//------------------------------// // 2-Dashin' by you side // Story: The Mane Seven Demigods // by Ballisticzebra //------------------------------// "Can I please get an explanation yet?" It had been fifteen minutes since the Museum incident and Sunset, Annabeth, and Percy were still running along the streets. Sunset was starting to get very annoyed that in those fifteen minutes she had yet to get a single answer to the dozens of questions she had asked. "No, not until we are safe. Which won't be for a while, so suck it up buttercup," Annabeth huffed. Sunset, putting aside that Annabeth had just called her "Buttercup" grit her teeth and just continued running. I really hope that we get there soon. Just then she realized that her friends had absolutely no idea where she was and that Dr. Whooves was probably worried sick about her. She started pulling out her phone to start calling or texting them when Annabeth suddenly took it out of her hands. "Hey! That's my phone you just took!" Sunset protested, trying to get it back from Annabeth. "Well your not getting it back to call or text got it? When demigods use these things it sends out like a beacon that monsters can immediately detect and follow!" Annabeth thrust the phone into her pocket without another word and kept running. Sunset scowled and quickly though of a way to get the word out to her friends. Wait a minute... I have magic! Duh. She then started focusing her magic and put her hand out in front of her, even though her magic wasn't really made for levitating things like Twilight's she could still lift things to a certain degree. Having practiced on her phone plenty of times before she easily was able to maneuver the phone out of Annie's pocket without her noticing. Before she noticed Sunset put a spell on the phone so that it wouldn't send out the beacon from the magical trigger on her phone. Sunset decided on calling Rainbow Dash since she could not only tell her friends and teacher the fastest but she could also catch up to Sunset the fastest with her super speed. She looked around real quick to see where she was and then dialed Rainbow's phone numbe "Hey, Dash." Sunset greeted with the little breath she had, making sure she was quiet enough that the two running in front of her didn't hear. "Sunset?! Where are you? The whole class has been looking for you ever since that monster thing attacked." Dashie almost screamed at Sunset. "Yeah, I know. But I had to leave really quick. You know those two people who were also fighting the monster?" Sunset replied. "You mean the guy with the sword and the girl with the knife? Yeah." "Well, after the fight they made me come with them to take me to a safe area that they know of." "What?!?! Are you safe?" "Yeah, don't worry. Right now we are just running to their safe place. I was hoping you could tell the girls what happened and then come running and join me." "Of course, I can do that super quick! Where are you now?" "I just passed the corner of East 64th Street and Park Avenue and we are running north." "Alright let me see where that is on a map, talk to the class, and run over to you right away. See you soon." "Alright. Cya." Sunset put her phone back where it belonged and started to catch up with Percy and Annabeth. She made sure she was still behind them but close enough that she didn't lose them. It turns out that they were talking, and thankfully Sunset was just close enough that she could hear what they were talking about. "Why can't we ever just get one vacation day? Can't the gods at least do that for us after everything that has happened?" Percy asked as he looked up to the sky in vain. "Well what do you expect? That as soon as we defeat Gaea that there will be no more monster attacks? No, of course not! And to find an unclaimed demigod at this age? That is considered more of Tyche than Nemisis," Annabeth replies, looking back at Sunset when she mentions 'unclaimed demigod'. A minute later Rainbow Dash was suddenly beside Sunset running along with her. “Sorry it took me so long. It is a lot harder to find a specific street on a map then you would think. And don't even get me started on how hard it is to run in these crowded streets!" Rainbow whispered to Sunset. Causing her to almost giggle. Eventually Percy and Annabeth realized that there was a 4th pair of footsteps running with them and turned around. "What?! How long have you been there?" Percy widened his eyes. "Mmm, about 2 minutes." Rainbow told him. "Have you been following us this entire time?" Annabeth asked suspiciously. "Nope, I had no idea where Sunny was until 5 minutes ago." "How in the world did you find out where we were?" Percy wondered, his eyes gleaming. It was at this time that Sunset took her Phone from her pocket and showed it to them. "Wha- How? I had that in my pocket! I would have been able to feel that!" Annabeth narrowed her eyes at Sunset behind her back. "Maybe we can continue this talk while standing still? I don't know how much longer I can keep running without collapsing," Sunset wheezed out. "Alright, we can go into this library for 5 minutes." Percy relented running towards a big building with a sign that read, "Hunter College Library,". Finally Sunset thought as she stepped into the library to finally get the answers she wanted.