Wow, I'm finally updating with a chapter!

Sorry for not doing it Wednesday but I did say it would be up before Saturday, so it's technically a day early.

Just as a quick note, I have no idea when the next chapter will be up but I'm hoping it will be before the end of the month, which gives me plenty of time.

I will also be posting a chapter of information not just for this 'book' but also for the ones to follow. It was also include some question for you guys so just be on the look out for that and hopfully you don't get really excited, thinking it's a new chapter.

Disclaimer, I own nothing.

Chapter 5

Third PoV (Because I couldn't decide whose PoV I wanted it to be from)

She inhaled deeply, loving and missing the smell of fresh, un-crowed air. While Camp Half-Blood was surrounded by wilderness and nature it still had the crowed smell and felling that came when a lot of people lived in close proximity of each other. While Annabeth had never been on a boat before, canoes don't count, the fresh scent of sea air calmed and relaxed her, reminding her of her mom and sisters and all the good times before she and Percy had been sent away.

Percy. Gods she missed her brother. Annabeth pushed away the threat of tears, refusing to be swallowed by the fear that had wrapped itself around her. Roughly four weeks ago (and yes I do realise that I had before said the quest took place two weeks after Charolette and Mary arrived at camp but I changed it.) Charolette and Mary had joined camp only to realise after a week and a half that it wasn't the place for them. Since they were female they could join the Hunt and I was tasked with tracking them down and brining Charolette and Mary to them. None of which was difficult, after telling my mom about them via praying, who sent one of the Hunts wolves to lead us. She had thought the trip would be quick, dropped the girls off, spend the night to catch up with her family then head out at daybreak to get back to camp.

While she didn't stay for long she did get a surprise visit from her uncle Apollo, who brought with him a premonition. While most of his visions go to the oracle, the sun god still got the odd one, usually so he could give out warnings in the way that the oracle couldn't.

Someone or more likely something was going to poison Percy's tree, killing him completely, as in his soul going to the Underworld like it should have two years ago, meaning there would be no hope of ever reviving him. While her uncle Hades wasn't as cruel as the stories made him out to be, he was a very honourable man...god... and would not break his own rules to allow Percy to come back to life. Along with her brother fully dying, the boarders around camp would also weaken and eventually fall.

Refusing to allow that to happen, as soon as Annabeth got back to camp she sent up a spot in Percy's tree, determined to stop whoever or whatever was trying to take her brother from her and destroy camp. For six days Annabeth sat in her brothers' tree, looking out for any and all threats but none came. Well not until the early morning of the seventh day. Whoever or whatever was trying to poison the tree not only succeeded in doing so but also knocked Annabeth unconscious without her even catching a glimpse of them. Just over 24 hours later Annabeth awoke in the infirmary knowing that everything was about to go south.

It was another three days before the poison took its effect and Percy's tree started to rot and die. Two days later the camp boarders started to fail as well when two metallic bulls ploughed through camp. Luckily for the campers the price of getting through the boarders before they completely fell weakened the bulls to the point where one good hit was all it took to 'kill' them. The next day Annabeth was giving her quest and prophecy and the day after she set out.

Now she, Luke, Thalia, Clarisse and Grover were traveling on a giant ship run by some of the most annoying ghosts Annabeth had ever met to the Sea of Monsters in hope of finding the Golden Fleece to heal Percy's tree, saving her brother and camp. Annabeth had a lot of mix feelings about this trip. She was happy to back in the real world and traveling again but she was terrified that they'd fail and not only would Percy die but so would a lot of the other kids at camp, most of whom Annabeth had become close to.

"What's got you making that face?" Thalia asked joining Annabeth at the side of the ship, though she kept a good distance away from the railing unlike Annabeth who leaned on it. Thalia really didn't feel overly comfortable being surrounded by water but if it meant saving camp and Percy, she'd do it.

"Just thinking." Annabeth replied shrugging. She kept her eyes focused on the endless sea that surrounded them.

"About?"

"Life. The quest. Percy."

"Well princess, if you're done thinking about life, maybe you could tell us your plan for this quest." Clarisse said. Annabeth gently sighed as she turned around to face her companions. While she never would have chosen anyone else for this quest Annabeth couldn't help but feel that overwhelming fear for her brother as the sight Clarisse, Luke, Thalia and Grover brought back memories of before they got to camp when everything was still okay.

"Where do you want me to start?" Annabeth asked. She may be terrified that they may fail or that one of them could die but there was no way she was going to let them see that. Her mother raised her better.

"How about with why we need the Golden Fleece and why we need to go to the Bermuda Triangle to get it." Thalia said.

"It'd be nice if you also went over the prophecy again." Luke added.

"Okay." Annabeth said as she mentally made of list of the points she needed to cover so that the others could understand. "In Greek Mythology, Jason, as in Jason and the Argonauts, was sent on a quest by King Pelias to find and take the Golden Fleece from the land of Colchis. Pelias had designed the quest in hopes that Jason would be killed on the journey but instead Jason brought together some of Earth's mightiest heroes (Hee hee the Avengers) of that time and formed the group we know as the Argonauts. Together they built a might ship called Argos and sailed to Colchis. When arriving Jason asked King Aeetes for the Gold Fleece, explaining that not only was he on a quest to receive it but it was also Hera's wish for him to have it. Jason was Hera's champion in case you didn't know.

"Anyway, Aeetes agreed to give Jason the Golden Fleece but in truth he was planning a trap to kill the young hero so he could keep the Golden Fleece for himself. The kings' daughter Medea found out about his plans and aided Jason in her quest. Jason ended up defeating both the iron bulls and warriors made from planted dragon teeth and Aeetes ended up relenting, telling Jason that he could take the Golden Fleece from where it hung from a tree. The tree and Golden Fleece where guarded by a huge and ferocious dragon that Aeetes hoped would kill Jason.

"The kings' daughter intervened again, this time putting a spell on the dragon, allowing Jason to slip by and grab the Golden Fleece. After Jason had the Golden Fleece, he, Medea and the rest of the Argonauts fled, with Medea killing her brother to distract her father and gain them more time. The ship ride home faced many challenges with Zeus being angry at Medea for killing her brother. He sent some of the greatest monsters after them including the Sirens, the sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis, as well as Talas, a giant metallic robot in Crete. Jason and his Argonauts survived every hardship they faced and returned safely to their home where Jason presented Pelias with the Golden Fleece.

"Now the reason the Golden Fleece is important to us is because it came from the body of a skinned winged ram, which is scared to Zeus, giving the Golden Fleece holy properties. It is believed that when the Golden Fleece was placed in that tree in Colchis it blessed the land, allowing it to grow and prosper. By finding and placing the Golden Fleece on Percy's tree it should theoretically heal it along with making the camp boarders strong again.

"Now the reason why I believe the Golden Fleece is in the Bermuda Triangle, also know as the Sea of Monster is because of several reasons. The first is that demigods who travel to the Sea of Monster don't usually come back meaning, if there was an island that was virtually perfect it would have to be there or else people would have noticed. The second clue was that since it made the land it was placed on so perfect then that would mean creatures of nature, such as Satyrs would have been able to sense and find it years ago. Especially if it is as strong as the stories say it was and could actually be mistaken for the aura that a certain lost god of the wild would give off. Coincidently more Satyrs have gone missing in the Sea of Monster then anywhere else while searching for Pan. If I'm right then Grover here could be a key part in finding the Golden Fleece."

Thalia, Luke, and Clarisse all stared at Annabeth in shock. They had no idea how the nine year old could possibly know so much information. It was ridicules. Grover on the other hand was in shock that he was going to be so important to the quest.

"What did you oracle say?" Luke finally asked noticing it was the only thing that Annabeth hadn't mentioned.

"She said,

You shall sail the iron ship with warriors of bone,

And find future friends, who shall journey on their own,

But despair for your life entombed within stone,

One without friends, to fly home alone.

"Cheerful right?" Annabeth said.

"Well the first line seems to have past. Thanks to Clarisse and her father we have a ship with a crew of the undead." Thalia said while Clarisse smirked smugly. Apparently since the undead warriors belonged to Ares that meant that they had to listen and obey her every wish, which the 11 year old was enjoy a bit too much.

"The find future friends line doesn't sound that bad either." Luke added. "We may not ever know when that comes to pass since it seems to be relevant to the future. May not be anything we need to worry about." Unless the prophecy was trying to tell them that things were going to get worse and that these people would help them. Luke decided to keep that thought to himself.

"I'm more worried about the entombed in stone line and the flying home alone. It suggests that one of us is going to be trapped in a tomb or something and that everyone else besides one person won't make it back home. Does that not worry the rest of you?" Thalia asked.

"Don't worry about it for now." Annabeth said. "It will do us no good to try and predict the future. First, by trying to predict the future and change that could just be what makes it happen, like Kronos eating his children so they didn't overthrow him. Secondly, prophecies never say what they mean, trust me I know. All of this could be one giant metaphor for all we know." Annabeth made her way to the stairs to go below deck to the room she shared with Clarisse. With one foot on the first step she looked back at the others. "And finally, none of you need to worry about being entombed in stone. The line said, 'But despair for your life' as in mine since it's my prophecy. All you four need to worry about is not being rapped with me."

And there you go, a new chapter. Hope you enjoyed and please read the top A/N since it contains information about future chapter/update.

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See you next time

Sophia.