Hey Guys! So, it's been a REALLY long time since I've written and I'm so sorry! It's just I was really busy all summer and I've had lots to do but I promise, I will finish this story if it's the last thing I do! If it's not written very well, I'm sorry. Like I've said, it's been awile. Hopefully you enjoy reading it and thanks for all the reviews! You guys are great!

WE MEET SANTA'S LONG LOST ELF

SADIE

The ride there was not very exciting. Well, except for the fact that Carter almost got bucked off his stallion 3 times. Nearly fell off my horse from laughing so hard.

The forest went on for a long time. Too long. Now, I know I'm not normally a patient person but with Annabeth riding behind me, I didn't really want to complain too much, but the ride was getting to be a bit too long and painful (riding a horse for that long and you'd be in pain too!) so I decided to complain.

"This is taking FOREVER!" I complained as loudly as one possibly can while sitting on a horse, "why is it so far away?!"

I heard Annabeth snicker behind me. I turned around in my saddle and said, "What's so funny?"

"If you had any vision, you'd be able to tell that we just got there," she said with a smug smile on her face.

"That's rubbish! There is no possible way…" That's when I realized that I am a completely blind idiot. It was right in front of me. And when I say right, I mean like right in front of me. The only person that could have missed it was someone who was so blind they couldn't see their own hands. Which I can by the way.

The entrance wasn't all that fabulous. It was like a door into a cave. Not all that fantastic if you ask me. Well, anyways the doors were open and I could hear banging and clanging noises coming from inside the cave.

We dismounted our horses and walked to the entrance.

"This is 'Bunker Nine'?" Walt asked, clearly unimpressed.

Annabeth, clearly hearing Walt's ton, answered, "It's a lot more impressive on the inside, you know."

She was right. It was a lot more impressive. There were work tables right at the entrance, sketchbooks, maps and blueprints were hung on the walls, there were storage bins in the one corner, catwalks, but the most impressive part of the bunker was a boat that was sitting in the middle of the room. I could tell it wasn't finished but it was definitely close. I was about to take a closer look at the boat when all of a sudden a head popped out. It was covered in sweat and the curly hair was matted with grease.

"Who are you?" it asked.

Once again, although I am ashamed to admit it, I screamed.

The head looked at Annabeth and asked, "What is something I said?"

Annabeth smirked and said, "No, Leo. This is Sadie Kane, Carter Kane and Walt Stone." She pointed at each of us in turn, "You just scared Sadie, that's all."

The body that belonged to the head dropped down from the ship. He wiped his dirty hands on his jeans and stuck out his hand, "Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus." This time I got a really good look at his face. He looked like a Latino elf. For a moment I thought I'd found one of Santa's long lost elves. I was about to call the north pole when I realized that Leo was far too tall to be an elf.

I realized I'd been staring a bit too long when Leo gave me a funny look, "Oh, um, yeah. I'm Sadie Kane. Magician of the House of Life…?" I wasn't sure if I was supposed to announce my title or not so I decided to go with that.

"The House of what?" Leo, the elf, looked really puzzled.

"Uh, I'll explain later Leo, "Annabeth said quickly, "So, Leo, I brought these guys down here to see the Argo II. How's it coming along?"

Leo's face lit up, "Oh, fantastic! I'm nearly finished! I've just installed the engine and the controls," he said pointing to a monitor, controls that looked like they came from an airplane, a keyboard and Wii sensory system. This elf had WAY too much time and energy on his hands. Not a good combination.

"This ship is fantastic!" said Carter, once again launching into Wikipedia mode, "This looks like a normal Greek warship! It looks exactly like it came out of a history textbook!"

"Yeah, blah, blah blah," I said, "Not interesting! What I want to know is if this thing is just a regular old Greek sailboat."

The elf cracked a wicked smile, "Nope. It can fly."

"Seriously?" How cool was that?! A ship that flew. My mind was constantly being blown that day.

Leo nodded, "The masthead is also a dragon." He pointed at a dragon's head that looked as if it were made of solid gold. It had ruby red eyes and deadly sharp teeth. It was beautiful.

"It was from an automaton," said Leo sadly, "he was a great dragon. That is, until he died anyway."

I could tell from the sad look in Leo's eyes that he had really loved that dragon. He loved it like a pet. I thought about losing Khufu or Philip. I couldn't stand the thought.

Annabeth interrupted my thoughts with a loud cough. "We're almost ready to sail," she said, "and I think you, Sadie, should come with."