Hey! *Avoids tomatoes* You probably thought I was abducted by aliens! But I'm back!

I'm really sorry for the late update! I'm really sorry, my laptop crashed and I had to buy a new one! I just got it two days ago, and I've lost all my files that I've written.

So without further ado I give you chapter 7!

Disclaimer: Well, the last time I checked, I'm a girl and not Rick Riordan.

First Day of the Quest

PPOV

Brinng!

Gods, my back hurts, I think as I get up from my bed and do a quick stretch. Then I grab my clothes and take a quick shower, brush my teeth and race out of the door, grabbing my backpack.

I jog to Thalia's Pine Tree, all of us agreed to meet there at 8.

On my way there, I hear someone call my name. I spin around quickly, almost tripping over my own feet.

"Yeah?" I ask, regaining my composure.

"Here." Grover says, handing me a Yankees Baseball Cap. I take it from him, and look at it. It looked like a regular cap but it felt different as well.

Grover noticed my slightly flustered expression. He smiled sheepishly at me, looking like he thought I knew what it was.

"It's Annabeth's invisible Yankees Cap, Her mom gave to her." He says, seemingly covering his slightly abashed face.

"Where did you find it?" I ask, clutching onto the cap.

"Well, after when Chiron told us about Annabeth, I went back to where she was kidnapped and found that her invisible cap had dropped into the bush." He explains, scratching the back of his neck.

I nod and thank him, he nods and waves his hand. I wave back and head to the tree.

How could I have not searched? Maybe if I did, it wouldn't matter anyway, Annabeth would still be kidnapped. But if I did it would have been useful, I'm glad Grover found it. I was an idiot not to anyway.

I sigh and near the tree, seeing Nico and Thalia waiting, with their backpacks.

"Hey, guys." I say, stopping at the tree. They both acknowledge me and we walk together to the gate.

We reach there and see Argus waiting for us at the camp van. Nico and Thalia crawl in, while I stay outside, telling Argus to drop us at the train station. I know flying would be faster and more convenient, but as soon as I reached the sky, Zeus would've blast me out of the sky.

Argus grunts and gets in the van starting the ignition. I follow in suit. I toss my backpack next to me and turn on my ipod, tuning out the sound of Nico and Thalia's argument of which God is better.

"Zeus is so much better!" I hear Thalia argue back.

"Oh, Please. It's clear that Hades is better!" I hear Nico reason back.

Those we're the last words I heard before I drifting into sleep.


"Wake up, Fish Head!" I hear Thalia says, pulling my out of my slumber. My eyes flutter open and I nod, offing my ipod and grabbing my backpack.

I get out and thank Argus. He grunts and drives off. I look around the station as I re-adjusted my backpack.

I walk up to a reception lady and got our tickets. Now all we have to do is wait. We all walk to the table at Starbucks and sit.

"So, I think we should all think about the Prophecy again, to see it in our own perspective." Thalia suggests.

We all nod in agreement, and sit in silence for a minute.

True love shall be put to the test? Those 9 words run through my mind like a hundred miles an hour.

Hmm… Maybe it's about Nico and Thalia. I look at them and see them glaring silently at each other.

I swallow a laugh, Yeah, right. They'll probably kill each other on their first date. No…. Maybe it's about Annabeth and I? My eyes widen a little, fortunately Nico and Thalia didn't seem to notice.

I mean it's possible…. I did have a weird feeling when I met her. And whenever she touched me I did feel a suddenly electric current flow through me…. But I doubt Annabeth would return my feelings towards her back. And it's a little crush, it'll go away eventually, right? I ask myself.

I shake my head slightly, thinking I'm going crazy. I check my watch and see that it's been an hour that I was thinking about Annabeth, instead about the Prophecy. I mentally slapped myself. One thing I noticed thought that I had hit myself actually.

I look at Thalia and Nico and both of them had an amused look at my self-stupidy.

"Well, I always figure you had some problems with your head but never expected to hit yourself." Thalia retorts, a smug look on her face.

"Oh, shut up, Pinecone head." I retort back, sticking my tongue out.

"Oh, how mature, Percy." She rolls her eyes but smiles.

I smile back and the intercom announces that the train to Sacramento. (A/N I'm not really sure if there's a train there or anything.)

We grab our stuff quickly and to the entrance of the train. I give our tickets to the guard and he nods, signaling that we're checked out.

I walk in and plop myself onto the comfortable train seat. Thalia and Nico take the other seats besides.

I take my ipod out again and turn it on. I sigh and look out at the window, a few minutes later, the train started moving. I see the blurry figure as we pass by before I fall asleep again.

Screeeech!

Huh? I wonder as I pull my head up from the window sill. I notice Nico and Thalia had passed out too.

I turn off my ipod and wake both of them up. Then get out of the train.

I stretch again and re-adjust my backpack. I check my watch, it indicates that it's 12:50.

A low growling sound comes out and I know I'm starving. I drag Nico and Thalia to one of the shops, grabbing some sandwiches and some sodas, including a blue cherry coke.

We eat quickly and decide to call a cab. Thalia whistles but no cabs stop. I smirk at her and I whistle loudly and 4 cabs stops. I smirk proudly and grab the one nearest to me.

"Where to?" I hear a drunken voice, slur.

"The citizen hotel." I tell him.

He nods and speeds off. This is gonna be a long day…...

BTW, did anyone get Taylor Swift's new album? I pre-ordered it and it's awesome!