Hey everyone, sorry I'm a bit late with update, well two days max but still late. Anyway, I don't have an excuse as to why I'm late besides just plain laziness. I had said in the last chapter that I was going to udate again by the end of the month, so the end of May, and this is the chapter I was going to update with.

Since my last update I have also decided that I'm going to be updating this monthly. In other words you'll be getting a chapter once a month but I may update more depending on how far ahead I get in writing.

This chapter was suppose to be form last month so I'm not counting it as this months meaning you'll get another one before June ends.

Anyway, onto the chapter.

Disclaimer, I don't own PJ.

Chapter 6

Third PoV

Annabeth awoke on the second day aboard the CSS Birmingham to a ghost slapping her across the face. It was the captain.

"What was that for?" She hissed as she darted up into a sitting position, her hand flying to her cheek. What was with that anyway? First her bow string now a ghost slapping her.

"I was trying to see if what us ghosts sensed was true." The captain explained as he studied her curiously. Annabeth cursed internally. She hadn't even thought about the fact that the ghosts would be able to sense Hades blessing on her.

"So instead of just poking me like anyone with common sense would do, you said to Hades with it and slapped me." Annabeth said not the least bit impressed with how the morning was going. The captain just continued to stare at her, not the least bit worried by her annoyance. "Did you want something or are you just going to stand there?" She demanded after a moment of silence. By the gods she was starting to really dislike the ghosts on this ship.

"The child of Lord Ares sent me. The other demigods are above deck having breakfast and requested that I come retrieve you."

"And thank you so much for that." Annabeth said smiling sweetly. She quickly got out of bed and tossed on a sweater. There was really no point in changing considering that her PJs were Hunt issued and made for everyday use should an emergency happen and you can't get into your regular clothing. She did however grab her backpack. As she was leaving she looked back at the captain who was still in the room, another reason why she didn't change, so she could get some clarification.

"Do I have any control over you and the other ghosts on the ship or is Clarisse the only one that you have to obey?" She asked.

"My crew and I are bound to Lord Ares and while Lord Hades does have control of us since we are dead, Lord Ares control is greater because of the bound. Normally you would have control over us but Lord Ares daughter outranks you and thus we only have to listen to her orders."

"Since it makes no difference then, I'd like to ask that you refrain from telling anyone of the connection I have to Hades."

"And what if I do? You, after all, have no power over me."

"That is true, at least for now. Lord Ares will eventually let you and your crew go free when he believes that you have served him for long enough. While I don't believe that I'll still be alive when that happens, what do you think Hades will do when you arrive and he finds out that you upset of the few demigods that he's actually cared about?" Annabeth watch as the ghost paled, well turned kind of misty. Okay fine, mistier. "Now, are you going to keep quiet?"

"Of course. I wouldn't want to anger Lord Hades after all." The captain said, obviously not please.

"Good. And while we're at it, how about you and your crew don't mention it to anyone. We don't need anyone else finding out after all."

The captain gave a mock bow as Annabeth smirked and left to join the others. As soon as the daughter of Artemis was gone the captain straighten.

"Brat." He muttered before going on his way. He had a ship to run after all.

"Good morning." Annabeth greeted as she joined the other on deck. They had set everything up in a sort of picnic kind of style, with them sitting on the floor and the food laid out so they could just grab whatever they wanted to.

"Morning." Luke replied, tossing Annabeth an apple as she sat down. Annabeth caught it easily, taking a bite out of it before placing it on a napkin and grabbing some other food to eat. Grover echo Luke's reply while Thalia just nodded a greeting and Clarisse just grunted, neither being the best morning people.

As they ate Annabeth silently promised herself to try and find some more fresh fruit on the trip because there was no way she would last without any. Logically she knew when she packed it that they'd be eating it first since fruit goes bad fast and that it'd be hard to find more while at sea but she couldn't help it. Growing up eating fresh fruit and even fresher meat meant that Annabeth was picky when it came to what she ate. Such as the fact that she was never going to eat store bought fruit and vegetable. Way to many preservatives and chemicals involved while growing them. She was pretty sure that Grover would help her in her hunt for fresh fruit.

The group finished their breakfast in relative silence. It was the first time that any of them had been at sea and they were trying to enjoy the new experience as much as they could before the actual quest started. You know when the monsters starting attacking and everything went wrong? At least that's what they assumed would happen considering what their lives had been like before camp.

"So," Thalia said as they starting to pack everything they didn't eat back up, "What's the plan for today?"

Annabeth grabbed her bag and pulled out a map. Once it was placed on the floor and unfolded the others could see that it was a map of the Bermuda Triangle. "The fastest way to enter the Sea of Monsters is here." Annabeth said pointing to the map. "It's also the most dangerous, and the route we will be taking."

"Of course it is." Thalia muttered.

"We need to go this way because not only is it the closest entrance to the Sea of Monsters but it's also the fastest way to get to the area with the highest condensity of islands. Sadly it also means going through the home of Scylla and Charybdis. Charybdis is in the sea, appearing as a giant storm and sucking in boats while her sister, Scylla is in the sky, usually atop s cliff. Scylla is known to yank sailors off of their boats and from time to time pick the whole boat up and crush it." Annabeth explained.

"We are going to have to plan and time everything perfectly, which is what we'll be doing today, to give us the best chance of getting though unscathed. If we don't, well then I guess we won't have to worry about me being entombed in stone." Annabeth continued, adding the joke at the end to try and lighten the mood. Unfortunately only Clarisse found it funny, but only enough to smile, not laugh. Percy would have laughed, then again he probably would have been the one to make the joke to begin with.

"Okay, so what are we going to do to get past these monsters?" Luke asked after a moment of silence.

"I was thinking-" Annabeth was cut off by the warning horn going off. Which meant it was either getting foggy or stormy or there was a danger approaching. Annabeth looked up in alarm, nothing good could come from when ghosts believing there was danger. It's not like they could die or anything. Within an instant Annabeth realised why the alarm had gone off.

"No! No! No! We can't be here yet! We should have another day at least!" Annabeth yelled.

"Can't be where?" Grover asked, chewing on a tin can nervously.

Annabeth completely ignored him as she rushed to one of the dead sailors. "If you don't want to go down with your boat a second time, get all available hands on deck. NOW!" Annabeth ordered. She didn't bother to see if the ghost did as she said, one thing about a sailors pride, unlike with pirates they thought of going down with their ship, especially a second time wasn't something to be proud of.

"Annabeth, what's happening?" Thalia demanded, grabbing the nine year olds arm.

Annabeth pointed to the storm and cliff that had appeared in front of them. "That is Charybdis and those are the cliffs Scylla lives on. We're here. We're about to enter the Sea of Monsters."

Thanks for reading. I'd like to give a special thanks to those of you who answered my questions form the update before the last chapter. I have read them all, not that there was a whole bunch, and have taken what you've said into consideration. Some of your ideas and answer may make it into my store while some will not (I can tell you right now I'm not making gay characters straight and straight character gay. The only thing I had considered was making Nico gay if you guys had wanted to see him with Annabeth like I had planned to do before it came out that he wasn't straight.)

Anyway, thanks for all the reviews and I'll see you soon.

-Sophia

(2016-06-02)