Sorry I haven't been updating in a long time. Writers block maybe?

Well, I been inspired so here ya go! Chapter 12!

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Chapter 12

Annabeth's P.O.V

I walked, well ran, to the creek to see if Helen was there, and of course she was. I started to walk towards her then I stopped and thought What am I going to say? Athena always has a plan so I guess I'll have to make it up on the spot.

"Hey Helen" I said to her, and sat down next to her. "What are you, uh, doing?" That's the best I can think of?!

"Hi, and I'm not doing so well." She put her knees to her chest and stared at the water. "I just got here and I have a 'Quest' I'm not prepared for"

"I can help you prepare!" I blurted out. Yeah, Athena always has a plan.

"Really! That would be awesome!" She looked really happy. Hmm, maybe I could learn to be friends with her…

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Helena's P.O.V

It's so awesome Annabeth's helping me train! I wonder if Chiron put her up to this? Nah, she'd tell me if he did. We made a schedule about when she's going to train me. She was going to teach me sword fighting with Clarisse for two hours, then Chiron will help me with the bow and arrow for one hour, Annabeth's not good at archery so Chiron's helping. After that, Annabeth's going to teach me about monsters, how to kill them, and how to fight them for two hours. I don't see how fight and kill are different but claims they are. After that, rock climbing with Grover for 30 minutes. Then, Percy's going to help me with controlling the water for two hours and Annabeth insisted on supervising us. Then after that she said it'll be dinner for an hour, only an hour!(I eat really slow!). Then she explained to me about a game called Capture the Flag. I never heard of it, Oh well! Then it'll be a sing-along with the Apollo cabin (I was actually looking forward to that for some reason…) And finally, we go to sleep after a long days work. Whoa, waaay too much work. Guess I'll have to get used to it.

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Okay. Next day, 4 more days until departure for quest, first day of training. This was not going to be easy!

I woke this morning, and I new it was early because Percy's still sleeping. He's usually awake when I'm sleeping. I quickly showered put on sweats and the camp t-shirt and slipped on some Nikes. I walked out the door and the sunlight blinded me. Nice day today, for a day of torture… I walked aimlessly around camp, I guess I was trying to find a secret passage way or something because I found myself in the woods ducking under short trees and making my way through huge bushes. It took me a while to realized I was lost. I panicked and started running through the thick trees until I actually ran right into one. I fell to the ground dazed and for a second I forgot where I was, then I remembered. Camp Half-Blood. Gods. Poseidon. I stood up and looked around. I was still lost. Then, I heard a pop behind me and turned around.

"Hi! I'm Juniper!" She said and shook my hand.

I looked at her weirdly. She was small, her hair was a brownish color, her ears were pointed, and her face reminded me of an elf.

"Hi, uh, are you an elf?" I asked. Her nose flared and her eyes turned a light green color. I guess she was angry.

"No, I am not an elf! I hate when people confuse me with them!" She yelled. But, she seemed to calm down because her eyes turned back to normal color. "I am a dryad. Or as you half-bloods call us, A Tree Nymph."

"Oh, cool. Um, I was wondering…where am I?" I asked her.

"Your lost aren't you?" She said.

"Kind of" I said

"Keep going that way." She pointed towards the clearing ahead, "And in five minutes you'll be back at camp." She smiled and with a pop she disappeared.

When in the direction she told me to go, and in no time I was at camp. Thank-you tree nymph. I looked at the giant clock on the big house. I've been gone for about an hour, it was 7:30 am. I better look for Annabeth. I walk around camp again. Not really looking for Annabeth, but just looking. I looked at a solid bronze shield and checked my hair. It had a few twigs in it so I took it out. It looked almost descent now. I continued my search for Annabeth. Then I saw a bow and arrow

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Annabeth's P.O.V

I woke up at 8 O'clock AM. Most of my cabin was asleep so I got up quietly, and prepared myself for the ruff day ahead of me. I went outside only to find Helen shooting arrows right on target. Wow, she's actually good at that. I walked towards the Poseidon cabin to talk to Percy.

When I got there he was still asleep so I decided I should get him back for messing with my laptop. I went to the Hermes cabin to have a little conversation with the Stoll brothers.

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Percy's P.O.V

I woke up this morning feeling slightly cold. I opened my eyes and I made a mistake doing that. Something white and bright was shining on my eyes. I put my hand on my eye to protect from blinding myself when I touched something cold and soft. It felt like whip cream. I looked at my hand only to find real whip cream on it. I sat up and touched my face. It had whip cream all over it! I jumped up from bed and noticed my surroundings. I was outside! I looked around and saw the Apollo, Hermes, and Athena cabins all around me. I shivered and noticed I was wearing something that wasn't mine. I blinked twice and I could not believe my eyes. I WAS WEARING A DRESS! I ran towards the Poseidon cabin before someone got a picture of me.

I took off the hideous dress and showered taking off all the whip cream, which I later noticed was Mousse. I changed into worn out jeans, a camp t-shirt, and leather sandals. I opened the door a little to check if anyone was out there. No one was there so I stepped outside. I heard a little laugh coming from my right. It was Annabeth.

"Annabeth!" I said and glared at her. She glared back.

"That was for my laptop." She said and smirked.

"You didn't have to do something this…" I stayed quiet for a second. I couldn't find the word.

"Embarrassing?" Annabeth said with an eyebrow raised.

"Yes!" I said sighing loudly and I stomped away back into my cabin.

I grabbed my Ipod and started listening to it. Travis Stoll gave it to me after he "Borrowed" It from the electronics store. I put some Green Day laid on the other bed since mine was outside.

Annabeth's P.O.V

Why is he acting like such a baby?! Now I have to apologize because he's making me feel bad! Ugh! Curse me and my weird crushes! I opened the door to the Poseidon cabin. I sneaked to Percy's bed. His eyes were closed and he was listening to an Ipod. When did he get an Ipod? Oh well.

I sat on the bed he was on and he opened his eyes.

"I'm not talking to you" He said calmly. I rolled my eyes.

"Stop being such a baby." I said

"Not until you apologize" He said stubbornly. I sighed loudly and looked at him.

Percy's P.O.V

She sat just there and stared at me.

"Fine.." She said rolling her eyes

"I'm waiting…" I said smiling. She hit me with a pillow. "Why'd you do that?!"

"For being a jerk about it!" She said, her voice raising a bit. "Okay, I, Annabeth Chase, apologize to you, Percy Jackson."

I sat up and smiled at her. "What?!" She yelled.

"You made it so official. You're the only person I know who does that" I said while laughing. She just rolled her eyes at me.

"Do you accept my apology or what?"

"I, Percy Jackson, accept your, Annabeth Chase, apology." I said copying her tone.

She held out her arms. I bet I looked confused because she said:

"It's called a hug, Percy"

I leaned over and gave her a hug, her hair smelled like strawberries. She pulled away after 5 seconds. Wow, I'm counting the seconds. There was an awkward silence after that. Then she stood up and looked at me.

"We have to train Helen today" She said and left the cabin

I stared after her, speechless. Now I really wished I told her what I wanted to tell her. I stood up, stretched and made my way outside after checking if anyone was there. I looked around looking for Annabeth and Helen I found them with Chiron at the Archery place. I walked over to them and noticed Helen was pretty good with a bow and arrow. Chiron turned around, he probably sensed me coming.

"Hey, Chiron" I said.

"Hello Percy, Annabeth told me about the…accident this morning" He said glancing at Annabeth then me.

"Oh did she?" I said and glared at her she just grinned like she played pranks everyday.

"What happened this morning?" Helen asked looking confused. Annabeth opened her mouth to say something, but I beat her to it.

"Nothing!" I practically yelled. She just nodded and continued shooting arrows.

Chiron looked at Helen and helped her shoot the arrows onto target, then he gave her flaming arrows to practice with. I went to Annabeth and we started whisper/yelling at each other.

"Why'd you tell him?!" I started.

"Because I wanted to!"

"Why?!"

"It's hilarious!"

"Did you have to use Mousse?!"

"Mr. D didn't want us using the whip cream!"

"Mr. D knew?!"

"He was there!"

"Who helped you?!"

"Hermes cabin!"

"Can you guys quiet down! Your whispering very loudly, I can hear you!" Helen snapped. "I am trying to practice and I can't do that while listening to your argument!"

"Sorry!" Annabeth and I said to her.

After about an hour of Chiron helping her, it was time for Annabeth and I to help her with sword fighting. We went to the arena and Clarisse was there waiting. She signaled Helen to come over and she looked a bit scared.

"Okay we no longer need your services Percy." Annabeth said simply.

I gave her a confused look. "In other words, come back in 2 hours. We don't need your help right now." She said as if I don't understand English. She ushered me out the arena with me protesting and slammed the door in my face. I headed towards my cabin, but then I saw Zeus cabin. I wonder if Thalia is still there.

I went towards the cabin and opened the door. It was dark and I saw Thalia turned away and it looked like she was talking through an Iris message. She was talking with her fellow Hunters.

"When are you coming back?" The Hunter from the Iris message asked, concern clearly in her voice.

"Probably later today" Thalia said sadly.

"Well, okay. We'll meet you at base camp, usual spot okay?" I noticed the Hunter was Artemis. She didn't like when her hunters were separate I guessed.

Thalia nodded her head and waved her hand over the message and it disappeared.

She wiped her eyes as if she was crying, and she was still in pajamas. Dark blue basketball shorts and black tank top. I knocked on the door to show I was there. She turned around, her eyes pink.

"Oh, hey Percy" She said, with fake happiness in her voice.

"Your leaving?" I said to her.

She sighed and stood up. "I have to get back to the hunters"

"Want to take one last stroll?" I asked kind of afraid because the Hunters weren't supposed to make contact with boys, and since she was the daughter of Zeus, I was afraid she was going to blast me to bits. Fortunately, she nodded and followed me out the door. I was about to ask about her mother when Grover came to us.

"Thalia!" He yelled and tackled her in a hug then backed away slightly .

"Sorry." He muttered.

"Its okay." She said laughing a little.

"Uh, Thalia?" I said to her. "What happened to….your, um…"

"Mother?" She said finishing my sentence. I nodded. "She died… She died in a car crash. She was a heavy drinker…"

Grover looked at her sadly and I didn't respond.

"It's okay Thalia" Grover said patting her back. "She lived a nice life."

"It wasn't like we were close anyways." She muttered.

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The rest of the day went like a blur. Everything happened really fast. It was a pretty boring day, except for the productive morning. Thalia left before dinner and Annabeth let out a few tears, and so did Grover. Helen, not really knowing her much, just waved her good bye. During dinner, Mr. D announced capture the flag was cancelled, everyone groaned in response, including me. After dinner when everyone left Helen was still at the table, I left her alone thinking she was just running over what happened the past few days. She looked pretty worn out so I did chores for her that night. I went to sleep tired and worn out too and went to sleep once my head hit the pillow. And of course i had a dream. Unfortunately, it wasn't one of the happy ones I barely have.

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Sorry this chapter was so long, I was kind of on the roll (With extra butter! I know corny hahaha) Well R&R!!