The camp had been marching on for a whole month from California all the way to New York City. Reyna and Jason, the camp's praetors stood on a war chariot pulled by the camp's only two pegasi. Tired and restless campers marched behind them. About four thousand started off in California. Now, there were only three thousand campers left. The other thousand either vaporized because of the large amount of monsters they faced during the journey or died because of hunger. 'So that's why quests only have 3 demigods at a time…' Reyna thought to herself. She was a daughter of Bellona, the minor war goddess. It was not fair that the Greeks were the ones closest to Mount Olympus. Actually, if it was up to her instead of the Senate, she would destroy Mount Olympus instead of conquering because her mother was not even allowed on Mount Olympus. Even Pluto, the god of the Underworld was permitted during the Winter Solstice.

She was thinking all this to herself when Jason started talking to her. She drifted back into reality, and found herself in the middle of a conversation. "… and so they put all the mortals to sleep I guess. See? They must have some kind of god on their side." Jason concluded. "Were you listening?" "Oh, yes, yes. I was just thinking. They have all the gods on their side except lord Jupiter who is standing up for us." She was going to continue, but she was interrupted by whispers and some outbursts. "For Jupiter's sake! They built walls around the city!" someone blurted out. It was true. High walls surrounded the city. That was not the only problem. There were about a million flying chariots, driven by demigods and pulled by like a hundred pegasi. Rivers also surrounded the walls like a moat. Only one person could have done that. "Percy…" Reyna growled to herself. Storm clouds were now gathering above the moat. This surprised here because Reyna did not know the Greeks had a son or daughter of Jupiter. Or Zeus she should say. They kept marching on until they reached the moat. When the chariot started flying up and over the river, the river erupted and lightning started to crackle.