Annabeth's pov

Around 6am in front of the big house. I hid in a corner of a tree near the big house. I silently remembered the prophecy.

" You shall go west, and face the god who has turned,
You shall find what was stolen, and see it safely returned,
You shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend,
And you shall fail to save what matters most, in the end."

So they will go west and face the god who has turned his back on Olympus, and then the two of them will successfully find the lost thing, perhaps Zeus's lightning, but also the Helm of Darkness. But then they will be betrayed by the one they considered a friend, betrayal.. I don't like this word and the memory it brings back to me. As far as I know, Perseus will only have Grover with him, which is understandable because this is a very important mission, something that decides the peace of Olympus and the world, so being on such a big mission is not something everyone wants.

Suddenly I saw Chiron and a boy with black hair, olive skin, brown eyes , he wears a brown , old feminine coat( which was weird) that I assumed was Perseus Jackson walking up to the camp door, next to him was Grover. Both of them were carrying backpacks. Following behind were Luke and Charles. I tried to follow them a little bit, hiding in the dark so that no one could see me. I had never followed anyone before so I was quite nervous and worried.

Thinking about it, I saw Luke give Perseus a pair of flying shoes that Hermes had given him, Perseus' face turned red with embarrassment or maybe also with emotion, his ears were almost on fire (Thinking back, if I was embarrassed, would shadow have wrapped around my ears like that?). Charles came over and hugged Perseus, and said a few words that seemed to be encouraging because I couldn't hear clearly.

Suddenly I saw a green-skinned, red-haired girl, probably a nymph, running over and saying something to Grover. The atmosphere around them was clearly awkward, I was standing far away but I could still feel it.

Then they laughed and said something and Grover and Percy gradually walked out of the camp. Well, I should go too. I thought but a voice made me jump.

-Hey! Who are you?! What are you doing sneaking around like that? If you don't tell me, I'll call my Brother to arrest you!

I turned around and saw a kid around 9 years old, his hair was black, his eyes were red and he wore a red headband. He had a Texas accent. Judging by his appearance, I guessed he was a son of Ares. Oh no.

-I'm...Annette Chadwick!

I can't say my real name! Because you know! Cabin Ares, Aphrodite, no, the whole camp will start gossiping! And the plan will fail, I'll be hated by the whole camp even more! Hades will never get his hands on the Helm of Darkness again! The script is so bad!

-What a strange name! Never heard of it!! But okay, I'm William Andrew Solace! Just call me Will Solace for short.

The boy crossed his arms, his face as if he was examining me. I can't stay here for long! What should I do..

-Are you the female Batman? The warrior of justice in the dark!!

Will said in a smug, somewhat excited voice, the boy seemed very confident in his deduction.
Huh? Batman..?? What the hell is this? Justice warrior in the dark?? What the hell!? I was gaping, not understanding what the boy was talking about.

-What? I see you guessed it right!! I knew it just by looking at you!! You have a great vibe of working in the dark!! Why are you here?? Hero in the dark? But isn't your name Stephanie or something? Oh, that must be your fake name!?

The boy chuckled as he spoke, seeming very happy to meet me. Um..being mistaken for the female Batman seems to be an honor, right..? Do I look like a hero? Bianca had been worried that I was a child abductor for the past 6 months or 2 days ago.It seemed like this boy had an unusual taste when it came to the words "cool" and "hero-like". Suddenly an idea popped into my head.

-That's right! I'm the female Batman!! I was brought here by a criminal! Now I'm going to go back and kick that guy to jail! For personal reasons, to protect my identity you know!! Haha, superhero stuff! If I get exposed, I might have to ask someone to cast a spell to make everyone forget who I am! And that would be super troublesome! So don't tell anyone I was here!! Little hero?

I don't know what I'm saying anymore. But the point is still to get that boy to leave quickly. Will looked a little disappointed. What a kid. But then he rummaged through his pocket for a pencil and a piece of white paper, and held them out in front of me.

-Then sign my autograph, okay?

Will said with sparkling eyes that I couldn't refuse even if I wanted to. After all, if I refused, the boy probably wouldn't let me go.

I took a pen and a piece of paper and quickly wrote the name "Annette Chadwick" (I wasn't sure if I should write Stephanie, it actually made me feel guilty so I wrote the name I made up). Will excitedly took the paper, the boy held it in his hand, his legs seemed to want to jump for joy. Maybe this boy was a crazy fan of superheroes, after all, almost all of Ares' children were fans of superheroes, heroes or something (although they wouldn't want to admit it later).

Will seemed to want to say something but he was stopped by a voice coming from afar.

-Will? Where are you?? I just turned around a bit and it was gone!! Today is the first day of camp guard training!

That was the voice of Lurther, a son of Ares who was a bit more thoughtful compared to his siblings. So Will really was a son of Ares? Well, maybe his mother had to be a very nice and kind person to make up for the aggressive and rude blood that was inherited from Ares

-Ah! Lurther!! I saw you so I forgot! If two people saw your face, it wouldn't be good!! You go quickly!! I'll hold him back!! I wish you to kick that criminal out!

Saying that, Will ran towards where Lurther's voice came from. What a rare good kid considering who he is, who's son or brother...

When Will was gone, I quickly Shadow traveled out of the camp. Alecto had investigated the buses that passed through the camp so I shadow traveled all the way to the bus. I quietly sat in a corner not too far from Perseus and Grover. You know, Shadow is a perfect ability to be a stalker, no one noticed or didn't want to notice me at all so maybe no one would wonder why I suddenly appeared on the bus. Maybe the mist would make them believe that I had been here all this time and they just didn't notice.

-Um...

That was an annoyed sound from Grover, maybe he smelled my scent and felt uncomfortable.

-What's wrong, Grover?

Perseus asked, looking worried.

-Oh no...it's probably just someone bringing rotten food into the car, tsk, it suddenly smells like rotten food! You don't need to worry, Percy!

Grover said with a slightly worried voice, he tried to smile to reassure Perseus. My body smells like rotten food...to satyrs and animals... Tsk anyway, this isn't the first time I've been told that, but it makes me feel extremely humiliated and embarrassed..

-Who's so rude! What a waste of food!

Perseus said with a slight complaint. He was probably crossing his arms.

-Let's talk about something else! Do you have a plan for this mission?

Grover asked Perseus

-According to what we know, and the prophecy isn't very useful. We'll both go west, to Los Angelos, then to the underworld, Get Hades to return the Lighting to Zeus. And save my mom.. Since there's not much information right now, that's all I can think of!

Perseus said with a slightly more serious tone, but at the end he rubbed his head with his hand.

So the two of them will go to Los Angelos?two 11-12 years old kid  (and 28 but let's count him as a kid) to travel across America in 10 days? That's actually a pretty interesting documentary topic. I once traveled across America with two teenagers, and although it may not sound like a good experience, it was probably the happiest time of my life. So they suspected that Hades had taken the Lighting, Hades had also lost the Helm Of Darkness, how could they not know? And what about saving his mother? What happened to his mother?

-Hey Grover...

Perseus said in a soft, calm, and somewhat uncertain voice.

-You wouldn't betray me, would you?

Perseus asked in an uncertain, somewhat sad, and desperate voice. I could understand why he would ask that question in such a tone.

-Um...I would never do that! It's my job to protect you!

Grover said in a more optimistic and certain voice, trying to make Perseus feel better.
A few minutes later, the bus lost control and crashed into the woods.