(A/N) This is a not a very important chapter its just setting the quest up the prophecy and all the other quest starters so please review I seem to only have one reviewer but that okay I appreciate it. Enjoy!

Chapter 7 The Quest

I was in shock. I was horrified. Caitlin was gone she had been taken by the giants. They killed Gwen. I will make them pay for what they have done. If Caitlin has died is life really worth living?

I was broken out my thoughts by Percy who said "Orion what took her?"

I looked up at my brother and said, "She was there when the giant killed Gwen and then she yelled and this huge black wall came up and took one of the giants. Then she was about to collapse but before the other giant could strike she tried to shadow travel but Nyx stopped her. She said that she wasn't the only one who could shadow travel."

Percy looked greatly disturbed by this when he spoke up and said "Orion are you sure it was Nyx? Because Hades and Erebus are the only ones who are supposed to be able to shadow travel"

"Well Percy I don't know what to tell you it was no doubt Nyx voice though maybe she was just in the shadows with Erebus."

Percy nodded his head and said "Yeah your probably right."

Then Reyna came running around the corner and saw Gwen's body and fell to her knees. You see Gwen was Reyna's best friend I know a daughter of Hades and a daughter of Minerva shouldn't get along well but they both grew up together here so they became long time friends.

I didn't know what to say but I was trying my best not to cry. This was Caitlin's only known sibling and now she is dead. But then again she may be dead to. But I can't think like that she's not dead I know that much I would have felt it. I do know one thing I can't live without her and I will search to end of my world to find her.

Percy said "What do we do there are now no children of Hades left plus Gwen was in the first Legion Lupas going-"

"I'm going to what child?" Lupa came out from behind a tree very calmly.

Percy hesitated before saying, "I'm sorry Lupa but Gwen is dead one of the Giants killed her but Caitlin took revenge on that Giant and killed him. But she then tried to escape the other giant and shadow traveled away."

"You mean to tell me that two giants attacked the girls what would be the purpose?"

"I don't know ma'am but when Caitlin tried to shadow travel away Orion heard Nyx say that you aren't the only one who could shadow travel. But I was under the impression that only Hades and Erebus could shadow travel."

Then I spoke up "I know why the attacked the two girls."

Lupa then growled "Well child if you have some knowledge that we don't then please share."

I don't know why but for some reason that really pissed me off, "Don't get snippy with me wolf I just lost my best friend and I'm not in the best mood so please test me I will rip your immortal essence and send it to Tartarus!" I yelled with a lot more anger than I intended to.

People were starting to gather around and trying to put two and two together of what happened. Then the ground around us started to shake I knew that I was the cause of this I was so mad I couldn't control it but then I felt Percy's hand on my shoulder and he said "Power down Orion she didn't mean it like that."

I knew he was right so I looked at Lupa and said "I'm sorry Caitlin has been my best friend for a long time now. But I believe that Erebus was helping Nyx. I also believe that the giants are hunting the children of the three because normal demigods don't really stand a chance against them. Now I have some more bad news we have a spy." I told them about the dream I had a few nights ago and that I didn't want to scare anyone but now it seemed important.

Lupa looked very pissed off she yelled more like roared "Do not assume just because you are a child of the big three you have the right to keep back information. Do you realize that this spy could have been someone on your team and they could've just given away where the two daughters of Hades were?"

Just then my friend Ian Brock from the Apollo cabin stepped forward and said "Lupa I do not believe this trader was on our team but you will be interested to know that Kevin along with some of his friends and his close siblings' from the Mars cabin have disappeared."

Lupa then got very pissed off and yelled "How dare they, if I ever find them I will rip their throats from inside out. They are traders to the house of Rome."

Just then an Iris Message appeared in front of us. There in the message was the king of giants Porphryion. He looked very cocky and arrogant he looked like someone that I really wanted to punch in the face. He then said very calmly "Why Lupa it has been a very long time."

"Go to Tartrus you son of a bitch." Lupa spat.

"Why my darling that is no way to treat a old enemy."

"What have you done with the daughter of Hades?"

"Calm down mother of Rome she is right here." He then pulled an unconscious Caitlin in front of all of us and we gasped. She looked horrible like she had been tortured. If I ever got my hands on this giant I would rip him a new one.

Then Lupa said, "What do you want for her safe return?"

The giant smiled so wickedly so evilly that he looked like something off of a bad science fiction movie "Its nothing really to hard all I ask is for your permanent alliance."

"What if we refuse?"

The giant had the freaking smile again and said "Well I would hate to kill her that's a waste of power I think a nice dip in the River Lethe would convince her to join us!"

Now it was my turn to talk "Take your offer and go to Tartrus"

"Well well well if it isn't the famous Orion. Well if you simply refuse our offer then I guess I will continue for my hunt of the children of the big three one by one I will pick you off and you cant hide from me my child."

"Who's hiding come and get me right here and right now!" Everyone behind me cheered in response.

"O silly child but that's okay I know you're a little mad right now so I will give you and your camp 2 weeks. I will call you and ask where your allegiance lies and then from there if you refuse I will dump her in the River and start picking you off."

Just then 13 bright lights appeared before all of us. Then all 12 Olympian gods appeared before us including lord Pluto. Then lord Jupiter stepped up and said, "Giant be gone or if you're not afraid then come fight me and my son Hercules or are you afraid that we will destroy you again." Just then a huge a huge man stepped forward who I'm guessing was old Greek hero Hercules. Everyone stared at him in awe.

The giant roared, "That is impossible he should have died nearly a millennium ago."

Jupiter then laughed and said, "Did you seriously think that I wouldn't make my favorite son immortal."

The giant said "No matter I can defeat you know much easier than before."

Then the Iris Message collapsed and then a bright orange light appeared before us. When I looked back its way I saw the largest creature I have ever seen he seemed smaller in my dreams. There was the Giant King.

He roared, "Fight me Jupiter in the name of GAEA!"

Then Zeus's master bold appeared in his hand and then Hercules had a gold gladius in his hands. Porphyrion had his giant spear but this spear was freaking huge a good 30 feet tall.

The next thing I knew me and everyone in the camp plus the gods were in the arena but we were in the stands and Hercules Jupiter and Porphyrion were in this metal cage that no one could get into they could only get out of it.

Jupiter then yelled "Olympians, Children, you are all here to witness the end of the beginning of a new war. I will make quick work of this pathetic giant."

Then Porphryion said "O don't worry children I will be a good King when I'm done with this idiot."

Then the battle started and the two immortals charge forward and there was a loud clash and Hercules was just standing in the back watching like he was just waiting for Lord Jupiter to ask for help. The immortals parried and fought for what seemed like ages. But was only a few minutes. Then Jupiter took his lightning bolt and shot and huge blast. I thought that had finished the Giant off but there was this huge cloud of smoke and I couldn't tell. But then the giant jumped out of the smoke and tried to take down Lord Jupiter. This didn't seem to sit well with Hercules so he joined the battle and charged the giant and jumped on his back and tried to stab him. He finally got right around his neck and he took his sword and shoved it all the way through his throat. The golden ichor was oozing down the Giants throat. He had dropped to the ground and had dropped his spear. Then 4 huge lights appeared in the arena. In there place four gigantic giants not as big as there king but huge indeed.

One stepped forward and said, "This fight was over" and then took out his Spear hit the ground and the entire building started to shake and it was collapsing. The giants were no longer there and Jupiter walked over and grabbed Hercules and they transported out of there. Then he appeared in the stands with all the gods and the all said something in ancient Latin and we all appeared outside.

We were all outside and it was still a pretty nice night you couldn't tell that the world almost ended in there. It was pitch dark outside and the only lights were the ones coming off the wolf house. Which I found out is what they called the main building.

Jupiter and all the gods were by the wolf house talking to Lupa I looked over at them to see my father looking like a very pissed off person he looked my way and did the strangest thing he winked.

All the campers were gathering around talking about the fight when Jupiter yelled "Quiet!" There was dead silence "Orion O'Connor step forward." I stepped forward and bowed before the gods "At least this boy knows some respect." He grumbled quietly "Orion O'Connor we have a quest for you if you choose to except it."

I looked at the king of the gods and said, "What's the quest?"

The king of the gods looked at me and laughed, "You have to accept the quest before we can tell you what it is!"

This was not exactly good news but I had no choice "I Orion O'Connor accept the quest by the gods" Thunder boomed behind me.

"Good, now your quest is not going to be easy possible one of the hardest quest in the history of the fifth age. You will break into the enemy stronghold and take back the daughter of Pluto."

As soon as he said this a girl who looked about 16 and was in a trance stepped forward and said

The sons of the sea shall answer the call with a daughter of wisdom they will all fall

They shall go east and find an ally in an unlikely place.

The daughter of Pluto will be in the enemy base.

The champion of Olympus knows the way.

With that the girl fell over and who I believe to be Lord Apollo caught her and disappeared. Now I was truly confused though so I asked, "What in the name of Tartrus was that?"

My father stepped forward and said "Son that was a prophecy everyone gets one before they go on a quest and that one didn't sound so good."

If that was something that was going to happen it doesn't sound like I will be coming back from this quest. Then my father said, "Do not worry to bad Percy's prophecy predicted him to get his soul reaped and as you can see your brother is just fine. The prophecy's normally have double meanings so don't think to far into it, it could drive you insane."

With that cheery thought my brother came up to me and put his hand on my shoulder and said, "lets go ahead and answer the first part of the prophecy I'm with you till the end bro." He then stepped forward and gave me a big hug, which normally would have been awkward since all the gods, and campers were staring at us.

Then Reyna stepped forward "lets go ahead and answer the rest of the first line I Reyna daughter of Minerva will go on the quest with Orion O'Connor." Percy said the same thing and then thunder boomed rather loudly. Reyna's mother gave her a small smile and then it faded.

Lupa then stepped forward and said "So it is settled you three will start this quest at dawn now everyone off to bed and heroes may the founders of Rome and the gods be with you."

But before everyone turned around Jupiter yelled, "Wait. I have one last thing to say. As long as you keep fighting for us we will never stop fighting! FOR OLYMPUS." With that all the gods disappeared as everybody cheered.

Then everybody turned around and walked to there cabin only Percy, Reyna and I remained. I looked at Reyna and did something that probably shocked the hell out of her I gave her a big hug and said "Thank you for coming with me. I don't know if I could do it without you. Either of you!"

They smiled at me and Percy said "Like I said earlier I'm with you till the end and looks like Reyna is to." She nodded and then said goodnight as she walked off to her cabin to go pack and get ready for the quest.

Percy and me got back to the cabin and he told me a little bit about his first quest while we packed and got totally prepared. He told me that Neptune had left him a message and said that the enemy strong hold was in South Dakota probably in Mount Rushmore. I asked him if he thought we were going to get Caitlin back and he said yes so positively I don't know how he's doing it. I mean he acts like he doesn't have a doubt in his mine that we can do this. I have my doubts but I guess I'm with Percy what could possibly go wrong. Well I guess the other ten giants could show up along with other Primordial gods on their side and then we would be screwed but that is not the point.

Percy finally said goodnight after another hour or two of just packing and talking. I sat there in bed thinking about my quest but then I realized something. My mom was dead how had I forgotten Brandon was never found. He could still be alive. But this brought me to tears my mom was dead Caitlin was gone maybe forever Brandon may be gone forever to I'm losing everyone. For the first time in 2 weeks almost I cried myself to sleep.

I awoke early the next morning and Percy was practicing his sword in the water though it looked kind of funny to look out the window to see your brother in the water of the lake and swinging his sword around like it was no big deal. But of course we are children of Neptune so I guess we are just beast like that.

I sat there for a while trying to collect my thoughts it was only 545 Percy told me he only has to sleep for four hours so he might have been up for a while. Then I remembered the quest and Caitlin being gone the prophecy, and of course my mother being dead. I know it's a sad thing in all but her biggest philosophy in life was keeping moving forward so that's what I'm going to try to do here.

I walked down to the beach and Percy emerged from the water and ran up to me and said, "Do we want to train for a few hours or do you just want to relax?"

I looked up at him and smiled while saying, "Well lets start the quest by me kicking your ass so bad you won't wake up to till the quest is over."

With that he grinned and lunged forward at me without me even drawing my weapon luckily I had good reflexes and had my sword out and in know time we were duking it out. See its weird Percy says that it normally takes year and years to be as good as I was now but I'm already really good. I told him that he was just jealous because I caught on to it faster than he did.

We trained for a good three hours an hour and a half of sword practice and an hour and a half of our manipulation water training. But now I was teaching him something how to create earthquakes. I told him you just have to be really pissed off. Finally it was 8:30 and time for us to leave.

We walked to the wolf house and saw Reyna sitting there waiting for us. She said "Gods it took you long enough come on Lupa has some last words to say before we leave."

We walked in and no surprise there Lupa was sitting there looking slightly aggravated. We sat there in silence for a moment then she said, "I wish the three of you luck on your journey you will be taking Peruses car I presume." We nodded "So with that I hope the founders of Rome and the gods are on your side."

With that she walked to the staircase and went straight up. Percy looked at me and said, "Well that was easier than I thought it would be."

We got to Percy's car and threw all of our stuff in the trunk. Once we did that we took off and started driving. I asked Percy "Where are we going first?"

Percy smiled at me and said "Were going to South Dakota first we will get Caitlin back before you know it." With that I decided it was best a take a nap for a little while little if I would've known what I was going to dream about I would have never done it!

Dream Sequence

First off I saw the four people this time Annabeth, Jason, Nico And a girl I didn't seem to recognize. They were having an intense conversation.

Annabeth seemed to be yelling at Jason I heard her say "Jason I understand that Leo and Piper are your best friends but Leo needs to stay here and prepare the boat. So I implore you to take me I can help you. Not to mention this is the first lead we've had in a long time."

Jason seemed to think hard on this he finally said, "I need to take Nico though he's a child of the three not to mention his powers over the dead and how good he was with a sword."

Then Annabeth yelled "Well we already know that if I don't go I'm going to go anyways and same with Nico so you might as well take me and Nico can just shadow travel and meet us there."

Nico nodded and said, "She has a point it would be a hassle for her to go and not to mention that the prophecy said the camps shall reunite with the end of a quest. So how about this you take Thalia instead then me and Annabeth will meet you there. Maybe that is the best call at this point."

Jason sighed then nodded and said "Okay I'll take Thalia and Piper but we already know one of us is not coming back it said you shall lose one in the base. But this is for the best."

Dream changed

It was black and I couldn't see anything. But I could hear a voice and it was saying my name but it seemed so far away. It was no doubt a female voice. The voice finally sounded like it was right next to me and it said, "Orion you are the first warrior in 3 millennia to be blessed by me. This quest should be a success you are with proper training the most powerful demigod ever born even more powerful than your brother."

I didn't know who this voice was but it was really creepy I said, "What do you want from me?"

"My child I do not wish anything from you I just want your allegiance when the time comes and I swear to you that I'm not trying to overthrow the gods. I can't have any children and one day I will rise with the gods and ask to be apart of there council is all I wish I just don't wish to remain here for all of eternity."

I then asked, "Who are you?"

The voice laughed and said, "You will see soon enough."

Dream Change

I saw ten giants sitting in a U shaped thrown room Porphryion was in middle. One of the biggest ones close to him stood up and said "You idiot you could've been killed and then what hope would we have had to raise Gaea or our true king."

Porphryion seemed to take this in he said, "I wasn't thinking I let that bloody idiot draw me into battle without thinking it will not happen again."

The other giants all nodded and the other giant sat down. Then Porphryion said "Well at least we did accomplish one thing today. Bring in the girl." He yelled.

Then 3 of the ugliest monster I've ever seen dragged Caitlin into the thrown room and dropped her near Porphryion feet. Caitlin then said, "What do you want from me?"

The giants all laughed at this but Porphyrion was the one to speak, "My child we are hunting the children of the three what chance do they have without you and you're other cousins and siblings."

Caitlin seemed to soak this in then said, "Orion and Percy will stop you and when the camps unite you will have to worry about other children of the three joining together. What will you do then?"

The giant spat at Caitlin and said, "Your puny friends don't stand a chance against me and I will make an example of you."

Just then a boy walked into the room he looked about our age the Giant said, "Son of Hyperion take this girl and do as you wish with her for now she no use for us."

The boy got a crooked smile and said "Thank you my lord." As he dragged Caitlin kicking and screaming.

End of Dream.

I awoke with a start it was pitch dark outside and Percy was still driving. He smiled at me and then went back to focusing on the road. I sat there for a while thinking one thing is for sure if I ever get my hands on one of those idiots I would kill them all!

(A/N) Well that was kind of a tough chapter to right and so the quest begins I hope you liked it. So as always please review!