Is the first bit kinda awful? Yes it is. Do I care? Nope.

I have also neglected Leo, as we did not include his joining cabin 9.

*General PoV*

Three raspy voices filled the air, layering over.

Perseus Jackson. We have a message for you.

"What?" Was Percy's eloquent response.

We have brought you and the other heroes back in time to change the past. There were many dangers up ahead, ones you could not face without help from ones who's strings had already been cut. We have freed you from the prophecies that bound you before, so you may make your own path.

Percy was left staring at the mummy of the oracle as the voices faded away.

Time skip because I'm lazy

Percy stumbled his way down the stairs to where Chiron and Grover waited. The satyr was nervously chewing a tin can, while Chiron sat there waiting.

"Percy? What did the oracle say?" Chiron asked him.

Percy recited the prophecy he had first received.

"You shall go west, and face the god who has turned

You shall find what was stolen, and see it safely returned

You shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend

And you shall fail to save what matters most, in the end.

That's it." Percy finished.

"Well," Chiron said. "The only possibility is Hades, Lord of the dead."

Chiron listed the reasons why, probably because he figured Percy would need convincing, because no one wanted to face Hades.

"Why do all this if I'm set up to fail?" Percy asked, playing along.

"Prophecies often have double meanings that only become clearly later on, Percy. Don't dwell on it too much." Chiron said. "Now, who are you taking with you? You are allowed two companions. Annabeth has already volunteered."

Percy immediately said, "Grover. That is fine, right?"

Grover nodded. "Yeah, Perce."

"You can prepare for your quest today. Argus will drive you to Manhattan tomorrow morning." Chiron said.

Percy nodded and stood up to leave. Thunder shook the valley as a heavy downpour began. So much for perfect weather.

Thalia hissed Annabeth's name as she walked past the shadowy corner where she was hidden. The hunter had taken up a spot outside the Athena cabin, waiting for Annabeth to come out.

Annabeth stopped in her tracks and looked around.

"Annie!" Thalia whispered louder. "Over here!"

She waved Annabeth over to her, not anticipating the huge hug the daughter of Athena gave her.

"Where have you been?" Annabeth whispered.

"Come with me." Thalia led Annabeth into the woods where no one could hear them.

"So," She started. "Will you let me use your invisibility hat to go on the quest with you?"

"Yes," Annabeth said slowly. "But why didn't you come to us earlier?"

"I didn't want anyone to know I was here, so I found Bunker 9," At this she paused and handed Leo's toolbelt to Annabeth. "stayed there until capture the flag, then I sneaked into camp."

Annabeth sighed. "I guess. I'll give this to Leo and tell Percy and Grover you're coming with us." She handed Thalia the cap.

"Thanks, Annie." Thalia gave her younger sister a hug.

Leo time

Leo hadn't experienced this amount of awkward since, well, last time he'd been claimed. It didn't help there was only one familiar face, Nyssa, who wasn't actually familiar, because she didn't know him, or that he was the shortest and smallest of the group, or the small fire in Leo's hair he kept trying to put out.

The stare off in his cabin finally ended when a big burly guy who (shocker) Leo didn't know came forward and held out his hand to Leo.

"I'm Beckendorf, the head counselor." He said. "Welcome to Cabin 9."

"Leo Valdez."

One of the other kids said to him, "You don't look like a child of Hephaestus."

"I am." Leo said.

Beckendorf called out, "Bunk 7-A!" and the cabin rumbled as a bronze bed like his old (new?) one came out of an opening in the floor.

"This one's yours. It goes into a private room belowground." Beckendorf said.

Leo ran his hands down the control panel. "Nice."

"Nyssa can show you around the forges tomorrow." Beckendorf said.

"Okay." Leo was already in his bed fiddling with the controls. His first order of business tomorrow would be going to bunker 9 and getting his toolbelt, then he would go find Festus.

As it turned out, he didn't need to go to bunker 9. Annabeth brought him his toolbelt the next morning after his tour around the forges.

"How did you get this?" Leo asked as he secured the belt around his waist.

"Thalia brought it." Annabeth replied. "She was asking me if she could borrow my invisibility hat so she could sneak along on the quest. I guess she stopped at bunker 9 first."

"Thanks, Annie!" Leo yelled over his shoulder as he ran toward the forges.

"Don't call me Annie!"

I feel like I said "Beckendorf said" too many times.

So, I want y'all's opinion on something. At this point, we have two ways I can write: 1, writing one chapter from the book, then adding some on how it's going at camp. 2, I do a chapter from the book, then next chapter how it's going at camp. 2 would be more detail, but with 1 I can speed the story along.

Ok, another thing. Should I start a separate part for Jason's escapades at Camp Jupiter, or just start doing chapters here with Jason?

Another thing, I'm just changing it so there are no dates. Why? Because I want to. It's going to around 2013-2014, maybe 2015. Somewhere around there.