Chapter III

~-Daniel POV-~

I stared at Sahara. No way was I the son of Zeus. No way in hell. Surprisingly after claiming it turned out to be pretty normal. After the campfire I made my way to the Zeus cabin and surprisingly Sahara walked with me.

"My cabins number… something. Cabin 11? Yeah." She said.

We reached my cabin and I said goodbye to her. I crashed into my bunk, ignoring the massive Hippie Zeus statue and I forgot about my brother Ryan for a bit.

My dreams however were confusing.

I was on a mountain that I couldn't recognize. Someone made of stars was looking straight at me. "Hello, Wind Runner." I was falling. I looked "down" and I was falling towards a...person? Whatever the case, I woke up.

I shook my head. It wasn't important. I heard someone knock on my door. "Come on! Unless you wanna miss breakfast, hurry up!" Sahara yelled. "Coming!" I changed into an orange Camp Half-Blood shirt, and some jeans.

Sahara burst into my cabin just as I was about to open the door. "Today's the summer solstice!" she said excitedly. "Why are you so excited?" I asked her. "Well this'll be the first time I get to see Olympus." She said.

She was wearing a black leather jacket which was unzipped to show her Camp Half-Blood shirt, some jeans and she had redyed her hair back to violet. "Oh! Right your brothers awake now. He'll probably be claimed at breakfast." She informed me. Ryan poked his head into my cabin tucking his ice-coloured wings close to his body.

I hugged him unaware of the sadness in Saharas eyes. I finally released him and we headed towards the Dining Pavilion. As soon as we stepped in a glowing symbol appeared over Ryan's head. It was an icicle. Since no one seemed to want to announce who claimed Ryan, Sahara stepped forward and announced it. "Ryan Grayson, son of Boreas, god of the north wind and winter." The campers resumed their talking and a table that was decorated with icicles welcomed Ryan. "You'll be sitting at the Zeus table," Sahara said, "I'll be giving you and Ryan the tour." I nodded and I sat at my table.

It was pretty lonely but it was okay. After breakfast Sahara gave us the tour. We returned by lunch and by then Chiron and Dionysus was back.

"These will be the people who will go to the Summer Solstice: Sahara West, Maraya Walker, Alex Consol, Clara Met, Hilary King and Daniel Grayson. After lunch please make your way to Thalia's Pine Tree." Chiron announced.

"Awesome! Your going to the solstice!" Sahara said smiling at me. I smiled back at her.

~-Sahara POV-~

I was at Thalia's Pine Tree. I saw Daniel coming and I smiled.

"Hey, Sahara. I can't wait to meet my father...but I just wish, he stayed around." Daniel said.

"Yeah, the gods are jerks. My mom...still hasn't claimed me yet. I've been here for 3 years. That's definitely more than enough time to go and claim your kid," I said sadly. "Besides Zeus might not even have time for you after all he is the King of the Universe."

"Maybe… Would you ever betray the gods?" Daniel asked me.

"Maybe, maybe not." I said in an indifferent tone of voice.

"I would." Daniel admitted in a whisper.

The gods apparently didn't hear him, because he wasn't smited.

"Swear on the River Styx not to tell what we will talk about in this conversation." I told him, whispering."

"I swear on the River Styx."

"Good. I have an… opportunity for you…" I explained it and he nodded.

"So what do we do?" Daniel asked me. I smiled and showed him the plan.

The other campers came and we didn't say anything. We piled into the van and we all started joking around. Eventually the van reached the Empire State Building.

We rode the elevator up to Olympus and we crossed towards the throne room. We came in to see that at least 20 Romans had already come, and the meeting began.

"Camp Jupiter has fallen and the Romans here are the only ones surviving as far as we know. That being said we have decided to fuse both of the camps together." Zeus announced.

We exchanged looks of surprise at what had transpired. They had apparently lost. We expected that the Romans would be the last to fall. Now we could hit two birds with one stone.

"Both fighting styles will still be continued, we think that learning new fighting styles will help. The new camp will be named Camp Olympia, and the T-Shirts will be white." Hera said. She pointed at my Camp Half-Blood T-Shirt and it changed. The pegasus on it changed to Mount. Olympus, the name changed to Camp Olympia and of course, the color changed to white.

"That wraps up the meeting." Zeus announced.

We all closed our eyes as the gods left the throne room. The Praetors (I later learned that their names were Amy and Zack.) and the other Romans that survived followed us and used their vans to come to Camp Half-Blood. Or Camp Olympia now I guess.

Me and Daniel agreed that it was too risky if we snuck out together so I went back to the mountain.

"Hello, my lord I'm back with news. They've changed the camp name to Camp Olympia, not that their heads can get any bigger now. And the Romans now live at Camp Olympia. And the son of Zeus is now our alley." I told Ouranos.

"Good. My plan is working. Keep getting recruits. I expect almost all of the camp in our control by next summer solstice. If all goes well, which it shall than Olympus will fall and we will rule the world." Ouranos' laugh followed me as I left.

~-Amy's POV-~

I was angry. The Olympians didn't even express concern that Camp Jupiter had been destroyed at all! They literally just said "Sure go to the summer solstice and we'll ship you off to Camp Half-Blood 'cause you're free real estate." I slashed off the dummy's head. The entity had told me not to decline it's offer so quickly. Maybe I will accept the offer.

"Want to spar?" Someone asked me.

I turned around and saw a girl who looked about 13 years old, with tanned skin and her golden brown hair had streaks of violet in it. She was wearing a black leather jacket which was unzipped to show off her Camp Olympia shirt.

I recognized her as she was at the Summer Solstice. I nodded and we began.

She was pretty good and I nearly beat her. She helped me get up.

"So, What's your name?" I asked her.

"Sahara West, and yours?" She responded in a tone that was casual.

"I'm Amy Kalita." I said.

"Maybe we'll see each other soon." Sahara said, and off she went.

~Third Person POV~

Three campers were having a dream. In the Ananke cabin a girl was dreaming about an entity. This entity did not have a form in her dream, in fact it was completely invisible. "Repeat this oath and you will have power." The entity said. The girl repeated the pledge willingly. "You have two other allies that you will meet soon they will help you gain the other campers" The entity had said, and the ground disappeared and the girl was left dreamless.

In the Zeus cabin he was also dreaming of this entity. He repeated the oath and his mission and he was left in a dreamless sleep.

In the Hermes cabin she was going into the mind of a dreamer in the Poseidon cabin. She was very convincing at times. It was a surprise that indeed she wasn't a Hermes kid at all. Eventually her newfound ally was convinced.

This newfound ally was left in a dreamless sleep, but she wasn't done yet. She convinced the child in the Hades cabin and planted the seeds that will soon grow into the fall of Olympus. And now finally she slept.