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I know this chapter is really short but I wanted to get something up. I won't be going on anymore trips so I have internet and I will try to update frequently but school is hard. I have been in school less than two weeks and already I have had three tests and two essays, plus I managed to chose the elective where you get the most additional work. I hardly have time to eat much less write. But I am doing my best here, please forgive me if the updates are few and far apart.
My Beta has exams so don't blame me if the next few chapters have mistakes, there is a reason I have a Beta.
Ocean, nothing but rolling water, peaks of white, swells slapping against the side of the boat. Percy had the sail pulled tight, tacking into the wind and zigzagging across the expansion of blue. The first three day of the journey the wind had been behind them and they had allowed it to push them straight and true but just yesterday the wind had changed yet as they neared the Sea of Monsters for the second time on the quest.
One thing that Annabeth didn't quite understand was why, as they neared the triangle, Ryena's glare that she was sending at her and Percy increased. Yet she didn't dwell long on it as the chance they would run into danger rapidly increased.
The crashing rocks we no problem as, with the God of the Sea on their side, they were traveling much faster then any normal ship should be able to. However, that didn't stop Nancy from sweating and screaming just a little bit.
Thalia had taken to sitting out on the deck and tanning, occasionally taking the time to flip of the sun whenever it dropped a bit to get a better look.
Nico spent his time either entertaining Percy as he manned the vessel or hiding out under the deck doing who knows what.
Nancy spent her time getting questions answered by Ryena and in disbelief that the kid she used to pick on in school had become a popular, hot, hero, though she would never admit that.
Annabeth spent the time that she wasn't with Percy going over tactics and looking at maps of Greece.
Jason and Percy spent time talking and quickly became friends because they had so much in common. Jason spent the rest of his time catching up with his sister.
It was a moonless night of their last day in the Sea if Monsters, constellations glittered overhead as Percy and Annabeth sat together on watch. Occasionally one of them would spot a shooting star leaving a silver trail overhead.
Percy had stood up to fix the sail when he noticed translucent, ghostly forms floating under the waves. He called to his girlfriend who gasped in awe at the sight of the water filled with the creatures, it was truly a beautiful.
"There from Scottish mythology you know," Annabeth said. "If they are exposed to sunlight they turn into puddles of water."
The apparitions waved at them as the floated away and Percy moved to the sail as the wind changed.