I am so, so, so, so, so, so sorry. I never meant to make you wait this long, and I don't have much of an excuse. I was stuck on a minor point in the plot (no spoilers!) and had a difficult time getting inspiration. I also wrote another fic with my friends (which I shouldn't have, but they were very convincing!) Once again, I'm so sorry, I have no intentions of giving up on this. Enjoy.

Ahsoka POV

I woke up this morning after a completely unrefreshing sleep. I had stayed up half the night, researching monsters we might have to face and trying to come up with a plan. When I finally did get to sleep it was no better. My dreams were plagued with visions of failure. I was just about to roll over and try to get some more sleep when Annabeth knocked on my door.

"Wake up Ahsoka," she called. "Chiron said we should leave early."

"Okay," I sighed and rolled out of bed, falling onto the floor. "Ow," I muttered, scrambling to my feet.

"We'll meet you at the Big House in a minute or two."

"Great, thanks," I muttered. I looked over at Percy's bed. He was still gone. He hadn't magically reappeared overnight. I wasn't expecting it to happen, but it would've been great. I walked over to the desk I was using to hold my plans. The great thing about being in a cabin with only two people is that – unlike the Hermes Cabin – we can have furniture. I grabbed them and slipped them into my backpack.

Then I found my traditional togruta outfit and put it on. It was a miracle I had one. Aphrodite had taken mine. That reminds me… I should ask for it back. Anyways, this one came from Anakin's bag. Don't ask why he had one. Maybe he just carries one around for situations like this. Or maybe Aphrodite gave it back to him… Hmm, who knows.

When I ran outside, Annabeth gasped. "What are you wearing?"

"Oh this?" I asked, gesturing to my clothes. I noticed that neither Anakin nor Obi-Wan were wearing they're usual clothes. I sighed. "This is what I usually wear."

"You should've seen what she was wearing when I first met her," Anakin exclaimed. "That one was-"

I cut him off before he could say anything embarrassing. "More revealing, I know. Don't ask me why togruta traditions are what they are."

"So," Annabeth asked, "plans?"

"I have a basic plan," I said cautiously. "We should start at where Jason was found. The Grand Canyon. Maybe he comes from somewhere near there."

"We should ask Leo and Piper," Annabeth suggested. "They were going to leave on their quest today."

"Good idea." We ran to wake up Leo and Piper.

"Why were you at the Grand Canyon?" Annabeth asked them.

"We were on a field trip with Wilderness School for Delinquents," Leo grinned.

"Where is it?" I asked.

"Nevada."

"Thanks, we should go now. IM us if Jason regains his memories," I called as we ran off.

"Okay," Piper shouted back.

Once we were back at the Big House we got some bad news. "I need you to be back before the solstice," Chiron announced gravely.

"What?" Annabeth exclaimed. "That's only four days!"

"You must accept that you may not find Percy," Chiron reminded her.

Suddenly I thought of something. "Nevada's on the other side of the country. How are we going to get there and back in four days, never mind looking for Percy?"

"We fly," Annabeth suggested.

"But that's too expensive," I pointed out.

"Not if we go by Pegasus Express," Annabeth said jokingly.

We raced to the Pegasus stables and quickly found two Pegasi and a chariot. We flew them back to the top of the hill where everyone was waiting. Anakin and Obi-Wan climbed in.

"Let's go!" I exclaimed. The Pegasi leapt into the air, pulling us with them. I looked back at the big house, rapidly shrinking, before disappearing from the horizon completely. I glanced up to the front of the chariot, where I saw Obi-Wan doubled over, looking rather seasick.

Anakin, on the other hand, was having the time of his life. He kept tapping Annabeth on the shoulder to ask her something. Annabeth did not seem to appreciate all of his persistent questions, instead choosing to stare straight ahead.

"Was that guy who disappeared your boyfriend?" Anakin asked.

This time it was one question too many. "Shut up!" Annabeth exclaimed loudly, causing Obi-Wan to fall over. I remembered that I was supposed to be watching for monsters. I picked up the binoculars and pointed them up to the sky. Thankfully that was clear.

Suddenly I glimpsed something down on land.

"Umm, Annabeth?" I asked nervously. "What's that?"

She looked over her shoulder. "Already?" she sighed.

She shoved the reins for the pegasi into Anakin's hands. "Here, take this. Don't let them go out of control."

She came over to the back with me. "At least it can't fly," she muttered. For on the ground prowled a chimera, it's three heads glaring menacingly up at us. From up here it seemed rather small, but I could tell that it was truly massive. It roared, the sound echoing clearly up to us.

"How do you destroy that thing?" I panicked.

"In the myth with Bellerophon, he approached it from the air on a Pegasus…"

"Check."

"He killed it with a lead tipped spear…"

"Not check," I moaned. "Maybe we can just ignore it."

Just then the Chimera breathed a column of fire up towards us, lighting up the air where we were just seconds ago.

"Or not," I sighed. "Can we go any higher?"

"Take us higher," Annabeth screamed up at Anakin.

"How do you do that?" Anakin panicked.

"Give me the reins," Annabeth sighed. Anakin handed them over without complaint. He looked nearly as green as Obi-Wan.

I pointed the binoculars back down at the chimera. It stared straight back up at me, it's malicious eyes glinting. It opened it's mouth, the way it had when…

"Annabeth!" I exclaimed. "It's going to shoot fire at us again!"

"Higher, higher!" Annabeth tugged on the reins, but the pegasi refused. "I wish Percy was here. He could talk some sense into them."

I saw it merely seconds before it hit us. A column of flame hurtling through the sky, straight towards us.

"Take cover!" I screamed. The flames engulfed our wooden chariot, instantly setting it on fire. The harness on the pegasi was instantly seared away. Suddenly we were falling.

I used the force to try to grab the pegasi, but they were already too far away. We were all still inside the chariot. I grabbed Annabeth's hand.

"Jump!" I yelled.

"Are you insane?" she exclaimed.

"Just do it," I told her. "Trust me."

Together we leaped out of the burning chariot. As we plummeted towards the ground, I used the force to slow our decent. Gradually we slowed, before finally stopping just feet above the ground.

With horror, I realized that Anakin and Obi-Wan hadn't realized we had jumped, and were still sitting in the chariot. I quickly reached out with the force and tried to slow its descent. I slowly felt it slow down, but there wasn't enough time.

"Move!" I exclaimed. We turned and ran as the chariot slammed into the earth right behind us. We quickly ran over to the crashed chariot and inspected Anakin and Obi-Wan. They were unconscious, but appeared to be fine.

Suddenly, a growl from behind us alerted to a more immediate danger. Standing right behind us, was the Chimera.

I apologize for any mythical problems with the Chimera, it was the thing I was stuck on. Eventually, I was sick of having no success looking for a monster, and just chose that one. Please review. Anything you have to say, I want to hear. If you have an idea for a monster, please, please, please tell me. Thank you to my wonderful readers, I hope to update soon.