Thanks guys, mostly percabeth777 again for the ideas. I've been getting writers block with this story lately so there probably won't be another update in a while but still R&R so that I can get ideas flowing. :-D
"No." Ryan had no other ideas on what to say. He needed to go on this quest but he didn't know how to put it into words. "Thalia, I don't know why, but I need to be there. I can protect you way better than Byron, (he snorted, Byron wasn't great at swordplay) can. I mean, Hecate, ya she can call upon the man way downstairs and all but that won't really be helpful when she's not paying attention." he had a point. "w-well Ryan, it would be better for everyone if you stayed behind." at that time, Tyson came along. He had been helping out at camp every once and a while during the summer when he had nothing to do in Poseidon's underwater castle. "Well Ryan. You may have some bad blood inside, but you are pure of heart. You're almost as great as peanut butter! (book 3 that was one of my favourite parts) and Chiron didn't tell you this. You are part of quest to. If you don't believe me, go see scary one upstairs." (only the Oracle not the scary one in the sky)
As Ryan approached the Oracle, he thought to himself: why am I doing this? I already know where I should be and who with. He walked slowly up to her and asked "What should I do?" usually, the Oracle had a whole show going when predicting. This time all it said was "GO!" it freaked Ryan out more than it should have, like, it was one word. But he had heard of the things the Oracle had said to other people; given them warnings, told them they would be betrayed, even their own deaths! But this was so simplistic, maybe he was only there because they needed five people with the group. Maybe he was getting killed off early on. Or he would give up. But he didn't want to; he wanted to be with his friends, especially Thalia.
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"Ok gang! I can't think of anyone else to come on the journey with us. All I know is that we are going to start by heading off to the Rocky Mountains in Canada. The prophecy says neighbouring lands, mountains and North; so I did some research and that makes the most sense. Anyway, who would you guys like to take with you? And no Nina, we can not take your boyfriend." Thalia was at a loss about who to take. She knew in her heart that Ryan would be the best option, but she didn't want him to go. Letting her friend risk his life was too much for the adolescent to handle. "Why is it we can't take Ryan again?" Thalia assumed it was Byron being stupid. "Because I don't want to." she wanted to yell. "Why not? I'm capable of taking care of myself and others!" Thalia looked up in surprise, it had been Ryan the first time. She hadn't tricked herself into thinking it was him. "Look Taurus, (he called her that for 2 reasons. 1. She was a Taurus; born April 24 and 2. She was definitely as stubborn as one.) I have to go on this quest. I spoke to Tyson and the Oracle, they both said I have to go. Plus we all know I am best suited for this job. So can I come or do I have to follow you guys everywhere you go?" he really didn't leave any argument on the matter. "Fine! Get killed! See if I care!" Thalia snapped. Secretly, she was kind of happy that Ryan was going but she masked her happiness with bitchiness.
As they started their journey, Thalia was worried about Zeus; they were flying in a plane and technically, she wasn't supposed to be on one because of who her father was. But it was an uneventful flight so she started guessing which "heart" would "break" first. She narrowed down what could happen and who was the strongest and it came down to herself. Of course her companions wouldn't let her give up quickly, but they would leave her behind if she became a huge burden. And she wouldn't blame them. Weakness could ruin the whole quest. They made it to Canada safely so most of her worrying was useless.
"Ok guys! If we want to make it up the mountain quickly then we can figure out what we're looking for." Chiron told me that we have to find something or someone. We will be meeting a relative of Nina. Just your like great uncle or something, no big deal. He'll tell us the specifics of our journey, and then we'll actually know what we're doing. Then I'm guessing that we take a river downstream and we will end up in New York, or in other words the Big Apple, eventually. So we'll head off! Oh and when we get to the steep parts, I've packed a long coil of rope that we'll tie around our waists. Let's go!"
As they started to trek up the Rocky Mountains, the five had no idea that they were being watched, and plotted against. As Luke glared at the group, he realized that his son, Ryan Castellan, his own flesh and blood was the sappy looking boy that was staring at the blonde girl like a blind man seeing the sun for the first time. Rage boiled up inside him. All Luke had planned to do was send the ordinary, mortal Grizzly Bear after them and watch them squirm. But as soon as Luke saw his son walking along with the Titan-Traitors, he knew there was something more drastic needed and fast, he didn't know what he would do… but somebody would die a horribly bloody painful death, and that would be Thalia Jackson.
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