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MAY 29, 2010 EDIT: Wow. I would wait like 123,456,789 months before I updated again. Nice one. SO ANYWAYS... Summer's here. I'm out of school and everything! Hey... you all know how I did NaNoWriMo, right? Well, I've decided to put up the final product on FictionPress. If you could R&R, that would really mean a lot to me :) PJATO FRONT: Meh. Working on a new chapter of TSBtW. If you guys want me to make a sequel for SaB, let me know. Shoot me a message or something :) What did you guys think of the movie if you saw it? Wouldn't it be cool to be in one of the movies? A PJaTO fan living out their dreams as a demigod!... Well, maybe that's just me. TT FRONT: Thinking of making a new chapter for LILARC. I'll never know if I'm still good at it unless I try.
Alright, well, that's all! Bye, guys! :D

A/N

I swear to you, I didn't intend for this to be a cheesy spin-off of this movie/musical. But that's what it ended up being. You have to understand, it wasn't originally going to be Kansas. It wasn't going to be a hellhound. I didn't know the details, I just had the idea.

It's nice to see what my imagination can come up with, isn't it?

Enjoy :]

I guess you could say I could drive. Paul had been taught me in his blue Prius for a few months; back when school was in session. But I hadn't made it to sixteen, so I hadn't gotten a license yet.

It was night, probably around eleven. In Topeka, Kansas, no one really knew how old you were if it were night.

Kansas is the farthest thing from New York, atmosphere-wise. It's empty. It's full of cornfields and trees. It's creepy.

I was driving a "borrowed" car along a freeway. It was my last intention to steal, believe me. But we needed a fast ride, and it was just sitting in a car lot. It was beat-up, and it didn't look like anyone wanted the poor black Chevrolet. So we borrowed it.

I say "we" meaning me and Annabeth. We'd been sent on a quest that took us on an unexpected trip, like when you put some coordinates into your GPS and it takes you on the most complicated route possible. We'd started in New York, and after 3 days of sleeping in shifts and switching cars, we'd made it to Kansas. We were heading for Utah. Why? I didn't have a clue. All I knew was that Kronos' monster-slaves had made it nearly impossible to use any non-mortal mode of transportation. So we were reduced to driving to Utah for some secret mission that Chiron didn't tell us the details of.

Like I said, it was eleven at night. So, of course, it was dark, which made the mini-forests on either side of the road even creepier. Behind us were a 24-hour gas station and a self-storage place. In front of us were the road and a white picket fence surrounding a cornfield.

"It's getting late," Annabeth said from the passenger seat. She looked over at me.

"No way," I said, glancing at her out of the corner of my eye. "You've said that every night since the second we got on the road. I've got a couple more hours left in me. I'm not going to let you drive."

Annabeth narrowed her eyes at me.

"You're so stubborn," she said. "Nothing is going to happen. I can drive just as well as you can. Hades, I can drive better than you can. I'm older!"

I didn't say anything. Annabeth shrugged and looked out the window, resting her head on her hand. After a moment, she stiffened and sat up.

"Percy, pull over," she commanded. Her face was frozen and she was staring at something in the forest. I pulled over, but didn't put the car in park. Annabeth opened her door and got out. She stood still for a second, and the wind rustled her golden hair.

She was staring into the trees, trying to find something. I don't know what she saw, but whatever it was, it couldn't be good.

"What is it?" I asked, my voice lowering to a whisper. Annabeth shushed me and peered closer into the trees. She took a step towards them.

"Do you hear that?" she asked.

I raised an eyebrow at her, but she didn't turn around.

"...Hear what?" I asked suspiciously.

"Shh," she said. "Listen."

I listened. All I heard was the wind and the cars on the nearby highway. I opened my mouth to tell Annabeth she was crazy, but froze when I saw something moving in the shadows. I peered into the forest and glowing red eyes, silvery teeth, and a black body that blended into the night.

"Annabeth, get in the car," I said quietly. Annabeth inched closer to the trees.

"Are you sure you don't hear it?" she asked, her voice sad. "It's whimpering. It needs a home."

"Annabeth, I think you need to get in the car."

It was a hellhound, that much I was sure of. I didn't know what it was doing in Kansas or why Annabeth was being so sad about it. There was a certain longing in her voice- like she understood whatever the hound was going through. I mean, I knew that Annabeth used to have a Doberman and that it bothered her that they couldn't keep it, but I didn't know why that would make her so sad now.

I unbuckled my seatbelt and leaned over the passenger seat to grab Annabeth's arm and pull her back into the car. She moved out of my grasp a millisecond before I reached her and took off into the woods.

"Annabeth!" I shouted in frustration, killing the engine and taking the keys out of the ignition. I got out of the car and slammed my door. I looked around for the hellhound, but there was no sign of it. I groaned and followed my friend into the forest.

... ... ... ... ...

I pushed branches out of my way and thrust myself through bunches of leaves. I was running. It had been at least ten minutes, and I still couldn't find Annabeth or the hound.

I was just starting to get worried when I stumbled into a clearing. The night was already dark enough, but the trees cast even darker shadows over the small field of grass. At the far end of the clearing, I saw Annabeth. She was petting the hellhound's nose, but she didn't notice the red glow in its eyes. I stepped closer and heard the hellhound growl. Annabeth comforted it.

I started walking toward them, slowly. Annabeth looked up at the hound and it offered its back, like it wanted to take her somewhere. I froze, waiting for Annabeth to decide. Annabeth looked around, then climbed up on the hellhound's back and clutched its fur.

I sprinted towards them. The dog lunged to start running, and I grabbed on to the back of its leg.

It started running through the night. It felt like we were in a wind tunnel. My surroundings were pitch black, no moon or trees or anything. The hound was running so fast, it was like my face was going to peel off.

It was awesome.

When we finally stopped, the hellhound let Annabeth off its back and I let go of its leg. Annabeth yawned and stumbled, and I caught her. She jumped.

"Percy!" She said, her eyes wide. "Where did you come from?"

I opened my mouth to reply, but stopped when I noticed our surroundings.

"Annabeth... I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."

Annabeth rolled her eyes. "Don't be ridiculous, Percy," she said. "We just..." She stopped and looked around. The sun was out. We were in a forest that was similar to the one we'd just been in, except the trees were extremely tall and skinny and it wasn't next to the road. The blue sky shone above our heads and everything seemed to sparkle.

"What the-?" she said. "Where are we?"

"Nice going ,Wise girl," I said, sitting down in the grass. "This is all your fault. You just had to-"

"MY FAULT!" Annabeth shouted. "If you hadn't let me run off into a dark forest at night, Seaweed Brain,we'd still be on our way to Utah!"

"I tried to stop you!" I shouted back. I gestured to the dog, who was lying on its stomach and watching us with an amused look on its face. "You were obsessed with this stupid hellhound and it was making you so upset! If you hadn't followed it into the forest, we'd still be on our way to Utah. Don't try to pin this one on me!"

Annabeth took a deep breath and massaged her temples.

"Fighting is getting us nowhere," she said. "Let's just calmly try to figure out where we are.

"Sounds like a plan to me," I replied. Annabeth offered me her hand and I took it. I stood up and we started to look around.

After a while of searching pointlessly around the trees and under rocks, Annabeth wanted to send an Iris-message to Chiron. I reminded her that we'd left our drachmas in the car, along with all our nectar, ambrosia, and first-aid supplies. Annabeth sighed and sat down on the grass. I followed suit. Annabeth look at the hellhound that' brought us here.

The dog hadn't moved yet, but instead was staring at us like it was trying to tell us something. It noticed we were looking at it, pushed itself off the ground and started walking into the trees.

Annabeth and I glanced at each other. Annabeth raised an eyebrow. I shrugged. We decided to follow it.

Yeah... this one will probably be 3 chapters :)

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