AN: It is finally starting to get to the real story! So each chapter will have one couple's POVs :)
PLEASE READ: So I changed the chapter organization for the story. All of the fights are in chapter 1. The gods are chapter 2. All of the kidnappings are in chapter 3. All of the guys finding out are in chapter 4. None of the actual story has been changed, but just letting you know.
Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or HoO
Zach POV
"McKenna!" I shouted, running barefoot to the Poseidon cabin.
Oh please no, please no, please no!
Bursting through the door, my heart rose up into my throat. She was gone.
Tissues were scattered the ground everywhere and her bunk was empty.
"Percy! James!" I called out, dashing out the door. "Will! Jason! Nico!- Oof!"
Percy slammed into me, nearly knocking the both of us over.
Nico, Will, Jason, James, Frank, Leo, and the Stolls ran up to us, all of them looking worried.
We all looked at each other for a split second before shouting, "We have to find (insert girl's name here)!" all at the same time.
Normally, if this happened, we would all be on the ground laughing, but there was absolutely nothing funny about this.
"You got the letters?" Jason asked us.
We nodded and looked at each other. Did all of us manage to break a girl's heart today!?
"Do any of you know what it means when it says 'love will lead the way'?" Percy asked.
"No clue," Will replied.
"Oh gods, how are we supposed to do this?" James asked.
We all looked around in hope of finding another one of those pink notes.
The wind picked up suddenly and Connor said, "Hey! What happen- oh. Yeah, pink note."
I took it from his hand and looked at the fancy cursive handwriting. "Go to Thalia's pine tree." I read.
"Wow. These clues are actually really easy." Percy commented.
"Way to jinx it, idiot." Nico said under his breath.
"Whatever. Let's go." James urged.
We sprinted up the hill to the tree. Lying around it were ten backpacks with our names on a label. Inside of mine, there was nectar and ambrosia, some medical supplies, a roll of mortal money and drachmas, and… and a picture of me and McKenna. It was of our first kiss. I don't know how that got in there, but looking at it just made me more motivated.
A pink note was attached to the tree.
Travis ripped it off and read it out loud.
A glittery flower, a fall off a cliff,
You left this girl feeling very miffed.
Burning through her soul was an ice cold pain,
Which dissolved into the night like a drop of rain.
On the last word, there was a flash. All of us looked like normal teenagers, with t-shirts, jeans, and sneakers.
"Well thanks for jinxing it Percy." Nico spoke through the silence.
Percy rolled his eyes but didn't say anything.
"What are we going to do now?" Connor complained.
Percy spoke up. "We have to try to decipher it. It's like a prophecy, not clear at first but it makes sense afterwards…"
"Wow, Annabeth's been rubbing off on you." Frank commented.
"Yes. And she will continue to because we will find her and the others." Percy replied firmly.
"But don't prophecies tell what will happen? This is hinting to a location." James said.
I groaned. "This is going to take forever."
"But it doesn't matter. We have to find the girls." Nico said. "Now think about where it could be."
A fall off a cliff, a glittery flower, ice cold pain. What was that supposed to mean?
Just when I was about to give up, Will's eyes widened and he said, "I know where it is."
McKenna POV
My head was fuzzy, almost as if a cloud was covering up an important detail…
I turned over and wrapped the warm blanket around me into a cocoon. Too lazy to get up, I snuggled further into the tug, getting comfortable. Now something really was unsettling…
It finally hit me: My cabin didn't have any carpeting.
My eyes snapped open and I jumped up off of the floor, my sword already in my hand.
Panic swept through me. Where was I? How was I here? Who was here?
Cautiously, I analyzed the room. There were glass doors, which seemed to be locked, a wooden TV cabinet, two couches, including a weird egg like seat, a glass coffee table, two bookshelves, and a window seat.
From where I was standing, I could see the beach. And instead of feeling safe… I felt terrified.
A sickening feeling swept through my body as I came closer to the window. I recognized the beach, the way the waves crashed along the shore-
The door creaked and I jumped, my heart thumping loudly.
I whipped around, and my vision blurred.
"McKenna!" I heard two familiar voices say. I saw blurs of pink and blue rushing towards me.
"S-seph… S-skylar…"
My sword clattered to the ground as I doubled over, blackness covering my vision.
I got a sinking feeling that I'd been here before, and was going to take a miracle to get out.
AN: So sorry about the wait! And about the length. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
~Nessa, Kayla, McKenna