Hey guys! Happy late Valentine's Day! :) Hows it going for everyone? Wonderful, I hope, because no one answers me. :P How were your Valentine's Days? Anyone have a special Valentine or something? My boyfriend unexpectedly got me a large box of Dove chocolates with these either romantic or hilarious messages in them. It was really sweet, especially since I told him not to get me anything. He's such a dork like that though. :) Anyways, thanks for all the reviews last chapter! Ill try to keep the plot moving along, but I'm not very good at that... So I apologize. :( On a different subject, I'm cool with anyone else using some of this stuff for their own stories/fanfics. But do you think you could give me a little credit? I'd love just a "some ideas/materials taken from Black Hearted Warrior by Izzybella12" or something like that. I'd really appreciate that if you do borrow ideas or something. But I'm cool with the borrowing! I'd love to read your fanfics, too. Just shoot me a PM and I'd be more than glad to read it! (You may have to PM me regularly for updates though; I can't for the life of me remember to check.) Anyways, guys, I own nothing but please enjoy this lovely chapter! :)

Zoë's POV

I hurried over to Luke. "Where?"

He looked me in the eyes for a moment. Then he said, "Follow me."

We ran through the corridors and out of the palace entirely. "Where are we going, Luke?" I asked as we ran.

"To find Raven! He's here in the town, our report says!"

I shut up after that, eyes searching around for my lost friend. There was a little boy playing with what looked like a dog, a blind man sitting on a stool against a wall, and a woman carrying a bag of groceries, along with several others.

"I don't think he's here," i stated helplessly. Then, suddenly, I saw a man with black hair up ahead. He appeared to be the right height... And he had a hood on his shirt!

"I think I see him!" I exclaimed to Luke, pointing to the man. "There!"

Together, we raced after the man.

Percy's POV

I watched as Midnight and Luke chased after the man that they thought was me. Smirking, I lifted my dark sunglasses from my face and reclined against the old wall. "This stool is more comfortable than I imagined," I murmured to myself.

"Kid," I called out to a little boy with his dog after I replaced my sunglasses. The boy walked over, his dog in between us. I stood up.

"Would you like this stool? You look like your family could use a new stool of this quality." I stood and gestured to the stool I had been sitting on, eying the ragged boy from behind my dark shades. I tried not to smile when his eyes widened.

"Thank you, kind sir! This is most generous of you! What could I do to repay this favor?" He asked. Wow, a kid with manners. Chaos's planet sure has everything.

"Nothing," I answered easily, smiling gently. "I don't need anything in return except your thanks."

The boy grinned at me. "Thank you again, sir."

I smiled, waving a hand as I began to walk away. "Have a nice day, kid."

The kid probably forgot that I was "blind" because he waved after me, hut said nothing. Or maybe he knew I was faking it. Either way, if i asked him, it'd make me seem suspicious.

Using my walking stick to check that there wasn't in front of me (further enhancing my disguise as a blind man), I walked away and disappeared into the crowd, traveling away from Midnight and Luke.

Several days later

I spent the last few days exploring the town, meeting and interacting with the people. I posed not only as the blind man, but also as a man bound in a wheelchair, a man with a broken arm, a deaf man, and a mentally unstable man, talking to "hallucinations". (I of course knew there was nothing there, but no one else has to know that.) I usually wore sunglasses, a different pair each time, or changed my eye color using my Chaos powers. I saw Midnight and Luke a few times after the first time, but no more than once a day.

That day, I was a man with a splinted leg. The walking stick I had used as the blind man became the cane I used as this limping man. No one spared me a second glance as I hobbled into the palace. It was time to come home.

I made my way through the hallways, my blue eyes and almost-brown hair throwing off any suspicion that I was the missing heir.

After several minutes of limping along, I found the door to Chaos's office. I paused for a moment, wondering if I should knock or something. Then I shrugged. This is an office. I should be fine just barging in. After all, I'm his son. He wouldn't blast me or whatever for just barging in after being missing for almost three weeks.

Right?

Oh well. I'll just be sure to have my ghost haunt him forever if he accidentally kills me.

Throwing aside my concerns for self-preservation, I shoved open the door to Chaos's office, a pair of shades covering my blue eyes and my brown hair flopping over one eye completely.

For a moment, no one noticed me because they were in the middle of a heated discussion.

From in front of Chaos's desk, Midnight shouted, "He has to be somewhere! He must know we're looking for him!"

Chaos was sitting behind his desk, looking the picture of defeat. He was hunched over, his head in his hands. "He obviously doesn't want to be found, Zoë. He would've appeared by now if he did."

Luke was standing next to Midnight on her right. He opened his mouth to say something, but must've caught a glimpse of me leaning on my cane out of the corner of his eye. "Guys..."

Midnight turned around, looking angrily at Luke before she followed his gaze. When she saw me, she gasped.

"How did you get in here?" She demanded.

I smirked. "I used the door."

Chaos looked up at me and drowned in confusion. "The door?" He glanced at the door and then back to me. "The door is enchanted. You have to be shown to the door at least once in order to see the door and enter."

This was news to me. The others waited for a response. Finally, I said, "Well, this is awkward."

Luke snorted, which was more positive than Midnight's glare or Chaos's stare.

I leaned heavily on my cane, pretending I needed it to stand. "Fine. I can help you with a problem, if you want."

Hey guys! So next chapter is going to be Monday. I have a party thjng Saturday with my cousins, and I also have a gig earlier that day. So if I'm not back late, I'll probably be exhausted. Sorry! Keep being awesome though. :)