Fun fact of the day: The last two chapters had a sum of 2015 words. Exactly.

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Ch 3

Piper

First thought: how did she know Percy?

Captain Annabeth Chase smirked at Percy's widening eyes. "What? You think I don't do my research? I know what those circlets mean. And I know that I caught the Children of the Council."

Second thought: how does she know about the Council?

The captain levelled her gaze on the rest of us. "Of all the merfolk in the sea, we caught the five that would be noticed missing."

Another human with dyed black hair and punk clothes stepped forward. "Should we throw them back, Captain?"

The captain looked thoughtful for a moment. "No, Thalia. We have to make quota. We'll just have to speed back to the mainland. Raise the anchor. We're leaving."

"Aye aye Captain," the girl, Thalia, said. She turned and addressed the crew.

The captain turned around and started to go on the quarter deck, but Percy flicked his tail as hard as he could, splashing her with water. The captain stopped, and walked back down. "I will not tolerate that kind of behavior on my ship."

Percy looked smug. "Mmmph nmmph," he said, his words muffled by the gag.

The captain sighed. "Swear on the River Styx that you won't try to make escape plans or contact home and I'll have Grover take those gags off. Do you?"

I glanced at Percy. He was thinking (wow, Percy was thinking!). Nico was the first to nod. I nodded my head, and saw Hazel and Leo doing the same. Some guys and one girl stepped forward and started to unlock our gags. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Percy nod.

The guy that was unlocking my gag had blonde hair and these blue eyes that looked like the sky. He was...kinda cute. Wait, what?

The guy with scruffy hair finished undoing Percy's gag. "Now, what did you say?" the captain asked.

Percy smirked. "I said, I'm not done with you." He frowned. "It sounded better in my head. Now it just sounds dumb."

"Percy," Nico hissed. He rattled the chains around his wrists.

Percy's gaze hardened. "Why did you capture us? What do you want?"

The captain looked surprised. "I need to fill quota. Luke expects five merfolk in three weeks."

"Luke?" I asked. "Who is Luke?"

Captain Chase cursed. "A merchant. That's all I'm telling you, Piper McLean."

I frowned. "How do you know that I'm Piper? How do you know that I'm not...Hazel?"

The captain smirked. "Because she's Hazel," she said, gesturing to Hazel. "That's her brother, Nico, and that is Leo. Your circlets distinguish you, remember?" She started to leave again, but stopped when Leo spoke.

"I'm not Leo."

The captain paused. "What?"

"I'm not Leo." Leo had his crazy grin on. "I am Super Hot McShizzle Leo. Supreme Commander of Everything."

The girl that locked him in his tank let out a short laugh, then covered her mouth immediately. The captain stared at him for a minute, then rolled her eyes. "Leo Valdez. Don't think I don't know that you're sarcastic and think that you're horribly funny."

"You read all that in a textbook?" Leo asked.

"No."

"Could you at least tell us where we're going?" Hazel asked.

"I'm taking you to Luke," she responded.

"How specific," Percy said sarcastically, "considering that all of us totally know Luke personally."

The captain was getting extremely annoyed. "That's all you need to know! And that's all you will know!" She stormed off. "Set sail for shore!"

Soooooo that was interesting (and short). There was Jasper and Caleo but Percabeth set itself on fire! Yay! (don't worry it'll become the fire of luv (wow that was clever))

I think that I'm going to update about every two days for now...at least until finals start. I may update everyday or twice a day, but I promise to get at least one chapter up every two days!

Person: Boo! That was short! *throws stuffed lemur* (there's a story behind this, PM me if you wanna know it (you'll get it a little better if you're a band kid)

Me: I know! I'm sorry! *puts on invisibility cloak* *disappears from sight* *RUNS!*