Okay. Hello.

Thanks for all the reviews. Here's the next chapter. It's kind of lame though...You know, I've actually been working more on this series of one-shots titled "everything". Please check it out after reading this:D

"you shall travel into darkness

with sons of poseidon,

grey-eyed lover, lightning child who has much to learn.

You shall experience the dangers

of dreadful misconception

and realise that the oath

doesn't cover all problems.

Yet amid all this findings

fate's saved you the best

discovery you could make

when you're put to the test."

First thing that came to my mind:

Wow. This is freaking long.

Apparently, other prophecies had only been around four lines but this? Twelve lines? Were we seriously supposed to memorise that?

Second thing that came into my mind: Why is everyone staring at me?

"Well, Maylin. Time to prepare for your first quest." Chiron told me solemnly.

That was when the prophecy lines finally registered in my slow brain. "Lightning child who has much to learn" Nice. I feel very flattered, oracle of Delphi.

"Wait. So just to get this straight... I'm going with Annabeth, Percy and Nico to the world of the dead to check on tartarus, jail of the most frightening monsters and face possible death when I can't even swordfight without getting my asse whipped, have yet to even try archery and am a total doofus when it comes to greek mythology..."

I heard someone mutter something about the oracle's "have much to learn" being an understatement but before I could blush Annabeth corrected me in a soft voice, "Erm...Jake, Percy's half-brother would also be tagging along. The prophecy said "sons" of poseidon, not son."

I never knew the concept behind plural and singular verbs could be so important. Thank you, Ms. Chase...I mean, Mrs. Jackson (Hey, the two of them acted as if they were already engaged. You have never seen a teenage couple so in love before).

I realised then that Nico was staring at me with this curious look and as I turned to face him, he raised one eyebrow. I was about to ask him why when Percy decided to explain first.

"Er...Maylin, you're kinda blushing..."

My eyes widened and I noticed I really had been blushing when Annabeth mentioned Jake. My face turned even redder. When I heard his name, I had started to think back of what had happened last night and how I had seen him shirtless and how awkward our conversation had been, hence the change in skin colour...but the cabin leaders didn't know that...oh no, this couldn't be good...

I sat there uncomfortably as each camper turned those two piercing eyes of theirs towards me. Percy, you idiot. You're gonna get it from me later. I might just push you into tartarus when we get there...

"Erm..."Nico broke the awkward and embarrassing silence, "Hades informed me yesterday, when he told me about the quest, that he would be expecting the visit either today or tomorrow. He suggested that we get going as soon as we can so...you guys wanna leave tonight? It'll be easier for me to open up a underworld entrance if it were dark."

Annabeth and Percy nodded while the demigods thankfully took their attention away from me. I smiled slightly at Nico and hoped he could see the gratitude in my eyes. Last now, he had raised his eyebrow so high I thought it was trying to fly off to the moon. He was just as curious(suspicious) as the others about what had happened between me and Percy's 15 year old half-brother but he had decided to distract the others away from me anyway. Maybe, just maybe...I could forgive him for slashing at me during training.

Nah...Don't think so. My butt still felt sore.

Percy headed off to inform Jake of the quest while the rest of us filed out of the room to wherever out next training session was held. Basically, I spent the afternoon getting pounded by Clarisse in wrestling and nearly drowning during the canoeing lessons. When the day finally ended, I was so happy I could nearly forget the doom that awaited me on the quest. Hey, when you can't fight but have been called for a quest to the UNDERWORLD of all places, there's always doom waiting to consume you. Doom, destruction, deception and death. Ahh, how I love d-words. They're always so...cheerful-sounding.

I headed back to my cabin and packed a small haversack with extra clothes, a torchlight, nectar and cubes of ambrosia to carry with me on the quest. Apparently, these sort of things always got lost during the first day of a quest but who cares? I was going to pack one anyway.

After dinner, I headed towards the big house where the others had gathered. Seeing Jake, I blushed again but turned my head away in time(pretending to look at imaginary archers shooting at the empty shooting range on my left) so that the others didn't see. I couldn't understand why this was even happening. I didn't even know him that well! I sighed. Time to add another thing to my long list of the unexplainables...

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