Hello, so this is my big project for nanowrimo, though these are just the first couple thousand words. Currently I'm 10k deep as day 6 has just ended and hopefully this will be a 50 k story in just 24 more days.

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO please don't sue me.

Rachel:

Rachel was mystified, but not in the terrifying prophecies that spell out doom kind of way. It was actually the lack of prophecies that was causing her confusion.

It's only been a week she told herself, but that didn't seem very comforting. The week she referred to was the defeat of Gaia. Her last and most powerful prophecy had brought them together, and the seven defeated the earth dweller. Leo Valdez was unfortunately taken, and Rachel was surprised she wasn't shot a couple nasty looks by the survivors in the group. She gave them the prophecy after all.

After Gaia was defeated, everyone assumed that Rachel's power of prophecy would return, herself included. She sat in her cave in perfect meditation and waited. Caves were good for meditating but not much else. Four grey walls and one picture of her friends, but nothing else.

After meditation failed, Rachel tried other methods to summon the spirit. She dunked her head in water, stood on the edge of a tall cliff, even tried throwing her pink hairbrush at her own head. Unfortunately nothing worked.

After a long week of isolation she figured it was time to give up. No matter how deeply she focused she simply couldn't connect with the spirit of Delphi. It was like a television with no signal, just black and white fuzz. Even Apollo couldn't or wouldn't connect with her. He could just be busy serenading girls or something.

Regardless of his reasoning it appeared clear that something was wrong with the spirit. Rachel wasn't sure what to do about it. She could go to Delphi herself and take a look, but she'd be powerless to actually do anything. Wait, Rachel lived in camp Half Blood. There were campers around every corner eager to go on a quest.

"I see, so a quest to see what's disturbing the spirit at Delphi?" Chiron mulled the idea over quietly, but Rachel could tell other things weighed on his mind. She had easily found him lurking in the main cabin nose deep in some ancient book. Annabeth would probably have recognized it but Rachel had no clue.

Rachel nodded in response, "Yes, I don't think the spirit would be silent unless there was a reason." Not like Rachel had any idea of what this could be. The spirit could just be taking a nap. It could have a blanket wrapped tightly around it's shoulders and just need a nudge. Or it could be dead. That's why they needed someone to go look.

Rachel was unsure if Chiron followed her reasoning, but he agreed with a sigh, "How many people should go?"

"Hmm, three sounds like a good number to me," Rachel felt uncertain in choosing a number. Normally that kind of thing was dictated by the prophecy. "Yeah three, they'll be small and stealthy but not too small that they'll be overwhelmed."

"Sounds good, let's call the head counselors to a meeting."

It only took about thirty minutes to gather the head counselors. Every head counselor was present, and Rachel's pleased to see Nico looking much healthier than he had been at the end of the battle. Will Solace seemed to be lingering off to his right, and the two exchanged words quietly before the meeting started.

Piper and Jason came in together, and Piper waved when she recognized Rachel from across the large table. Rachel remembered their fun times together in Hera's cabinet quite well, and she's surprised it didn't scar the young half blood for life. Piper nudged Jason and pointed over towards Rachel, probably telling him about the time she freaked out and grabbed her shirt. Jason chuckled good naturedly at the comment, glancing up once to smile at Rachel.

The only surprise guest at the meeting was Reyna. Rachel hadn't exchanged many words with the Roman leader, but she emulated power. Her two dogs slept happily at her feet. She was speaking amicably with Annabeth, and Rachel felt pleased that she was fitting in.

The group was still buzzing when Chiron called for them to settle down. "I'm sure you are all curious as to why we called you here on such short notice."

A couple of them exchanged glances and Annabeth spoke up, "Does this mean that the silence of prophecy has finally been broken?" She sounded hopeful, but her expression fell when Chiron sadly shook his head no.

"Unfortunately not, but that's directly related to why I called you here." Chiron stepped to his right, revealing a large pull down map. It looked like the kind that schools usually have. A teacher would use it for their class, then pass it on to someone else. Rachel briefly wondered how he got it but didn't think it would be worth asking. "As you are aware, the prophecy has been silent since Gaia's awakening. We were hoping the spirit would return once she was defeated, but unfortunately this doesn't seem to have happened."

The head counselors murmured uneasily between themselves, only Clarisse didn't seem to mind. "So you want some of us to look into it?" Her grip tightened on the sword she always wore, as if she were imagining defeating whatever lay in Delphi.

"Yes," Chiron turned to point at Delphi on the map, "Delphi is a small city near the coast here, and Rachel and I believe something must be disturbing the spirit."

"But we don't have a prophecy." Will's voice cut through Chiron's, and he apologized under his breath for interrupting him, "Sorry, just when we go on quests without prophecies bad things happen."

Clarisse scoffed loudly, "I think I can handle anything I find there."

Chiron nodded sympathetically at Will, "Yes we don't have a prophecy, but since the oracle is silent I don't think we have any other choice."

"I would like to go then," Will accepted Chiron's comment, and he looked determined as he figuratively stepped forward. "I'm the head counselor of Apollo's cabin it only makes sense."

This drew another sneer out of Clarisse, "I can handle this alone."

Will was too easy going to start up with Clarisse, but he was clearly irritated with her retort. Chiron stepped in before anything could break out. "Clarisse, I don't think you should be going on this quest."

"What?!" Clarisse slammed her arms down onto the table so loudly that the chandelier above their heads shuddered a little. "Why not Chiron you know I'm more than capable."

Chiron was unshaken by Clarisse's outburst. "This mission is more of a stealth and investigative mission than anything else. I think you and I both know you are better suited for fighting and less for stealth."

Rachel didn't think Clarisse could really argue with that. She turned away with a huff, her face set in a firm scowl. "Fine."

"Good," Chiron almost seemed relieved that Clarisse didn't put up much of a fight. "Now who else wants to go?"

"I would, if it's not out of place." Every head snapped to where the Roman Praetor lingered in the corner. Reyna looked nervous about speaking up, but her voice was as clear and strong as always. "I know I'm not a camper here, but I have a vast knowledge of Greece, and I can get us a boat at my camp to sail over there with." Reyna paused as if she were giving her words great thought. "The oracle is just as important to my campers as yours. I would like to aid in recovering the gift of prophecy."

More mumbling broke out amongst the counselors, mostly from Clarisse. Will made sure to speak up over them, "That sounds fair to me. Reyna's knowledge will be really helpful."

Chiron agreed, "Reyna has more world experience than most of our campers, it'll be good to travel together and strengthen the bond between our camps." The mumbling died down with a few giving their consent. "Great, I think one more would be appropriate who would like to be the third?"

Annabeth looked like she wanted to volunteer but Percy placed one hand on her shoulder and whispered something in her ear. She made a face like you can't tell me what to do seaweed brain but stayed silent. In fact the whole room was silent, no one wanted to volunteer. Clarisse seethed more and more as every second passed.

Surprisingly Will was the counselor who finally spoke up. "I'd like Nico to go." The response from the group was somewhat lacking, but they all silently asked why. After a moment of silence Will began to explain, "Like Reyna, Nico has a lot of experience traveling the world, and I think we'll make a good team."

Everyone looked over to Nico, who didn't seem all that surprised at being asked for. His expression was grim as usual, though Rachel could sense a little happiness at being mentioned. He was looking down at his hands, but glanced up when he realized everyone was waiting for him. "Sure I'll go." He shrugged and acted distant as usual.

Everyone accepted it with no arguments, though only Will and Reyna seemed excited about him joining them on the quest. "It's settled then, Will you will be the quest leader, you can leave first thing in the morning. Are there any other questions?" Chiron glanced around as if to say speak now or leave it in peace.

Rachel wasn't expecting anyone to speak up, so when Percy opened his mouth she wondered what he could possibly have to say. "Annabeth and I want to check out the New Rome area, is it ok if we travel with you guys to the roman camp?"

"Sure I don't see why not." Will agreed with little thought, "I think the easiest way to go would be by pegasi, then they can come back to camp when we get on the boat."

"That settles it then, good luck campers. This meeting is adjourned."

That's it for now lemme know if you wanna see more there's a crap ton more story that just needs a bit of editing, I think this is a good start.