"Boston Massachusetts, a place I swore on my blue blood Yankee loving honor I would never step foot in." Annabeth said in between bites of her McDonald's Big Mac.

The two girls were sitting at South Station getting the occasional dirty death glare from anyone who caught sight of Annabeth's Yankee hat tucked in to the back of her jeans. That is of course, when they weren't getting wolf whistled at by the occasional good looking Boston boy.

"This place is like a foreign country to me." Silena admitted. "Not only are we going to have to worry about monsters, but we're going to have to dodge Sox fans."

Annabeth chuckled and munched on her fries. "Well, we'll just avoid Yawkee Way as much as possible. If the gods aren't too cruel, they won't lead us too deep into enemy territory."

"Okay, so where would be the first place to start looking?" Silena asked. "I don't know this city so I can't think of places she'd go to try and survive."

"Well, I've heard that Faneuil Hall would be a pretty good starting point. There's a ton of shops and eateries where she could steal from if she needed to." Annabeth guessed. "She also said something to me once about being a Bruins fan so we can also check where they play."

"Okay, well we should start." Selena crumbled up her Subway wrapper and tossed it in the trash. "C'mon."

Together Annabeth and Silena took the Red Line to Paramount and began to wander around near the Boston Opera House. Silena was jealous of the men and women she saw entering, because if she hadn't been looking for Aricia she without a doubt would have charmspoken her way in to getting her hands on a pair of tickets to Wicked. She had heard that the current star play Elphaba, Jackie Burns, was a daughter of Apollo.

"So if you care to find me, look to the western sky…" Silena sang cheerily to herself.

"Huh?" Annabeth raised a blonde eyebrow.

"You know: 'nobody in all of Oz no Wizard that there is or was is ever gonna bring me down!'?" Silena was shocked. "Whoa, are you telling me that you've never heard Defying Gravity before?"

Annabeth shook her head. "No…"

Silena slapped her own forehead. "Di immortalis! You're under a rock Chase! A rock!"

"Okay! Okay! Find out what Defying Gravity is, got it." Annabeth chuckled. "Look, next week is Celtic Woman, you going to yell at me for never hearing them?"

"Yes, I probably will." Silena admitted. "You're lucky we're friends." She teased.

They trudged on, not knowing where to really look for Hebe. They tried many shops that sold cups and goblets but there were no tell tale signs of the goddess. As the sun began to set, they girls grew more and more discouraged as they researched everywhere for the second time that day, only to be just as unlucky as the first time.

"It's getting late Silena." Annabeth said at last. "We need to go find someplace to sleep tonight before Boston becomes a battleground. We have no idea what monsters are around."

"Okay." Silena sat down on a park bench and sighed. "I can't believe we didn't even find a trace of her." She looked around at all the people departing into their cars and heading for their homes. "She could be anywhere."

"Tomorrow we will check the Garden since the Bruins have a home game. Before that though, we should check the Museum of Fine Arts and check the Greek section for more clues. Maybe Hebe or some other minor gods hang out around there to feel like home."

"Good idea." Silena nodded and stood up. "Let's go back to the hotel."

The two went back and returned to their room at the Marriot and flipped through the news, just in case there were any attacks mentioned. "Boston isn't as shrouded in the Mist as New York is." Silena noted. "So you'd think finding a demigod and a goddess wouldn't be so hard."

"If Aricia can work the Mist herself then she'll only use enough to cloak herself. She could look completely different right now. Older, younger, she could do anything and if Hebe is aiding her then she could be hiding anywhere." Annabeth noted.

"Dear gods…" Silena moaned and buried her head in her pillow. "Oh wow this is soft." She chuckled to herself and snuggled her face in even closer. "Goodnight."

"Insolent child, you dare to challenge my will?" A voice echoed through Silena's dreams.

Silena flinched and tried to block out the noises. "Uhhh, huh?" She mumbled incoherently.

"Foolish daughter of Aphrodite, you will fail. And when you do the blood of Hera's brat will spill on to your pale, delicate little hands. Her life has been forfeit since she was created, and I will end her in flames. You will hear her dying whimpers, and then her silence."

Silena shot awake and found that she was soaked in a cold sweat. Her dark hair was sticking to her face and scalp, her chest heaving with short, strained breaths. She put her face in her hands and began to sob quietly. "No, it can't be, she can't be doomed." She whispered.

"Uhg… Silena, why are you…? Are you crying?" Annabeth rolled over in her bed and stared. "Silena are you okay?"

Silena shook her head. "It was just a bad dream. That's all." She lied.

"Silena, you know that dreams are never something to be taken lightly. What happened?" Annabeth pressed. "Maybe I can analyze it and help."

"No, it's fine." Silena said firmly. "I don't want to talk about it."

"But.."

"No!" Silena shouted and slammed her pillow over her head. The last thing she wanted was some daughter of Athena to sit there and try to logically figure out what she had just heard. The message was clear; Zeus would not stop until Aricia was destroyed, and now he wanted to make sure Silena was there to witness it.

Silena felt Annabeth sit on the bed beside her and touch her shoulder lightly. "Tell me." She repeated. "It will help you feel better."

Silena choked out a sob and repeated: "Foolish daughter of Aphrodite, you will fail. And when you do the blood of Hera's brat will spill on to your pale, delicate little hands. Her life has been forfeit since she was created, and I will end her in flames. You will hear her dying whimpers, and then her silence."

"Was….it was, Zeus?" Annabeth stuttered.

Silena nodded. "Yes Annabeth, so now why don't you tell me what this means?"

"It…it means…" Annabeth cut herself off. "Well, we both know what Zeus was telling you. Poor Aricia, poor Hera. After Zeus goes and has Thalia, he goes and tries to kill little Aricia who wasn't even made from Hera being unfaithful. Unless….well unless he thinks Aricia is going to start some sort of rebellion and usurp him. Aricia technically is not a child of the Big Three so she isn't the one the prophecy speaks of, but if she sides with the Titans and they win, she will have all of Olympus."

"She would never." Silena gasped. "Her mother is the goddess of family, and Aricia would never want to destroy the gods, because no matter who dysfunctional it is, the gods are family too."

"Hera has tried to take over before, and she was punished severely, bad enough to make her never want to try again, but Zeus may not be so sure."

"Maybe all Aricia needs to do is prove her loyalty to Zeus, show him that she would never try and take his throne."

"But how does she possibly do that?" Annabeth groaned. "Zeus is a bit paranoid; I mean you saw the mess that happened just because he thought Percy stole his lightning bolt a few years ago. Now with the Titans gathering things could be even worse up on Olympus, and he won't let even his slightest doubts slide. No, he will want to wipe out all enemies ASAP."

"I don't understand how Aricia is even considering a threat, let alone an enemy. She's just a kid, and sure she may have her mom's hot temper at times but that isn't a good reason to turn the entire cosmos against her." Silena twisted a lank of hair in her fingers and sighed again. "I'm glad I am not a goddess, life seems to be even more difficult. I mean at least at camp with bullies like Clarisse they'll tell you why they hate you, and stupidly they usually blurt out their plans." Silena yawned and looked at the clock. "I'm going back to sleep. Maybe you'll get lucky and your mom will give you some nice wisdom advice."

"Maybe." Annabeth went back to her own bed and crawled underneath the covers. "Oh Mother, please give me guidance." She prayed softly and shut her eyes.

Annabeth looked around and saw she was back at Camp Half-Blood at the campfire. But she was alone, well almost alone. At her side sat Percy who was staring at her the way Annabeth wished he would every once and a while.

"What's up? You look kind of rattled." He said sweetly and offered her the marshmallow he was toasting. "Here."

"Percy, where…when did I?" Annabeth shook her head.

He leaned in and smiled. "Don't worry Annabeth, everything will be revealed to you, daughter of wisdom, all in good time."

Annabeth turned towards the fire and stared as the flames began to shimmer. And suddenly, there it was right before Annabeth's grey eyes. "So, that's where you've been hiding little Calf." She chuckled. "Clever, clever little girl."