I was completely fixated that 'Annabeth's hat was listed as a character and naturally my brain came up with a little teaser idea, tracing her hat through some of the previous owners like riptide. Review's would be amazing as otherwise I don't know if anyone likes the comment anyway I should shut up and write now – thanks!

I clutch the hat in my hands, trying not to consider what I'm going to do, if what's inside is as dangerous as my journey here... My breath quickens as does my pace, and I try to breathe and stay calm again. I turn to my one companion on this quest, we set off from Camp Half Blood three weeks ago and already a member of our party is dead. I already tried to cry and mourn for him but my tears only froze on my face and only angered my companion Hesiod.

"We should camp" He has to yell to let me hear him across the wind. For the first days of our journey it knocked me over, but I've learnt to take it, with frozen fingers and altitude sickness.

"No!" I don't know if he's heard me so I turn to him and shake my head: "We have to go – we can make it." He reaches out to grab my arm and draws me closer to him and shakes his head at me, his stubbornness showing: "Listen if we make it to the top dead, that won't help anyone". I have to give in, we will never survive divided.

I reach into our packs, looking at our painfully limited supply of food and fuel. We have to make it to the top or surely we will both die. Suddenly my companion stiffens and I put my hat on reflexively. He looks from left to right and suddenly I see what he sees – Kobalos. We've seen a lot worse on our journey and these little impish creatures shouldn't frighten us too much. However we know they mean we're getting closer to the top of this mountain.

They're in a group of about four and they flutter forwards towards Hesoid, he knows he has little to fear and so watches them twinkle over towards him. They fly around his head, and then make for his backpack, to try to pull it away. I thank Athena again for my hat as I creep up behind the creatures, each holding a different end of the pack in their hands. My sword swings down and kills three in one stroke, and then I reach out and stab the last creature.

Hesoid grins: "Maybe we'll eat tonight."

I pick one up: "Look at that. Barely any meat on it"

He chuckles: "They were pretty cute."

"That's if you didn't know they were spies"

His laughter increases: "Ligeia – everything's a spy for you"

"And everything's safe in your head. Anyway we can't risk it. Anyway" I smile and reach out for him: "We're going to spy, so I should know."

"Have you counted our timber, and food?"

I stare over to him: "Of course. We have enough to get there and spy on them."

"Yes. We do. But…we can never climb back down from this mountain."

I stare at him: "But how will we tell what we've – found out"

"The Gods have made sure our mission is doomed"

"They don't know we're here"

"They're waiting for us to reach the top of Mount Olympus. We defied them. They want us to climb to the top and know that we're going to die."

I close my eyes and suddenly feel an age older. It comes out as a whimper: "Mother." Then I turn to Hesoloid: "How long have you known? When did we lose enough?"

"When he died"

I lunge at him: "And you let me continue walking up here believing we were safe?"

He barks straight back "Of course not. I look and found something – we cannot travel back further than fifty paces"

"What do you mean?" I'm scared, not angry now. Hesoid takes my hand and leads me backwards, counting our steps. Then suddenly at the fortieth I see what we're walking towards, a great chasm. I turn to him again: "So our choices are to freeze or starve?"

"No. We have one other." I suddenly understand what he means. I take his hand and we count our paces, right up to the tenth where I take of my hat, my pack and my coat and lie them on the ground. Hesoid follows me. Then I hold his hand again and we count down five seconds together and step of, together. Then we fall.

Hiya, me again. I hope it wasn't too heavy or anything, I just kind of kept writing and then killed of my characters, not even entirely sure how it happened. Anyway, ideas, should I write more? Thanks for reading this and hope my thoughts aren't too annoying XD