Chapter 5! Enjoy!

Chapter 5: Annabeth

Waving good-bye to her fellow campers, Annabeth thought again about how she wouldn't be doing this stupid quest if Hera hadn't stolen her boyfriend. Sure, it was cool to be going to the Roman camp, but she had hoped for some peace after the Titan War. Sometimes she still remembered the pain of being stabbed by that knife, or the terror of almost falling to her death. Both she and Percy had been through a lot, but now, less than a year later, Percy was hurled into another great prophecy. And Annabeth was pretty sure that she was a part of it too. Right now though, there were other things to focus on.

"Thanks Chiron! Thanks Hephaestus cabin! Hope to see you soon!" Annabeth yelled over the sound of the wind in her ears as the boat rose off the ground. Leo and his cabin-mates had been working really hard on this boat for the past six months, and they had gotten it done in an amazingly short amount of time. And it was a flying boat.

"Alright, we've achieved lift-off!" Leo yelled. He was obviously enjoying himself.

"Hey, so how long will it take to reach San-Fran in this thing?" Jason asked Leo.

"Well, it doesn't go as fast as a plane, but probably about two days." Leo responded. "It's faster than any boat would've been able to sail from the East Coast to the West!"

"Well duh, Captain Obvious, we're not sailing all the way down to the Panama Canal, we're flying straight over the U.S." Piper said with a smirk.

"Beauty Queen, do not insult the mad-mad who built this ship, or I will push you off the edge!"

Leo yelled back.

Piper just smiled. Annabeth wished that she had her friends with her, not that Jason, Leo, and Piper weren't entertaining, but it wasn't the same. She remembered her first quest, herself, Percy, and Grover fighting monsters and gods.

"Well, I'm gonna go down to my cabin, just yell if you need me." Annabeth said. No point hanging out up here.

"Yeah, all right. Whatever" Leo said, still loving being able to pilot the boat.

There were about 10 rooms, so everybody got their own. Annabeth went and lay down on her bunk, wondering what monsters they would have to face on their journey. She wondered if there was anything different in Greece, like new or different monsters. They probably spoke Greek. No problem, she knew Greek well.

Eventually, Annabeth got bored sitting in her room, and she couldn't fall asleep, so she decided to go back on deck. Leo was still steering, and Jason and Piper were sitting eating sandwiches for lunch. Annabeth joined them.

"Anything new?" she asked gloomily, knowing the answer.

Jason frowned. "Actually, yes. I already told Leo and Piper, but about an hour ago as we were passing over the Appalachian Mountains, I thought I saw one mountain start to crumble, and another move. I might've just imagined it, though." he said doubtfully.

Annabeth was thinking hard. Mountains don't just crumble, unless there was an earthquake, a really huge earthquake. Poseidon was the Earth-shaker, but why would he cause an earthquake now, out of the blue?

"Did you see any fires or smoke coming up from the surrounding cities?" Annabeth asked.

Jason shook his head. "No," he said. "its strange, as though something just moved the

mountain."

"Gaea?" Piper asked. "I mean, she is the earth, so she'd be able to do that, wouldn't she?"

"Maybe," Annabeth replied. It was a possibility, but not very likely. "Well, if you guys see any more 'unearthly' activity," Annabeth said with a smile, "let me know. Maybe we can figure it out. But don't worry about it right know, hopefully it won't affect us. Leo, where are we now?"

"Right now, we are flying over Iowa." he replied. It was sunset, which meant that they were making good time.

"All, right, well I'm gonna hit the sack." Annabeth said. She was feeling a bit tired and she wanted to clear her mind. Hopefully, no bad dreams tonight.

"Yeah me too." Leo yawned. "I'll set this baby on auto-pilot." he eyed Jason and Piper. "Don't mess around, you two, in any way. Especially with the controls, cause then I'll be really pissed."

"Leo!" Piper exclaimed, her face turning bright red.

Jason's face was a little red too, but he said, "Don't worry, man. We're not going to fall out or anything."

"Yeah, like it matters to you." Leo muttered. Being the son of the lord of the sky, Jason could fly.

Annabeth sighed and walked down to her cabin. The three could argue for hours and not come to a conclusion, and she didn't want to stick around. "Sweet dreams, Annabeth." she told herself as she lay down on her bunk and fell asleep.

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