It was a beautiful october day and Chiron had given Camp Half-Blood the afternoon off. The demigods were free to do whatever they wanted, as long as they stayed in the camp. The hunters and the Roman demigods had joined them that day, and the seven demigods from the prophecy, along with Calypso, Nico, Reyna, Will, Grover, Juniper, Tyson, Ella, Rachel, and Thalia were playing a game outside on the lawn.

"So, here's how we play," Thalia explained. "You have to take your card-" she was passing out cards to each person with what appeared to be their faces on them "and you pick cards from this pile, which have people from all over the camp. Whoever you pick, you have to kiss….even if it's someone of the same sex. Even if it's someone with your same godly parentage." She smiled maliciously.

Piper laughed. "But….aren't you, like, supposed to swear off guys?" Grover asked. "What if you get me?"

"Oh Grover, please tell me that's not what you were hoping!" pouted Juniper.

Thalia giggled. "Artemis lets us have a little fun. I often don't play this with guys, though, but I think she'll let me off of it. And anyway, you guys are my best friends, so it doesn't count. Who wants to go first?"

"TEAM LEO!" Leo shouted, jumping up. "Haha look! I got Piper. I GET TO KISS JASON'S GIRLFRIEND!" He yelled. Calypso and Jason groaned. And the day went on like this, the CHB crew acting like the fangirls and fanboys they secretly were. The funniest part was when Percy had to get Clarisse from the Ares cabin and kiss her. Even Annabeth didn't mind when she saw the look of disgust on her boyfriend's face.

Well, okay, she hadn't exactly been paying attention. They had only defeated Gaea three months ago, and everything seemed to be much more focused on that lately. And then there was the matter if Rachel Elizabeth Dare. What was she doing here? Annabeth knew that if her dad found out she wasn't at Clarion Ladies Academy he would kill her. But she had shown up three days earlier claiming she had urgent news for Chiron. However, he had forbidden her to speak of it until tomorrow, when they knew all the Romans, Hunters, and even a few minor gods would be there to hear her. The demigods didn't know which gods would be coming, just that they would be. She hoped that Hercules wouldn't come, although she knew that wouldn't be likely. She didn't see any reason why he should. She decided to take a nap and hopefully an answer would come to her while asleep.

"Hermione, have you perfected the spell yet?" Asked Harry. He was getting impatient. He didn't know whether that girl Rachel could be trusted to deliver the message. She seemed trustworthy enough, but he knew well that messages can get mistranslated.

"Wait….wait...YES!"

"Maybe we can finally get them to stop talking about it ALL THE TIME!" Ron said to nobody in particular. "It's probably nothing, anyway."

"Ron, how can you say that? Five Muggle deaths that seem unexplained in the past week alone. And two witches gone missing! I don't want to believe it either, by the way. But it's pretty apparent. Harry, tell me how those horcruxes worked, again." Ginny said in a rush.

Harry was glad that George and Angelina were taking care of the kids today. That left Ron, Hermione, Luna, Ginny, and Neville and he free to work on their theory and Hermione's spell. And he was quite glad that James Sirius was not hurting Albus and Lily, and that Rose wasn't still there to talk about Scorpius. As much as Harry loved his kids and Ron's, he knew that they needed to do this alone, just the six of them. And he didn't want to scare them either. "Each horcrux was a piece of Lord Voldemort's soul. Without them destroyed, we would not have been able to kill him."

Ron shuddered, remembering his time with Slytherin's locket.

"Hermione, do it now. I just have this feeling that it would work now!" Luna exclaimed. The next minute they all knew it, Annabeth was asleep and they couldn't wait.

"Harry, come with me. Ron, send a message to George telling him I can finally do it, and ask him if the kids can stay over." Hermione said quickly.

Annabeth woke up suddenly. She knew that everyone would be enjoying the sunshine, and even so she was in the Zeus cabin for privacy, and she knew that Jason and Thalia were still busy with their game. But there was someone in the room.

Annabeth blinked. Was this a prank from Leo? With a closer look, she saw that it was a hologram. Not just any hologram though….

"You're Hermione Granger! And Harry Potter!"

"Yes, Annabeth Chase. We are real as well. And we need to know something. When Gaea died, the Doors of Death were sealed, correct?"

"Of course."

"But….are you….sure that all the monsters have died again?"

"Pretty sure, why?"

Harry, who hadn't spoken yet, piped up, "Did Rachel reach you okay?"

"Harry? It was you who sent her? But why? How am I even talking to you? Are you real?"

"She hasn't told you yet?"

"Chiron is waiting for a formal meeting. Tomorrow night….wait, can you be there? Can you apparate to us?"

"You want us?" gasped Hermione. "How many should come?"

"As many as you want. Those who remember the battles you faced. Make sure you two are there, and Neville and Ron. But what is so urgent?"

"We think that some of the monsters never found their way back to Tartarus. We think that Voldemort is back.