Chapter 2

The next morning I was woken up by a knock on the door. I checked my spongebob alarm clock. 6 am. Wow, this must either be really important or a madman has infiltrated Camp Half Blood. It's probably the second option, but still, I put my dressing gown on over my colored stars PJs and opened the door. Standing there was Chiron. "Chiron's a madman?" I thought to myself sleepily.

"Hello young padowan" he said. I should tell you, Chiron has been trying to get into the 21st century, but he's not doing a very good job. He tends to quote Star Wars a lot. Now I think about it, that does sound like something a mad centaur might do. Maybe his genes are kicking in! That would be awful! Well actually it would be kind of cool, but awful! Ok turns out Mr D. wants me. This cannot be good. Well it could be but you know what I mean! I don't want to be Dionysus's soda waitress!

I followed Chiron to the big house, where to my suprise I found Evandro. Could this be about the paint prank? But then Venus arrived, looking as sleepy as the rest of us. "You have a quest. Amber will be the leader of it. Go up and consult the Oracle please." said Dionysus. Wait, Mr D. saying please? And not calling me a little brat? Wow, my quest must be very hard indeed! Or maybe he was the madman!

I went up to the Oracle for the first time and met Rachel.

"Hi, I'm sorry to wake you up but Mr D. sent me. He said you had a prediction for me." I said.

"Did he now? I don't suppose he bothered to mention I can give predictions asleep? Well of course he didn't, he always did enjoy torturing people didn't he? Well, you're going to have to wait, sorry but I don't give predictions by wanting to. Good night." and so saying, she went back to sleep.

Man, I really didn't like her. I took my set of coloring sprays that I always carry with me and sprayed her hair green. That should last for about a week. Then I put the sprays back in my necklace. It's a gift from mum. It's huge on the inside, but tiny outside and it's shaped like a heart (I'd look weird with a bag charm dangling from my neck). Plus, I just say the name of something I put in it and I immediately find it. I've just explained this to you 'cause I'm waiting for a prophecy.

Suddenly she opened her mouth and green smoke came out. In a raspy voice she said:

"The flower of Aphrodite shall bloom

Under the forbidden moon.

A castle of colors shall appear,

but beware it is to fear.

Love shall flame unbidden,

courtesy of Hades hidden.

The daughter of rainbows shall rise

to claim Athena's prize."

I went downstairs, where the others where having breakfast. I quickly repeated the prophecy, wanting to be out of here before Rachel woke up, but of course everybody always wants to ponder everything. I hope she's a late riser!

"We have received news from the Olympus that Athena's helmet has been stolen" said Chiron in a calm voice. Typical I thought, as everybody gasped. Everybody always wants to do the cool gasp.

"OK, so the daughter of rainbows must be me and Athena's prize is the helmet" I said, wanting to hurry things up. Maybe Rachel didn't have a mirror. I crossed my fingers under the table.

"Yes, and a courtesy of Hades is Evandro. I don't know what the love part means, but I'm sure it'll become clear later on. And flower of Aphrodite is you, Venus." said Chiron, causing Evandro to blush and Venus to smile charmingly.

"And a castle of colors... well, don't go near a colored hut, house, castle, treehouse, octopus's belly or habitation of any kind." said Mr D.

"You can live in an octopus's belly? I thought it was a whale! That's what it says in Pinocchio." said Venus.

"Well, yes some people prefer whales, but there's that annoying flood every few minutes, and then you get sprouted out on top, then the whale goes back under the water... anyway, you're better off in an octopus. I mean sure, slipping down the slimy tentacles is unpleasant, but it's better than being strangled by them outside. Dolphins, now there's an animal! Invented them myself you know!" Mr D. seemed ready to talk about sea animals for several more centuries, so I interrupted him.

"We should go get packed. Venus takes ages to decide which dress she's bringing, then I have to remind her that it's a quest and so on, so can't stay! Tootles."

When we were outside, Evandro said "Tootles? Seriously? What's wrong with "See ya" or bye?"

"Look, I wasn't kidding about Venus taking forever to pack." I answered.

"I'm here you know! Stop talking about me like I'm a 5 year old!" Venus interupted.

"Sorry. But you do take forever to pack. Could you start now and be as fast as you can please? I kind of sprayed Rachel's hair green, and I'd rather not be there when she wakes up." I confessed.

"WHAT?" they both yelled.

"Shush, you could wake her!" I whispered. With that I turned towards my cabin and stalked away.

Now, this may seem completely unimportant to you, but here's what I packed:

My spongebob alarm, a pair of PJs, my make up bag (I think it's Venus's influence), my hairbrush, some cool pink shades, 11 boxes of cookies with chocolate chips (I love them!), an extra pair of shoes, socks and 2 sleeping rolls (knowing Venus she'll have used up her space with clothes), my crossbow and my celestial bronze sword, my magic necklace (well, it's actually around my neck), my HSM toothbrush and some other stuff. It's not that I love HSM or anything, I have this electric toothbrush since I was like, 10. It was a present.

I went to check on Venus and was amazed she only had 2 bags. She usually has like, 20. Maybe Rachel with green hair is more intimidating than I thought. Although to Venus, anybody with green hair is intimidating.

Evandro joined us with his rucksack and we went to his car (children of Hades are so lucky, they always get the coolest cars from their dad. He's got a black Mercedes. I don't know if he's got a license though.)

When we reached the bottom of the hill I heard a screech.

"Whoops, I think Rachel's found a mirror. How about a nice race to the car?" I asked.

"Let's run!" said Venus. We got in just as Rachel was halfway down the hill. Getting some binoculars, Venus looked at her. "Wow, love that shade of green! Is it the Tuscan Prairie one? She should be paying you, it looks great!" She commented.

We all laughed.

You like? Even if you didn't, please review and tell me what you liked (or hated) about it. Any suggestions to were they should go? Should I make Venus smarter? Percy Jackson rights belong to Rick Riordan... for now. Muahahaha!