Chapter 12

"Do all prophesies come out so vague?" I asked, annoyed.

We sat in the big house. The cabin leaders and a couple of others sat around the ping pong table. Casey sat directly across from me. Her eyes

"Unfortunately, yes. They always come out vague." Chiron replied.

Well, that's wonderful. There's some prophesy that we don't even know who it applies to. Olympus is completely unhelpful in the situation. Not to mention the fact that there is some 'darkness' that is lurking around in the world. Geez, does this happen a lot? Obviously not. People have no idea what to do with themselves, let alone decipher a prophesy.

"There's not much time. If there is more evil rising, we can't let more be wasted just sitting here. We need to send out those willing to take the quest," said Clarisse.

"We cannot rush into this. What bothers me is the fact that it specifies the two, not the usual three on the quest. Should we send more? And why haven't we heard from Olympus?" Chiron announced.

Feeling rather awkward in this particular discussion, Casey and I locked eyes and refused to look away. We did that thing where we talked using our faces, great way to communicate when the Muses ramble on about what inspiration to bestow on "the next Lord Byron."

"What is going on? We are going NOWHERE in this conversation." said Casey.

"I'm not sure. They're talking about some sort of quest. They want someone to go and find the 'dawn' that the prophesy says. I refuse to go. We just got here."

"I don't know, Alex. It can't be just coincidence that she gave a prophesy right not even two days after we got here." Casey silently replied.

"Well, it would be nice if we had help from someone..."

As if on cue, a blinding light emanated from behind Charon. Multiple campers drew swords and spears and entered a battle stance. From the light emerged my Dad. The campers dropped their weapons and sat down humbly. Chiron bowed with front legs bent. Well it's about time.

"I've come to clear up some things on what's going on." said Padre.

"What would that be exactly?" said Clarisse, with a twang of condescension in her voice. Big mouth for talking to a god.

"There has been an uprising of minor gods, not many, but enough to be a threat. We are nervous that they might recruit some of their children. There is only a few gods in rebellion, but we fear that is soon to change. Their leader is Erebus, the god of darkness."

"What? He's never rebelled. He had sworn to remain neutral. He disappeared during the Titan war..." said Chiron.

"We know, that's why we're confused. He's never acted like this, and a few others that have remained off the grid are taking sides."

"This doesn't make sense. How do we thwart him?" I asked.

"That's the problem. The only clue even the gods have is in the prophesy." he replied, "The prophesy hints at "dawn", but that could mean only one thing..."

"Eos. Goddess of the dawn. But she's remained completely neutral for thousands of years. She's never had demigod children. How do we get this power the prophesy talks about? Do we even know what it is?" Casey asked. The campers looked at her, dumbfounded. It must be the Athena in her.

"We need our heroes to go on a quest. We need them to go to Eos' home in the Florida Keys and ask for her assistance in the impending crisis." he gave a quick flip to his perfect hair with his hand, just like how I do it. "Then we need to thwart Erebus' operation. They were last spotted in Atlanta."

"Well, we need to figure out the number of those going on the quest. There were two specified, but it didn't say anything against a third." says Chiron

"We'll need all the help we can get. We have to have another." says one of the twins at the table.

"Should we take that risk? We don't know what could come out of it." says a daughter of Demeter at the table.

"We have no other choice. This is too large of a quest for only two," says Chiron. "We'll find out at campfire, tonight..."

It was settled. There are to be three to leave the next morning.

Sorry it took me so long! More chapters coming soon!