I woke up to the bright industrial lights hanging from the ceiling.

Wiping the crust out of my eyes and sitting up I examine the room and realize I'm still in the infirmary.

"Well good morning Lady Chase" Will says chipper probably after his third cup of coffee "the Prince would like for all the selected to meet downstairs if they are better and your all cleared."

Pulling the IV out of my arm I ask "How bad was the fall."

"Oh not terrible you might have a slight concussion which you can over in a couple of weeks but otherwise your fine."

Thankful I wave goodbye slip on my shoes and head back to my room to get showered and changed.

By the time I leave the steaming hot bathroom (what I like hot showers) I see that breakfast has already passed and no classes are today so I slip on some comfortable sweats and a hoodie putting my hair in a messy bun and decide to relax today.

I accidentally fall asleep and wake up to blaring alarms.

As soon as I hear them I jump out of bed and dash to the door almost like muscle memory.

I go through the architecture of the building trying to figure out the closest hidden stairwell. I remember that there is a small flap behind the flower pot at the end of the hall.

I start to see selected running out of there rooms to find a safe haven.

"Follow Me" I yell and take off down the hall.

Most girls follow behind me and quickly get into the secret trap door while others are frantically watching the guards looking for instructions.

Closing the door I follow the girls down the stairs and stop when one of the girls passes out from fear.

"Someone help me with her" I whisper shout and Sarah comes to help me carry her.

Once we reach the room I close the door and start dividing a plan.

Rose and Lou Ellen start to hand out blankets and pillows to the girls in case we are staying the night.

By the look of the wall I can tell we are far down maybe a little past the dungeons but not as far down as the main one in the ballroom.

"Annabeth how did you know of this place" Sarah says coming over to me after covering the shaking Miranda.

"Well I practically grew up here, you see my mom was the Lady of Athens and would join the council for meetings so I would accompany her. So I know about ever single safe room since I've used most of them or used them for playing hiding go seek with the royals."

"Well thank the Gods your here otherwise we all would have been hurt."
As she goes back over to the other side of the room I look around to see who followed me.

I count Lou Ellen, Sarah, Rose, Nyssa, Miranda, and a very quiet Calypso.

I pray the other girls are safe and that Thalia is taking care of Hazel right now.

As much as I would love to fall asleep I realize that I need to take care of all these girls so I stay up and watch them and the door for the next hour and a half.

Finally comes a knock and the turning of a key. Terrified that the rebels might have found us I grab the envelope opener that I hid in my hoodie pocket and hold it in a defensive mode.

When the door opens I launch at the attacker willing to go down fighting if it means saving the other girls but the person just starts laughing.

"Really Chase an envelope opener what are you going to do with that" an annoying voice follows looking up from who has be in a lock I see the gorgeous yet bratty face of the one and only Seaweed Brain.

"Shut Up Perce you know the ways I could kill you with just this so let me go or watch your back." I grunt struggling.

With a quick maneuver he drops me to the floor and steps away quickly scared.

Smirking at his fear I get back up and he him clear his throat.

"All right girls we where just attacked by the Rebels nothing to fear it was an attack but we pushed them out in no time so just gather your things and follow me out."

The girls all follow behind with me at the end.

I make sure to close the door behind me and join the procession out of the dark gloomy stairwell.

Once we arrive at the top I look around and see that some things have been broken and there's some blood on the floor.

I make my way back to my room and slam the door shut.

Something bad happened and I have a feeling it wasn't just some Rebel raid.

I quickly pound on the door that connects Piper and my room.

"Yes" come the sound from the other side.

I open it up and see her lying on the bed tired and trying to test her temperature.

"Are you ok, where did you go, are the others okay to." I ask desperately.

"Everyone is fine Annie" she grunted annoyed "I just haven't been feeling the best."

"Well you don't feel hot so you don't have a fever but maybe you might want to close you eyes for a bit." I say taking my hand off.

"Can you go get a maid or a cold cloth." She asks her voice very dry.

I nod my head and enter the bathroom.

When I come out with the cloth I see a guard at the door.

"Hello sir what can I help you with" I say sitting at the edge of the bed and patting Piper's head with the cloth.

"Well miss I'm here to inform you that Lady Nacy was killed in the rebel attack." He says like a drill.

I freeze in shock, Piper seems to go still too.

"What...what do you mean" I ask barley making it out.

"Ma'am when the attack happened Lady Nacy must have been near the area they breached. But don't fret new security measures will be placed in every corner of the palace."

I can't believe it, I never liked Nacy and I remember she used to bully Percy when we where kids but I Would never wish this fate on someone.

"Oh my goodness I can't believe it" Piper said quietly.

"I know and her poor parents image what there going through." We sit there holding hands praying for her and her family until we hear a bell that tells us it's almost lights out.

I bid her good night and walk back into my room still processing.

There was no way it could be the the Southern rebels they never killed only maimed which led me to believe it was the Northern.

This scared me even more because the Northern Rebels haven't shown up in years and the last time they came was years ago. But the part that made it worse was they are the ones that killed my mother.

They always hated her and me because she had the seat they wanted. After her passing I was to inherit the seat unless I gained a higher position.

Now I was left to my thoughts that this might not have been an attack in the castle but on me. To show that they are back and won't stop until they get what they want which gods knows what.