Hey guys(: Summary: Luke and Beckendorf gave P and A a plan of action. They headed off to the land of shrubs.

I found this chapter incredibly boring to write. It's basically a filler chapter/ preview for the next one. I may or may not be abe to post thenext one tomorrow. Hopefully I can. Fingers crossed!(:

Here's Frank! YAY.

Chapter Three: Frank

Frank was running. Running very fast. He looked down and was surprised that he was still in human form. He couldn't tell if he was running to something or from something. All he felt was the anxiety in the pit of his stomach that told him to just keep going. He saw a light and when he got closer, he could see Percy and Annabeth. They were holding hands and beckoning him into the light that Frank could now tell was a , back wisps started to swirl around and they were pulled straight down. Frank followed, head first, as if he were a plane dive-bombing something.

He slammed into the ground. Hard. His head started pounding and the feeling of vertigo overwhelmed him. Once his stomach was stable,he looked up to see Percy, Annabeth , and two other guys Frank had never seen before sitting in a circle. Percy looked fine, but Annabeth looked absolutely exhausted and she had a pretty bad cut on her forehead and she was sitting in a weird position, like she was trying to avoid putting weight on a certain area in her torso. Frank looked more closely to see darker splotches on her shirt. Frank tried to move closer to see what happened to her , but he couldn't move.

Her bites are the least of your worries, Frank Zhang. Gaea. Oh , goody. She has a worse fate ahead of her.

Frank couldn't believe his ears. Annabeth had already gone through Hades and back to do this quest and she has something worse ahead of her? Frank didn't understand. Annabeth seemed like a good person to him. Sure, she was a little proud and closed off, but she was a leader. She couldn't show her emotions. It was the same deal with Reyna. They were both really nice and were probably a lot of fun, but they had to lead people. But, despite that, Frank could see why Percy like her so much.

The scene shifted and Frank was now following Percy and Annabeth holding hands and walking with the light from Percy's sword.

A dark creature started to creep up behind them. Frank tried to call out, but he was too late. It leapt and struck Percy.

Frank woke in a cold sweat. It took a few moments to slow his breathing and his pulse. He then noticed the pounding alarm that was filling th air. Cursing, Frank grabbed his bow and arrows and dashed to the top deck.

"Took you long enough!" Jason shouted at him from the air. Frank ignored him and looked for Hazel. He spotted her by the rail.

"What's going on?" Frank asked her after running up to her.

"Dragon!" She shouted as she ducked. Frank followed her example and was glad he did. The dragon flew overhead and would have taken him out if he hadn't.

"Zhang! Turn into one of those!" Frank didn't see who it was that yelled that, but it was no doubt, Leo. Frank started grumbling some unintelligent words as he felt himself transform into a dragon. Thankfully, he had enough sense to turn into one bigger than the other one. Frank leapt into action and started to attack.

Jason was blowing gusts of wind at it, trying to knock it off balance, Leo was hurling fire balls at it, and Hazel was using Frank's bow and arrows to injure it. It was working to a point, but what really helped was Piper finally waking up and charmspeakingit to go away.

AFter they were sure it had left, Frank turned back into a human.

"What was that?" Leo exclaimed.

"Shortest moster attack, ever?" Piper guessed.

"I don't know, but since we're all up, I had a dream," Frank said and he launchd into his dream. There really wasn't anything too puzzling. MAybe the glowing doorway, but other than that, it was pretty self-explanatory.

"At least they're okay. Well, to an extent," Piper said.

"But who were the two guys?" Frank asked. Everyone shrugged.

"Mabe Nico will know?" Leo suggested.

"Maybe. Where is he, anyway?" Jason asked. Frank shrugged. All he knew was that he was tired.

"He's sleeping. I didn't want to wake him up. Figured we could handle it on our own," Hazel said.

"Leo, how close are we to Greece?" Frank asked.

"We're like a day or two away."

"Okay. Let's just go back to bed and figure this out in the morning," Piper said as she and Jason walked back towards the cabins.

"Hold it!" Franks head spun to the left. He saw a figure stumbling towards them. It was a woman with dark hair and a dark complexion. She was holding a wine bottle in one hand and a round disk like Annabeth's map in the other. "Which one of you is my sister?"