Author's Note : As you could probly guess from my huge updating rampage, I have my new Laptop X3. And this is the last chapter of this. Tia and I agreed this tale was going to be several little stories. We will be working on the next one. But I am working on finishing the ones on my profile list first.
Chapter 10 – The start of a Prophecy.
The next day, Maia sat talking about how she spoke to Hecate. How she was related to Hecate and everything she knew relating to Hecate. The young demigod had been patched up by Will when she fainted.
Kiara sat pretending to listen as she drunk her tea. The Stoll twins had got some tea bags from Britain. Kiara, Mars and Maia chose not to question how.
"What about you Kiara?" Mars smirked.
"What about me, what?" Kiara yawned, looking at her friends over her tea cup.
"Well, Mars saw you go off with some guy, who was he?" Maia smirked. Maia was surprised when Kiara hadn't shown up after she fainted but Maia was more than happy for some gossip from her other friend.
"The God of requited love. Anteros, he gave me a tour of Olympus." Kiara smiled happily. "He's a nice guy." Thunder rumbled, Maia and Mars tried not to laugh. Kiara glanced up at the Sky. "I am not even going to say what I am thinking." She told it and took another sip, she looked at her friends who were laughing. "What?"
"Aw, you have a boyfriend!" Mars bust out, the sky rumbled again.
"Oh shut up, Mars. You too dad, he's not a boyfriend. What about you with the gods of Fear and Terror. I saw you chatting away with them." Kiara demanded of Mars
"I was telling them my favourite form of torture." Mars shrugged, Maia and Kiara starred at her. "What?"
"Seriously?" Maia asked before smirking. "You were flirting with them."
"What?! No I wasn't, I was talking about torture."
"Seriously Mars." Kiara grinned at both girls. "That's as close as you get to flirting."
"You were totally flirting M."
"Well at least I didn't faint." Mars through back at her friend.
The three enjoyed their light banner before they simultaneously fell silent; shivers wracking their bodies in sync.
"That felt weird…" Maia muttered rubbing her arms to try and rid the feeling of horror from just under her skin.
"You felt it too?" Mars asked looking more pail than usual, Kiara and Maia nodded.
"I wonder what it was…" Maia muttered looking around at the perfectly normal scene around her.
"Beats me, as long as I can finished my tea." Kiara said, closing her eyes with a yawn.
The day was pretty calm, Maia was reading, Mars was designing her own torture weapons, whilst Kiara was doing Archery. The girls couldn't quite shake the feeling of the morning but the day continued without incident and they went to bed feeling that tomorrow would be better.
The three slept soundly, as did the rest of the camp. No one noticed the lights of the big house suddenly go out.
In the three main cabins perfectly in sync, Kiara, Mars and Maia sat up right, eyes wide and sweating.
"Are you okay?" Nico asked, looking over at Mars.
"Something is wrong. Very wrong." She gasped and rushed to the door, she pulled in open. Maia was just about to knock. "Maia?"
"Something is not right, Kiara just went running up to the Big house." Maia said "Come on!" They joined Kiara at the big house, she was banging on the door frantically. No one was answering, which confirmed something was wrong. Mr. D would have turned them into something nasty already.
"Ladies, what are doing at this hour?" Charion trotted over to them. The whole camp had been awoken by the girls desperation- they didn't bother being quiet
"Something is wrong, the three of us felt…something…and Mr. D won't answer…" Kiara explained
"Um…" Charion entered the big house, everyone waited outside. Charion came out. "He's not here…what in the name of the gods…" Everyone turned.
"It's Anteros…and Probos…" Mars muttered.
"The main gods are gone!" Probos said, he looked at Charion.
"WHAT!?" Everyone gasped, then they all turned to see Racheal, her eyes were glowing green.
"A propechy…just in time." Chiron sighed relieved.
'The path is laid and destiny cast.
The first chance has long but past.
Now the thrones lie empty and bare,
And must be protected by an heir.'
The green vanished and Racheal stood looking confused.
"What the name of Hades is that meant to mean?" Mars asked
"It means the gods need a heir to replace them, until a time they are returned…" Kiara began to pace, everyone looked at her shocked.
"So, who?" Maia asked
"This is your quest." Racheal looked at Mars, Kiara and Maia.
"So we need to pick the heirs?" Maia asked and Racheal nodded with a wise face. "Percy can sit in for dad.£
"Yeah Jason and Nico in place of our dad's. I think Thalia in Artemis place." Kiara muttered. "And the head of each cabin for the other gods."
"what about Hera?" Someone called out.
"Hestia." Maia smiled "She should take Hera's place, she may not be Hera's heir, but she is the oldest of the children of Kronos. Techincly it would work." And her old school said Greek Geeks was a useless club.
"Right, Anteros, Probos, find Hestia and tell her. Cabin leaders to Olympus, one or two of you might want to go and get Percy and Annabeth. And can someone get Jason!" Kiara said, clearing taking charge. "We need to get our stuff. Everyone head to Olympus!" Kiara raced down to her cabin, Mars and Maia followed.
They got changed and got their weapons ready as if readying for a war. Maybe they were.
"So, our big important prophecy begins?" Mars asked, looking at her friends.
"I guess, we need to find the gods." Kiara muttered, she signed. "I'm afraid…what if we fail?"
"Then the world ends." Mars explained. "It can only get up from there."
"Oh, Kiara!" Maia hugged her. "We'll be fine, Promise."
"Thanks Maia, right, to Olympus!" Kiara grinned, they all screamed as something picked them up. Kiara looked up as they were lifted even higher into the air. "Periphos!" She gasped.
"The Giant Eagle that is Zeus' pet?" Mars asked.
"Technically, he is my dad's messenger. Thanks for the lift Periphos." Kiara smiled, The Eagle placed them in Olympus, the other demigods looked jealous. The heirs sat upon the thrones, they all seemed to be fine.
"Maia." Percy smiled but their was little joy in his eyes at that moment. "I cant call dad's trident. Theirs only so much I can do without it."
"Wait, I thought it was only the gods that were missing…" Kiara looked at all the thrones.
"What do you mean?" Charion asked
"The godly symbols…" Maia gasped. "They are gone too!" Racheal went into Prophecy telling mode again. He eyes a creepy green.
'To find the first goddess you seek,
Find the place where most lovers meet.'
"How to find Aphrodite…Paris!" Maia grinned- she had always wanted to go.
"Don't be too hasty." Kiara warned her, she looked thoughtful, going over the Prophecy in her head. "Yeah, its probably Paris."
"Told you." Maia smiled
"Now, be careful." Charion told them "I have a feeling you will face a lot in this journey. Remember you can always call us through an Iris message if you need help."
"Thank you Charion, we'll keep in touch. Now, how are we getting to Paris." Periphos screeched.
"He say's he'll give us a lift." Kiara smiled, Maia and Mars looked sick at the idea of flying, But they got onto Periphos back behind Kiara. "Okay, let's go and save our family!" Periphos took off.
The demigod who were gathered with the gods in the throne room of Olympus cheered as the new heroes went forth to start their own adventure, an Adventure that would either save the gods, or to leave the gods to suffer and Olympus to fall.