Here we go. Enjoy and review.

I don't own PJO.

"Silas! Silas get up we have to go! Now!"

I was shaken awake by Percy and as soon as I was to my feet he threw my backpack to me. I didn't question when he started full sprinting in the direction Annabeth was already going, slower, so we could catch up. I just followed, trusting them.

As soon as we hit the treeline I heard a yell,

"JACKSON!"

We all froze and turned. Artemis herself was standing in the middle of camp, scowling and breathing heavily. I looked to the hunter closest to us, about fifteen feet away, and about 10 years old.

"Boy, you better start running"

We did, without another thought. Soon we came to a field.

"Shit," Annnabeth said, "we're stuck in the open. We're sitting ducks here." She turned to her boyfriend, "what did you do?!"

He simply shook his head with a panicked look and said, "You don't want to know."

We were about to break for the treeline and hope for the best when I heard a horse's neigh. Then Percy yelled excitedly, "Blackjack!"

With no more warning Percy yelled to us, "Keep running, jump in... NOW!"

We did, but never hit the ground again, I looked down to find a muscular brown neck between my legs, and the ground already 20 feet below.

After the pegasi dodged a few arrows and we were out of range we rode in silence for a while.

"Hey, where should we go? We have a ride now. But nowhere to go," I said.

Annabeth's eyes clouded over as she started thinking.

"Well, we should stay out of the forest," Percy supplied before going back to what he was doing. Probably talking with Blackjack.

Nobody said anything to that.

A little bit later Annabeth turned to her boyfriend, "Hey, do you think we would be welcome at camp Jupiter?" She turned back to me, "Maybe they know something we don't yet. An if not, well it is west, that's the way we need to go. And it IS," she shot Percy a look, "out of the forest. Plus we could see our friends."

She said the last part with a hint of a smile.

I shrugged, not having a better idea while Percy beamed.

"That's a great idea Wise Girl," he started to reach and hug her but realized he was in the air and caught himself quick enough that if we weren't battle trained we wouldn't have noticed. But we were so I laughed and Annabeth rolled her eyes and chuckled while Percy hung his head, but his grin never faded.

We flew in silence for several hours after that. Eventually our stomachs demanded we stopped to fill them. We stopped at a McDonald's. Rode the Pegasi right up into a the motorcycle parking spaces, and nobody said anything so I bet that's what they saw.

While Percy and I got the food Annabeth was in the bathroom. I figured it the perfect time to ask the question on everybody's mind, "Dude, what did you do."

Percy sighed, "Well I woke up before you and decided to talk to Thalia to see how the hunting-" his face morphed into a forced smile as he looked over my shoulder, "Hey there Wise Girl."

Annabeth raised an eyebrow and looked at me, I shrugged, she looked back at Percy with a questioning glare. Percy looked at me, I shrugged and he got nervous.

"Uhh, look our foods ready." While he scrambled to our trays I walked away chuckling. I noticed an unamused Wise Girl go whisper something over his shoulder, causing him to hang his head low, before following me to a booth.

"What did you tell him?" I asked

She shrugged, "Just that he would tell me when we got to camp." I laughed again.

Hours later we were standing outside the entrance to Camp Jupiter beside the guards while Percy said goodbye to the pegasi.

"Why not just take them in with us?" I asked.

Percy looked over his shoulder, "Said they wanted to go home. I just wished them a safe journey."

He turned to face Annabeth, the two guards and I, "You ready?"

We nodded and the guards stood to the side, "Go on in Praetor Perseus."

Percy made a face at them for a moment before saying, "First off I'm not praetor, Jason and Reyna are. Secondly, it's just Percy."

"Even if you have passed your rank off you still hold the title for the time you served Percy Sir," the other guard said.

Percy opened his mouth to respond but Annabeth groaned exaggeratedly and pulled him through the tunnel by his arm.

When we reached the other side I looked around in awe. The place was beautiful, and because of Annabeth I knew it was an architectural masterpiece as well.

Percy smiled, "C'mon guys, we have to tell Lupa we're here." He started walking down the hill before Annabeth stopped him, "Not so fast, you still haven't explained yourself from this morning."

Percy sighed and looked to the ground, "Well I woke up early and wanted to ask how the hunting went and Silas here was still asleep so I thought I would talk to Thalia. I walked to the fancy tent since she's the lieutenant. I called out to tell Thalia I was I coming in and when I did, uh, it wasn't Thalia...It was Artemis... Changing into her hunters uniform... Apparently she was already back..."

It was silent for a moment before I laughed. Loudly. Everybody's attention shot to me.

"What's so funny?"

I laughed again, only growing in volume,"Thee must meet the forest

In ways which few have been shown."

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AC out.