A/N: I'm back! To answer some of your guys' questions, funkypudding, yeah that's pretty much what I meant when I said Gaea was killed, and about Ouranos, well, we all though Kronos was cut to pieces too, and look what happened. Girl-On-Fire-Forever, I've already been slipping in notorious amounts of Lazel. If you can't tell, I ship Lazel so hard it hurts. I have to have some Frazel in here because, well, they're married, but I hope to have lots of tension between Leo and Hazel. fowlsprincess6138, yes, in the near future, there will most likely be a whole chapter dedicated to that. Just you wait and see! And I'm really, really sorry to Demigod4Ever (and the rest of my awesome readers) for not updating sooner. I feel absolutely horrible and I hope you guys don't get too mad!

Anyways, sorry for this enormous author's note. Without further ado, on to the story!

Ethan POV

Saturday. Again. Another whole day with absolutely nothing to do.

I decided to spend my fun-filled vacation day strolling down a near-empty road kicking rocks. Hey, it's a good pastime! You should try it sometime.

Who was I kidding? I was an annoying loner with no friends to talk to. Collin and Helena seemed to suddenly decide that Jessica was their new best friend, and the three of them went to go get something to eat. They were going to "talk about serious matters that are over the head of a small, helpless boy like you," as Helena put it to me. Sammy had gone out with his dad and sister for archery practice (don't ask why they let an eight-year-old girl handle weapons) and didn't bother to invite me. Family time I guess.

Annabeth, Percy, Jason, and Piper left New Rome completely under the direction of some lady named Reyna to find some creep named Octavian. That left Leo, Hazel, and I alone in the house, but talking to adults is just plain awkward, so I left.

I was so deep in thought, I ran into somebody and sent them flying to the ground.

"Watch where you're going, idiot."

"I'm so sorry!" I cried. "Are you okay?"

I looked down to see who it was. A girl about my age with curly brown hair and bright green eyes looked up at me. I held out a hand to help her up.

"I'm fine, no thanks to you," she growled. "Do you run into people on a daily basis?"

I grinned. "You bet. You're my fifth one today."

Her scowl remained on her face.

"I was kidding, jeez," I said. "What's your name? I'm Ethan Jackson."

She put a hand over her mouth. "Did you say Jackson?"

I sighed. Unfortunately, I had been getting this a lot. Apparently my parents are pretty famous. "Yes, I'm Percy Jackson's son. And you are?"

"Lexie Stoll."

"Do you go to camp here?" I asked her. "I've never seen you in the legion."

She leaned in and I caught my breath. Girls don't usually get close to me, and I may or may not have personal space issues.

"Can you keep a secret, Jackson?" she hissed.

I took a shaky breath. "Sure."

"I'm a spy from the Greeks."

What the heck? was my first reaction. Since when was there a Greek camp? Then I remembered what Mom had told us when she first revealed her demigod status. "There's a couple camps that train people like us to fight." And Dad had said he was the son of Poseidon, not Neptune. The pieces began to come together in my head.

"Wait...so Dad is Greek? And Mom too?" I asked Lexie.

"And Piper and Leo," she finished. "Which means you and your sister are the only ones out of all your friends that are one hundred percent Greek. That's right, Jackson. You're at the wrong camp."

Mystery POV

I was weaker than I had ever been in my life, yet somehow I managed to crawl across the dirty floor of this filthy environment. Why did I choose to come here? I could have gone to the house, or that big city.

No. It is best when there is no one around.

Once I have claimed all the seven's souls, I can return. What's more, the so-called warriors won't have their pathetic little heroes to save them again.

Three children of the big three's powers coursing through my veins would make me nearly unstoppable.

But I had to start small. First, the power of the war god.

As I turned the corner and peered into the clearing, I swore under my breath. He was not alone. He had two of his small and useless children by his side, armed, no less. This was going to be harder than I thought.

The more I sat here and planned out my moves, the more time I was wasting. I could be claiming a soul right now.

My mind started to wonder. If I took the shape-shifter, could I turn into animals as well? That could possibly help me find a decent form that wasn't this hazy image.

I got distracted again. Curse my hopeless brain.

And with that, I leapt into the grassy area. The little girl screamed and the boy turned his arrow on me. Once he got a glimpse of my ugly face, he yelped and dropped the weapon.

I pushed past both of them and pounced on the man. He never saw me coming.

I turned into a mouse and ran out of the way, leaving the children confused and Frank Zhang's terrified thoughts running through my mind.

Jessica POV

"Guys, give it up. We're just kids! There's nothing we can do." I told them.

"Don't say that!" yelled Collin, standing up in anger. "That's the fifth time you've said something negative, and it's starting to make me angry!"

All the other customers in the small café turned to look at us. Helena gripped Collin's arm and pulled him back down. Then she said, "He's got a point. We're almost the same age as our parents were when they defeated Gaea. We do have a chance, we just need to find where to start."

Then I saw them. Emily Marie and Sammy were hurrying over to our table, both paler than a ghost.

"What's the matter?" I asked them.

"Daddy was eaten by a monster!" wailed Emily Marie as she started sobbing.

We all looked at Sammy, speechless. Was this little kid stories or was there truth in what she was saying.

"It's true," he said. "Frank was kidnapped."