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Chapter Six

Time For A Quest

"This is our song, that's all that matters cause

We all belong, right here together

There's nothing better than singing along

This is our summer, and this is our song"

"This Is Our Song" from Camp Rock 2

Jason, Annabeth and Rachel brought Piper over to the couch and of course I was expected to heal her. I could control my abilities enough to heal someone when the need arose, but they weren't stable enough to go looking for my boyfriend. I was so tempted to argue and make my point, but I didn't want to seem like a brat. I should be the one having visions and prophecies, not Annabeth, and not this Piper girl. I could deal with Rachel, but only because my father chose her.

I leaned over Piper's unconscious body, putting a hand over her forehead. I started singing one of the healing hymns I had learned over the years, and was thrown right into one of Piper's memories.

Piper and Jason sat on the roof of the Wilderness School, wrapped in blankets next to each other. The stars looked like diamonds in the sky, and she was happy that the meteor shower she had brought him up to see was actually visible and as beautiful as she'd hoped. She wouldn't have wanted to bring Jason up here for it not to happen (well…maybe an excuse to get him up here alone was on the agenda).

Seeing the stars streaking across the sky made Piper miss her Grandpa Tom ,who would have had a Cherokee myth at the ready about each star.

Jason finally reached over and slipped his fingers through Piper's, giving her hand a squeeze. Her heart fluttered a little. "This is incredible, Pipes," he said, smiling at her. "I can't believe Leo didn't want to see this."

"Well…I didn't actually invite him," Piper said slowly, but with a mischievous smile.

Jason smiled. "Is that so?"

Piper nodded. "You know, it's a lot harder to sneak three people onto the roof than it is two."

"That is a very good point," Jason said, before standing up and offering Piper a hand. "Would you like to dance?"

"With no music? In the middle of the night? On the roof?" Piper asked in a somewhat mocking tone. "Jason, you are a wild one." She moved closer and they only danced for a few moments before Jason kissed her, and they melted into each other.

I felt sick. I couldn't deal with something in that realm of emotions right now. It just tore at my heart.

I took a moment and when I felt the click that told me the healing was done, I removed my hand and said, "Her mind is still in a more fragile state, but she should wake up soon."

"How do you know?" Jason asked protectively.

"Because this used to happen to me all the time – the only difference is that unlike Piper, I had to heal myself, which could take anywhere from a few hours to a few weeks," I explained.

"Andee is the best healer you'll ever meet besides her father," Annabeth said. "Piper will be fine, if not better than before."

"Rachel, what happened?" Chiron asked.

Rachel took a deep breath before explaining that she had a vision as soon as she got to camp about Hera's cabin, and while she was there, Annabeth and Piper came in and talked for a bit. Rachel's memory stopped there, so Annabeth informed us that she started talking in a strange voice.

"Someone was speaking through you," I said. It was very easy to tell when it was the spirit of Delphi. It was like a power growing within you. To even acknowledge that it was a 'strange voice' meant that it had to be someone else.

"It was really different. The voice sounded like an older woman. She grabbed Piper's shoulders and –"

"Told her to free her from her prison?" Jason suggested.

Annabeth stared at him suspiciously. "How do you know that?"

Chiron and I both made the three-fingered gesture over our hearts, a ward against evil. I wasn't sure if I really believed a hand gesture could ward off evil, but it had become a habit. "Jason, please tell Annabeth and Rachel what you told Andee and I."

Jason repeated his story as I tried to put the pieces together. I knew all of this was leading up to some bigger picture that would explain what was going on, but I only had a few of the pieces, and it was infuriating.

I knew one thing, though. A quest would be given to Jason and Piper. They had both seen the lady, so they'd both go on the quest. They'd need at least one more person to go with them. Now it was just a matter of waiting to see what would happen next.

"It's not Kronos again, is it?" Annabeth asked. Rachel, Chiron and Annabeth immediately looked to me, which seemed to confuse Jason.

"No," I said quietly, touching my soul necklace. "It's not him. He's not a threat anymore. But –"

"Piper needs to rest," Chiron interrupted. "We'll discuss this later."

I tried to catch his eye but he purposefully avoided eye contact with all of us. He knew that I knew things that he didn't want me sharing with the rest of the group yet. Jason was about to argue when Rachel said, "Oh. The voice was Hera, wasn't it? Her cabin, her voice, and she showed herself to Jason at the exact same moment."

Oh Zeus, if Hera was involved with what was happened, I was doomed. She hated me. She hated Annabeth. And she hated Percy. Then again, maybe she hated Jason more than us…

"It makes sense," Jason said. "She was wearing a goatskin cloak, which is a symbol of Juno."

"I've never heard that," Annabeth said.

"It's true of Juno," Chiron said. "Juno is Hera's Roman and more war-like aspect. The goatskin cloak was a symbol of a Roman soldier."

Roman? What was with all these Roman references? Romans gods didn't exist, just the Greek ones. Why would Roman gods exist when they just stole all their ideas from the Greeks?

"So Hera's imprisoned," Annabeth said. "Good thing or bad thing?"

"Good thing," I said at the same time Chiron said, "Bad thing."

Annabeth gave me a sly grin but Chiron looked at us sternly. "She is still one of the Olympians and in many ways, she is the glue that holds the Olympian family together. If she is truly imprisoned, this could shake the foundations of the entire world. And if Hera asked Jason for help –"

Annabeth sighed. "Well, we all know gods can capture a Titan. Even gods captured each other all the time in the old stories. But something worse than a Titan…?"

They kept talking and I tried to pay attention but I couldn't stop thinking of all the different explanations. I looked over at Chiron and it was like he had aged ten years in a matter of minutes. "In this, I cannot help you."

Annabeth looked like she was going to have a heart attack. She wasn't used to not getting any information.

"I'll be in my office. I need some time to think before dinner. Rachel, Annabeth, will you watch the girl and get Argus to bring her to the infirmary? And Andee, you should speak with Jason."

"Is there anything in particular I shouldn't say?" I asked in Ancient Greek. It was another one of those languages that other campers only knew a little of. I had been brought up speaking it, so even Annabeth wouldn't understand most of what I was saying.

"Anything you've already heard or figured out about what's going on," Chiron said before taking his leave.

"What did he say?" Annabeth asked.

"Nothing important," I said. "Come on, Jason, it's time for me to be Tour Guide Barbie."

He followed me out of the Big House and I only started talking again once we were out of earshot of Annabeth and Rachel. Chiron probably didn't want me to show him his cabin until he was claimed, so I guessed a detour couldn't help. "Come on, I'm going to introduce you to someone who might be able to help."

"Ah, so you're actually Detective Barbie?" he asked and I laughed a little. "You are about the size of one."

"That's actually so mean," I said, stopping in my tracks. "That's fine. You can figure out who you are on your own, and figure out your own way around camp."

"I was joking!" Jason said. "I'm sorry!"

"Good," I said, although I was smiling. It was a pretty funny joke. "Now let's continue." I led Jason to the Hypnos cabin and pushed open the door decorated with a wreath of poppies, knowing that the three demigods that belonged in this cabin would be fast asleep inside, even though it was the middle of the day. "If there is any god that could help you with your memory, it's Hypnos," I explained before walking over to one of the beds. "Clovis!" The figure under the sheets barely moved. I turned back to Jason to see him starting to doze off standing up. "Jason! Don't fall asleep in here – you probably won't wake up." His eyes snapped open and he nodded, still looking a little dazed. "CLOVIS!" I kicked the bed and he jolted up, looking at me.

"Oh hi Andee, what are you doing in here? It's the middle of the night!" Clovis yawned, pulling his blanket up as if to preserve his modesty.

He was fully dressed.

"It's almost dinner time," I said, rolling my eyes a little. He just shrugged. Clovis kind of looked like a baby cow with big brown eyes and blonde hair that always had a cow lick. He was pretty stocky which would be great in a fight if he wasn't sleeping all the time. "We need your help," I explained what I knew of Jason's story.

"Hm…" Clovis said, slowly standing up. "Curious. Let me try something – Jason, close your eyes."

Jason closed his eyes and Clovis led him over to the fireplace, sitting him down and putting a hand over his forehead like I did when I was healing head injuries. Clovis' face scrunched up in concentration before pulling his hand away.

"I can't see anything. Usually with a good night's sleep I can pull up all of someone' memories, but there's nothing there," Clovis said.

Jason jolted awake with a panic-stricken face. "How long was I out?"

"Only a few minutes, calm down," I answered, turning back to Clovis. "It couldn't be the Lethe?"

Clovis shook his head.

"What's the Lethe?" Jason asked.

"One of the rivers in the Underworld. It can dissolve all your memories with just a drop. That branch is from the poplar tree in the Underworld, dipped into the Lethe," I explained, pointing at the makeshift fountain just above the fireplace.

"It's the symbol of my father," Clovis added. "Someone has actually taken his memories, and he may be able to get them back over time, but it's more likely that whoever took his memories has to give them back to him."

"Taken? As in stolen?" Jason asked and Clovis nodded before shuffling over to his bed and falling back asleep. "Wait – Clovis!"

"It's no use now – he probably won't wake up now until he smells food," I said, walking out of the cabin.

Jason jogged to catch up with me. "Andee, do you know who stole my memories?"

"Hera, most likely. It's the kind of thing she'd do," I answered, heading towards the huge, white marble building with polished bronze doors that shimmered like holograms and had lightning bolts streaked down them. I was glad the Zeus cabin hadn't gotten too damaged during the war so that it wasn't altered too much.

Jason was quiet as I led him inside. I stopped in front of my bed and sat down. "So," I started, knowing how much trouble I would get in for this, "I know more about you than Chiron would like me to tell you."

"Really?" Jason asked, sitting down on the bed across from me.

I nodded. "I can only tell you a few things, mostly because I don't know that much to begin with."

"Anything would help," Jason said. "Like why we're in this cabin."

"Well this is my cabin," I said. "And since Zeus is your father, this is where you'll be staying while you're at Camp Half-Blood too."

Jason asked, "Zeus? As in Jupiter?"

"That's the Roman name for him, but yes. I would call the gods by their Greek names while you're at camp," I said.

"So why are you staying in this cabin too?" Jason asked, looking at the pictures I had hung above my bed. "Are you my…sister?"

"Gods, no!" I said, laughing out loud. "I don't need another brother, thanks – I've got more than I can handle as it is. I'm a three-quarter blood – the daughter of Apollo, and Zeus' granddaughter. My grandfather requested I stay in his cabin whenever I'm at Camp Half-Blood."

"Doesn't that make you a legacy?" Jason asked slowly.

"No, it makes me his granddaughter," I said pointedly. "Now come on, your tour isn't finished yet."

Everyone gathered at the campfire later that night and I was expected to lead it with my brothers. Since we really didn't have anything better to do that day, my brothers had come up with a set list. I read through it on my way to the campfire, and my insides froze when I saw the first song on the list was the same one I had written and we had all sang after the Battle for Olympus.

I sat down next to Annabeth in the front row with Jason on my other side and Leo beside him. Leo was the Spanish elf that came to camp with him, in case you were wondering. Lee and Will were on the other side of Annabeth. They looked at me questioningly, signaling to their guitars. I took a deep breath, trying to collect myself before nodding.

Lee started strumming his guitar and I started singing along. I could already feel the tears forming in my eyes, thinking of all the people that were no longer here. Silena, Charles, my brother Michael…everyone.

Lee started singing with me in perfect harmony before the song got faster. When it got to the chorus, everyone joined in. A few of the others were crying like me. Annabeth wrapped her arms around me in a hug and I could hear her singing along softly. I kept crying and singing. I could see Jason and Leo looking at me and the others strangely.

When the song really built up, all of the old campers got up and started dancing like we had last year, squeezing in hugs whenever we could, reminding each other that we hadn't forgotten the people we'd lost, and the whole reason we sang this song was to keep their memory alive.

When the song ended, Lee flipped his guitar around so he could give me a tight hug, knowing that not only was it hard for me to remember these people who died fighting Kronos while I was under control and fighting for him, but the last time I sung it, Percy had been here beside. And now we didn't know where he was.

"We'll find him, Andee," Lee said. "I promise. Besides, I still need to kick his ass."

"For what?" I demanded, laughing a little.

"For being your boyfriend, and for making you worry so much," Lee said, smiling as he sat back down and started playing the next song. I tried to sing along as much as I could, watching as everyone joked and played around. This was what camp was supposed to be like – not war prep, and fighting, and missing persons.

"You're that singer," Leo said in shock, his eyes widening as he leaned over Jason to really look at me. "I wasn't sure without the make-up and sexy outfits, but your voice is a dead giveaway."

"That's more of my stage persona," I told him. "This is the real Andee le Fay – the one that goes to school, babysits, fights monsters…you know, the normal stuff."

"Can I just say I'm a huge fan?" Leo said and I nodded, smiling. "Like huge fan. Can you sign my shirt or something?"

"Next time I have a pen, I'd love to," I said honestly.

"Yes!" he said happily and I laughed.

Everyone kept singing and I tried to have fun, but it was hard – it felt like a piece of me was missing. Piper and Rachel joined the group, Piper sitting on the other side of Leo.

Chiron walked into the center of the pit and Piper looked like she was having a heart attack. Apparently she'd never seen a centaur before. "To all of our returning campers, welcome back, and to our new campers, welcome! I am Chiron, activities director, and very happy to see you have all arrived alive and with all limbs intact!" The three new demigods sitting near me looked slightly panicked. "Before we have our first capture the flag game of the summer, this dragon has to be brought under control. Cabin Nine, do you have anything to report on that?"

Nyssa, who joined us at the end of last summer, stood up and pulled the ends of her jacket. "We're working on it."

Everyone started yelling and complaining which made the fire sputter. A giant fire-breathing mechanical dragon on the loose didn't seem like such a big deal to me, but then again, I was immune to fire. "SHUT UP!" I shouted above everyone else. "They're working on it and that's all we can ask for. I'll help them and it will get done as soon as possible."

"Thank you Andee," Chiron said. "We have more pressing matters to discuss in the meantime."

Everyone looked to Annabeth who said, "I didn't find Percy at the Grand Canyon like the vision led me to believe, but we have teams everywhere looking for him. Grover, Tyson, Nico and the Hunters are all looking. We will find him."

"I think what Chiron was getting at was that we need to talk about a quest," I said, giving Chiron a hard look. It was time for everyone to know the basics of what was going on.

"It's about the Great Prophecy, isn't it?" Drew asked and all eyes turned on her. "What? Olympus is closed, Percy is missing, Hera sends Annabeth a vision, and we get three new demigods not brought by satyr or their parents in one day. The Prophecy of Nine has started, hasn't it?

Everyone looked at me now. I was the go-to for visions and prophecies. Or at least, I used to be. Now I wasn't even getting demigod dreams, and there was no point in me getting prophecies now that we had a new Oracle. "I don't know anything about it, you should ask Rachel. She's the Oracle."

I wanted to sink into the ground in embarrassment.

"Yes, it's starting," Rachel answered.

Lee and a few of the other campers looked at me in confusion. Prophecies were supposed to be one of my greatest gifts from my father and here I was with nothing. "I haven't gotten any visions since last summer. It's been radio silence up here." I tapped on my head.

Jason put a hand on my shoulder in what I guessed was a comforting gesture. It was actually really sweet of him.

Piper apparently didn't agree – she glared at me.

Everyone talked some more and it was decided that Hera herself had issued Jason a quest. So Rachel closed her eyes. She started to sway (which is a bit melodramatic if you ask me) and emerald green smoke came out of her mouth as she started talking in a raspy, ancient voice:

Child of lightning, beware the earth

The giants' revenge the nine shall birth

The forge and dove shall break the cage

And death unleash through Hera's rage

I was freaking out. I felt like I was going to pass out or have a panic attack or something. I wasn't able to walk on ground anymore. It was different at Camp Half-Blood because the grounds were protected by the Golden Fleece, but I knew that if I tried to walk on the ground outside camp, I'd get sucked in again.

"Well, if not Annabeth, then Andee! She's the best fighter and healer at camp," Someone called out, snapping me back to attention.

"No," I said immediately. "I – I can't." I couldn't tell them what my dad had told me about what was happening. Not yet. "I have other things I have to do. Besides, the Prophecy said the dove and the forge will break the cage, and in case you haven't noticed, I am neither of those. I'm also going to suggest some form of air travel because of the whole 'beware the earth' thing." Even saying it made me shudder.

Nyssa slumped a little. "Since Jake is out of commission, I guess that means I'm senior counselor. The flying chariot is obviously out of the question, but I'm sure we can figure out some mode of transportation."

"It's me."

Everyone turned to look at Leo, no one sure of what he was implying. "What?" someone finally asked.

"It's me," Leo repeated. "I'm the 'forge' in the Prophecy. Don't ask me how I know, I just…do. I've even got an idea for transportation! Trust me!"

"I do," Jason said. "We started this together, so it only seems right. Find us a ride and you're in."

Leo pumped his fist in the air excitedly.

"All that's left is the dove, and I'd be more than happy to help with that," Drew said, smiling charmingly at Jason.

I missed Silena.

While I ranted in my mind about all the things I loved and missed about Silena, and that I disliked about Drew (who made her senior counselor anyways?), everyone else's attention had gone to Piper, who was arguing with Drew saying that she was more qualified to go. And then she was transformed so she was wearing a beautiful white dress that reached her ankles and had a deep, deep v-neckline that showed off her cleavage. She had gold armbands around her biceps, a pretty necklace with amber, coral and gold flowers, and her hair was braided to the side with gold ribbons.

I totally called the whole daughter-of-Aphrodite thing.