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Logan POV

We drove to my old house. We stopped at a Tim Hortons on the way to get a latte. It delayed our trip about 10 minutes, but it was damn well worth it. My house was a little ways out from the city. It took us about 20 minutes to get there. 20 minutes to get to the nearest Tim Hortons. What a travesty I know. It didn't look like much. Just a medium sized two story house. No lights were on so my aunt was still at work. Me, Percy, and Thalia ran to the back yard. We ran into the woods for a few miles, until we saw the large stone with a glittering sword sticking out the top.

"Wow."I heard Percy say. "So who wants to try?"

"I do!" Thalia said really loud. She had been so quiet, i had forgotten she was behind me. She ran up to the rock, and tried to pull the sword. Needless to say, she failed. She pulled, let go and tumbled into the creek. Percy tried next, and failed. I tried next.

"lapidem ferro autem venerunt retrieve." I pulled, and slowly the sword released itself from the stone. I raised it above my head. When I saw Percy's face, I put the sword down. A scabbard had appeared on the rock. I picked it up, strapped it to my back and put the sword up. We made our way back to the van in silence. When we got to the van, Percy said

"Are we going to talk about this?"

"About what?" I chimed in.

"The fact that you have the sword in the stone strapped to your back. Legend says that 'he who wields the sword in the stone shall rule the monarchy of britain. Dude, you're the king of Great Britain." I thought about this for a second.

"It's not like anyone is going to notice. It was in my backyard."

"I guess if we don't tell anyone, they can't make you king." We rode in silence for a while. Then Percy spoke up and said,

"So, are we going to talk about the fact that you are a fucking wizard?!??" Thalia did not act very surprised.

"Well, i'm a wizard and I speak latin. What else is there to say?"

"Maybe the fact that you disintegrated 2 ice spirits in, like, 10 seconds?!??" To be fair, that's a good point. I decided to change the subject anyway.

"Thalia, why did you not act very surprised?" Then she spoke in that beautiful, voice,

"I already knew you were a wizard. You just radiate power."

"Oh… thank you."

"That was not a complement seaweed brain 2.0. Just a fact." She said, less of an insult but more of a joke.

"So, what is the next thing we need to do, according to the prophecy?"

Then Percy chimed back in,

"it says 'one will die by the hand of gold' so maybe Alcyoneus? He's alive again? That is not good, not good at all." Then, we all blacked out. When we woke up, we were on a spaceship.

"This is not good at all." we looked out of the window, and we were passing jupiter at an impossible speed.

When the thing piloting the ship noticed we were awake, he said "awake, and rejoice! For you get to die for the good of your universe by the hand of the Great Titan."

"What do you want with us. Why are we here." Percy said boldly

"Simple. You are some of the most powerful beings on the planet. We are removing the largest threats to the goal of our master."

"Who are you?"

"I am Ebony Mau."

"Who is your master?"

"My master is The Great, The Merciful, Thanos."