DISCLAIMER:
Staci: This right here is not Rick Riordian!
Me: Thank you! Almost everyone on my disclaimers says I look like him!
Staci: I didn't say you don't look like him!
Me: Walks away...
Shadow travel is still not a thing I enjoy…
"Okay, just so you guys know, this is the last time I'm going to be able to save you." a chocolate haired girl said.
"I'm just glad you got there in time!" Lyla said.
"I've got to go soon. If not, they'll find me." Neely told us.
"What will find you?" Annabeth asked.
"Zeus's eagles. Apparently, it's against the law for me to help you guys. I'm on probation right now. One more violation and my powers get taken away for a week."
"Well, thanks for saving us!" Jacie said.
"Yeah! I gotta go!" Neely started to turn into smoke. Then she stopped and said, "You can come out now!" and then she left.
"Who can come out now?" Annabeth wondered.
Then, Percy ran out from behind a big tree. Annabeth just stood there with a confused expression on her face. A look of realization appeared on her face and she ran forward and hugged Percy; she didn't look too enthused about it, though.
"How did-" Annabeth started to ask.
"I bribed Neely. Apparently she's always wanted to visit Atlantis. Just an Iris-Message to my dad and poof, I'm here!" Percy said.
"But won't this over balance the quest?" Annabeth asked.
"Are you not happy to see me?" Percy asked.
"Oh, no. I'm glad you're here. I just… oh, never mind…" Annabeth walked away from our group.
"What's with her?" Percy asked. No one spoke. "Hey, where's Travis. Right about now, he'd have said something clever like, 'It's a chick thing' or something."
Lyla looked over at me and then she said, "Someone kidnapped him. We don't know where he went…"
"What?" It sunk in. "We've got to save him! Did you see where he went?"
"No. It was dark and we were surrounded by killer scorpions." Jacie said.
"Oh… Well, we'll find him!" Percy looked around. "By the way, where are we?"
I looked around, too. We were standing in a shady enclosure. You could hear the sound of roaring water in the distance.
"Not sure. Aeron, you know. Tell us." Aaron said, quietly.
"We're in Canada. I'm not sure if this place even has a name…" he told us.
We all sat there in silence. Soon, the sun went down over the trees and it was dark. Malakai lit a small gas lantern.
"Here. I'll set up some tents!" Jacie said. She closed her and muttered some words. A giant rainbow appeared in front of her. She shaped it somehow and it turned into a tent. She repeated that again and then we had two tents.
Aaron yawned, "I'm tired. I'll see you in the morning." He climbed into on of the tents and soon you could hear someone snoring.
Jacie yawned. "I'm gonna sleep too!" She skipped to the other tent.
"I think Aaron's *yawn* emitting *yawn* sleep rays *yawn* again." Lyla sleepwalked to the tent.
Soon everyone filed to the tents. I didn't feel the least bit tired. I sat there in the dark and thought…
Where did I come from? Why did I wash up on the shores of Camp Half-Blood? Why does Malakai seem to know me? Where did my bracelet come from? What does the dream that I keep having mean?
Wow, it seems like I don't know anything…
I heard footsteps coming this way. I wished for my sword and the familiar hilt appeared in my hand. I stood (sat, really) waiting. Annabeth walked into the clearing and sat down with her head in her hands.
Before talking, I wished my sword away. "Annabeth, what's wrong?"
She turned towards me, her face pale in the shadows. "I'm just- never mind. It doesn't matter…"
I scooted closer to her. "Come on. You can tell me. I promise I won't tell."
She looked at me. For a moment, we just sat there. Then she sighed. "I'm just really confused right now. I really missed Percy. And now that he's here, I just… Oh, I don't know. This is just silly. I shouldn't be worrying about this stuff."
"You know, it's not good to keep stuff bottled up."
"I just- I mean… I'm a daughter of Athena you know. I'm supposed to be smart and stuff, but I feel so… unsmart. I'm just so confused!" Annabeth started sobbing.
I patted her back and said, "It's alright. Just follow your heart. You'll figure it out."
She smiled and said, "You know, even though you lost your memory, you really know what you're talking about!" She got up and went to the tent.
I sat there for a moment thinking about what's happened so far. I finally got up, turned off the light, and went to bed.
I had an equally confusing dream:
I was standing in a hallway. It was so gray; it made me feel depressed. I heard a woman say, "You have to go now, before it's too late! He'll be here soon. GO!" I felt myself open a door and step inside. The next moment, I felt like I was being sucked into something. Next, I heard sounds of swords clashing and then a big BOOM!
I woke with a start. I was sweating and my hands were all clammy. My bracelet was especially warm and it was glowing slightly. I looked around. All the girls were still asleep, so I got up and went outside. The sun was just starting to rise. I decided to sit on a rock and just sat there, think about a million things.
"I figured you'd be up." A voice said behind me.
I turned. Malakai. He smiled at me. His smile was just so… wonderful. It seemed to warm my body from the inside out.
"You look like you didn't sleep well last night." he said.
"Uh… you could say that again…"
"Was it a dream?" he asked.
"I guess."
"Hmm…" he didn't press the matter further.
Soon, everyone else came out of the tents. Aeron yawned and said, "Ready to find the next treasure?"
We all nodded and filed out of camp. Aeron led us down a path and suddenly the path stopped. That was a good thing because we were at the side of a cliff. I looked down and saw the clearest water ever. Here's the basic outline: We were up on top of the base of a waterfall. All around the cliff walls were about fifteen other waterfalls all forming a circle, a lake in the very middle.
"Let me guess, the next time piece is behind one of the waterfalls." Annabeth said.
"NO! It's in the middle of the lake." Aeron said.
"I guess we know who will be getting this time piece." Lyla said. We all turned and looked at Percy. He looked around and then said, "OH! You mean me!"
"You really are a seaweed brain!" Annabeth said.
"Okay Percy, I think you'll have to dive down to the middle of the lake and look for some sort of entrance to a temple or something. Once you find that, you have to go inside and find the time piece." Malakai told him.
"Alrighty!" Percy ran and jumped over the edge. On his way down, he did little twirl and fancy tricks.
"At his angle, he's going to-" Annabeth stared to say. POP! Percy did a belly flop. He resurfaced and yelled yowie and a bunch of words in Greek that I won't say. After he was done, he dove down.
"You know, that was oddly convenient that he came at the time he did." Aaron said.
"Oh well! He's here and that's all that matters!" Jacie said.
About five minutes later, Percy resurfaced and held his hand in the air. He was holding a crown. Suddenly, the water started bubbling and a giant squid appeared. Annabeth screamed and jumped into the water. She hit the water and Percy swam over and got her.
"Come on! We've got to help!" Malakai yelled as he jumped into the water. Everyone but me, Aeron, and Jacie jumped in.
"Umm… I've got to go to the bathroom…" Aeron said as he walked away.
I looked at Jacie. She was pale and shaking. "Are you okay?"
"Y- yeah. I'm fine. You go ahead. I'll be right behind you." she said.
I ran and jumped. I felt like I was flying… so free. The wind in my hair, the sun on my face, the water in my mouth. I hit the water and gulped a huge bunch of it. I started choking and I couldn't get back up to the surface. I was sinking down.
A hand grabbed my wrist and pulled me back up. My head surface and I sucked all the air in that I could.
"You're supposed to hold your breath!" Malakai said, trying to joke around even though he looked worried.
"Yeah yeah." I said. "Now let's go kick some squid butt!"
I looked for Jacie but she wasn't in the water. Then I saw her. She was setting on a little rainbow that was slowly coming down from the cliff.
I wished for my sword and Malakai and I swam towards the squid. As we got nearer, it got harder to swim because the currant was so strong. It looked like a whirlpool was forming around the squid.
After trying to swim closer for a little bit, Malakai said, "We'll have to fight long distance. Wish for a bow and arrows." I did as I was told and my bow appeared in my hands. "Okay, let's see if we can fire our bow in the water." I tried and I couldn't.
Malakai thought for a moment. I looked over and saw Annabeth and Percy in a little funnel of their own trying to stab the squid. Then I saw Aaron and Lyla. They were setting in a little boat looking thing made out of a rainbow… Jacie!
I showed Malakai and he motioned for Jacie to come over here. She floated to us.
"Can you make me and Evangeline something like you have?" Malakai asked.
"Y-yeah. I'll try." She closed her eyes and muttered a few words and suddenly I was being raised into the air. I was standing on a rainbow five feet in the air.
"Uh…" Jacie looked a bit dizzy.
"Are you okay?" Malakai asked.
"Yeah. To steer, you just have to concentrate really hard and tell it what direction to take. And you have to remember, these rainbows only exist as long as you believe they do. So be careful."
"Thanks Jacie!" We yelled as we zoomed off to fight the squid.
Percy yelled, "Try to distract it. I haven't been able to see its head at all. See if you can make it look at you."
We rode and got right above it head. It had its face covered with some of it tentacles, almost like it knew that was how it could be killed.
"Let's try to shoot it with some arrows and see if it'll swipe us with it tentacles. If it does, MOVE FAST!" Malakai told me. I readied my bow and shot. Sure enough, the squid tried to hit us. Percy moved in and threw the timepiece. His aim was way off and the crown sunk into the water. Percy jumped into the water with Annabeth in toll. The squid tried to hit Percy as he jumped and missed. He hit Jacie and knocked her off her seat. She fell into the water screaming.
Lyla screamed, "SHE CAN'T SWIM!" and jumped into the water. I zoomed over to where she fell in and saw Lyla diving down to the submerged figure.
Suddenly, the rainbow I was setting on vanished and I fell to the water. Malakai and Aaron's rainbows vanished too. Lyla resurfaced with Jacie in her arms. She was crying.
Umm... I figure you know what that means... I'm sorry Staci... I killed your character... I hope you guys liked that chapter. Please review.