Chapter seven already?!WHOO! I guess I'm just trying to fit in as many chapters as I can, before school starts! Any way, here is chapter seven...Hope you enjoy! Also could you please tell me in the comments if I should still send Leo to Calypso's island? Because she doesn't really play any role in this fanfic, but I'm not exactly sure what to do instead. Thank you so much, and any feedback is welcome!


I was tapping my feet at the entrance, with my arm on my quiver, in case someone tried to steal it. Or maybe it was just fanciful thinking. Nyssa was with Leo, telling him about camp, and what it was like to be a cabin nine-er. Suddenly, Layton Gladstone yelled,

"Duck!". I immediately crouched down. Darn. Stupid Layton, and his stupid cantering centaur. I got up after the craze spree was over, and looked around. No-body was harmed, except for Leo, who had little needles sprouting out of his chest. I snorted, and was about to go and help him, but Nyssa was closer. Instead, I went over to the centaur, and looked at the bow string. How did they not see such an easy problem?

"Hey, look, Layton. The bow's string is at the opposite trajectory firing range to the centaur's fingers. This got it lodged into the mechanism, so the thing is going haywire. Dude!"

Layton grinned at me sheepishly, "Yeah sorry/thanks. How are you such a good expert on archery? I thought you were a swords person. But then again, you're a ch-"

"Hey, Dude. I use both." I gave him a glare that made him say, "Ah, yeah, right...". Leo suddenly exclaimed,

"But, dude! It's a bronze dragon! How cool is that?" Nyssa looked at him darkly.

"Do you think we want to do this? We have no choice Leo, the dragon is dangerous, and we need to catch it." I sighed. They were talking about the rouge bronze dragon running rampant in the woods.

Suddenly the conch horn blew, and Nyssa yelled,

"Cabin nine, fall in!" Then she looked at Leo, and asked "Leo, you coming?" Leo smiled faintly, and replied,

"Yeah, I'll come in a bit." Nyssa nodded, and led the rest outside. I stayed put.

"Leo what's wrong?" I asked him.

"Thomas Fayner. The last person to be a fire user, and he set off the great fire of London. Dammit, something bad is gonna happen now." I went over to him, and put my arm around him. Leo put his palm out, and curls of flames rolled across his hand.


The campfire was dancing high. Red flames were licking the chill night air. I was up at the front with Will, singing the stupid song about the Gods going to war in grandma's underwear. I was strumming the guitar chords, and Will was singing. I could have sung too, but I refused. Most people though it was because I couldn't sing, but I knew different. It was because I was too powerful. I thought over it, as I absentmindedly strummed chords. Every child of Apollo had a certain thing they specialised in, but me, I did everything, and I was powerful, super powerful, in everything. And this just troubled me. What had the sword said. 'The blessed of Apollo shall weild this sword to greatness." I never knew what that meant. It haunted me. Was I the special one? What made me so special? Self-absorbed in my own thoughts, I didn't break out until I played my B chord flat. That brought me out of my trance. Suddenly, Rachel, collapsed. Two Hermes kids caught her, and a third brought out a stool. Green mist swirled out of her mouth, and circled her body. Her mouth opened, and a prophecy of Delphi emmited.

In a eerie, multiplying voice, she said,

"Child of Lightning, Beware the earth,

The Giant's revenge the eight shall birth,

The forge and dove shall break the cage,

And death unleash though Hera's rage,

The blessed of sun shall ride along,

And end it all with one cursed song."

Rachel closed her eyes and collapsed. Two Demeter kids carried her away. There was an awkward silence, and then Chiron stood up.

"It has been decided. This is a quest to save the Queen of the Gods. According to the prophecy, the leader of this quest is a child of lightning. Which is strange, as it's Hera we are freeing, and there is no child of Zeus at camp now." I stood up and face Chiron.

"Hold up, "I said. "What's all this about rescuing Hera? And the child of Zeus part could be referring to Thalia Grace, couldn't it?" Chiron walked forward into the flamelight, so he could be seen.

"Yes, you could very well be right, Alexandra." I flinched when he called me by my full name. "But Thalia Grace is no longer protected by camp. She is under the care of Lady Artemis. As for rescuing Hera, the queen of the gods has been kidnapped. We must send a party of four to free her." Suddenly, it clicked.

"Jason, take out your weapon," I told him. He nodded, and then took a coin out of his pocket. Flipping it, he caught a javelin when it returned. Annabeth looked surprised, and said,

"I thought you fought with a sword?" Jason winced.

"It landed on tails, I think. Same coin, long range weapon." There was a murmur of approval from the Ares cabin. He shot it up to the sky, and there was a blast of lightning. Half the amphitheatre was in ashes.

"A little overkill, maybe, but we've got the point." Said Chiron. "All hail Jason, Son of Zeus-"

"Jupiter." Jason corrected. Chiron looked confused.

"Roman?" Annabeth stood up, and said,

"It makes sense. He kept using the Roman terms." Chiron looked mildly annoyed.

"All hail Jason, Son of Jupiter, Lord of the sky-" I stood up.

"And the brother of Thalia Grace."

"Sorry?" Chiron asked.

"It makes sense. When I first saw him, there was a familiarity about him, that I couldn't put my finger on. Then when I mentioned Thalia, it all came together. I can tell. Also, look at his eyes. I can see Thalia in them!" I told the camp my logic. Chiron raised his eyebrows in approval.

"It is decided. Jason Grace shall lead this quest, and he will choose his accomplices." One camper from the Apollo cabin stood up.

"Hey, Annabeth, you should go! You've had the most experience!" Annabeth shook her head.

"I don't have the best relationship with the queen of the gods. I will not go on a quest that does anything to her benefit. Besides, I'm going to look for Percy in the morning."

"A forge and Dove..."mused Chiron. "A child of Hephaestus." Nyssa stood up.

"Beware the earth means to stay off the ground. The flying chariot is broken, and the pegasi are being used to search for Percy. As substitute head counceller of the Hephaestus cabin, I volunteer myself for this quest. I can get something for us to use." But then Leo got up.

"I have and idea for transport. It needs to be me on this quest, I have this gut feeling. I volunteer my self, or whatever else you do...". I was mentally kicking him, and trying not to smirk at the same time. Jason studied him carefully.

"We started this together, and it seems only right that you come along. If you can find us some transport, then you're in!" he said. Leo fist pumped the air. "Yeah!". Nyssa stood up again, and put an arm on his shoulder.

"There will be hardships, monsters, terrible suffering. Possibly none of you will come back alive." She warned. Leo looked taken aback. "Oh..." he said. Then he seemed to realise he was the boy who was afraid of nothing. "I mean...Oh, cool! Suffering! I love suffering! Let's do this!" I couldn't help myself. I snorted, causing a few weird stares coming my way. Jason looked confused. "We still need to find the dove. That's Venus's symbol, isn't it?" Annabeth nodded, and said,

"The goddess of love. In her Greek form, she's known as Aphrodite." Drew stood up. I instantly recoiled. That girl just gave of bad vibes. With her too perfect make up, and her Aphrodite charm, Drew Tankata was the source of attraction to most boys, but the source of utmost annoyance to me.

"I'll go! I guess Jason's the hero for this quest," she gave him little kissy noises, making Piper groan, "Someone has to build stuff, and get their hands dirty, " She gave Leo a repulsive look, "But you need a little charm on your side. I can be real persuasive. Jason, everybody knows I'm yours!" Drew started twirling her hair, and posing like a model, drawing cheers from the crowd (except the sensible ones). Piper stood up. I glanced over at Leo, and I could see him hammering his fist against his open palm, like, You go Girl! Seeing this, I somehow found myself rooting for Piper too.

"I need to be the one to go on this quest. I don't know why, but I just have a gut feeling." Piper said. A lot of glances went her way. Drew snarled.

"Oh hun, you just don't get it! Do you even know how prophecies even work? I'm a child of Aphrodite, I get to go!"

"No. I need to go!" Piper insisted. Suddenly the camp turned towards her, nodding. I had a feeling I knew who her godly parent was. But the sign got there before I did. Piper was bathed in a rose gold light, and when the mist dissapated, she was left looking stunning. Her makeup was flawless, and her brown hair was plaited over her shoulder, princess style. Around her head, there was a typical Greek laurel wreath, except it was made out of diamonds and gold. Instead of her t-shirt and jeans, she was wearing a traditional Greek sleeveless dress, with plaited straps, and a golden rope belt. At her side was her dagger's sheath, oiled and cleaned. She looked at the gasping crowd.

"What?" she said, oblivious to anything happening. Annabeth pointed to her sheath.

"Piper, look in your dagger." Piper immediately pulled out her gleaming dagger, and recoiled. She gasped in horror, and said,

"This isn't me! What just happened!?". I looked at Leo, who was starring, flabbergasted, and then Jason, who had his jaw hanging down in awe. Annabeth was frowning, like she just needed to figure out how this was Piper's mom, and then it would get her university degrees. Drew looked astounded/horrified. I grinned to myself. There was an expression you didn't see every day! Jason took a step forward.

"Piper, you're a knock out!" he said, and I face palmed. That was so not smooth. Chiron faced the whole camp.

"All hail Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite, lady of doves, and Goddess of Love."

Annabeth walked out of the Athena section, and said, "It's decided. Piper is the dove of the prophecy." She shot Drew a glare that got her to sit down. "Now all we have to do is find the blessed of Sun. That means a child of Apollo." Even as she said it, I could tell she was looking at me. The whole camp was looking at me, and they knew I knew it.

"What?" I yelled. Leo, Will, Austin and Kayla snorted. Annabeth just walked up to me.

"It's you in the prophecy. Your sword proves it! 'The blessed of Apollo shall weild this sword to greatness, yada yada." I went red. I didn't really want the whole camp knowing about that.

"The prophecy is talking about you, Alex. It's you in the prophecy. You need to go." She nodded at me. I sighed, and said,

"I volunteer for this quest, though that has literally been taken out of my hands." I was pretty bummed at this, but when your dad is the god of prophecies, you've just sometimes gotta accept that fate is fate, and three evil grandmothers with scisscors and yarn could be pretty damn annoying.

"Very well. We now know the four that will embark on this quest. We will need you to be ready by morning tomorrow. For now, goodnight!" Chiron announced. I sighed, mentally preparing myself for the task ahead. The crowd was dispersing. Annabeth walked up to me, and whispered,

"Leo Valdez. You know him. Not from now, but from before. You know each other like you've had a history together. " I sighed, and said,

"How could you tell?". She raised an eyebrow, and I continued. "You know after you found me, when I told you I had run away. I told you I had been in California for months. That was true, but I didn't tell you I was with someone." She shook her head, and replied, "That was Leo, wasn't it." I nodded.

" My mom had died in a fire. I was on the roads for three days, before a strange couple came to pick me up. They said they had been expecting me. They took me to an Orphanage. That was where I met Leo. The very next night we ran away. We were on the run for about 1 and a half months...we didn't have that many monster attacks, only one. A hell hound.. Anyway. We found a hide out, where we spent the next month. That was when Leo got caught. I managed to escape them, but since that day, I never saw Leo again. Until now." I looked at her, expecting her to yell at me for keeping it from her. Instead, she just sighed, and said, "Well glad you told me that now." With that she walked away.


Alright, I know that was a bit rushed chapter, but it's also quite long, so I hope that made up for it. I'm not gonna bore you with a long author's note.

yours,

MilkandCheez