*Gasp* Sam's third update in three days?! Any second now the Earth will crash into the Sun because this never happens. Haha don't mind my weird humor. Well here's chapter three, and not to pat my own back or anything, but I'm really proud of myself for updating for three days straight. So here you go, I hope you like it!

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It's been two weeks and no one's noticed. Two weeks. Two godsdamned weeks. After the first couble of days I was tempted to bring it up, to see if anybody noticed. But I knew he wouldn't have wanted that. He would have wanted people to have noticed on their own, not by me making a point to tell them about it. I thought about telling Chiron, but I decided against it because, really, what could he do now? The damage was already done. Chris Rodriguez was gone.

He had left. He actually left camp. He left me. We had never really talked about the "turning demigods" as we'd come to calling them, traitor just seemed to harsh to me. He'd never brought up any of the demigods that did leave, except Luke he came into the conversation every once-in-a-while. But still I never thought he would just leave.

I wasn't pissed because he left, no I could fully understand why he left. I'm not saying I agreed with it, but I still understood his reasoning. Being treated as a nobody, as an outcast, just because his parent was to arrogant to actually give a shit? If it were me I'd want some recognition too. I knew he was pissed at his dad for still having not claimed him after 5 years, but I never thought he'd switch sides on me. No I was pissed because he didn't take me with him. I was his best friend.

Sure I was loyal to Camp-Half Blood, I just can't stand most of the people here. I could tolerate my siblings most of the time. But I was still just a girl in their eyes. Absolutely nothing. And that's just the thing, they don't care or respect me either. I'm just the bully who's too stupid to know how to do anything other than fight. Nobody would of cared if I left, hell they'd probably celebrate it. I wouldn't have minded leaving, I didn't particularly like the idea of fighting against camp, but I guess I could live with it after a while.

It scared me, and that doesn't happen often. It scared me that he would do something rash or impulsive without thinking ahead. It scared me that I would even consider leaving camp. I just hope the idiot didn't get himself killed.


'At least this gives me a chance to actually prove myself to Dad.' I thought as I sailed on my newly owned Confederate War Ship; The CSS Brimingham. I knew I couldn't mess this up, that this was my father's test to me. This was where I had to show my worth, where I had to succeed. Failure was not an option.

Part of me said that the only reason I was on the quest instead of looking for Chris was because I had to prove myself to my father. But the right part of me knew that the real reason I accepted to quest was to renew myself. If I brought back the fleece, I wouldn't be hated anymore. It was as simple as that.

"M'lady, there seems to be a disturbance off the bay, a hydra we think." The Captain of this infernal deathtrap informed me.

"We don't have time for rest stops, you know that. Full speed ahead!" I shouted at the engine room.

The "Captain" was looking nervous. "Well yes but we think there are some stranded demigods that are in trouble...shouldn't we..help?" This guy is seriously the most wussy, timid Army Captain I have every seen. No wonder I don't know his name. Wait a second did he say, demigods?

That stupid little band of misfits is going to be the death of me.

"Fine pull in! But we better be in and out in ten minutes tops or I will personally have my father curse you to eternal torture!" I shouted. That sure got them moving. Huh. Duly noted.

As we pulled in to Chesapeake Bay the only thing I heard was a strangled "What?!" from Prissy before I started screaming orders. "There! Prepare the thirty-two pounder!"

"They're two close, m'lady!" That fucking Captain, I swear to gods.

"Gods damn it! Full steam ahead!" I yelled out.

Gravely, the Captain said "Aye, m'lady."

"Fire at will Captain!"

It was a good thing Princess was so smart, or else the Jackson entourage would have been blown up along with that gods-forsaken Hydra. I watched as Chase, Jackson, and the Cyclopes looked up in awe at the warship that just saved their sorry lives.

I sneered an rolled my eyes. "Idiots." I said. With a sigh I said some thing I knew I would regret. "Come aboard."


As Prissy and his "gang" finished up a tour, I did not want to give at all, I couldn't help but smile as I realized how much trouble the were in. Tantalus would not be happy with them. And I personally had no problem sharing.

"You are in so much trouble." I smirked. "Tantalus expelled you for eternity. Mr. D said if any of you show your face at camp again, he'll turn you into squirrels and run you over with his SUV." I was feeling smug so-to-speak.

"Did they give you this ship? Prissy so blindly asked.

"'Course not. My father did." I stated. Seriously how stupid was he, where would camp get a confederate warship?

"Ares?" I seriously cannot think of any one in the world I would enjoy punching in the face more. I sneered at him, his ignorance is quite insulting. "You think your daddy is the only one with sea power? The spirits on the losing side of every war owe a tribute to Ares. That's their curse for being defeated. I prayed to my father for naval transport and here it is. These guys will do anything I tell them. Won't you captain?

"Captain" continued to look depressed and wussy and just gravely stated. "If it means an end to this infernal war, ma'am, peace at last, we'll do anything. Destroy anyone." I liked the sound of that.

The rest of the conversation did not go as smoothly so to speak. Prissy and Chase just had to go on a rant about how I was being set up to fail and what not. Bullshit, I could do this.

"No! I don't care what the Oracle-" Shit I shouldn't have said that. "What did the Oracle say Clarisse?" Jackson pressed. "It doesn't matter, I'm finishing the quest on my own and that's that!" With that said I had the Captain escort the breakfast club below deck to be assigned hammocks for the night. With them gone I had time to think now. Specifically about the matter at hand. The quest.

In my head I relayed what the Oracle had told me; my prophecy.

You shall sail the iron ship, with warriors of bone

You shall find what you seek and make it your own

But despair for your life, entombed with in stone

And fail without friends, to fly home alone.

The first line already made sense, I was on an iron ship full of zombies. I shall find what I seek sounded pretty good to me, it meant I would succeed. But make it my own? I guess that could mean that I was really just going on the quest to prove myself. Not that I'd ever admit that out loud. The third line scared my a little bit more than I cared to admit though. I mean despair for my life? That's pretty straightforward if you ask me. But then again it also says 'fly home alone' so obviously I live, right? I was no daughter of Athena but I'm pretty sure I had this prophecy almost figured out. The only part that troubled me was 'fail without friends'. Because I was pretty sure I knew exactly who those "friends" were.

And I wanted nothing to do with them.

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There it is! I'm trying to make these as long as possible so I hope it's satisfactory. I'm sure some of you will notice that I used most of the dialogue from "The Sea of Monsters" there was really know way around that considering it was just me re-telling the scene in Clarisse's POV, so please don't hate me for that I tried to make it as original as possible. You should expect the same for the next chapter as well though *Hint**Hint*. I hope you like this, because I'm pretty okay with it. I love hearing what you think!