I know that Rachel is the new Oracle, don't bash me. Just, let's pretend she's not. Okay?
Chiron looked at me skeptically. "Percy, you must choose two of your friends. Sadly, the satyr cannot accompany you." Wait did he say Grover couldn't come? "Why can't Grover come?" I asked Chiron. "Well, unfortunately this is a quest that Grover cannot do. Plus, he has an assignment to escort a demigod to the Camp." Chiron explained.
Then as he was talking, the satyr walked out of the shadows fiddling with his fingers. "It's okay Percy, you should just go without me." Grover said to me, not looking me in the eye.
"I think that will be it." I said to the others. I bowed to the three gods and dragged Grover outside. Once we were out of range, I asked Grover why he didn't decide on coming .
He told me he needed to escort half-bloods to Camp, and that this was a job better for him. I nodded and walked to my cabin.
*Next Morning*
I woke up early that morning. I grabbed my bag and filled it with two pairs of jeans, some shirts, socks, and some other stuff I might need. I got into black faded jeans, my Camp Half-Blood Tee shirt, and tried to comb my hair with no avail. I almost tripped over something as I walked to get my pen/sword Riptide off my dresser. I looked down and smiled. It was my shield that my half-brother, Tyson, gave me. I remember when it broke, the day Annabeth disappeared. I bit back a sob. I grabbed Riptide and Annabeth's New York Yankees invisibility cap, and jogged to Thalia's tree.
When I arrived, Thalia, Nico and Chiron were already there. I picked Nico and Thalia because they were my best friends, other than Grover and Annabeth. Nico was wearing his aviator jacket, black jeans and his skull ring he got from his father, Hades. Thalia was wearing her black tiara over black spiky hair dyed with streaks of neon blue, green, yellow, red and orange.
She also had black combat boots, her bow and arrows slung over her back, and her favorite "Death to Barbie" shirt on. It had Barbie with an arrow through her head. It was funny, but today we all seemed serious. None the less, she came over and gave me a hug.
"We'll find her." she whispered reassuringly in my ear. Nico came over and hugged me too. Then both pulled back and smiled. Nico patted my shoulder. "Don't worry man, we'll do everything we can."
I smiled. They always knew how to help me. I whistled for two pegasi; mostly because me and Thalia needed a ride, and that Nico would scare them. So, he would shadow travel near out first location. Blackjack and Porkpie fluttered down beside us.
Yo boss! Where are we going first? Hope it's not far, 'cause then I'll need a lot of sugar cubes!
"We are going to see the Oracle first Blackjack." I replied to the black Pegasus. Once Thalia and I got on our pegasi, Chiron lead us to the Big House Attic.
I walked up to the attic with Thalia. By the look on her face, she seemed nervous. I mentally smacked myself. 'No duh! Bring yourself together Jackson!' I said to myself. Both of use stood next to each other, and I stepped forward.
'Oracle of Delphini!(Sp?) What is the prophecy for the journey ahead?" I said to the mummy. At first she did nothing. Then, the foul smelling green mist poured out of her mouth.
I saw an image. It was Luke, Ethan, Chiron, Mr. D, and my mom, Sally; all playing pinochle.
Luke spoke first in a raspy voice of the Oracle- You shall go west, to the land of chilled and winds.
Chiron spoke next in the same voice- You shall find what you seek, from thy one who killed and sins.
Mr. D played a card and then said- When you are betrayed by one called friend.
My mom delivered the worst of all- You will lose what matters most in the end.
APOV
I had the nightmare again. The one with Percy…um…dying. I would just be awake for hours, sitting there in the dark. Ethan is always trying to flirt, but I keep telling him to stop. But he would never get mad at me .I heard a knock at the door. Again.
"What do you want Ethan?" I said annoyingly. He walked in, and set a tray of food down. Somehow, he always knew what I was in the mood for. It was just weird. Ethan laid the tray on the table, and muttered "Here's lunch." and went to the door. "Wait Ethan," I said. Even though he was bad, he's still like me; a demigod. Ethan stopped and turned to me.
"What?" he said coldly.
With a slight grunt, I stood up from the bed. I took his chin and turned his face to me. "Listen, I'm sorry. I was a jerk, you did a lot of stuff to make sure me and the baby were healthy." He stared in my cloudy eyes, while I stared into his blue ones.
*I think Ethan had blue eyes.*
I quickly pecked him on the cheek. Stupid love potion. It hasn't wore off yet, so for the next week, I was stuck liking him. "Am I forgiven?" I said as our foreheads touched. "I don't know." He replied, his expression softening. Then out of nowhere, music started to play.
Da da da da da da da da
da da da da da da da da da
Grew up in a small town, and when the rain would fall down,
I'd just stare out my window.
Dreaming of what could be
And if id end up happy
I would pray
Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
As the song was playing, Ethan put his hand on my waist, and the other held my hand. I put my hand on his shoulder, and he brought me close to him. Even though I wasn't showing that much at three months ( yeah I'm three months now) we still had a bump between us.
"Look," Ethan said. "I don't want to do this. I'm being controlled." I looked at him with confused eyes. "Hyperion wants me to personally kill Percy."
Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I prayed I could breakaway
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I love I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway
Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get on board a fast train
Travel on a jet plane, far away
And breakaway
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
I won't forget all the ones that I love I gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway
Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging round revolving doors
Maybe I don't know where they'll take me
But, gotta keep moving on, moving on
Fly away, breakaway
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye, gotta
Take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget the place I come from I gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway
Breakaway Breakaway...
I Hope you liked it! Kelly Clarkson owns the song! Not me!
Rick Riordan owns Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
I own the plot, story, and this computer I am writing on.
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Peace!
Horsey 3
