In some ways, Emily couldn't believe what happen in the last few days, Piper kept using charm speak on mostly everyone. Even her own father, Emily could tell Piper didn't like doing it and Emily couldn't blame Piper. Emily remembering that she didn't like using her fire ability when she had first become Hestia's champion. For it scared her too much, but she was sure that Piper had a different reason for not wanting to charm speak people into what she wanted them to do. Once they manage to get Piper's father aboard that the helicopter had took off, they flew over the hills that Piper was talking to her father and everyone looked away, Jason was at the door and he was looking down at the hills. Than Jason had tensed as they were getting close to Caldecott Tunnel, Emily understood why Jason had tensed and leaned forward.

"What is that?" Emily had walked over and looked down as well as Piper, they both looked down at the highway.

"Where?"

"That road. The one that goes through the hills." Piper had used the radio before answering.

"She says it's Highway 24. That's the Caldecott Tunnel. Why?" Jason just stare at the tunnel entrance, Emily figured Piper was worried but Emily knows of why Jason had ask about the road and the Caldecott Tunnel. For the Caldecott Tunnel was the entrance to where Jason grew up and trained for a decade. Than Piper's father had spoke in the background as the tunnel disappeared from view.

"Monsters, I live in a world of monsters." Due to Piper's charm speak that they were able to land without much of a problem. However Piper's dad was one thing they had to figure out and Gleeson had agree to look after Piper's father while they finish their mission. Emily figured that Piper's story had hurt Gleeson's feelings without meaning to. Than Piper had gave her father a vial of which he drank, making him forget or that is what Emily figured it did. Gleeson had took Piper's father on the plane her father had and left. As the plane went down the runaway that Piper had broke down and started to cry, Emily and Leo stood away as Jason hugged Piper. Than an Iris message appeared in front of Jason after Piper had stopped crying.

"Thalia!"

"Thank the gods."

"We've found her. Where are you?"

"Oakland. Where are you?"

"The Wolf House! Oakland is good; you're not too far. We're holding off the giant's minions, but we can't hold them forever. Get here before sunset, or it's all over."

"Then it's not too late?"

"Not yet, but Jason—it's worse than I realized. Porphyrion is rising. Hurry."

"But where is the Wolf House?"

"Our last trip," Thalia said, her image starting to flicker. "The park. Jack London. Remember?" Emily figured that didn't make any sense to Piper or Leo but it made sense to Emily and apparently Jason for it seems that Jason was getting his memory back or getting something at least. For Jason looked paled and like he had been shot and maybe even stabbed. Than the Iris message had disappeared.

"Bro, you all right? You know where she is?"

"Yes, Sonoma Valley. Not far. Not by air." Piper had than turned to the ranger pilot.

"Ma'am, you don't mind helping us one more time, do you?"

"I don't mind."

"We can't take a mortal into battle. It's too dangerous. Do you think you could fly this thing?"

"Um …" Before Leo could answer that Emily had answered.

"He might, but I can. For I had flew a couple of this things back in the good old days. Besides I know exactly where it is for I had been there as well." Emily didn't need to explain for Leo, Piper and Jason knew what she meant by that. The pilot had got off while Emily had got into the pilot seat and the other three boarded, Leo had sat down next to her and Emily took off.

"Going okay?" Emily had merely nodded and focus on flying while the other three had spoke.

"Aces, so what's the Wolf House?"

"An abandoned mansion in the Sonoma Valley. A demigod built it—Jack London."

"He an actor?"

"Writer. Adventure stuff, right? Call of the Wild? White Fang?"

"Yeah, he was a son of Mercury—I mean, Hermes. He was an adventurer, traveled the world. He was even a hobo for a while. Then he made a fortune writing. He bought a big ranch in the country and decided to build this huge mansion—the Wolf House."

"Named that 'cause he wrote about wolves?"

"Partially. But the site, and the reason he wrote about wolves—he was dropping hints about his personal experience. There're a lot of holes in his life story—how he was born, who his dad was, why he wandered around so much—stuff you can only explain if you know he was a demigod."

"So Jack London went to Camp Half-Blood."

"No. No, he didn't."

"Bro, you're freaking me out with the mysterious talk. Are you remembering your past or not?"

"Pieces. Only pieces. None of it good. The Wolf House is on sacred ground. It's where London started his journey as a child—where he found out he was a demigod. That's why he returned there. He thought he could live there, claim that land, but it wasn't meant for him. The Wolf House was cursed. It burned in a fire a week before he and his wife were supposed to move in. A few years later, London died, and his ashes were buried on the site."

"So," Piper said, "how do you know all this?"

"I started my journey there too," Jason said. "It's a powerful place for demigods, a dangerous place. If Gaea can claim it, use its power to entomb Hera on the solstice and raise Porphyrion—that might be enough to awaken the earth goddess fully." Emily had than told them it would take thirty minutes and now would be a good time to get some sleep. Piper and Jason has crushed at once and fell asleep, but Leo remained were he was. Emily didn't say anything and neither did Leo, it was clear that Leo was thinking about something and he was uncomfortable about something. But Emily couldn't take it any more.

"Leo, what's wrong?" He looked back at Jason and Piper before looking back at Emily.

"I just can't help but think this is not my life." Emily smiled slightly when Leo said that, that was something she could relate for she felt the same way.

"Leo, all demigods feel the same way when they learn of who he are and who their parent is. Some believe it easier than others. Close to my 13th birthday, mind this was before that rule was place, that my mother had come and got me and took me to Camp Halfblood. Part of that I needed to be trained and the other part was because my uncle was going to join in the war. I had no where els to go since there not very many people left that we knew. But after a while that I had become friends with Lauren and James and I started to fit right in. Than I went to war and you know what happen from. There to when the war ended. After the war had ended that I felt my life was shattered, much like What Piper had felt in the past few days minus the betrayal stuff. For you know my uncle crashed that plane, James had disappeared and was most likely died, Lauren died, and Bucky fell off the train. When the hunters had come along that I found a new home. Being a champion of Hestia that I must find my place and home. Just before the Titan war had started that life turned upside down again and it hasn't been the same since or not nearly as the same as before."

"You sound like you been though a lot."

"You don't survive though two wars and not go though a lot." Emily had noticed the storm and when she entered it that sleet was hitting the window. Jason and Piper had woke up and after a minute that Emily had saw the valley and she aimed for the wolf house. Emily had landed the helicopter on an icy field, when she landed it that she spoke. "Next time I am flying the Helicarrier." Emily didn't bother to answer Leo's question as she got off of the helicopter and went towards the door but there was a whistling sound and they all got out just in time as a snowball hit the helicopter. Than Thalia had come out of the fog shortly afterwards. An earth born appeared behind Thalia and Emily made her bow appear and aimed at the earth born and shot. It melted into a pile of clay.

"Just in time. The Hunters are holding a perimeter around the mansion, but we'll be overrun any minute."

"By Earthborn?" Jason asked.

"And wolves—Lycaon's minions. Also storm spirits—"

"But we gave them to Aeolus!"

"Who tried to kill us. Maybe he's helping Gaea again."

"I don't know, but the monsters keep re-forming almost as fast as we can kill them. We took the Wolf House with no problem: surprised the guards and sent them straight to Tartarus. But then this freak snowstorm blew in. Wave after wave of monsters started attacking. Now we're surrounded. I don't know who or what is leading the assault, but I think they planned this. It was a trap to kill anyone who tried to rescue Hera."

"Where is she?"

"Inside. We tried to free her, but we can't figure out how to break the cage. It's only a few minutes until the sun goes down. Hera thinks that's the moment when Porphyrion will be reborn. Plus, most monsters are stronger at night. If we don't free Hera soon—" Emily and the others followed Thalia inside, when Jason had stepped over the threshold that he collapsed and Leo had caught Jason.

"Hey! None of that, man. What's wrong?"

"This place … Sorry … It came rushing back to me." Emily knew what Jason was talking about, he had looked over at Emily and his eyes had widen in surprise. Emily had did a mock bow before she spoke.

"Welcome back Praetor."

"Very funny, why didn't you say anything, ambassador?"

"I have to tell you later."

"So you have been here,"

"We both have. This is where my mom took us when Jason was a child. She left him here, told me he was dead. He just disappeared."

"She gave me to the wolves, at Hera's insistence. She gave me to Lupa."

"That part I didn't know. Who is Lupa?" There was an explosion that had shook the building, there was raining of snowflakes and ice.

"Maybe this isn't the time for questions. Show us the goddess." When they were inside that Jason seem to get his bearings and lead them to where the room he had been in his dreams. There was a pool and at the bottom of the pool was two spires of rock and root tendrils. One was much bigger and and was about twenty feet high, on the other end was the other sphere and it was much smaller and in the middle was Hera. Leo had jumped in and greeted Hera. Thalia had went next to him and looked at Hera with distaste.

"We tried everything we could think of, Leo, but maybe my heart wasn't in it. If it was up to me, I'd just leave her in there."

"Ohh, Thalia Grace. When I get out of here, you'll be sorry you were ever born."

"Save it! You've been nothing but a curse to every child of Zeus for ages. You sent a bunch of intestinally challenged cows after my friend Annabeth—"

"She was disrespectful!"

"You dropped a statue on my legs."

"It was an accident!"

"And you took my brother! Here—on this spot. You ruined our lives. We should leave you to Gaea!"

"Hey, Thalia—Sis—I know. But this isn't the time. You should help the Hunters."

"Fine. For you, Jason. But if you ask me, she isn't worth it." Thalia had turned and leaped out of the pool to join the fight. Emily couldn't blame Thalia but Jason was right that this wasn't the time for this.

"Focus on the cage, Leo. And Jason—you are wiser than your sister. I chose my champion well."

"I'm not your champion, lady. I'm only helping you because you stole my memories and you're better than the alternative. Speaking of which, what's going on with that?"

"That, Jason, is the king of the giants being reborn."

"Gross."

"Indeed, Porphyrion, the strongest of his kind. Gaea needed a great deal of power to raise him again —my power. For weeks I've grown weaker as my essence was used to grow him a new form."

"So you're like a heat lamp. Or fertilizer."

"Joke all you wish. But at sundown, it will be too late. The giant will awake. He will offer me a choice: marry him, or be consumed by the earth. And I cannot marry him. We will all be destroyed. And as we die, Gaea will awaken."

"Can't we blow it up or something?"

"Without me, you do not have the power. You might as well try to destroy a mountain."

"Done that once today."

"Just hurry up and let me out!"

"Leo, can you do it?"

"I don't know. Besides, if she's a goddess, why hasn't she busted herself out?"

"Use your brain, Leo Valdez. I picked you because you're intelligent. Once trapped, a god's power is useless. Your own father trapped me once in a golden chair. It was humiliating! I had to beg—beg him for my freedom and apologize for throwing him off Olympus."

"Sounds fair."

"I've watched you since you were a child, son of Hephaestus, because I knew you could aid me at this moment. If anyone can find a way to destroy this abomination, it is you."

"But it's not a machine. It's like Gaea thrust her hand out of the ground and … Hold on. I do have an idea. Piper, I'm going to need your help. And we're going to need time." Suddenly it had become cold in the wolf house, something was wrong, that was clear. Than some of the storm spirits and wolves had entered and one of them was dragging a ice statue and it dropped it at their feet and Emily grasp for it was Thalia that was frozen.

"Who did this? I'll kill you myself!" Emily had to step away from Jason because of his powers running though his body. Than there was a girl' slaughter, clear and cold. Than she stepped out of the mist in a snowy white dress with a silver crown, long black hair and brown eyes.

"Bon soir, mes amis. Alas, son of Hephaestus, you say you need time? I'm afraid time is one tool you do not have."

"What've you done?"

"Oh, so many things. Your sister's not dead, if that's what you mean. She and her Hunters will make fine toys for our wolves. I thought we'd defrost them one at a time and hunt them down for amusement. Let them be the prey for once." The wolves snarled when Khione said that, Emily had notice that Khione said Thalia and her hunters. Emily had wondered why that was and than Emily remembered what Hestia had told her.

'You have hope and fire running in your veins. It keeps you hidden from the cold when you don't realize it.' Emily realize she meant Khione and most likely her brothers and father. Since Emily last saw her that Khione may only think that Emily was a daughter of Demeter and maybe a champion of Hestia or a daughter of Hephaestus. But one thing was clear that somehow Emily was hidden from Khione's sight in a way she wasn't from Gaea's. For Emily was sure that the hope prevented Khione from realizing who Emily was and it seems like Khione had given up hope.

"Yes, my dears. Your sister almost killed their king, you know. Lycaon's off in a cave somewhere, no doubt licking his wounds, but his minions have joined us to take revenge for their master. And soon Porphyrion will arise, and we shall rule the world."

"Traitor! You meddlesome, D-list goddess! You aren't worthy to pour my wine, much less rule the world."

"Tiresome as ever, Queen Hera. I've been wanting to shut you up for millennia." Khione had waved her hand and ice went around the prison, sealing Hera in.

"That's better. Now, demigods, about your death—"

"You're the one who tricked Hera into coming here, You gave Zeus the idea of closing Olympus." The wolves had snarled and the storm spirits were whining. It was clear that they were ready to attack. But Khione had prevented them from doing so.

"Patience, my loves. If he wants to talk, what matter? The sun is setting, and time is on our side. Of course, Jason Grace. Like snow, my voice is quiet and gentle, and very cold. It's easy for me to whisper to the other gods, especially when I am only confirming their own deepest fears. I also whispered in Aeolus's ear that he should issue an order to kill demigods. It is a small service for Gaea, but I'm sure I will be well rewarded when her sons the giants come to power."

"You could've killed us in Quebec. Why let us live?"

"Messy business, killing you in my father's house, especially when he insists on meeting all visitors. I did try, you remember. It would've been lovely if he'd agreed to turn you to ice. But once he'd given you guarantee of safe passage, I couldn't openly disobey him. My father is an old fool. He lives in fear of Zeus and Aeolus, but he's still powerful. Soon enough, when my new masters have awakened, I will depose Boreas and take the throne of the North Wind, but not just yet. Besides, my father did have a point. Your quest was suicidal. I fully expected you to fail."

"And to help us with that, you knocked our dragon out of the sky over Detroit. Those frozen wires in his head—that was your fault. You're gonna pay for that."

"You're also the one who kept Enceladus informed about us. We've been plagued by snowstorms the whole trip."

"Yes, I feel so close to all of you now!" Once you made it past Omaha, I decided to asked Lycaon to track you down so Jason could die here, at the Wolf House. You see, Jason, your blood spilled on this sacred ground will taint it for generations. Your demigod brethren will be outraged, especially when they find the bodies of these two from Camp Half-Blood. They'll believe the Greeks have conspired with giants. It will be … delicious." Emily knew at Piper and Leo wouldn't fully understand of what Khione was talking about but Emily and Jason knew for Emily was sure that Jason had enough memories to know how dangerous that would be.

"You'll set demigods against demigods."

"It's so easy! As I told you, I only encourage what you would do anyway."

"But why? Khione, you'll tear the world apart. The giants will destroy everything. You don't want that. Call off your monsters."

"Your persuasive powers are improving, girl. But I am a goddess. You can't charm-speak me. We wind gods are creatures of chaos! I'll overthrow Aeolus and let the storms run free. If we destroy the mortal world, all the better! They never honored me, even in Greek times. Humans and their talk of global warming. Pah! I'll cool them down quickly enough. When we retake the ancient places, I will cover the Acropolis in snow."

"The ancient places. That's what Enceladus meant about destroy the roots of the gods. He meant Greece."

"You could join me, son of Hephaestus, I know you find me beautiful. It would be enough for my plan if these other two were to die. Reject that ridiculous destiny the Fates have given you. Live and be my champion, instead. Your skills would be quite useful." Emily looked at Leo of who looked stunned, Leo had looked back just to make sure that Khione wasn't talking to someone else. It was obvious that not every day that a goddess or god would make an offer like this. That was why Emily was surprised when Hestia had made that offer to Emily seventy years ago when she was fourteen. Than Leo had did the best thing ever and because of it that Emily knew that Leo was going to refuse the offer. For Leo had laughed so hard at he doubled over.

"Yeah, join you. Right. Until you get bored of me and turn me into a Leosicle? Lady, nobody messes with my dragon and gets away with it. I can't believe I thought you were hot when I first saw you. But honestly Emily is more hot that you ever been." Emily wanted to be a child of hades or Pluto at that moment and just go into the corner and hid in the shadow when Leo had said that. The last person to ever say something like that about her or to her was James when they were dating and a couple of times since had. Beautiful was still one of James' nicknames for her. For Emily was sure that she was blushing at the moment.

"Hot? You dare insult me? I am cold, Leo Valdez. Very, very cold." Khione had than sent a blast of wintry sleet at them but Leo had held up his hand and made a wall of fire around them melting the snow.

"See, lady, that's what happens to snow in Texas. It—freaking—melts."

"Enough of this. Hera is failing. Porphyrion is rising. Kill the demigods. Let them be our king's first meal!"