I know I said this before, but this chapter is mostly dialogue from the Lost Hero.

All dialogue and characters belong to Rick Riordan.

The blond kid started to explain what happened, but I couldn't concentrate. It was stupid of me to get my hopes up, and I knew that, but I couldn't help myself. I had just set myself up for disappointment.

My eyes threatened to tear up again, and I had already told myself I was done crying.

When the boy finished, I sighed angrily.

"No, no, no! She told me he would be here. She told me if I came here, I'd find the answer!"

Why did the voice lie to me?

The small bubble of hope that formed in my chest while on the chariot burst painfully.

"Annabeth," Butch said, interrupting my thoughts. "Check it out."

Butch gestured to the blond kid. I looked down at his feet.

He was missing a shoe.

What?

"No, Butch! He can't be. I was tricked!"

I glared at the sky. "What do you want from me? What have you done with him?"

The skywalk shuddered dangerously. I wiped at my eyes angrily, now more mad at myself than before.

"Annabeth, we've got to get these guys to camp," I heard Butch tell me.

"Fine." I glared at the blond kid. Why did he look so familiar? And why did I feel uncomfortable around him? "We'll settle this later."

I ignored the surprised look on his face and stormed over to the chariot.

I was acting ridiculous, but I didn't care.

xXx

Finally, we were in the air.

I learned that the blond kid's name was Jason, the girl's Piper, and the fidgety one Leo.

The bad side, the Leo didn't know how to shut up.

"This is so cool! Where are we going?" he practically shouted in my ear.

I grimaced. "A safe place. The only safe place for kids like us. Camp Half-Blood."

Piper blanched. "Half-Blood? Is that some kind of bad joke?"

She looked extremely offended, and I finally understood why. She was part Native American. Before I could explain, Jason cut in.

"She means we're demigods. Half god, half mortal."

How did he know that? "You seem to know a lot, Jason. But, yes, demigods. My mom is Athena, goddess of wisdom. Butch here is the son of Iris, the rainbow goddess."

Leo held back a laugh, turning it into a hacking cough. "Your mom is a rainbow goddess?" he asked obnoxiously.

Butch flexed menacingly. "Got a problem with that?"

"No, no," Leo sniggered. "Rainbows. Very macho."

"Butch is our best equestrian," I said, my patience wearing thin. "He gets along great with pegasi."

"Rainbows, ponies," Leo muttered.

"I'm gonna toss you off this chariot," Butch said. I would help him.

Piper looked annoyed. "Demigods. You mean you think you're…you think we're—"

Lightening rocked the sky and the chariot wobbled dangerously.

"The left wheel's on fire!" Jason yelled.

I jumped and ran to the side of the chariot. Flames were licking the wheel and making their way up the side of the chariot.

I heard a roaring in my ears. I looked up and saw more anemoi hurtling towards us.

Piper paled. "Why are they—"

"Anemoi come in different shapes," I said hurriedly. "Sometimes human, sometimes stallions, depending on how chaotic they are." I glanced at Butch, who nodded. "Hold on. This is going to get rough."

Butch flicked the reigns and the pegasi shot forward. Time felt like it was slowing down, and suddenly we were over Camp.

I looked around and saw that the anemoi were no where in sight. I let out a sigh of relief.

Too soon.

The chariot shuddered once, and then the wheels fell off.

We dropped through the sky like a stone.

I'm really sorry that this chapter is so boring. Basically a rerun of the Lost Hero.

I promise after a couple more chapters they will actually get a lot more interesting. No more borrowed dialogue for a while.

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