Hello, and thank you so much for bothering to read! Thank you for the four(I think) reviews, the three(I think) Alerts, and even the one Favorite! (^v^) I am now a happy owl! So, I would just like you alls to know that next chapter will be the one on the two love triangles, so please review because I don't actually pay that much attention to them except to decide which one I think they should end up with. I want other people's opinions very much. Everyone else probably does too! They've got to be tired of me being all super opinionated and stuff. This is a place to put ideas out there for everyone in anticipation for the rest of the Heroes of Olympus series, but I can only have so many ideas. Thanks! And here you are, the next two discussion points:

Immortality: is it an option? For who?

Wow. Immortality. Everlasting life. What a thing to fathom. It has been offered to several heroes in the Percy Jackson and the Olympus series. Annabeth thought seriously in book three about joining the Hunters of Artemis. But she didn't. Thalia was offered the chance to be Artemis' lieutenant and accepted in order to avoid being the half-blood of the Great Prophecy. Percy Jackson was given a boon from the Olympian Council, and immortality was suggested, strongly, as what he would choose. He declined. We all know why. Aw! :-D

What I want to know is, who will be offered this great thing, and who will accept? My belief is that it must be offered to at least one, maybe two, person(s). I can immediately think of two people who might be offered it, Frank, as he lays dying one last chance at life presents itself, and Hazel, the Doors of Death have closed but Pluto needs another helper to get things in order. I don't know if one or both of these will happen, or even if someone else completely gets offered it, but I think it definitely likely that someone will be given this choice.

If Frank gets offered, I believe that he will decline. Remember that book, the work of ancient beauty, The Art of War, that Mars gave him? He learned about sacrifice from that, it says so in SoN, and my guess is that though he will be offered immortality, he would rather die a hero. As for Hazel, if it is offered, she would probably take it. She doesn't deserve to be mortal, she thinks, she has already overstayed, selfishly, in the mortal world. She belongs in the Underworld, so that is where she will go, dead or as one filled with ichor, doesn't matter to her.

Nico is another person, to do the same thing as Hazel, I don't know if they could both do it together or if one of them only will be offered to/accept. My thought only, remember! Please tell me your ideas about others that could be given this honor/curse.

The Rule of Three

Much of what I said above is partially tied to something we learned all to harshly, with the deaths of Bianca DiAngelo and Zoe Nightshade, and that is that the world revolves around threes. Three Fates, three gorgons, three brother(the Big Three). And, three questers. If seven half-bloods are a part of this quest, will this rule of three test true? Will only three return as full mortals?

I do not consider dying as the only way to somehow no longer be one of the seven. If immortality is offered and accepted, that person will no longer be considered "part of the group". For those of you preparing to argue: were Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli still "The Fellowship of the Ring"? Were Merry and Pippen? Frodo and Sam? Just sayin' ;-)

So that is the immortality part of it, now what about the obvious way of leaving a quest, dying? Who will die? I mean, obviously some people will, but who?

Annabeth: if she dies then Rick Riordan will fear for his life. I think he enjoys his life more than he enjoys uber sad plot twists(seriously, I think some crazy people would try to kill him. Not me, but someone is bound to try.).

Nico: Certainly a plausible option. I don't know though

Hazel: Yep, she definitely has a big risk of going back to where she was for a while, though she would be in Elysium this time. She certainly could. Not many people would cry. Well, I mean, I would cry, but it would make sense for her to die, ya know, 'cause she died already.

Percy: Um, no. Just no. He won't die. Oo, if he got maimed, like had his leg or arm cut off or something, that would work.

Jason: meh, probably not, but I wouldn't care that much if he did. I'd just feel sorry for Piper.

Piper: She is sweet, but not particularly an amazing demigod. I don't think she will, but it's a possibility.

Leo: Big time possibility. He very, very, well might. Not that I hate him.

Frank: Almost certainly. He definitely makes some sort of sacrifice, possibly not his life, but we can't tell til way later.

Clarisse: Just thought of her, and yeah, I think she might die.

So I know most of you don't like the idea of anyone dying, but it wouldn't be a war otherwise.

Once again, please review, and I'll probably not be back for about a week. Thanks for reading, and thank you for being one of the amazing people who loves good writing and a good story.

Also, I have to point out, before you go(not that most of you will read this) that seven is also another "magical" number!