Hello, everyone !

I'm back with the fourth chapter ! *woohoo, I'm on the roll !*

Please enjoy reading this chapter :D

Disclaimer: I own this plot and OCs only


That night, Alex dreamed again. This time, he was standing in the middle of a desert. Alex recalled Percy's dream immediately.

"Anput?" Alex called but he got no reply.

Just like Percy had said. The second time he was in a desert, Anput was nowhere to be seen. Alex furrowed his forehead. As far as he knows, no gods or goddesses cannot be found in their own territory. Something must had happened to Anput if he could not see her here. After all, she was also known as the goddess of the desert.

"Mommy?"

Alex turned his body around and almost yelped. He tumbled out of surprise and fell on his bottom. He stared at the little girl who had just gave him a heart attack.

Or at least he assumed it was a little girl, judging from her petite body and her black jet hair which was tied into a ponytail. Alex tried so hard not to point out her snake face and starry skin in a scream. He knew she was a goddess—well, no human could possibly have a snake face and a starry skin anyway—and Alex decided to be as polite as possible.

"Mommy?" The little girl said and tilted her head to one side.

"Ugh… Hey." Alex muttered and pointed to himself. "Alex. Boy. Not mommy."

The girl said nothing and blinked. Or at least to Alex she seemed to have just blinked. Alex didn't know for sure whether snake could blink or not.

"Um… Who are you?" Alex decided to ask.

"Mommy?"

Alex groaned. His brain spun to remember which goddess loved to search for her mother. Judging from his desert surroundings, Alex assumed the goddess was an Egyptian. After all, no one loves the desert as much as the Egyptians do.

"Lost." The little goddess said. "Mommy?"

Then the dream changed. This time, Alex found himself floating in darkness. He couldn't see anything, but he shuddered the moment he heard a noise. Something was slithering and hissing from deep down below him. Judging by from how loud the noise was, whatever it was must had a huge size.

"Chaos." A woman's voice suddenly boomed. Another shiver ran down along Alex's spine as it seemed like the voice came from all around him. "And you cannot stop me, boy. You will kill the girl."

Alex felt his body turned ice cold. The girl… For some reason, Alex was sure the voice meant Brigitta.

"You will kill the girl." The voice repeated. "You will help me rise."

Then the voice disappeared, and Alex snapped his eyes open. He sat up and every bit of the dream he just had replayed itself in his head. His memory started to kick in as his brain put the puzzles together.

"The goddess who is looking for her mother. The lost goddess." he muttered.

Alex jumped out from his bed, changed his clothes, and ran to the Big House. He slammed the door open, surprising Chiron who was enjoying his morning tea with Rachel.

"Alex!" Rachel protested. "You scared the hell out of me!"

"Kebechet!" Alex panted.

Rachel raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?"

"The lost goddess!" Alex answered. "It's Kebechet!"

"Excuse me?"

Alex closed the door and told them his dream, although he left out the part where the woman in the darkness told him that he would help her rise and he would kill Brigitta.

"Okay… So, this lost goddess's name is Ke… Who?" Rachel asked.

"Kebechet." Alex answered. "She's the goddess of purification and also known as the lost child or the lost goddess. She's the daughter of Anput. Percy did say that he couldn't see Anput anywhere anymore, right? Kebechet is looking for her!"

"You mean… Kebechet is lost because Anput is lost?" Chiron asked.

Alex nodded his head. "That's why she's looking for her mother! Anput must be in somewhere dangerous!"

"Wait, hold on, who is this Anput again?" Rachel asked.

"As far as I remember from what Alex has told us, she is the goddess of funeral and mummification, and also known as the goddess of desert." Chiron answered.

"So, where is she?" Rachel asked. "And before that, would you tell me what happened if Anput and Kebechet stay lost?"

"Chaos, I assume." Chiron said, and the word sent another shiver along Alex's spine. Chaos. Just like what the woman in the darkness said. "If Anput is lost, she cannot oversee the funeral process anymore, which means the souls of the dead will be lost as well since they don't know where to go. Funeral is an important thing after all for the Egyptians, as it leads the souls to the Underworld correctly."

Rachel raised an eyebrow. "You're awfully knowledgeable as a Greek."

Chiron shrugged. "I do my sharing of learning."

"And Kebechet is the goddess of purification for the dead, which means if she is lost, the dead cannot be purified and be blessed with a new life in the Underworld." Alex said.

Rachel gasped. "The seventh line of the prophecy!"

Alex did a quick mental count in his brain. "You mean… The chosen pharaoh steps out of the Underworld?"

Rachel nodded. "If whoever that is wants to step out of the Underworld, then isn't the easiest thing to achieve that is by ruining the Underworld? You know, by creating a chaos or something along that line."

Chiron and Alex both widened their eyes.

"Ugh…" Rachel licked her lips. "Seems like I just bring out a bad news."

"No… You may be right, Rachel." Chiron's face turned serious. "And if that is the case, then I believe we should find Anput as fast as possible." He then turned to face Alex. "Alex, go and call the others, please. I believe your next quest is ready."


When Chiron briefed his friends about his dream and Rachel's guess, Alex let his mind wandered back to the memory of the dream. To the part where he heard the voice in the darkness. Now Alex knew that whoever the chosen pharaoh was, it was a she. There weren't many female pharaohs—not as many as the male ones—and Alex did remember a few famous names. Although he still needed some more clues to be sure.

But what bothered him the most was what the voice said. She clearly said that Alex would kill Brigitta. If that was the case, then what was the prophecy about? And why did Morpheus say something like that?

It was so confusing, Alex's head started to spin.

Remember, Alex Rebel, you have to make your choice alone.

Why did Brigitta say that to him? Did that mean Brigitta knows already about the possibility of him killing her? But how come she knew? Who is she exactly?

"…And I believe, it's best for you to find and save Anput as fast as possible." Chiron's words snapped Alex back to the reality.

"But where do we supposed to start searching?" Piper asked.

"And if the Underworld is in chaos, isn't Hades supposed to take action?" Jason asked.

"I can answer that." Nico answered, suddenly appeared from his Shadow Travel.

Alex stared in surprise. He hadn't even realized Nico wasn't there. It seemed he had let his mind roamed off further than he thought.

"I have just visited my dad, as I felt a slight turbulence last night." Nico said.

"What did Lord Hades say, Nico?" Chiron asked.

"He did say there is something happening in the Underworld, but it isn't his—or our—business." Nico sighed. "He said there's someone else who is taking care of it, whatever that means."

"Someone else?" Annabeth muttered. "Hold on… Does that someone else means… Egyptian's god of death?"

Silence filled the room, until Percy broke it out with a small shriek.

"What?"

"Osiris." Alex mumbled.

"I take that as the name of Egyptian's god of death?" Annabeth asked which Alex replied with a nod.

"This is utterly confusing." Jason groaned.

Chiron took another moment of silence before letting out a small nod. "I think this confirms our guess that the border between Greek/Roman and Egyptian has fallen."

"All because of Artemis's daughter, right?" Piper said.

"Whatever the reason is, I know saving Anput comes first at this moment." Chiron said. "With the fallen border, the turbulence within Egyptian's death realm will affect the Greek's sooner or later."

"We have to cease the turbulence before it's too late." Annabeth nodded her head. "Back to the first question. How do we find the lost goddess? Anput, I mean."

"She must be somewhere far from her territory if her child cannot find her." Chiron said. "Somewhere her own child wouldn't even dare to look."

"A place where Anput can be robbed off her territory and Kebechet wouldn't dare to look…" Alex mumbled. "Water?"

Annabeth snapped her fingers. "That's it! Water! She's the goddess of desert, after all!"

"But water is too wide." Piper said. "I mean, it covers 70% of the earth. How do we zoom in into a place only?"

Percy instantly grinned. "Then I guess it's my job to finish. Make way, everybody!"


After spending the rest of the morning and the afternoon at the Camp's lake, Percy raised his hands up. The sun was getting lower, and Percy was wet from sweat. "I can't find her."

Annabeth spun her brain to think. "Well, if Seaweed Brain can't find it, it means the water is not in his territory."

"Mind to elaborate that to me, Wise Girl?" Percy cleared his throat.

Annabeth rolled her eyes. "It means, you don't have any access to search through certain waters, Seaweed Brain."

"Um… Let's go detail, shall we?" Percy let out a dry laugh.

"A clash of power." Jason said. "Wherever Anput is, Percy cannot sense her using his Greek power."

"You mean… She's in some waters ruled by a Roman deity?" Percy asked.

"Or in this case, probably ruled by an Egyptian." Annabeth answered.

"Right." Piper scoffed. "And how do we find her if Percy doesn't have any access to scan through the waters?"

"Can you ask your dad?" Nico asked.

Percy shook his head. "I've been trying to do that while I'm searching for her through this lake, but no response."

"I'm pretty sure the gods are anxious about this as well and decided to stay away as far as possible." Jason said.

"I guess we're all on our own, then." Piper sighed. "I know they are holding off their actions for now because of Aletheia's truth, but who knows for how much longer."

Just then, a bright light suddenly appeared, and a young man stepped out from the light. He was handsome, but his body was transparent. The demigods however, recognized him instantly. It wasn't hard to know who he was, especially with the ukulele he was carrying.

"Apollo!" Jason said.

"Sssh!" Apollo shushed him hard. "Not so loud! I came here to help you and without my father knowing!"

"But why?" Piper asked.

Apollo glared at her, as if he found her innocent question insulting. "Well, duh, it's concerning my niece."

They widened their eyes in shock. "Your—"

"Anyway," Apollo cut. "I don't have much time. I know where the goddess is. She's in the Rockaway Beach, at the bottom of the sea."

Percy choked. "At what bottom?"

"You have to hurry." Apollo urged, clearly ignoring Percy's question. "My niece is in great danger, unless you bring that goddess back to her territory."

"And how do we exactly do that?" Annabeth raised an eyebrow. "Bringing Anput back to the desert, I mean."

Apollo rolled his eyes then opened his palm. A clear small orb appeared on his hand and he threw it to Alex. "You hold that orb, cousin." Apollo said. "It's a one-way portal, specifically made to connect with any desert in the whole world. Stole that from Hermes's dejected goods."

Jason's turn to be choked. "Did you just say dejected—"

"Whatever." Apollo cut. "You have to hurry. By the end of tomorrow's sunset, the turbulence will have spread to Hades's—and sure, Pluto's—territory. And by the sunset at two days from now, the Doors of Death will be opened once again, and you can be damn sure, all hell will break loose."

"Um… The end of the world, you mean." Percy said.

"To put it simply." Apollo nodded. "But of course, all that can wait if you save the goddess now."

"Right." Piper sighed.

"Wait a minute, did you just say all that can wait? You mean, the Doors of Death will be opened sometime—"

"Time is ticking, boys and girls." Apollo said, cutting Nico. "And look at the time! I have to go back now before my father notices. I leave the goddess in your hands! Remember, don't tell anyone I'm helping you! And don't let my niece be in danger, unless you all want to be cursed into a singing ukulele by me!"

After saying those words, Apollo was gone.

"The journey guided by the gods' voices." Annabeth recited. "I hate prophecies and how accurate they are."

"Well, I believe we have a sea to visit." Jason said. "Should I bring my trunks?"


There !

What do you think about this chapter ?

Do leave your reviews and/or flames :D