"Thalia's tree has been poisoned."

I didn't know what to say to that. I've got the feeling that if the poison spreads too far it will kill not only the tree, but Thalia as well.

Curse Annabeth. I mean who else would harm the tree that protects our boarders? I miss when she was just the little innocent seven year old. The little girl relying on Luke and Thalia and even me at times. She was nice back then, a smart mouth, but nice enough.

A slap to the back of my head brings me out of my thoughts.

"What did I miss?"

"Nothing, Perce. Just thought it would be best for you to not be zoned out when we were talking about the important things, is all," Luke says with a chuckle.

"Alright, now we have our son of Poseidon with us again. What did you figure out while he was zoned out, Malcom?" Chiron asks looking at the son of Athena who is rapidly throwing papers around the table. Somehow he manages to keep the papers in a distance he can reach.

"I found a way to heal Thalia, but it won't be easy to get," he replies evenly.

"You're so not telling me what I think you are, are you?"

He looks at me surprised but says, "The Golden Fleece seems to be the only solution." I groaned as he said that, then he continued talking, "Some of you may not know what I'm talking about, so here's an explanation. The Golden Fleece can heal anything, but the only problem is the location. It's in the Sea of Monsters."

"Now that we have figured that out, it's time to figure out who our quest leader is," Chiron says.

There were shout outs of Luke and then some for me. I was startled. I hadn't even been on a quest before. Why would they want an inexperienced demigod to lead a quest?

"So it's settled, the leader will be Percy. Who are your two companions?"

I stare at Chiron for a moment bug-eye shocked until Luke elbows me. "What, uh...Luke and Beckendorf."

"Well, obviously. I am your brother after all," Luke says grinning like a mad man.

I roll my eyes at Luke as Beckendorf asks, "When do we leave?"

I snort at his ability to act mature, even when he's the same age as me. It's quite hilarious.

"Whoa there tiger, don't get ahead of yourself. Percy still has to go get the prophecy," Luke replies.

"Oh great, I get to go have a chat with a decomposed hippie," I say sarcastically.

Luke chuckles and says, "Well you didn't exactly say you didn't want to be leader Mr. Hot Shot."

"I never said I wanted to be leader either."

Thank you all for your reviews and favorites and follows. I love you all. Before I sign off, I must first apologize for the shortness of the chapters but I have been exceedingly busy. Second, I must thank a reviewer for knowing the characters specific ages in the books but they will not be applied in this fanfiction. Luke will not be seven years older, he will instead be five as mentioned in previous chapter. This is done to give Luke and Percy a closer bond. The same is said with Beckendorf, except his age will be changed to the same as Percy's. Thank you and good day.