Chapter 12:

Disclaimer: Do I really need to add this? Fine...i do not own PJO or...yeah, any bands that I mention.

Hello my pretties! I didn't take to long to update this time. Well, not as long as I usually do. From now own, every week, I'm gonna suggest a song you guys should listen too. And, just a question...do any of you read these? Like, these authors notes? I mean, why waste my time writing one if you don't read it. Whatever, so, song you should listen to: Our Solemn Hour by Within Temptation. Hope you guys like this chappy chap :)

NICO'S POV

Connor drew a breath, and read the Prophecy.

Insert a prophecy

Mentioning a daughter of

The Sun, one of War and a

Prince of Darkness. Throw

In a place but make it really

Cryptic because that's how

Prophecies work because

No one freaking reviewed

Giving me any ideas for a

Prophecy...Thanks guys...a lot...:/

After we heard the prophecy (A/N: no thanks to you guys :/), it became quiet. Obviously I had to go, for whatever messed up reason. We also needed a "Daughter of Apollo" which was gonna be Amber, and a daughter of Ares, which normally would've been Clarisse, but she was off on some personal quest, meaning second in authority for the Ares cabin would be coming. Her name was Ava (A/N: you're welcome Holmes). The three of us were traveling to...well, we didn't really know yet. The prophecy said something about a place that is deserted, and dull, but so many things happen there. How can something be boring and hectic at the same time? We had no clue, until Chiron suggested it was a secret hideout for someone or someones. We decided we would go on that, but had no idea where to start. Chiron said to think on it tonight, and he would Argus drive us into the city in the morning. I packed clothes, drachma and mortal money, and a few other things. As the meeting ended, I decided to get to know the girls I was going on said quest with. I walked up to the Ares girl, considering I'd already been slapped by Amber, who was head counselor of the Apollo cabin.

"Hey. So..." I said, dragging on the word "...I'm also going on the quest and I really don't wanna go with two complete strangers." I deadpanned. She looked at me funny, but blinked it away.

"I'm Ava" that's all she said. I shrugged and said "I'm Nico di Angelo"

"Yeah, I know, the "player" of camp right? Goes and dates as many girl in one week as he can? Doesn't really give a crap about anyone else? That Nico di Angelo?" she asked with fake innocence, and walked away. Geeze, woman are so freakin complicated. I started to walk out of the big house when Chiron called me back. I walked over to him.

"Yes, sir?

"Mr. di Angelo, since you and Cassidy have had difficulty getting along, I want you warn you..." he looked me dead in the eye "...she is very powerful, so do whatever you can in your power not to...anger her once you've found her." This made me so mad. Here I was, going on some stupid quest, and here he is telling me "be nice, or else". Gods... I scoffed and muttered a whatever and headed out.

"Oh, and one more thing Mr. di Angelo" I turned around and looked at him. He had a twinkle in his eyes, "Be careful, a quest with two girls you hardly know, well...just try not to get throttled' with that, he walked back inside. I could not believe the nerve of that old donkey, horse WHATEVER! I grumbled and walked away, realizing this was gonna be a loooonngg trip.

CASSIDY'S POV

My head was pounding. I tried to open my eyes, not remembering closing them. Blinding light filter in, and I blinked a few time. I was in a room, completely white, even the door. It all blended together, so I couldn't tell exactly how high it went up, but it was about 30 feet across. There was nothing else in the room except a fresh pair of clothes. I looked down at mine, wondering what was wrong with them, when I realized they were torn and smelled bad. I walked over to the clothes and inspected them. It was a grey and yellow blouse-y type thing, and fitted jeans. Next to the outfit was a box. I opened it, and inside was a box of flats. The outfit was too girly for my taste, so being the stubborn idiot I was, I refused to change. Well, I put the jeans on, but kept my white t-shirt on and my old red converse on. I walked over to the door and pulled on it, it opened.

The hallway looked so much more different than the weird room. It had a red and khaki carpet with diamond patterns. There were little lanterns attached to walls every 30 feet or so, dimly lit. As far as I could tell, there weren't any other doors. I started walking down the hall. After a while I came to a fork in the hallway. Left or right... just then, I noticed a piece of paper on the ground. It read: The right will get you back to your "precious camp". Going to the left will bring you peace, but tears as well. My first though was "duh, no brainer" to head right, but then I though about it. Peace and tears? Well, whoever wrote the note obviously knew that I wasn't as happy as I could be at camp half-blood. So, I headed left. I though about it, I would probably see that lady who kidnapped me again, yay. About 300 feet down the hall, I turned right. About in front of me was a door. Well, double doors. Huge double doors make of fine oak. There were two golden knockers attached about 7 feet up. I shrugged, what have I got to lose? I grabbed a hold of the gold and knocked three times. The doors opened, by what looked like themselves, and a small, very familiar voice said "Cassidy?"

AVA'S POV

I packed all of the bare necessities, money, mortal and greek, clothes, food, a some other things. I know I had seen Cassidy before, like, before camp, but I couldn't place her. That Amber girl seemed pretty cool, and I planned on giving Nico a chance. I know I was rude to him, but I'm just stressed out. This is technically my first quest, and I was nervous. We were leaving in the morning. I knew that Argus was taking us into the city, but I didn't know where we were going after that. See, I have a slight anxiety problem. So, I panicked often, but I hid it well. I wasn't like my siblings at all, really. They always acted like they were so tough, and they tried not to show their feeling all that much, but I didn't care if people saw me cry, or laugh or whatever. Like I said, very different than my siblings.

AMBER'S POV

I packed my bags slowly, dreading going on a quest. I really wanted to find Cassidy, but this was my first quest. I felt weird. I called myself Cassidy's friend, but I sorta forced it. I sighed heavily. I decided that I would behave myself, and try not to get to frustrated with Nico. I didn't really know Ava all that well, but she seemed nice enough, I though as I packed my extra throwing knives.

CASSIDY'S POV

I stared in shock at the sight in front of me. Huge room, probably the size of the pantheon itself, stood before me. Elaborate painting hung upon the walls. Hundreds of pieces of pottery and ancient relics were on short marble columns, as if on display. There was a heavily jeweled throne 40 feet in front of me. There was no one currently sitting on it, but I heard a voice say "Cassidy?" I had heard that voice before, but it seemed like forever ago since I had. I turned around, and there before me was someone I never thought I'd see again.

"Joseph?"

PLEASE READ! oohhh, cliffy. Haha, anyway, I want 40 reviews for the next chapter, I know you guys can do that right? Well, there you go, chapter 12 of Death's Prankster. Peace out and Rock On my pretties ~ dark-rebellion di angelo