Hera left in a soft glow of gold, leaving a speechless group of demigods and magicians.

Sadie turned to face Chrion, "What's she talking about? Sad truths? Hard decision? What does she mean?" Carter and Zia both joined her in questioning the centaur, worried about Sadie.

"She must know something about your future." Was the only answer Chiron could give.

"I am sorry that you must be subject to this future," the voice of a man who had seen man hardships and was tired of them came across the room, Poseidon.

Sadie whirled around, "What do you mean?"

"Your path is not completely unknown to the gods. And for what we know of it, I am sorry that such a burden has been placed upon you." Sadie spared a quick look for the remaining gods who looked at her sorrowfully, as if they were agreeing with the sea god's words.

"But," Poseidon continued. "I do thank you for your help in locating my son. Whenever you need help call, and you shall have the water's assistance." Before Sadie could even answer him, Poseidon had disappeared. After sharing a few more words with her head lieutenant, Artemis returned to Olympus. She did give Sadie a small smile before she left, which did nothing to boost the young magicians courage.

Athena was still talking to Annabeth and it didn't look like they would be done soon, so Nico offered to show the Gyptians around Camp. They eagerly accepted trying to take their minds off of Sadie's dilemma.

"This is considered the Big House. The infirmary, Mr. D's room, Chrion's room, the meeting room, and the kitchens are in here. The oracle used to live in the attic, but she moved to a cave. It's pretty cool."

"What's the oracle?" Sadie asked.

"The oracle is a spirit who is favored by Apollo and usually resides in a young woman's body," a new voice said behind the group. They turned around to see none other than Rachel Elizabeth Dare. "The oracle is also me."

"Really," Sadie said. "So is it like hosting a god."

Rachel, who had been told about the Egyptians deities by Chiron when Sadie showed up, shook her head. "No. The oracle isn't so much a person or god as much as a presence. If that makes any sense. I can tell that the spirit's in me, but I can't contact it or talk to it. When it needs to communicate, it takes over my body and I have no remembrance of what happens during that time."

"Creepy," Carter muttered. Rachel laughed.

"You get used to it. I'm pretty luck actually. For a while, the spirit wasn't able to leave it's old host so it had to stay in her body for over seventy years."

"Now, that's creepy," Zia said. Nico and Rachel agreed with her.

"Sadie," Rachel's voice was serious now. "Could I talk to you?" Sadie, slightly confused by this request agreed. She assumed that it must be pretty important. The two of them walked to the cave where Rachel resided when she was at camp. When Sadie walked through the door, she stopped short.

In front of her was a picture of herself. The portrait captured the bright blue eyes, and upturned nose. Even the purple streak in her hair was there. "Where'd you get this?" Sadie demanded Rachel.

"I painted it," before Sadie could interrupt, Rachel continued. "Sometimes, I paint what I see in my visions. Unfortunately, they have a habit of coming true. This painting is just you because that's all I saw. For a while actually."

"Okay, that's stalkerish." Sadie mumbled.

"It know it may sound like that. But, believe me, it isn't. This also happened with Percy and some other people. I don't know why I saw you; all I know is that you're going to be important in this upcoming quest. I thought it might be fair to warn you about some stuff I know."

"Is that allowed? I mean, even the gods didn't tell me a whole lot."

"I'm the oracle, it comes with the territory. You're going to have to go to Greece after you get Percy. There's going to be seven heroes. We know that Jason, Piper, Leo, Annabeth, and Percy are going to be five. Percy will probably pick two from the Roman camp. Jason's the leader. Annabeth the brains. Piper's the mediator when the two camps meet, and she's in charge of slowing Gaea down, with her charmspeak and stuff. Leo is important, none of us are really sure why at this point. And last night, I found out that Percy's going to be the 'glue'. You know, the Romans trust him, the Greeks trust him, so he's going to have to be the one probably with the most on his shoulders. I don't know what the other two are."

Sadie nodded, following along as best she could.

"You and the others on the ship will be important, it's just that I don't think you're going to have as much responsibility. I still don't know where you come in though. I have a feeling that it's probably going to be just as hard as the others. Maybe even harder, because what I have been getting when I see you is that you're always alone. Whatever you do, Sadie Kane, it's going to be by yourself."