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I scurried down the stairs of the attic, thinking about the prophecy. Annabeth greeted me when I got down. Well, not really greeted...

"Well? What's the prophecy?" she demanded, impatiently. I closed my eyes and breathed in deeply, trying to remember the prophecy. Even though I had just heard it, I didn't have it memorized completely. I don't like to think about bad news too much. I knew that as soon as I told Annabeth she'd have it remembered immediately. I told her the prophecy. Annabeth bit her lip. I could tell she was trying to decipher what it meant.

"Come on, let's go tell Chiron," Annabeth nodded in agreement.

We approached Chiron. He turned, hearing our footsteps.

"Did the Oracle give you the prophecy?" he asked. Once, I went up to the Oracle, because everyone thought that this quest would be for me. Well, it wasn't, and the Oracle didn't give me a prophecy. He probably asked in case it was happening again.

I nodded, then turned to Annabeth. She got the hint.

"Five heroes shall embark on a quest,

One shall be blessed,

One shall be cursed,

And shall not live to hear the last verse.

All but one shall be tricked by the charm and beauty of the enemy,

But the daughter of Athena shall have great memory.

The daughter of Aphrodite shall fall,

Making the sacrifice to save all."Annabeth breathed in after saying the prophecy without stopping once. We both looked up at Chiron, who nodded.

"It is a very puzzling prophecy... Annabeth, do you have an idea of what it means?" he asked.

"Well... Obviously, it says one shall be blessed. But who, and by what? And another shall be cursed. Again, who, and by what, I don't know. And shall not live to hear the last verse... That really puzzles me. All but one shall be tricked by the charm and beauty of the enemy,

But the daughter of Athena shall have great memory. Who do you think that is? Could the daughter of Athena be me?"

"Most likely... you do have a great memory. But who's not going to be tricked?" I wondered out loud.

"Hold on, Percy. Think about the minor things a little, too. Five heroes shall embark on a quest. So that means you and Annabeth will choose 3 other half bloods to accompany you on your quest." He said.

We both nodded. "Grover," I said, Annabeth nodding in agreement.

"But Grover isn't a half blood, he-"

"But the prophecy just said heroes, not particularly half blood heroes!" I argued, not taking no for an answer. Chiron nodded.

"It does, doesn't it… Fine, Grover shall accompany you."

"I… I shall?" a weak, hoarse voice bleated from behind us. Grover was eavesdropping.

"Sure, G-man!" I said, trying to encourage him. "You've been on quests a lot more dangerous than this one." I recalled some times when we nearly died on past quests. Grover sighed, then replied reluctantly, "Fine." I grinned, clapping him on the back.

"You get to choose two more," stated Chiron.

"Two more…" Annabeth bit her lip, deciding who to take.

"Too bad Tyson wasn't here…" I sighed.

"Wait, what about The daughter of Aphrodite shall fall, making a sacrifice to save all?" asked Annabeth. "We'll have to take a daughter of Aphrodite with us. But who?"

"It has to be me," said a feminine voice from behind us, and I immediately recognized it. Silena Beauregard was listening in, too.

"But Silena… the prophecy says that… a daughter of Aphrodite will… die…" I said. I didn't know why I was trying to convince her not to go. I guess that I didn't want to loose her. I don't know why, I wasn't that close to her. Maybe it was because if she died, Clarisse would revert back to her old self again and beat me 1000x more than usual. I wanted to smack myself. What an evil thought.

"I…I'm-I'm willing to make a sacrifice… for camp." She said, confidently. But I could still see the fear in her blue eyes and her body was trembling slightly.

"Alright, Silena shall go also." Chiron said, swishing a fly away from him with his tail.

"We just need one m-" I began, but then was rudely interrupted by Clarisse, who was also listening in. Wow, things travel fast around here. I wondered how many more people were listening.

"Hold up, Jackson! I ain't letting you take her. I won't let her die for your impulsiveness." Clarisse snapped. "C'mon, let's get away from these losers," Clarisse had a point. No, not that I was a loser. I couldn't let Silena die for my impulsiveness. If I hadn't been so impulsive and filled in for Chiron, then we wouldn't have to go on this quest in the first place.

"But I can't think of anyone else…" I said, "And I definitely will not go with… that." I glared at Clarisse.

"And I wouldn't go on a quest with Jackson to save my life! I'd rather perish in the depths of the Underworld." Clarisse sneered.

"No, Clarisse!" Silena planted her feet firmly into the ground. "I…I have to go." All of our jaws dropped open. What happened to that prissy, make-up obsessed girl that was running around panicking that her hair got burnt that we saw fifteen minutes ago? And Silena Beauregard, of all people, was fighting to go on a quest that would most likely end her life? There was something wrong here. Did I miss something?

"Fine." Clarisse agreed, finally. "But she'd better not get hurt!

"So Annabeth, Percy, Grover and Silena are all going on this quest." Chiron stated, again.

"We still need one more person," Grover said, shifting uncomfortably. I nodded.

"Who is the last person you want to take?" asked Chiron. Suddenly, a bush rustled behind us, and I saw a girl's figure behind it.

"Krystal," Chiron motioned for her to come. She reluctantly came. She was very pretty. She had brunette hair and crystal blue eyes, which probably explained her name.
"This is Krystal." (An OC) Said Chiron, "One of our satyrs just brought her in last month. Unfortunately, her mother died last month. "

"I'm sorry, Krystal," Annabeth sympathized.

"She is a daughter of Apollo." I gazed at her for a second. I didn't see any resemblance… "

"So that means you must be great with medicine," said Annabeth.

Krystal nodded. "My mom said that ever since I was a kid I've been like a nurse or something. She also said that I've been making up all kinds of poems." I sighed, remembering how bad Apollo's poetry was. I prayed to the gods that she wouldn't share one. Fortunately, she didn't.

"Would you like to accompany them? Haven't you been wanting to go out on a quest since you came?" Chiron asked.

"Really?" Krystal's eyes widened. "I'd be really really honored if I could,"

"Sure," I said, and looked at Annabeth, who nodded. "It would be good to have someone that knows about medicine around with us."
"So it's settled. Annabeth, Percy, Silena, Grover, and Krystal shall go on this quest. Please spend the rest of the night packing necessary items, such as nectar, ambrosia, drachma, etcetera." We all nodded.

"Wait, can I bring Mrs. O'Leary?" I asked. She was my pet hellhound, if I didn't mention it before. "She might… you know, miss me. She hasn't seen me all summer."
"Percy, she's waited all summer. She can wait a bit more." Protested Annabeth.

"But she knows that I come around this part of the year. She's a lot smarter than you all give her credit for." I protested back. But honestly, I was just looking for a good excuse to bring her.

"Then she may come, too." Chiron approved, then limped off.

Everyone set off to pack, but Clarisse grabbed me by the shirt.
"If Silena gets hurt, Jackson, you'll pay. Big time." She stormed off. That kind of scared me. A lot.

That dawn, we set off to leave.

"I'm really nervous…" Krystal said, holding her bag and shifting uncomfortably.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine. Just be brave," Annabeth told her, and pat her back. I could tell that they would be great friends.

"Percy, can you hold this for me?" Silena handed me her bag, and I nearly fell.

"Damn Silena, what the hell is in here?" I said, struggling to hold it without fainting.

"My make up!" she exclaimed.

"But Chiron said to pack necessary items," I grunted as I pulled the bag up to my shoulder.

Silena gasped. "They're more than necessary! I would die if I didn't have them!"

Annabeth rolled her eyes.

"You should get going, Percy." Chiron said. I nodded, handing Silena her bag back. I felt like the world was just lifted off my shoulders. And I knew what that was like. I held the world once. Literally. So we all set off, Mrs. O'Leary trailing behind us, not knowing what was in store for our lives.

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