Raphael's POV-

I wake up and see that Amelia's head is on my shoulder. I lift my head off of hers and look at Hunter and Carmen. They are holding hands while sleeping. Jealousy races through me. Did something happen while I was unconscious? I look outside and notice that we parked on a beach. I shift my body a little and Amelia lifts her head from my shoulder. "Good morning," she whispers.

"Morning," I whisper back.

I slowly open the car door, trying not to wake Hunter and Carmen. I leave the door cracked and I walk on the beach. I go and sit on a dock. I slip off my shoes and socks and let my feet touch the water. "Why are you out here alone?" Someone asks behind me.

I jump a little and turn around. I see Amelia. "I don't know," I say.

Amelia sits next to me. She also takes off her tennis shoes and socks and let her feet gently touch the water. "I need you to know that I only do this to certain people," I say to Amelia.

She looks at me with a confused face. I shove her into the water. The water circles around her and she doesn't get wet. Oh my gods. How did I forget that she is a child of Poseidon? She gives me an evil smile. "Why did you do that?" she asks me.

"I forgot you were a daughter of Poseidon!" I say quickly.

"Aww. Poor Raphael," she says and water shoots at me.

It hits me on my chest. I fall backward and she laughs. She gets out of the water and sits on the dock, laughing her butt off. "Why are you laughing?" I ask her.

"Your face!" she says.

Tears start rolling down her face as she laughs harder. I frown.

"I could have died, you know, when you pushed me backwards. I could have hit my head hard and cracked my skull open," I say seriously. All she does is laugh harder.

"You are so serious all the time! You need to get crazy!" she says.

I shake my head. Mom and Dad were always serious, so I have to be serious. Suddenly, I go flying into the water. I come up sputtering. "What was that for?" I ask her.

"For throwing me in the water," she says simply.

"What are you guys doing?" Hunter asks us, Carmen near him.

"Swimming," I say and pull Amelia in, who pulls Carmen, who was holding onto Hunter. They all come crashing into the water.

"Raphael!" Carmen yells.

"Yes?" I ask innocently.

"Why did you have to pull us in the water?" she asks.

"Because someone told me to be a little crazy sometimes," I say and wink at Amelia. We float for a little longer, then get out of the water and dry off by Amelia's touch.

"We should get going," Carmen says.

I nod.

"Shotgun!" Amelia shouts.

"I driving!" I shout after her.

"Too young," Hunter says. "And you don't even have the keys."

Hunter gets into the drivers seat and Amelia goes into the passenger seat. I sigh. I get in the back sitting on the middle seat. Carmen gets in to my left. She places her crutches on the ground near my feet.

"You don't have to sit in the middle seat," she says.

"Its fine. Anyway, its easier to talk to you this way," I say. We buckle up and leave this beach. Carmen stares out the window at the water.

"I think when I went in the water, my leg healed," Carmen says loud enough for everyone to hear.

"That's weird," Amelia says.

"It is," she says quietly.

I hear a crashing noise behind us. I turn around in the seat and see a hell-hound. "Is that Mrs. O'Leary?"

"That is definitely not Mrs. O'Leary!" Carmen says as I hear an gasp.

"Uh oh," Hunter says as we slow to a stop. "We ran out of gas!"

I groan. How? "Let's fight," I tell them.

We get out of the car and walk toward the hell-hound. Its howls at the sun. Weird. I head towards it, my sword raised. Hunter and Amelia walk to the right side and Carmen and I walk to the left side. It turns, facing Carmen and I. "What do you think it wants?" I ask her quietly.

"I don't know," she whispers. She fingers her bracelet and presses a button on it turning it into a bronze shield. She has her bone sword in her hands, her dagger stashed away around her ankle.

I grip they Stygian sword tightly, my knuckles turning white. The hell-hound suddenly plops down, scaring the living daylights out of me. "Why did it sit down?" I ask Carmen.

"I don't know," she says with a confused look on her face.

The hound howls at the sun again. Something glints is the sunlight. I look harder and see something falling down, aiming at Carmen. I run and push her to the ground before it could impale her. The arrow lands right next to us. I pick it up and there's a note on it. It says: I apollogize about that. Didn't mean to almost hit the girl. Oooh! Haiku coming!

Four demi-people find
Perfect Ares Staff of War
Toodle-oo Demi-gods

Not my best. Not my best. Sorry for the scaring as well. I needed something to distract you to read my beautifulness. Ares said to tell you guys that someone is a traitor. Well cheers! Have a fun time on the deathly quest!

"OK. Who sent this?" I ask.

"Apollo. If you look at apollogize, it says Apollo in it," Hunter says, pointing to the note.

I look up and see the hell-hound shrinking into a gas tank. I chuckle. Really Apollo? "Wait, who's the traitor?" Carmen asks.

I look at each of them. Amelia looks a little white. No. It can't be her. I look at Hunter and slightly points with my head at Amelia. "How did you find us, Amelia?" Hunter asks her.

"Chiron told me," she says quickly. Too quickly. No. No, no! It can't be her.

"Let's not think about it. Maybe Apollo is joking with us," Carmen says.

"Maybe," Hunter says with a dark look in his eyes.

I shake my head. My dark hair falls across my eyes and I close them. It can't be Amelia. I feel a hand on my arm and I open my eyes. Carmen is mouthing 'Talk later' and I nod. She whispers in Hunters ear probably the same thing. He nods as well. I walk back to the car and get back in the seat I was sitting in. Amelia sits down in her seat too. Hunter and Carmen are outside filling the gas tank. A little dragon of jealousy flits around my stomach.

I choose to ignore it. I rest my head against the seat while Hunter and Carmen gets into the car. This is going to be a long day.
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Whew! What a good chapter! Hope you guys like it! And thanks KrysBabdon for requesting the song(I hope I got the right song. If I don't, please tell me)! Enjoy!