I DO NOT OWN PJO, RICK RIORDAN DOES

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Annabeth POV: It all makes sense now.

My dreams mocked me that night. I would see Ava in the distance, crying out for me to come save her, and I would run in the direction of her voice, but there would only be emptiness. I didn't hear her being harmed per se, but she did sound frightened. Almost as if she knew that something bad was going to occur.

I woke up to Percy giving me a kiss on my forehead, while he ran his fingers through my hair telling me it was going to be okay. I began to cry, and he just scooped me up into his arms and told me he loved me over and over again.

The warmth of his body eventually lulled me back to sleep, and for once, my dream wasn't frightening. Percy and I looked a couple of years older, and we were standing in what looked like a pink nursery. I saw the name "Sophia" painted on a wall just above a crib. Percy was holding a tiny baby, with blonde curly hair and green eyes identical to Percy's. But then, just as I started to understand the dream, I woke up.

"Annabeth, honey, stop crying. It's going to be alright." Percy was telling me. I saw the sun rising through the window.

"It wasn't a bad dream…" I muttered. Percy looked at me quizzically.

"But you're crying Annabeth." He said, wiping a tear off my cheek.

"They must be tears of joy." I said softly. Percy laughed quietly and gave me a big hug. I stood on my tippy toes and gave him a kiss. He smiled and picked me up, and kissed me again.

We packed our bags, and then headed to the dining pavilion where everyone was waiting. We trudged off towards half blood hill, and Thalia patted her pine tree as we passed by it.

"I don't like you." She whispered to the tree, and we all laughed.

"I don't think it can hear you, Thalia." Kate said. She was holding Zach's hand.

"Okay, so, we're going to use the entrance in New York to get to the under world. Any questions?" Nico asked. We all looked at each other, and gave approving nods.

"Okay. Well, lets go then!" Thalia said. Argus was waiting for us at the boarder, and we all piled in the camp car. I was holding Percy's hand, and I squeezed it hard.

"Geez, wise girl, I still want my hand to work!" he said jokingly.

"Oh, shut it, seaweed brain." I retorted.

We drove into New York, and Argus dropped us off at Central Park. Nico lead us into the middle of the woods until we came across a statue of what looked like an angel falling.

"This is the entrance." Nico said. "It's changed since the last time I've been here…" he said, trailing off. He started muttering some words in ancient Greek, and then suddenly the angel came to life, and opened an invisible door, and we walked through it.

For starters, we didn't even know the minotaur had taken Ava. Nico said he could feel her presence, so we all just followed him. He lead us through a bunch of little corridors, and we ended up on the outside of what looked like a prison. There were multiple cells in the "prison".

Ava was in a small jail cell, and she wasn't moving. "Nico! Is she dead?" I whispered frantically.

"Relax, she's asleep." He said softly. "Okay, guys, back up." He said.

We all backed up, and Nico started to recite some chant that no one could understand. But, the little jail cell Ava was in started to melt all around her, and she was free. She woke up immediately, and started looking around confused. Then she saw all of us standing on the outside, and ran up to us.

"Annabeth!" she squealed, as she ran into my arms. I picked her up, and held her in my arms as everyone gathered around us.

"I'm so glad you're alright Ava!" I said, still holding her. Her face darkened.

"We have to get Ryan, he's here too!" she said panicking. I looked at the other. Nico mouthed 'his spirit'.

"Ava, we need to leave first, before the minotaur notices you're gone." I said, but just as I spoke the last word, our worst fear came true. The minotaur stood in front of us.

"Percy! Annabeth! You two take Ava and get our of here, Nico, Zach, Kate and I will take care of the minotaur!" Thalia shouted.

Percy and I both took Ava's hand and ran as far away as we could. Suddenly Ava forced us to stop. We were standing in front of what looked like a glass door. The glass door showed a cave that seemed to be on an island.

"Ogygia." Percy whispered. I looked at him, and then at Ava. She was trying to open the door.

"Ryan is in here with this girl who is stuck in here too!" She said, hysterically trying to open the door.

"Calypso." Percy and I both said.

"But what is Ryan doing in here?" I asked. Then, the door was opened, by one of Calypso's invisible servants I guessed.

We saw Calypso and Ryan eating at a table. Calypso saw us, and ran up to the door.

"What is Ryan doing in here?" Percy demanded. Calypso looked slightly guilty.

"They were going to sacrifice his soul." She said. "But if they did that, it would have killed Ava." She said. "He is not alive, but his spirit is on my island, and I intend to keep it this way, to save an innocent you soul." She explained.

"So Ryan can't come back with us?" Ava asked, tears in her eyes. Calypso put a hand on her cheek.

"My dear, the Ryan you know is gone." She said softly. "But his spirit is here with me, and when it is the right time, you will join him." She said.

"But why would they want to sacrifice Ava and Ryan's souls?" I asked.

"Ava and Ryan are children of Hephaestus, and many powerful monsters have been made by Hephaestus, on accident of course. But there is one monster so powerful, it requires the souls of two innocent young children, one boy, one girl, that are the same age, to be able to live again. That is why the minotaur abducted them." Calypso said calmly.

"Hephaestus made me a door into the underworld, and asked me to rescue Ryan's soul, so they could not sacrifice it." She explained.

"And you knew we would come for Ava, didn't you?" Percy said, and Calypso nodded. Then it dawned on me. The prophecy had come true. Ryan was the lost one, and Ogygia was a heaven worthy cave.

"It all makes sense now…the prophecy, I understand it now." I said. Percy looked over at me, and he seemed to grasp what I was saying.

"Ava, we should get you back to camp." I said. She looked at me with sad eyes.

"But Ryan.." she said trailing off.

"He's going to stay here, he is safe. And when you are older, you will see him again, I promise." Calypso told her. Ava sniffled, and then nodded.

"Tell Ryan that I love him." Ava said. Calypso nodded, and then Ava squeezed my hand. I picked her up, and Percy and I both hugged her, as Calypso closed the door.

Nico and the others found us, and we left the underworld, being chased by monsters ,no less. We were now back in Central Park, and Argus was still waiting for us. We climbed into the camp car and drove back to camp.

"We've been gone for 3 days." Zach said, pointing to a screen above a bank that showed the date.

"Time is faster in the underworld." Nico said.

"How you holding up, Ava?" Zach asked. Ava was sitting on my lap, and she started to smile.

"Does your shoulder still hurt?" She asked. Zach looked at her funny.

"Yeah it does still hurt like a lo-" Zach started to say but Ava interrupted him by saying "Well now I'm 10 times better." She said, a self-satisfied smile spreading across her face. We all laughed.

"You're a trooper, know that?" Nico said, giving her a high five.

"Nico is right Ava." Thalia began. "Nico would have been crying for his mommy after about 5 minutes." She said, giving Ava a warm smile. Ava laughed, and we continued to make jokes at Nico's expense for the rest of the way to camp.

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