Sorry, this chapters a bit short. Next one will be longer.

Back at Camp Half-Blood, Luke Castellan, son of Hermes, Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, Clarisse La Rue, daughter of Ares, Will Solace, son of Apollo and Charles Beckendorf, son of Hephaestus, who preferred to be called by his last name were preparing for their part of the quest.

Each of these campers were chosen for a specific reason. Luke - because of his sword fighting skills, Annabeth - because of her knowledge and specialty on planning battle strategies, Clarisse - because of her ferocity and expertise of fighting, Will - because he would be able to cover the rest of them from above, by shooting arrows and Beckendorf - because he would be able to construct traps and other useful things for defense.

Luke was in the sword fighting arena, practicing. Annabeth was in her cabin, looking for any useful hints and tips in the small library in Athena's cabin. Clarisse was lying on her bunk, sharpening her knife, carelessly. Will was nervously shooting bullseye's with his siblings. Beckendorf was in the armoury crafting weapons and tools that he thought might be useful.

Chiron stood by, his tail swishing nervously as he watched the five chosen campers. He knew that he had chosen the right people for the quest. Still, he was worried about all of them, especially Annabeth, who he had basically raised. Chiron looked up when he heard Argus, the hundred-eyed security man, approach.

The old centaur raised an eyebrow and asked heavily, "Is it time?" Argus nodded. Chiron sighed and trotted to the five campers. "Children," he called, "it's time for you to leave now. Argus will drive you to Olympus and from there you will get your instructions."

The campers gathered round the chosen five.

There were cries of 'Good luck' and 'Break a leg' or 'Come back to Camp safely!" The five in the middle smiled and quickly ran to the truck that Argus would drive.

Annabeth turned to look at Camp Half-Blood one last time before they turned round a bend.

- Children of the Big Three -

The Hunters of Artemis looked up as a blinding light came upon them. They shielded their eyes and looked away. When the light had cleared, they saw a twelve-year old girl with auburn hair and eyes like the moon. They bowed respectfully before looking up at their mistress.

Artemis looked at each of them in the eye, before saying, "It is time." The Hunters nodded understandingly and quickly packed up their camp. Within five minutes, the 30 silver tents that were up were gone and everything was put in the campers backpacks.

They had a quick drink of water and a small snack before Zoé Nightshade, the Lieutenant of Artemis, called, "Hunters, let's go!"

The Hunters climbed into the van and Zoe started driving to Olympus. In the back of the van, the Hunters were chatting happily, thinking of this new quest as a holiday.

- Children of the Big Three -

At Olympus, the campers and the Hunters were in the throne room, waiting for the gods to come in and start issuing their instructions. The campers, however, were also wondering if they would be meeting Percy, Thalia and Nico once more.

Five minutes later, Athena came in and Artemis came in.

"The rest of the council is unable to come at the moment," Athena started, "So we will be giving you your instructions." She paused and looked at the two groups. Her stormy grey eyes showed her calculating each person there.

Artemis continued, "Hunters you will break up into groups of 4 or 5 and will spread throughout America. Camp Half-Blood, you will go to one area and fight all the monsters there. Hunters you will do the same."

"Work as a team and protect each others back's," Athena advised, "Plan ahead and make back-up plans as well." Everyone nodded and left as Artemis dismissed them with a wave of her arm.

Outside, Zoé and the Hunters shot a glare at the boys, nodded to the girls and took off in different directions, in groups of 4 or 5.

Luke looked at all the four other demigods next to him and said, "Let's go." The other four nodded and climbed into the van.

An hour later Luke, Annabeth, Clarisse, Will and Beckendorf climbed out of the van and Argus waved goodbye. He gave them a look that said, Good luck and left.

"Come on, let's make a plan," Annabeth said.

"Good idea," Will answered.

"Wander around and attack any monster that we meet," Clarisse advised.

"Be serious, Clarisse. We need a proper plan of attack so that none of us will get seriously injured," Annabeth replied.

Clarisse scowled, "That is a proper plan. Attack."

The demigods argued for a bit before Luke took control, "Come on, guys, concentrate and listen to Annabeth, she's the expert at planning here." Annabeth blushed a bit before continuing to talk about her planning strategies.

- Children of the Big Three -

"GRRRRRRRRRRR!" Everyone jumped.

"Here's our first monster," Luke whispered. He nodded to Will, who immediately started scaling a tree and Beckendorf, who started getting something out of his pack. Clarisse slowly drew her sword and looked at Luke. He put up three fingers and slowed lowered them, one at a time. Annabeth put on her invisibility cap.

Luke put down his final finger and that was when all of hell broke loose. Will let four arrows fly, while Luke and Clarisse charged at the monster. Beckendorf threw a bomb at the monster and Luke and Clarisse jumped back. The monster lashed out and a terrible scream filled the air.

Okay, I know that this was on my old story, but what name did you want for the bad guy (he's going to be my own character, not one from the Percy Jackson series)?

a) Xavier

b) Ryan

c) Dave

d) Lucas (yeah, I changed the last name)

So please review with your answer.

- Lizzy :)