Hey everybody! Sorry for the possible lameness of the chapter, I wrote it today because I'm still panicking and working on what I said last week. I am really excited for this chapter though. Who's ready for a quest? I am, and I hope you are.

We all know that Rick Riordan owns PJO. Rick Riordan is a boy. I am a girl. Rick Riordan is a well-known author. I write random stuff on fanfiction. I think I don't own PJO.

One day I'll write a book. Then you all can be worried. Until then, let's all enjoy this next chapter!

If you had seen what had happened, you would have seen some people climbing a hill. Now keep in mind that these people are three half bloods, or demigods. Now keep in mind that these three demigods are on Half-Blood Hill, and are crossing the border out of Camp Half-Blood. Now keep in mind that these three demigods climbing Half-Blood Hill, crossing the border out of Camp Half-Blood, are sneaking out of camp. Now keep in mind a field of bunnies.

Not entirely sure why you just thought of a field of bunnies, you would continue looking.

You are Amanda. You know that your best friend, Megan, is sneaking out of Camp Half-Blood to go on a quest.

Megan was very tired. They had run as far away from camp as possible, until they had grown too tired to continue. And because they had left in the middle in the night, she didn't have any time to sleep. She hadn't expected to be able to sleep, but it was a lot more tiring than she thought. At least she wasn't the only one tired. Bethany looked like she was falling asleep but was fighting it. Kelby was breathing very heavily and very quickly, as if hyperventilating. Megan was glad she wasn't the only one tired. But before she could go to sleep, she looked at a map she had brought. It showed the majority of the North-East. She looked at all the different places she could go. She chose all the different locations they could go to that would probably be good for a quest, and played Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo. She checked where her finger had landed, and she was very glad that they had brought coats. They were going to the Appalachian Mountains. And they weren't going to the small ones down in Massachusetts. The ones they were going to were in New Hampshire. The White Mountains.

Amy felt very worried. Why in the world wasn't Bethany in her bunk? Amy had already searched the entire camp. Chiron had actually allowed her to skip her first class, Archery, to look for her. Amy had almost given up. She slumped against a tree near the border. She was taking a break. Maybe Amy would need some help. Amy was about the rest when she heard a voice behind her, "She's not here." Amy quickly stood up, spun around, and looked at the girl who had spoken. It was Amanda, "Bethany is no longer in the camp." Amy said, "Why in the world would I believe you?" Amanda said, "Because I watched her leave. She left last night." Amy now had a shocked look on her face, "WHAT?" Amanda explained, "My best friend Megan organized a quest. She recruited Bethany and the Hephaestus kid Kelby to go with her. I watched them leave." Amy stood there with a surprised look on her face. Amy, after regaining her composure, said, "What are we going to do?"

Kelby sat on the log. Megan and Bethany were sleeping peacefully now, despite it being noon. Kelby couldn't sleep. He was sure that his lack of sleep would take a toll on him later, but at the moment he could care less. His breathing had not quite slowed down, and he was reading the map that Megan had. She had drawn a line on it. It traced a path from where they were on Long Island to Mt. Washington, New Hampshire. He hoped that they weren't going to climb Mt. Washington. Mt. Washington had they fastest wind record anywhere on the planet. Its wind on a bad day could blow someone off the top in a second. On that happy note, Kelby realized that his breathing had slowed. He decided to get some sleep, even if not a lot. His last waking thought was, 'Curse my asthma.'

Camille was certainly surprised when both Amy and Amanda came to her at the same time. Sure she was on good terms with them, but they were never on the best of terms with each other. Amy disliked Amanda because she managed to pull a lot of pranks, some of them better than hers, although Amy liked Amanda better than Travis. She also disliked Connor, but Camille would never think that someone could dislike Connor. Amanda also wasn't very talkative, so she was surprised that she was with Amy, who wasn't exactly her friend. Amanda started to speak, "Megan managed to sneak away from camp, and… and… and…" Amanda looked off to the side like she couldn't bring herself to say it. Amy said it for her, "And we'd like to use your proposal and go after her and Bethany. We'd like you to come." Camille looked at them and said, "We should ask Chiron. But if so, I'd love to come!"

Bethany woke up first. Despite her efforts, she was the first to fall asleep. She look around the makeshift campsite they had set up, and saw the other two sleeping. Megan was sound asleep, while Kelby looked rather restless. Bethany was just relaxing when she heard a noise. She shot up and pulled off her bracelet. In a split second, it turned into a whip. Bethany looked around in an attempt to see what had made the noise. She came face to face with a terribly frightening, horrifying, nerve-wracking, chipmunk. (1)

"Wait, you're actually letting us go?" Camille was very skeptical. Chiron was letting them go? Chiron said, "Yes, Cam. You and your friends care enough for your friends to ask for a quest to help them. And I'm training you to be heroes, and what is a hero if they don't help a friend?"

Don't kill me. I tried my best. In addition I've noticed something, and I feel incredibly bad about it. I have completely been neglecting Amy's character. That will change. In addition, Bethany's name was supposed to be spelled Bethannie. Oops.

Next Time!

(1) Chipmunks are evil!