*Chapter 2*

I Learn Some Unexpected Things

I went back to sleep after that dream. This time the dream were Aphrodite and me running down a mountain.

Listen closely, war is breaking out. Kronos has escaped and is leading a march to Olympus. Are you ready for the Prophecy to come true? asked Aphrodite.

I don't think it's time for the final battle I said.

Listen! Ares has released Kronos and fattaly wounded Arty! It is time, said Aphrodite.

I'm not ready! I said stopping.

You are said Aphrodite turning to face me.

I haven't got what the prophecy says! YOU little miss perfect haven't told me the prophecy. I HEARD IT FROM A DREAM! I roared.

I will tell you then said Aphrodite

'What will happen lies in his hands,

By force or peace, the Camp will band.

War from the Lord of Time,

Brings the most fatal crime'

I just sat there. I mean, you would if you had just heard that.

Where is my father? I roared.

H-he is preparing Olympus said Aphrodite.

My father might die while you and I run!

It's not how it seems!

Oh yes it is!

She grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the bottom of the mountain. Smoke started coming from my hands. Aphrodite screams and jumps from me and blew out her hands. I raised my arms high and lava shot out. Lava from the volcano behind me join the two pillars of lava and he shot the lava at Aphrodite. She disappeared under the magma and I heard Ares clapping from behind me. I turned to see him.

Thank you for doing that said Ares.

She's not dead I protested.

Or is she? asked Ares. I look at the cooled rock. There lay Aphrodite, cooled into a rock.

!1 I roared, and then I jumped from my bed. Aphrodite caught me.

"Chuckle! You jumped out of your bed" said Aphrodite is Amanda form.

"Don't let it happen" I exclaimed.

"What, Hunter?" asked Aphrodite.

"My dreams" I said.

"What happened" she said with worry in her eyes.

I explained them to her.

"I don't know of a prophecy like that" she said.

"Yes you do. Tell me and maybe we can make sure that never happens!" I said, tears starting to trickle down my neck.

What will happen lies in his hands,

By force or peace, the Camp will band.

War from the Lord of Time,

Brings the most fatal crime

"Okay. I'm good now. Are we going to continue to Greece now?" I asked climbing from Aphrodite's arms.

"Y-no. Getta is still repairing the Cruiser of Love" said Aphrodite.

"Well then, let's have fun!" I said.

"Zeus said no fun. Just here then back" said Aphrodite.

"Zeus' a stick in the mud! Now let's go to an amusement park!" I said grabbing her hand and dragging her to Bushkill Park.

They paid and climbed on a roller coaster.

"I'm not to sure about this" said Aphrodite.

"I AM!" I roared. We started to climb the hill slowly.

"This isn't as bad as I thought it'd be" said Aphrodite.

"Wait till we get to the top" I said. Aphrodite gulps. We reached the top and stopped.

"Is it over?" asked Aphrodite.

"Not even close" I responded. We shot down and went on some sideways track. We got off the sideways track into a cork screw into another hill. Down the hill, into some more sideways track, down a drop into a pool of water, up a hill, down a hill, loop, and finish.

I ran off screaming for more, and Aphrodite limped off throwing-up. "NEVER put me on that d…" she started throwing up some more.

"C'mon to The Cyclone" I said dragging her towards a new ride. She jerked away.

"NO!" she scrams.

"Why?" I asked her.

"I am not, repeat…" she throws up some more. "NOT RELIVING The Whip" she said looking at the puck all over her shoes and she instantly tried to recover her make-up.

"So, no Cyclone?" I asked.

"NEVER YOU…" she started but threw-up again, this time, ruining her make-up. She dropped to the ground bleeding.

"MEDICS! MEDICS!" I cried when she fell.

She was loaded on a stretcher and I jumped in the back of the Ambulance just before they pulled off. She opened her eyes and looked at me. She blinked and took something from her pocket.

"I will be okay. Here is something from your father" she said handing me a puck-covered pin of a hammer. Then she went back to her gentle sleep. I clutched the pin. We got to the Hospital and they rushed Aphrodite to a room. A nurse came to me.

"Your girlfriend had a heart-attack" she said.

"She's not my girlfriend" I said.

"She said 'Tell my boyfriend'" she said.

"I know who that is" I said.

"Will you tell him?" asked the nurse.

"I'll find him" I said.

I walked out of the doors and faced the setting sun. Apollo was right ahead of me. Maybe he had answers…

I ran towards the setting sun but before I got to it, it sunk and the Moon shone.

Maybe Artemis? I thought. No. The Moon is too high in the sky right now.

But I walked on into the night. Weaponless. Defenseless.

"You can't go out there alone!" said a voice from behind a tree.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"Samuel the Satyr" said Samuel galloping up to me. Weirdest sight ever. Goat legs, human body? Hair everywhere and horns coming out of his head?

"What do you want?" I asked bitterly.

"Aphrodite asked me if anything happens to her, to guide you to Greece" Samuel said.

"I can make it there myself, thank you very much" I said starting to walk away.

"Don't you need a weapon?" asked Samuel.

"I can manage" I say.

"Not with monsters out there" said Samuel.

"Give me supplies" I said.

He gave me a fire, a hammer, some Celestial bronze, and some kind of handle.

"Make a sword" said Samuel.

I put the bronze in the fire and tooke it out. It was red hot. I beat it with a hammer until it was shaped like a blade. Then I gently balanced the sword on the blade and stuck it in the fire. When I pulled it back out, they were melted together.

"Good job. Your better than I thought" said Samuel. He starts to walk off. He turns back to me. "One more time, may I come with you?" asked Samuel.

I chuckled. He was still at it but I just said, "Okay"

"YES!" he said galloping to me.

"Were we goin'?" I asked.

"Greece,of course" said Samuel.