Hi guys! I hope you had a nice Christmas or Hanukah. And have Happy New Year! I do have a reason for why I did not post yesterday. But if you are of the weak of stomach or are horrified easily, please skip this Author's Note. Good, all of you who did not want to be freaked out skipped to the writing. So, first of all, I didn't have the chapter done until today. Reason #1. My parents surprised me Yesterday when I was going to work on this chapter, and brought me to my friends' house ALL DAY. Reason. #2 I didn't have it done beforehand is because I had to write up applications for some schools I'm applying to. Reason #3. In the time I was able to write this fan fiction, I was scared of being alone in my room. Recently, a girl around my age was raped in her own house while she was alone in her room. She lived in my town, very close to where I live. It scared me so much, and it still does. On a happier note, on with the chapter.

I don't own PJO. On with the chapter.

Adrian was standing in front of the Senate. Everyone was dressed in his or her silly toga, but they all had a serious intention. Adrian wanted a quest. He'd heard a prophecy from a random girl who knew about demigods. If someone had tried to transcribe what had happened during the Senate Meeting, his or her transcription would have looked something like this:

Adrian states his request, "I want a quest." Octavian asks, "Why do you want this quest?" Adrian replies, "To find Jason." Octavian states, "You realize that you're not the first person to ask for a quest like this. Why should we let you go?" Adrian counteracted saying, "I have a prophecy." The room gasped. Octavian said, "How did you receive this prophecy?" Adrian said, "While Mimi*, James, and I were out looking for Emblem, we received a prophecy from a girl we met. She knew about demigods." The room gasped. Octavian said, "How can we trust that you did not just make this up?" Adrian replied, "You can ask Mimi* or James. They'll say the same thing. They probably could even recite the prophecy given."

*Adrian's use of the nickname Mimi most likely refers to Maya Kemp, 4th Cohort.

Adrian was still standing in front of the Senate. Octavian had yet to contradict his request completely. He looked back at Mimi and James, who had just been asked to separately recite the prophecy. Based on the looks on their faces, they were unnaturally calm. Octavian was busy discussing something with Reyna. Adrian could tell that Octavian was frustrated, and Reyna was annoyed. After standing in otherwise silence awkwardly for the next 15 seconds, Octavian, obviously as annoyed as Reyna and twice as frustrated as before, stood up to address everyone. He said, "I've discussed with Reyna, our Praetor, and she approves of this quest." Everyone realized that he was hinting at hat if things went badly, it was Reyna's fault. Octavian continued, "Any comments?" One person shouted out, "How come I don't remember this?" Adrian turned to look at the person who had spoken. So did everyone else. Adrian saw that Emblem was now standing up from her "Senate Seat." Adrian had almost, almost forgotten that Emblem was in the Senate. James was the first to reply, accidentally cutting off a stuttering Octavian, "You were unconscious, Emblem." Emblem looked quite sheepish, then sat down. Once everyone turned his or her attention back to Octavian, Octavian spoke, "Alright Adrian. Since your quest has been approved, who do you want to come with you." Adrian thought for a second, then spoke, "Mimi and James." Octavian nodded, though reluctantly. Adrian felt like he had been through the worst of the Senate meeting, so he allowed himself to relax.

Mimi was very surprised. Adrian wanted her on the quest? She didn't dwell on the subject; she just started packing. She pulled out a duffel bag from a trunk under her bed and began to fill it with things she would need. She started with the clothing. She put in two T-shirts, jeans, sweatpants, a coat, a sweater, and a pair of gloves that her step-mom had given her for her birthday. Then Mimi started packing things for survival. Into the duffel bag went a canister of ambrosia and a bottle of nectar. Mimi would carry her sword. And into she placed some sentimental items. The pearl was placed in the pocket of the duffel bag. Mimi's rose earrings, which she would have to take off during battle anyway, were wrapped in some tissue and place in the same pocket. She also took a picture she had of her family out of its picture frame and placed it in her bag. When she was finally happy with what she had packed, she set out to the gate out of Camp Jupiter, where she would meet the other quest participants.

James had packed, but he had been unable to get to the camp entrance without being stopped by two people, so he was late. The first person to stop him had been Emblem. He'd stopped several minutes to explain to his cousin why she didn't remember the prophecy: "You were unconscious," why she was unconscious: "I knocked you out," why he would knock her out, "You were going to push Adrian into the ocean," why she wasn't going on the quest, "Because Adrian didn't choose you to go on the quest," why the ocean smelled like fish, "Why are you bringing this up?" The next person he ran into was Mike. Mike had stopped and said, "I hear your going on a quest." James nodded and tried to push past Mike. Mike stopped him and said, "I'm sure there are many more eligible campers to go." James replied, "There are none in sight currently," and pushed past Mike successfully.

Lila watched Mike carefully. He was fuming about something. He was muttering something under his breath. Listen harder she heard, " 'None eligible in sight' while staring right at me. Urgh… he ticks me off." Mike proceeded to punch the wall. Lila tapped his shoulder, and he spun around looking ready to fight. She stated, "Don't punch the wall. It will cause you to bleed. I hate blood." She settled back to where she was standing before hand, in the shadows. Mike was scared of Lila in the dark. After all, she is a daughter of Nox, child of night.

Emblem was also quite annoyed. She also wanted to get out of camp. She thought all there was to do here was annoy Reyna. She was hiding in the trees, watching the three start heading off for the quest. She really wanted to follow them. Was she allowed to follow them? Probably not. Emblem got an idea, an evil idea, an awesome idea, and a downright stupid idea. Deciding on the stupid one, she decided to follow them. Would she need help? Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes no yes no yes no yes no. Yes. No.

Emblem was definitely not go to get no help.

What?

SO there you have it. Umm… Bye bye!