The group of magical creatures travelled for four days, before reaching the end of the grassy field. It looked like Leo had calculated wrong, probably thinking that they would be travelling faster, like they did while flying. On these four days, the group had gotten tighter and they could call themselves as friends. Annabeth and Grover still didn't like Nico, but old habits die hard.

The grassy field ended up being an edge to a very large mountain. "We should reach Rachel's cave in half a day. We just have to go down this path." Leo said, looking over the edge of the mountain to see a thin path in really bad shape. "It shouldn't be that hard." he smiled, walking back to the others. Annabeth was the next one looking at the path.

"Isn't there any other way?" she asked, shivering.

"No. There isn't any place where Festus could land on and I don't think you fairies can fly either." Octavian said, walking over to the edge. Octavian jumped down on the path, only his head visible to the others. "Well, are you coming or not?" he smirked and started the dangerous journey towards the Oracle. Leo was the next one to go, followed by Nico, Percy and Annabeth. Grover had decided that someone had to look after Festus, just in case.

"The scenery is really beautiful here." Percy said and sat down next to Nico. They had walked pretty much in silence, only being disturbed by Leo's jokes. They had decided to take a break, so they could eat and rest.

"It is." Nico confirmed. They were sitting at the edge, their feet hanging in the air. The sun was shining warmly, making the beach under them shine in a bright golden color. "Where do you this lake ends?" Nico asked, glancing up to look at Percy. Percy was enjoying the sun and was looking towards the skyline.

"I don't know. It looks like it would never end." Percy said, turning back to look at Nico and smile. Nico gave a little smile back before turning back to look at the water.

"Do you think it would hurt to fall? All the way down." Nico asked, looking down at the sand long way down.

"I don't want to find out." Percy said. After a moment of silence, Annabeth came over and sat down next to Percy. She looked gently at Percy, taking his hand in one of her. Percy turned to look at her, smiled and slowly shook Annabeth's hand away. He stood up and walked over to Leo and Octavian, asking if they were ready to continue.

They all continued to walk, wanting to reach the Oracle before the sun set. They walked in a line, because the path was too thin for anything else. Octavian was still the one leading them, Leo talking to him behind him. Annabeth had decided to go next, followed by Nico and the last one was Percy. The journey wasn't as silent anymore, with Octavian talking back to Leo and Percy making conversation with Nico every now and then. Everything was going fine until Annabeth decided to try and win his boyfriend back.

Annabeth stumbled a little forward, making Nico stumble on her heels. Before Nico had time to get his balance back, Annabeth gave him a little push, making him stumble more towards the edge. Percy noticed Nico's stumbling and reach out to grab the boy. Unfortunately for them all, Nico gained his balance not falling off, while Percy stumbled over the edge of the path, falling down.

Leo and Octavian turned around watching in shock as Percy was falling in the air. Annabeth gasped in horror, looking as Percy opened his wings, trying to fly. Percy couldn't fly even though he tried. Nico looked at the sea green eyes which were full of panic. The black haired boy made a fast decision, jumping down after Percy. Nico dove after Percy and when he got a hold of the other boy's hand, Nico opened his wings.

Nico had a hard time controlling his wings and holding onto Percy. The two boys locked their eyes, taking better hold of each other. "Open your wings as widely as you can." Percy said, hands linked around Nico's shoulders. Nico nodded, trying to open his wings wide open. The ground was coming closer by every second. Finally he managed to open the wings, the air trapped beneath them lifting them higher again.

Nico turned back towards the mountain, noticing a cave in the distance. It was further down than they were, so Nico sailed towards it. When they got close enough to it, Nico sailed straight into the cave, landing down. The cave was narrow, which meant that Nico had trouble with not hitting his wings against the walls. When his feet finally hit the ground, he lost his balance and they both fell, Nico on top of Percy. They both laid there, relieved that they had made it.

"Well, well, well, look what we have here." a hoarse but amazingly beautiful voice boomed deeper from the cave. Both of the boys snapped their head towards the voice, freezing in place when they saw a pair of glowing green eyes staring at them. After a moment Percy seemed to snap out of it, pushing Nico gently off him and standing up. Nico stood up too. The mystical creature walked closer to them, until it reached the light.

"I'm Rachel, who are you?"

-With the others-

Annabeth looked in horror as Percy and Nico were falling through the air. Well, she didn't care that much for Nico. When Nico opened his wings, Annabeth looked in shock at the black, angel-like wings. She turned to look away, not wanting to see what happens.

"They made it." Leo breathed out, his hair ruffling from the wind as he leant over the edge and looked as Nico sailed away. "They made it to Rachel's." Leo said, smiling at Octavian.

"Good, let's hurry, we should be there in about an hour if we speed up." Octavian said, walking down the path. They all almost ran the path down, trying to get to the other's faster. If someone fell, the others would help it up and they would continue.

When they finally got to the cave, they didn't see Nico or Percy. They walked further in the cave coming up to an open place with a few furniture. There on a bench was sitting Nico and Percy, Rachel sitting across from them on a chair.

"Percy! Are you okay?" Annabeth rushed over to him, making them notice that they had arrived.

"I'm fine." Percy replied, looking down at his lap. Annabeth nodded, although Percy couldn't see it. She looked guilty.

"Octavian! Leo! What gives me the honor of having you over?" Rachel asked, standing up and walking over to the two boys. She hugged them both on the same time, letting go when she felt their hands awkwardly around her.

"Rachel, it's really nice to see you too." Octavian said and hugged her again, this time leaving Leo out. Leo pouted at them for a second before walking over to the others and joining them. Octavian and Rachel broke apart also walking over to the others.

"So, we were here to get help to find the three legendary swords." Annabeh said, looking at Rachel.

"I know." she answered. "These guys told me that already. Now, every one of you, have a seat." she said, sitting back on the chair she had occupied before. Everybody did as they were told, sitting down on the bench. "So, as you know, I always work for a price. The price for the information I give, I want one of you to stay with me until this war-thing is over." She said, looking at them. They all nodded. "Good. Who of you will stay?" They started to murmur together, thinking.

"If Leo stays, then I'm going to stay too." Octavian said. Leo nodded, understanding the point. He wouldn't want to go on this journey without anyone he knew with either.

"I say that Nico stays." Annabeth said, looking at Nico. "I don't want to part with Percy and if you guys don't want to part, then this is the only solution." she smiled. Before Nico, or anyone else on that matter, had time to protest, Annabeth walked over to Rachel and told her decision.

"You want Nico to stay? I'm sorry, but I can't take him." Rachel said. Everybody turned to look at Rachel, asking why with their faces. "He's not my type." she simply answered. "Well, if you can't make the decision, then I will. I want you, Annabeth, to stay here with me." Rachel said, taking Annabth's hand and standing up. "If you say 'no', then I'm not gonna give you any information. But if you say 'yes' I will tell you and your friends everything I can." Rachel smiled.

"I… I have to think about it."

"No. I want the answer now!"

Annabeth glanced over her shoulder at Percy, before turning back to Rachel. "I will stay here." she sighed, looking down. Rachel smiled and sat back on her chair, looking at her guests.

"She can't exit the cave without my permission." Rachel said. "Now, to the info part. First, I think I have to say, that I'm not the lost Oracle that you have been looking after." she said with a smirk.

"But, how can you help us find the swords then?" Percy asked standing up.

"I can't."

"So did Annie promise to stay here without a reason?"

"No. I can help you to find the lost Oracle." Rachel said, her eyes starting to glow again, her voice getting rougher at the end of the sentence.

"The one who can help you, is one of you.
The name, is known but cannot be told.
It's the one, who is different, not in mind or soul, but body.
The powers will be detected with a sweet kiss."

Rachel's eyes stopped glowing and her voice got back to normal. "I hope you got that up." she smiled.

"But what does that mean?" Percy asked, looking at the prophecy Octavian had written up. They looked at the text for hours, trying to analyze it, before Annabeth came and took the paper from them. She had gotten an idea.

"It's one of us, that's for sure." Annabeth said, looking over Percy's shoulder. "And Rachel probably knows who it is, but can't tell us." she continued analyzing the text. "You all are guys, so I would be different from body, it probably isn't me since I have to stay here. Another suggestion is that we," Annabeth motioned to Percy and Nico, "are fairies and different in body than you two."

"So, the last sentence 'The powers will be detected with a sweet kiss.' Have both of you shared a sweet kiss with someone?" Annabeth asked, turning to Leo and Octavian. Leo nodded his head eagerly, while Octavian looked away with a little blush on his face. Everyone got happy that they got some kind of lead after staring at the text for so many hours.

"It could be Octavian." Nico said, getting Annabeth's point. "Or we could have misread the whole thing." he continued.

"There is only one way to find out." Rachel said, walking up to Octavian and bending over to his level. She looked at his blue wide eyes, before lifting his chin. Rachel brought her lips gently to meet Octavian's, giving him a sweet kiss. Before Octavian had any time to react, Rachel plunged her tongue inside his mouth, kissing him properly. After a moment they broke apart.

"Well? Feeling different?" Rachel asked. Leo looked sadly at Octavian, who looked too shocked to understand what had just happened.

"Nothing changed." Octavian said after a moment. "I'm going to take some fresh air." Octavian stood up and left. He walked over to the mouth of the cave, sitting down and looking at the starry sky. The scenery was beautiful, the starry sky getting reflected from the ocean below.

Octavian sighed, looking at the big moon, before sifting his gaze to the endless sky. I'm nothing… Octavian thought. No wonder nobody ever liked me. Only the strong ones survived in our village. I disappointed my family. I disappointed everyone. Leo, Nico and the others too… Octavian could feel tears gathering in his eyes. He wouldn't let them fall, he wouldn't let himself be weak. Octavian laid down on the rock, looking up at the stars. He took a deep breath, closing his eyes for a moment. When he opened them again, he saw a shooting star. I wish… I wish… "No point, it wouldn't come true anyway." Octavian sighed, continuing to look at the stars.

A/N

Okay, so it took about 3 weeks to write. *Disappointed*

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