Sup! Here is some random guy I pulled off the street for the disclaimer!

Random guy: Um...

Me (with flamethrower): DO THE DISCLAIMER!

Random guy: AHHHHHHH! Whoever the heck you are who kidnapped me, YOU DON'T OWN PJO!

Me (Holding overly sized Loly-pop): Thanks Phillup! X3

Random guy (Now known as Phillup): My name is Carl...


"F is for friends who do stuff together, U is for you and me!" Sang Tammy for the umpteenth time.

"Shut up!" Natalie covered her ears with her hands.

"N is for anywhere at any time at allllllllllllllllllll!" She sang, raising her arms up in the air.

"Down here in NYC!" Sang/shouted me and Lacy.

"I can't take much more of this!" Natalie exclaimed as put the back of her hand on her forehead dramatically.

We had arrived at New york city like an hour ago, and we were just loitering on the sidewalk when Tammy began singing the F.U.N. song for no reason. I learned that Natalie hates Sponge-Bob Squarepants (I love Sponge-Bob!) for some reason. Oh well. There are a bunch of weirdos out there.

"Okay, we'll stop. We have to get to work anyway." I turned to Lacy, who is like a compass being the daughter of the north wind. "Which way is west?"

"That way." Lacy pointed towards a skyscraper.

"Awesome. Let's get going."

So we hailed a cab. The driver looked at us with a weird expression when I asked her to take us as far west as possible. Tammy gave her a wad of money she most likely stole from the camp store and she didn't ask questions. We drove for hours, and I felt more anxious every mile we went. Something was in my mind, and it wasn't a thought. It was like someone else was looking at my mind. All the sudden, the cab driver burst into tears.

"So tragic!" She cried, burying her face into her hands.

The taxi didn't crash or anything, it kept driving on it's own.

"What the-" The driver cut me off.

"You have the most tragic past!" She exclaimed, turning toward me with watery blue eyes. "I have seen worse, but this is right up there! Why do all demigods seem to have such tragic lives?"

She burst into a new spout of tears.

"Wait a minute." Said Tammy, her eyes alight with recognition. "I know who you are, I last saw you at that funeral! Your Melpomene!"

"Oh yeah." Said Natalie, her finger pointed in the air in an "eureka" moment. "It was the funeral of the girl who was attacked by a Hellhound!"

"Don't refer to Eloise Fairfeild like that!" Exclaimed Melpomene with fire in her eye. "My sisters and I still mourn for her. It's like Orpheus all over again!"

"S-sorry Lady Melpomene!" Natalie stuttered in a very un Natalie-like way.

Melpomene became calmer, you could tell by just seeing her face. Meanwhile, I was trying to figure out who the heck they were talking about.

"Um, Lady Melpomene?" I asked carefully. "No offense or anything, but why are you here?"

"Oh right!" She said cheerfully. Can you say change in character? "I decided to help out a bit because of the tragedy factor. Just about every person involved with this quest has a tragic past! Four accounts of watching mothers die, two accounts of people going on a quest never to return, two account of having to live with the worst guilt one can imagine. If I didn't help I would have no material! I am the goddess of tragic poetry after all."

"So your doing this for poetry material?" Asked Lacy in an exasperated tone.

"I think it makes sense." I said, twirling a pigtail with one finger.

"Says the daughter of the god of poetry." Tammy rolled her eyes at me, then turned to Melpomene. "Where are you driving us anyway?"

"Somewhere near Michigan."

"Okay then."

"But that isn't where Lamia is, you have to learn that yourselves."

She slammed on the breaks, and we got off the taxi with our bags.

"Good luck!"

The taxi and it's, shall we say. "special driver" disappeared, leaving three twelve year olds and one fifteen year old behind in the middle of nowhere. Lovely.


This chapter is done! R is for reading, as you read this chapter. E is for evil, which those who don't review are. V is for vacation, which I will take if you don't review. I is for isolation, which is what you'll get if I get no reviews. E is for Elephants, which are cool. W is for weather, isn't it nice? Please review! Peace out home-dog! :-{D