A/N: I'm back and thanks for all those who read, reviewed, and took part in the poll. The Poll is still open so go check that out if you haven't already. Now on with the meeting of the Oracle!
Disclaimer: Please if I owned things would have been written differently.
I stuck my head in to Rachel's cave. It looked ominous and daunting with the torches on the outside and thick purple curtains covering the door. I was uses to it, having lived in the underworld so long. Scary, dark, and creepy is my natural habitat.
"Hello?" I called stepping in to the cave.
"One Sec!" Someone replied. "You can come in further you know."
I got a cold chill down the spine of my neck. I walked down the hallway type passage way for a bit till it opened up to a living room kind of thing. I looked around and saw a girl sitting at a canvas painting. Her red hair had paint of every color in it matching the paint she had on her cloths.
She looked away from her painting and smiled at me. "So you're the girl who pissed off Percy and that horse of his huh?"
"Er…well I didn't really mean to, I told the Nico and the Stolls I didn't want to go in to the stables." I said not knowing how to respond to her.
"I kinda took Blackjack for a ride last year and Percy was furious." She laughed. "He cares too much for that dang horse. You should have heard him come in here pouting about how you could have made Blackjack hurt himself yesterday, he sounded like a baby." Wait wasn't she meant to be his friend?
I nodded simply.
"Oh so what do you need?" She asked finally figuring out that she didn't know why I was here to see her. "I'm Rachel Elisabeth Dare by the way."
"Oh ah I'm Abby Torrent." I said before remembering why I came here. "Oh! I'm here to hear a prophecy. I-ah-somehow got roped into leading a quest."
"Wont that be fun?" She asked before her eyes went green and a creepy smoke filled the room. I had a bad feeling about this.
"Tick, tick 10080 minutes goes,
Before the world is like the crow,
Five task demigods undergo,
A gift fit for the gods must bistro,
One must fight for sanity,
Against a mother without humanity."
The mist went away and she fell backswords back onto her chair. "Wahoo." She said simply. Yup that pretty much summed it up.
"That's lovely." I smiled coldly think of what's ahead.
"I feel bad for that person who has the mother issue." Rachel said seriously.
"It could be just about anyone's mom…well except Nico's since she's dead." I said thinking of whom it might be, I just didn't know anyone other than Nico very well yet so I couldn't say for sure. I mean I sure as heck could be the one. "Oh well we won't know till later, after the quest."
"True." The oracle said smiling at me. "Good luck on your quest, don't die, I want to hear how this ends ok?"
"Ya sure." I told her as I was leaving. "Thank you, bye." I smiled, I liked Rachel. She a little odd but then again so am I. I think we could become friends.
~X~
I found Chiron and Mr. D playing card as normal on the porch of the big house. Do they do anything different? "Ah there you are child I see you still have your sanity, good." Chiron said and I winced at the word sanity thinking of the prophecy again.
"Maybe…for now, only the fates know." I grumbled taking a seat not waiting to be asked.
"I'm sorry, I don't understand." Chiron said. I waved my hand in the universal meaning for don't worry about it.
"So what horrors will you face on this quest of yours?" Dionysus asked me sounding way to happy about the horrors part.
"Yes, come tell us your prophecy." Chiron agreed. What if I don't want to tell you?
I rolled my eyes knowing there wasn't a way out of this one. "Tick, tick 10080 minutes goes, before the world is like the crow, five task demigods undergo, a gift fit for the gods must bistro, one must fight for sanity," I glanced at Chiron there and he seemed to know what I was referring to before now. "Against a mother without humanity." I recited then took a deep breath.
"Oh someone is going to go insane?" Dionysius said his eyes gleamed with purple fire that danced happily. Sick ba-person. I thought. I hoped he heard it too.
Chiron cleared his throat. "That's ah…very nice Mr. D," He said shifting uncomfortably. "Abby, I think you will have a difficult quest to lead, but I have faith in you." Ya…highly doubt that, but ok.
"Ya because if I mess up the earth will become like the crow." I said a little sippy. "And if my mythology is correct, the first crow was white till it failed a job given to it by Apollo, and he burned it black. So all this means is that the earth will burn if I mess it up."
"On the bright side, you already have the first hint, so you don't have to waste time looking for it." Chiron said trying to cheer me up.
"At least I have a goal to work to: Don't burn the world down by screwing up you freaking pyro." I said in a happy voice that my therapist uses on me. Gosh I hate her…don't ask why I have one. That's a long story.
"Oh yes, yes! Let's do that!" Dionysus agreed. "I love watching insane people take out there sensation of just needing a hug and no well freaking give one to them, so they take it out on the world. So far Hitler and Walt Disney, Disney is still doing very well, they have taken over the youth already!" ok was I the only one how thinks his off his meds? No? I didn't think so.
"Dionysus, has anyone ever tried to get you committed to a mental hospital?" I asked and Chiron looked at me horrified.
"No why?" He asked.
"Oh because you, Hermes, and Apollo would all fit right in." I smiled as thunder boomed over head. "I should take this up with Zeus." I said thinking this was a good idea.
"Excuse me?" He hissed.
"No excuse me, I should go get ready!" before I get myself killed. I thought as I ran to the Hermes cabin.
When I arrived at my (Maybe) temporary cabin, I hurried and threw all my stuff into a backpack.
"How was it?" I looked up to see Nico leaning against the door frame trying to look cool. Loser
"How was what?" I asked focusing back on packing things I would need. "And why are you just standing at the door like a moron? Or are you a vampire and need to be invited in?" I could totally see him as a vampire….just not a sparklepire.
"Don't play coy with me." Nico hissed. "You know what I'm speaking about."
"Oh they gave me the job of keeping the world from burning." I shrugged. "Now you're still at the door." It freaks me out when he just lingers like that.
"Aren't you one of the top ten world's most dangerous pryos?" He asked.
"Uh…" I said thinking "I don't think there is a top ten list like that."
Hesitantly he stepped in. "Campers of two different cabins can't be in a cabin alone together if there un…opposite gender." He said shifting his weight. Wait what?
"The whole cabin was full when I came in here." I said noticing that we were alone.
"They just left for their next activity and Conner and Travis are already making their way to the hill." He answered.
"Oh well, I've known you forever, we practically grew up with each other." I shrugged.
"Anyways, you the only one who would be safe on this quest, come pair to the rest of us." I said zipping up my pack back ready to go.
"Why?" he asked.
"I'm ready, are you ready?" I asked slinging my bag over my shoulder.
"Ah ya but what do you mean?" I brushed past him heading up to the others and away from that conversation.
"Come on!" I shouted. Already planning how we get to the underworld from New York.
~X~
We were the last two arrive and Percy and Annabeth were already in the van, since argues would be driving us to the city.
Nico, Travis, Conner and I made our good bye's to Chiron. I was happy to be leaving camp. Then as we reached the bottom Bing came running down the hill.
"What does he want?" Nico asked.
I shrugged, "Not sure, I'll go find out."
I ran to meet him the last little ways. "Hey." I said awkwardly and silently cursing him for sending me on this quest.
"Good luck." He said flashing me a smiled.
I rolled my eyes, was that the only thing he came for? He's wasting my time. "Thanks."
To my surprised he pulled me into a hug, a hug that I did not return. "Don't worry, everything will work out, and if they don't, let's hope they save a few of us." He laughed at the last little part and let me go. "Bye!" He said and raced back up the hill.
"What was he telling you?" Conner asked when I got back to the van.
"Basically good luck and that if I fail he hoped he would still hope to be living." I answered getting into my seat before closing my door.
"Sounds like a pompous jerk." Nico growled for some reason. Wasn't he a grumpy puss today?
"Couldn't have said it better myself."
A/N: Done! Yay! It didn't take me months to get it out! That's a good achievement! Or me just being horrible at posting before….hmmm. Either way Review if you want!
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Oh ya and for any on those are wondering where 10080 minutes came from, it's the number of minutes in a week.
