Woop Woop, Chapter 4, This time I'm going to publish it as soon as I have finished it instead of leaving you lot to grow old waiting for it. Plus that cliffhanger last episode made me want to start writing right away. So here we go, have fun reading!

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We were running, no, sprinting, towards Thalia's tree. My mind was racing. I had so many questions to ask the tree could be five miles away and I would not get them all out.

"What do you mean she's alive?" I said as we ran. "I know she is she's a tree"

"No, James" Percy said. "Thalia's alive" He gave me a look that said she was actually alive. Not a piece of bark at the bottom of a tree.

"What happened" Annabeth said, still looking beautiful in her dress. Percy barging in on us about to kiss had angered us both. But we wouldn't dare tell him about what could have been.

"Me and Clarisse were down by Thalia's tree...um...talking" He said. Grover, who had caught up, raised an eyebrow. We all knew what they were doing.

"She dropped the Golden Fleece" He continued. "And then she was just...there"

We reached the tree. Around it gathered many Demigods of Camp Half Blood. I pushed through quickly. Nobody tried to stop me, everyone was awestruck.

I reached the front and I stopped breathing.

She was there, older, but there.

Thalia was almost just as I remembered her. Shoulder length black hair, defined features. She wore a black leather jacket and ripped jeans. She was breathing.

"Annabeth help me!" I said, running to Thalia's side.

I hoisted her up on one shoulder whilst Annabeth did the same on the opposite shoulder and we walked her across the forest. On the way there she woke up.

"Dreams" She said. "I was, dying"

"They weren't dreams" Annabeth said through tears. "You did die, but your here now"

"So tired" She said. "Eyelids heavy"

"Rest Thalia" I said. "We'll talk more after"

With that she slumped into a deep sleep. We carried her to the infirmary and lay her down on one of the beds. I pulled up a chair and waited.

"James" Chiron said as he entered and saw me sitting. "It could be days before she awakes"

"Then it'll be days before I leave" I said. Regardless of what Chrion said. I was not moving. I would wait until Thalia awoke.

Chiron sighed. Annabeth appeared at my side and put her hand on my shoulder.

"James we need to talk" She said in a whisper, we were not the only people in the infirmary.

"As soon as Thalia awakes" I said. "Then well talk"

"James we need to talk now" She said sternly. "About what happened at the party."

I sighed, I knew this was coming and I couldn't avoid it. I stood up and we walked out of the door. Annabeth turned and stared me in the eyes.

"Was it really about to happen?" She asked. "Were you really going to kiss me?"

"I'm sorry" I said. "It was wrong to do so"

"I'm not saying it's wrong" Annabeth replied. "I just wondered-"

A groan came from inside the infirmary. I rushed in and to Thalia's bed, despite a groan and some offensive language from Annabeth that I wont repeat due to the fact I will probably be thrown into Tarterus if I did.

Thalia's eyes fluttered open and she scanned the room. Not realising where she was she shot up and looked around, until her eyes came to rest on me.

"J-James?" She said. "I-Is it really y-you?"

Tears sprang to my eyes and she threw her arms around me, we were both crying.

"I thought you were dead!" She screamed. "I watched you die!"

"I was gonna say the same thing to you!" I said. "But, I mean, you were a tree!"

She chuckled and turned to Annabeth, who was also sprouting fresh tears.

"Thalia!" She said, as they hugged each other. "I can't believe your alive!"

"Me either!" She said. "Being a tree wasn't that fun!"

We all laughed. Then I stopped and realised something.

"Wait" I said. "You knew you were a tree?"

She sniffed. "Yeah, I wasn't fully dead when Dad saved me. Even when I was a tree I was still conscious"

"So you saw everything?" Annabeth asked.

"Yeah" Thalia replied. "I didn't believe it was really you when I saw you James, I thought it was 6 years of being a tree playing tricks on my mind."

"You saw me break down then" I said, looking to the floor.

"You had every right to James" Annabeth said. "I know I would have too if it was my sister, and believe me Thalia isn't that far off"

Chiron entered, followed by Percy and who I'm guessing was Clarisse. She stood as tall as Percy and had long brown hair, her face was tattooed with a smirk as she entered. (A/N: The Clarisse in this is from the films, not the books. Sorry!)

"This is the one known as Thalia" Chiron said. "Welcome to Camp Half Blood, Daughter of Zeus"]

"Wait" Thalia began. "You know me?"

"We all do" Percy said, stepping forward. "I'm Percy Jackson, Son of Poseidon"

"That makes three" Clarisse said. "Chiron the prophecy..."

"Right" I said, standing up. "Will someone please tell me what this prophecy is?"

Chiron's brow furrowed. He muttered something about the Oracle and the Big House. Then raised his head and looked at me.

"I am not one to mention the Prophecy" He said. "Go and see the Oracle. Talk to me when you are finished, assuming you're still sane"

I had no idea what that meant and I didn't really want to frankly. I left the infirmary quickly and made my way to The Big House. It was a huge, barn type thing in the centre of Camp Half Blood. It was four stories high and to be honest looked quite intimidating.

I entered and started up the stairs. Everyone knew where the Oracle lay.

The Attic.

I reached the bottom of the stairs leading to the attic and stared upwards. I was terrified of what I might find. But nevertheless, I made my way up.

I opened the door and inside was nothing I had expected at all. It was dusty, dark and cluttered with mystical items from different Greek Myths, well, stories.

The sword of Theseus, the head of Medusa, covered of course. But the thing that stood out the most was the mummy at the end of the room, by the door.

"I am the Oracle" It said. "Speaker of Prophecies and answerer of questions, enter, and ask"

I walked up to the mummy slowly. Three wisps flew from the Oracles mouth and made a small circle around us.

"Um" I said. "I hear there is a prophecy about me?"

"You are correct, Son of Zeus" It said. Then, it began.

The Power of Three shall make amends,

But one will meet a gruesome end,

You will be betrayed by one who is close,

But gain a friend at the most,

The Titan lord, you will feel his might,

But change what is wrong and make it right.

With that the Oracle slumped back again and her eyes went hollow. I looked around for a minute and then ran out of the attic, not wanting to spend another second in there.

When exiting the Big House, Chiron, Annabeth and Percy were waiting for me. They all perked up when they saw me.

"Where's Thalia?" I asked. "Is she OK?"

"She's resting" Annabeth said. "She's fine, stop worrying"

"Did the Oracle give you your Prophecy?" Chiron asked.

"Yeah" I said. Then, I repeated the Prophecy to them.

Chiron looked down in thought, Annabeth looked scared. Percy seemed concerned.

"A sacrifice?" He said. "She means you?"

"I guess so" I replied. "What does it mean?"

"It means" Chiron started. "That you may be in grave danger. We must begin training at once"

"Training?" Annabeth said. "Already?"

"Yes" Chiron replied. "James is yet to receive his father's gift. He will be presented it soon. James, Annabeth, Percy, come with me"

With that he turned and began walking off, we all followed. Due to the fact Chiron was half horse, we all had to jog to keep up. Within minutes we were in the training ring.

"Now James" Chiron said, he walked, well, trotted, to a small chest. "What I am about to give you is a powerful weapon. Said to only work for the Air to Zeus himself."

With that he pulled out a sword. It was fairly short, around 3 feet, the handle was gold and the blade was a copper colour. On the hilt was a small lightning bolt. The symbol of Zeus.

Chiron handed it to me. At my touch the sword shimmered and disappeared, when all of a sudden a searing burning pain hit me on my wrist and began steaming.

"Chiron what's happening?" Annabeth looked worried and scared. "Help him!"

A scream escaped my lips. It burnt like the fires of the Underworld themselves were licking the skin on my wrist. My friends could only stand and watch.

Minutes passed and my wrist stopped burning. I was on my knees now and stopped screaming. I looked down. On my wrist was a black lightning bolt, tattooed on. I stared at it for a moment.

"The mark of Zeus" Chiron said. "You are to be the Air to the King of The Gods, You are the Air to Zeus' throne"

Thunder cracked in the sky. But it wasn't me. Somehow, in the back of my mind. I knew, My father was watching.

"The sword will come when you summon it" Chiron told me. "You only have to think about it, and it will appear in your hand, even when it is lost."

I thought about the sword, I pictured it appearing in my hand and all of a sudden I could feel the hilt. I opened my eyes as Percy and Annabeth gasped.

The sword was in my hand.

"Celestial Bronze" Percy said, pulling out a small pen. "Same as mine"

Percy uncapped the pen and it transformed into a sword, around the same size as mine. Except on the hilt was a Trident, not a lightning bolt.

"Now!" Chrion said. "Time to train!"

Three dummies appeared. But they were not ordinary dummies like you used in Karaté when you were ten years old that fell over if you kicked them too hard, no. These dummies were alive, and they held wooden swords and shields.

"Now, I will send them one at a time" Chiron said. "Use what you need to defeat them"

With that the first dummy advanced.

Easy I thought. I put out my hand to send the dummy to Tarterus. But nothing happened. No lightning erupted from my fingers, not even static.

"What?!" I screamed. But it was too late, the dummy sent a flying strike towards my head, I ducked and backed up. There was nothing else to do, I had to fight properly.

I ran forward and parried a strike, I span around and knocked the wooden sword out of the dummies "Hand".

It seemed to look lost for a moment, then it came to it's senses and advanced, knocking me back with its shield. I struck towards its face but it blocked. It continued to advance until it made its mistake. It missed me with a shield blow.

As it attempted to strike me I rolled out of the way and stuck out my foot, it fell and led there, dazed. I raised my sword and brought it down on the dummies back, it disintegrated into ash. Almost immediately the second dummy advanced, It seemed stronger, yet slower than the previous one.

I wasn't ready when it came at me, and it struck my arm, sending me flying to the side as pain erupted through the left side of my body, it wasn't permanent but it would leave a bruise.

I was on the floor and I watched as Annabeth nearly ran forward to my aid, only to be stopped by Chiron.

The dummy ran to me and proceeded to bring up its sword to finish me, I stuck out my own and blocked it, however, as the sword hit mine a shock went through and electrocuted the dummy, dazing it and sending it backwards. It shook its head and advanced again. I was ready this time, I parried and the dummies sword hand was sent upwards. I slashed at its chest and my sword cut through it like a knife through warm butter, it disintegrated, just like the last one.

The third dummy advanced, however something was wrong. Very wrong. Not only was this dummy black, unlike the others which were brown. But it had red blots where the eyes should be, however that was the least of my worries.

It had a steel sword, not wooden.

"Chiron?!" I said, turning quickly to him. His eyes were wide, Thalia had joined them and she looked scared, Percy looked surprised, yet worried for me at the same time, and Annabeth looked truly terrified.

"James this is not our doing!" Chiron said. "You must kill that thing, we cannot enter the circle!"

He pushed his hand forward as an invisible barrier stopped him. Annabeth begged to differ. She had her bronze dagger out and was trying to break the barrier. With no avail.

The fake dummy was still advancing. I wanted to run. I wanted to hide in my cabin and cover my ears. But I was no coward. I was not going to let these things hurt my friends.

I ran forward and sent a blow towards the things head. It blocked and slashed at me, missing me by mere centimetres.

This thing's good I thought

Literally as the thought left my mind the thing attacked again, this time hitting its mark, my chest and breaking skin, making a deep cut and sending me across the floor.

I heard Annabeth scream and Chiron struggling with the barrier. I looked up at the dummy raised its sword, I stuck my arm out again, this time, my powers worked.

The sword landed against the barrier created by electricity and stopping the blow, I felt my strength leave me as I kicked the dummy away. It fell back. But so did I. Hitting my head on the floor as my head flopped. I could feel the world spinning around me, everywhere moving at once. Then, the unexpected happened.

Lightning struck. Hitting me full on in the chest and sending shocks all throughout my body. I felt it reach all parts, from the tallest hair on my head to my toes, and all the way through to my heart. I felt energy flow through me. I heard Annabeth scream and begin to cry, I heard Chiron in a rage, and I heard Thalia banging against the barrier through tears. I even heard Percy, cursing to the Gods as to why this had happened.

They were wrong. I was a new man, I jumped up and raised my sword. I saw my reflection through the blade of my sword. My eyes were yellow, and small lightning strikes were erupting from them. I felt calm. Yet ready to blast this thing to a thousand pieces.

It looked at me and tilted its head, before charging at me. I raised my hand, then turned towards the group, who had now expanded to most of the camp, and smirked. Annabeth and Thalia gasped, followed by many murmurs and gasps at my eyes. I turned back and unleashed my fury.

Lightning erupted from my palm. But not usual lightning which usually came out. This lightning was yellow, and I could feel it was a hundred times more powerful. It hit the dummy with such force that it was flown backwards as it disintegrated. The process was fast and was over in a few seconds. The lightning stopped, my eyes went back to normal. I fell.

Darkness.

I awoke with a start, I shot upwards and scanned the room quickly. I was in the infirmary, and my head hurt.

I flopped back down. I was panting and still felt drowsy from my encounter with the fake dummy. Chiron entered.

"How are you feeling James?" He asked.

I nodded, still too tired to speak. Which I'm guessing Chiron acknowledged.

"Yes" He said. "You power when you finished off that dummy was more power than I had ever seen, more power than even some of the Gods" Thunder struck then. "I said some!" Chiron then shouted at the sky.

There was a long pause then, occasionally Chiron would look to the sky nervously and then continue to stare at me.

"How long was I out?" I said finally.

"Two days" Chiron said. "Your friends have been very worried about you, but. Well, I have some bad news James"

"What's happened?" I asked. "Is Annabeth OK?"

"Annabeth is fine" Chiron said. "It's Thalia, she...is missing"

"What?" I said. "Well find her then!"

"We believe she has been kidnapped. By Chris Maldock"

"That son of a-"

"We will find her James, but for now rest"

"But the Prophecy...what if-"

"Yes I know" Chrion said. "That is why we have reason to believe that Chris maybe wanting to resurrect my father"

"Kronos..."

Thunder struck at the sound of the Titan lords name.

The Titan Lord You Shall feel his might...

Thanks for reading. Also, if you guys think i'm cluttering too much into one chapter, let me know? I have a feeling that I am. But that cliffhanger! Oh how I love them. The funny thing is I know what happens next and you don't. No! I will never tell! I ain't telling you nothing! I guess your just gonna have to follow the story to find out -Wink—Wink-

Thanks for reading!

Peace :D