My name is Alexandria Jackson; Daughter of Poseidon, Twin of Percy Jackson, Hero of Olympus. I am a half-blood, a demigod. I have the rise and fall the titans and Gaia. I have survived two long wars against the primordials. I have watched friends die in the many battlefields at the hands of both monsters and friends. I have seen my Twin brother be the subject of many prophecies and rise to every battle. Now the children of the gods face our toughest challenge yet. Tartarus raises seeking revenge for the defeat of Gaia. But this time the great prophecy falls on my shoulders. Can I rise to the occasion as my brother has so many times before? Can I rally all demigods both Greek and Roman into battle? Can I defeat hell itself? I will… Or I will die trying!

It has been days since Gaia, Primordial Greek goddess of the earth, was defeated. The demigods from New Rome had left to rebuild their camp, with the promise of friendships and peace between the camps everyone was in high spirits. The seven had succeeded, although Leo Valdez had been lost. Everyone at Camp half blood were rebuilding their home, healing each others wounds and hearts, and being thankful for their survival. The camp was slowly being rebuilt around us but for some of us our hearts were not in it. Percy believed that Leo was alive and had found a way to Ogygia to a titan called Calypso; with all I knew about both Calypso and Leo I hoped it was true. In the short time I had known him Leo Valdez had reminded me so much of another son of Hephaestus who I had once been a kind of brother to me. Anyway Percy wanted the gods to allow us to go a find Leo, the gods however wanted us to organise a quest to slay the python which blocks Delphi in order for the oracle, Rachel, to be able to deliver prophecies again. And that is how we find ourselves here, in the all too familiar situation of arguing with the gods on Mount Olympus.

"I understand your feelings Heroes." Apollo states "However much I would like to believe that Leo Valdez's plan worked and that you can find him alive it is vital for all that the Oracle can deliver prophecies."
"Perhaps…" Hestia calm reasoning voice broke the tension that was slowly mounting between the Heroes and the gods "We could send other demigods on this quest to allow these young Heroes rest. Twice now they have saved Olympus and I believe they have earned a break from the duties of quests."

At this suggestion I couldn't help but relax, after everything that has happened in the last year I don't think I could stand any of us being sent on quest for the gods so soon. Percy and Annabeth still bore the signs of the torture the faced in Tartarus, Nico couldn't use his powers without fading, and the others were still healing both physically and emotionally and needed time in order to heal completely. Has for me… well I felt like I hadn't slept in year; the strain of losing my brother for months (Thanks Hera), Helping Leo and the rest of camp build his ship, attending council meeting upon council meeting about how to handle the possible roman attack and the inevitable Gaia attack, has well has the actual fight against Gaia had really taken it out of me.

"Lord Zeus, if I may make a suggestion?" I asked addressing the king of the gods. "Wouldn't it make more sense to send a Child of Apollo on this quest owing to their extensive knowledge of Prophecies and Delphi?"
"She's right!" Athena, Goddess of wisdom spoke up, and it isn't often that she agrees with me. "Perhaps one of these Heroes can attend to the quest with assistance from one of Apollo's children and the Oracle, has this does affect her just has much as the camp."

Now I wish I stayed quiet. Of course no matter what I suggested, one of us must still go on the quest. Sometimes it felt like the gods had it out for us. I looked around at the other demigods who were attending the meeting; Percy and Annabeth were practically clutching at each other and looked as though a quest this soon when destroy them, they needed to stay together for now to heal, so one of them going was out of the question. Jason and Piper both looked exhausted, has they should even days after defeating Gaia their part had involved using a lot of power, so there was no way the could go. Frank was Praetor at Camp Jupiter now and was needed there to restore order and rebuild the camp, whilst Hazel was deeply affected by Leo's disappearance, so again them going was out of the question, and Will had order that Nico rest for a VERY long time. So that only left on option.

"I'll go." I called out. Surprising both the gods and my fellow demigods, But none more than my brother. "The others have only just finished their quest and has Lady Hestia said they deserve some rest, so I shall go on this quest."
"A wise decision for a Child of Poseidon" Athena sneered.
"Mother!" Annabeth shouted in disdain. "Lexi are you sure you want to do this? You deserve a break just has much has we do."
"It's fine Annabeth." I smiled at my Best friends concern. "I'd rather go on the quest than put one of you through it, and besides with all the monsters we killed in the battle it might be a fairly easy quest."
"Very well" Zeus voice boomed over us. "Alexandria Jackson, Daughter of Poseidon, has accepted the quest. You shall take the Oracle and a child of Apollo. Who do you choose to accompany you?"
"I shall take Kayla." I decided, knowing that Will would want to stay and take care of the injured (and Nico), and I have known her for a long time.

Once the meeting was over we found ourselves back at camp. I informed Kayla and Rachel of the quest and we all agreed to leave for Delphi the next day, by Kayla predictions it should only take us a few days to arrive at Delphi and slay the python, and how I hoped she was right. Has it was getting late I retired to my cabin to sleep, Cabin number three; home to the children of Poseidon, and was surprised to find my brother already there. The last few days Percy had stayed with Annabeth till late and only came to our cabin once I was already long asleep. This was not a good sign.

"Are you sure you want to do this Lexi?" Percy asked me sternly. The brotherly concern flowed out him in every way, his posture was tense and his voice was laced with worry, his eyes studied me in only the way that he would trying to see if I was insane or scared.

"Yes Percy. I am certain that I want to do this quest." I replied with certainty. And I was, just looking at my brother there was no doubt in my mind that I needed to do this rather than him. His face was covered in cuts, his hair was unkempt, and his sea green eyes were laced with exhaustion, misery and fear. I had been woken up every night since the battle was over by his nightmares, and listening to my Twin brothers fears and terror broke my heart every time.

Percy seemed to leave it at that and retired to his bed, falling asleep almost as soon has his head hit the pillow. Another thing that was breaking my heart a little more with each passing day was the distance between my brother and I. Ever since he had returned Percy had avoided long conversations with me, he would ask after my wellbeing, make occasional comment in passing and sometimes say something somewhat Percy like and brotherly but most of the time it was has though we didn't know each other. Maybe he was worried that I may question him about Tartarus or some other aspect of his quest, or maybe he wanted to tell me what had happened but didn't know how. Truth is I didn't want to know anything about Tartarus, just feeling what I had felt was bad enough, You see being Twin demigods of one of the big three gods Percy and I shared a special bond and were able to feel each others emotions and life force, as well as occasionally hear each others thoughts, and the entire time that Percy and Annabeth had been in Tartarus I had felt nothing but Dread and absolute terror, that was enough for me to not want to know the horrors my Brother and Best friend had been subjected too.

Settling down on my bed I knew there was no chance that I would fall asleep so many worries and unanswered questions flying around my mind at a hundred miles an hour. I might as well tell you a little bit about me.

My name is Alexandria Jackson; I am the Daughter of Poseidon, Greek god of the Sea, and the mortal Sally Jackson which make me and my Twin Demigods. You've probably heard the stories of my brother; Percy – The Hero of Olympus. Perhaps you've heard how he defeated Kronos, Killed hundreds of Monsters and saved Olympus... TWICE! Well I bet you've never heard of me, you see I prefer to let others get the glory and just be a helping figure in their shadow. My story started 12 years ago when I was kidnapped by two monsters whilst on a holiday at the beach with my brother and our mum. These monsters knew I was a demigod but thankfully had no idea I was a child of the big three, their plan had been to kidnap and turn a demigod evil in order to take down the gods. The next two years of my life involved me constantly trying to escape me kidnappers until at the age of seven I was finally successful. I was somewhere near Richmond when I made another bid for freedom that involved me running into another young girl and knocking her over whist running to a nearby alley way. The girl was Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, who at the time was Seven years old just like me, and travelling with two other demigods; Luke Castellan, Son of Hermes, and Thalia Grace, Daughter of Zeus. They fought and killed the monsters before taking me under their wing. I'm pretty sure you know the rest of the story with those two. Thalia was 'Killed' by a Cyclops and turned into a tree by her father, Luke turned evil and started working for the titan Kronos, both of which broke my heart. After reaching Camp Half Blood both Luke and Annabeth were immediately claimed by their godly parent, but for obvious reason now, I was not. I didn't mind not being claimed at the time because it meant that I was able to stay with Luke for a little longer. I spent the first 5 years of my time at camp living in Cabin 11, The Hermes cabin, because Hermes was the god of Travellers all unclaimed demigods lived there, it was a bit over crowded but I liked that, after two years of being practically on my own it made me feel safe. Luke and I both lived full time at the camp, and Annabeth only went home once or twice, so I didn't see my brother until he arrived at camp. Shortly after we were claimed and then for the 5 years we have been fighting against Titans, and monsters, and Gaia.

During the 5 years I spent in Cabin 11 I learned the basic tricks of all the gods, through both the unclaimed who knew, or had guessed, who their godly parent was but couldn't be claimed because they were not a main god (One of the main 12), and through the many friends I made. Many of whom I have lost.

Luke Castellan was a big brother to me; he was the one who held me when nightmares awoke me. Held my hand when I was scared, calmed me when I was angry. When Percy and Annabeth told me he was working with the Titan Kronos I had been devastated, the boy I looked up to and believed to be a hero was actually a traitor. However in the end the Luke I knew returned enough to put an end to Kronos and the expense of his own life, I'm glad he died a hero has this meant he could go to Elysia, or even try for the isle of the blessed (If he choose to be reborn twice).

Charles Beckendorf, son of Hephaestus, had been my favourite blacksmith, only because he was one of my best friends. Together we had invented so many traps and gadgets to use for pranks, and in battle. He was steady and strong, quick witted, honest and kind. He had made me my sword and shield which allowed me to harness my abilities through them. He two had died a hero by sacrificing himself when blowing up Kronos ship in the hope of stopping his army from reaching our camp; he also saved my brothers life that day. I liked to believe he was waiting for the rest of us in Elysia with his Girlfriend.

Which brings me to Silena Beauregard; daughter of Aphrodite, after Thalia and Annabeth she was the best friend I ever had. She was the kind of girl anyone could take to and helped me to understand that love was love no matter who I fell for. Which if you don't understand means she didn't care that I liked girls. She had loved everyone so much that she had allowed Luke to Blackmail her into helping him, and died after disguising herself has Clarisse to get the children of Ares into battle.

This year I feel like the relationships I had with my lost friends had returned with others who were so similar to them. Leo Valdez had reminded me so much of Charles, especially after he tamed the metal dragon Festus, that at first it had hurt. But I enjoyed spending time with him in the workshop making weapons and designing and building the Argo 2. Jason Grace was very much like his sister Thalia, strong minded, stern and protective of his friends, despite being a roman he was fun and easy to talk to. And then there was Piper Mclean, who was nothing like her sister Silena, she was fierce and didn't care much for her looks the way Aphrodite's other children did, but like Silena I could take to her about my feelings and she was understanding and kind about them.