Me again! Third chapter, where Thalia finds her version of Toto!

Disclaimer- Rrrrggg…. Still do not own PJO, although I'll work on that…

Tha- Wait. It's always gonna be in Thalia's P.O.V. So there's that…

Ok, I'm gonna admit, I more or less expected the "ruby slippers/Nikes/combat boots" thing, sort of expected the not-so-much- munchkins, but I really didn't expect the Ebony Road. I mean, it's an improvement and all, but that's unexpected.

"All right!" said Aphro- er, I mean, the Nice Witch of the North. "Now, dear, do not remove those boots. If you do, the witch will most definitely kill you. And you don't want that, do you?"

"Noooooo. I certainly do not." I saw a bunch of mental images of ways Rachel could kill me with a paintbrush.

"Good! Well, I'm off! I have mortals to mess with, lust to monitor!"

And with that, she disappeared. I was glad, too, because she seemed waay too happy. Even when she said the witch might kill me. Then, an ADHD random thought: I wondered if Rachel and Aphrodite are sisters. The witches sure were in the movie. Then I remembered that not everything is gonna be the same as the movie. I had no Toto, and I sure as hell was no Dorothy. But I was lonely.

Then, I had an idea. I had promised myself I'd only use it in emergencies, and this was an emergency. I took out the whistle a friend had given me long ago out of my shoe. What? That's my safe place! Some girls put their things in their bra, but I put 'em in my shoe.

I guess it's had been a long time since it's seen the light, for the darned thing was rusted. I swear, I'm never using the expression "clean as a whistle" ever again. I gingerly put it to my lips (and no, it did not smell like sweaty feet), and blew it hard.

Umm, ok. I heard nothing. So I tried it again, this time rubbing as much rust off as possible, then blowing. Nothing again. I think I blew it, like, fifty-million times. Then I gave up. She said that when I blew it, she would come and help me. No matter where I was, she would hear it. Yea, her hearing is that good.

I sat hard on a rock, which was a horrible idea, 'cause my butt hurt afterwards. Ok, I told myself, I have to finish this quest by myself. I can do this. That's when I heard a RUFF! somewhere behind me. I turned quickly, and smiled. Count to 30 after you blow the whistle. On 29, she promised me when she handed it to me, you'll see me. 29, I thought.

She stopped near my feet. I almost cracked up out loud, because of the face she was making. She had her tongue hanging out her mouth, like a dog. Well, that happens when you're part werewolf. No, not the dumb Twilight kind. Well, she looked like she should be when she turns into one, but still.

"Evalyn!" I ran over to her and hi-fived her. Her brown eyes looked happy, and her outfit was dirty: green shirt, shorts, and green Converse (that now looked brownish). Today, her hair looked funny since it stuck out a bit in the sides. She looked like she had recently been playing soccer, since her skin was dirty, but had sweat steaks on it. She had cleats on, and well, she smelled like sweat.

"Hey, chica! How's it goin'?" she asked. "And why were you just rubbing your butt?" She wiggled her eyebrows and grinned.

"I was not just rubbing my butt-" Total lie. " -and I need your help. You're good at finding stuff. Help me find this place called Castle of Ozlympus. There's some wizard there that can tell me how to get outta here." Then a thought: "How did you get here?"

"Here… where? The United States? Well, let's see, when I was 4, my mom brought me here from Mexico so we can, and I quote, "have a better-"

"That's not what I mean," I said, frowning. "And I thought you told me you were born here."

"Dios, mio, no! I was born in Mexico, Thalia! How could you not know?" She looked hurt.

"Well, sorry, but I really need to know how you got here."

She shook her head. "No idea."

Grr.

"But if you want, I'll stay and join you on this quest."

And there you go. Toto, Thalia style. Remember, Evalyn's part werewolf.

"Let's go, Daughter of Zeus."

"Lead the way, Daughter of Hades."

Oh, yeah, and I forgot to mention, Evalyn's a daughter of Hades.

Did you like it? And just so you know, the main characters are Thalia and Evalyn, not Thalia and Clarisse. But Evalyn isn't in the PJO series, so I just substituted her for Clarisse. R&R!