THANKS for all the reviews! Did you guys suspect Percy to be poisoned? Hmmm? Of course you did…well its 12:30 on my sisters birthday (SHE'S FRICKEN 19!) and I'm bored and tired of her friends. I'm not particularly fond of one of them and she made me mad, so I came upstairs to use me, my other sister, and my (sometimes) dad's laptop :) FUN! *SARCASAM*

My sister and I are always fighting over who gets to use it, so we decided she got it during the day, and since I'm half-insomniac, so get it at night.

Insomnia sucks:(

Anyway, on with chapter 11…?

I realized I forgot to do a disclaimer last chapter…oops…

Oh, yeah my middle name's Ash***, so my friends just call me Ash sometimes :) It's a cool name, in my opinion:)

Disclaimer: *Sighs* I don't own PJO…but I own my OC's! YAY!

Nate: *scoffs* Yeah, right. America's a free country, Ash.

Me: Oh, shut up, you book owl!

Nico: Why'd you pair me up with Mori?

Mori: Excuse me?

Nico: *gulps* nothing, dear!

Mori: *knocks Nico out with a random piece of wood*

Me: YEAH! You go girl! Haha! What now, di Angelo! *dances around like a high monkey*

Nate: Well ok, then…*leaves*

Nico's POV

After Mori kicked me…there, she scooted over into a corner listening to my iPod! Ugh, sometimes I wonder why I love that weirdo. After a minute or two, her breathing evens. She's asleep.

Stella breaks the silence. "So, Nico?"

"Yes?"

"I have a not-so-secret secret…"

I roll my eyes. "Care to share?" I twiddle my thumbs, bored. But I don't dare try to take those plugs out of Mori's ear. She's a light sleeper…

"Well, I happen to know that Mori likes you…a lot." She pauses and I say, "Okaaaaaayyy,"

I look up and see her sharp amber eyes right next to my face. I gulp at their intensity. "Listen, di Angelo," She whispers. "If you hurt her in any way, I swear to Apollo, I will kill you. Understand?" I nod slowly, terrified of the hyper, 90 pound, 13 year old…scary…

Stella's glare turns into a smile. "Good!" She walks back over to Carrie and they start to talk about bananas. Chase laughs and rolls his eyes. (Yes, bananas. Like I said, it's 12:30. Hehe, I have to sing Hallaback Girl to spell bananas. Hehe…)

30 minutes later:

It's getting late and we decide we should all take watches. I glance at Mori and Stella says she should go last; that she hasn't been getting much sleep and this is probably the longest she's been asleep without getting up from nightmares. I sigh at my girlfriend.

I take first shift.

Great.

Another 30 minutes later:

I was just sitting there, wishing I was asleep when I noticed the train was slowing down. I immediately tense up as a male scream pierces the air. I silently scoot over to where the others are sleeping. I shake Carrie, Stella, and Chase awake. I'm just about to wake up Mori when someone says, "Wow. We got an entire pack of demigods this time. Right, Deimos?"

"You know it, Phobos!"

Holy. Hades. Deimos and Phobos; immortal sons of Ares who pretty much live to cause chaos. Well this should be fun.

Two figures immerge in the darkness and I put myself in front of Mori, acting as a shield. "Mori! Mori, please wake up," I whisper, praying they don't hear me. They do.

One of them laughs. "Well, either she's a light sleeper, or she's not asleep." He makes his way over to us.

Mori stirs in her sleep.

"Hey, Deimos," Phobos says. He tosses Deimos a rock.

Smiling, Deimos pushes me away from Mori. I smash into a wall; the breath gets knocked out of me and Carrie gasps. He raises the rock and brings it down hard on Mori's head before I can protest. Blood flows immediately and Mori's head lulls to the side. Her breathing quickens and come out in sharp gasps.

Phobos smiles as well, walking over to us. I make the mistake of looking in is eyes and I see my worst fear: I see Mori, dead. She's lying on the ground, her ghost standing next to me. "How could you?" She screams. "You were supposed to protect me!"

I stand there, shocked. Then I remember; Mori's still alive, though not for long if we don't fix her head. I shake my head and the image disappears. I'm alone.

I shakily stand up and race outside. What I see is terrifying. All my friends are spread out around on the desert ground. My eyes find Mori. There's already a pool pf blood around her. She's screaming. She sits up and then grabs her head.

"Well, well, well," Phobos says. "I see the daughter of Thanatos is up," He slowly makes his way over to a shaking Mori. She lowers her head so she won't look into his eyes.

Phobos squats down next to her and grabs her head. I yell, "Don't touch her!"

Little life lesson here: Never, ever, ever, tell a god what not to do. They can be a little…angry.

I guess that's what Phobos was. He looked in my eyes, but all I saw was reality. Mori, my girlfriend, was hurt and bleeding and dying. When Phobos saw I was unfazed, he drew his sword.

I did as well and charged. As we fight, I learn Phobos isn't very powerful without the ability to scare the crap out of people. He pulls back and I take the rest to take a breath. "Where's your brother, Phobos?" I taunt.

He glares at me. "He's a coward. However, I will leave you with whatever pride you have left," With that, he starts to glow and I shield my eyes. When I look back, he's gone.

Coward, I think to myself.

Chase and Carrie rush up to me and Carrie tackles me in a hug. She pulls, back tears in her eyes. Mori! I think as I rush over to her. Her eyes flutter open when I gasp.

Stella feeds her ambrosia before Mori passes out again. "Stella, what do we—?" My voice is interrupted by the train's horn. Carrie stands up. "The trains leaving. Stella, you can heal Mori there. Chase, see if you can grow some food. Nico, pick up Mori and carry her to the train. We need to get on before it leaves."

We follow orders. Carrie and Stella rush over to the train while I scoop up Mori and follow. About a minute later, Chase jumps on, his arm full of strawberries, a small watermelon, and a few peaches. He slumps down against the wall, his energy drained. Carrie tries to get some nectar in him, but he just shakes his head. "Use it on Mori. She needs it more than me," Sighing, Stella continues to heal Mori. She wraps her head in bandages and tells me to wake her if anything happens. Chase, Carrie, and Stella all fall asleep quickly as I hold Mori in my lap.

This quest has gone so well, don't you think?

Mori's POV

My head was killing me! All I remember was waking up to Phobos, screaming my head off, someone fighting Phobos, and then having ambrosia shoved down my throat. (Literally!).

Before I'm even fully awake, my head pounds from pain. I groan and shift my body. "Mori?" A voice calls, but it's far away. "Stella, wake up!"

Something hits someone and they call out, "HAM!"

"Ham?" Someone asks…who?

"Yes, ham." Someone, who I'm guessing is Stella, replied. Every time someone wakes her up, she yells ham. Very good thing for a video on You Tube. 4,000 hits in one week! Haha!

"Mori?" Nico! That's who that is! Oh, I should probably open my eyes now…

I flutter them open and see Stella and Nico hovering over me. I groan again as the pounding in my head grows.

I realize we're back on the train. I'm lying across Nico's lap. Bandages cover my head, but they're soaked red with blood.

"Here," Stella hands me some nectar and I take a few sips. My pain eases a bit.

"Where are we?" I ask slowly.

"Um…somewhere in Illinois, I think,"

I nod and wince as pain flows through my head.

"What happened?"

Chase answers for her. "Deimos and Phobos. They thought you might wake up, so they hit you with a rock…very strange for a god, if you ask me. Then Nico kicked Phobos' ass and we got back on the train."

My eyes droop and Nico chuckles. "Get some sleep." He kisses my cheek before I slip away into sleep.

See that button right there? It's called the thing that causes me to update! No, really! You should try it!

~The Ghost Princess