I hate this chapter completely because I just put random crap in it... sorry, I'm ending the story soon because I'm losing interest in it! Just be ready for a bad ending guys!

Annabeth's POV:

Yesterday was Christmas. Here Christmas is always interesting because none of us are very sure what we believe in, but we have the whole Christmas spirit thing going for us! Every year we decorate the cabins with lights and some people even get trees and presents for their siblings and friends. This year I got two tickets for the Yankees season opener for Percy and his step dad because they both have an obsession with New York baseball.

Today I found Cammie sitting on the stairs of the Big House, she looked like she was in serious thought. I sat next to her.

"Hey," I said.

"Hey," She said back sounding not that motivated.

"You didn't expect to spend Christmas here did you?" I asked.

"I was hoping I'd be back at school right now. Bex should be in Britain."

"The mist is powerful, no one even knows your gone."

"I don't get that."

"Get what?"

"The whole mist thing."

"Oh," I said, "It hides signs from this world from the human world. Like if there was a monster on the loose in Roseville, any mortal wouldn't be able to see it. It doesn't turn invisible, it just blends in. Take Mrs. O'Leary Percy's pet hellhound, she looks like a garbage truck when shes in the mortal world doing who knows what with Percy."

"There wasn't any monsters at school this semester were there?"

"Not that I know of, but Percy could have run into one at the High School, but I doubt it. Monsters avoid small towns because there's never enough food there. "

"Wait but how would Bex's parents not know Bex was gone?" Cammie said suddenly.

"Because the mist is pretty much fake thoughts. Most of the time demigods can see through it and mortals can't but if it's strong enough only the more powerful half bloods can see through it. And when I say more powerful I mean children of the Big Three, like Nico, Percy, and my friend Thalia. They can also manipulate the mist, it's pretty cool, so you'll be fine."

"Have you ever been tricked by the mist?" She asked.

I thought about that, the only time I could remember was in the Labyrinth. "Yeah, it came up a lot during the war."

"Everyone keeps talking about a war, I hate not knowing whats it about because apparently it happened just last year and there was no war here!"

"It was our war. The mist tricked all of you to think that the war was just bad storm systems. But all I'm going to say about it is that it's a lesson learned that took to many good kids into Hades." I said quietly.

"Hades... Nico's the son of Hades right?"

"Yeah why?"

"And he can see ghosts and stuff?"

"Yeah but-" I knew what she was going to do. "Cammie you can't make him check if you dads..."

"What do you care? He's my dad."

"I understand but if he's down there you'll be hurt and you wont be able to tell anyone because then you'll have to explain all of this and then people will think you're crazy and then they'll lock the information you gave them in computers of a filing cabinet located in the Swiss Alps!"

"And if he's alive?"

"You will go looking for him, and you'll get yourself hurt, or killed. You're not ready yet. Don't go to Nico, you shouldn't even try because in a few minutes I'm going to go find him and tell him not to let you search for your father ghost."

"He'll listen to you like that?"

"Yeah, were all best friends, no matter how dysfunctional."

We were silent for a long time, not really knowing what to say. But I suppose that's a good thing because most of the time, with Cammie, there's always something to say or a question about being a demigod.

I guess we didn't need to say anything, a yelling British accent cut through the air. Bex angerly walked across the main lawn, Travis Stoll on her heels looking like he was trying to explain something. Bex was deep red, her fists were clenched and she looked like she was about to explode.

"Bex wait up!" Travis called after her.

Bex stopped and faced him, she raised her fist and punched him in the face. Hard. Like broken nose hard. Travis cursed.

"Next time," Bex yelled, her accent getting thicker. "Don't use a girl stronger than yourself to make your ex jealous!"

I wanted to laugh because I totally forgot about Travis and Katie splitting up. Again. They break up at least once every two months and Travis always tries to make Katie jealous by dating another girl. It never works and he's done it so many times that no girl will date him anymore, but Bex didn't know that. Travis was probably thinking she was fresh meat or something.

"Let me explain!"

"There's no explaining to do," She yelled. "I saw you two messing around behind your cabin! I can't believe I liked you even a little bit!"

She turned around and took three steps before she turned around again and slapped him probably for effect. "Ok, now I'm done."

"I'm sorry Bex!" Travis yelled.

Bex returned the apology by flipping him the bird.

"I better go see if shes ok." Cammie said a little amused and shocked at the same time.

"Yeah, I have to go and... find Malcolm. My brother I mean." I honestly didn't know what I was going to do but when I don't want to seem obsessive with always seeing Percy I say I'm going to see Malcolm. He's good back up because he does the same thing with his girlfriend Beth.

"Um, yeah you go do that." I watched her as she walked away in the direction of the pissed off Bex.