Chapter 14: PJ
"All hail Delphi, Child of Hecate, Legacy of Apollo, One of Seven Souls." Chiron's voice rang out across the clearing. "All hail Harry Potter, Child of Hecate, Slayer of Voldemort."
We bowed respectively and a camper from the Hecate cabin took them to get settled in. When they were gone, Chiron called a meeting for the Camp Counselors.
We gathered around the ping-pong table, all 14 or so of us. Katie Gardner, Connor and Travis Stoll, Annabeth, me, and a few others. We were waiting for Will Solace and Lou Ellen. Will was still healing a kid who had sprained his ankle during the game, while Lou Ellen was giving Harry and Delphi a tour of their cabin.
We talked about plans for the camp while we waited for them to arrive. Chiron and Mr. D were in his office discussing something. I could see an Iris Message in his office, but nobody was in the frame that I could see.
The Iris Message ended and I motioned for everyone to quiet down. We could hear Chiron and Dionysus almost-shouting in the other room but it was incomprehensible about what. They opened the door after a minute of eerie silence. When they entered the room, Chiron looked tired while Dionysus just looked put-off.
During the meeting we discussed the standard "how are the campers doing" and "is there anything that needs to be changed."
Will quietly snuck into the room and nobody noticed until someone brought up the sustained injuries during the Capture-The-Flag game. We all looked over at him, not noticing that he had arrived.
"The games are becoming more... Aggressive." He spoke slowly, "More and more campers are coming to the infirmary during or after the games. We aren't out of supplies, and we won't be for a while, but there are definitely more injuries happening."
Chiron acknowledged him and asked if we had anything else to report. We didn't and the meeting adjourned, but not before Chiron asked me and Annabeth to stay back.
Lou Ellen arrived to the meeting in the last minutes and had nothing to comment on. I noticed that she gave a curt nod to Chiron when she arrived, which was unlike her. Normally she was like a brook, a fountain of energy. Before she was claimed, we thought she would be a child of Apollo not Hecate.
After everyone had left, Delphi and Harry stepped into the room. Dionysus left too, probably to find a group of camper who wanted to play cards with him. No one ever did, but that didn't stop him from bugging everyone and asking.
Chiron led us to another, separate room of the big house. A smaller table sat in the middle of the room, surrounded by chairs. He motioned for us to each take a seat, which we did hesitantly.
"You aren't in trouble." Which was a small comfort to us, but a comfort still.
Delphi spoke next. "It's about the prophecy isn't it."
"What Prophecy?" Annabeth asked, curious.
"The All-Prophecy. I'm surprised you've never heard of it during your extensive studies." Rachel arrived from the shadows. She was probably there all along, knowing her. She took her seat, the last empty seat at the table.
"Can you please recite it?" Chiron nodded at both Annabeth and Rachel. It was a solem, truthful nod, not like his other types of acknowledging nods.
Rachel nudged Delphi and she stood up sighing.
"On night of Blood Moon
Blood spilt shall be great
The Augury
The Phoenix
The Wise
And Old-named
Will gather eight to unite
But four shall retire
before the night
Delphi's keeper bears three scars
Mind
Of Body
Of Soul
To heal brings Ashes
To harm brings Clouds of Pain
The odds are in Delphi's hands"
"You know what it means though?" Annabeth questioned.
"Part of it. We're working it out but we won't know what it truly means until it's come to it's completion."
"And that it?" Annabeth prompted.
"We have a guess to who the people are, and we have a guess to who the eight we will 'unite.' The Augury is me, it was a nickname I took for myself. It's after the Irish Phoenix. The Phoenix is most likely Harry. The phoenix in our was the 'light' and Harry fought as a leader for the 'light.' Then 'The Wise' has to be you or one of your siblings. Your mother is Athena and you pride yourself in your wisdom. 'Old Named' is Percy after his name-sake, Perseus.
"The eight would be the other girls holding Delphi's soul... Which we will have to find on our quest. Unfortunately. The four returning would be you three. And the completed soul of Delphi." Delphi explained. "After that... We don't know. Harry was sent here on a quest. The time has come for the Delphi's to unite. Be the end in ashes or in glory, we don't know. Yet."