Chapter 2
The prophecy spilled out of Rachel's mouth, though the voice was not her own.
"The son of death
Awaits a challenge
Allies are gained
Evil awaits
With words and nature's opposite
The sky must fall"
Nico quickly wrote down the prophecy on paper since no one else heard it but him. He reviewed his writing to make sure it was legible. Yikes. Nico thought. Maybe he will rewrite it. "What are you writing?" Rachel asked having come out of her trance. "I think we have a new prophecy." Nico replied and showed her the paper. "I wrote it down." Rachel grabbed the paper from his hands and read it. "We need to get this to Chiron." Rachel said and walked out of the big house.
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"Chiron!" Rachel called as we raced towards the centaur. "Is something wrong Rachel?" Chiron asked, as he looked curiously at the piece of paper. "There is a new prophecy." Nico said and the centaur turned his attention to him. Rachel handed him the paper. "And when was this prophecy said?" Nico subtly started to look around for a shadow to hide in. "We were in the big house when Nico says that Delphi gave us another prophecy." Chiron frowned, but didn't say anything. "This is intriguing." He said. "After capture the flag, we will hold a meeting to discuss this new prophecy. Meanwhile, I think Nico should be with his team." Nico slowly walked to the woods knowing he would now have to participate in capture the flag.
That night, when all the other campers came for the summer session, Chiron held the meeting. "Well what does the prophecy say?" Annabeth asked impatiently. "It says: The son of death;Awaits a challenge;allies are gained;Evil awaits;with words and nature's opposite;The sky must fall." Chiron read aloud. "So the first line, 'the son of death', who could that be talking about?" Percy asked.
"But who is 'death'?" Leo asked. "I am assuming that this Death person refers to the god, Hades." Chiron explained. Annabeth nodded her head. "Couldn't it also mean Pluto?" She asked. Chiron replied, "The prophecy says 'son of death', and Nico is the only son of Hades, so it can't be Pluto."
"Wait, so if the prophecy is talking about a son of Hades going on a quest, does that mean… Nico?" Rachel asked. "No." Nico said. He did not want to be the center of some big prophecy. "Nico, this is your prophecy. Which means only you can save us from this new villain." Piper said. "So are we going to trust Nico in saving us from this… thing?" Clarisse asked accusingly. "We don't even know what we are up against!"
"What even are we up against?" Travis asked. "Well, The prophecy says, 'The sky must fall', so that must mean Uranus, he used to be the ruler of the sky." Annabeth explained.
"Ok, so now we know we need to defeat Uranus, but now what?" Piper asked. "We need to choose the three demigods we will send on the quest." Chiron said. "Well this is obviously Nico's quest, so we just need to figure out who else will go." He continued. "I will go." Piper volunteered. "I guess I'll go too." Grover said, who had been listening to the conversation. "Ok, good. So now that we have that figured out-"
"Hold up! So do you guys even know what you first have to do? What, are you going to just go to the underworld to get Hades' help just because Uranus was supposed to be dead?!" Clarisse complained.
"Actually, that's not a bad idea Clarisse." Percy said. "Exactly! Wait… what do you mean actually?"
"We are going to need to send you three off on your quest tommorow because we don't know yet when Uranus will rise. I will try to contact the gods to see if they know anything." Chiron said, and dismissed the meeting with Clarisse grumbling about the quest on the way out.
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Nico sighed. He expected for someone to get a quest this summer. He didn't think that 'someone' would be him. As Piper and Grover said goodbye to everyone, he spoke to Chiron about the quest. "You are to convince Hades to help you in your fight against Uranus. But be warned, if Uranus is planning on rising to power, he will most likely do whatever he can to stop you." Chiron warned. "I understand Chiron. We'll Iris-Message you when we get my father's help." Nico promised, and with that, Chiron sent the three on their way.