. They were trapped.

Annabeth heard Piper mutter, "Ah, irony. We meet again."

They all drew their weapons and stumbled away from the tentacles.

"That," Annabeth said to Frank, "is the Kraken."

Huge drops of water rained down on them as the tentacles covered their sights to the blue sky. Percy groaned as the water started to revive him. Percy opened his eyes and jumped up and pulled riptide into sword form.

Leo's eyes widened. "The Kraken! How do we defeat it? Has anyone ever defeated it?"

"Uh, Perseus used Medusa's head to turn it to stone. Other than that, no one I know has defeated it," Annabeth muttered.

Leo brought out a hammer and lit it on fire. "Let's do this."

He threw the flaming hammer at one of the tentacles. When the hammer hit it, the flames sputtered out and the hammer dropped in a tiny splash into the ocean. Not even a scratch was made. Leo laughed nervously. "Well, it was worth a shot."

The water below them made a whirlpool as the monster sucked in water. The tentacles started to swing back and forward, getting closer to them with each swing. The whirlpool disappeared and the tentacles tensed.

"It's going to shoot the water!" Annabeth shouted.

The water rippled as the Kraken shuttered and then blew the water at them at a massive force. Percy yelled as he redirected the water away from the demigods and thrust the water with all his might at the tentacle blocking their way to land. The tentacle gave way and fell with a splash on the water. Wasting no time Festus shot forward. Annabeth frowned. There was no way the tentacle just fell from that unless…

Annabeth gasped and was about to say something when the tentacle shot back up. Frank jumped off Festus and morphed into a dragon. He slammed into the tentacle and raked his claws on the scale hard body. The noise sounded like huge, sharp fingernails raking against a chalkboard with much force. The demigods winced at the noise, but it gave them the time they needed. They shot away from the monster.

Annabeth looked back for Frank and saw another tentacle smack him, and he grew smaller. He morphed back into a human and dropped out of the air unconscious. Hazel yelped, but before he hit the water, Jason grabbed him. He laid Frank's body down on Festus.

Annabeth looked at the distance to the shore. Not far now. She looked back. The creature was still in pursuit, and it was getting closer with each second. She looked back to the shore.

"Six hundred yards...five hundred yards," Annabeth muttered, not knowing she was making everyone anxious, "four hundred...three hundred...three hundred fifty...two hundred...two hundred fifty...one hund- ugh!"

Everyone was slung forward. They were skidding on the water to the shore, and after about five skips they all sunk down with a splash. When Annabeth swam up to the surface she saw that Percy had Frank up on his back perfectly dry.

"Festus!" Leo shouted with a pained expression on his face. Annabeth looked back to see that Festus was struggling against all of the tentacles. He was doomed, and even if they could get there in time there was no way they could stop the creature. Festus roared, clawed, and blew fire, but it was all useless. Metal parts stared falling off. Leo started to swim over but Piper held him back

"No Leo. Festus is giving us time to escape. We can do nothing for him now."

"No!" but Leo stopped struggling, and with that they all turned around and swam to shore.

Jason led the way while Annabeth stayed in the rear. Percy swam to her with the unconscious Frank on his back and asked, "Hey, are you okay?"

Annabeth conjured up a small smile. "Yeah."

Festus stopped roaring. Annabeth didn't turn around to look.

Percy looked at Leo who had tears streaming down his face while he swam. Percy sighed. "Leo must be taking this really hard," he said quietly.

"Yeah, this the second time he has lost Festus." Annabeth replied. She was now able to stand and walk to shore. They walked quietly for a while. When they knee deep he said, "I guess we now travel on land."

Annabeth nodded. Of course she knew, and she also knew the risks.

Yay! Chapter 4 is done. I have officially killed Festus. for good. He aint coming back. For all you Americans, here is a early 4th of July present. Like a week early. Can I just say that there are 100 DAYS LEFT until THE BLOOD of OLYMPUS comes out. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Screams...Sobs...Dies...We have to wait so long! UM...if you have any doubts about how i made the Kraken, just go along with it please. I tried to make it correspond with the previous chapter. Plus it has to Go well with my killing spree-I mean with Festus dying.

So now they are over land huh. What evils await them eh? Of course i already know the important ones and so does Beemo456

MWAHAHAHAHAHA. I am now going on my much needed vacation, but i will be back for the fifth chapter.

I have not abandoned my other stories they are however frozen in their current state until I say so.OH! and R&R!