I wait for everyone to wake up so I can tell them my dream. I hear the soft, labored breathing of everyone around me signaling that they are still asleep. The sun rises just above me, the golden rays shining through the tree tops. I smile knowing that Mom, Dad, and Sebastian are safe. "Carmen, are you awake?" I hear someone whisper.

"I am," I whisper back.

"I need to talk to you," I recognize the voice now. Its Hunter who's talking to me.

"OK," I say and get up slowly.

Hunter does the same and we walk quietly over to the clearing. "What do you want to talk about?" I ask him.

"I wanted to tell you that-" he starts to say but we see Amelia helping Raphael walk into the clearing.

"Hey guys," Raphael says.

"Hi Raphael, Amelia," I say and Hunter sighs.

"I have to tell you guys something," I say. "I had a dream last night."

"And?" Hunter says.

"Well let me tell you three about it. So it first started that this guy was talking and he said that we have to go to a river. I think he called it the Dead River," I tell them.

"That's pretty weird," Raphael says. "Your not even a demigod and a god messages you through a dream."

"I know," I say.

"Well I guess we better get going," Hunter says.

"How?" Raphael asks him.

"Let's hijack a car," Amelia says.

The three of us stared at her for a minute. "Hijack a car?" I ask her.

"Yeah. I've done it before," she says.

"You have?" Hunter asks.

"Yeah," she says uncertainly.

"Why?" Raphael asks.

"Because of my mom," she says.

I nod, knowing what she meant. I pat her back and she smiles a small smile. "Let's do it," I tell the guys.

They stare at me like I've never done anything wrong. "What?" I ask them.

"You are doing something illegal," Raphael says.

"So?" I say to them.

"You never do something illegal," Hunter says.

"How do you know?" I ask them.

Amelia and I walk away from them and we walk to the road. Amelia and I smirk back at the guys. They just stare after us, dumbfounded.

"Are you guys coming?" I ask over my shoulder.

"Uh... Yeah, I guess," Hunter says and they run to catch up with us.

"So, where are we going to find a car?" Raphael asks.

"That parking lot," I say pointing to a parking lot for a mall.

"Oh, well yeah. I didn't see it," Raphael says.

I laugh. We walk over to there, Hunter making sure that no one was watching. We make it to a blue run down car and I say, "This is perfect."

They look at me like I'm weird. "When we steal this, the owner wouldn't want it back."

"Oh yeah. They wouldn't," Hunter says.

"Go ahead, Amelia. Do your stuff," Raphael tells her.

She nods and gets under the car. It takes her about five minutes to hijack the car. "Done," she says.

Hunter says, "I'm driving."

"Why?" Raphael asks him.

"I'm the oldest," he says.

"So? How do you know how old Amelia is?" Raphael asks.

"I'm fifteen," she says.

"See. I'm the oldest. I'm sixteen," Hunter says.

Raphael sighs. Hunter gets in the drivers seat and I get in the passengers seat. Raphael and Amelia gets in the back. "You know how to drive right?" I ask Hunter.

He nods, looking confident. He steps on the gas pedal and the car lurches backward. "Why is it going backward?" he asks.

"Move the stick to the D," Amelia says.

He moves the stick(idk what its called) to the D and he steps on the gas again. The car makes a shuddering sound as it lurches forward. "This doesn't sound good," I say.

"Nope, it sure don't," Raphael says.

I open the map and look at it. "Hey, Hunter? Can you read the map while driving?" I ask him.

"Certainly not. I am a responsible driver," he says.

I laugh and say, "Fine. I'll try and read it. Don't blame me if we end up in Kansas. We are still on New York, right?" I ask them.

Hunter nods. I look down at the map and see that we would have go drive through a state. I can't read the name of it because of my dyslexia. I hand Hunter the map and he sighs as he takes it. He looks at it for a minute or so and takes a right turn. We end up on a highway. I look at the gas meter thing and see that it has a full gas tank. "Can we turn on the radio?" I ask everyone.

"Sure," Amelia says.

I turn on the radio and static comes on. I turn the dial and hear a guitar solo. "Ohh! I love this song!" Amelia squeals.

I smile. She starts singing along to it. "'A singer in a smokey room, the smell of wine and cheap perfume'," she sings.

I laugh because she doesn't hit a single not correctly. I bob my head to the beat. Pretty good tune.
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I open my eyes and see the sun is setting. I turn my head and see Hunter. "How long was I asleep?" I ask him.

"For almost the whole day. But you needed it," he says. "Oh and I already got gas."

"OK," I say and look at Raphael and Amelia.

Raphael is sitting in the middle and they both are asleep. Amelia has her head on his shoulder and Raphael has his head on her head. I smile. I check the time on the radio and it says 7:41.

"Woah, I did sleep all day!" I exclaim.

Hunter laughs. "That's what I told you, didn't I?" he asks me.

I laugh and nod. "Do you want me to drive now?" I ask him.

"No, you're leg is still broken," he says.

"So? I bet I could still do it," I say.

"Nope. I'm not even tired. And if I was, I would stop at a hotel or something," he says.

"Fine," I say and look out the window.

"I'm hungry," I say and as soon as I say that my stomach rumbles.

Hunter nods and reaches for something on the dash. He hands me a bag of chips. "Thanks," I say.

He says, "No problem."

I open the bag of chips and stick one in my mouth. It tastes so good! I look at the bag and see that it is biscuits and gravy flavored. I eat more and Hunter asks, "Can I try one?"

I nod and hand him one. As soon as he puts it in his mouth he makes a face. "That's so nasty!" he says, spitting it out in a napkin.

"No it isn't," I tell him.

I eat some more. Soon I finish the bag. "You ate a whole bag of chips?" Hunter asks me.

I nod. "Those were salty. Now I'm thirsty."

"Gosh, so needy aren't you?" Hunter asks as he pulls a water bottle out of the bag at his feet.

"Thanks," I say as I open it.

I take a sip of it and close it. I hear sirens coming behind us. "Stop the car!" A voice says.

I look behind us and see a cop coming toward us. Oh gods. Hunter stops the car at the side of the road. "I got this," he whispers to me.

I nod. "Sir, put your hands on the wheel," the police officer says, coming closer to us.

Hunter puts his hands on the wheel. "I need to see your drivers license," he says.

Hunter reaches to his wallet and pulls out a drivers license. Where did he get that? "Thank you sir," the officer says. "But you were speeding. I need to give you a ticket."

The police officer leaves to go make a ticket. "Where did you get that?" I ask Hunter.

"I stole it off a guy who looked like me," he says.

The officer comes back and hands Hunter a ticket. "Thanks," Hunter says.

Hunter starts to go again. "Nice thinking," I tell him.

"Thanks," he says.

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So we decided to put songs on every single chapter. If you guys want to see the songs go ahead. We listen to these songs on a daily basis and they help us write. We hope you like them!