AN: Ahhhh! I'm sorry for not updating when there is like 3 or 4 chapters left! :( :( it has been like 11 months since I updated, so sorry! I will make it up to you though, there is a bonus chapter coming between chapters 6 and 7! Yay! Anyway, on with the story! Oh, and I also had to completely rewrite this chapter :'( (I had it written months ago but the computer broke and I couldn't get it back!)

Hermione's POV:

The scene of beauty before my eyes was astounding. The crystals glimmered in front of my eyes on the ceiling of the cave and on the walls. It was like a crystal tunnel... it was amazing.

As the others followed came into the crystal room they all stood in awe, staring at the rows and rows of beautiful stones.

"Oh, this was why our class visited here. Now I remember. Wow. It's even more beautiful," Annabeth said to herself quietly.

"This cave seems magical. Hermione do you know?" Harry asked me.

"What? No... I don't think-" It suddenly came to me. "Oh, well there was rumors of a cave. A cave, somewhere in Scotland, where magic first began..."

"Where Hecate blessed a group of mortals with magic 10,000 years ago," Annabeth finished.

"Wow..." Harry muttered, "so, this is where our magic first started, in this crystal cave..."

"Well, not especially this cave. More like one in Scotland. But it must have moved with western civilization, to here," Annabeth corrected.

"Funny to think we are in the place our magic began. Maybe it will be super strong or something?!" Harry suggested.

I just replied with a simple, "Maybe."

We left the crystal cavern in silence, walking along the cold, damp tunnels with only the dim light of our wands showing us the way.

Suddenly, we heard a scream. My head whipped around as I searched for signs of danger. Nothing. Just the drip, drip of water coming off the stalactites and the sound of our breathing. Me, Annabeth, Percy, Harry and G- wait. Where was Grover?

"Grover! Grover? Where are you, Grover?" I screamed but it was no use and there was no reply.

"Where is he?" Percy whispered.

"We can't have lost him," Annabeth said surely (Or unsurely).

"I hope so," Harry said.

We searched for at least an hour and had zero luck. I hoped he was ok. It would be terrible to lose another member of our team. I then remembered about Ron. I had forgotten but then it popped back into my head, plaguing my thoughts once again. Had it only been four days since he disappeared? And who was that cloaked figure that took him and created the Test? All the questions bussed around in my head.

"I think we need to keep going. I'm sure Grover is going to be okay, maybe Medusa has taken him prisoner or something?" I suggested.

"Yes, maybe," Annabeth said.

"We need to go," Harry said, checking his watch. "Our time is nearly up. We ten hours until our deadline is over and then the gods will start a war. We need to save Aphrodite, find Ron and Grover, and we need to hurry."

"Nicely said," said Percy, giving Harry a Hi-five.

"Now is not the time for Hi-fives," Annabeth said, rolling her eyes. "Come on."

We ran through the tunnels for a while, stopping every once in a while to regain our breath, but that was about it.

I thought about Grover, what had happened to him? Now was probably not the time to think about it but I couldn't help my mind wandering off. I knew I hadn't known him for longer than a few days, but going through all this with somebody, when you lose them it is harder than you thought it would be.

Suddenly I heard rocks falling and a screaming noise. "Harry!" Annabeth yelled.

I snapped back to reality and stopped running. When I saw where I was I was very glad I had stopped at that moment, because looming before me was a giant ravine, at least 50 metres down and 20 across. I looked down and saw Harry was clinging onto a bit of loose rock. Annabeth and Percy were trying to help him up but it was no use. I quickly knelt down to and help him anyway but I was too late. He fell...

(A/N: Maybe I should just end it here, but I'm not that evil XD.)

But, just in the knick of time he grabbed Annabeth's arm. She was slipping too. Percy and I both grabbed one of her feet each and we heaved Harry up. But it was still no use. He was slipping.

"You can't pull me up. I can't be saved, I'm sorry," tears were forming in Harry's green eyes. "Find Aphrodite and Ron and Grover. Please. And remember, Hermione, I-" he slipped.

"NO!" I screamed, tears spilling out of my eyes. I looked away, not wanting to see my best friend splatted against the cavern floor.

Annabeth was quietly sobbing while Percy was biting his lip. "Look..." Annabeth said. "He's... he's slowing down... and, he has a golden haze around him. That's really strange."

I turned to look and sure enough he was falling very slowly and was glowing gold. And then, in a puff of glitter, he disappeared.

"Huh," Annabeth said. "He's been saved."

A pang of hope surged into me. Maybe they were all Ok, and everything would be alright. Maybe. Just maybe.

"Come on. We need to go, and we need to save them," I said solemnly.

"Yeah," Percy and Annabeth agreed.

"Okay then," I said. "Let's get going."

HP PJO HP PJO HP PJO HP PJO HP PJO HP PJO

I walked fast though the dingy rock tunnels. All I could hear was the clatter of our shoes hitting the rock. I held my wand in front of me guiding the way for all of us, since I was the only one with magic left. The thought pained me, so I decided to keep away from it.

Suddenly, I heard a growl.

I stopped and looked back. Nothing. "Don't you hear it?" I asked the others.

"Hear what?" Percy asked, confused.

"That low, growling sound. I feel like i've heard it before."

And then it rounded the corner and things got really bad.

It was chimera, again.

"But we killed chimera six days ago," I said quietly.

"Monsters, when you 'kill' them they are sent to Tartarus. They never fully die. They come back, eventually. Sometimes weeks, sometimes years," Annabeth lowered her voice. "Sometimes days."

Before I got to say anything Percy had uncapped Riptide and Annabeth had drawn her knife. I nocked an arrow and aimed it at the beast's head.

But, before we could do anything, the creature swiped a claw at Percy and he disappeared. Yep, you heard me right, he disappeared.

It was the same way Harry had done when he had fallen an hour earlier.

"Percy!" Annabeth yelled.

She bared her knife and stood in a ready stance. "Go!" She shouted at me. "Go and save Aphrodite and the others. I'll hold it off!"

"But-" I began.

"No buts, just go!"

I did what I was told and ran for it. I looked back a second later to see Annabeth disappear in that same golden light.

"No!" I screamed. But I had to keep going. Chimera was charging at me. I had to run.

Chimera lunged and everything went black.

A/N: Ooh! A cliffie! (A cliffhanger if you didn't know XD). I am going to be doing the sequel waayyyy in the future and I will be including Heroes of Olympus characters. And of course there will be, Annabeth, Percy and Grover. You can suggest up to 10 characters. Please, I have no idea who to include XD. And remember, REVIEW! :D :D xXXXXXXX