Before I start and before I announce all the chosen OCs to be in this story, I wanna say A BIG THANK YOU for submitting your OCs. I received plenty of submissions, and most of them were really really good. Unfortunately, I only need a few OCs, and I could only pick a small fraction of all of them.

I'm really sorry if your OC was not picked (it doesn't mean they were bad). There're many better SYOCs out there that you can send them to.

If your OC is chosen, I really do hope you'll review the chapters (I'm living off reviews).

And now, here's what you've been waiting for. Below are the list of OCs and their respective authors that I'm using:

Ferrer Fabrizio Cooper, 19, daughter of Hephaestus - Thedaffodilqueen
Kai Lequinte, 18, daughter of Boreas - MadnessAndMe
Aden Sennett, 17, son of Tyche - Magick From Your Heart
Nile Argall, 19, son of Hermes - Blood Sentry
Nea Whitley, 17, daughter of Athena - SilverDiamonds
Marius Evans, 19, son of Aphrodite - AgentWriter (Yep, that's me!)

Congrats! And let's move on to the actual chapter :)

Ferrer Fabrizio Cooper, 19, daughter of Hephaestus

I carefully placed the palm-sized device into a cardboard box and sealed it with some tape. Then, striding over to the door of the Hephaestus cabin with the package in hand, I stepped out to meet Nea.

"There you have it." I smiled, showing her the end-product. "One monster-free cell phone as per requested by you."

Nea looked puzzled for a moment, but she quickly caught on. When she did, she gasped, "Wow! That's really fast! I only gave you the blueprints yesterday, and you were able to finish it all in one day? Amazing!"

"Well," I laughed, waving off her praise, "it was your blueprints remember? I just followed the instructions and brought it to life."

"Still, I couldn't have done it without you, and you did it." Nea paused, and the smile faded from her face, "but that wasn't why I came to your cabin for."

I raised my eyebrows, "and what is the real reason, girl?"

"Chiron just came barging into a little competition that we were having, and he told us to spread the word to every camper that there will be an important meeting after dinner." said Nea.

"Okay." I said slowly, "And did he happen to mention what this whole thing is about?"

"Nope." Nea said simply.

"Right." I said, folding my arms across my chest. "By the way, have I mentioned that that horse is probably going loony?"

"Hmm?"

"He's been quite on edge since last week, I reckon." I remembered. "I hope he hasn't gone bonkers."

Nea clapped her hands together in excitement. "So it isn't just me! You've noticed it too. I thought maybe I was the one being paranoid."

"Yeah, well. Maybe you are." I giggled.

"What?" Nea said. "No, no. This is serious, Fairy. There has been something that Chiron found out last week but chose to keep it from us."

"Okay, speak your mind, Brainiac." I said.

"Maybe last week, Chiron thought that whatever it was, it wasn't too serious to get everyone panicking with the news. But today, it must have been out of control. He seemed pretty stressed out." Nea frowned.

"Still, following here."

"I wonder what has gone wrong...if it's the gods again…" Nea trailed off.

I held up my hands, "oh, come on. There's no point thinking about it now. It could be literally anything. Right now, I'd rather spend my time thinking about...food for instance."

"Hey, it's always good to be prepared for the bad news. But fine, I won't talk about it if you aren't too interested."

"What's on the menu for dinner?" I asked, rubbing my hands together.

We walked side by side to the dining pavilion where most of the campers had already assembled. Even from afar, I could hear the noisy chatter and the sound of metal cutlery clanking against the ceramic plates.

"Oh, the usual." Nea said casually. "Cheeseburgers and mashed potatoes."

"Mmmmmm." I laughed, hearing the growl from my stomach in approval.

"Aaaand, there's an extra special something." Nea said suddenly. "You won't want to miss this."

With that, she grabbed my wrist and started running at full speed towards the pavilion, tugging me along. I had no choice but to fall into a run to avoid my hand being wrenched out of its socket.

It was a rule that you had to sit on the same bench with your other cabin mates, and the minute I reached the dining pavilion, my other Hephaestus siblings waved me over to join them at a table somewhere on the right side. Although I very much wanted to go over to meet them, I just gave them a cheery smile and signaled at them to give me a minute because apparently Nea badly wanted to show me something.

"So...what is this that you wanted to show me?" I said curiously.

"Right. You're going to love it. But you have to do something first." Nea said.

I waited, wondering what on earth she was talking about.

"Okay, see that guy over there sitting at the Aphrodite table?" Nea pointed.

I squinted. "You mean Marius? What's this got to do with him?"

Nea grinned mischievously. "Do me a favour, go up to him and say exactly what I tell you: What are you waiting for? A promise is a promise, Marius."

I was totally clueless as to what was going on, but it seemed like there was something fishy going on, and i didn't want to be left out of it, especially when Marius was involved. So I strode confidently up to him.

Marius, who had just put a large scoop of mashed potatoes into his mouth, looked up at me.

"To what do I owe you the pleasure of interrupting my savouring of this marvelous chunk of potatoes, Fairy?"

I bent down to whisper in his ear what Nea had instructed me to. "What are you waiting for? A promise is a promise."

The effect of my - or Nea's words, to be more accurate - on Marius was just hilarious. He seized up, shoulders tensing, and his spoon slipped out of his hand, falling to the floor.

"You - How did you know about it?" He said, trying to recover as though nothing had happened.

Still clueless, I thought that perhaps it would be fun to play along with it. "I have my ways."

"Nea told you…" He said, and he immediately spotted Nea standing to one side observing them.

"What's this about, Marius?" I asked.

He sighed, then placed his fork slowly on his plate. Standing up slowly, he took off his blue denim shirt, revealing the inner white T-shirt.

"Well, let's just get this over and done with." he said.

I watched him take a deep breath and walk over to the Athena table, who'd started to applaud at him as he came over. Marius stepped up on the bench, then onto the table.

"Here goes, guys. Have fun." He said.

That's when all Hades broke loose. It was the most vicious food fight ever to be seen. Actually, I wouldn't really call it a food fight. It was thoroughly one-sided; all the campers versus the aforementioned guy standing on the table, not to mention that he wasn't attempting to fight back.

It was the most amusing sight since a couple of months ago, when some Ares's kid was dressed up in entirely pink clothes. Except that this time, it was a little strange seeing that it was the Athena kids, who were usually the serious, level headed ones, starting this whole mess. And it was even more strange seeing Marius, an Aphrodite kid - though he was not your typical Aphrodite stereotype - being made into a food throwing target.

I wasn't one who'd let bullying pass under my nose without doing anything about it. I'd have stepped up and stopped this whole humiliating mess from getting worse if it wasn't Marius on the table. I knew him well enough that if he wanted to, he would stand up for himself. Besides, it was clear that he was attempting and failing miserably to look annoyed. Beneath the glops of chunky potatoes dripping down his chin and sliding off the ends of his hair, it was easy to make out the easy smile on his face.

Joining in with the rest of the campers, I found my fingers reaching for a handful of food, and hurling it at him. Right on point, it splattered square on his lips, and he stuck out his tongue to lick it. I bent over clutching my stomach and doubling over in laughter.

I wished that it could have lasted all night. We haven't got that much fun since who-knows-how-long.

So it was kind of expected - because the fates always have something nasty planned when you're having a great time - when a chilly breeze which had nothing to do with the weather weaved through the crowd of campers, causing goosebumps to rise on my skin.

The usually brightly lit pavilion dimmed such that it was difficult to make out the person in front of you. The temperature felt like it had dropped by a few degrees. The loud chatter and excitement died down into a hushed whisper.

It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Then, a raspy voice whispered:

A world where misery shall reign,

Leaves all friendships forged lost in vain.

Where lives depend on choices made,

Lest lead to suffering and hate.

Heart and head shall clash in despair,

Yet choose you must, or darkness bares.

The silence lingered for a full minute. The lights had returned and the unnatural, chilly breeze had gone, but the campers were still in shock.

My mind was slow and sluggish, as though I was coming out of a dream. I just didn't know what to think. And as my senses started to come back into me, it was all my brain could do to make up a sentence.

It was a prophecy.

Then it clicked into place. This must be what Chiron had known about all along since last week, but had been procrastinating to tell it to us. The centaur must have really dreaded this moment, possibly hoping that it wasn't going to come so soon.

But it wasn't up to him to decide.

"That was the Oracle of Delphi!" Nea said in a hushed voice. "This must be what Chiron is going to talk about in the meeting later."

As if on cue, Chiron himself cantered into the dining pavilion. His face was etched with lines of worry.

"It is as I'd feared. The time has come, much sooner than I would like." He said softly.

"A quest?" I voiced.

Chiron looked at me. "Yes, you are right, Fairy. This calls for a quest."

"So, this has something to do with Achlys?" Nea asked.

The centaur nodded. "That's right. I received word from the gods on Olympus last night. She's been brewing something in the lair of hers. It could mean anything, of course, but the gods suspect that she has a plan to take over the world."

Marius, who was still standing on the Athena table covered with a layer of mashed potatoes, which was starting to dry up, and little bits of food crouched down so he wasn't so prominent.

But he spoke in a low tone, "and the prophecy pretty much confirms it, huh?"

Chiron turned to him. "Well, you could say that."

"But who's going to be in this quest, then?" an Athena boy said.

"I believe Kai Lequinte has requested - and I have agreed - to take up this quest." Chiron said clearly.

And he shifted a few paces to his side, revealing the daughter of Boreas wearing a white turtleneck under her usual red jacket and ripped jeans. Her chocolate brown hair was tied up in a hasty messy bun with a few strands hanging down the sides of her face. Her eyes were coal black (one of them was closed shut due to an injury which I never found out).

I didn't know Kai that well to be honest, which was saying something because I got along pretty well with many campers here.

Anyway, to sum it all up., the girl looked liked she was ready for anything.

"What?" Nea snapped. "How can she just volunteer herself into the quest? That is not fair, Chiron!"

Many other campers were voicing out their displeasure at the sudden revelation.

Chiron had no choice but to hold up his hand and wait for everyone to calm down so that he could be heard above the noise.

"Listen, children." He said, "I have spoken to Kai about this. I agreed for her to be the leader of this quest. That is not arguable. But she will have to take at least two companions on this quest as per normal."

Soooo how did you find this chapter? Maybe I could do the questions if you're unsure what to review.

1) Thoughts on Fairy?

2) Thoughts on the stupid prophecy that I took ages to make?

3) How do you like the chapter so far?

If you have anything else to comment on, just go ahead :) I hope I wrote Fairy okay. Still trying to get the hang of it.