Chapter 9

The quest and Mean Girls

Snow Sabrina

The days went by fast. Caspia and Blade got a lot better with fighting and strategics. They were ready for the danger that laid ahead. Before long, we were heading out on the quest. "So, where are we starting? Where are we going?" Blade asked. "Snow told me we should go to San Francisco." Nico replied.

Annabeth raised her eyebrows. "That makes sense. It has the most monsters, if her first theory was correct, it has Mount Tam, if the Titans are the reason for this, and it's close to Los Angeles , so we can get to the Underworld. And we can go to my Dad for weapons or other help. And there's an entrance to the labyrinth. We can even go to Alcatraz to see if they're holding anyone new there, like with Briares. That's a good idea."

"So, should we get plane tickets?"

"No, I can shadow travel."

"Ohhhh, no you don't! No underworld-y magic for you. Don't you see it's killing you."

Nico threw his head back in frustration. "I HAVE to, Will. You're my friend and everything, but you can be REALLY annoying." He raised his hands. "Do you remember what happened last time? You almost disappeared! You could have turned into a ghost!"

"We can't go on a plane! Percy will get smitted by Zeus!"

"Oh, yeah," Percy muttered.

"Besides, I've already healed from last time." "So, you want it to happen again?" Topaz put a hand on his shoulder. "It'll be fine. Just there and back. You don't want Percy to die do you? I think Nico being a little tired is preferable to him dying." Will seemed to calm down. "Okay. I guess you have a point." I shook my head. "No, I don't think Nico should shadow travel. He'll need his strength for other things. He's one of the most powerful on the quest. He shouldn't waste his strength by getting there with it. I can pray to Zeus, and I can get the Tickets really fast because of my father."

Nico glared at me. "Who's side are you on?" I sighed. "Nico, we need you to summon the dead, and we can get there perfectly well on a plane. You don't need to prove you can do everything. We know you're powerful, but you're not invincible."

Blade blinked, oblivious to the argument. "Who's your dad?"

"Derek Karl."

He blinked again. "The billionaire? But you don't have the same last name."

"My moms name is Scarlett Sabrina, and I have her name."

"Oh, so can you get them, now?" I responded by walking away and pulling out my phone.

"Hi, my name is Steve." 'of course it is' I thought.

"How can I help you?" I tapped the phone. "I need first class tickets from New York to San Francisco, right now." He paused. "Who's your father?"

One of the advantages of having money. People will do almost anything for you, with the mention of a name. "Derek Karl."

"What's your name?"

"Snow Sabrina." He yelled something I couldn't hear to someone in the background. "Nine, you say. I'm afraid that will be most difficult for us to arrange. Of course, for an extra fee for the hardworking people helping you, I think we'll manage." I sighed. "How much do you want?" He made a sound like he was smiling. "60,000 cash, upfront."

"That will work. When does the flight leave?"

"10:30. Where are you?" I rolled my eyes. "None of your business. If we're not there by then hold the flight back, or no money."

"Will do." I hung up and walked over to my friends. "It's 9:24, so we have an hour and 6 minutes to get there. We can take the van." I marched over and got in with Argus, the others following my lead. There was a new TV installed in the car, and we argued about what to watch. There were 12 movies in the car: mean girls, legally blonde, the shining, woman in black, Dora in fairytale land (WHY that was in there I didn't know, there were no 5 year olds at Camp Half-Blood) The little Mermaid, The Princess Bride, Nico the Unicorn, Dracula, The Devil wears Prada, Terminator 2, James Bond: Goldeneye. We decided to take a vote. Everyone but the ghost king himself voted for Nico the unicorn. He voted for Dracula. He just looked at me and said:" I expected better from you."

"How about Mean Girls?" I said, trying to be nice. "Nico the Unicorn is kind of boring. It doesn't even have a song we could sing to him." That mellowed them out. We took a second vote. Percy and Caspia voted for The little mermaid, Annabeth, Sapphire, Topaz, Leo and me voted for Mean Girls, Blade voted for Goldeneye, and Nico still wanted Dracula. "Come on, Sapphire, Snow, Topaz, you don't want to watch a good movie?"

"Why did no one vote for goldeneye?"

"Why would we? Ariel rocks." Percy said. "But James Bond has violence, guns and sex scenes."

"Does James Bond gave lustrous red hair, enormous blue eyes a hilarious crab and wimpy colorful fish? Not to mention she's a mermaid, my biggest dream is to one day become one."

"I'm just going to pretend I didn't hear that. We're watching Mean Girls weirdo." Annabeth said.

"Well, it's good to know we tried." We watched mean girls on the way there, and it did seem like everyone did like it. They all laughed and enjoyed it. My favorite character is Karen, seconded by Regina, then Damian. I kind of like Gretchen too. I hate Janis, though. She's emo, and she's a bitch. So, she got called a lesbian. She should have just gone out with some guy to prove them wrong. She didn't need to ruin Regina's life. She didn't deserve a happy ending. I also hated that the plastics broke up at the end of the movie. I liked them together.

(I'm sorry if you're reading this, and you've never seen Mean Girls. You can get it for2.99 on YouTube, or for more at target or something. If you have Netflix you can get it there. You should really check it out! Sorry if I spoiled it for you!)