Hello!

So next week is Valentine's day, and in honor of that I will be posting a sort of romantic oneshot each day of the week. The schedule will be as follows:

Sunday: "She's Beauty, She's Grace" - Merlin

Monday: "So You Think You're a Daughter of Aphrodite?" - Percy Jackson, MalcolmxOC

Tuesday: "The Girl Next Door" - Harry Potter, DudleyxOC

Wednesday:"Boredom" - The Librarians, FlynnxEve

Thursday:"Safe" - Percy Jackson, ChrisxClarisse

Friday: "Promise Me" - Merlin, PercivalxOC

Saturday: "May I Have Your Attention?" - Harry Potter, JamesxLily

Anyways, here is chapter three, the end of part 1. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything I didn't own the last two disclaimers

Chapter 3: Stuck

"We should run a wrecking ball through the two entrances," Clarisse suggested. She, Annabeth, Mr. D, and Chiron were in the rec room of the big house at Camp Half-blood.

"I doubt that will work," Chiron replied. "The Labyrinth will take more than that to be defeated."

"Wouldn't hurt to try," Clarisse defended.

"We should at least try it with the house in Phoenix," Annabeth agreed. "The building isn't being put to use, so it's not like it would hurt. I doubt it will work but if it does, we'll know to do it to the hotel. I don't like the idea of a bunch of mortals sleeping on top of a Labyrinth entrance."

"Annabell does have a point," Mr. D stated.

"If it would make you feel better, we'll see about destroying the house," Chiron responded. "But we have more important things to worry about."

"Like what Luke wants with The Labyrinth," Annabeth added.

"To invade camp," Clarisse suggested. Chiron nodded.

"We need to find any Labyrinth entrances at camp," Chiron agreed.

"I'll send out a search party," Clarisse stated.

"Not yet," Chiron replied. "We don't want this getting out. It will only cause panic."

"We can search the camp," Annabeth offered. "And I'll ask around some of the older campers if they've found anything. I think the Stolls know every inch of camp by now."

"The nymphs might know something," Clarisse suggested.

"Doubt it," Mr. D answered. "They hate caves in general. There's every chance someone entered the Labyrinth while polka dancing in a striped swimsuit, and they didn't notice because caves scare them so much. Same with the Satyrs."

"You don't think-" Chiron started.

"Ariadne does not know where the string is, has no wish to ever do anything regarding the Labyrinth again, and, if she did help, her only advice would be to hunt Daedalus down and smash him against a wall until the Labyrinth crumbles." Mr. D finished.

"You say that like Daedalus is still alive," Annabeth observed. Mr. D shrugged.

"There are rumors in some circles that he is," Chiron explained. "If he is, he is vital to our mission. We must find him as soon as possible."

"So find entrance and find Daedalus," Clarisse summarized. "Sounds simple."

"Daedalus is very bitter, if he's still alive," Mr. D contributed. "Good luck getting him to help."

"You sound like you know him personally," Chiron observed.

"Ariadne likes to complain about him."

"We can also be looking for the string," Annabeth suggested. "If we find that, Luke will have no way of navigating his way through the maze."

"Except if Daedalus builds him another," Mr D pointed out.

"Would any string work?" Clarisse asked. She had been around long enough to know that, no, it wouldn't, but she wanted a reason why.

"The string itself has no actual magic," Chiron answered. "The reason it works so well now is all the legends that have been attached to it. As for how it worked in the beginning, only Daedalus knows. Even Ariadne says she doesn't know."

"So we need to find the original string as well. Sounds like a plan."

"What are we looking for?" Clarisse asked.

"A delta," Annabeth replied. "It looks like an L."

"I know what a delta is."

The two of them were walking around the forest at camp, looking for where the Labyrinth entrance might be. So far they had found zilch.

"What about the cabins?" Clarisse asked.

"That's a possibility. There's also the training grounds to consider, the big house, the pavilion, and Cabin 9's secret tunnel-way."

"That's a lot of grounds to cover."

"It's a big camp. But I'm betting the entrance is in the forest, since that's the biggest area and it's hardest to map."

"We're going to be doing this all month."

"Probably."

"We checked everywhere," Annabeth reported. "And didn't find anything."

"Nothing?" Chiron asked.

"No," Annabeth restated. "There's nothing that suggests an entrance on camp."

"Interesting," Chiron commented. "That doesn't explain why Luke is so interested in the Labyrinth."

"Maybe he's looking for an entrance as well." Clarisse commented.

"If there was an entrance, Luke would know it." Annabeth stated. "He knew everything about camp."

"I fear that Annabeth might be right," Chiron agreed. "And if he didn't I'm sure one of his followers would."

"Maybe there's not an entrance at camp," Clarisse suggested.

"Then why the interest?" Annabeth wondered.

"It's obvious that entrance or not we won't be able to find it," Chiron stated. "Perhaps we should turn our focus towards more important matters."

"My mom found someone to run a wrecking ball through that house," Clarisse commented.

"Perhaps you two should go back to Arizona and see what you can do about that entrance." Chiron suggested.

About a week later, they found themselves in the back of Ms. La Rue's truck.

"Thank you for picking us up." Annabeth stated.

"Don't worry about it," Ms. La Rue stated. "What's you girls' plan?"

"We're going to see what has what effects on the entrance we found, and come up with a plan for if we find an entrance at camp." Annabeth explained.

"And if it doesn't affect it at all?"

"Then we come up with another plan."

"Looks like we'll be coming up with another plan," Annabeth said, looking at the newfound entrance. The entire house behind them was in ruins, but the entrance just moved to the empty pool.

"So now what?" Annabeth asked.

"Nothing, I'm afraid," Chiron answered. "There isn't anything we can do right now."

"But keep looking," Clarisse added.

"Not even that," Chiron replied. "I believe that Chris needs your attention right now, Clarisse. As for you, Annabeth, you should be heading out to school. And prepare yourself - I have word of two very powerful demigods in Maine, and Grover will need your help with them."

"Are you sure this is all we can do?" Annabeth questioned.

"Yes, my dear, it is. For now."