A/N: *Language Warning*
Ch. 28
Simon's POV
That old corpse had left the big house! I never knew her to do that!. Why the hell is she out in the woods? I was freaking out man. To be honest, I may be all mystical and magical, but I get kind of nervous when it comes to living dead bodies.
"Ayy look who showed up.", Malikai whispered to me, walking up with the rest of the campers.
"Shut the fuck up, dumbass, she about to spit some mad fire on us." I hushed him.
So there is green smoke coming out of her mouth, and I'm thinking, what has she been eating?
The Oracle then started to whisper in her creepy voice,
"Five shall go west to the goddess in chains,
One shall be lost in the land without rain,
The bane of Olympus shows the trail,
Campers and Hunters combined prevail,
The Titan's curse must one withstand,
And one shall perish by a parent's hand.".
Now I'm standing there thinking, "Shit, that was deep. What else is she gonna do.". And then the oracle just falls to the ground, like a rag doll.
"Well, that sounds like crap.", Malikai said walking away. Earning glares from Alex and Chiron, as I laughed a little.
"I don't know man, I thought her rhymes were Eminem good.", I replied. And Alex and Chiron averted their murderous stares to me, and I was petrified. Like, "Oh shit! Medusa is turning me to stone" petrified.
"Guys this is serious!", an angry shout came from Thalia, that controlling bitch I swear to gods.
"Yeah, whatever.", was all Malikai said as he picked up the Oracle and over his shoulder like a fireman and walked back to the big house. I just trailed behind him, not wanting to stay with the cloud of awkward, hanging over the campers and hunters.
Malikai's POV
I just finished putting her back up in the attic when Travis called up to me telling me I was invited to this meeting crap. Simon was waiting for me downstairs, the awkward little faggot.
"Fine.", was all I said stepping down the ladder and closing up the attic. The sooner we get this done the sooner I can leave. On the way there I pulled out my smartphone and loaded up a new game that came out.
It was called Pokemon Go, it was based on a video game/TV/TCG series that I kinda liked when I was younger so I wanted to check it out. I know, I was a nerd. (Simon watches Full House) Interestingly enough there were lots of Pokemon where there were monsters, making me wonder if this was another monster run thing like the Monster Donuts, I could see some resemblance from certain 'Pokemon' and monsters in the demigod world. I noticed Simon staring longingly over my shoulder as I caught a little yellow mouse thing.
"I want a phone, damn it.", was all he said as we arrived. He sighed and wore a dejected look the rest of the time.
"Simon, I'm going to have to ask you to stay outside during the meeting.", Chiron said looking past my shoulder.
"Yes sir! (is it cuz I'm asian you racist centaur motherfucker)", he said with a mock salute. He marched out of the room with complete dignity, still wearing a determined look. Before running off to do who knows what.
"Blastoise, I choose you!", he shouted throwing his turtle, Turtle, from his shirt pocket onto the ground as it grew in size. I shook my head closing the door behind me.
"Let's just skip all of the formal shit and get to why we're all here.". I said sitting in my seat, folding my arms. Some of the cabin leaders glared at my choice of words but nodded, looking at Chiron. I also noticed some hunters came as well. I was liking this meeting less and less.
"Well, Malcolm you wrote down the prophecy right? Reread it to us.", Chiron said looking expectantly at Malcolm as he pulled out a notepad from his back pocket. Only a child of Athena. racist
"Five shall go west to the goddess in chains,
One shall be lost in the land without rain,
The bane of Olympus shows the trail,
Campers and Hunters combined prevail,
The Titan's curse must one withstand,
And one shall perish by a parent's hand.", He read out loud line by line. It was kind of chilling. And trust me, I know chill.
"Let's go through this one line at a time guys, Five shall go west to the goddess in chains." Malcolm started, "Easy, 5 will go on the quest."
"One shall be lost in the land without rain.", Percy stated, taking charge of the conversation.
"Someone will die in the desert.", I said without hesitation.
"...or just simply lost. Or it could be in a place that is in a drought, like California", Zoe said carefully. Like prophecies are ever simple.
"California is a desert.", Silena pointed out.
"But Africa has deserts too." pointed out Connor. Smartass.
"Yes, but the Greek gods do not reign over Africa, why the fuck would we go there.", I shut connor down earning a beam from Silena.
"Anyways, the next line is 'The bane of Olympus shows the trail.'" Malcolm read out again.
"This could mean… I'm not sure what it could mean " sighed Zoe, clearly puzzled.
I was getting a bit frustrated. The prophecy itself was difficult to understand. Just like the other prophecies it could have double meanings. What's the point in having a prophecy that we must follow if we don't even know what it was asking of us.
"Campers and Hunters combined prevail." Malcolm continued.
Well this line was simple. Well, it was easy to understand. But cooperate with the Hunters? That was very complicated. It would be extremely difficult to get them to work with us.
"That either means that Campers and Hunters will fight on the quest. Or, more worryingly, there might be an attack on the Camp as both Campers and Hunters will be staying.", I said out loud.
"We can play it safe, most of the Hunters and Campers will be staying here during the quest anyways, but we will have to select a few hunters to bring on the quest." Chiron stated, knitting his bushy eyebrows.
"The Titan's curse must one withstand.", Malcolm continued, looking around for an explanation.
"Anyone know any Titan's curses? Because I sure don't.", Katie said out loud.
"Well, there's always the titan Atlas who holds the sky. Or Prometheus with him being chained to a rock and an eagle gouging his regenerating liver out everyday." Malcolm stopped there as we all cringed at the thought of that happening to one of us.
Going up against something we do not know of is very dangerous. I was becoming more and more troubled. What did this all mean? I looked to Chiron, but he too, was deep in thought.
"And one shall perish by a parent's hand" finished Malcolm, looking grave.
Everyone looked a bit anxious, considering the possibility that their parents might murder them. I wondered if my mom might kill me as well.
Chiron rose cleared his throat. "Well, that should be enough to think about. Let's all go to bed and sleep on it.". What a wonderful end to a great evening, hey, at least we beat the hunters.
