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Prophecies, end of the world and other bad news by your local oracle, but not before breakfast.

Percy POV

Now I know that Carter and his family are not Greek but the whole silent conversations with themselves was getting old. All I know is that I had had enough of it. For once someone was going to give me a straight answer.

"Ok that's it what in the world is up with all the internal monologs?" I asked getting a little annoyed while looking at Damion.

Ok, yes it may have been a bit over dramatic but I was getting tired of it. I mean yah a quick mental chat or quick thought maybe but constant internal monolog come on. This was one thing that I was going to get an answer on one way or another.

Damion looked at me and then looked at Carter and Sadie and with a quick mental conversation between the three to my slight annoyance Carter spoke up. "It's complicated but the short version is that we magicians have the ability to host Gods the goal is to become what is known as the eye of said God." Carter said as if this was an everyday thing for them.

"Host Gods?" Annabeth commented as she suddenly had shown interest in the conversation.

"Yes." Walt interjected as he walked up with Jazz not too far behind.

"Egyptian magicians have done it for thousands of years and the Blood of the Pharos more so than any of them." Carter said taking up where Walt had stopped.

I looked to Annabeth for a sign that she was following but she seemed just as lost as I was. That made me feel like the world was falling apart if wise girl didn't know then we were in for one heck of a headache that I was dreading but knew would be coming. So, I steeled my mind and readied myself for the oncoming conversation.

For the next ten minutes Carter and the others gave a short version of how magic and hosting Gods worked. It was strange learning about another ancient culture that threatened to destroy the world on a daily basis. At least we had more in common than I first thought back when I met Carter. Although I am a bit jealous about the fact that they had the ability to use magic, but I am glad that I don't have the chance to burn up by over exerting myself by using too much magic. After what seemed like a long time Annabeth finally had enough information to understand.

"So, magicians can host Egyptian Gods but if they try to take on too much they can burn out and die?" Annabeth asked looking like she understood the basis of the concept.

"That's about the short of it." Sadie said casually as if this was an everyday thing.

Man, this was confusing why can't things ever be simple for once just once is that too much to ask in the name of Zeus is that too much to ask. As these thoughts went through my head I knew sitting on Mount Olympus Zeus was either scowling about his thoughts or smiling at them which I did not know but I knew it to be true. The thought somehow made me smile a bit. At that moment MR. D walked up and started to stare.

"What do you think this is a camping trip?" He said looking about. "All campers back to their cabins and you lot shove off before I make you." MR. D said trying to make himself seem like he was stronger than he looked.

"What's the matter Dionysus not drinking enough wine these days?" Asked Damion not knowing what he had just asked.

At that moment Dionysus's face turned redder than many of the campers had ever seen before. If there was one thing you didn't do at camp Half-Blood was make comments on how Dionysus did not have wine or how he was the wine dude as some campers had come to regret calling him that in the past. One thing was for certain this was not going to end well.

"You do not know the wrath that you are inviting upon you and your friends but I will excuse you this one time and let you leave with your lives intact." Dionysus said putting a point on the words so as to get his intent across that he was not happy and make him regret it if he tried to push his luck anymore. The next thing that happened was stranger than anything another internal conversation and then Damion's voice changed and sounded more like a man whose voice had reason to be coming out Damion's mouth.

"Still the same as ever Dionysus what has it been about 4000 years give or take." Damion said his voice not his own as if someone speaking through him.

"I know that voice, Ptah that was you who told him to make the comment about the wine didn't you?" asked Dionysus with less anger in his voice and more surprise that it was someone he knew.

"Who else would it be, we both know it wasn't Bes who told him to say it but he wouldn't say it more for the fact that he liked your wine too much to make jokes about it." Said this other voice coming from Damion that was called Ptah.

"You took the kid over just to speak with me that's not like you at all or is it that the thousands of years have changed your perspective on heroes?" Dionysus asked chidingly to Ptah trying to get a rouse out of him it seemed.

"I asked him before I just stepped in and as I recall you fancied yourself somewhat of a hero yourself when you rescued your mother from Hades, and she became a goddess on Mount Olympus or the time when you went back to the underworld to rescue Ariadne, taking her up to Mount Olympus, where you made her immortal." Ptah Said recounting the times that MR. D had behaved so out of character.

"Well we all make mistakes don't we as I recall you once made a new river that connected to the Nile delta just by saying the very word river because Bes dared you to so as to impress a girl." Dionysus said looking as if for just a second that he had a smile on his face.

"Well it worked she was impressed and I was much younger then as were you, and if I recall you, Bes and myself once made a bet that…" Before he could continue he was cut off by Dionysus.

"Don't you even dare continue to tell that story it happened long ago and needs to be left in the past." Dionysus said cutting him off with finality and annoyance at the fact that he would even dare to bring that story up.

Before anything more could be said Annabeth stepped in and put up her hands as to forestall the ongoing argument. When all was quiet only then did she speak.

"Look all this is fine and well but we all need rest so I purpose that our friends stay the night and be on their way after morning mess." She said looking to Dionysus and Chiron for confirmation.

"Do what you will Chiron it makes no difference to me." Dionysus said walking off to what looked like a big barn.

"Well then we should get you all situated then we will sort you by what your gods rolls are." Chiron said looking the group over with a questioning look.

After what took about two minutes everyone had been assigned a cabin Hades for Walt Apollo for Zia which she protested to but agreed finally. Hecate For Sadie the pore girl the Hecate cabin always creeped me out for some reason. Aries for Carter man do I feel sorry for him. Asclepius for Jazz and last but not least Hephaestus for Damion. The singular thought that passed through my mind was that this was going to be interesting.

Damion POV

I want to say that it was weird staying in a place I had never been before but no it just seemed normal somehow like it was camping but without tents. The only other kid in the Hephaestus cabin was a very striking look alike of Carter, but unlike Carter he wore overalls and was covered in a layer of grease from working on some strange contraption. Otherwise he was a dead ringer for Carter. The only thing that I had to do was switch the pillow with my own enchanted pillow. That was one thing I had to change the ivory head rest back in the twenty first Nome in for a pillow that had the same enchantments as the head rest. It was one thing that was just to strange for me.

I mean it's strange seeing someone who looks just like Carter and trust me the world does not need two of him as Sadie would say. But let me tell you he was nothing like Carter thought that was probably for the best. Strangely enough when I looked around I didn't see his bed, though it looked like he didn't sleep much anyways. Since Leo Valdez as he introduced himself seemed to be busy with whatever it was that he was working on I just left him be and went to sleep. Sleep however was not going to come easy due to the fact that my ba left my body and raced through the duat to a room I did not recognize Ptah stood looking down at a map that was laid out on a table and looked up to see me.

'Good to see you Damion but this will have to be short as there is more for you to see but I fear that Setne is getting more powerful.' Ptah said as he looked back down at the map and traced a line across it.

"Well that was something that we knew was going to happen but how bad is it?" I asked not really wanting to know the answer but had to ask anyway.

'He is looking to use the book of Thoth to not only merge the Greek and Egyptian Gods but to become one himself.' He said looking up from the map again.

"Become a God, wait can't magicians only become the I of a God not a God themselves?" I asked looking at him with confusion.

'it is difficult but not impossible; your uncle is now Osiris is he not?' Ptah asked calmly.

"That's different he is the host of Osiris not Osiris himself." I said looking back on how uncle Julius had died and was now the God of the dead's host.

'Wheels within wheels, but we don't have much time left you need to stop Setne before he gets the chance complete his plan.' He said firmly

"So, what do we need to do?" I asked hoping that for once a God would have a reference point for us to start but Ptah only sighed.

'I can't help you there, but I do know that it will take more than just you and you cousins this time.' He said hinting at the fact that our demigod friends would be helping us.

I was about to respond when the scene passed as I heard a faint good luck, and I found myself floating above a thin man who looked like he was trying to look like the character known as uncle Vinnie, Known as one Setne. He was hunched over a scroll Muttering to himself.

"This would have been much easier if those kids had not execrated Apophis though I suppose it saves me the trouble of doing it myself just means I have some extra work to do with getting the Gods to serve me." Setne said looking up as a girl in a dinner bringing a sandwich over to him as she walked away he called after her "Thanks doll." Giving her a smile and a wink. She just ignored him and walked away.

Setne waited for her to finish walking away and then pulled out a scrying bowl. He poured oil into it then muttered something and the oil rippled when it settled the field outside camp Half-Blood came into view and he cursed. He looked back to the scroll and redoubled his efforts copying bits and pieces to a different piece of paper.

"Looks like I will need to try harder if I want the Greeks out of the way." He said looking into the oil.

A man walked over to the table and sat across Setne. The dead magician simply looked at the man who had sat down.

"Can I help you?" Setne asked looking annoyed.

"Actually, it is I who am here to help you." The man said simply smiling at Setne.

"And you are?" Setne asked looking more intrigued than annoyed at this point.

"Let's just say a friend and one who can help you get what he wants." The man said.

Sente just smiled and replied, "I'm listening." With that the scene faded.

I woke up to the sound of someone banging a hammer against metal. As I looked at my watch it was 7:00 in the morning and it sounded like Leo was busy at work and by the looks of it he had been at it all night. Leo walked in shortly after the sound of hammer hitting metal stopped. He was covered in Grease and had a layer of grime on his face but other than that he just needed a good shower and he would look normal again or as normal as he could get. I just left him be and pulled out the thermos of my special coffee that I kept in the duat.

Amos says that it should be illegal for coffee this strong to exist. One-time Amos had some of it and he was so wound up that he played his saxophone for three hours straight. After that he made me make sure that my coffee was kept far out of his reach. I went to pour some in the cup I had with me then looked up to find Leo staring at me open mouthed.

"Where, how, you, I…" Leo stammered as I smiled at him.

"Magic." I said plainly as if to say that it was something that was done every day. [Well maybe not for Sadie but that's another thing altogether, hey Sadie it's not my fault if it's true] Anyway Leo seemed like he didn't like that answer because it was not something that he could take apart and examine. Pouring a second cup using the lid of the thermos I offered him some and he took it.

As we drank our coffee I explained how magic worked to him or at least the basics. Carter would have told me I was being too open, but I thought that he deserved an explanation as to the how of magic and its basic workings. Leo frowned when I finished but that I think was more in part to the fact that magic was something he couldn't break down into pieces and examine the parts. As we talked on I pulled out a deck of cards and we played go fish, followed by a game of rummy which I had to teach but Leo was a quick study. When the rest of the camp started to stir we made our way to the dining Pavilion for morning mess.

I have to say for a camp they had some really good food, and as we made our way to a table where Carter, Sadie, Percy and Annabeth were sitting I felt like this was no different than mornings at Brooklyn house even breaking bad news was somewhat the same though our demigod friends would not like the news. I told the others everything that I saw in my vision last night. As I wrapped up the rest of them looked like they were not liking this.

"So Setne is trying to merge the Greek and Egyptian Gods under his rule?" Carter asked just making sure that he got that part right.

"And he is trying to become a God himself let's not forget that, which is mad." Sadie said rolling her eyes.

"It's not mad." Percy said retelling of the time he had turned down the offer to be a God.

"And he has a secret partner that we know nothing about." Annabeth said looking at Percy as if to say you skipped that part.

"Look the facts are what they are and the only way we are going to fix them is if we stop Setne from completing his goal." I said bluntly.

"But where do start I mean we don't even have a point of reference to start." Leo said pointing out the obvious.

Annabeth and Percy exchanged a glance and then look at everyone at the table and said in unison "We need a prophecy."

"Great as if we another one of those I barely survived the last one." Said Leo with a look of Annoyance on his face.

One thing was for sure this was going to be one strange ride.

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