Why, HELLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOO people! I am again back with more of my story, and after the Veteran's Day Parade, I am in the mood to do nothing except write and completely procrastinate on science fair! Enjoy the next chapter, and I don't own the Percy Jackson series or any other copyrighted work that I mention the name of! Oh, and I'm sorry if Lady Artemis is out of character, I did my best!

I woke up the next morning before the sun had risen. Grabbing my iPod and turning toward the door, I tried my best to block out any remnants of my latest demigod dream which involved dark lighting, skeletons, and knives; sounds fun.

When I reached the door and started to turn the handle, I heard a soft rustle of cloth behind me. I froze and turned around slowly, only to see that everyone was still sleeping. Shrugging, I faced the door again, only to hear the sound again. Okay, this is like that way of annoying people when you say you hear something, ask others if they hear it, say it's gone away, and then repeat the whole thing until the walk away. Then I noticed the slight sound one more time.

Wheeling around, I saw Lady Artemis standing there in the back of the cabin, looking around at the other Hunters that were still sleeping. She noticed me watching her, and walked over to where I stood.

Okay, walked isn't the right word, it was more like strutting, but not as super-modely. The confidence of a strut, the light bounce of almost skipping, and the posture of a, well, goddess; it's very hard to describe. Lady Artemis loped, no that's not the right word EITHER, came over to where I was positioned next to the door. We stood just staring at each other for a little until Lady Artemis spoke.

"So Nicole, heading out early again, hmm? Why are you always up so early, I wonder." She said the last bit as if she knew exactly why I was up before the sun but didn't tell me what she meant. Maybe it was one of those "gods and goddesses can't be part of demigods' lives" things.

"You will know in time child, do not worry. You are still young, and an immortal life can last a long time. Do not fret now my Huntress, go out on the beach and listen to your music like you do every morning, I shall not stop you." After that very cryptic message, she just turned around and walked to the back of the cabin. I saw her open the door to the bathroom and then the bright glow that meant she had taken her true form and disappeared.

I decided to take her advice and head out to the beach with my iPod again. This time, I really was alone out there and I had time to think about the day coming up. We would be setting off on our quest right after breakfast, and I still have no idea what I got myself into. All of us could end up dying for all I know!

Before I knew it, Lauren and Zack had both come down to the beach and we all ended up taking strategy for the quest. I think that Zack was holding out on us about something, and that Lauren could tell. No one mentioned it though, so after a minute we all left for breakfast.

Apparently, since it was a Friday, the campers had "open seating" where they didn't have to sit at their parents' tables. It was chaos in the huge pavilion, with everyone switching seats, running randomly, and finding friends. Chiron stood at the front with a large whistle slung around his neck and a stopwatch in his hand.

When Chiron did blow the whistle, the insanity died down almost instantly and all the campers had chosen their seat. I noticed the group in the corner had all of our Camp Gossipers that had been talking about me the first night I was here. Cristina was sitting right next to Ace and holding his hand, Antonia was sitting next to Mickey while he was talking to Donald, Evan, and James. They were sitting next to Norman, Taylor, Michael, Winter, Robert, Julianna, Maria, LeAnne, and Alexandria who were all laughing about some inside joke. Then Earl sat over to the side with his short, blond friend who had that certain "Hermes kid" look about her. Apparently, her name was Jade.

All of the campers had the same look that they were with their best friends in the world that they would trust with their lives and wouldn't trade it for anything. It was kind of cool to see, yet also depressing because I still sat at the Hunters' table with my only friends, other Huntresses.

We offered our food to the goddesses and gods and then went back to eating. I had given up on my godly parent by now, so I only offered Lady Artemis food normally, but today I sent some to Lord Hades too since we were going to the Underworld.

After we had finished eating our vegan breakfast of fruit salad, Lauren and I ran back to the cabin to gather our stuff for the quest. We both grabbed our bows and arrows, a change of clothes, and an extra backpack with snacks, nectar and ambrosia, and water. I also, of course, brought my iPod in my back pocket.

Racing up to Thalia's pine tree, we caught a glimpse of Zack talking with Lady Artemis herself. I slowed to a stop, wondering if she was telling him something as mysterious as she had told me that morning, but Lauren tugged on my arm to get me moving again.

When we finally reached the top of the hill, Lady Artemis was gone, but Chiron and Thalia were both there to wish us luck. I just hoped that we wouldn't need too much of it and could get through this quest.

Well, how did you like that chapter? Finally, they get something exciting to do! Please review, seriously, review even if you dislike, despise, can't stand, or deeply despise this story with a passion! Just not if you absolutely hate it, because hating is not nice! Thanks to everyone reading this!

~monkeypicklez