Hey, so I'm back. Like I said before, I'm going through some things so I don't always have time to update. I'm going to try and post five today, so hopefully that makes up for the month gone. I'm glad that everyone is enjoying this. This chapter is short compared to others and I know it might be boring but it has a lot of key information that needs to be addressed in the story.

I do not own PJO or HoO. They both belong to Rick Riordan.

When the demigods were out of the throne room Piper turns to Annabeth. "What was that about?" She asks. "Did you not hear the line? I can't believe I didn't realize it. It's so obvious. I mean-"

"What are you talking about?" Jason asks Annabeth and she sighs. "Seven half-bloods shall answer the call, to storm or fire the world must fall." Leo looks confused. "Why are you reciting part of the great prophecy?" Piper's eyes pop out. She just realized what Annabeth is trying to tell them. "Storm…" She mutters. "To storm or fire the world must fall. We thought the storm was Jason but what if it's not? What if Percy is the storm?"

The gears are turning in Jason and Leo's heads. It makes sense but what could that mean. "But then… Am I the fire?" Leo asks both confused and worried. 'When a child of Hephaestus that's a fire user appears, it usually means something catastrophic is about to happen.' Nyssa had once told him. Was this what she had meant? Could Leo's fire skill cause the team the quest? Or would it somehow help Gaia.

"I don't know Leo." Annabeth sighs in frustration. She hates not knowing something. "I have no clue what any of this means." She stomps her foot and starts pacing back and forth. "Hey, don't look so down." Piper says. "Gaia is earth, earth is the world. How do we know that it doesn't mean we'll defeat Gaia?" Leo's eyes light up.

"I never thought of that." Jason says. Why don't we just recite the prophecy and try to figure out what it could mean… in a positive way." Annabeth marches back over to us. "Seven half-bloods shall answer the call, to storm or fire the world must fall. An oath to keep to the final breath and foes bear arms to the doors of death."

"Seven half-bloods shall answer the call. That's the four of us, Percy, and the other two Romans." Piper says. "To storm or fire the world must fall." Jason recites. "That could mean the world will end thanks to Percy or Leo." Annabeth says unhelpfully. "Or, as piper said it could mean that me or Percy defeat Gaia." Leo says. "An oath to keep to the final breath." Annabeth says and everyone goes quiet. "What if someone dies for the cause?" Annabeth says. "That's not very positive." Piper says back but Annabeth isn't done yet. "What if they die? But the doors of death are still open, right? So they escape through there."

"That's a good idea, that could be what will happen." Leo says, still not happy though that someone has to die. "And finally, and foes bear arms to the doors of death. Gaia is guarding the doors. She can bring her people back. But I'm sure we can defeat them and close the doors." Jason says, though his voice doesn't back up his statement. "Jason's right, we can do this." Annabeth says confidently. "We had about forty people fight in the streets of Manhattan a little under a year ago. Those forty people were going up against armies among armies of monsters. Not to mention a few titans such as Hyperion and Kronos. If we can do that, the seven of us can take down Gaia and her Giants. We can do this."

Everyone just stands there, not quite sure what to do after Annabeth's speech. "Maybe we should go back inside and see the gods?" Piper suggests, and the four of them are on their way back to the throne room. When they enter all the gods are waiting for them. "What took you so long?" Zeus asks a little annoyed. "We had things to discuss." and with that they all sat down and got ready to continue with the story.

So that's it for the chapter. As I said above, I'll be posting quite a few today. There should be another three or four up a few minutes after this one. I hope you all enjoyed this.