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Moonlight

I blinked. No, still there. I frowned. "Annabeth?"

"Yes?" she looked very confused.

"What were you..."

She laughed. "Why do you ask?"

I put my hands on my hips and stared her down. I knew there was a pretty good reason.

The smile melted off her face. "Fine." she pulled my by the arm, gently this time.

"Were are we going?" I asked.

"Somewhere no one can hear us."

I smiled. "What time is it?"

Annabeth glanced down at her watch. "Seven--eight o'clock, why?"

"You'll see." I closed my eyes...and opened them again. We were in cabin number three. I'd seen enough when Percy answered the door to imagine us there.

"Lauren, what are we doing here?" her voice was razor sharp.

I shrugged. "No one can hear us here and Percy already went down to breakfast."

"How do you know that?" she raised her eyebrows.

"Well...he's not here obviously and he's usually up by now. You of all people should know that."

She sighed and looked around. "Fine. I'll tell you but you've got to swear not to tell Percy. I'm going to tell him...soon." She looked around again and took a deep breath. "I'm pregnant."

I smiled. "Really? This is great, Annabeth! I've got to--"

"No, you're not leaving until you swear...on the River of Styx."

I sighed. "Fine but that ruins everything."

"Good."

"I swear...on the River of Styx not to tell Percy."

"Or anybody else." Annabeth added.

"Or anybody else." I shook my head. "You didn't have to go that far."

"I had to make sure you wouldn't tell anybody." She shrugged. "We can go now." She went to the door and tried to open it but it wouldn't budge. Thanks to me. "Lauren, let me out."

"Not until you tell me."

"Tell you what?" I raised my eyebrows. "Oh." she sighed. "You have to know everything. I've known for at least two months but technically I've been pregnant for three. Coming to camp kind of had me side tracked. Can we go now?"

"Yes." Annabeth opened the door and we went to breakfast.

II-II-II-II-II-II

"Good shot, Lauren." Aaron said. "You beat me...again."

"Maybe I am better than you." I said.

"Not a chance. Best five out of nine?"

I rolled my eyes. We were practicing our archery. Aaron was still sure that he could beat me but I was better than him. I'm not cheating in any way, just so you know. I might be helping Aaron just a little bit but otherwise he wouldn't hit the target at all. Archery wasn't his strength.

I'd given up on the saving front. Even if I did get a quest...I have no clue where he is being held. So, like the procrastinator I am, I decided to train.

I picked up an arrow and readied myself to shoot. "Is it my turn?" I asked.

"I guess but I'm going to beat you this time." Aaron said.

"Whatever." I let go. The arrow flew toward the target and hit it dead in the center. I smiled. "Beat that."

Aaron readied his bow and shot the arrow. Its flight path looked like it was going to miss the target completely but it changed its course in mid-air. His arrow landed close to mine.

"Whoa." he said. "Did you see that?"

"See what?" I asked.

"The arrow...wait a second. You've been winning by cheating! Cheater!"

"I haven't cheated, Aaron. I was helping you."

"Yeah, right."

"It's true. Shoot an arrow and I won't do anything. You'll see that you're horrible."

"How am I supposed to know you won't do anything?"

"I'll swear on the River of Styx." I offered.

"That's not a bad idea."

"I--"

"Lauren!" it was Percy. He was running toward us. "Lauren, I need to talk to you." he stopped in front of me.

"What is it?" Aaron said. "We're kind of in the middle of something."

"Didn't you hear me?" Percy snapped. "I need to talk to Lauren, not you." He pulled me by the arm. Why does everybody like to do that?

"Percy, you don't have to pull my arm. Annabeth almost wrenched it out of my socket, already."

"Sorry. This is good enough." he had pulled me to the beach. "What's going on with Annabeth? She ate a lot at breakfast and she keeps disappearing."

I couldn't believe it. I'd just found out this morning and now I had to keep my promise. "Why don't you ask her? I'm pretty sure she'll tell you." I frowned. "Why are you asking me?"

"Because I thought that you might know, being who you are."

I laughed. "I'm a young god. A very young god. I wouldn't know what's going on and I don't know what I'm capable of yet."

"I guess...what's that?" he pointed out into the sea. There was a speck on the horizon.

"It looks like...a ship." I said. "Could you bring it closer?"

"Why would I want to do that?"

"Because...I have a feeling that they're going to need it."

"You sure?"

"I would bet my life on it."

"Okay. I don't know how much I can do."

"You do what you can do, and I'll do the rest."

Percy closed his eyes. The water around the ship started to form a wave and move inland. The ship rode in its crest. The wave died about three yards out. He opened his eyes. "Your turn."

I stared at the ship with determination. It disappeared for a brief second, then reappeared close to the shore. "There. Oh, wait." I concentrated on a spot next to the ship. A dock appeared. It ended on the shore directly in front of us.

"Cool." he said. "Let's go see who it is." We started up the dock toward the ship.

As we got closer, I could tell that all the people on the ship were girls. They all had some glow about them. On the side of the ship was its name: Moonlight.

I frowned. "Percy, do you know who's on the ship?"

"It's the hunters." he said. "I bet Thalia is with them."

"Who's Thalia?"

The hunters had lowered a board that connected the ship to the dock. Percy ran toward it. I imagined myself right next to him.

He jumped when he saw me there. "Don't do that." he said.

"Sorry, don't take off like that and I won't." I replied.

"Fine."

A girl who looked about sixteen stepped onto the board. She had dark hair and electric blue eyes. "Well, Perseus," she said as she walked down. "long time, no see." She stepped off the board onto the deck. "You've gotten tall."

"Well, it has been a long time, Thalia. It's nice to see you again."

"Nice to see you too." she looked behind him at me. "Who's your friend?"

"Thalia, this is Lauren. Lauren, this is Thalia."

"Nice to meet you." I said.

"It's a pleasure." Thalia said.

"What are you doing here?" Percy asked.

"Artemis had business to take care of so she told us to stay at camp while she was away. Thank you for bringing us in...both of you."

I felt my face warm up. I looked down at the dock, trying to not to embarrass myself. When the heat abated, I looked up again. "How do you know?" I was curious.

"Artemis has told us all about you, Lauren. Your power is astonishing."

I didn't know what to say to this. "Uh...thank you."

"Your welcome." The rest of the hunters had arrived on the dock. "We'll be going now. If you wish to speak with any of us, we'll be in Artemis's cabin." She walked off toward camp. The hunters formed a single file line behind her.

I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding. "Was she always like that?"

"Like what?" Percy asked.

"Like...high and mighty."

"Not really...sort of. She always acted like she was more powerful than any of us but...I've never seen her be so...distant."

"That's what I'm talking about! Why was she like that?"

Percy shrugged. "I guess Artemis made her change her behavior. I'm just happy to see her again after all these years."

"I guess." I glanced at the ship and a smile broke across my face. I knew exactly how to save my father.

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