A.N- yo I just wish to point out that Aura wasn't Dionysus's mother! he had a kid with her and I must have thought it said was not with...so yeah...i am a fail for that...anywho here is the next chapter! XD

Ch. 4- Aura's and Visions

Apollo P.O.V

I decided to go all classic, so I had my sun chariot in a chariot form. I was flying supper fast, and Thalia was next to me holding on for her life without looking down. ''Really'' I thought ''A child of Zeus, afraid of heights. Now I have seen everything.'' I focused back to the driving. I decided to stop or actually was forced to. I could only fly at day light hours, and the moon was raising, but we'd made good time.

I landed at the base of Mt. Appalachian, and we set up camp, which was just us laying on the ground with a small fire. I sighed. All I wanted Rachel to be safe at Camp Half-blood. What I had seen yesterday was still in my mind. Watching your true love be tortured was not something that left your mind easily. I sighed. The other four had fallen asleep, so I closed my eyes, and tried not to focus on anything. I didn't want a second visit from Eos, but now that we were so close to Aura, we had a big chance of saving Rachel. I just hoped we weren't too late.

Rachel P.O.V

Being a prisoner sucks You don't get food, they beat you, whip you, stab you and any other form of torture. I was in my cell, so tired. But if I slept. I was plagued with nightmares. Suddenly, a thought struck me. ''I have a connection with Apollo right?'' I thought slowly. ''So maybe, I could speak to him.'' I closed my eyes, and I just focused on Apollo. I mentally called out his name, but I also felt sleep calling me. So, I drifted off.

When I opened my eyes next I was in a white room. I looked at myself, and unfortunately, I still looked horrible. I called out to Apollo.

"Apollo!...Apollo?" I said as I saw a simmering form. It solidified. It was... Apollo. I almost ran to him, but I stopped myself. I had to tell him about the time limit.

He looked around, then his eyes laid on me. He ran to me, but right when he was gonna grab my shoulders his hands fazed through me. He whimpered, and I smiled sadly.

"Apollo." I whispered, my voice distant. It echoed in the room. His blue eyes met my green ones, and he frowned. I placed my hand on his shoulder, but it didn't faze like his did.

"Where are you?" he asked.

I shrugged. I was glad I didn't feel pain now, or that would've hurt like Hades. "I don't really know. But that isn't important." I said.

His eyes widened. "NOT IMPORTANT!" he yelled. I flinched, and Apollo noticed. He cooled down, then sighed.

I smiled slightly. "Apollo, you have to find me within four days. One day ago I learned that they need me for something on the meteor shower. Apo...I" I kept going in and out like a bad cell phone connection. His eyes widened, but then I saw that I was already beginning to fade. I smiled and waved weakly. Then, I woke up. I heard the loud foot steps of Monos. I sighed. Why me?

Nico's P.O.V

I was sleeping peacefully when I heard Apollo stand up. I looked at him. He had a troubled look on his face.

I stood. "Yo, what is up?" I asked. He looked to me and sighed.

He sat on the ground, and I sat next to him. "Rachel just came to me somehow. She said we only have four days to save her, or something bad will happen." he said lowering his head. I gasped.

"I know you like her!" he said out of no where. I gasped, nearly gagging. What the frig?

"I think you are jumping to conclusions. I like Thalia, not Rachel." I said, glancing at the sleeping hunter. I sighed. Apollo's eyes were wide.

"YOU LIKE MY SISTER?" he said. I looked at him... "sister?". I guess she is sorta is his half-sister. I sighed and nodded.

Apollo laughed. "That is a relief." he said. By now, the others had woken up.

Percy looked around. "What is with all the yelling?" he asked, half asleep. Annabeth sighed.

Thalia looked up at the mountain. "Sooo...do you want to do up the mountain now?" she asked. I looked up the mountain. I sighed.

"Before we do I gotta tell you something." Apollo said. He told them about how Rachel have visited him. They were all in shock at the end.

"So what is so important about a meteor shower?" Percy asked. Annabeth nodded in agreement.

Apollo shrugged. "I have no idea. But they obviously need Rachel for that night. And then I think, it will be to late to save her." he said. I nodded.

"And from what I feel, her life force is already low." I said softly. Thalia looked back to the mountain.

Apollo P.O.V

"Annabeth, what was the name of the mountain again?" Thalia asked.

Annabeth looked over the mountain. "Mount Mansfield, part of the Green Mountains, which is part of the Appalachian mountains. It is the highest point in the town Underhill, Vermont." she said.

Thalia rolled her eyes. "I asked what it was called, not its' whole life history." she said. Annabeth scowled, and we began to climb the mountain. I looked around. The mountain was pretty easy to climb, but with four ADHD teenagers, they find a way to make time fly.

"OHHH 99 bottles of nectar on the wall, 99 bottles of nectar. OHHH take one down pass it around, but don't drink to much or you burst into flames! 98..." and so on Percy sang. It got annoying by the time he got to 60. And worse. The others started singing too! So four teens singing an annoying song. That would make a saint murder! And I was no saint.

"WILL YOU SHUT UP!" I yelled. They smirked, but kept singing. Luckily, we had gotten to the top of the mountain! But the Fates hate us, so there were like three monsters.

The others shut up and crouched down. Percy uncapped Riptide, Nico pulled out his sword, Annabeth pulled out her knife, Thalia pulled out her spear, and I summoned my gold bow & arrows. The monster looked in our direction. There was a snake woman, a hell hound, and a storm spirit. I wasn't too sure on how the storm spirit was here, but I focused on aiming at them. I fired as the others jumped out. It hit the storm spirit and it vanished. Thalia and Nico took on the hell hound, while Annabeth and Percy took on the snake woman. They were soon a pile of monster dust. I looked around.

"Well, with that fun over." I said, smirking. They all smiled.

Thalia looked around. "So, how do we find Aura?" she asked. I shrugged, with her being goddess of the morning wind maybe I could just command her to come out. I cleared my throat.

"Goddess Aura of the morning wind, come to face me." I called out. The wind picked up, and it was rough and violent.

Nico leaned close to me. "I think you upset her." he said. Then a woman with pale skin, light brown hair, and pale brown eyes. She wore a brown dress. It flowed in a wind that wasn't there.

She glared at me. "Who are you to command me?" she asked me. The air around me grew tight.

I found it hard to breath. I sighed. "I am sorry. But I need your help." I said looking to her. Her gaze softened.

"Oh! Then I forgive you!" she said, smiling brightly. I looked to the others.

Annabeth walked over to me. "She is the morning wind goddess. The wind doesn't stay in one place, it moves and flows changing." she said. I looked at her confused. She sighed.

"Think the ultimate bipolar person!" she simplified.

Thalia rolled her eyes. "And you call yourself a poet." she said.

Aura looked over us. "I will help, but I will ask one of you a riddle that only that one may answer." she looked over all of us, and her eyes landed on Nico. He flinched. She pointed to him.

"You. Son of Hades. Tell me, what is your name?" she asked.

Nico gulped. "Nico di Angelo." he said.

Aura smiled. "This is the riddle: You can hold without touching, with you hands. What is it?" she asked. Annabeth yelped, like she wanted to blurt out the answer but Percy stopped her. I knew the answer too, but Nico, looked nervous. He thought for a long time.

"Uhhhh...uhhhh." He was stumped. I had to find a way to give his a hint. I smirked. I took in a deep breath, and he looked at me annoyed. Then, his eyes lit up.

"I got it! Breath! You can hold your breath without using your hands!" he said, smirking.

Aura sighed. "I should really consider that cheating, but I don't really care." she said, walking away, and she waved for us to follow. I sighed, and we began to follow her. We walked for like half an hour, then we came to a cave. Inside it had cave painting of Greek symbols and a fire was burning. She sat down.

"So, what do you wish to know?" she asked, smiling. I looked to the others they motioned for me to explain.

I sighed, "Lady Aura, my maiden Rachel Dare was kidnapped. It is a direct insult to me, and I also wish to save her. I was thinking maybe you knew where she was." I told her. Aura's eyes were cold and lifeless. She looked into the fire, then she waved her hand over it. Wind made the fire swirl in a column. It formed a picture. Rachel. She was in the back of what was most likely a van. Her eyes were closed but she was breathing, just a little.

The fire smoldered down, and Aura looked to me. "Rachel Dare is not going to live for long. She is in danger of becoming a sacrifice." she said dryly.

My eyes widened. "WHAT! Who will they raise?" I asked. The others were silent. I wanted some help in this, but I knew that they were in shock.

Aura smirked. "That I don't know, I am not Athena you know." she said smirking.

I sighed, irritated. "You never answered the main question. Where. Is. Rachel?" I said angrily.

Aura sighed. "In a small city. hm...what was it called again? Oh yes! Tomales, California!" she said, waving her hand. The wind died, and the fire clicked back to normal. She glared at us all. "That is all I will tell you. Now leave before I blow you off the mountain!" she ordered.

The others snapped up. I was about to yell at her, but Thalia smacked her hand over my mouth. "Great thanks, Lady Aura!" she said swiftly, then she dragged me out of the cave. Once we were in the woods they looked at me waiting for orders.

"Well, we know where to go, and we know how to get there." I said. All of them looked to me in confusion. I sighed.

"Shadow travel for two of us, and lightning travel for the three. Nico and Annabeth can shadow travel, while me, Percy and Thalia lightning travel." I said. Percy nodded, and Annabeth stepped over to Nico.

He nodded ,and both teens were soon gone. Thalia awkwardly took Percy's hand. She waited for me to take her other, but I shook my head.

"You're not the only child of Zeus!" I said, grinning. She nodded and flashed out in a lightning bolt, and then soon so did I. I focused on Tomales, CA, and the next thing I knew we were in some hot, humid town. I looked around waiting for the others. Then, I heard a loud yell. I ran over to see Thalia on the ground, Percy had fallen on her. Nico was on him, and Annabeth was on top. I sighed. They all were trying to get free of the dog pile.

Finally, Annabeth jumped off. "Well, that sure was fun." she said with a sarcastic tone.

Thalia nodded. "At least you weren't on the bottom!" she grumbled, annoyed. They laughed, and I smirked. We rested a bit from the long travel and use of powers, and then we decided to split up.

"Well, since Apollo is a god, how about he goes on his own? Thalia and I will go as a team, same with Percy and Nico." Annabeth said. It seemed like a pretty good plan, so we split. I began to walk to a storage lot, Annabeth and Thalia went into the town, and Percy and Nico decided to check out the dump. I hoped that we would find Rachel before it was to late.

Thalia P.O.V

Annabeth and I make an awesome team. Period. We went from store to store with a picture of Rachel asking if they had seen her. Unfortunately, no one did. That, or they didn't tell us. I looked around, noticing the sun was already starting to drop a little. I checked my watch. 3:45. Gosh, it was getting late. It was two days till Rachel became a sacrifice, and I really don't want to see Apollo get mad again.

"Hey, Annabeth. Who do you think these guys are working for?" I asked. I was curious for who they would want to raise. Whoever it was, I guessed it would be a bad thing to happen.

Annabeth shrugged, slightly frustrated. I stifled a laugh. Same old Annabeth. "Who knows, for all we know they could be trying to raise Kronos." she said. I nodded thinking of Luke, our best friend who had given his life in the end to stop Kronos. I shook the sad thoughts from my head. I needed to focus and thinking bad thoughts wasn't any way to focus! ''Hmm...I wonder how Percy and Nico are doing?''

Nico P.O.V

I FRIGGIN' HATE DUMPS! Why the Hades did me and Percy have to get this place to look. And another thing, why the Hades would the people—er gods...who captured Rachel hide her in a freaking' DUMP! I sighed, rubbing my head. I need to focus. The sooner we got done searching this place the sooner we could leave.

Percy skidded next to me, and he frowned. "Well, this sucks." he said, looking around at the big piles of garbage and...other stuff. I rolled my eyes.

"Ya think? Thank you Captain Obvious!" I said sarcastically.

He grinned. "You're welcome Lieutenant Sarcasm." he said. We laughed then, went back to searching. It was pretty boringly easy. Just walk around and hope no monster ran into us. And none did, which made this even more boring. By like thirty minutes, I was praying to my dad to at least send a hellhound! Which he gladly did. Great.

Out of no where, a giant hellhound jumped at me. I ducked, just barely missing it. It growled at me, and I drew my sword while Percy drew Riptide. We grinned at the challenge.

Then we charged.

Rachel P.O.V

I sat in the back of the old van. I hurt all over. In order to get me to move, my captors beat me until I passed out. I probably had at least three broken ribs and a broken bone. So right now I felt like crap. I just wanted to go home, chill with my friends and maybe paint some art. Ya know, normal oracle of Delphi stuff.

Speaking of which, no matter how many questions I was asked the old hag didn't pop out to help in any way. I guessed things didn't work that way. In fact, it felt like she wasn't there at all, which worried me even more. I thought that maybe she knew I was gonna die, so she went out to find some other poor girl to host her. I wasn't sure whether to be happy or scared. Only one thing was constantly on my mind, Apollo.

His lush blonde hair, bright lively blue eyes, childish grin. I smiled slightly, then I felt the van stop. I heard the drivers passenger door open, and as the back doors opened and I saw where I was, I knew that this was the end for me. I was terrified. I mean, what mortal wouldn't be scared of death? Hehe, scared to death of death.

Not even Apollo could ease my fear. I saw the tall dark walls, the dark Greek style temple. It had fire braziers on either side of a black marble table. And right behind the table, was a GIANT statue of...

Apollo P.O.V

I cursed to myself as I looked around all I could. I looked all over to find her. Hades, I even went up in my sun chariot and looked from above. but still I saw nothing. That was until I saw a flash of green. It floated up to me, then stopped in front of me. It took of a physical form. The Oracle of Delphi. I gasped, fearing that Rachel was dead. She looked at me.

I choked out my words. "Oracle...is Rachel..." I couldn't finish.

She raised her hand, stopping me. She shook her head. "Rachel still lives, but not for long. I escaped. Lord Apollo, if I may have thou permission, I wish to seek a new host. I can not live long outside of a pure mortal." she said, her voice raspy and dry. I didn't look up to her, but I nodded, and she drifted away. I gripped the reigns of the chariot. I needed to find Rachel.

I looked up, noticing the sun slowly starting to set. I focused, using the sun as my eyes, I looked at the world from its' point of view. I concentrated on Tamale, CA, and I looked around.

Then, I saw it. A Greek temple. I had never seen nor heard of it before. I looked closer. I saw Rachel, slumped in chains against the side of the temple. Her eyes were dark, she had blood stained cloths, and I guessed she was I much pain. I looked around, and I saw a few gods, minor of course: Erebos, god of darkness and shadows, Eos, goddess of dawn, Metis, god of wisdom and thought, Achelous, god of the river(one of them), Ate, goddess of criminal rashness, and finally Monos, god of pain. They were all looking at the temple in wonder. Only Monos paid close attention to Rachel.

I turned my attention to the temple. It was made of very dark marble had fire braziers, and a black marble table. I looked at the gold statue in the back. Then, I saw who it was and froze. It couldn't be him. It couldn't be. They were trying to raise him? That would be doom! If he was back, he would get revenge for his children. The statue was of...

A.N- Hahahaha...you probably hate me! I keep ending it right before they show who it is! at least I told you who all the minor gods that are working for him are! And you know he is a he, with a grudge against the gods! So just keep ready for the next chapter! Maybe two or three more chapters...and this story has a surprise twist! REVIEW PLEASE!