"Percy Jackson. I've been wanting to talk to you." a voice called out in the darkness. Percy conjured a ball of flame to see where he was, and he could tell he was standing near the Pit of Tartarus.

"Kronos." Percy muttered out loud. Kronos was surprised that Percy knew who he was talking to, but he led it slide as he had more important things to worry about.

"Yes. It is I, Kronos, the Titan of Time. However, for the time being I am stuck in this accursed pit." Kronos told Percy.

"What do you want Kronos?" Percy asked the Titan Lord in irritation. This little conversation between them was cutting into a dream that he was having about himself and Annabeth, and boy was it a good dream.

"Perhaps you've heard of the Great Prophecy, Percy Jackson?" Kronos asked the young demigod.

"Yeah. What about it?" Percy asked Kronos.

"I'm to fight against the Son of Poseidon, but I have heard that you've made it your personal mission to destroy Olympus, Son of Chaos. How about we join alliances to destroy the Olympian Gods?" Kronos asked. Percy looked down at the Pit of Tartarus and began chuckling to himself.

"What is so funny demigod?" Kronos asked.

"You if you think I'd join forces with you. I want to destroy and rebuild the Olympian Council with myself ruling it. You want to destroy everything. There is no common goal for us Kronos." Percy explained to the Titan. The pit began to glow a bright red and the ground that Percy was standing on began to shake rather violently.

"YOU DARE REFUSE TO HELP ME MORTAL?!" Kronos yelled at Percy.

"You're damn straight I'm refusing to help you, Clock Head. You're on my list as soon as I'm finished with the Olympians. You and that traitor Luke Castellan. Now get the hell out of my head." Percy told Kronos threateningly. Wind seemed to suck into the Pit of Tartarus as if Kronos was trying to drag Percy into the pit for his insolence. Percy used his powers over the earth to dig his feet in the ground, and brought his arm over his eyes so no small rocks or dirt got in them.

The next thing that happened was Percy waking up in a pool of his own sweat. His breathing was ragged and he looked lost and confused. It seemed that somewhere in the back of his mind, he was afraid of Kronos still. Just like he was in the last timeline. He looked over to see that Annabeth was still resting soundly in his bed in his cabin. With a deep and shaky sigh, he got up out of the bed and walked to the kitchen. Since he had to go through the living room to get to the kitchen, he also decided to check up on his little brother. He was surprised to see that he was sleeping with his arm around of the girls from the Aphrodite Cabin. He then paused and looked at the tv screen to see what movie they fell asleep watching, and saw that it was The Notebook. With a soft chuckle, he continued his way to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator to grab a few slabs of ambrosia to help calm his nerves a bit. He looked at the clock on the oven and saw that it was almost 6 o'clock in the morning.

"That'd explain why the sky is becoming dark blue." Percy thought to himself. He took his time eating the ambrosia, since he was still thinking about his dream with Kronos.

"Something troubling you Percy?" Chaos asked his oldest son. Percy turned around to see his father leaning against the wall of the doorway.

"Just thinking about things." Percy told his dad quietly, since he didn't want to wake any of the others up.

"What kind of things?" Chaos asked.

"Kronos came and visited me in my dream tonight. Even though I still have the Curse of Achilles, it seems that he still somewhat scares me. He tried to drag me into the pit in my dream." Percy told his father. As he was explaining this, he could feel the tears forming in his eyes. Chaos covered the distance between he and his son in a blink of an eye, and hugged him since that was what Percy needed right now. Chaos sometimes forgot that Percy was still a young boy at heart, despite all of the training he had as a warrior.

"Listen Percy. You've got the advantage over Kronos now. You came from the future, so you know his every move. I just paid the remaining Fates another visit, and they will not interfere with anything else. I made sure of that. Everything will proceed as planned and when the time comes to complete your goal, you will do so. Other than that, try and live your life and have some fun." Chaos told Percy. Percy nodded as his father separated them after the hug.

"Remember. I'm always here if you need me." Chaos told Percy. With that, he disappeared in a black light with white dots in it. Percy went back to his bedroom and hesitantly went back to sleep. Four hours later, Percy found himself being woken up by Annabeth.

"Come on Percy. Time for breakfast." Annabeth told her groggy boyfriend. Instead of getting up, he just pulled the covers over his head. He wanted to get more sleep in, since his sleep was interrupted by Kronos: the Biggest Dick of All Time. Annabeth had different plans however. She ripped the covers off of Percy and pounced on him.

"OOFF!" Percy yelled as his girlfriend landed on him.

"Can't I sleep for another hour?" Percy asked her pleadingly.

"No. It's time to get up." Annabeth told him playfully. In order to lift his mood, she kissed him on the lips and got up off of him. Percy wiped the sleep out of his eyes and made his way to the bathroom promptly. Or at least that was the plan until he found out that the bathroom was preoccupied by his brother and his late night guest. This caused him to sigh since now all of the Aphrodite Cabin was going to find out about his own personal bathroom.

"Hurry it up in there Cyrus." Percy yelled through the locked door. In return, a very loud 'YES' came from out of the girl from Aphrodite Cabin's mouth.

"That's my little brother." Percy thought to himself with pride. He instead picked out his outfit for the day and waited in the living room with Annabeth until his brother and his special guest got out of the shower. He ended up waiting for about another 20 minutes though. As soon as Cyrus and his friend came out fully dressed, Percy punched his brother in the shoulder.

"What was that for?" Cyrus asked Percy, while rubbing his shoulder.

"For using up all of the hot water." Percy told Cyrus.

"We didn't use up all of it. It was still hot when we got out." Cyrus told Percy.

"I bet it was." Percy muttered loud enough only for his brother to hear. This made Cyrus blush rather furiously. That in turn caused Percy to let a chuckle escape from his lips. He grabbed his clothes off of his bed and walked into the bathroom, slowly turning the shower handle to the right temperature.

"Looks like he did leave some hot water for me." Percy thought to himself as he stripped his pajamas off and stepped into the shower. The water as usual was the perfect temperature and the steam helped keep him in a state of relaxation. However, this only temporarily relieved Percy of some of his ever-growing stress. He still thought about his conversation with Kronos and how he made a bold claim to kill the Titan Lord.

"I might've screwed up big time with that threat. Can't take it back, so I have to make sure that I kill that overbearing dick." Percy thought to himself. He reached for the shampoo, but stopped when Grover's face popped up in the shower.

"WHOA! GROVER! I'M NAKED AND IN THE SHOWER HERE!" Percy yelled in surprise. He even began covering himself up as if to prove his point even further.

"I'm sorry about this Percy, but I found the fleece. You guys were right. Polyphemus really is guarding it and that's the good news." Grover told Percy through the Iris message in the shower. Percy already knew all of this, but for performance sake he had to feign ignorance.

"What's the bad news then?" Percy asked his best friend.

"There's two parts to that one. The first part is that he caught my scent and is currently chasing me down. He has me trapped in a freaking bridal shop. The second part is that his island is in the Sea of Monsters. Mortals call it the Bermuda Triangle." Grover told Percy in worry. At this time, Percy decided to cut his shower short and turned the water off. It was getting in his eyes anyway.

"I can come to you after I get dressed. Where are you right now Grover?" Percy asked him.

"Miami Florida. A shop called St. Augustine Bridal Boutique. Hurry Per-." Grover cut off before he could finish his sentence. The Iris message disappeared quickly, leaving Percy to worry about his friend. He quickly jumped out of the shower and got dressed in the clothes he picked out for today. He ran into the living room with the others and looked at them.

"Lacy, not to be rude but you have to go right now." Percy told the girl from the Aphrodite Cabin. Her face had a rather hurt look, but she did leave as she was asked.

"What the hell was that for Perce?" Cyrus asked his brother in irritation.

"You, me and Annabeth are going to Florida right now. Grover just sent me an Iris message and it seems like Polyphemus has him trapped in a bridal shop. We've got to save our friend." Percy explained to his little brother. Percy quickly created a portal that led to Grover's destination, and ran through it before the others. What he saw upon exiting the portal made his heart drop. It seemed like he was too late and Polyphemus had already taken Grover captive. He already knew that Grover would've disguised himself as a female Cyclops to keep Polyphemus at bay while looking for a way to escape with the Golden Fleece. However, that thought was removed from his head when Annabeth and Cyrus came through the portal as well.

"Oh my Gods." Annabeth muttered in shock. The level of destruction around them reminded her of the time herself, Thalia, Grover and Luke were first trying to get to Camp Half-Blood. That time, a bloodthirsty Cyclops had chased them to the border of Camp Half-Blood. If it hadn't been for Thalia's sacrifice, then they all would have been killed by the beast. She shivered as she tried to repress that memory.

"It looks like a tornado came through here." Cyrus noted.

"This is all my fault. I shouldn't have brought the Golden Fleece up. Then Grover wouldn't have gotten taken by Polyphemus." Percy said out loud for theatrics.

"You got here as quickly as you could brother. It's not your fault. If it's anybody's fault then it is Luke's for poisoning the tree that protects the camp." Cyrus told Percy comfortingly.

"We should go back to camp and report this to Chiron." Annabeth told her boyfriend. This time, it was Cyrus who made the portal to their destination. He walked through it first, then Annabeth took her stroll through it. Percy looked around at the massive amount of wreckage one last time, before walking through the portal himself. They arrived right outside of the Big House, where Chiron was reading the morning paper.

"Ah. What can I help you three with?" Chiron asked the trio.

"It's about Grover, Chiron. Polyphemus took him to his island. Grover told me via Iris message that the fleece was on the island, but he also told me that Polyphemus had him cornered. I tried to get to him as quickly as I could, but I was too late." Percy told Chiron with a hint of sadness in his voice. Chiron folded up his newspaper and placed it on a nearby table.

"Listen to me Percy. It is not your fault. Now we have to get Grover and the Golden Fleece. Did he happen to mention where Polyphemus' Island was?" Chiron asked. Percy scratched the back of his head since he knew this was going to get a bad reaction from the people around him.

"He said that Polyphemus' Island was right in the middle of the Sea of Monsters." Percy told Chiron hesitantly. Annabeth gasped in what Percy assumed was fear, while Cyrus raised an eyebrow in confusion. After all, he was still relatively new to all of this demigod stuff.

"Chiron. What is the Sea of Monsters?" Cyrus asked the old centaur. Chiron rubbed the bridge of his nose as that was the worse possible place for Grover to be. Just like Alaska, the Gods had no power in those cursed waters.

"The Sea of Monsters, young Cyrus, is a place extremely deadly to mortals and demigods alike. Due to its size, even the mortals have noticed it. However, they call it the Bermuda Triangle. Many dangers lie in those waters such as Scylla and Charybdis." Chiron explained to Cyrus. This time, Cyrus' eyebrows raised in a mixture of shock and fear since he knew who both of those monsters were. Scylla was a six-headed sea monster that ate sailors so fast that all they saw was a blur. Charybdis was, from his understanding, a huge mouth that swallowed water and debris whole.

"Pretty much what you're telling me is that if we go, then we're screwed?" Cyrus asked Chiron.

"I wouldn't put it like that, but yes. It would seem so Cyrus. You cannot go however. I must address all of the camp and then we'll decide together who will lead the Quest." Chiron told Cyrus.

"Chiron. All due respect to the camp rules and all, but Grover is my best friend. I'm going regardless if I'm chosen or not." Percy told Chiron. Chiron chuckled at Percy and looked down at him.

"That is why you're my favorite student." Chiron told Percy in a whisper. Percy gave a little half smirk to the centaur and watched as he ran throughout the camp telling the campers to gather in the campfire amphitheater. Fifteen minutes later, every student in the camp was sitting in the amphitheater.

"Hear me, young demigods. Percy has just received word about the Golden Fleece from his best friend Grover via Iris message. Before the message was cut off, Grover let us know the location of this very important item: the Sea of Monsters." Chiron told them all. Percy and company heard all of the gasps in the stands. That place was seriously no joke.

"I am issuing a quest for a camper to go retrieve the Golden Fleece and rescue Grover. We shall nominate who will lead this quest and they in turn will pick one or two people to accompany them. However, the leader must consult the oracle first." Chiron told them all. All of the campers muttered amongst themselves, thinking that the strongest person in camp should be the one to go. That was when all Hades broke loose. Alaric stood up in front of all of the campers and turned towards them.

"I, Alaric James Burnett, Son of Poseidon, volunteer to go on this quest." he told everyone. That was when the uproar happened. Campers from all of the cabins began to shout their disagreement and a few choice swears in Ancient Greek. Percy stood up and the rest of the camp went quiet. He walked up to the podium next to Chiron, and addressed the campers of Camp Half-Blood.

"I understand your outrage well, fellow campers. I'd be angry as well if a new camper boldly volunteered for a quest without even proving himself in the slightest. By the sounds of your conversations just a few moments earlier, you sounded as though you were stuck between choosing myself or choosing Clarisse. Let me make something quite clear to all of you. Even if I am not officially chosen for this quest, I will still be going on it. Grover is, like Chiron said earlier, my best friend. Nothing is going to stop me from rescuing my best friend. That being said, I think that it should be Clarisse who is officially chosen for the quest. She has the raw strength, the conviction and the resources to lead this quest since it inevitably leads to the Sea of Monsters. The most dangerous waters known to demigods, immortal beings, monsters and the Gods and Goddesses of the Olympian Council….or what is left of it. That is all I have to say." Percy told all of the campers before going back to his seat.

Murmurs spread across the amphitheater like wildfire. Not only did Percy volunteer Clarisse for the quest, but he even willingly admitted that he was going to go regardless of the decision made. A bold move that nobody in the entire camp has seen before.

"Now that we have heard what Mr. Jackson had to say, who are we going to send on this quest to save the camp?" Chiron asked the campers. In no time at all, everybody besides Cyrus, Percy, Annabeth and Alaric began chanting Clarisse's name. Clarisse stood up proudly and gave a smile back to Percy for the first time since he had been at camp.

"Now that we have that settled, Clarisse must go consult the Oracle of Delphi. Meanwhile, stay alert and on guard for anymore threats and remember to keep up your training everyday." Chiron told the campers. With that, the campers dispersed from the amphitheater and Clarisse walked into the Big House to consult the Oracle. Percy, Cyrus and Annabeth also went towards the Big House to wait for Clarisse to come back down. Ten minutes went by before she did come out of the Big House.

"Ah Clarisse. What did the Oracle have to say?" Chiron asked the daughter of Ares?

"You shall sail an iron ship with warriors of bone, you shall find what you seek and make it your own, but despair for your life entombed within stone, and fail without friends, to fly home alone." Clarisse recited to Chiron.

"I see. Do you know who you want to bring with you on your quest?" Chiron asked Clarisse. Clarisse simply nodded her head while keeping her eyes trained on Percy.

"Who are you taking with you?" Chiron asked Clarisse.

"I'll be taking only one person: Alaric Burnett." Clarisse told Chiron. Chiron looked over to Percy, because he knew that the Son of Chaos would be displeased with that news.

"If I can ask why you want to take an inexperienced fighter on a dangerous quest such as this?" Percy asked Clarisse. You could hear the irritation rising in his voice.

"Because I have a feeling that I'm going to need his powers over the sea. Besides, I'm assuming that you, Annabeth and Cyrus are going to take a route different from ours." Clarisse answered bluntly. Percy sighed at her answer, clearly expressing how much he thought it was a bad idea.

"Alright. Fine. If we do happen to meet up, and he gets in my way then he is going to be in a world of hurt." Percy told Clarisse before walking to his cabin. Cyrus turned to Clarisse and sighed as well.

"I apologize for my older brother's remarks." Cyrus told her before following his brother back to their cabin. "

Good luck with your quest Clarisse." Annabeth told her before following her boyfriend and his brother. Chiron watched his three students walk away before bringing his attention back to Clarisse.

"I suggest that you let Alaric know of your decision, so that you two can be up bright and early for your quest. See you tomorrow morning Ms. La Rue." Chiron told her. She nodded at the centaur and went to find Alaric.

"This next week or so should prove to be interesting." Chiron thought to himself. In the Chaos Cabin, Percy and the others were packing their bags when there was a knock on the door.

"Cyrus can get the door please?" Percy asked from his room.

"Yeah Perce." Cyrus answered. Cyrus opened the door to stare directly into the Sea Green eyes of Alaric.

"Oh shit." Cyrus muttered out loud. Percy came out of his room to see who was at the door, and as Cyrus mentally predicted, he was pretty pissed off that the Son of Poseidon decided to show his face at his doorstep.

"You've got ten seconds to explain why you came to my cabin Alaric." Percy coldly told the new camper.

"Why do you hate me so much? As far as I'm aware, we haven't met each other before camp. So why?" Alaric asked Percy. His Sea Green eyes looked directly into the Golden eyes of Percy.

"Your ten seconds are up. Get out of my cabin." Percy told Alaric. His hand was reaching for his pocket while he spoke those words. Alaric raised his hands in surrender and looked towards Cyrus.

"I get when I'm not wanted. However, I wanted a word with Cyrus here." Alaric told Percy, keeping his eyes on Cyrus.

"No way in Hades. Get out. Come near me, my brother or my girlfriend again and you won't be leaving in one piece." Percy told Alaric. Alaric's Sea Green eyes shifted back over to Percy's Golden eyes.

"All due respect elder Son of Chaos, but I was talking to Cyrus." Alaric told Percy in the same cold tone he was using with him. Annabeth decided to see what was taking so long with seeing who was at the door, and was glad that she did. Percy nearly had his sword out and she stood in front of him.

"No Percy. Just let him say what he has to say to Cyrus, then he will leave. We do not need any more fighting between campers." she told her boyfriend calmly. Percy sighed and took a deep breath before following Annabeth back to his room. Before he closed his door though, he glared back at Alaric.

"You better be gone by the time I come back out here." he warned Alaric. With that, he slammed his bedroom door close leaving the two demigods to themselves for now.

"Thank the Gods for Annabeth's ability to calm my brother down." Cyrus thought to himself. He crossed his arms across his chest and waited for Alaric to start talking. If the boy took too long, then Percy would carry on with his promise of not letting him leave in one piece.

"That brother of yours has quite the temper, doesn't he?" Alaric asked Cyrus. He was just trying to get the conversation started, since he didn't know how to after a confrontation like that.

"I told you not to get on his bad side. Showing up at our cabin of all things when he doesn't want to see or hear you, that is definitely something to get on his bad side." Cyrus replied casually. Alaric shrugged nonchalantly and headed over to sit down on the sofa.

"Now you're really trying to get yourself killed. What did you want to talk about?" he asked Alaric.

"I've heard you, Percy and Annabeth went to see the Olympian Council on your Quest. Did you meet Poseidon? What did he seem like?" Alaric asked. Curiosity was heavily heard in his tone.

"He seemed….temperamental. He was scared at first, but then he was shockingly calm. Even while he was claiming you during Percy's speech to the Olympian Council. He's well deserving of being the God of the Sea. Calm on the surface, but reeking of chaos in the inside. Like a roiling sea, if you will. Now if that is all, I would ask that you leave since I don't want to be witness to another camper's murder." Cyrus told Alaric. Alaric got up from the sofa, thanked Cyrus and left the cabin quickly. Cyrus closed the door behind the male and let his head fall against it.

"Is he gone?" Percy asked through the room door.

"Yeah. He is." Cyrus answered loudly. Percy opened his room door and walked into the living room.

"Well we have another problem. It's going to be a major one as well, if I don't start assigning more Gods and Goddesses soon." Percy told his brother with worry. Cyrus raised his eyebrow in confusion at what Percy just said, and that was when Annabeth came to clear things up.

"It seems that after Percy killed Athena, Ares and Dionysus, all of their demigod children have been slowly losing their powers. For some of them, it is working really, really slowly. But for the others…." Annabeth began to explain.

"Are you trying to tell me that with every member of the Olympian Council, we are turning demigods into mortals?" Cyrus asked. Percy and Annabeth nodded solemnly at Cyrus, as they just brought up the possibility of the extinction of demigods.