NINE YEARS EARLIER
He looked out over the camp and shook his head. This was his last visit. He walked slowly and glanced at the place that had once been his home. They tossed him aside for his new brother. Annabeth...the hubris filled bitch had left him behind too. He strode into the Big House right into a council of counselors. He uncapped the pen that hid his sword and handed it over to Chiron. "The next who wields that sword will be a fool." He said only to his mentor. He clapped the horse man on his shoulder. "Good bye." That was the last time they would see him for years to come.