Happy Friday! Last night was my first night of Cotillion. Only one guy was taller than me. My neck hurts from looking down so much at my dance partner.

This chapter is mainly Annabeth's POV of The Lost Hero.

ANNABETH POV

It was only a day after I returned to camp, and I was already sent out to retrieve more demigods. The last time I had been at camp, the new cabins weren't finished yet and the whole camp was in chaos. Now, though, it was different. The camp was more organized, and instead of having an empty camp, it was almost to the point where we had to expand each cabin, or build a second one for each god or goddess.

My only home was becoming foreign to me. Since I was gone, new demigods took over my favorite spots to relax or kiss Percy. It felt like I was the old version of a demigod, one who focused on winning the Titan war instead of relaxing on the beach like the new demigods.

Chiron told me that three new demigods needed to be transported to camp. "It may have something to do with the prophecy Rachel issued in August." He told me as I prepared the chariot.

"I hope so. I don't want this mission to be in vain." I said as Butch and I took off into the sky. Butch was a good travel partner. He was silent the entire way, allowing me to think about Percy and the Gallagher Academy.

We passed over Virginia, and if I looked closely, I could see the mansion Cammie called home. I sort of missed the academy and its nosy inhabitants.

"We're here." Butch's voice said, breaking the silence. I jumped off of the chariot onto the Grand Canyon's observation deck. There was a boy with one shoe fighting a storm spirit with a golden sword. Usually demigods use Celestial Bronze, but Chiron once let it slip that some had gone off on their own, using Imperial Gold instead.

A girl with choppy brown hair who looked to be around 15 was watching him nervously, like she expected him to die. There was also a Latino kid with golden monster dust everywhere on his body. He had a large grin on his face, like he was enjoying the fight.

The fight soon ended, and after a couple of quick introductions, we were back on the chariot.

"We're taking you to Camp Half-Blood. It's the only safe place for kids like us."

"Half-Blood? Is that some sort of derogatory term?" Piper asked me hesitantly. I didn't blame her. I looked like a mess. My hair was messed up, and I had bags underneath my eyes from not sleeping. All I did was talk to Chiron and think about Percy. I needed him. He was my lifeline, the one person I could trust with my life who wasn't immortal and half horse.

Something told me that these three demigods held the answer to finding Percy.

"We're gonna crash land!" Butch shouted. I held on tight as we made our very bad descent and crash landed in the lake.

I landed underwater, swimming upwards as soon as my body got over the shock. Will Solace and his sibling were waiting with the blow dryers I invented. Soon, the new demigods and I were dry, like Butch's botched landing never happened in the first place.

Leo the Latino kid was claimed first. He was a son of Hephaestus. That was normal, there were a lot of them. However, Jason, the kid with the golden sword, kept calling him a son of Vulcan, the Roman equivalent.

I walked around a bit, thinking about the new demigods. I was kind of hoping that Piper was a daughter of Athena. She would make an excellent sister. Piper wasn't scared, at least from what I saw from her at the Grand Canyon.

Piper found me staring wistfully at the Poseidon Cabin. "Hey, can you give me a tour?"

"I guess." I led her around camp, giving her the generic tour of the place. To be honest, my heart wasn't really in it. I had no interest in leading her around, but something made me do it.

Finally, we stopped at a secluded spot. Piper faced me and said, "Something's wrong, I can tell. What is it?"

I responded hesitantly. "It all started when I got accepted into the Gallagher Academy, a school in Virginia."

Piper nodded understandingly. "I went there in seventh grade, but I got kicked out after I stole some files from the headmistress's office."

I was shocked. Finally, someone would get it. "Well, since I went there, I couldn't see Percy, my missing boyfriend, the night he went missing. I was stuck with a bunch of nosy spies who put bugs on all of my clothing, even my camp necklace. They even went as far as going through my personal trunk, which included my camp scrapbook."

Piper continued talking, including how she was forced to stay with the same girls as I did. Cammie, Liz, and Bex never mentioned Piper and her stay at the Gallagher Academy.

"When I got kicked out, she gave me some tea that was supposed to erase my memory, but it didn't work. I had to stay quiet about it."

CAMMIE POV

"Hey, guys, look at this!" Liz came running into the suite, holding a newspaper article. "There's a missing boy, and his picture matches the one in Annabeth's scrapbook!" I grabbed the article out of her hands and read it quickly.

NEW YORK TEEN GOES MISSING

Percy Jackson, a sixteen year old boy, has been reported missing by a close family friend who refused to give his name. Jackson has already made headlines nationwide when he was twelve. His first stepfather had kidnapped him and his mom and took them everywhere, even going as far as hiring a hitman to finish Percy off.

Percy is described to be six foot tall, with unruly black hair and green eyes. If you have found this boy or have a tip, please call (800) 009-0009.

I finished reading the short article and realized that Liz was right. This was the same Percy in the scrapbook, only older and missing.

Annabeth had a weird taste in boys.

Please don't call the phone number. I took it from the Lightning Thief.

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-Emma