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Annabeth's POV -

An eerie silence fell upon the room as the War Council processed the words of the sleeping Oracle . Finally, Beckendorf said " That's good right ?" , 'another chance Demigods find' ."All of us were deep in thought , contemplating about the lines when , I finally replied " Yeah that's good news …. I think ." I turned towards the Son of Jupiter who was also deep in thinking .

" Isn't Praetor like the commanding officer for Romans " I said , " Yeah " , said Jason " but , the only lost Praetor I can think is Percy ." " Percy Jackson , the famed Titan Killer , the Son of Neptune " said Will Solace slowly , realizing what the implication was . " Hold up" I said " does that mean that Percy Jackson is alive ! " . Jason for the first time since he arrived here about a Year ago grinned , an actual warm human smile . " Yeah me and Percy were Praetors during the fall of Rome ."

"Wait , I thought you had to have one female and one male Praetor ." said Clarisse .Jason's face clouded over and he whispered " Our other Praetor Reyna was injured badly by Krios , she was Percy's girlfriend . He was given a field promotion immediately " he shivered in the warm room as he recounted the details of the siege. " Ok what about the other words ? I mean what does Lost part of prophecy even mean ?" . Will said " I thought New York was the last battle for us ." " There will be another battle that's for sure ."

Grim silence reigned followed my statement. Beckendorf said "What could be wrong with the original one ."

"A half blood of the eldest gods

Shall reach sixteen against all odds

And see the world in endless sleep

The hero's soul , cursed blade shall reap

A single choice shall end his days

Olympus to preserve or raze´"

"Wait no , that isn't the prophecy " said Jason . "What do you mean Jason , that is the prophecy right there in plain English " said Silena . " Yeah" said Jason "in English, guys the original Prophecy was in Latin .Not in English , it's not shall reach sixteen against all odds, it's shall reach of age against all odds" . " WHAT! " I said " so the 1st War was for nothing ! Just the wrong goddamn prophecy ! " I said fuming .

There was a knock on the door " Come in " I said calming down . A son of Hermes said " Uhh it's time for change of shifts ." " Ok we are coming just a minute " . He nodded and went away . " Word of this should not reach outside this room , we will reconvene the council 5 days from today . Till then , I will try to make sense of this information and make a new plan because if , the information we received is true " she took a breath " There is another child of big three , maybe Jason or Percy Jackson who will set the ball rolling again that will lead up to another Great War "saying that I walked out of the room leaving a stunned War Council behind.

Next Morning

"Annabeth! ANNABETH!" Leo shook me awake as I opened my eyes groggily .

"What Leo ? I know about the memorial it's in evening , I just wanna sleep."

"Annabeth they found a new demigod ". I sat up so fast that I almost had whiplash . I told Leo to get out . I changed my clothes from the mahogany wardrobe , I strapped my dagger on my thigh and I walked to the entrance of Bunker 9 .

When I reached there , there was quite a crowd gathered , basically all of Bunker 9 , I shouldered my way through the crowd and saw Jason trying to feed Ambrosia to a lean person wearing leather armor covered in mud . When he finally swallowed it , a little bit of color came back on his face. He was clearly a demigod and a strong one too , at that .

"Annabeth call the Apollo kids , we need a stretcher here." Jason said . The Apollo kids rushed in with a stretcher and lowered the person onto the stretcher , as they took him to the infirmary, I told Piper to keep a watch on him until he woke up .

Since reaching Bunker 9 we had done a lot of scouting for new blood , but we had only found 1 demigod 9 months back . A son of Hephaestus named Harley . 2 hours later I was sitting in the infirmary taking a good look at him , some people would call her creepy but in reality she's just mapping him out he is a handsome for sure , he's got the looks that would make Aphrodite children in Sector 10 swoon.

He's got well built arms , thick lashes and his hair matted with mud and leaves is black. Jason seems to recognize him , though he won't tell Annabeth that . She's known him long enough to know that .He's a Child of Poseidon for sure because Piper saw him use a Water Shield against the Minotaur.

Is he a spy ? Maybe . But he's a Son of Poseidon ! How could he survive so long . When she confronted Jason about him knowing the person and the person being a spy . He adamantly defended him as he had been on the watch with Piper and he saw the dude kill a Minotaur . He claims some Big Three brotherly bond shit . He also said the demigod could be Jackson but he cant be sure as his whole body is coated with mud and he can't see his eyes he says .

Piper said she likes him , that alone should have quelled her suspicions as Piper is a great judge of character but , how could she not . She had a whole generation of Demigods to protect .

Grover joins her in her vigil and says " let's go , it's time for the memorial , Argus will keep a watch on him as he doesn't want to come to the memorial as it makes him cry " says Grover . I stand up and said "but Grover we have never had any Child of Poseidon before , there was Thalia and you caught a scent of a Child of Hades near Las Vegas but that's it . The only child we had of the Big Three was Jason and since an hour ago , this guy ,and … now we also have this different Prophecy . Ther's so much to cope and I'm not sure I can."

"Annabeth we all have moments of weaknesses but now , we have the memorial . So , I need you to walk out to Sector 15 and lead it , afterwards we'll talk ."

" Yeah I'm sorry , it just came all out ."

"It's alright Annie now let's go , we got a memorial to host ."

As Annabeth walked with Grover she decided she would reveal the modified Prophecy today . Boy that's gonna cause an uproar .

Jason's POV –

As he headed to the Sector 15 , he tried to remember the face of his comrade , brother and best friend , Percy Jackson . He remembers them sparring on the field of Mars . Riding Hannibal , going to defeat the Trojan Sea Monster . He remembers him screaming in rage as he flew into the Labyrinth hatch when smacked by the Titan Krios .

He looks like Percy , but if Jason has learnt one thing in all his years in the Legion that , everything isn't as it appears, lookalikes are easy . Just a little magic from a child of Trivia could do that .

"Hey what's wrong ?" says Piper kissing him on the cheek . "Nothing just ….. thinking ."

She looks at him with those beautiful multicolored eyes that he has fallen in love with . " Jason , don't lie to me ." "Ok fine , I won't , I'll tell you after the memorial ."

They arrive at Sector 15 , Piper lets go of his hand and goes to join her siblings . Jason sees Annabeth walk up to the front . Immediately everybody goes silent .

Annabeth takes a deep breath and starts her part of the memorial " Thanks to all Demigods who have gathered here today . One year ago we lost , badly . We lost the war , friends , family and our freedom as we know it . The titans won , all of those who are present here know the story of New York ." She took a pause as many of the campers had pained expressions on their faces .

" But " she continued " We don't know what happened at Othrys , all we know is that they lost , like us . Our Roman brothers and sisters . Jason Grace , Ex-Praetor of the Romans I request you , to address our audience and regale them with the siege of Othrys ."

I took a deep breath , suddenly feeling unwell , but I stepped up and said " A year ago , Mother Lupa gave us the permission to siege Othrys .We assembled the Legion and marched to Othrys . After reaching there , we were met with waves of monsters , it was tough but we were winning , just as we were getting closer to the walls of the fortress , the doors swung open . Two Titans came out , Iapetus and Krios . "

"This significantly turned the tide in their favour , finally the 4th Cohort broke , their Centurion was killed and the Cohort decimated , the same happened with the 3rd Cohort . That's also when our Praetor …Reyna and I were battling Krios , Krios got a lucky hit and Reyna went flying . Before blacking out she promoted our Primus Pilus Percy Jackson to Praetor ."

" With only 3 Cohorts left we were sure to lose . So, one of the legacies , Octavian said that all Demigods should escape and the legacies would defend their escape . So , Percy called for retreat .All this while I was battling Krios , when I heard the horns signaling the retreat , I got distracted, and was bitch – smacked by Krios into the Labyrinth hatch, where I woke up after being found by you guys ."

I took a deep breath and stepped down , I saw campers shedding tears everywhere . They weren't just grieving for the Romans . They were also unleashing their collective grief for their comrades too . Even Annabeth was looking teary eyed as she walked up and shook my hand .

Slow clapping began to start as I walked down . Suddenly , out of nowhere I heard a whistle , it was shrill , loud and could only belong to one person . Percy Jackson

"Well , I suppose I could tell you what happened next ." he said .

To RageSage - Nico and Bianca will be there , don't worry.

To Yesse2362 - This is why there are 2 male Praetors

To Bdarwin85 - Tysm man

Chapter length – 2086 words

Yay our boy Percy is backkk . So , we get the War council meeting , Jason's POV , Memorial and the return of the lost Praetor . I will post 1 chapter per week on Tuesday . I live iin India so…. Idk about the time difference . It's cuz of my Final Exams.

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