Seven Half-bloods shall answer the call,

to storm or fire the world must fall

an oath to keep to a final breath

and foes bear arms at the doors of death

Percy awoke feeling fresh, took a shower and got dressed. After he was ready he approached Annabeth and asked to talk in private.

"Sure Percy, just-" Percy heard a cry of shock and a muffled scream. When he looked back, Annabeth was gone. Percy felt a burst of wind blow by and knew Annabeth -with her invisibility cap- had ran off to scout out the situation.

Percy jogged behind where he thought Annabeth should be right about now. Sure enough, after he had stopped for a minute near where it seemed like the scream had originated from. Now in the forest, he hid behind a tree. A minute later Annabeth appeared in front of him.

"Some Ares kids are threatening that kid who was stabbed to tell everyone he remembered who it was!" She blurted out before he could ask.

"Why would they do that?" Percy asked.

"Evidently, they want to frame one of their roomates. The roommate had been acting odd lately and there ended up being a really big argument." She informed him. "But that's not all, they seemed scared and not just of the trouble of being caught like usual. It was like they were actually scared for somebody other than themselves."

Percy was surprised at this information. That was very odd for somebody from the Ares cabin, they were a self-centered bunch.

"I'm going to spy some more, don't interfere unless I talk. Just like that that she ran off without another word.

"Girls" Percy muttered under his breath. He began moving in so he could distinguish Annebeth's voice if she spoke.

Once this was done, Percy noticed Annabeth had conveniently left out that the leader of the Ares kids was Clarisse La rue. Percy's heart filled with anger but he controlled it and remained in his spot. He remained there, listening for Annabeth.

After a minute of little action, he decided to go in closer in order to hear what they were saying. As he crept even closer, he heard the muffled voices grow louder and clearer, until he could distinguish words.

"It is time to end this." Clarisse threatened. Her and two of her buddies were towering above a smaller kid who looked scared but was obviously trying to be brave. The other two were pounding their fists threateningly. "It is either agree to our terms, or recieve a big beating. Which do you choose?"

"Now I know for sure it was you, Clarisse. And I will never agree to your terms." The kid said quietly but defiantly. He spat out these words with notes of hatred in his voice -specifically on the word never- but he was obviously experiencing fear. ""I am going to tell everyone who will listen it was you, and that you threatened me."

That was it. Percy had to do something. He stepped out of his position behind the tree and spoke.

"Clarisse". Percy's voice mingled with Annabeth's. She stopped halfway through his sentence. Her cap was still on so he wasn't sure exactly where she was but she was close.

"Why are you doing this, Clarisse?" Percy spoke, his voice coming out louder than he had intended. "If you know who did it -and it wasn't you- just say who did it!"

" I know Percy wouldn't usually go without you, so come out Annabeth" Unfortunately she wasn't as stupid as most Ares kids so she had been able to figure this out. Clarisse had looked surprised at first but her expression had quickly turned into one of anger.

"Stop this Clarisse, just tell us who did it". Annabeth commanded after taking off her cap.

"Already tried that" Percy muttered under his breath.

"Yes, but I know her better. She didn't stab him." Annabeth said. "One of her friends from the Kratos cabin did. They probably have a clever and violent skeem to gain power, which involved making friends with Clarisse and stabbing that boy".

Clarisse's victim had run away. Percy now knew that it was James, the boy who was stabbed. He was probably now telling everyone who would listen about what he saw.

"No offence Percy," Annabeth continued. "But you can be a bit oblivious to people's feelings sometimes. That's why you can't relate to Clarisse."

Ouch. This made Percy remember his thoughts about how it was wrong to feel entitled to be on the quest. He held his silence in shame.

"There are two suspects, a girl and a boy from the Krotos cabin, they were on Ares's team last game." Annabeth informed them. "I think the girl would be the most probable because, but it is also possible that they are working together. It would double their power and they probably think a lot alike as well both have the same father, the god of strength and power."

Percy was amazed by her brilliance, as always. Clarisse -to Percy's surprise- threw down her sword.

"Well I guess you've got everything figured out then!" She shouted, then stormed off.

That night they agreed as a council -Clarisse being silent the whole time- that they would take no action against either of them. Their opinions slightly swerved by the violent girl next them. She was her cabin's leader and was outraged with the argument as she was a suspect. It was decided that the boy -and a few others- were the only suspects.

It was not until that night as Percy was about go to sleep that he realized that he had been side tracked. He had not asked Annabeth about the quest.

"I'll tell her in the morning," Percy thought as he drifted off into sleep. " After all the world's not going to end tonight."

Authers note/a little comment from me

I finally managed to read the reviews and it turns out I had 3 and they were all about the Ares cabin, One of them said they thought it wasn't Ares and I had not intended that but I thought it was a great Idea so I hope you don't mind but I used it. As you may or may not be able to see I am finally getting some action so I hope this goes good, count on another chapter bye ;-{ my made up sign the winking mustache man