Hey everyone! So I've been rereading my previous chapters and I was like omg eww my writing seems so bad! SO I'm gonna try to write better for you guys! Yay! Also I'll probably be writing from Pearls POV now…..but you can review and tell me which you like better ANYWAY…..Here's another chapter! Don't forget to review and tell me what you think!

Pearl's POV

The next morning, I was violently shaken awake by Annabeth. "Hurry up and get dressed. Argus is going to drive us to the city in thirty minutes." I stumbled out of my bunk and blinked to see clearly. "Where's Percy?" I asked, partly yawning. "He's doing last minute eating…" Annabeth said with a slight smile. "Okay?..." I gave Annabeth a quizzical look.

"Yeah, he wanted to fill himself up, just in case a harpy steals our food."

I closed my eyes and blinked hard to awaken myself. "Okay…be at the van in thirty minutes?"

Annabeth nodded in agreement then strolled to the cabin door and winked "Don't forget to say goodbye to Nico..." she teased. I rolled my eyes and figured Annabeth was good at reading emotions. I quickly got changed into jean shorts, converse and a blue and silver shirt, with a swirly design mimicking waves. I quickly tied my long hair into a loose side braid and ran towards the top of the hill where the Golden Fleece glistened brightly in the pinks, oranges and yellows of the rising sun.

Suddenly, Nico appeared out of the shadows in front of me. "Weren't you going to say goodbye?" he asked. I blushed when I saw how cute he looked with the sun hitting his face and said "uhhh…bye Nico…I wish you could come. It would have been really fun." I smiled, then on impulse, gave him a quick hug and ran toward the van leaving Nico smiling slightly. Annabeth and Percy were just hopping into the van when I jumped in.

"I can't believe I've only been at Camp Half-Blood for a day and now I'm leaving….." I said sadly. Percy smiled impishly and said "We've all been there sis….." I grimaced and shook my head "No don't say that…that's way to awkward….don't call me 'sis"." Annabeth nodded her head in agreement "Yeah I was thinking that too…..it's strange and creepy." Percy playfully shrugged his shoulders. I shifted uncomfortably and said "So where are we going?" "We have no idea" Percy replied. I lifted one eyebrow and said "So we're just gonna wander around America aimlessly until we find something?" Percy nodded "Yep. That's pretty much the plan." "No it's not Percy!" Annabeth said cheerfully. "We have to find someone who knows Gaea well, as well as the history of the previous war against her." I felt so confused. "Ok...So who's Gaea and why was there a war against her?"

Annabeth's eyes glistened as she began "Well, ""How about I tell her the short version…yours is too….detailed."Percy interrupted. Annabeth looked a little upset but agreed. "So, Gaea is basically the mother of everything. She gave to birth to Uranus, and then those two had the titans and lots more kids. Then the titans basically had the war against the gods and when they lost, Gaea got pissed and decided to have more kids and they were going to destroy all the gods…they were like 'anti gods'. Anyway when they lost Gaea was put to sleep by the gods for all eternity."

Annabeth frowned a little at his description, and I said "so…is Gaea trying to destroy us?" "No, I don't think so. I mean the prophecy says beware above, that may be Zeus, but is may be Uranus. Gaea is still sleeping, and probably won't wake up unless there's a powerful being to wake her. We may have to go back to Atlas's Mountain Percy…." Annabeth said quietly. Percy's eyes got wide and he reached up and touched is gray hair which he and Annabeth shared.

I figured it was best to ask what happened there later and said "So how are we going to get there, we can't exactly fly….and we can't make Argus drive us all the way to….umm….where's this mountain? "California" Annabeth and Percy said simultaneously. I choked and managed to breath out "Cal…Cali…California!? Cali-freakin-fornia!?"

Percy chuckled a bit. "Yeah…Cali-freakin-fornia. And we'll have to walk, or swim, or hitchhike. Like we normally do."

The rest of drive was us trying to decide what do to once we got to the mountain. Argus dropped us to Philadelphia and said that was the farthest he could drive us. He winked at me with 5 of his eyes and drove off. "Now what." I said. "We find a way to get to California. Most likely a train." It took us about two hours to find the train station. When we walked in, I immediately tensed. I hated the feeling of being watched and knew someone, or something was watching us now. When we finally got to the ticket window after 20 minutes of waiting in line, we saw a dull, boring woman with a voice who made you want to scream. "Where. Do. You. Want. To. Go." The ticket woman said in a slow, nasal, robot tone.

"San Francisco. One Way trip please. 3 adults." Annabeth responded. "O. Kay. Let. Me. Check. And. See." The woman typed so slowly into her computer I wondered how she ever got the job there. After what seemed to be 15 minutes, she said "Yes. We. Have. That. But. The. Train. Leaves. In. 7. Minutes. It. Costs. $342.83. For. One. Ticket." All of our eyes grew wide, knowing we didn't have that much money. "Uhh, are there any multi-city tickets?" I said quickly. "Let. Me. Check." After another fifteen minutes of her typing, she said "Yes. There. Is. A. Train. That. Leaves. Tomorrow. At. 2pm. For. New. Orleans. Then. For. San. Francisco. Tickets. On. Sale. For. $21.12. For. One. Ticket." "Ok, we'll take it." I said and quickly paid the money. Just as we were leaving, a huge man in a tourist hat and Hawaiian shirt to small for his grotesque belly to hold came up to us, grabbed Annabeth's and Percy's shoulders and said, "You demigods are getting dumber and dumber. Not only do you walk into my territory, you brought a mortal along for protection!" Percy quickly uncapped Riptide and slashed at the man, just missing his giant belly. The man laughed at Percy's failed attempt. "You think you can defeat me, Perseus Jackson?!" He laughed some more. "No mortal has bested me in millennia. You'll never succeed." Percy raised his sword once more and said "Not in a millennia?! Then I guess you're overdue!" He charged the man, but the man transformed into an enormous dragon.

Let me get one thing straight. This was not a normal friendly dragon you see in cartoons or see as cheerful little figurines hugging children. This was a giant four-headed, serpent creature with talons the size of a Christmas tree. Two of its heads mouths dripped with thick, dark purple gooey liquid, while the other two heads leaked an orange, watery substance. Whenever a few drops of the fluids combined on the floor; a miniature explosion erupted, followed by a small mushroom cloud.

Annabeth's eyes grew wide when she realized who the monster was. She yelled across the mortals screams of terror, "Guys, that's Cychreides. He's a Dracone or multi-headed serpent who was raised as a pet by Cychreus; a son of Poseidon. But Cychreides went insane and terrorized the island of Salamis until finally Cychreus had to destroy him."

"Ha!" The dragon bellowed. "That story's all jumbled and confused, since it's hardly ever told. Yes, Cychreus raised me from birth, but as a pet?! Ha! He would underfeed me and abuse me every day. "Insane"? No, I discovered that the island of Salamis used to belong to the dragons as a breeding ground until he came and destroyed it. Well, I did to him what he did to my kind; I destroyed his entire island until he finally stabbed me with my own talon. And now I find another son of Poseidon. If I can't release my wrath upon Cychreus, then his half-brother will do just as well!"

And with that, the dragon attacked Percy, just narrowly missing his left leg after he rolled out of the way.

"Come on you coward! Stop avoiding the inevitable! Surrender and maybe I won't eat your mortal friend!" the dragon roared.

I quickly made my dagger appear and stabbed the dragon's gigantic tail. The dragon howled with pain and two of the heads spun towards me, the other two still trained on Percy. Just when one of the heads was about to bite me, Annabeth appeared and slashed at its neck, repeatedly. The head tumbled off of the neck and dissipated into a pile of dust, but its neck still moved, oozing orange liquid. The second head continued snapping at me and Annabeth, just missing us when we jumped away.

Then, I had an idea. I yelled "Annabeth, go help Percy! I have an idea!" Annabeth ran towards Percy who had already destroyed one head, and greatly injured the other. I grabbed the head's attention and ran towards the neck that was weakly moving and seeping the orange fluid. I swiftly ran to the other side of the neck and watched as the ugly head stupidly rammed into the neck. Before it was destroyed, I felt a sharp pain briefly in my leg, but then the two liquids combined, and the head exploded and became a pile of dust. I ran over to where Percy and Annabeth had just stabbed the remaining head the final time, and grimaced as it spurted the last few gushes of the thick, purple liquid, and then the entire dragon became a huge pile of black dust.

They looked over at me, with exhausted looks which I'm sure mirrored my own. I smiled briefly at them when suddenly; a sharp, stinging pain ran up my leg. I looked down and saw a large bite mark on my calf and the purple liquid bubbling out. I cried out as I felt my leg go numb, and the world was rainbowfied. Everything was multicolored and people's words sounded like ringing in my ears. I heard a mumbled voice (maybe Percy's) say "you're going to be ok" and strong arms pick me up. Then everything went black.

So I can't wait for the next chapter because I'm going to introduce a really fun character! So don't forget to read the next chapter! Also REVIEW! It makes my day and I write the next chapter faster!