Chapter 4:

Willa:

I would imagine the Gods would let their Oracle live in a golden palace, or a mansion. Yeah… long story short, she lives in a cave.

Gods are weird.

The Oracle was a woman in her early thirties named Rachel. She had red curly hair, although it was darkening at the roots. And a kind smile.

I mean we didn't get to see her kind smile, she grinned at Chiron, but gave us sort of a grim glare. Eh, used to it.

"Go on in," Chiron said, "And ask."

With Cale leading the way, Bram and I in tow, he approached Rachel. He touched her shoulder. "Um...?"

"Ask seeker." She chanted, her eyes going a bright green, and the same color of smoke spewing out of her mouth.

Cale stumbled back and ran right smack into me, "Cale!" I scolded, "Ask!"

"Ask what?"

"Just go!" whispered Bram as I shoved him forward.

"Er… just… um, what are my friends and I supposed to do?"

More green smoke-y stuff poured from her mouth as she said,

"Three Outcasts

Shall be the Gods Key

The Great Throne must stay

For the world to remain as it be

Love saves all with a final breath

As the Son of Kronos unleashes endless death."

If that wasn't creepy enough for you she also collapsed after this.

We all were, very understandably, shaken after this. But the person who got the worst of it, was Cale.

Cale:

I felt like I had been punched. Everything was numbed, like I was being held under cold water. My body tingling, vision swimming.

"Cale!" someone shouted, "Cale!"

I opened my eyes, "Will…? Bram...?"

But I didn't see Willa or Bram, it was the red-head that had yelled at Willa.

"Mm, sorry to disappoint you, but no. To explain why you're here, you fainted." she said.

"Who are you?" I said, "I got to find Bram, and Will. Where is Bram and Will?"

"They are in the dining hall. With the other campers."

"Wha—What are they doing there? Why'd they leave?"

"Um, to dine? To eat? What kind of question is that?"

My mind panicked, they weren't eating, they couldn't be. Who would feed us; trust us to remain peacefully in their camp. I had to get out, to hide, to run, to find Bram and Willa, and get out of here.

I just sighed, "Take me to them."

She leads me to a dinning pavilion filled to the brim with campers. Each table had at least two or three people sitting at it, well every table except one, the one that the ginger took a seat at.

At least that wasn't my problem, for all I know I could be the cause of these teens destruction. I find the table with Willa, Bram, and Chiron are sitting at. Willa smiled at me, but she looked like she was about to burst to tears. Who were these people?