Disclaimer: I do not own Annabeth, Silena, or any of the Percy Jackson characters *sigh* :(

Anyway sorry that I haven't updated in a long time, but I've been really distracted lately, but no worries I am back! Now let's get on with the show!

Silena POV

"Annabeth, what's wrong?" I asked, truly worried. Annabeth never cries, ever. It's just not in her nature, yet here she was.

"Oh, nothing I'm just trapped in my best friends body" she said sarcastically. There was something else in her voice though like maybe she wasn't telling me everything.

"It's ok. We'll get through this. Besides we'll have Charlie and Percy with us." I said. Even though I'm pretty sure she's hiding something from me, I'm not going to dismiss her feelings. What kind of a best friend does that?

"Yeah you're right" she replied starting to come back to her old self. After taking a deep breath she continues, "Okay, let's get out of here before one of the Aphrodite Campers comes in and sees me- er you like this."

"You're right. If they saw you- I mean me like that, they would probably make up some rumor that Charlie broke up with me." I said. Don't get me wrong I love my siblings, but sometimes they make up a lot of silly rumors.

Annabeth

I couldn't tell her or anyone, it was just too scary. You see when I walked into the Aphrodite room something hit me. I don't mean literally hit me, I mean something spoke to me the second I stepped foot in the room. And trust me, they aren't friendly. It was so scary that when they were done I just collapsed right there in the Aphrodite cabin and cried. I never cry! But I couldn't help it. It was just too overwhelming. You've got to keep this a secret Annabeth. Maybe if you don't tell anyone nothing will happen, I told myself. I knew it wasn't true though. I just couldn't believe that this was happening…

The Next Day

Silena POV

"Is everyone ready?" Chiron asked.

"Yes" I said, speaking for everyone in my group.

"Alright then, off you go"

After, Argus took us to Manhattan it took us about 5 minutes of walking around until we realized we had no idea where to go. We spent a couple minutes thinking about where we should head off to first. Annabeth had gone to go get us something to eat.

"The Susan B. Anthony House" she said once she came into earshot.

"Why?" Percy asked clueless.

"Susan B. Anthony was a famous Demi-God. She fought for women's rights. She was also known to be favored by Persephone." She said matter-a-factly.

"So, what good does that do us?" Percy asked again. I swear he is such a bone head.

"OH MY GODS PERCY!" she shouted. I could tell she thought he was a bone head too, "The prophecy duh… Four Campers Boys and Girls, Shall have to find the forbidden pearls… we have to find Persephone's pearls!"

"Oh" he said obviously getting it now, "So where is The Susan B. Anthony House?"

"Rochester, New York." She said and I instantly knew how to get there.

"I know where that is." I said. Everyone turned towards me. "It'll take a long time to get there though."

"Unless…" Annabeth said thinking outloud, "Unless we travel by Pegasus!"

"Oh right one sec" Percy said before doing his taxi cab whistle. Four beautiful Pegusi came swooping down in a matter of minutes.

"Hop on" he told us.

Even flying on a Pegasus, it still took us a couple hours to get to the Susan B. Anthony House. Eventually though we did find it and we all hopped off and stretched. We walked up to the house. It was HUGE! That wasn't what surprised me though. It was who was standing in the doorway of the house that surprised me.

Annabeth POV

"THALIA!" I screamed, then realizing that I was supposed to act like Silena I quickly changed to a less excited yet still happy tone "I mean… HI!"

"Oh, hey Silena" she said seeming surprised that I/Silena had even remembered her name, she then turned her attention to Silena/Me, "Hi, Annabeth!"

"Hey Thalia." Silena said.

"Are you guys okay?" she asked, and I was starting to worry that she was catching on. Thalia was not easy to trick.

"Never better" Silena and I said simultaneously

"Okay…" Thalia said obviously not buying it.

"Anyway…" I said to take Thalia's attention away from that subject "What are you doing here?"

"Just looking to recruit some new hunters ," she said careful with her choice of words. You see Silena doesn't really like the hunters, but Thalia has been one of her friends ever since she started camp so she likes Thalia well enough.

"Oh"

"Well since you're here would you mind coming with us into the house" asked Silena, "I can feel something evil radiating from the house."

"Sure, no problem" Thalia said as she started to recruit her hunters, "Let's go"

Silena POV

The inside of the house was amazing! It was so beautiful! As the tour guide lead us around I almost forgot to look for the pearl, but then out of the corner of my eye I saw it. It was on a necklace with many beads, but Persephone's pearl was glowing green. It was one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen in my entire life! As I tried to quickly grab it the tour guide looked at me and said…

"I wouldn't touch that my dear"

"Why not?" I said a bit stubbornly.

"It is said that the necklace is cursed. One touch and a monster shall appear in front of you, and you will never see light again. And we wouldn't want anything to happen to your pretty little face now would we, daughter of Aphrodite."

It was then that I knew that she was the monster and she wasn't fooled by my appearance. I quickly grabbed the necklace.

"Oh well. I warned you." She cackled as she turned into an empousa. All of the mortals ran screaming out in terror. I grabbed my mirror from my pocket and it transformed into a hot pink sword, while everyone else unsheathed their weapons. I kept waiting for the hunters to run in (They had gone with the second group to see if the monster was there)

"Well, well. You're a clever bunch aren't you. It doesn't matter though. Sure it is possible for you to kill me since there are four of you and only one of me, but whether you kill me or not one of you will die with me." And she lunged at… Charlie!

"No! I screamed as I jumped in front of him and slashed at the empousa.

"OWWWW" she howled. I had hit her on the arm. "You shall pay for this girl!" and she lunged at me!

I have to say I was pretty impressed by my fighting skills, but I still would've died if Thalia and the hunters hadn't shown up. They were so accurate with their arrows that it only took them 4 arrows until the empousa finally decided that she wouldn't last long.

"Beware heroes for you have just made an enemy of me" and she disappeared in a blaze of fire.

"Well that was close" Annabeth said after a few minutes of silence.

"You can say that again" I said.

"But wait why did that empousa call Annabeth a daughter of Aphrodite" Percy asked, and the others nodded as if they were wondering the same thing.

"That's a good question" Annabeth said "You see we didn't want to tell you guys, because we thought you wouldn't like us anymore"

It was really quiet for a while and then Percy said "So your Annabeth" he asked pointing to my body and Annabeth nodded her head, "And your Silena" Charlie asked, when I nodded they both looked like they needed to sit down and rest.

"How about we stay here for the night" I said and they both looked relived. It was then that I noticed Thalia and the hunters standing there awkwardly. "Thanks for the help Thalia. You really saved us."

"Ah don't mention it. Besides you did most of the work Silena. Anyways we got to go. Lady Artemis said for us to meet her in New Jersey. I'll see you guys later" She said as she started leading the hunters to New Jersey. We all said our good byes and Annabeth, Percy, Charlie, and I started to look for something to eat.

After we had eaten a fabulous dinner of Lucky Charms and granola bars we laid down and fell asleep. I was really worried there were now only 3 days until the summer solstice.

There is no way you'll make it in time. A voice inside my head said. I recognized it. It was the one of the voices that were in the dream I had, and I knew who was speaking.

"Yes we will Polyphonte" I said angrily.

"You know your power is no match for mine. All you have to do is tell me their weaknesses. Do this and that Charles boy might live." I was horrified, but I stood my ground.

"I will never listen to you, nor will I let you hurt Charlie!" And with that last thought I woke up.

A/N: So did you like it? Personally I think this is my best work! Anyways I would like to thank booklover51089 for giving me the idea that Thalia should be in this chapter! Again any ideas are welcome and I am sorry if I don't use your idea. Thanks for reading!

~Demi-Girl19