A/N: Sorry it took me THIS long to write Chapter 2!
First: I am not a writer.
Second: I am having writer's block. (Which is even worse).
Third: School started.
Fourth: I've only read the series once.
Fifth: I am a slow writer...
I hope you enjoy this chapter and PLEASE review. I like good AND bad reviews. I also like reviews giving me suggestions and corrections! :)
Camp looked the same as it always did. Everyone was sitting at their tables and satyrs were flirting with the naiads. Good old, Camp Half-Blood.
I sat at the Poseidon table, alone. My dad, Zeus, and Hades weren't allowed to have any more children because of the prophecy. Now they are allowed to because of me. There were also more tables for the minor Gods. They already have claimed some children.
I looked up at the counselor table. My ex-girlfriend was there, Rachel. Yeah, girlfriend. Actually, I'm not sure if she was my girlfriend or not. All I knew was that Annabeth was jealous. She still denies it today.
Rachel waved at me. I waved back.
I was glad Oracles were not allowed to get married. The love triangle was already difficult enough back then. Rachel said she only had feelings for me, because I lead her to her destiny, or something. Yeah right. She obviously thought I was cute.
Chiron told everyone to silence and started talking about what we were going to do this summer: The usual, Ancient Greek, Lava Wall, archery, sword fighting, history, and stuff. We were also going to play capture the flag sometime that week. Yes! Since everyone was for sure Kronos was dead, no one had worried faces. Except for the newcomers scared about the Lava wall. I only got burned a few times on that.
When Chiron finished talking, I went to the fire and put some food in. I am always surprised that whenever the food burns, it smells like chocolate chip cookies. Maybe the gods are obsessed with them or something.
Note to self: for Father's Day, bake dad some chocolate chip cookies.
"Percy!" I heard someone call behind me.
I turned around. It was Rachel. "Yeah?" I asked. Annabeth walked close behind her. I'm glad they were starting to become friends. They were fighting over me for so long.
"I need help decorating the 'Oracle Cave'," Rachel said putting air quotes on 'Oracle Cave'. I knew she meant the guest bedroom in the Big House. "Apollo said that if I couldn't get some creepy specially located cave that I had to decorate the guest bedroom creepy and Oracle-like."
"Yeah, I'll help," I said.
"Great," said Annabeth enthusiastically. "I already have designs for the whole place!" She pulled out what looked to be blue prints.
"Annabeth, I don't think we're allowed to do DYI." I said. Annabeth always wanted to be an architect ever since she was younger. She even helped with designing the new Cabins for the minor gods.
"I know," she said. "This is just for curtain locations."
I looked at them. "It looks like a maze to me."
"Exactly!" Annabeth said.
Rachel rolled her eyes. "She thinks it would be best if it was Labyrinth-like, because that was my first quest."
Annabeth looked at me excitedly.
"Couldn't they crawl under the curtains?" I asked. That's what I would do.
"Not if we attach them to the floor," she ran up towards the Big House.
Rachel and I both rolled our eyes and followed the insane architect to the DYI location.
The guest room wasn't very large. It was large enough to fit, well, a guest. "So where are the guests going to stay?"
Rachel looked up. She looked at me like I was crazy.
"Rachel is the guest," Annabeth said. I couldn't understand. I just didn't ask again and supposed if Camp Half Blood ever had guests, they would sleep in the attic.
We opened the boxes. One of them that Annabeth opened was a spoke machine. Wow. I thought. Most of the decorations looked like Halloween decorations. The curtains were dark purple, navy blue, dark gray, and black. Their pattern was like sediment rock. The curtains were the only things that made the guest room look 'cave-like'.
When we finally finished, Rachel just said, "Wow."
I was going to say the same thing, but I decided not to. I couldn't decide on a good wow, like Ooo! Pretty! Spooky! Or a bad wow, like Oh my gods. This looks like something a kindergartener made with blankets and chairs… Well, minus the chairs.
Annabeth pushed Rachel to the back of the room where the Oracle is supposed to stay. "We need to test it!" she said excitedly. Annabeth pulled me out of the room and closed the door. "Are you ready, yet?" Annabeth yelled toward the direction of the room.
"Not yet…" I heard from inside the room. "Wait- …yeah."
Annabeth opened the door and gestured me to come in. Spooky music started playing while a light layer of fog went around the floor. I looked up and saw the fake spider webs I put on the walls. They sort of looked real in the dim light. While looking up, I ran into a curtain.
Annabeth giggled.
I tried acting like it didn't happen. And I also tried to find the opening of the curtain leading us to the Oracle. It was hard to see anything in this light.
Annabeth found the opening for me. Only she could. She was the smart one. But I was… uh… the famous one that almost became a god! So… ha!
I found the next curtain to open this time. More fog came through. Annabeth and I coughed. I could've sworn my eyes were burning.
Rachel rose from the fog. She was wearing Annabeth's old Halloween costume from a few years ago. A Hogwarts robe. Try to guess which house? Ravenclaw. Of course.
"Hi," Rachel said, ruining the spooky mood.
"Rachel…" Annabeth started to say.
"Oh right. Right. Who comes to see the Oracle of Delphi?" Rachel asked trying to imitate the Oracle voice. She never heard it before, so of course she would never know.
"Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, and Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon," Annabeth replied.
"What do you want to know?"
"What we will have for breakfast?" I asked. Probably pancakes. We always had pancakes.
"Pancakes!" Rachel said as we all laughed.
The fog machine let off more smoke and we all coughed again. We really need to get rid of that thing.
The fog went away enough for me to see Rachel's face. Blank. It was blank. She was going to tell a real prophecy, I just know it. Maybe she will tell us a prophecy about a camper eating all the pancakes. I can here in now. A-
"A hero's death gave them woe.
It was fate that made him go.
He left his love behind to wonder,
But soon she found another.
Three Half-bloods must go to the land of no return.
But don't make the mistake to turn.
The hero in Elysium wants revenge.
Meaning, someone's life will end."
I dropped my jaw. I hoped Rachel wouldn't say 'hero' so much. It reminded me too much of Luke. Luke. I turned to Annabeth. She had a blank expression on her face. Most likely blanker than Rachel's when she gets all Oracle-like.
"What happened?" Rachel asked. "What did I miss?" There was a moment of silence. It was awkward. Rachel wanted an answer. "Well?"
"You told a prophecy," I said. I was in shock. Annabeth said she didn't love Luke. She looked at me before she said it. She never said she loved me directly to my face, but I know she means she does. Or does she? Plus, the prophecy kind of hinted death. Death to me.
"What was it about?" Rachel asked.
I watched Annabeth rush out of the room.
"Breakfast," I said, running after Annabeth.
