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Hello all, thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter.

The deal Nico and Clarisse made: Nico under distress admitted to this author that Clarisse convinced him to call Silena's ghost for her to …. Ask for relationship advice.

From previous Chapter: "But you didn't die?" said Hera.

A Bad Day

"Which was good," said Nico.

"The war council adjourned and that night I dreamt that Rachel Elisabeth Dare was throwing darts at my picture," said Percy glaring at Rachel.

"Oh I remember that, I was attacking the painting of you standing over the giant Antaeus," said Rachel.

"Why were you attacking a picture of Percy?" asked Artemis.

"Attacking Percy is so much better than a picture of him," argued Clarisse.

"Percy had flown off on a demi-god quest and I had no idea what was going on," admitted Rachel.

"My dream showed Rachel's father entering her room complaining about the music and the fact that she was awake at three in the morning," informed Percy.

"Although I tried to hide the darts, he realised I was angry at Percy, and that he wasn't coming to St Thomas with us," grumbled Rachel.

"I always get the impression that Mr Dare doesn't like me," said Percy. "He never calls me by my name, usually he calls me young man."

"He doesn't like you," agreed Annabeth.

"Don't worry Percy, he doesn't like us either," admitted Travis and Connor.

"When DID YOU TWO MEET MY FATHER?" shouted Rachel.

"Um we rather not say," answered Travis.

"My father suggested that I see a therapist as I had mentioned the bad dreams I had been having. He thought also that getting away would be good for me as I had some unhealthy influences," grumbled Rachel.

"All parents think we are bad influences," mumbled Will.

"Except Sally," argued Annabeth.

"Yes but you are a good influence for Percy you stop him from getting into too much trouble," said Thalia.

"But she likes everyone …. Even Clarisse," admitted Percy.

"My father was pushing for me to attend Clarion Ladies Academy but I was resisting," mentioned Rachel.

"But don't you?..." questioned Clarisse faltering off due to the body language she was getting from the red head..

"In my dream Rachel hoped that her dreams were just that as she uncovered two easels, one was a charcoal sketch of a young Luke, the other was disturbing. It showed the Empire State building with lightning all around it. In the distance was a mass of clouds with a huge hand coming out of it. At the base of the building was an army with weapons ready," described Percy.

"I hope that your dreams are not true, but I am guessing that there are some truth to them," said Artemis.

"If you saw my in a dream, you didn't think to maybe contact me?" questioned Rachel.

"How could I? The big house doesn't have a landline," answered Percy.

"And he couldn't use a cell phone, the monsters would attack camp," said Will.

"And he couldn't ask Annabeth to use her phone to contact you, Rachel," said Katie.

"He would have to leave camp to make the call. The nearest convenience store is too far away to contact you before you would have to leave for your holiday," added Chris.

"Fine, those reasons are forgivable," said Rachel.


"The next morning Percy and I were doing our chores together as we both hated what they were," said Annabeth.

"My chore was to sort through reports for Chiron, Annabeth was cabin inspection," informed Percy.

"Percy tried to give himself a four out of five for his inspection," said Annabeth.

"I had made my bunk bed," argued Percy.

"But not picked up your clothes from the floor," replied Annabeth.

"Give me a break. I didn't have Tyson to clean for me, that summer," grumbled Percy.

"So what score did you give him?" asked Dionysus.

"A three," replied Annabeth.

"Why do you ask?" asked Apollo.

"Just checking what the scoring is like…. I don't like listening to the complaints of favouritism," answered Dionysus.

"As we walked between the cabins I tried to skim through the reports to Chiron but they were depressing and my brain couldn't concentrate on all the depressing news," said Percy.

"The reports at that time were depressing, announcements of battles and monster activities, recruitment down to zero, and no information about Thalia and the hunters," informed Clarisse.

"You didn't need information about the Hunters," accused Thalia.

"Yes we did, especially since you were our friend and we worry about you," argued Annabeth.

"Our first stop was the Aphrodite cabin which naturally got five out of five," grumbled Percy.

"It is sickening, even their footlockers are colour coordinated," grumbled Connor.

"Percy wanted me to dock them a point," dobbed Annabeth.

"The whole place reeked of designer perfume… It was over powering," grumbled Percy.

"Silena was quite listless, the wall behind her was filled with pictures of Beckendorf and she sat on the bed, a box of chocolates in her lap," described Annabeth.

"This is so heartbreaking," sobbed Aphrodite.

"She offered us a chocolate. Her dad owns a chocolate store and he had sent them to her to cheer her up," said Percy. "According to her they tasted like cardboard but they tasted okay to me."

"How does everyone seem to know what cardboard taste like?" asked Hermes "Is it a mortal thing to have a taste of cardboard by a certain age?"

"We promised to visit Silena later and continued to the next cabin. A fight broke out between the Ares and Apollo cabins," informed Annabeth.

"Some Apollo campers in a chariot pulled by pegasi that I had never seen, fire bombed the Ares cabin roof. The naiads from the lake rushed over to put it out. The chariot seemed like a sweet ride," admitted Percy.

"The Ares campers than cursed the Apollo campers so our arrows turned to rubber," grumbled Will.

"And they again put the rhyming couplets curse onto the Ares campers," informed Connor.

"Last time they did that it took a week for it to wear off," admitted Chris.

"The constant poetry was annoying and frustrating," mumbled Clarisse.

"What are they fighting about?" asked Ares.

"The flying chariot. They captured it in a raid in Philadelphia. The Apollo cabin seized it during the battle but the Ares cabin lead the raid," explained Annabeth.

"We watched as Michael Yew's chariot dive-bombed an Ares camper. I was impressed with how he rhymed the cuss words," said Percy.

"You are fighting for your lives and they are bickering about a stupid chariot," exclaimed Demeter.

"Yes, Annabeth thought they would get over it and come to their senses, but I wasn't as sure,"admitted Percy.

"We inspected the other cabins. We gave the Hephaestus cabin a three, they probably deserved less but we cut them some slack," admitted Annabeth.

"We finally reached Athena's cabin which was orderly and clean, except for one bunk. Annabeth's bed was messy as it was covered in papers and her silver laptop was still running," said Percy.

"Annabeth," exclaimed Athena.

"Why didn't your siblings tidy up?" questioned Hera.

"That's dangerous, she might use her knife on you," gasped Travis.

"It is not safe to move any of her notes," admitted Percy.

"Anyway I gave us a three due to a sloppy head counsellor," said Annabeth.

"The laptop was from Daedalus did it provide any good information," questioned Athena.

"Yes so many good ideas, it could take me fifty years to figure them all out," admitted Annabeth.

"So when she is not kissing Percy, she will be on that laptop," proposed Clarisse.

"Where are they kissing? It is against the rules for two campers of the opposite sex to be alone in a cabin," said Dionysus.

"The woods, the beach, there are certain places where you can go for privacy," admitted Chris.

"Percy and Annabeth have found a great place," grumbled the Stolls.


"The last report to review was written on a maple leaf from a satyr in Canada. He was requesting advice from Grover but we hadn't heard anything from him even with my empathy link," informed Percy.

"Grover had been travelling all over the East Coast spreading the word of Pan and trying to convince nature spirits to protect their own bits of wild," explained Katie.

"The last time I had heard Grover was in Central Park organising the dryads, but no one had seen or heard from him in months. Even Iris-Messages were not working," informed Percy.

"That is strange," said Dionysus.

"But at least you know he isn't dead, the empathy link would tell you," said Poseidon.

"Percy told me about his dream about Rachel," advised Annabeth.

"I always depend on Annabeth for advice. I knew I was asking for trouble but I trusted Annabeth," admitted Percy.

"What did you want her to say?" questioned Zeus.

"I'm not sure. But she was a strategist and the best I knew. What would she do if she was Kronos?" answered Percy.

"If I was Kronos I'd use Typhon as a distraction and hit Olympus directly while the gods were away," advised Athena.

"Just like Rachel's picture," pointed out Aphrodite.

"And at that stage Rachel was just a normal mortal," said Will.

"I thought it was agreed that Rachel was never normal," said Nico.

"She was and always will be SPECIAL," added Thalia.

"But we know now that there is a great chance that her dreams are real," said Apollo.

"Then the demi-gods have to be ready," said Zeus.

"Bit hard when they can't stop fighting each other," said Aphrodite.

"Annabeth and I fought as I was negative about the prophecy. Annabeth stated that she knew I shouldn't have been told the prophecy as it scared me and I apparently run away from things that scare me," said Percy.

"Everyone at some stage runs from things that scare them. It is natural fight or flight reaction," said Artemis.

"I called Percy a coward," admitted Annabeth.

"I got the impression she wasn't just talking about the prophecy. Especially when she told me that if I didn't like our chances maybe I should attend the vacation with Rachel and stormed off," said Percy.

"Like Percy would leave his friends," scoffed Will.

"Annabeth really needs to work on her jealousy issues," said Aphrodite.


"That afternoon we had the assembly around the campfire to burn Beckendorf's burial shroud and say our goodbyes," said Percy.

"Everyone was there. The Ares and Apollo had called a temporary truce," reported Katie.

"Beckendorf's shroud was made out of metal links like chainmail. I didn't know how it burnt but it did, the metal melting into the fire and turning into golden smoke," described Will.

"Most of the other campers drifted off as I stood staring at the dying fire. Silena was crying nearby with Clarisse and Chris trying to comfort her," explained Percy.

"Percy came over to apologise and informed Silena that Beckendorf carried her picture and looked at it before they went into battle," informed Clarisse.

"He also informed her that she meant a lot to him and that she made that last year with them together the best year of his life," said Chris.

"That was nice of you," said Hestia.

"Silena sobbed as she thanked Percy, before running off," said Clarisse.

"I told Clarisse that she could help Silena survive the heartbreak by honouring Beckendorf's memory by fighting with us," said Percy.

"I again informed Percy that my cabin doesn't get honour, I didn't fight," admitted Clarisse.

"I wondered if Clarisse could be Kronos's spy," stated Percy.

"You thought I might be the spy?" shouted Clarisse.

I wondered if that was why she was keeping her cabin from fighting. But as much as I dislike Clarisse, spying for the Titans just isn't her style," admitted Percy.

"Percy wasn't the only one to think that. It was suggested to me but I dismissed for the same reason," admitted Annabeth.

"Percy tried to bring up the fact that I owed him one," grumbled Clarisse.

"Owed him one for what?" asked Ares.

"The Sea of Monsters and rotting in the Cyclops cave," answered Chris.

"I will repeat I am not proud of my behaviour. I informed Percy that I would have done any other favour just not that. I felt that the Ares cabin had been dissed too many times," admitted Clarisse.

"So you are just going to let Kronos crush the others," exclaimed Zeus.

"No, I wanted the Apollo cabin to give us the chariot for us to help," said Clarisse.

"I informed Clarisse that she was a big baby and she charged at me but Chris got between us," informed Percy.

"I tried to point out that maybe Percy was right, but…" said Chris.

"It caused problems in your relationship as she felt you were not supporting her feelings," said Aphrodite.

"Clarisse stormed off with Chris following and I decided to visit Mrs O'Leary," said Percy.

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