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I became aware of a banging on the door. The green mist that had been swirling around me dissipated. I walked to the door and opened it, to be yelled at, "Percy! What in the name of Hades are you doing here?"

It was Thalia. I just stared. I felt like a dam of hope had burst through my chest. "The Oracle…gave me a prophecy."

"What? It's only supposed to give prophecies if you have a quest. I'll get Chiron. Just wait here." Thalia sounded agitated.

She ran from the room, leaving me to dwell on the prophecy the Oracle had given me. Do not despair; your friend's fate is not as doomed as it would seem, That could only mean one thing; I could save Annabeth! The next line brought my hopes down significantly: Go to the place in with death and darkness teem, the meaning of that was obvious, the Underworld! Go and entreat the lord of those who have died, I would have to plead before Hades…

My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of hooves on the stairs. Chiron was coming. He looked tired and wan. Thalia was next to him, panting. "Percy, the Oracle gave you a prophecy?" Chiron asked.

"Yes," I replied. "Why did it? I didn't have a quest!"

"It only could do that if you were singularly focused on your question, which as far as I know, mortals are incapable of doing. The only other circumstance is if you have a quest. What were you focusing on?

"I was thinking, 'What do I do?' over and over again. That's what I asked the Oracle." I explained.

Chiron heaved his thousand-year-old sigh. "What did the Oracle tell you?"

I recited the prophecy,

Do not despair, your friend's fate is not as doomed as it seems,
Go to the place, in which death and darkness teem,
Go and entreat the lord of those who have died,
And do your best to not get fried.

"Percy, the meaning of this prophecy is obvious. You have to go to Hades and plead for Annabeth's life. Now that you have a prophecy, I have no choice but to give you the quest. I will call an emergency camp meeting to confer with the others on this." Chiron said.

"Good, " I said, nodding. It didn't take long to gather together the camp leaders for the meeting. Travis and Connor Stoll led the Hermes cabin; Silena Beauregard led the Aphrodites, Beckendorf led the Hephaestus cabin, Thalia led the Zeus cabin, Clarisse headed the Ares cabin, and when I looked over at the place Annabeth usually would be sitting, my jaw dropped in shock.

It was Athena. She looked downright miserable. She must have seen the surprised look on my face, because she said, "I will represent the Athena cabin because they haven't elected a new leader yet."

The council began. Beckendorf spoke first, "It's too dangerous. No one has ever brought someone back up from the dead, and you're already on Hades' bad side. "

"I will go and nothing will stop me." I said firmly.

"In that case, " said Athena, "You'd better go in winter. You'll have a better chance of saving my daughter in winter."

We were talking about her daughter's life and all she cares about the seasons? I thought angrily. "Why?" I asked, restraining my indignation.

"Because then Queen Persephone will be there, giving you a better chance." Athena calmly stated.

She was right. As usual. "All right, is there anything else anyone wants to comment on?" I asked the group.

This time, Travis Stoll offered, "Who is going with you on this quest"

"Thalia and Grover are going. A trio will work. Will you two come with me?" Thalia and Grover quickly consented.

Just then, the door burst open, revealing none other than my half-brother Tyson. He immediately grabbed Grover and I in a bone-crushing hug, and then pointed to Thalia. "Who is this?" he said in his rough voice.

"This is Thalia, the daughter of Zeus." I told him. "The Fleece purged her essence from the tree."

He walked over to her and shook her hand, hard. Thalia winced. "Daddy told me what happened," he said, sobering immediately. "Can I come with you?"

Thalia looked daggers at me. Her eyes were telling me, No! No! NO! "Of course he can come," I said. Tyson nodded. Thalia gave me one of her "ten out of ten" evil looks. There was something else in her eyes. It was pain.

"All right, it's settled," Chiron said. "Percy, Thalia, Grover, and Tyson will be going to plead for Annabeth's life to Hades." When he said that, I truly realized how monumental this was. Hades had never let anyone dead to escape his kingdom.

"This meeting is adjourned." Chiron said. We all dispersed, but Thalia came to me. She was furious.

"He's a Cyclops, Percy! A Cyclops! They're not to be trusted. The whole reason I was turned into a tree was because of a Cyclops." She started to explain, but I cut her off.

"I know already. Besides, Tyson is different. We never would've gotten the Golden Fleece or rescued Grover if it weren't for him. He's loyal to me, Thalia."

Her anger softened a degree. "All right, but I have a feeling that you'll regret this."

We walked together toward the cabins. Thalia asked, "What were Annabeth's last words?"

I froze. "I have a feeling that she wouldn't want me telling anyone that. "

"Ah," she said. "I'll just ask Grover, and then tell everyone else."

"All right, all right. She said…, " I stopped myself. "She said something that if she were alive, she'd kill me if I told anyone."

"But she's not alive," Thalia said quietly. "You can trust me."

"When are you going back to the Hunters?" I asked, trying to change the subject.

"The day after tomorrow, but that's besides the point. " She was starting to get angry.

I hesitated. "She said that…"

Silena caught up with us. Thank the gods. She asked, "What are you two talking about? Something romantic possibly?" That's it. Now I wanted to kill Silena.

"No, " I said unconvincingly. "I was just heading for my cabin. " I quickly broke into a run and got to my cabin. I rushed in and locked the door. Could I trust her? I thought to myself. I didn't know. I fell asleep on that cheery thought.

The next morning, I saw Thalia at breakfast, which consisted of nymph prepared bacon and scrambled eggs. She was wearing an obviously false happy expression and ate without talking to anyone. I scraped a few rashers of bacon into the fire and dedicated it to Poseidon. After breakfast, Thalia followed me. I tried to lose her, but she was fast. I guess being in the Hunters of Artemis does that to you.

"What-did-she-say?" Thalia asked me, hissing like an angry goose.

I could tell that she would run me through with her electric spear and hang me from a tree if I didn't tell her. A regular person would've dropped it already, but this is Thalia I'm talking about. Even so, it must have meant a lot to her.

"She said to take care." I said, hoping that she wouldn't see through my bluff.

She laughed humorlessly. "You're a terrible liar, Perseus Jackson. She grabbed hold of my shoulders, hard. "TELL ME!"

"All right, all right." I gave up. I closed my eyes, trying to block images of Annabeth yelling at me. "She said that she loved me."

The pressure on my shoulders loosened. Thalia was speechless. Or at least I think she was, because my eyes were still closed. I opened my eyes.

Thalia had fainted.

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