As soon as morning came the next day I had my mom drive me straight to camp. I didn't even want to eat blue waffles for breakfast, which is a big deal. It took 20 minutes for us to get from my apartment to camp. I said a quick goodbye to my mom and gave her a big hug. I felt bad for leaving her so quickly like this but I knew she knew how big a deal this was.

"Hey Percy." I heard my mom call out.

"Yeah?"

"Please be careful."

"I will mom, don't worry."

"And don't worry too much about Annabeth. She is a strong girl and I know she is alright."

"Thanks mom." She smiled at me and I forced a smile back.

"I love you Percy."

"I love you too mom." I grabbed my bags again and hiked up the hill.

When I got to the border I could see how troubled the camp looked. I guess everyone knew about Annabeth too. I walked down the hill onto camp and see Chiron gallop towards me with a satyr.

"Percy I am so glad to see you here. I'm afraid I have some terrible news." The satyr grabbed my bags and walked towards my cabin.

"Annabeth's in trouble." I said monotonously.

"Why yes. How did you know?" He asked bewildered.

"I had a dream. A daughter of Hermes kidnapped her and beat her up."

"This is awful. Why would anybody do this to Annabeth?"

"The daughter of Hermes said she was Luke's half sister so maybe they were really close and she wants revenge for what happened to him."

"Yes I suppose that makes since but why just Annabeth?"

A camper ran up to Chiron and told him something about the rock wall.

"I'm sorry Percy but I have to take care of something else. Feel free to look through the Athena cabin for any clues or notes leading to the whereabouts of Annabeth." I watched him gallop away with the camper towards a lava spewing rock wall.

I headed towards the Athena cabin and outside on the porch and grass there were Athena kids crying and kids comforting the crying ones. No one patted me attention when I walked through the door. I gazed the book shelves and saw nothing unusual so I moved on to her architect plans. Every design was so beautiful; so Greek like. The gods were lucky to have picked her to rebuild Olympus. I looked over Poseidon's fountain plans and Hestia's new hearth, but there were no signs of her absence. MY eyes drifted to Daedalus' laptop. The laptop was still open and plugged in, and the screen had unfinished writing on it. Annabeth would never stop in the middle of planning like that. I was giving up on finding clues but then I turned to the bunk beds and saw the most heart breaking sight in the world. Annabeth's Yankee hat and dagger where lying in the middle of her bunk. I reached down and grabbed them both. I nearly broke down and cried. She had no way of protecting herself. She couldn't go invisible or kill any gorgons with her dagger because, unlike my sword, none of these could just pop back next to her. I folded the hat into my back pocket and fit her dagger through my belt. I stormed out of the cabin and off towards Chiron.

"Chiron we need to talk."

"Yes my boy? Did you find anything?" I showed him the two items.

"I need to get a quest now. I don't care if it's for me or not. I will travel all around the world and back by myself looking for her if it means she can get back safely."

"You are aware of the dangers?"

"I don't care about risks, just getting my girlfriend back."

"Alright you may go to the Oracle tonight."

"No that's too late, I need to go now."

"Alright if you feel that you must then go."

"Thanks Chiron." I bolted to the Big House and up to the attic.

Not much had changed up here; all the trophies of past demigods had been placed up here. Cobwebs were everywhere and the floor was almost white from dust. This room was just used to hold things that no one wanted so no one found the need to clean up in here. Walking towards the hippie skeleton I did see a new item placed up here; Backbiter, Luke's sword. I turn to the Oracle, who was sitting in the same spot as always. I knew she has been dead for thousands of years but even still she looked down right terrible; having to give prophecies and riddles to heroes for thousands even after death can take a lot out of you. I'm sure she is happy to know that by next week Rachel will be the new Oracle and she can finally lay to rest. I kneel down in front of her and began to speak.

"Hey Oracle." I began lamely. "For your last words could you please give me word to where Annabeth is? Just give me a prophecy, a riddle, a hint, anything! Just please help me save Annabeth; as a last request from a pleading hero."

I knelt there for some time till green smoke began to faintly seep out of her mouth and fill the room. Then she began to speak in that creepy three person voice.

"Trapped on land in a watery cave, held captive by one who never forgave. 29.386811,-82.446706. Talk to the one whose name is Nyx." The green mist slowly went back in her mouth as she layed to rest again.

It didn't sound like a normal prophecy but it was something and that's all I cared about. I ran out of the attic faster than I have ever ran before. I went looking for Chiron and found him talking to Grover in the meeting room. By the concerned look on Grover's face I could tell that he knew all that was happening.

"Ah Percy; have you retrieved any information?"

"Yes I have, though it's not a prophecy." I told them what the Oracle told me.

"That's strange. The Oracle hasn't used a riddle like that in ages. Perhaps she is just tired and can't spew out a complicated prophecy." Chiron said.

"Well thank goodness for that. I don't think we have time to decipher anything too complicated." I said in relief.

"Well let's go ahead and decipher this one." Grover said.

"Okay first there is 'trapped on land in a watery cave.'" Chiron said.

"Percy do you know anything of watery caves?"

"Sure; they are caves with water filled inside. It's where people go cave diving. Though most of these caves are completely filled with water; maybe the land part means that there is an area in the cave not covered in water." I said.

"And 'held captive by one who never forgave' is easy. Arian is the one behind all of this and she obviously has not forgiven any of us for the death of Luke."

"Yes but I have to ask again; why was it only Annabeth who was captured?" Chiron asked.

"I don't know. Maybe it was because of the time Luke came to Annabeth's house."

"Yes, maybe." I could tell how much this was bothering him. It was bothering us all.

"Alright guys let's try and figure out the rest." Grover said breaking the silence.

"The next part looks like coordinates. I mean the L's aren't there but what else could have two sets of large numbers?"

"Good job Grover. I would have never thought of that." He gave me a small smile, grateful to be helpful.

"Seek out the one named Nyx. That one is more difficult. Nyx is the goddess of night but ever since Airtimes took over the job of the moon she kind of left." Chiron explained.

"Well obviously the Oracle should know that. Maybe that bit isn't important. We should focus on what we know." I said trying to speed this up.

"Perhaps your right. You should go look up where the coordinates lead." Chiron said.

"Florida. I'm not sure where exactly yet but it's on the left side of Florida." Both Chiron and Grover stared at me with blank expressions.

"It's a Poseidon thing; I discovered it during the hunt for the Golden Fleece and Grover."

"Yes, of course. Well you should go and pack for your trip Percy." I nodded and ran out the door.

I headed for my cabin and heard a pair of hooves galloping towards me. I turned around and saw Grover.

"I'm coming with you Percy!" I heard him yell out.

"You sure man? I know caves aren't your thing."

"Annabeth is my friend too. I know you guys would do the same for me whether it was fighting spiders or going on a plane." I smiled at him.

"You know is G-man." I patted him on the shoulders.

"Let's go save Annabeth."