Hi! Well, I wanted to get this story going! I think it is turning out just smashingly (I had to say that…cheesy right ;) ) Ok Review please! I hope you like it, and I think I'll leave you with this…Adrian is supposed to be sarcastic when she's mad…I'm not like that nor will I ever be ( Sadly, come backs just don't come easily to me!) but, I try…so bare with me here!

Disclaimer: I own nothing! Rick Riordan does. I own Adrian and anyone else I can think of ;)

Three A.M. and I was in the back of Thalia's car going Zeus knows where. Percy called shot gun so I was sent to the 'dungeon' as I like to call it. The back looked worse that the big house's attic. CD's were everywhere, Thalia's clothes and shoes, and a boat load of weapons.

"Adrian, do you know where we are supposed to go exactly?" Thalia asked sounding rather annoyed.

Rolling my eyes was the only thing I could do. They duct taped my mouth shut because, I wouldn't stop asking questions about the oracle and how she works. I couldn't resist. Who wouldn't want to know about a mummy with the spirit of Delphi in her? The only problem was, not many kids my age knew about these things.

"I said… Where are we going exactly?" Thalia yelled.

Percy turned around and ripped the black duct tape off of my mouth. It ripped everything but my lips off.

"Okay, well I think we should head to the empire state building. Chiron didn't give us that much information and the mummy in the attic wasn't much help either. Dad should know what to do." I said full of confidence.

Dad was the best resort.

While Thals was glaring at Percy for giving a stupid response to her previous answer, I had a hand put over my mouth.

"Don't say a word." he said.

I looked all around trying to see who this genius was. He smelled like ambrosia and cigarette smoke. As soon as I felt the staff and the slithering snakes, I knew it was Hermes.

"AHHHH! How did you get in my car?" Thalia screamed.

Percy had the look of utter shock on his face too.

To me personally he looked like Steven Tyler back in the seventies. He had the big, cool hair, and the lips kind of matched! It was funny because, everyone thought the same thing. Now, Hermes doesn't smoke but, he was probably hanging out with Hephaestus, who smoked after working on his robots.

"What, I can't pop in and say 'hello' to my two nieces and my nephew?" he said.

He still had his hand over my mouth, and I couldn't take my mouth being shut for that long.

"I was on my way to an Atlantic City casino to deliver a box of poker chips when I saw Thalia's car. I remembered that the all mighty pain- in- my -butt wanted to give this to you."

After his explanation, thunder roared and it made me shake with fright. You never want to see my father angry! You will be zapped and sent to the deepest part of the underworld.

"Sorry! I was just making my point. Well, this is a map, this is a compass, and here are some plane tickets. You kids should be smart, so you figure out what to do with these!" Hermes said.

He handed me the mail we should have received while my mouth was duct taped shut, and then he left.

"What does it say?" Thalia said while watching the road.

I looked at the old map. It was a map of the United States, and there were a few sentences on California, Florida, and Vermont. Vermont brought back painful memories about my past,

"Umm…well…we have four days to get this quest done. We have go to a super market in California, then Sea World in Florida, and uhh…..West maple rehab center in Vermont." I said. I was trying so hard to get the last few words out fast.

I saw pain and anger flicker through Thalia's eyes. Both of us knew what was in Vermont and it wasn't going to be easy.

"Yay! We get to go to Sea world!" I said trying to change the subject.

"I've been on a major quest like this, you have to find something significant in each place. I think the have gotten stricter with the rules now and they don't tell you what the object is." Percy said.

I looked mighty confused. I couldn't see why I was picked to go on a quest, or what I was looking for, or why.

All I knew was, I was needed somewhere and I couldn't imagine what my father would say to us if we failed.

Well…What did you think? Did you hate it? I worked really hard! Next chapter will probably be better! REVIEW PLEASE! Oh, the Steven Tyler mentioning, I always pictured Hermes looking like that! Please don't get mad!

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