So, what did you make of the last chapter? Here are virtual cookies for anyone that guessed that the gods' powers were unleashed into Rylan, Sam and the other demigod like in the summary for this story. In this chapter they try to interpret the prophecy. Read on! :)

"We need to discuss what's going on," said Chiron.

I glanced at the others and saw Rylan. He had white lines in his hair. Struck too, I thought grimly. The others had explained that the symbols that appeared above me were the symbols of gods, but I can't be a child of a mortal and five gods. Yep, five symbols appeared above me, including Aphrodite even though she like claimed me ten minutes ago.

Annabeth leaned forward from her spot. "We should start with understanding the prophecy," she said. A few nodded in agreement. Prophecy? I glanced to Piper, my new head counselor, for help. She leaned over and whispered: "New prophecy that we got his morning." in my ear.

A girl with frizzy red hair stood up. Piper pointed to her and whispered: "Rachel, our Oracle." Oracle? I didn't ask, I just nodded like I was getting what she was talking about.

Rachel cleared her voice.

"The dove, the eagle, the legion's rage

Together shall form the Olympians' cage

History to be repeated and replayed

The peace between the two shall fade

Six demigods created from pain

One shall become Olympus's bane

One shall become a shadow passing by

And with the sea and sky

The world to be destroyed

…or revived," Rachel recited.

I shuddered. It didn't really sound pleasant to me. No one said anything, so Annabeth took the lead.

"Why don't we start with the first two lines," she said helpfully.

"I think I know what it means," said Travis Stoll. He introduced himself to me at dining pavilion with Conner Stoll. "You know how during the Giant War the gods were incapacitated?" Chiron nodded.

Travis continued. "Some had to be on their sacred ground in order for the incapacitation to stop and the reason was that the Greeks and Romans didn't have peace. Like Apollo and Artemis they were sort of 'caged' on their island," he suggested. A few people nodded again, gesturing for him to continue and stop stopping (ß haha).

"So the second line probably means that they're incapacitated," Travis finished.

Percy nodded thoughtfully. "Yeah, didn't Mr. D disappear after saying something about incapacitation?"

A blonde guy stepped in. "So a dove, an eagle and the legion's rage formed the incapacitation?"

"Don't the gods only get incapacitated when their aspects are at war with each other?" piped up a girl on the other side of the Ping-Pong table.

"Lou Ellen's right," said Chiron, "If our interpretations are correct, we are at war now with New Rome." My heart sunk at that. I knew that the leaving of Reyna and Frank was because of my stupid pick-up-the-eagle-and-stuff-it-into-my-bag plan.

"It fits with the next two lines. During the American civil war, the Romans and Greeks had a massive bloodshed here in the woods," said Chiron. "Mortal wars often reflect our wars," he said, "and if that history is to be replayed, then yes, we are at war with the Romans. A civil war."

"The peace between the two shall fade…it already has then, if the two means our camps," said a tall boy with blonde hair and blue eyes that sat next to Rylan.

"Wait!" cried Annabeth. "This isn't right. The prophecy's too…literal."

"Annabeth maybe it's supposed to be like this," said Percy, rolling his eyes, "Remember when you kept saying that Daedalus's should be in the oldest part of the Labyrinth? And it ended up being in the newest."

"Wait," I said. "You guys have been in the Labyrinth before?"

"Yeah," said Percy excitedly, "And—"

"Back to topic!" Chiron said loudly.

"Six demigods created from pain…?" said Rachel promptly.

"Hey! What about the first line? A dove, an eagle and the legion's rage formed the incapacitation. The eagle's probably Rome's eagle and the legion's rage I think we know what that is, but who's the dove?" asked the blonde dude again.

"Who's that?" I asked Piper about the blonde guy. He overheard me and turned towards me.

"New?" he asked, "Well, Jason Grace, nice to meet you."

"Sam la R—Sam Brett," I said, "Nice to meet you too." Clarisse narrowed her eyes at my "new" last name but didn't say anything.

"Isn't Aphrodite's symbol a dove?" asked Percy.

"Yeah," said Annabeth. Everyone's heads turned to Piper, but I knew the truth.

"I swear, I didn't take it—" Piper was cut off when I placed a hand lightly on her wrist. She glanced at me and so did everyone else. I took a deep breath. Better tell the truth, I thought.

"Everyone," I said. "It was actually me," I confessed. People just stared.

"I promise, I didn't steal it. I found it on the ground in the morning after Reyna and Frank dropped it when I passed them on the street. So I…" I swallowed guiltily, "I kinda just packed it into my bag."

"Oh, well," Chiron said just to break the silence, "I guess we can't blame you. It was destined to happen." I stared at the ground. What he said didn't really cheer me up. It just made me feel worse. I'm destined to cause trouble, I thought sadly.

"Erm…Six demigods created from pain…?" Rachel prompted again. Nobody said anything. Everyone just kinda sat there, looking confused until Chiron spoke up again.

"First, this isn't a quest prophecy," he said. "It wasn't made when we appointed a quest. A third Great Prophecy, maybe." Percy groaned.

"Not another war or great prophecy. I've been in enough of those," he muttered. Chiron ignored him.

"Secondly, we need to start preparing for war. And thirdly…I've never talked about this with demigods, but when gods are incapacitated, sometimes their powers are unleashed."

"Six demigods created from pain…" murmured Annabeth. "Pain of the gods from incapacitation. Then that thunder just then with the symbols and lightning…" she trailed off, letting that sink in. I realized that it meant me, Rylan and the other girl.

"Wait," I said. "It says six demigods. Only three got struck today." Jason and Percy exchanged a knowing glance.

"Camp Jupiter," they said together.

More interpreting next chapter...and some romance problems. Please review so I can know what my story seems like from the reader's view.

-mi5hao