Emily had got off the Argo II and stepped onto the original Mount Olympus, Emily wasn't sure what it would have been like to be here. Emily could tell it was grand way back before the gods move west, but it was clear that it hasn't been used in a long time for some of it was in ruins. But it was clear that no one had bothered to repair any of the buildings since the gods had left it. The original amount Olympus looks much bigger than the amount Olympus over New York. Emily remembered when she had entered Mount Olympus in New York that she could feel the power of the gods. But here she feel the god's power here and it was even more powerful here than it was back in New York. Emily and the others know why they giant had come here to destroy the gods from their roots as well as raise Gaea here. Emily would admit that she didn't get of why they wanted to raise Gaea but be standing here made sense. For it was a place of power, just like the wolf house or even any of the places that they went to in the last month or so.
The twelve of them went different directions in in two pairs of threes, a set of twos and a set of four. Frank, Hazel, and Annabeth had went one way while Percy, Jason and Piper went another, Persephone and James had another way while Emily, Leo, Daedalus, and Lauren had went another way. Emily knew that she needed to get to the throne room and hopefully before Gaea wakes up of which was sometime today. Emily was worried that two of the demigods would be sacrifice before Emily could to Pandora's Pithos. After a few minutes that Emily had stopped and looked around with he others behind her. Emily was trying to figure out of how to get to the throne room for Elpis didn't show her of how to get there. As Emily looked around that she felt something brush against her, not as someone brushing their arms against her arm or anything like that, it was more of a brush against her mind. Emily had shook her had and than she had looked back at Daedalus.
"Hey, stupid head. Have you even been to this Mount Olympus before?"
"I have and I have no idea of where you are going."
"Neither do I, I need to get to the throne room of the gods." Daedalus had nodded and lead the way though the city and took different paths till they reached a palace that looked much like the palace at the amount Olympus in New York. Daedalus had lead the way inside till they reached the throne room and it looked pretty much the same in her dream expect for the fact that Pandora's Pithos was not in the hearth. Emily had steppedx into the center of the room as well as the others. It was Lauren that had spoke.
"Wow, I never thought I would be I. The throne room of the gods."
"It's amesome." Emily didn't say anything and started walking around he room trying to find something, anything, that reveal of where Pandora's Pithos was.
"Elizabeth?" Emily turned and looked at Daedalus. "What are you doing?" Emily had looked away and tapped of what she figured was Zeus's throne though she wasn't sure since all the thrones looked the same and this throne was in the center of the other thrones.
"About a week ago that I had a dream. The first part of the dream that Gaea tried to kill but she was pushed back by Elpis."
"Elpis? You mean the goddess of hope, a Protogenoi. I thought she was trapped in Pandora's Pithos."
"She is! She had ask me to release her." Emily had expected Daedalus to say something but she was surprised when she was only meet with silence but than Lauren and spoke.
"Colonel Phillips, is something wrong?" Emily turned around and noticed that Daedalus had turned pale almost like he had seen Minos or that Minos had just tries to kill him. Daedalus was looking at her, for once Emily could read him easy, Emily could see fear, wisdom, and worry as well as much more. But there was a sadness behind those eyes, something at Emily had got used to ever since she had known him before knowing that he was Daedalus but the rest of the emotions that Emily was seeing was bothering her. After a couple of minutes that Daedalus had managed to say something.
"Elpis had asked you to release her?"
"She did, she told me that I need more than just my hope to defeat Gaea and I need her hope and that if Gaea smashes the Pithos that she would fade." It seem that Daedalus was thinking quickly as Emily spoke, Emily wondered what he was thinking about it.
"Tell me, what did she look like?" Emily opened her mouth and than closed it again, when she opened it again that she was able to talk.
"She looked just like me expect her hair was in a ponytail like in ancient Greece and she was wearing a silver dress from the same time as well, sometimes when she had moved that it changed that what she as wearing of what I was wearing during the dream of which is what I am wearing now. Even the braid and silver circlet were there as well. Why?" When Emily said that, that it seem that Daedalus realized something, she could tell from his expression and he had than fell to ha knees like if he alms or didn't believe what Emily told him. Not that Emily didn't blame him for she was still having a hard time that a goddess looked like her. Daedalus had opened his mouth a couple of times before he had managed to talk.
"I should have known when I saw you that you were the one. The signs were clearly there, more so after meeting up with you again after seventy years." Emily raised an eyebrow when Daedalus had said that.
"What are you talking about?" Daedalus had stood up and looked at her in surprise.
"You mean no one has ever told you about that prophecy?"
"What prophecy?"
"The prophecy of hope. This prophecy was made when Elpis and the other spirits and such were trapped in that Pithos."
"Please tell me it doesn't rhyme." Daedalus had chuckled when Emily had said that.
"This is the only prophecy that doesn't rhyme. It was said that a woman would unleash all of the spirits but one, we all know that story. As everyone knows that Elpis remained inside and it was said that while she is in there that she sleeps expect when there is one with strong hope or have powers over hope. When it was one of those two things that she would be half awake or something like that. However it was said that in time a girl would be born as a demigod, a daughter of a goddess. That she would be raised by a leader to become a leader herself, that she would become a hero and a protector to the demigods as well as immortal. That she is marked."
"Marked for what?" Daedalus had walked over to her and took her hand. Than he turned her palm up and pulled her sleeve back, there was a couple of marks that were there that were not there that morning before they step foot onto Mount Olympus. In the middle of her palm was a silver oval mark of some kind, Emily had never remember seeing it before. That mark was so obvious that would be hard to miss unless if one was wearing gloves. Just above the SPQR tattoo was two words, Elpis and under that was Spes. Emily had looked at Daedalus and the others, Lauren and Leo looked confused of why those marks were there. But with Daedalus, he seem to have specter one of the marks but not the other and he touched the oval make in the middle of her palm.
"I never seen or even hears of a mark like this before, where did you get?"
"I don't know but it must have been today of when I got it since I didn't have it when I was on the ship this morning." Daedalus had looked up at with a confused look. "Look, I am looked at my hands enough to know I never saw that mark before and I know when I was getting to be on Mount Olympus that oval mark was not there. I have no idea of how it got there. But what the names though?"
"The names were the mark that I had refer to, you are the one marked. By marks, I mean that you are the only one who can hold the spirit of Elpis in her." Emily opened her mouth to say something but Lauren had best her to it.
"Hang on, are you saying she is a Protogenoi or a goddess?"
"No, or at least I don't think. Expect for Luke and Kronos, someone holding the spirit of a goddess or a Titan or even a Protogenoi has never been done before. With Luke and Kronos it was hosting. Honestly I am not sure what will open when Elizabeth opens the Pithos, I am not sure when the spirit is her of what Elizabeth would be per say. She co ..."
Suddenly there was a rumble and they fell to the floor, Emily could hear Gaea laughing, Emily knew that she was close of running out of time or was out of time. Emily had managed to get up, as she did so that she notice something at the foot of one of the thrones. It was a statue of a lion and it was painted wheat gold, it was looking at her like, here I am. Emily walked over to it and touched the too of the lion's head, when she did that, that a small door had open and inside was a small space and in that space was the Pithos. Emily had picked up the Pithos and put her hand over the lid, before she could much further that the doors open up and two giants entered the throne room. Emily didn't know this two giants and she figured that this two were banes of two of the Olympians. Of which two, Emily wasn't sure of, both of them were looking at Emily when they entered the throne room and one of them spoke holding a hand out to her.
"Give me that, Elizabeth Rogers." He pointed at the Pithos in her hand. Emily had took a step back holding onto it tighter.
"No." The one giant had step forward and tilted his head.
"You know for a champion of my bane, you don't seem like much." Than the other had spoke.
"What do you expect she is the daughter of my bane and children of Demeter are among the weakest there is." Emily and the other gasp slightly at those words, Emily looked at the two, somehow the banes of Demeter and Hestia had found her, the only one missing was the bane of Artemis, Gration. At last when it comes to have a close condition to the gods and goddess, Emily doubted that the bane of Apollo would seek her out. But the bane of Hestia had looked back at her before he spoke once more.
"Elizabeth give the Pithos and your life would be spared." Emily looked at him, she knew that he had no intention of sparing her.
"Like I would believe that one." Before Emily could react that a spear appeared in the giant's hand and he throw it at Emily. Before she could move that someone pushed her out of the way and took the spear and Emily barely managed to make sure that the Pithos didn't break as she was pushed out of the way. When she looked back that she saw that it was Daedalus that had pushed her out of the way. The bane of Hestia had pulled the spear out of Daedalus and started towards Emily, Emily could tell that Daedalus was barely breathing. Emily backed away a few steps and than she did the one thing that the giant didn't expect her to do. Emily was careful of how she did what she did to trick the bane of Hestia, for as Emily threw Pithos away from her and to his feet that she had opened it. When the Pithos had landed that the Pithos had smashed at his feet and he smirked when he saw that and he looked at her carefully.
"I hope you realized that you had let Gaea win today." Emily didn't answer but smiled as a similar voice to her own had answer.
"No she didn't." The air rippled to reveal a misty form of a girl no more than fifteen that looked just like Emily but wearing a silver dress and a high ponytail Greek style. The bane of Hestia had step back in surprise.
"Who are you?"
"I am hope." When Elpis said that, that her form disappeared but the mist remained and it shot toward Emily. When it went towards Emily that the bane of Hestia seem to understand of what happened. When it hit Emily that she felt stronger, not only that but she felt another spirit enter her body and merged with her own spirit. It was the strangest feeling Emily ever had, it was feels at she couldn't put into words. Emily had closed her eyes as Elpis merged with Emily, when it was done that Emily opened her eyes and looked at the bane of Hestia.
"So you are the one that the prophecy had spoke off, but you can still fall in battle and you will still lose without gods to fight along side you."
"Oh really?" Everyone looked to the doors of the throne room, two women stood there and Emily smiled she she saw them. For it was none other than Demeter and Hestia.