Hey guys, so this chapter is actually, wait for it, in the Labyrinth! Yay! I'm pretty sure most of you guys were waiting for this since I kept dragging on and on about actually agreeing to go on this quest, but here you go! Enjoy! And don't forget to rate and review! Thanks!

Annabeth's POV

The first thing that hit me when I got into the Labyrinth, was the smell. It smelled like death. I mean before it smelled like death, but this time it was overpowering. I looked around trying to find what produced the awful stench, but I could hardly see.

"Is everyone okay?" I asked. All I got as a response were moans. This was understandable since once we walked through the entrance we fell about five feet.

"I feel like somebody hit a sledgehammer against my leg," said Percy. I looked over at Percy seeing him grasping his leg.

"Fall funny?" I asked. He nodded. "Can you walk?" He stood up but stumbled.

"I think I can manage." I nodded but was still a little concerned for Percy. We haven't even been in here for five minutes and he was already injured. Maybe we shouldn't have gone on this quest, I thought. But I pushed that out of my mind, this was merely a coincidence.

We forged ahead, wandering through the darkness. Why is it so dark in here, I thought.

"Why is it so dark?" asked Percy, as if reading my thoughts.

"I don't know. Maybe it's an older section of time, when there wasn't electricity," I suggested.

"Hmm, I don't think so," said Nico. "Even if this was before electricity there would at least be torches."

"Unless it was way back when, like in the dinosaur age," said Thalia.

"Thalia, I don't even think there were Greek gods during the dinosaur age," said Nico. And then mumbled "Anyone smart would know that." Thalia looked ready to kill Nico.

"Don't even think about it," I said before Thalia even had a chance to move her fists. Thalia sighed, obviously disappointed she couldn't beat Nico up.

"What's your plan, 'Wise Girl'," Thalia said sarcastically. I was about to tell her a brilliant plan, but thought otherwise. I remembered from the last time I was in here that when I announced my plan, the Labyrinth got rid of what I was following. So instead of saying my original plan, I thought of one that would hopefully trick the Labyrinth.

"My plan," I started, saying each word loudly. "Is to walk around aimlessly not trying to find the right path." With that statement said, I received startled looks.

"So your plan is," Percy gulped. "To purposely get lost?!" He looked scared to death. I felt bad doing this to Percy, but this was our only chance to get through this maze without getting lost.

"Yup," I said cheerfully. I said it cheerfully because my goal was to make Percy feel better, but it only seemed to make him more agitated.

I decided to turn my attention away from Percy, and back to the Labyrinth in front of me. And not to my surprise, the Labyrinth did its best to prevent me from reaching my goal, because in front of me a path glowed golden turning this way and that.

"What is that?" said Nico and Thalia in unison.

"That, my friends, is the path we don't want to take." Percy gave me a questioning glance trying to figure out what I was doing. I gave him a smile and decided that I would test my theory.

I stepped on the path, followed it a few feet before turning onto the path that wasn't lit. But before I could take two steps, the Labyrinth changed and there in front of me was the lit path. Realization dawned on Percy's, Nico's, and Thalia's face. I prayed to all the Greek gods, asking them to make sure Thalia, Percy, and Nico didn't give away my plan. I was glad when I saw that they understood not to say anything.

We continued walking a ways, always making sure to turn off the path once in a while, so the Labyrinth wouldn't catch on to what we were doing. When we turned off the path yet again, we were faced with two doors. I thought it would be simple enough to just choose the wrong door and end up going through the right door, but the path went through both doors.

"Which one do we choose?" asked Percy who had been silent most of the way.

I thought about it. Maybe if I keep using my current strategy, it'll show us the right way...

"I want to go through the door that leads away from our destination," I said loudly. When I thought about it, we didn't really have a destination in mind, so where was the Labyrinth leading us?

We waited for the path to only light the way we were supposed to go, but nothing happened.

"Which one should we go through?" asked Nico.

"I think we should split up," said Thalia.

"NO!" shouted Percy. Thalia flinched, obviously not expecting Percy's outburst.

"Percy, I only suggested it. It didn't mean we were going to..." said Thalia, but Percy wasn't paying attention. He just kept muttering to himself saying "no" over and over again.

"I want to go through that door," said Percy, pointing to the right one. He finally stopped muttering and focused all his attention at the right door.

"Umm, Percy, I don't-"

"I want to go through it," said Percy cutting Thalia off.

Part of me agreed with Percy, we should choose randomly, but the other part of me wanted to go through the left one, since left is always the way to go.

"We'll go through the right door," I said.

"Why-" started Nico. But he stopped after he caught my warning look.

Percy just ignored all of us and walked through the door, not waiting for any of us.

"Should we?" started Thalia.

"Yeah," I said. And we followed Percy through the right door. A thought nagged at me, You should have went through the left door, but I ignored it and continued walking.

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Before I forget...

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