Chapter 2
I get ready to travel to the ends of the earth
Percy brought me to Chiron. Along the way, I noticed many people looking at me, thinking, Who is this kid, that he is in the arms of Percy? Or, Why is there he bleeding so much, all over his arm? , But a just kept wondering where Silena was. She was right beside me until… I don't remember. She just left. I didn't realize her leaving me.
I asked, "Can you explain everything? I have been here for four hours and I still don't get anything." I said "Like the Chariot of Damnation, or the dragon on the hill?"
The one in the wheel chair, Chiron said "The gods are really."
"I know that. I want to know about those things."
Percy relayed the story of the fight to Chiron, how I beat Mike, than almost beat Percy, if not for the curse.
Chiron then said to me "You must rest"
I felt cheated, like he wanted to tell me something, but I was not wise enough to hear. And that bothered me because I am very wise.
The next morning he woke me at around 6:00. He said "Follow me". When we got to the big house he said, "We have decided to give you a quest."
"Really, a quest?" I said.
"Yes, a quest. Now go see the Oracle."
I went up the stairs to see the redhead from early. I asked her "What is the Quest I seek?"
She replied
Go to the edges lost ones to find
To Atlantis the sunk one to rise with founder's skull
To Thule the Sly One to kill brings back truest love
To Pankhaia the father to honor with smallest tree
To Amazon the helm of Penthesileia to defeat deepest hate
And together with three brought to your fate
I went down, to tell Chiron of it.
He said, "What is the prophecy"
"It went,
Go to the edges lost ones to find
"That is something to do with lost things, or lands probably." Chiron said.
"Can we wait to do that?" asked Silena, who had just reapplied
To Atlantis the sunk one to rise with founder's skull
To Thule the Sly One to kill brings back truest love
To Pankhaia the father to honor with smallest tree
To Amazon the helm of Penthesileia to defeat deepest hate
And together with four brought to your fate
Percy said "What is all this, I have only every heard of Amazon and Atlantis. And what is this about, 'founder's skull'. Isn't that Poseidon."
"There is a river sounding the earth. It's ruled by Oceanus. Before the edge are several lands, including Atlantis and Aethiopia. They were all wonderful lands, full of riches, but very hard to get to. To get to Pankhaia you need to go through Egypt for example, which is dangerous, more so now. Some of them move with use, some don't." Chiron said "The founder's skull might be Poseidon, but that is less likely. It is most like Atlas."
Annabeth, seeming to read Percy's mind said "No not the Titan Percy, the son of Poseidon."
I than said "Can I choose my quest mates? It said something about three with me."
"It is odd two have four heroes on a quest, but three have already volunteered for the quest. Silena, Charles, and Thalia all volunteered." said Chiron. I noticed a pained look in Annabeth's face. "If you accept you will leave in two days"
I accepted.
The next day Silena, along with her brother Charles, came up to me and said "I have a plan."
"What is it?"
"We must follow Aeneas' footsteps", she said "We must go to the oracle of Sibyl and descend into the underworld."
