I don't know about you, but I get the feeling that the prophecy of seven might not be as bad as some of you think it is
Seven half-bloods shall answer the call
To storm or fire the world must fall
An oath to keep with a final breath
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death
The first and last lines have been deciphered, and I have been thinking about the second and third line.
The second line. To storm or fire the world must fall. Most of you guys think it is Jason or Percy and Leo. But what if it's Notus/Auster? He is storm and fire, and the line might mean that he must choose to be in his Greek or Roman form when helping the demigods. Maybe he is the key of defeating Gaea. He said it himself, in HoH, chapter 57 right at the end, 'Your destiny grows clearer, Jason Grace. When the choice comes again –storm or fire –remember me. And do not despair.' Or it can be when Jason openly chooses, Greek or Roman. I don't know about you, but I don't think this line means the death of Jason or Leo or Percy or anyone else for that matter.
The third line. An oath to keep with a final breath. When the HoH was not published yet, some say that the line means Nico will die trying to lead the Seven to Epirus. Now some think that Leo will die, because of the swear he made by the River Styx to get back to Calypso. But why has nobody think that it may be the arai? On chapter 30, the arai put things like this, 'We serve the bitter and the defeated. We serve the slain who prayed for vengeance with their final breath. We have many curses to share with you'. Why can't it be that the oath to keep with a final breath was actually a curse, or a blessing from those who had fallen, their final breath, that had to be kept, and one of the Seven actually gets it?
Maybe my predictions were not right. But Uncle Rick had the tendency to make us think of the worse possible scenario, and then changes course right before it happen, and then give us the real meaning of the prophecy, that isn't dangerous at all.
Well? What do you think? Review please, and I guess we'll have to wait 'till the BoO comes out.
Disclaimer: none of the characters, plot, and the quotes belongs to me. All of them goes to Rick Riordan