Annabeth's P.O.V

Either that was what she had said or I needed a hearing aid. I gaped at her, which was oddly out of place for me.

"That can't be true..." muttered Jason.

"Not again." mumbled Leo. I turned to him.

"What do you mean 'not again'?" I asked him, suspiciously.

"Rememeber when we were gone on our first quest and we saw King Midas!" he exclaimed.

"Oh, Yeah!" commenetd Piper, remebering. I nodded.

"This means that there are more."I said doing some thinking, deep thinking. Liyona nodded. She opened the door and gave us a worried glance. Nico walked over to her and walked her out. We sat in silence. When Nico came back Rachel gave him an annoyed look.

"What took you so long?" Rachel asked. Nico's cheekd heated up.

"Ooooohh." we echoed. Well everyone, except Rachel who seemed a little grumpy. I giggled. Percy shot me a skeptic look.I ignored him. Even, Percy wasn't dumb enough to not notice that Rachel had feelings for Nico. I excused myself and went up to my room and opened the book that we had been looking through before Kayla and Proststis came. I opened it and managed to find a page on Hippomenes and Atlanata. I grabbed the book and hurried downstairs. I entered what seemed like a demented game of truth or dare. Jason was on the ground and Piper was ontop pertending to be a cow girl. The others were cheering except Nico who seemed to be busy texting a certain someone. I sat down and waited till any of them notced that I was in the room.

I felt like 20 minutes had passed when Percy turned and stared at me embarresed.

"Oh, hey. Wanna play, wise girl?" he asked, grinning. I shook my head, sadly. He was my boyfriend?

"GUYS!" I yelled. Everyone froze. I heard some crazy comments, like is she drunk? I rolled my eyes.

"I found some information about Hippomenes and Atlanta." I explained. They nodded and sat down around me as I began to read.

"Hmmmm...Oh, here it is! Well, Atlanta wa sthe fastest and refused to marry unless the man could outrun her. Many tried with no success. One day, Hippomenes saw Atlanata and fell in love with her, but he knew he could not outrun her, so he asked Aphrodite for help. Aphrodite helped him by giving him three golden apples. She told him to throw them during the race and that if he did he would win. When the day of the race came, he did as he was told and the golden apples managed to distract Atlanta and Hippomenes won the race, thus marrying Atlanta. Some say that they turned into lions and to this day are swift hunters through the woods." Annabeth concluded.

Everyone was quiet.

"Well, I guess qthat means either their part lions or that they are not lions." stated Leo. What I couldn't do, Thalia did, slapping him.

"Ow!" he wailed, like little girl. Rachel laughed, it sounded like a scoff though. I raised my eyebrows. She shrugged. I looked at everyone.

"Well?" I asked. They looked at me. Percy shrugged.

"What are we supposed to do?" he asked. I paused.

"I'm not sure.." I mumbled

"Hey!" screeched Piper.

"What?" asked Jason.

"I got a text." she whispered.

"So?" asked Grover, whom I had forgotten about.

"It's from Luke..." she continued. I stared.

"But, didn't Kayla say tell him it was from someone else?" I asked, looking at Kayla. She nodded.

"What does it say?" I asked. Piper gulped.

"C'mon." I urged.

"I deleted it." she said, biting her lip. We all groaned. I was about to continue when we heard a ping. I turned to Piper. She gave us a worried look. Since I knew exactly where the numbers were, I noticed Piper's finger hover over DELETE. I did a dramatic leap. Jason gasped beside me and I heard other 'what the hecks'. I rangled it out of her hand and opened the text. I read it aloud:

Piper,

I noe it's u. Don't try lying. Im srry but i need that lyre...do u noe wat that meens McLean? U wont get it. Not over my REAL dead body!

Your truly,

L.C. 3

A.N: Soooooooo Sooooooorrryyy! It's been like a month, i noe. I jst didn't know what to write. I'd LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVEE some reviews! You know, inspiration! Plzzzzz...:) R&R