Hola happy people of the internet! The beginning of this chapter had to start in Artemis's POV. I had to make it a little more exciting, and I wanted it to flow a little better. Hope you don't mind. (If you do, well, I'm just afraid you'll have to get over it! LOLZ) Well thanks for reading this far. Also, I used a lot of refrence from the lighting theif, so just as a little reminder, I don't own and of the characters, places, etc. Well I've kept you for too long, please enjoy...

Artemis was annoyed. That was the easiest way to put it. She was very annoyed. Leave it to a male to get lost. She thought to herself. How am I supposed to find him in a crowd like this? That's when she noticed the 150 foot tall Ferris wheel. Well that simplifies things a bit. Artemis thought bitterly.

She bought a ticket to ride the Ferris wheel, and waited in line. She hated waiting in line. She didn't like waiting amongst all of the revolting mortals. Artemis thought she would hurl when she saw a teenage mortal couple begin to make-out in front of her.

"Disgusting isn't it?" a raspy voice hissed in her ear. Artemis jumped, and almost whipped out her dagger, when she realized it was just a fat, old woman with her ugly little Chihuahua in line behind her. Artemis felt her face begin to burn with embarrassment, if Apollo were there, he would have never let her live that down.

"Sorry sweetheart. I didn't mean to scare you." The fat lady smiled.

Artemis felt her face burn even more, "I wasn't scared, I just…wasn't expecting it that's all." she argued.

The fat lady smiled at Artemis again, which for some reason made her nervous.

You're just being paranoid. Artemis told herself, She's just a fat old mortal lady.

The fat lady's Chihuahua began to growl at Artemis. The fat lady smiled at her dog, "Now, now sonny, behave, she's just a sweet little girl, no need to be mean."

Wow, mortals are really weird. Artemis thought to herself as she began to get onto the Ferris wheel.

As the Ferris wheel began to rise, Artemis began to look in the crowds for Percy. She was at the top, when she found him. He was standing by the food stands. Typical.

Artemis began to feel anxious again. She wished that the Ferris wheel could go quicker. The ride had stopped to let a couple off, and she could hear the Chihuahua belonging to the fat lady in line behind her. The dog was no longer growling, but was roaring. Artemis looked up at the old lady, whose car was hovering about ten feet above hers.

The old lady had transformed. Her skin had become a scaly and green. She smiled down at Artemis and her teeth were no longer teeth, but fangs. The echidna! Her Chihuahua had also gone through a transformation. It had grown so large, that it no longer fit inside the car. It had the head of a lion, the body and hooves of a goat, and a rattle-snake-like tail. A chimera!

Great, could this day get any better? Artemis muttered.

Artemis jumped out of her seat, and tried to remain balanced on the rocking car. She pulled out her bow, but before she could fire a single arrow, the Chimera had jumped down, landing heavily on her already rocking car, knocking her off balance.

Artemis managed to grab on to the side of the car before she could fall over 100 feet to the ground.

"SONNY, GET HER! GET THAT NASTY GODDESS!" the Echidna shrieked.

The chimera growled and began to creep towards Artemis. Being a huntress, Artemis had seen many wild cats move in that position. It was going to pounce.

But instead of pouncing, the Chimera opened its mouth and shot a column of fire at her.

Fortunately Artemis had managed to let go before the fire had gotten to her. Unfortunately, she began to fall towards the ground. But before reaching the ground, she landed painfully on the roof of the merry-go-round.

Sitting up, Artemis became painfully aware of three things. 1) Her back and head hurt like crazy. 2) The Echidna was still screaming at her demonic Chimera friend to rip her apart. And 3) none of the mortals had noticed a thing. They acted as if nothing had happened. Wow that must have been some strong Mist. Artemis thought.

Artemis sighed and slid off of the merry-go-round, and began to run towards the food stands, hoping that Percy was still there.

After I had gotten separated from Artemis, I had headed towards the food stands. We hadn't looked for Rachel there yet, so I figured it would be a good place to look. That and I was hungry. I hadn't eaten since breakfast, and it was already almost five o'clock pm.

I was about to take a bite out of a big polish sausage, when Artemis came ran over and punched me in the gut.

Let me tell you. Even though Artemis looks like she's twelve, she can punch like a professional boxer.

I doubled over in pain and my eyes began to water. I looked up at Artemis who was glaring at me. I noticed that she had a yellowish bruise above her eyebrow.

"Where in Hades have you been?" she demanded.

I was still gasping for breath when I managed to answer her, "I thought I was following you, but it was just some annoying twelve year old girl."

I inhaled deeply through my nose trying to get more oxygen, and realized that Artemis smelled like BBQ.

"Why do you smell like you just came out of a barbeque?" I asked.

Artemis scowled at me, "I ran into the Echidna." She said coldly.

I didn't get to hear her answer because just then I noticed a frizzy red-headed girl over at the ring-toss booth.

I ran over towards her, and Artemis followed closely behind. "Rachel!" I shouted.

Rachel turned towards me and grinned. "Percy, hey, you got my message didn't you?"

I nodded, but was a bit confused, "Rachel, I thought you were in trouble." I said.

Rachel shook her head, "No, my parents decided to take us to Chicago for Christmas, but I figured eventually you'd need the Oracle so I told you where I was." She beamed.

Artemis looked annoyed, "Why not just tell us that you were going to Navy Pier then?" she asked.

Rachel cocked her head to the side, obviously trying to recognize who Artemis was, "Hey, aren't you Apollo's little sister?" she asked.

Artemis gritted her teeth, and was obviously trying not to strangle Rachel. I intervened before she could.

"Look, Rachel, I'm really happy to see you, but we really need a prophecy ASAP. We're on a really tight schedule." I said.

Rachel didn't respond, but instead began to slump over.

"Rachel!" I yelped.

She groaned and leaned on me for support, "It's starting Percy."

"What's starting?" I asked Artemis, nervously.

"She's going to give us the prophecy. We have to move her were there isn't a lot of people." Artemis said, remaining shockingly calm.

Artemis helped me support Rachel, and she led us to the bathrooms. I could just barely make out the words on a sign on the girls bathroom door. 'Out of Order'.

"No way are we going in there." I said.

Artemis rolled her eyes at me, "Come on, it'll be the quietest place."

Groaning, I followed Artemis and Rachel into the out-of-order girls bathroom.

Rachel was looking pale. Suddenly she collapsed. Artemis and I managed to catch her before she hit the ground. Then Rachel's head shot up. Her eyes were glowing white. She turned towards me, and spoke in the Oracle's voice. "I am the spirit of Delphi, speaker of the prophecies of Phoebus Apollo, slayer of the mighty Python. Approach, seeker, and ask."

My heart was beating rapidly in my chest. I felt pale and clammy, and I glanced at Artemis and noticed even she seemed a little unnerved.

"What must we do to find the Master Bolt?" I asked nervously.

"Goddess and demigod will travel as one,

You will then travel to the land of the sun,

From there you will find the man of the sea,

He will then tell you where to find thee,

Together, for differences you must compromise

And daughter of all will lead the Titans to rise." Rachel finished. Her eyes dimmed, and she collapsed again. Artemis and I caught her, and I looked at Artemis, she looked just about as worried as I was. Who was 'the daughter of all', and why would she help the Titans rise?

"Mmmm, my head hurts." Rachel said, sounding shaky.

"Are you ok?" I asked her, trying not to sound worried.

Rachel nodded, "Yea, I'll be fine. Good luck on your quest Percy." She said. She gave me a hug, before walking out of the bathroom, back towards her parents.

Artemis looked at me funny, and I tried not to blush.

"Well we should probably get going." She said.

"Yea, but to where?" I asked.

"The land of the sun, I assume, by that, Apollo meant 'the sunshine state'." She explained. "We're going to Florida." She sighed.

Hola! I hope you enjoyed, I hope the prophecy wasn't to bad, it was very hard to come up with. I luv positive feedback!

~ArtemisFrimm