Well I am glad that this chapter is finally finished. I hope you enjoy it everybody.

Oh and before I forget, I sadly do not own PJO or HoO. :(

Annabeth POV

I slowly woke up. I panicked and jumped up as I reached to my thigh to grab my dagger, but I realized it was no longer there.

"Don't bother looking for weapons. They took them all."

I jumped back as I looked around to see which face that familiar voice matched.

"Who-whos there." I said

"I'll give you one guess and heres a hint. I hate boys."

"Oh, hello Artemis." I said, kind of shocked she was here with me.

"Hey. So whats new?" She said.

"Oh, other than being trapped in a cold dark room, nothing… So um. Where are we?"

She looked around and shrugged, "Beats me, I got here a couple days ago and a hand in a glove holding food is all I get to see besides these black walls."

"How did we get here?" I asked.

"Well, I know how I got here. When I was out hunting the Lydian Drakon. Me and the girls were out in Maine when I heard a girl scream. I didn't want to lose the drakon, so I told the girls to keep chasing after it. After they left, I ran to the voice. Next thing I know i'm bonked on the back of the head and I woke up here. A couple days later, I woke up and you were here. You were out for a few days. So what happened to you?"

"I was out for my annual morning walk when I heard a strange noise. It sounded like footsteps, I turned around and I saw a camper. I waved hello and now i'm here."

"Well that is just great! Now we have a traitor, and a camper no less!" Artemis exclaimed.

"Oh my gods. Do-do you realize what this means Artemis?" Annabeth faltered.

"I believe it means that we have a traitor? I don't get what your driving at." Artemis said.

"It means that there is a new evil rising. Another war is coming and we can't do anything to stop it." I added.

"Just when we thought we would be getting a break. We only defeated Kronos and the titans a couple of years back. Well I guess nothing lasts." Artemis said.

"Anyway, who was the camper that you saw?" Artemis asked.

"I-I can't remember." I replied.

Percy POV

After the meeting at the Big House, I called everyone to go to the arena so I could make an announcement. As everyone gathered up, I was in front of the stands and stood up straight.

"As you all know, two people are missing. Artemis and Annabeth."

Conversations hit the crowd and spread like wildfire.

"QUIET." Yelled Chiron.

"Thanks. We will be entrusting five very lucky campers to go and find them. We have reviewed the capture the flag battle and we are happy to say that we have come to a decision. The leader of the quest will be my daughter Daphne, the other 4 campers are James Di-Angelo, Victoria Jackson, Drew Summers, and Lynx Heron."

Applause struck out and the five lucky campers stood up.

"The campers that were just chosen will go to the Big House after dinner, but for now let us eat our delicious supper, shall we?"

Victoria POV

We all stood up and made our way to the dining pavilion. I was with Daphne and James, people left and right kept coming up to us to wish us luck on the quest and congratulate us.

It was a new feeling for me to be the center of attention. It was a nice feeling, but I don't think I could ever get used to it. It was nice to have something to take my mind off of my two moms missing.

I nudged Daph. "Hey. How do you deal with all of this everyday?" I said

"I don't know, I guess i'm just used to being in the spotlight. You know with dad as our father we are kind of expected to be super twins."

I looked forward and kept walking. I noticed that I stood up straighter and straighter as each person came up to me. By the time we got to the pavilion, almost half of the camp congratulated us.

I smiled and said goodbye to the last camper that came up to me, and waved James and Daphne to join me in the Big House. They said goodbye and we entered the Big House.

We walked to the main room looking for Percy. I looked to the beige couch in the center of the room and saw a gorgeous, slim girl with black hair twisted in a french braid sitting down.

She turned around and her icy blue eyes pierced through me. I knew I had seen her before, I just couldn't remember where. Her words interrupted my thoughts.

"Oh hey guys, I guess we're going on the quest together. By the way I'm Lynx Heron. Daughter of Aphrodite."

Daphne POV

I was about to say hello when James interrupted me.

"Hello there. I'm James, James Di-Angelo, son of Thalia and Nico Di-Angelo." He smiled his friendly smile and stuck his hand out. I smiled to her too.

"Hi, I am-" I started.

"Daphne Jackson. Daughter of Percy and Annabeth Jackson. Oh wow, that must have seemed creepy.. The whole camp knows you, you go on so many quests and are always victorious!" She turned her head to Victoria.

"Oh and Victoria hi again!" Victoria looked perplexed.

"Um… How do I know you?"

"Oh right, you might not remember me. I used to be a hunter, we used to hang out all the time back home when we were younger. I'm a year older than you so I was kind of a sister figure. We were best friends! Then one day a dove took me to Camp, I never saw you again and the rest is history." She giggled a little and smiled.

Something was really friendly about her. I turned to Victoria and something clicked in her mind.

"OH MY GODS! LYNX!" She bursted forward and gave her a giant hug.

She pulled her back to the couch and they started in a full on conversation, probably catching up. I turned to James and motioned him over to the other couch to talk.

We started to chat and half way through our conversation about if Ulysses was real or not, Percy walked in.

"Well its nice to see that you guys are all hitting it off." His tone was sharp and harsh, a tone that I wasn't familiar with.

"Now can we get back to a serious matter. The quest. You four will have to travel far to find out where Annabeth and Artemis is. Are you guys up for the challenge?"

We all looked at each other and simultaneously replied, "Yes."

"Then pack your bags and get ready. Your going to Alaska." Percy said.

James POV

We talked for a while about the quest. Percy told us to go pack and that we would all leave for the quest tomorrow.

Victoria and Lynx walked back to the Aphrodite cabin. Drew was walking behind them, he looked like he had something on his mind but I ignored it.

Daph and I said goodbye to Percy and walked back to our cabin. On the way we chatted about many different things, about Percy's old adventures, about the story of my

mom, the big battle in Manhattan.

When we arrived at our cabin we went into our rooms and started to pack. Half way through my packing session, I heard slight crying noises.

I slowly followed the noises and they traced back into Daphne's room. I opened the door slightly just to see Daph's face.

She was lying at the bottom of her bed with her mother's Yankee baseball cap sitting upright on her lap.

Her bright orange athletic shirt was tear stained and her cheeks were puffy and red.

"Daph. Are you alright?" I slowly walked in.

She looked at me with her watery eyes and the sight broke my heart. I stepped forward and sat down beside her.

"Missing your mom?" I asked.

She laid her head down onto my shoulder and continued to cry.

"I-I'm just so used to her being here. Now its like a piece of me is gone." She looked up at me. She sniffed and continued to talk.

"What if. What if we never find her. If shes gone forever. I just couldn't live like that." Daphne sobbed.

"I don't have anyone but my family, and and you." She wiped her nose with the end of her sleeve and smiled.

"You-ya wanna know what I thought about you when we first met?" She gasped for air in between words trying to recover from crying so much while she asked me the question. I nodded and smiled.

"I thought you were a total weirdo." She laughed after her sentence.

"Its true. I thought you were just like so strange. " She smiled her one in a million smile.

"Yep and now you can't get enough of me." I smiled a cocky smile and winked at her.

"Yeah, in your dreams." She laughed and got up to get more tissues to dry her cheeks.

"Trust me. I'll be dreaming about you." I whispered.

And thats the end of the new chapter. The next chapter will probably not be posted before New Years so I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season. See you soon.

-Eternalhunter96