A.N. Well I'm working on the fourth chapter in the past 24 hours. I hope you all start reviewing so I can post it as soon as possible. I'm going to see if I can stretch the titans curse into 2 chapters but if not, oh well.

"How can I save Thalia?" I said as bravely as I could. At first nothing happened and I was about to pull out my sword and stab the stupid thing when all of a sudden, a green mist poured out of its mouth and in the voice of Thalia, said

Five shall go west to the goddess in chains

One shall be lost in the land without rain

The remaining child of Olympus shows the trail

Campers and Hunters combined prevail

The titans curse must one withstand

And one shall perish by a parent's hand

Unless siblings separated only by their fathers foil their plan

Well Shiiittt, was the only thought I had in my mind at the moment. I must have just been standing up there staring at nothingness for hours, but it happened to only be a couple of minutes. It's funny how time can trick you so easily.

I slowly made my way down from the attic, then down the stairs, to see Chiron waiting patiently for me.

I took a deep breath before reciting the prophecy to him. He looked nervous for a split second before quickly covering it up. "yes, well it looks like you are going to have to bring a few hunters on this journey with you." He said with a frown.

I nodded as I headed out to figure out who I wanted to bring with me. I figured that I would bring the daughter of Athena and daughter of Ares, since they were on the quest they must be capable warriors.

I arrived at the Athena cabin and knocked, waiting impatiently for a few moments, before a girl with blonde hair, and striking grey eyes opened the door. I gave her a once over, noticing how beautiful she was. I shook my head of those thoughts and cleared my throat.

"There is a quest to save Thalia, and Artemis, and I want you to be on it" I said quickly. She looked like she wanted to ask more about it, but decided against it once she saw my look. She nodded, so I left with a quick thanks to her and told her to meet tomorrow morning at the big house.

I left and decided to find the Ares cabin. Upon arriving I knocked and the door was quickly opened by a burly looking girl with brown hair. Without wasting any time, I asked, "There is a quest to rescue Thalia, and the goddess Artemis. I want you to be on it. Are you in?"

She nodded with a smile. I left with a quick goodbye after telling her to meet at the big house early tomorrow morning.

I started making my way over to the Artemis cabin, and wasn't looking forward to the conversation ahead of me, knowing that the hunters would be the hardest to convince.

I knocked on the door quickly, and the door popped open, a dozen man hating preteen girl's eyes turning to me.

I cleared my throat, "yeah, there is a prophecy to rescue Thalia and Lady Artemis, it calls for hunters and campers combined to go on the quest, we have three campers already and need two hunters."

The cabin erupted in shouts, most about how they were not going to travel with no good boys, and about how the hunters could do this themselves. I noticed the Lieutenant, Zoe, I believe is her name, was quiet, and looked deep in thought.

All of a sudden I heard her speak up, "ENOUGH, if that is what the prophecy calls for, then we must oblige if we want to find lady Artemis." Some of the girls started arguing again, but she interrupted them with a glare, "enough Phoebe, I don't like it either, but it must be done."

She then turned to me, "You are a friend of Lady Artemis, so we will travel with you if we must. I will accompany you as well as Bianca if she is willing." I looked up shocked, noticing for the first time that the daughter of Hades that we rescued had become a hunter.

She looked shocked, but nodded her head. Zoe turned back to me, "alright it is decided, me and Bianca will meet you at the big house early tomorrow morning." I nodded with a small smile and left after giving a quick thanks.

I headed over to my cabin to get a well needed rest before the start of the quest, which I knew would be anything but easy.

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I woke up early that morning and decided to pack my bag and head for the big house, hoping my quest mates would all be ready so we could get a move on.

I first made sure I had all my weapons before grabbing a backpack and filling it with some cash, and some food and water. I then put plenty of nectar and ambrosia to last for the journey.

Out of the corner of my eye I noticed a fountain in the corner of the cabin. I found dozens of golden drachma in there figuring this was from my father for if I wanted to Iris Message someone. I grabbed a handful of them before putting them in my backpack. You never know when you might need them in the mortal world. I then put some spare clothes in the bag as I am sure I will need them at some point.

I went over anything else I might need, and couldn't think of anything off the top of my head, so I took one last look at my cabin, knowing I wouldn't see it for a while, and made my way to the big house.

I saw Chiron waiting outside with that daughter of Athena, Annabeth. I gave them each a nod before taking a seat and grabbing some food out of my pack.

"Why are you eating your quest food now?" I heard Annabeth say. I rolled my eyes and clapped my hands and she yelped when a slice of pizza appeared in front of her.

"Perks of being Hestia's champion." I retorted. She looked shocked, and like she wanted to ask more, but that's when Zoe and Bianca decided to make their appearances.

Clarisse came shortly after and we left after a short goodbye to Chiron.

"So, what is our transportation going to be?" Annabeth asked. Nobody really had an answer to that, so I took out a pair of keys and tossed them to Zoe.

"Chiron gave us 'permission' to take one of the camp vans." I explained putting emphasis on permission. In reality, I took them from the big house the night before as I knew no one would have a better idea.

Annabeth looked like she was about to question it, but I cut her off quickly with a glare, "If anybody says one more thing before we get on the road to saving Thalia and Lady Artemis, there is going to be Hades to pay." No one said anything as we headed to the car and started our journey.

I quickly apologized to Bianca after using her father's name like that, but she just waved me off.

I was in the front seat, while Zoe drove, and the other three girls were in the back. I realized the trip ahead would be anything but easy, with the daughter of Athena, and huntresses of Artemis.

As if on cue I heard Annabeth say, "Okay, we're on the road now, I want to hear your story, you're the most mysterious demigod I have ever met."

I sighed, and began to tell them the story, from being found in central park, to training with the gods, up until arriving at Westover Hall.

When I finished, I motioned for them to ask questions. Annabeth was first. "So, you have met all our parents then?" she asked, her voice laced with jealousy. I nodded.

"Yeah, me and Thalia briefly trained with Apollo and Artemis on archery, before exclusively being trained by Lady Artemis, since we didn't like that Apollo didn't take it as seriously." I said.

I then turned to Zoe, "Sorry about what I said after Thalia fell, I was just angry and took it out on you. I have heard a lot about you, and look forward to seeing you in battle. Artemis speaks very highly of you." I finished.

She looked shocked that I apologized before saying, "It is alright bo… Perseus. I have heard a lot about you as well. Lady Artemis seems to like you, so I don't see us having a problem."

I nodded in thanks to her before continuing, "We were trained by Athena, on battle smarts, and battle strategy. It wasn't the most interesting, but was probably the most important training we received outside of getting trained on our godly powers from our fathers." Annabeth looked shocked at this.

"You were trained by my mother? What's she like?" She asked with this faraway look in her eye.

I looked at her sympathetically, "Well she is the smartest person I have ever met, and gets annoyed at my foolishness rather often, but she is one of the goddesses I have the most respect for on the council. Just don't get on her bad side" I said remembering the few times that I did.

"We also trained with Ares on war and battle. We trained with him until we could each best him in one on one combat" They all looked shocked.

"We were able to use our powers though, and he was restricted to just his skill with a blade, which I will say he is still very skilled. He doesn't show emotion very much, but he does care about his kids greatly, and when he spoke of you, Clarisse, you could practically see the pride rolling off of him in waves. You must be a great warrior." I said glancing back at her.

She looked surprised, but gave me a nod of appreciation. Seeing as I answered all their questions for the moment, I decided to get some sleep.

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I awoke in a sweat. I had a dream about Thalia, being trapped under this cloud, and Artemis was captured and rescued her from under there. I had this dream the night before, but was hoping it was just a normal dream, not a demigod dream.

I looked back and noticed all three of the girls were asleep. That put a small smile on my face. I know their lives probably haven't been the easiest.

I turned to Zoe, "You know where we're headed don't you?" I asked.

She glanced at me letting out a sigh, "Yes, I suppose you would know, being trained up on Olympus. We are heading to Mount Othrys, the titan stronghold from the last titan war. It moves along with the gods."

I nodded picking up where she left off, "Yeah, it is in California now. We have to enter through the Garden of the Hesperides, right?" I asked.

She looked shocked, but nodded. I decided to ease her nerves a little, "I know you are the daughter of Atlas, and I don't know how they will react to it, but I will have you're back if they react badly. You serve Artemis, and I know you would never betray her."

She looked surprised, "Thank you Perseus, yes I have feared what they would think if they found out. I suppose they will eventually, but it is nice to know that you have my back. Perhaps I have misjudged you."

I looked surprised at that, "I really appreciate that, I have a bad history with men too" I said gesturing to the scar over my eye. "Me and Thalia, our mother would get beaten by our step father, we would fight him off of her as best we could, but we were only eight, and he would then go after us. He eventually killed her, and we escaped. That is when the Gods' found us." I explained making her scowl.

I had no idea why I was telling her all of this, but I just felt like I could trust her.

"We went back and killed him a couple years into being on Olympus. The only time we were in the mortal world until yesterday. He now has his own section in the fields of punishment dedicated to him" I said with an evil smirk.

I saw Zoe with a smile on her face at that too. "Here let's stop in Washington D.C. to rest for a little while and get some food. I will drive afterwards if you would like to get some rest."

She nodded gratefully and took the exit to Washington D.C. and we drove for a while before parking the car. We woke up the other three girls and started walking around. We were in public, so I decided to hand Zoe some money.

Before she could say anything, I said, "it's for food. We are in public so I can't really conjure anything up right now. I am going to go explore for a while, I am not too hungry." She nodded before taking off in the direction of the Air and Space Museum, the other three girls right behind her.

I walked in the opposite direction before growling angrily. I saw the manticore, well in his Dr. Thorne disguise from Westover Hall, and decided to follow him.

He entered the Museum of Natural History and then a back room. I waited a moment before disappearing in a flash of flames and reappearing behind a pillar in the back room. There wasn't enough water in the air for me to disappear into a mist, so I felt slightly drained of energy from using Hestia's power.

I peeked behind the pillar and saw a hulk of a man talking to a kid with blonde hair. This was the son of Hermes that betrayed us.

I wanted to attack him there and then, but decided to wait and see what was going to happen.

They kept talking about who would lead them, I was going to make myself known before hearing, "General, I have found them" This made me gulp, if this was the general, then that means my dream was indeed true, and Atlas was free from his burden of holding the sky.

I looked and saw him pull out some wicked looking dragon teeth. Atlas grabbed them and planted them, and watered them, before I saw ten skeleton hands claw their way out of the ground.

"Do you have it?" Atlas said. A man nodded and handed him a silver cloth. I cursed realizing what it was. He handed it to the skeletons and they all took turns smelling it and getting the scent down. Atlas laughed, "Now they will hunt down that insufferable huntress and her foolish friends until each of them is killed on this silly quest of theirs."

I was furious, that must mean Luke has traitors in camp. That will have to wait though, this isn't good. Those are spartoi, nearly impossible to kill. I just hope Bianca has some kind of stygian iron weapon because if not, I am the only one able to kill them and were in trouble.

Atlas stiffened, "Someone is here, a demigod, find him and bring him to me" he ordered. I cursed silently to myself before walking out from behind the pillar with my hands up, as if surrendering.

"Grab him and bring him to me" Atlas ordered to Luke. He began making his way towards me before I lit my hands on fire, and sending a huge fireball towards Luke and Atlas. I launched a huge fireball in front of the exit as well, hoping to trap them in there, before flashing out in a flash of flames.

I reappeared in the Air and Space museum, and immediately dropped to a knee. After catching my breath, I rushed off to find the others.

I found them exploring in a big room, there was model airplanes suspended in the air, as well as many display cases on the floor.

They noticed me and all gathered around, wondering why I was so out of breath. "Luke is here." I said. "That's not all though, the General is here as well, and he resurrected these spartoi, and they had a piece of Zoe's huntress uniform. They will hunt us until we're dead or they are, we need to leave now." I said looking at Zoe sympathetically about the General being here.

"Are you sure it was him?" She asked. I nodded and she paled. Before we could do anything else a little girls voice rang out, "Look mommy, a kitty" We all turned to look and paled at what we saw. It was the Nemean Lion.

This is not good, I thought. "Zoe, Bianca, and Annabeth find high ground to cover us. Clarisse you're with me taking it head on." I said as they all nodded. I clicked my pen, and my sword elongated, and I pulled on my bracelet and my shield appeared. Clarisse pulled out her spear and I saw the tip crackling with electricity. I smiled, liking her style.

Annabeth put a hat on and disappeared, I assume to find higher ground, and Zoe, with the grace only a huntress could possess, leapt off a display case onto an airplane suspended in the air. Bianca followed by going onto the second floor and hopping down onto a different airplane.

They fired arrows which just bounced harmlessly off the invulnerable skin of the Nemean Lion. I threw a fireball at it momentarily distracting it, before charging, just trying to think of anything. I jumped and rolled over the top of the Lion, bashing it in the skull with my shield as I flew over its head.

It didn't do much damage, but it shook its head trying to regain its bearings.

I saw Clarisse trying to distract it as I thought of a plan. It got bored before turning back to me. This irritated Clarisse as she stabbed it in the back, her spear tip crackling with electricity. It bounced off harmlessly, but did send a small shock through its body.

It roared, before turning around and swatting Clarisse away. She crashed into a display case, and wasn't moving. Hopefully, Annabeth would check on her, but it was too late for the lion. I saw its mouth as it roared, the only vulnerable part of its body.

"When I give you the signal, fire as many arrows as you can into its mouth" I said to both Zoe and Bianca. They both nodded as I clicked my sword, and it turned back into a pen, and I willed my shield away. I pulled on my necklace as my bow appeared.

I grabbed two arrows, and willed them on fire before firing both into the lion, effectively distracting it. I put my bow on my back before sprinting over to Clarisse and picking up her spear before sprinting towards the lion. I used the spear as a pole vault, and vaulted high above the lion, never letting go of the spear, as I jammed the spear in its mouth.

"Now" I screamed as I crashed to the floor. The lion tried to break the spear, but it was wedged in its mouth too tightly. Dozens of arrows followed, and all found their home in the lion's mouth. After a second, it dissolved into golden dust, a fur pelt the only thing left of the Nemean Lion.

I picked up the pelt and tossed it to Zoe. She shook her head, "it was your plan, you should have it" she said looking at it distastefully.

I smiled, "you guys were the ones who killed it, one of you should have it" I said. Zoe handed it to Bianca and that's when I remembered she had a bad history with Heracles.

That's when I heard a scream, and turned and saw Annabeth in the arms of one of the spartoi. Her hat on the floor a few feet away, they must've been able to smell her or see her, and knocked it off of her head.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Clarisse start to move once again, I tossed her spear over there before pulling the bow off of my back, and launching a flaming arrow into the face of the spartoi holding Annabeth.

It worked as it dropped Annabeth, it wasn't dead, but it was disoriented. I willed my bow away, before clicking my pen, turning it into my sword, and disappeared in a flash of flames.

I reappeared next to Annabeth, and put my hand on her shoulder, transporting her over to the others, before engaging the spartoi.

Thanking the Gods' that there was only a few here at that moment, I ducked and slashed at them. I wasn't making much progress, as I was outnumbered. Two charged at me again, as I ducked under the slash of one, before kicking the second one back, I quickly turned around and lopped the head off of the first one, and I waited for it to reform. When it didn't I grinned, it worked.

The one I kicked away, looked towards its fallen comrade shocked, before two more of them, appeared on either side of it. I cursed, I couldn't defeat all of them, not right now, I was too worn out already. I flipped my sword up into a spear like hold, and threw it with expert precision as it hit the middle spartoi right in the heart. It crumbled to the floor unmoving. I then threw multiple fireballs into the floor in front of the others, effectively creating a wall of fire between us and them.

I flashed over to my friends.

When I appeared over there I fell to a knee, gasping, I knew we needed to go and now. The other spartoi, now joined by the other ones, started towards us, not bothered in the slightest by the wall of fire. There was six of them, that meant two others would be around somewhere.

"Everyone hold hands" I said. They did as I said, as I grabbed Annabeth's hand. "Get me in the van when we get there, and Zoe, get us the hell out of here" I said as we disappeared in a flash of flames.

We appeared outside of the museum, right next to the van, before I saw darkness, and fell to the floor unconscious.

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I was awoken by something loud hitting the roof. I saw a dent, and cursed. I then saw two helicopters above us and got an idea.

I clicked tidal wave, as they all looked shocked that I was awake. "What are you doing Perseus?" Annabeth asked from the front seat.

I didn't respond as I jumped over the seat into the very back of the van, so as to not put any of them in harm. I then cut a hole in the roof of the van before clicking tidal wave back into pen form and pulling on my necklace, as my bow appeared.

"Zoe, keep the car steady for a moment, don't switch lanes." She nodded, not liking what I was about to do. I stood on the seat, my upper body now out in the open as I felt the wind whipping me in the face. I pulled back on the string, and an arrow covered in Greek fire appeared.

They started firing again, hitting the top of the van a couple times, before one struck me in the shoulder. I screamed as I fired the arrow. It flew into the bottom of the plane, and the Greek fire spread before the plane exploded.

I went back through the hole in the van, and was met with six shocked eyes.

"Did you just get shot" asked Bianca worriedly.

"Yup" I said through gritted teeth, in obvious pain. I got some ambrosia out of my pack before popping a decent sized bite into my mouth. I felt a little better as I then clapped and conjured ten glasses of water. I willed the water out of the cups, and to hover in the air, before willing it to come over and cover my shoulder.

After a second, the blood disappeared and I felt better than I have in a long time, glad to get refreshed from the water. All that was left was a small bullet hole scar in my shoulder, although my shirt now had a hole in it. They all looked shocked at my display of power.

I took my shirt off, and noticed a tunnel. "Zoe, take that exit into that tunnel, there is a train down there we can take to lose the helicopter that is remaining." I said as I took out another shirt and put it on.

She nodded, and swerved across four lanes of traffic to get to the exit. I noticed Annabeth looking at me in wonder, and blushing. I smirked at her. Then, I face palmed, I forgot I had so many scars from my childhood. I gave her a look that said later, and she turned back around.

Once we got underground, the sound of the helicopter faded in the distance, until it became nothing.

"Who were those guys?" Bianca asked.

"Mercenaries" I said as Zoe nodded, "yeah, they were paid to attack us, I doubt they know who they were working for or who we are, but I also doubt it would've mattered. Mortals are easily manipulated." She explained.

I told Zoe to park, and we went over to the trains, when one in the corner caught my eye. Sun West Line it said on the side. I had an idea, and decided to go with it.

"Over here guys" I said, they all looked unsure, but followed anyway. I hopped up, and helped them aboard one of the train cars. I looked around and there were multiple automobiles littered across the train car.

Well at least we will have somewhere to sit and rest until we get there. I then heard some guy shouting at us, and gestured to them that I got this.

"Who are you kids, you're not supposed to be back here." The train guard said.

I snapped my fingers and his eyes glazed over. "This is our station until we reach our destination. We were told to stay here, and make sure no stragglers climb aboard here" I said confidently.

He nodded, "Yes, well, good job, keep up the good work" he said before walking away. I closed the train door so we would have some privacy, before rejoining the others.

Annabeth looked at me shocked, "What the hell was that?" she asked in disbelief.

I looked surprised, "What? Manipulating the mist? Chiron hasn't taught you that?" I asked. At the shake of her head I continued. "And they say they teach you to be prepared for the mortal world. I'll teach you guys sometime after the quest, it's a useful thing to know." I said as they nodded.

"Sadly, that won't be the last we see of those spartoi, they will follow us until we are killed or they are. Bianca and I should be able to take care of them once I am back to full strength, but you guys will not be able to kill them. Take them out of commission for a few moments maybe, but not fully kill." I explained.

I looked at Bianca to see her about to speak up, "Bianca, you will be able to kill them because you are a daughter of Hades, and I can kill them because my sword is made of many metals, one of which is stygian iron." I said, as they all nodded.

"I am going to go rest, I suggest you all do the same, I don't know the next time we will get to rest like this." I said before walking off, not waiting for a response.

I opened the door to a Nissan Altima, and hopped in the driver's seat, my thoughts immediately drifting to Thalia, and Artemis. I was worried about both of them. All of a sudden there was a flash and Apollo appeared.

"Sun West Line" I muttered, "I had a feeling you had something to do with this" I said with a smile as we shook hands.

He nodded, "this will take you as far west as it can, and then you are on your own. I am already doing more than I should with that, and by being here. So, call me Fred, I am incognito at the moment." He said, and I nodded.

He continued, "I've been watching your quest, and I am not surprised that you have been saving everyone over and over, seeing as you're traveling with four girls" he said with a smirk, and I was not at all surprised by what he said.

I shook my head, "I just want to save Thalia and Artemis, and the others are helping more than you know" I said.

"Our time here grows short, seek out Nereus, the old man of the sea, he will answer any question you have" I nodded, "Now I believe you are about to get an audience with one man hating huntress" he said with a smirk as he disappeared in a flash.

"Bye Fred" I said sarcastically, as the passenger door opened and Zoe took a seat next to me. We sat in an uncomfortable silence, before she cleared her throat. "Do you even know that we are heading in the right direction?" She asked irritated.

I laughed, "Yeah I have a feeling we are. A little birdie told me." I said with a chuckle. She glared at me, as I gulped. "Fred told me this will take us as far west as it can."

"Fred?" She looked thoughtful for a moment before scowling, "Apollo?" she asked disgustedly. I nodded with a finger to my lips. "He is incognito, but yeah."

"You know where Artemis is don't you?" I asked cautiously. She nodded sadly.

"I didn't want to believe it at first, but with Atlas being In D.C. it confirms that Lady Artemis is trapped under the sky" She said sadly. Then it hit me, and I went over the prophecy again in my head.

"You think the prophecy refers to you?" I asked shocked, "and you still volunteered to come?"

She nodded sadly, "It is my duty, and if I am to die saving my goddess then so be it" She said. I looked at her, really looked at her and saw how beautiful she was. I then shook my head of those thoughts, that will only get me an arrow where the sun doesn't shine.

"Zoe, prophecy's often have double meanings, it isn't set in stone" I said seriously. She didn't look convinced though.

"If the fates will it, there is little I can do about it" she said dejectedly.

I shook my head, "Zoe, you're not going to die, I won't let you, I promise. I swear it on the Styx" I said confidently as thunder rumbled above us.

She looked at me shocked, "Why would you do that?" She asked.

I smiled at her, "Because you needed to have hope, and I consider you to be one of my friends, and I don't let my friends die, and I certainly don't break my promises to them. Finally, because you are very important to Artemis, and she is important to me, losing you would hurt her" I finished seriously.

She smiled, "Perseus, you are a good friend." She said, "well for a man at least" she finished smirking.

I rolled my eyes, "but seriously, thank you, I know the rest of us haven't been much help on the quest so far, but when it counts we'll have your back, I'll have your back" She said seriously. I gave her a nod of appreciation, before telling her, "I have a feeling this won't bring us as far as we hope, you should get some sleep"

She nodded before leaving after a quick goodbye. I then decided to take my own advice and drifted into the realm of Morpheus.

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I was awoken from my sleep from Annabeth banging on the window. She said we had arrived in New Mexico, so I left the car and gathered all of my things before joining the others.

We exited the train and it looked like we were in the middle of nowhere. There was only an old gas station, so I conjured everyone some food, and told them I would go ask how far the nearest town was.

I came back out, and saw they were all basically ready to go. "So, there is a town a couple miles down the road there, maybe there is a train, and if not we can just steal a car or something" I said pointing down the street.

They nodded, and we started down the street. After about ten minutes we arrived at an old junkyard that looked like it stretched for miles. I had a bad feeling about this. I looked over and saw Zoe with a similar look on her face.

Before I could say anything, Annabeth started walking towards it. Zoe said we should go around but Annabeth and Bianca disagreed saying, it was a straight shot right through.

We grudgingly decided to go straight through. After walking for a few minutes, me and Zoe a lot more cautiously than the other members of our quest, I paled and realized where we were. "Are you guys seeing some of this stuff?" Annabeth asked in wonder, gesturing to a pile of old celestial bronze weapons.

I instantly said, "Nobody touch anything!" They looked shocked by my tone of voice.

"Why?" Annabeth asked. Zoe was the one to reply, "because this is Hephaestus' junkyard" she said seriously.

I saw Bianca with a look of regret on her face as she tried to drop a little clay figurine.

I gulped, it's too late for that, I thought to myself, as a giant fifty foot tall automaton rose from the heaps of scraps, pulling its twenty foot sword from its scabbard with an ear piercing screech as metal grated against metal.

A.N. Well there is chapter 4, it is the longest chapter so far. I will probably leave the poll open until after next chapter, so go vote if you haven't already. I have a pretty busy week ahead of me, so I am not sure how often I will be able to update, so go review and let me know what you thought.