Here's the next chapter, from Annabeth's POV... enjoy!

Chapter 9: Annabeth

Annabeth dreamed that she was at the Parthenon in Greece. It was a place that she had always wanted to go, to study the architecture of a real ancient Greek building. Ruins also fascinated her.

It was nighttime, and the place was deserted. Wind blew through the trees, rustling the leaves and making it look like one of those cheesy scary movie scenes. Then a 60 foot tall figure stepped out of the shadows. Annabeth assumed she hadn't noticed him before because he was crouching. He looked around nervously, then bent down and seemed to whisper to the ground. Annabeth didn't catch what he said, but she understood that this giant was speaking or praying to Gaea.

The giant stood up. He yelled, "To arms!" and three other giants rose out of the ground around Annabeth. They started trampling down the hill, and when they reached the bottom, the sounds of battle reached Annabeth's ears. There were bright flashes of light, but it was too dark to really figure out what was going on. Then another figure, her size this time, melted out of the shadows next to her. It was Nico di Angelo, son of Hades. He looked at her and whispered, "Hurry!"

Annabeth woke up panting. She looked at her alarm clock. It read 6:15. Annabeth rubbed her eyes and lay back in bed, thinking about her dream. It was something that was happening, or was going to happen. But from the point of view that Nico had shown her, he had made it look like the giants were the allies, not the enemies. Who were they battling with? The demigods in Greece? Annabeth knew it was only going to get worse. What she had seen was only the beginning.

Slowly, Annabeth got up and went out onto the deck. It was 7:00 by now. To her surprise, Leo was there, steering the ship.

"Have you been up all night?" she asked, startling him a little bit.

"No." he answered "It has autopilot. I just couldn't sleep."

"Yeah, same here. Bad dreams?" Annabeth asked as she looked out at the view. They were thousands of feet up, not quite airplane height, but still pretty high.

Leo shrugged. "Nothing important." Annabeth got the sense it was important, but she didn't question him, not at this hour in the morning.

"Want to go have breakfast?" she asked him.

"Already did." Leo replied. Annabeth got the sense that he wanted to be left alone, so she went down to the kitchen by herself.

Piper was already there, sitting in front of a steaming cup of hot chocolate. "What's up?" Annabeth asked. She was still feeling pretty sleepy.

"This boat." Piper said with a smile. "Otherwise, nothing else."

Annabeth smiled. At least there was some joy left in life. As they were eating, Jason and Leo joined them.

"All right, so we should be at the camp tomorrow around noon." Leo said, knowing that the question was going to get asked.

Annabeth nodded, and her mind filled with doubt about Percy again. She tried not to set her expectations too high, because she knew that she was only going to be let down. But it was hard. If he had a girl-friend, it would be painful for both him and the girl. Very painful.

The day passed without much event. At one point, as they were flying over Nebraska, Annabeth and Piper spotted something large lumbering through the forest. Hopefully nothing they would have to face later. They also saw some Stymphalian birds flying out in the distance. Annabeth winced as she remembered how they had attacked the camp once while they were having chariot races. She made sure Leo steered clear of them.

The next morning, as Annabeth was eating breakfast, she heard screaming coming from the deck. She got out her knife and charged out. Leo, Piper, and Jason, were crouched around hole the size of a huge cannonball with ice around the edges.

"What happened?" Annabeth demanded as Leo tried to melt the ice, as the ice was making the wood around it crack.

"Somebody's launching these at us!" Piper gasped as another one flew over their heads.

"We're going down!" Leo yelled and grabbed the wheel.

Annabeth glanced over the edge and saw a Hyperborean giant- a 30 foot tall giant with bright blue skin and icy gray hair. He was shooting icy cannonball after icy cannonball, thankfully, most of them missed, but one of them skimmed the edge of the ship, causing everyone to fly to one side of the ship.

"What can we do?" Jason yelled.

"Leo, see if you can keep warming up that spot! I'll get the wheel! We have to get out of here!" Annabeth instructed, and she and Leo switched places.

"It's no use!" Leo wailed. "Its like the ice is heat resistant!"

Annabeth glanced back and saw that he was right. The fire in his hands would melt the ice a little, but as soon as it melted enough, it would freeze back up.

"More heat!" Piper yelled.

Annabeth looked forward again as the ship started to tip forward. "Leo!" she yelled.

Leo ran and took the wheel from her. "Hold on!" he yelled. "We're going into a crash landing!" He was aiming for a clearing in the forest. What Annabeth saw made her eyes widen.

"Leo there are people there!" Piper screamed, reading Annabeth's thoughts.

"Too late!" Leo yelled, and the ship landed in a clearing where people in Roman style armor and purple t-shirts were starting to gather.

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