Just a note- in this book, Heroes of Olympus never happens. Nothing from that book will be included in here; no characters like Piper and Leo or even Drew or Butch will be included. It would be complicated. Sorry.

Jackie:

I was really enjoying my cucumber banana sandwich when this giant bull thing came charging in. Followed by two littler bull things. I mean, seriously, who knew bull-man-things could have little bull-girl/boy-infant-things? Not me. I didn't even know there was ONE bull-man-thing, so I was pretty unprepared when it came charging up to the Pavilion, screaming bloody murder waving some kind of axe around and knocking down campers like bowling pins.

And I was freaked out. Sure, I'd beaten a hydra the previous day, but that was like in some kind of dream. I wasn't exactly sure what had possessed me, but it sure wasn't there when the bull-man-thing was there, and I wasn't willing to try and make it come back. Believe it or not, bull-man-things are SCARY. They're pretty focused on killing as many people as possible and teaching their little toddler clones to enjoy killing just as much as they do.

If you were there, you wouldn't laugh at me for saying it was terrifying.

The only person who can laugh at me for being scared is Cooper, since she charged into the Pavilion like a lion, brandishing some kind of sharp thing that looked like the pirate swords I used to play with when I was little. She charged right at the Papa Bull and engaged it in some kind of crazy unorthodox smackdown where she was running around jumping off tables and getting around it and it was amazing! The thing was down within minutes! The only problem: baby bulls get angry and attack. And Cooper was unprepared, since she was in a vulnerable position from stabbing the other bull-man-thing, and everyone was still freaked out and unprepared since I heard someone yell out that nothing like this had happened since the "Titan War," whenever that was. So everyone was screaming and jumping and nobody had any idea what was going on, and Cooper was getting attacked and no one was helping her do anything.

Until a blonde woman sitting next to a man with Cooper's face screamed "NO!" The Cooper-faced-man (I'm guessing her Dad) drew a pen from his pocket and raced at the bull-toddler-thing (I really have to find out what these are called). He uncapped the pen and it turned into this huge bronze sword with an awesome leather-wrapped hilt studded with gold. If I wasn't so terrified, I'd be really jealous.

Cooper raised her sword, surprised, as both baby bull-man-things attacked. One managed to slice through her armor with its baby-axe and left a nasty cut on her leg. Cooper staggered, and her dad ran faster. The bronze sword sliced through both babies and they crumpled on the floor. I stared. The Hydra and the other Bull-Man-Thing dissolved. Why weren't these two dissolving into that gross yellow dust?

"Okay, who was that?" a girl with light brown hair called from the doorway, breathing hard. She wore a braided sliver and bronze circlet on her head.

"Whoever it is better not do it again," a sinister looking boy said, standing. "You nearly killed my sister-"

"Luke, calm down," Cooper called from the ground, frowning. "I'm not the main priority. Who summoned the Minotaur?" Oh, Minotaur. I remember that one; that conceited duke guy that got married to the Amazon in the Shakespeare play with the donkey man killed him. See? I'm not entirely ignorant!

"Oh, no," a redhead called from next to the blonde woman. Why don't I know any of these people?

"Rachel?" the blonde woman asked quickly. "What's wrong?"

"It's not a good prophecy…" then Rachel's eyes started to glow green, and she spoke like there were three of her instead of the normal one.

Demigods and Hunters shall set out on a quest

Into the monsters den, to their nest

The legacies of greatness, and a child unfathomed

Will be tested and beaten with dangers unplumbed

The children of spawn from the earth so deep

Reside in the North as they wake from eternal sleep

"Um, what was that?" I asked into the silence that followed.

Nobody answered. Finally, Cooper spoke up. "It was a prophecy. But they're usually four lines, not six."

"And they usually come with more warning," Luke said. The circlet girl spoke from the doorway.

"It's obvious. There has to be at least one Hunter and at least one Demigod, 'Legacies of Greatness,' and an impossible child. They're going to defeat the children of the monsters, who are mortal, but very, very dangerous." She gestured to the still bodies of the baby Minotaur's at her feet.

"With dangers unplumbed," the man said from the floor.

"Percy," Rachel said, "every quest you went on brought on unplumbed dangers." Percy grinned, passing Cooper what looked like a vanilla brownie.

"Legacies of Greatness has to be Luke," one of the girls sitting under the hot pink banner said, giggling. Cooper and the circlet girl rolled their eyes.

"Yeah, Betsy, Percy is the greatest hero of this age, and Luke is a legacy, but there's Cooper and Archer to think about as well." Circlet girl glared at Betsy. God, she's not even pretty. It's just the Cheerleader Effect. Girls like that always look pretty in groups.

"Brinley, I'm pretty sure it's meant for me," Luke said to Circlet girl. Brinley. Funny name, if you ask me.

"It called for at least two," Brinley said. "Legacies. Plural."

"I'll take Archer with me then."

"Cooper's the one who defeated the Minotaur!"

"Cooper's only twelve."

"You're only fifteen." Everyone's eyes went back and forth between the two like at a tennis match.

"Brinley!" A black haired girl called from the Artemis table. "Come here. It's no use arguing with him."

"But Thalia-" Brinley started.

"No buts." Thalia said bluntly. "Come here and sit down, or I'll have you demoted for a week." Brinley glared at Luke, but sat down next to Thalia angrily, a blush forming on her cheeks.

"Let's go talk about this in the Big House," Rachel said after an uncomfortable silence. "We can talk to Chiron and maybe bring him some more nectar for his cold."

"Sounds good," Cooper said, jumping up energetically. "All right, everyone, go on to the campfire, Dad and Auntie Rachel will be back in a little bit." All the campers trudged off to the bonfire I saw on my way over, out behind the Pavilion. I stayed where I was, grabbing hold of Hunter and Parker.

"What's going on?" Hunter asked sullenly.

"We're going to the Big House," Cooper told me, following her dad and what looked like her mom. Rachel motioned for Brinley and Thalia to follow.

" I don't like the sound of this," Parker muttered as we trudged up to what looked like a sky-blue farmhouse.

I said nothing, jogging ahead of them to catch up with Cooper and Brinley. "Um, who's that lady?"

"Auntie Rachel," Cooper said at the same time Brinley told me "the Oracle."

"So she's the Oracle named Auntie Rachel," I concluded.

"My Auntie Rachel," Cooper corrected. "To everyone else, yeah, she's the Oracle. She lives up in a cave, in the hills." She pointed up to the cliffs above the beach.

"She lives in a cave?" Brinley asked. "I thought that was a rumor!"

"Nope," Cooper said, grinning. "She really lives in a cave. Although Apollo decked it out with surround sound speakers, a sweet gaming system, and pretty much everything a millionaire would have in their Manhattan apartment."

"How come the cabins don't have that?" Brinley grumbled. "All Artemis Cabin has is a couple bunk beds and an offering table."

"You're barely in there!" Cooper protested. She walked comfortably through the door in the big house, stepping into the front hallway like she was in there all the time. All the other campers that hadn't gone to the campfire (one from each table, it looked like) weren't so comfortable.

"They walk in here like it's going to blow up," I commented.

"It might," Cooper commented. "I'm in here a lot, so Archer and I like to set off little traps in the hallways. But this was unexpected, so there's nothing set up."

"It's funny," a burly guy told me, "until it happens to you." Cooper smiled.

"That's why I do them. That way they're always funny," Cooper reasoned.

I took a seat next to the ping-pong table, where we were clearly supposed to gather.

"Okay, Head meeting," the blonde woman called out. "I'll take attendance, say who's representing your Cabin, since some Heads may be sick or something-"

"Annabeth, they get it," Percy said. Annabeth sighed. "We're not going to take attendance since this meeting is informal." Percy looked around at the room. He seems like a pretty cool dad, if you ask me. "I know I was a little scared by that prophecy. 'Dangers unplumbed' sounds a little sinister. But we need to decide who goes."

"It's obvious!" I burst out. Clearly I was interrupting, since everyone looked at me funny, but I didn't care. "From what I've heard, the three choices for 'Legacies of greatness' are Luke, Archer and Cooper, and Cooper defeated the Minotaur, which triggered the prophecy. She's going, and she should get to pick her companion, since I think there shouldn't be more than five people on this if we can help it, four if possible." People nodded their heads in agreement. I kept going. "We need a Hunter, now, and a 'child unfathomed.' I'll leave Thalia to pick the Hunter, because she seems to be the head, and you all can decide the unfathomed kid part, since that's where I got stuck before."

"Brinley," Thalia said immediately. "You clearly work best with Cooper, and Artemis may need me. I can't go without her permission, and these dangers sound pretty urgent." Brinley smiled wide, touching the circlet on her head unconsciously.

"I'll take Archer," Cooper said, tapping the boy in question on the shoulder. Luke's eyes seemed to darken. "And the 'Child Unfathomed…'"

"Me." I said suddenly. "I know what cabin you put me in, and I know this is about me." I turned to Hunter and Parker. "Sorry, guys, it calls for one child."

"I agree," Annabeth told me. "I heard the whole story. It's all pretty crazy."

"Impossible, if you ask me," Percy added.

"Unfathomable?" Cooper asked with a slight smile.

"Hold on! You can't not let us go! You're talking about sending our sister on a life threatening adventure, or whatever you people call it, and not sending me or Parker? You're insane if you think I'll let you do that." Hunter stood up, eyes flashing.

"They did that to me," a dark haired man said from the back. "I turned out fine."

"Nico…" Percy started.

"We resolved this years ago man. She effectively saved the world. Indirectly." The man, Nico, smiled sadly.

"You're basically telling me she died!" Hunter howled.

"I'm going," I told her sternly. "Sit down." She shot me a murderous glare, slowly settling back in her chair.

"I think you broke a record," Percy told us. "I lasted about three weeks before my quest came up, and that's considered lightning fast. You were only here for a half a day, Jackie."

"So the quest is on?" I asked, sitting down. The danger finally hit me as I settled back into the chair. It was unplumbed. Even those big scary buff plumbers can't defeat it. Ouch.

"You leave in the morning," Annabeth said. "That was productive."

"Please don't make them go by bus," Percy said. Annabeth chuckled.

I guess I've got to be stronger than a plumber to survive this.

A/N: Sorry I took so long, I got caught up in another story… but I'm finished now! Voila! I hope you like it.

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