Riya's POV:

I still couldn't believe I was asking some random stranger to join me on this quest. I guess it just goes to show you how desperate I was to get this part over with and finally start the quest. Or perhaps I was strategizing, new blood in a group with a lot of connections, can act like the glue of the group. Yep, that was it, I needed glue. "So, are you in?" I asked the boy who was still not making eye contact with me. I could tell he was about to shake his head no, but out of now where, one of his siblings whispered something incomprehensible into his ear, causing him to finally speak to me. "Ok, I'll come." He then turned back to his food as if nothing had ever happened.

I smiled. Questmates…check! Leader…check! Quest…check! Wait a minute…I had been so caught up in trying to fulfil this prophecy, I had forgotten to ask Chiron, what exactly our quest was for. I remember Chiron calling me to the big house to discuss the prophecy, during our discussion, he told me, that he had a strong hunch as to what the prophecy was referring to. After I sat down and finished eating, I decided to ditch my Greek lessons, and head to the Big House to talk to Chiron. I mean I had been a year round camper here since I was 10. I could now speak Greek fluently without any trouble at all, so I'm pretty sure Chiron would not mind me ditching, for the first time in my life.

"Ah, hello Roya Curna… Chiron, that annoying Zeus girl is here to talk to you." A lazy voice called out. "Hello Mr. D, It's Riya Carna, and for the record, I don't think Zeus would be happy that you called his daughter annoying." I said to him. "Whatever Riva Karma…" A very grumpy Mr. D said to me. I soon heard a trotting noise come towards me, and soon, I saw the face that matched it. "Hello Riya, you look well, I suppose you have come to ask me what my suspicions are." Chiron said to me with a kind smile. "Yeah, that's exactly why I'm here." I replied a little surprised at how easily he could tell what was going on. "Well, I believe that the first ever Persephone demigod, we believe her name is Calla Aura, and for the first time in 13 years, she has been discovered." Chiron said with a grave look on his face. At first I could not understand why this was news. New demigods popped up all the time. Then it hit me…Hades. Of course, Hades would not like his immortal wife having a demigod child. Hades was a rather "possessive" god, if I did say so myself. I nodded then said, "So, our quest is to find her before Hades, or someone or something else does."

The rest of my conversation with Chiron was mostly about strategies and idea about where she might be. We had narrowed it down to four places: New York City, New York, Orlando, Florida, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Los Angeles, California. We figured that New York would be a good place to start because it was the closest large city to camp. Next up was Orlando, we figured that this would be a good place to search, because this was where Calla was born and the current home of Jackson Aura, Calla's dad, next was Las Vegas, the Lotus Casino was a popular hiding place for Hades, so we figured it would be a good idea to search there, and finally, there are two entrances to the Underworld in LA, DOA Studios and the Hollywood sign, so it seemed like an obvious choice to search their too. I figured that I better go tell my other quest mates the news, and explain to them the scenario.

I decided it would be rather wise to start with the most annoying one first. So, first up, Connor Jones. I dreaded talking to him…as far as I was concerned, he was arrogant and full of himself. But, a promise is a promise, even if it was to a toothless 9 year old.

I saw Connor and his two best friends Chase and Cesar in the distance. They were known as the 3C's of Horror by the rest of camp. All three of them together was a recipe for trouble, a son of Hermes plus a son of Eris plus a son of Hecate just equaled Trouble with a capital T. Chase's mother was Eris, the goddess of discord, so he could cause trouble in his sleep, Cesar on the other hand was more mellow, yet he was good with magic. The three of them together led to major pranks. Connor would come up with the ideas, Cesar would build/create whatever they needed, and Chase would put the whole thing together. They were good friends, and always had each other's back, and for that, I had a slight bit of respect for them. But ever since they dyed my hair blonde, while I was sleeping, I have wanted to murder them every time I saw them.

As I approached them, Chase came up to me then stared at me and tilted his head then said, "Huh, you you better blonde." I gave him my signature evil glare then said, "Maybe…but I think I look best when killing demigods who dye my hair blonde." I said glaring at him as my electric blue eyes practically cackled with anger. I pushed him aside then said, "Connor, I need to talk to you privately."

"Oh, so you finally want to get with all of this." Connor said to me wiggling his eyebrows at me. I rolled my eyes at him then said, "No, I promised Dylan that I'd take you with me on my quest." I said with a heavy sigh. "The big blue eyes…" he said as I nodded. "The toothless grin." He stated as I said, "Yep." He winked at me then said, "Well, I can indeed confirm you have a high case of Dylanitis." I rolled my eyes then said, "Well Dr. Connor, since I'm obligated to take you, I wanted to know if I could take your sister and Melody." He thought for a minute then said, "Sure, but you better go talk to them first."

"Thanks? After you finish packing, meet me at my cabin at 5:00 for a group discussion." I said not really sure how to respond. Just as I was about to leave, Chase called after me and said, "Look at your hair darling." I looked at the tips of my hair…it was pink…WHAT IN HADES! Those idiots had dyed the tips of my hair PINK while I was talking to Connor. I turned around to see Cesar holding a bottle of pink hair dye and Chase's hand with faint pink stains. Cesar looked at me slightly apologetically, but I could still see that there was a slight smirk of satisfaction placed upon his face. "How in Hades did you manage produce a bottle of pink hair dye out of nowhere?" I asked furious. "Son of Hecate…goddess of magic…" Cesar said to me in a matter-of-fact voice. I sneered at him then stalked off. Before I talked to Harlow and Melody, I needed to wash my hair.

After 6 washes, this stupid pink stuff was not coming out. I had to find a solution to this. Then an extremely crazy idea struck me…the Aphrodite Cabin. They dealt with hair issues…right? I threw on a navy blue hoodie and threw the hood over my head to hide my hair, and swiftly made my way over to the Aphrodite Cabin. I knocked on the door, and to my surprise, the boy who I had invited on the quest with me, opened the door. When he realized it was me, he slammed the door in my face. Talk about a whole new level of shy. I knocked on the door again, this time to be opened by the current Aphrodite head counciler, Juliet Jasmine Jacobson.

Juliet, who looked like a supermodel as always, and opened up the door to me quickly. "Hi Riya! What brings you to the Aphrodite cabin?" she asked in a bubbly voice. "This." I said as I threw of my hood, revealing my dark brown hair with the horrible pink tips. "OMG! You wanted to show me your absolutely fabulous new hair! I am so happy you decided to finally get fashionable!" an extremely happy Juliet said to me with a sparkly white grin. "Actually, I needed a way to get rid of it." I said to her with a weak grin. "Awww, why would you do that?" she asked me with her green-blue eyes pleading at me to change my mind. "Because it's pink, and it's horrible." I said without the slightest bit of pity. "Oh ok, I guess I can find something." She replied with a little pout. "So, what's up with your brother?" I asked her curious to know more about this shy Aphrodite kid. "Oh, you mean Jedd. He is a total sweetheart once you get to know him, he just needs to break out of his shell." She explained to me. Her perfectly manicured hands glided over the assorted bottles quickly. Her hand finally landed over a light blue and silver circular shaped vial. "This should do the trick!" Juliet said as she opened the vial and poured it's entire contents over my hair. "Ummm, what exactly is this supposed to do?" I asked nervous as to what this liquid on my hair was. "Oh it's a good hair day potion, it turns any hair into a perfection." She said with a grin as the silver liquid swirled around my hair creating a curtain of silverness around my head. Juliet then took a towel and wiped my hair down, leaving my hair shiny and smooth, and best of all, without any pink tips!

Just as I was about to leave, I noticed Jedd. He was staring at me as if he was trying to read me. Then out of nowhere he asked me, "Why me?" I assumed he was talking about the quest so I replied, "Well, first off, I have never met a shy Aphrodite kid, so that was interesting. Plus with all the craziness of the other questmates, I needed somebody to act as the glue…the person who keeps the whole mission together. I felt that some new blood could do that best." I replied to him as I picked up my bag and opened up the door. "Thanks…" he said with looking at the floor. "No problem, and just FYI, we are leaving tomorrow morning, so you better get packing. Meet me at the Zeus cabin at 5:00 for our team meeting." I said to him as I closed the door and took a deep breath.

Next, was Harlow and Melody. Harlow was Connor's sister, not through the godly side, but actually through the mortal side. They shared the same mortal mother, but while Connor's father was Hermes, Harlow's father was Apollo. Melody on the other hand, was Harlow's best friend on the planet. Melody, better known as Mel, was a total darling. She was very kind and nice to everyone, but, she is also rather shy, which balances out Harlow's personality. While Mel is more laid back and shy, Harlow is more "in-your-face" and is not afraid to tell someone exactly what she thinks of them.

Melody and Harlow were hanging out near the Poseidon cabin, eagerly discussing something, like best friends do. Mel was a daughter of Poseidon, so it seemed obvious that they would hang out there. I had always secretly loved the water, swimming, surfing, anything along those lines, but I dared not let my dad ever know that. Upon my arrival, they immediately stopped talking, and turned their attention to me. "Hey Riya!" Harlow said to me with a wide grin. "I can't believe you choose us for the quest! That is really cool of you." She said to me excitedly. From Harlow, that is a pretty huge compliment. "Wait, how did you know? I just told Connor the news less than an hour ago." I said. "Well, put it this way…he is my brother, and his father is the god of communication, so word travels fast." She said as she pushed her frizzy sun-bleached brown hair behind her ear. Melody smiled at me then said, "Connor ran over here and back, then told us." She explained. "Mel, don't ruin the mystery!" Harlow pouted with fake annoyance. I just shook my head then said, "So, I'm assuming you guys are in…so far it's you, Mel, Connor, Jedd, and me." I said to Harlow simply. "Jedd…" Mel asked in confusion, as if she had never heard of him before. "It's that shy Aphrodite kid." Harlow explained for me. "Oh, that kid… he seems nice?" Mel said with a nervous smile. I gave her a reassuring nod then said, "You guys better get packing, we are leaving tomorrow and we have a long journey ahead of us. Meet me at my cabin at 5:00 for a team meeting, after that, first stop, New York City."

A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. It took me forever to write! What do you think of the quest idea? I was my twin brother's so kudos to him. Also I included all the entries so far accept for Maureen and Roxy whom I have other plans for. If you haven't noticed, all my chapter titles are going to include the number 5, and the word quest. Also, all the cities actually have a personal connection to me. NYC is where my niece was born, Orlando is where I was born, Las Vegas was where the I had all my dad's immediate family in one place for the first time, and LA is the closest big city to where I live. (It's only 30 minutes away! And even better, Disneyland is only 15 minutes away!) Please Review and tell me what you think!