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We hurried with Chiron to the Big House, where a red-headed girl sat by the porch. She was wearing one of those finishing school-type uniforms that were probably restricting and so uncomfortable. Her gaze was trained on us, but I had a weird feeling in my gut that she was watching me.

As soon as we reached her, she instantly fainted.

Oh great, I thought.

Suddenly, green smoke came out of her, literally. It crawled out of her mouth, her eyes, and her nose, forming a thick green mist that I sensed was filled with power even greater than the gods.

I am the Spirit of Delphi, a voice came out of the mist. IT wasn't like it was talking to us directly, but more like it was forming the words inside our heads. Approach, seeker, and ask.

"Well, that's new." Chiron commented. "Usually, she says her accomplishments and achievements first, before making you ask for the prophecy."

"Yeah." Percy and Annabeth agreed. They were deep in thought, like they were remembering a distant memory.

"Carter, ask." Chiron gestured to the girl. "Sadie's your sister, after all."

I stepped forward, trying not to make the shaking of my arms noticeable. I wasn't sure what this was exactly, but to me, it conveyed one message: Fear me.

"Where is Sadie?" I asked, trying to sound confident.

Eight shall depart to find the caged beast,

Four shall go to the west, and three to the east.

Three to the east: a daughter of snow, a child of wisdom, and, a son of the sea,

Will find what is missing, and return her safely.

A son of death, the eye of Horus, a child of dawn, and a son of love,

The four to the west, will find the snake, and keep it from the world above.

A traitor within the group holds the key,

Egyptians come forth, and vanquish the enemy.

The chosen of fire arrives but withdraws,

Trust must be forged, and overcome the laws.

All the matters most, you shall be able to save,

With his dying breath, he shall drag one to the grave.

After that mind-numbing poem, the girl collapsed on the porch. Percy and Nico rushed to her aid, and lifted her back to the bench. They laid her down, where she slept peacefully, as if what she just did was normal for her.

"That was…interesting." Percy said. "But I don't get it."

"Come, let's discuss this inside." Chiron ushered us inside the Big House. We headed towards what looked like a rec room, complete with a billiard, and pingpong table.

We gathered around the pingpong table. Chairs were already arranged in such a way that we would've looked like we were in a business meeting, if it wasn't for the fact that were sitting around a pingpong table, and Satyrs were serving lemonade.

We all got seated. "Alright, now we can start." Chiron said.

"Well, some of the people in the prophecy were given very specific markers: a son of death, meaning Nico; a son of the sea, Percy; and a child of wisdom, which is me." Annabeth explained. "But as for the eye of Horus-"

"That's me." Carter interrupted.

Nico raised his eyebrow. "How can you be sure?"

Suddenly, a bird flew inside the room; a small falcon. It landed right in front of Nico.

"What the Hades is this supposed to be?" he complained.

I am Horus, child, the bird said.

"Great." I threw up my hands in frustration. "What do you want?"

The others looked at me in shock. "What?" I demanded.

"Carter, tha-that's a god you're talking to." Nico stuttered.

"Yeah, and a very irritating god, too." I muttered.

The falcon focused its eyes on me. I couldn't tell if it was glaring at me or not. You may be my eye, Kane, but at least show some respect. And for the record, I am not irritating; no matter how much Anubis says otherwise.

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, yeah." I waved him off. "Why are you here?"

To give you a warning, Carter. A sliver of Apophis' soul has escaped from the duat a three months ago, and is now running rampant across the mortal world. The majority of beast itself is still caged with Ra's scarabs, but even a sliver of his soul is enough to start mass chaos and free the rest of him, with a proper host, of course. Horus informed.

"A what?" I asked, dumbfounded by the new information that he didn't even bother to tell me in advance.

The creature's body started to steam. Smoke emitted from its body. Oh dear, seems that this body cannot hold my spirit any longer. Carter, you have to- He wasn't able to finish his warning.

The falcon body erupted in flames. The poor bird tried to flap its wings, but its feathers were already scorched off. After a few minutes, all that was left was fried falcon. Its body was still bent like it was writhing in pain, but that didn't stop Percy. He reached over and grabbed a wing, snapped it off, and took a huge bit out of it. "Mmmm. Tasty." He grinned.

The rest of them couldn't help but snicker. Annabeth shook her head. "That's my boyfriend…." She mused.

I, on the other hand, was fuming. I banged my hand on the table. "Guys, focus!" I snapped. MY sister was missing, and they had the nerve to sit around here laughing about chicken, er…falcon?

"Yes, please listen to Carter." Chiron agreed. "Someone's life could be in danger right now, and you're all acting like children! Every moment we waste with nonsense will mean a shorter time for rescuing her, and I want her back here, alive, and in one piece, do you understand me?"

The other stopped laughing, and looked at Chiron in disbelief. They probably never saw him this angry before.

"Chiron and Carter are right." Nico said.

"Back to business." Annabeth added.

"So me, Percy, Annabeth, and Nico. Who else?" I asked.

"Well, it seems to me that the prophecy states that we need a child of dawn, a son of love, a daughter of snow, and a chosen of fire." Annabeth stated.

"Thank you for pointing out the obvious, miss know-it-all." Nico muttered. Annabeth glared at him. He shrugged her off.

Then it clicked. Chosen of fire. Egyptians. "Zia." I murmured.

"Who?" they all asked me."

I turned to Percy. "Percy, remember when we first met? I was with a girl, Zia."

He nodded his head. "Yeah, and she was hot."

Annabeth and I glared at him. He raised his hands in surrender. "Okay, I was out of line. Sorry."

"Anyway…" I continued. "Zia is a fire magician, so Percy's description of her as hot was technically correct."

They laughed a little. "See? I can be smart sometimes." Percy protested.

"Yes you can be seaweed brain. Keep telling yourself that." Annabeth chided.

"So Zia is one, who are the others?" Nico said. They all looked at me.

"Hey, don't look at me. We may be magicians, but were definitely not sons or daughters of gods."

Then, Nico's eyes widened. He ran outside hastily, with us looking at him like he was a madman. When he came back in, two girls and a boy was with him.

"Nico, who are these?" Chiron inquired. I stared at him, baffled. I never came to school, but shouldn't the teacher know all of his students.

She gestured to the girl with curly brown hair. "Chiron, meet Aldrea Goodwin, daughter of Eos."

"Eos is the goddess of dawn." Annabeth added.

Nico nodded. He pointed to the guy. "Iris here, is a son of Eros, a minor god of love." Iris glared at him when he said minor.

Nico ignored him. "And Percy, I think you know her, because I sure don't." he gestured to the other girl.

Percy's face paled. "Um Nico, she's Atalanta, daughter of Khione."

Nico raised his eyebrows. "The lesbian?"

The air around grew uncomfortably cold. I looked at Atalanta, and saw white smoke, coming out of her hands.

"What did you say, di Angelo?" she barked.

Nico gulped. He stood in his spot unmoving, as if he was frozen. "Um, nothing." He stammered.

I rolled my eyes at this. Can't these guys ever focus?

I saw Atalanta touch Nico's shoulders with her hands, and frost started to grow. It enveloped his entire body, except his face. Normally, I would find this funny, but my sister's life is probably on the line here!

"Enough!" I yelled with the top of my voice. I summoned the power of Horus. I summoned my khopesh from the duat, and pointed Nico.

"Ha-di!"

The ice surrounding him exploded. It sent him flying backwards straight into Atalanta, knocking them both unconscious.

My breathing became heavy. I glared at everyone in the room, with cold, merciless eyes. "If none of you will help, then I will go by myself. My sister could be dead for all we know, and you're here starting petty fights!" That last statement almost made me tear up. Sadie is not dead. Sadie cannot be dead. Sadie will not be dead; not while I'm still breathing. I blinked away the tears, which were starting to form, and turned to all of them.

They all had a sudden interest in their shoes.

"He's right. Heroes, get packing, you leave in an hour. And ah, please wake up Miss Parks and Mr. di Angelo, please." He pointed to Nico and Atlanta, unconscious on the floor.

"But where do we even go?" Percy whined.

Chiron looked grim. "The prophecy never stated the specifics: only west and east. So you'll just have to, as you say these days, wing it."

After Percy woke up Nico and Atalanta (never underestimate the power of ice water), we split into two groups according to the prophecy: Me, Nico, Iris, and Drea, and Annabeth, Percy, and Atalanta. She was giving death glares at Percy, who was trying not to notice, but occasionally was darting his eyes to hers.

"You guys go to Brooklyn House, that's in the east .(A/N: I don't know if this is true, but please bear with me for the sake of the story.) Zia will probably meet you on the way." I said. I was a little uncomfortable about bringing Zia into all of this, but if she ever learned about what happened to Sadie, she will come with us no matter what I say, prophecy or no.

Annabeth nodded. "Great. Then you guys…"

"We'll just keep driving west until we spot something out of the ordinary." Nico said. I swear, that kid can sometimes be a genius, but mostly prefers to follow Percy, being stupid and oblivious.

It didn't even take us that long to know that we were on the right track. A few miles down the road, and I spotted someone very familiar. I scrutinized his appearance, and almost fainted. He appeared as a tall and strong, almost a twin to my dad, Osiris, but with dark red skin, a pointed beard, long black hair, and red eyes. He was wearing a disco suit that made him look a lot like Mick Jagger.

"Set." I whispered through gritted teeth.

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I woke up, only to find myself hanging by my arms, and my feet chained together. I tried to scream for help, but found something lodged in my mouth. I tried to chew it off, but I couldn't.

"Something got your tongue, love?" I heard someone ask.

I turned my head around, trying to find the source of the voice. I recognized it of course; that bastard Cade. I saw him sitting on a wooden chair to my left, staring at me with his cold, golden-brown eyes looked up and down on my body, which made me feel uncomfortable. I instinctively tried to wriggle free of these chains, even though I knew it was futile.

He slowly walked towards me. My heart suddenly started beating faster.

He stopped and stood in front of me, his face directly in front of my own. I looked down, so that I could not see his ugly face, but he grabbed my chin and tilted my head up.

"You are mine, love. Mine." He ripped of the gag, and before I could start cursing him, he kissed me on the lips. I jerked my head sideways, but he forced me back to face him. He kissed me again, and again, as if he was saying, You are mine, Sadie Kane. I can do whatever I want with you, and you cannot do a thing.

Tears started leaking running down on my cheeks. I closed my eyes, wishing, praying to any god to get this over with.

I didn't know when, how long he kissed me, but finally, he stopped. "That was great." He said with a smile. As soon as his face was in front of mine, I spat in his face. Classic, I know, but I will not go down fighting.

"You are a feisty little thing, aren't you love?" He put another gag in my mouth.

I glared at him, but he ignored me. "Don't worry love, Lord Apophis will be done with you soon, and after that he promised me well, you." He stared into my eyes hungrily. "And I can't wait."

My face paled. He was working with Apophis?

Well, the quest begins! And what is Cade going to do to Sadie?