Chapter 1

It had been eight weeks since the beach. There had been no sign of Cronus and restlessness had long been turned to boredom, or at least for some.

'Where the hell is he?' Atlanta constantly asked, and they would all hang their heads.

They knew Cronus was hatching his next plan but he was a god. A couple of decades was no biggie for him, as far as they know he might not show his ugly face for another fifty or so years.

Without Cronus causing chaos there wasn't much to do. Everyone had become side-tracked with more 'normal' teenage activities.

Herry had begun spending more time with Grannie, Neil was modelling 24/7, Atlanta had almost completely devoted herself to saving the environment, Odie was now involved in so many extra-curricular activities he was harder to talk to then the president, Archie had gone on a 'trip' and Jay and Theresa, well I guess you could say they kept themselves busy.

Jay didn't want to tell the others this but he feared something big was coming. After all, the water is always calmest before the storm. And it was disturbingly calm, no monsters, no haywire gods, nothing.

'What's wrong?' Theresa would ask, adorably furrowing her brow.

'Oh nothing' he would reply 'Hey, have I ever suggested taking you on a private cruise?' shrugging off her question.

'You have a few a times' she said as she lifted one eyebrow.

'Well I should' he teased and planted a long sweet kiss on her soft lips.

Not long after the incident on the beach the team had gone to find the oracle to see if the prophecy was broken. After all Theresa alone was the one who beat Cronus, not all of them. But the oracle was nowhere to be found.

They then spent weeks trying to track him down, searching the furthest corners of the earth. But they finally realised that if the oracle wanted to be found they would be able to find him.

Around the same time Archie had started to act really odd and quiet. His rude remarks almost seizing to exist. He said that he had to go on a 'trip' to work some personal stuff out and that he would be back soon. However long that was.

Atlanta had hoped he would tell her what was up but when she confronted him about it he couldn't meet her eyes.

'I'm sorry Atlanta, but this doesn't involve you.'

Those words stung. After everything they had been through she hoped he would trust her with something. He never really spoke about his childhood apart from some smart remark here and there. He never spoke about his parents and where he was born and she could tell it was a touchy subject. Now he had gone to Zeus knows where without a proper explanation.

Atlanta knew there was something there with her and Archie. But she was still too scared to do anything encase they ruin what they already have. Maybe they left it to long and now they missed their chance. Their chance of something more.

It was a beautiful spring morning in New Olympia. The air smelt crisp yet sweet and the sounds of city harmonised with those of the birds.

'Wow, Persephone has really out done herself today.' Stated Herry as he walked into the dormitory kitchen and took a seat next to Jay.

'You got that right,' replied Jay. 'A perfect day to go sailing.'

'No sailing today, your grades are finally up and let's try and make them stay that way,' Athena retorted as she slid a huge stack of pancakes onto the table.

'Please, who needs good grades when you have looks like me' Neil remarked, casually joining the conversation as he walked into the kitchen. He was holding his mirror and running his hands through his hair slicking back the hairs before they even got a chance to go astray.

'I mean you guys might need to get good grades but me….'

'Thanks Neil,' Herry said cutting him off.

Suddenly Odie ran into the kitchen carrying his bag.

'Hi guys, how are you goin', sorry got to run gonna be late for chess club,' he announced, as he grabbed an apple and ran back through the door.

'ahhhhh?,' Jay replied but the dormitory door had already closed.

'Was that the person we refer to as 'Odie'?' Atlanta asked as she casually walked in, rubbing her eyes as she did.

'mmmhm' Herry answered as he shoved a pancake into his mouth. But Atlanta wasn't listening as she was too busy blankly looking out the window.

'Where's Theresa?' Athena questioned and she slid even more pancakes onto the table for Herry.

'She left early to do some work with Persephone.' Jay replied picking his bag up from the floor.

'I've got to run to, have a calculus test tomorrow and I want to fit in another study session.' See you guys later'

The remaining team members half-heartedly raised their hands in a sort of wave to wish him goodbye but he was already out the door.