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Hazel

My heart was pounding. I almost died last time I saw Pasiphae. Actually, correction, I would've died if Hecate hadn't come to help us. I shivered, thinking about the Labyrinth. Percy had said that Annabeth, Grover, Tyson, and him had barely survived it. A real moral boaster, but I knew he wasn't thinking when he said it. Suddenly, the boat lurched forward, throwing everyone to the ground. "What in Hades?" Annabeth spluttered, as she sat up. I looked over the side of the ship, and saw why Festus had stopped it. There was 3 Phoenix's circling us. They had razor sharp beaks, and claws that looked like they could tear your throat out. I gulped and slowly pointed to them. Piper looked like she was about the scream. Before she could, I motioned for everyone to stay silent, as I grabbed my spatha. Percy uncapped Riptide, Annabeth unsheathed her knife, Jason flipped his coin until it turned into a sword, and Frank grabbed his bow. We all split up around the ship. I took the left flank with Frank. Jason took the right. He slashed at the bird closest to him. It squawked and disintegrated. I waited until the Phoenix in front of me lunged to kill me. I slashed my spatha in an arc and it disappeared. Frank grinned, and hugged me.

I went to go help with the third. Turns out Percy, and Annabeth had it covered. They fought like a whirlwind. Annabeth was on one side of the Phoenix, and Percy was on the other. Percy yelled, and a wave from below us shot up, and trapped the Phoenix in a sphere of water. Annabeth took her knife and plunged it into its heart. It disintegrated, and Percy let the water drop back into the sea. They came over to us, grinning like madmen. "That was awesome!" Leo said. We all started grinning. "Leo, can you go check to see if there are anymore monsters on the radar?" Annabeth asked him. "Yeah, sure," Leo said, as he started walking away. "I thought Phoenix's were friendly." Percy said. "In Harry Potter they are friendly." "This isn't Harry Potter, seaweed brain! If you ever listened to Chiron, you would know that they are vicious, demigod eating creatures!" Annabeth said. She looked pretty annoyed. Percy put his hands up. "Okay, okay!" Annabeth rolled her eyes and walked away. I smiled as Percy raced after her. They were so good together. "Well, I think it has been a long day. We should all probably get some rest. We can find Pasiphae tomorrow." Jason said, as he put an arm around Piper. We all nodded and went to our sleeping quarters. I entered my room. I remembered the last time I was in here. We were trying to stop Gaea from awakening. Gaea, I thought. The only way the giants could have been reborn so quickly is if she healed them.

I had a feeling Annabeth already knew this, but I went to her cabin to tell her anyway. It wasn't a long trip. She was two cabins down from me. I knocked on the door. "Come in" I heard her say. I went inside, and was immediately shocked. Annabeth's cabin was in shambles. Books were strewn everywhere, clothes were tossed in random places, and her bed was covered in documents. "What happened in here?" I asked her. "I'm kind've stressed." She admitted. "This looks like you're more than stressed." I told her. She shrugged. "I know you might have already thought of this," I began. "But, I was thinking, and the only way the giants could've reborn that quickly is if Gaea healed them." Annabeth looked pale. She knew I was right. "That scenario did go through my mind," she admitted. "I just didn't think it was possible. I mean, we just defeated Gaea!" Annabeth continued. "That's what I thought too," I said. "Well, I better get going," I told her. "Hazel, everything will be fine. Nobody is going to die on my watch," Annabeth reassured me. I nodded, smiled at her, and walked out of the room.

"Percy!" I woke up when I heard someone screaming. It took me a minute to register where I was. I lunged for my spatha, and raced out of the room. I ran to Annabeth's room, knowing she'd be one of the only people who would scream Percy's name. I barged into her cabin. She was paralyzed against the wall, staring at something ahead of her. I looked where she was staring, and I saw a spider as big as my fist. Before I could kill it, Percy burst into the room. It took him about 3 seconds flat, to realize what Annabeth was screaming about. He uncapped Riptide, and killed it with one swipe. Then he peeled Annabeth off of the wall, and held her until she stopped shivering. Percy looked at me with his "tell you later" look. I went out of the room to give them some privacy.

A few minutes later, Percy came out of Annabeth's room. He came over to me. "Annabeth has been even more terrified of spiders since Arachne. She says she has flashbacks every time she sees one." Percy told me. "Oh, she did look pretty scared." was all I said. Percy nodded. "I'm going to go jump in the harbor. Maybe some of the Naiads know where Pasiphae is." He said. "Okay, I'm going to go eat." I said as I walked away.

A few minutes later, Jason entered the dining area with Piper. "Everyone is on the deck," Jason said. "We are heading into Greece now."

Im really dragging the Greece thing arent I? Comment please!