Author Note: This is a, OC story and will eventually be an OCxCanon pairing. If you don't like that, please don't attack me. If you must comment, then comment on the quality of the work (or lack thereof) and not how much you hate that I've "destroyed 'true love'". Lets be a little mature please, these are just fictional people.

Prologue

"...How... how did you find out? … it was covert..."

"Well, it just so happens we have a couple of spies at your little camp there. They've been feeding us information on everything you've been doing." The half-bear cackled.

Lee Fletcher was on his knees, his bow in pieces before him. He was surrounded. Giants, dracaena and half-bloods stood around him, their weapons pointed at him. Blood ran down the side of his face. He was wounded, badly it seemed. His breathing was heavy and staggered.

"It doesn't matter... you'll never succeed... they will stop you." Lee said between breaths.

"Let them come. You won't be alive long enough to know."

Lianna Hunter shot up, gasping for air. She was in the bedroom she shared in her small New York City apartment. The room was dark as she looked around trying to calm herself, sweat causing her caramel hair to cling to her skin. Her sister was still sound asleep in the bed on the other side of the room. Good, she hadn't woken anyone. The clock on her side table read four thirty.

The dream was intense. It felt so real, like she was standing there in the crowd, pointing a weapon at her Apollo brother. Was that dream real? Lianna hadn't heard anything about Lee going on a quest, he would have told her. It had to be, it was so real. She rested back down on her pillow and pulled the yellow comforter over her head. Silently, she cried herself back to sleep.

It was almost noon and Lianna stood in her room, dressed and nearly ready to go. She was preparing to meet a couple of friends outside the theater on Broadway in Union Square. It was an nice meeting place, considering where they were all coming from. Lianna glanced in the mirror, studying her appearance. She had on a Billy Joel "Uptown Girls" shirt on, a pair of black skinny jeans and black and red sneakers. Her makeup was done up as usual. Satisfied, she threw on a black hoodie, grabbed her bag and ran out the door. Running a little late, she hopped on the first 4 train and made her way uptown. It only took about ten minutes before she reached 14th Street and headed down to the theater. Her friends were already waiting for her.

Sera De Luca folded her arms across her chest and made a face when she saw Lianna approach them. The blonde Daughter of Ares always tried to seem angry with her, but she could never mean it. She tugged at little at her black Star Wars shirt and forced back her smile. "You're late again!" she yelled, the slight irritation clear in her voice.

"Bright and Breezy, Britney Marlin, I'm sure she didn't mean it" David Potts smirked.

The Cockney boy tilted his hat in greeting to her. He was a Son of Hermes and had a habit of robbing you blind, so most of them kept a safe distance as he leaned against the wall. The third member of their group stood from his seat on the floor. He smiled, running a hand through his black hair.

"Hey Lianna" said Perseus Jackson, Son of Poseidon, his sea green eyes meeting her baby blues.

Lianna found herself smiling uncontrollably for a moment, until the mornings events nagged at her. Her expression dropped to a frown, worrying her companions. Their expressions changed to match her as they move closer to her.

"What's wrong?" Percy asked.

"... I think Lee's in trouble... I need to speak to Chiron" Lianna grabbed onto his sleeve, desperation in her voice.

They decided that sending an Iris message at this time a day in one of the busiest cities in America wasn't the best idea. Nor did any of them have a spray bottle or drachma on them. After some debate and insistence from Lianna, they decided to hop the LIRR up to Long Island. Luckily they managed to catch an express train, so the trip only took a little over two hours. After stepping off the train they made the walk up to Half-Blood hill.

Lianna stopped for a moment at the base of the hill, she always hated walking up it. She stared up at the tall pine tree that served as the boarder for Camp Half-Blood, her summer home. From where she stood she could see the Golden Fleece glittering on the lowest bow of the pine. Peleus was curled around the trunk, guarding the treasure. Continuing up the hill, she took a deep breath, hoping she was wrong about Lee. The group walked in relative silence down the hill towards the Big House. The house was four floors tall, blue and had a wrap-around porch. At the table on the porch was Chiron sitting in his wheelchair, his beard neat and trimmed. Across from him was Mr.D, the camps director, sitting in his leopard print track suit, staring with annoyance at his cards. He was actually the God Dionysus, sent here on punishment from his father Zeus, though most would see it more as a punishment for the campers. Chrion didn't seem very surprised when he saw them approach, though all of them were summer campers and it was still early spring.

"Oh lovely..." Mr.D grumbled.

"Well, what brings you all here?" Chiron asked, though one could have sworn there was no question in there.

The three turned to look at Lianna. With a sigh, she stepped forward and addressed Chiron. "I had a dream last night... it was about Lee. He was hurt, in trouble, Kronos' army had him" she hesitated. "... Chrion, where is he?"

The old centaur set his cards down on the table. Pulling back from the table, he motioned for them to follow him inside. They did so as he led them into the Big Houses living room. The foursome took a seat in the various chairs around the room. Chrion positioned himself in the center of them and began.

"Lee was sent on a mission four days ago. It was a covert operation. Him and Nate Bennette, another Apollo camper set out to gather information on what Kronos and Luke were planning. It was his idea. He figured they were being leaked information about our plans so we needed to find out things about their plans." Chrion stopped for a moment, studying their reaction before continuing.

"And what happened? Have you heard back from them?" Lianna asked frantically, praying to Apollo for good news. She could tell by the centaurs expression the news wasn't good, but she needed to hear it from him.

"... He was supposed to report in via Iris Message yesterday, but we've heard nothing from them." he said solemnly.

The four of them sat in silence for a moment, letting the information sink in a little. Percy looked over at Lianna. Her head was down and she looked like she was holding back tears. He could understand how she was feeling. Lee was one of the campers she was closest with, he saved her from a giant attack when she was ten and brought her here safely. The two of them had a real brother-sister relationship and always looked after each other. She clenched her eyelids and shot up from her seat.

"That's it? You haven't done anythin' about it? Why haven't you sent anyone out to find them?" Lianna practically screeched at him.

Chiron held his hand up, trying to calm her. "We wouldn't even know where to being to look. It's not that we want to abandon them. Mr.D just doesn't feel the need to risk more lives to try and find them. I begrudgingly agree with him..."

Percy and Sera slid away from Lianna as she looked ready to start swinging. She pulled at her hair a little, she usually did that when she was trying not to attack someone.

"That's not good enough! If you won't send anyone then I'll go myself" Lianna started to storm out.

David stopped her, standing in her path. He put his hands on her shoulders and steered her back. "Now hold on there, China Plate. Let's have a look at the situation. Lee could be brown bread for all we know. Do you wanna join 'im?"

Lianna knocked his hands away "I don't even know what you're sayin'! Get out of my way, I'm goin' to find him!" she tried pushing past him.

David was stronger then her and kept her held back. He finally got her back onto the couch where Percy and Sera kept her. Chiron sighed deeply and rubbed his eyes. The room was eerily silent, it irritated Sera. She started tapping her foot to create noise. She stopped when Chiron turned to Lianna.

"If you won't listen... then you might as well see the oracle"

"Fine" Lianna pulled away from Sera.

"You sure about that?" Percy questioned. He remembered his experience with the oracle well and it wasn't a pleasant one. He still had nightmares about it. Lianna looked him in the eyes and nodded. She was serious, she had to find Lee no matter what.

"Very well. Go on up to the attic." Chiron said as he moved out of her way.

Lianna stood at the foot of the staircase. She stared up into the dark corridors above, her nerves getting the better of her. She would admit to acting braver then she felt about going to see the oracle. The four watched as she took a deep breath and started up the stairs to seek council from the Oracle of Delphi.