Rachel

I slumped into the back seat of the limo, and suppressed a loud sigh. "What's with the gargantuan sigh, Miss Dare?" I rolled my eyes, hoping Robert could see in the rearview mirror. Wondering what's up with the big words? You see, when I was little Robert would try really hard to make me laugh, and using big words would do the trick, but Robert (as many people) keeps forgetting that I'm sixteen going on seventeen and that doesn't quite work anymore. "Things are complicated." I finally reply. He remains silent.

On our way there, I think about the big prophecy I made this summer… everyday, I think about it… It chills me to the bone. I wonder if I'll ever meet the Half-bloods mentioned in this prophecy…

Seven half-bloods shall answer the call

To storm or fire the world must fall

an oath to keep with final breath

and foes bear arms to the doors of death

I gave this a lot of thought, considering the Oracle before lost her life to the last big prophecy, and there was something else… The prophecy says half-blood, and not demigod… so it could be pretty much half anything at all! I thought of the possibilities… is there such thing as a half satyr? I pondered that for the rest of the trip.

My train of thought was interrupted by Robert "Are you sure you want me to drop you off in the middle of hinterland?" He asks

"Yes, and thank you, Robert." I paused to look at him "and hinterland doesn't work." He laughed "Good day, Miss." My door closed and there I was, just a few minutes of walking away from Camp Half-Blood.

When I got there Chiron was there to greet me, along with Pollux*(Dionysus's son who had befriended me) and Clarisse two of the full-timers this year at camp half-blood. "How did it go?" Chiron questioned. Clarisse whispered something to her boyfriend, Chris. "It was fine. I guess." Chiron raised his eyebrows in an 'as if' sort of manner.

Just then, Dionysus strolled in, and was strangely dressed in a pink robe and bunny slippers, his hair wrapped up in a towel. As

he walked by he nodded his head at his son, Pollux. "Hello Raquel! And how was your father?" his eyes shot up, in a figuring it out sort of manner. "Or was it your third cousins, best friend's, new-born baby's, god-mother's cousin, three times removed?" everyone stared at him, questioning his sanity (ironically enough that his specialty his curing the mad, just look at Chris.) "No, Mr. D…" I shook my head "It was my father, not my third cousin's, best friend's, new born- whatever." Everybody but Dionysus was shaking their heads and waving their hands "And my name is Rachel. Not Raquel, or Raphaela or Rebecca! Rachel Elizabeth Dare, that teasing may be funny to Percy, but not to me, okay?" Dionysus's face fell from his usual mildly bored look to a bored- angry look. "Listen, Ruthie! You may be the new oracle and all but Peter Johnson," Just then, as if to save me from a terrible lecture, two figures walked in, I couldn't see the people because of the sun, but then I knew who they were. "Are you gossiping about me, or is there finally a Peter Johnson at camp Half-Blood?" Standing before all of us was Percy, with Annabeth. I heard Clarisse whisper to Chris and Pollux a growing nickname here at camp, that made me turn green every time I heard it. "Percabeth" .

"Percy! And Annabeth, hello!" Chiron trotted over them.

"What's up?" Clarisse asked "Well…" Percy looked over at Annabeth "We," began Annabeth I just imagined what they would say… were engaged! "We found some very strange half-bloods…"

"strange how?" Pollux asked. Annabeth looked like she wouldn't say anything. "Their six years old…" Percy said for her. What? Why the heck would that matter? Everyone looked around, we had lately had a four-year old come to CHB! "And their controlling things… their all, all three of them, are more powerful than anything we've ever seen!" Annabeth's face was pale "even more than you?" I asked, it was dumb, the care in my voice. "or Thalia?" I added quickly. Percy shook his head, no. "They… You know the promise the Gods made to Percy?" Annabeth asked. Well duh! I thought, but didn't say. "I think these kids were kept a secret for a reason."