The next few day I went around with the other cabins. When I did the lava wall, I failed so many times. I would climb a few holds and either be burnt, or fall off into mud. The worst thing? That mud was generated by my own spit - from falling face first and spitting dirt out - and my own falls. Every time I fell it got muddier. I weighed enough with my muscles to soften the mud upon falling.

Eventually I got the hang of it. After the first time I got to the top, I quickly improved. In the end I was at the point where I could beat any cabin at all. The thing is that I had to practice it for two days to get there. Instead of the campfire I would train with Annabeth in my cabin; teaching her.

On the third day I practiced my archery. As a child of Poseidon I am supposed to be horrible at archery. Therefore I went deep into the forest with Annabeth, where we set up some temporary targets. I would have to run through the forest trying to shoot them all dead centre without being cut by the daggers Annabeth would be throwing. At first I couldn't hit the centre and got the odd cut; by midday I got it perfect the majority of the time though I didn't always hit the centre.

For the second half of the day, I practiced sword fighting with the Ares cabin, learning more tricks with the traditional Greek sword. I still preferred my katanas though. At lunch Chiron came up to me. "Percy? Let's talk in private. Your going on a quest."

As I walked out to the big house with him, all the campers stared at me. A few glared at me (Ares cabin) and the rest gave me confused looks. I guess people didn't really get quests here. We went to the big and and Mr.D ignored me as usual.

"Percy, you must stop a war between the gods. Get the lightning bolt and return it to Zeus. Annabeth can explain the situation to you. Go to the attic and get a prophecy from the oracle."

I nodded and went up to the attic. The steps creaked with every step I took and upon opening the door a skull grinding shrieking sound emitted from the door.

When I got into the attic, the first thing I noticed was the sickly sweet smell of rotting. As I progressed through the attic I noticed the thick dust on top of everything.

I soon enough found out where the rotting smell was coming from. I gagged as I sat the rotting body on the chair in the corner. I had no idea how long it had been there - other than a long time. The body suddenly sat up strait, green tendrils swirling around it... Or her...? It had been rotted a lot, though I think I could see a few strands of greasy hair.

The body... Woman, grinned. Her yellow teeth had little holes in the corners where they had begun to rot away. "Approach seeker, and ask" she said with a raspy voice. Bits of cheek bone showed through gaps in the skin on her face as she spoke.

I looked away and forced her image away. I then breathed slowly and said, "I need a prophecy for my queeessst" I dragged out the es when the image of her rotting skin once more entered my mind.

"Son of Poseidon know the way,

Traitor to live and die another day,

Son of chaos anger the gods,

To win in a fight against all odds."

Cliff hanger! Also I might stop doing note at the bottom of chapters; I trust you to comment! Let me know if you would like it if I did stop doing these..? - Dizzydaisy37