I arrived and they both glared at me. I held up my hands in surrender and looked at them, "anything new?" I asked. They both shook their heads dejectedly.

I sighed, "I might have found one, well two, and believe me, you're not gonna like hearing it" I said making their eyes widen.

"I have arranged for a meeting at Zeus' fist with the two of them, but they are only expecting me. You two go to the beach and I will meet you there after" I said.

They both looked like they were going to argue, but decided against it once they saw my glare. Thalia sighed, "do you at least have a plan kelp head?" she asked warily.

I smirked, "I'm going to ask them if they are being controlled by something or someone, or doing this willingly. When I get my answer is when my usual plan will be implemented" I said looking at Thalia with a smile.

She groaned, "you don't mean.." she started, but I cut her off with a nod, "yup, I'm just going to wing it" I said with a laugh.

Nico looked at me disbelievingly, but I just disappeared in a flash of flames and reappeared in the woods near Zeus' fist.

I was honestly not looking forward to this conversation at all. It took about five minutes to reach it and they were already there when I arrived.

I looked from Silena to Beckendorf and was hoping I was wrong. They had recently started dating and that didn't exactly reassure me.

I took a deep breath, "please tell me you're not doing this of your own free will" I said seriously looking them both in the eyes.

They both looked startled, "Perseus, what are you talking about?" Silena stuttered out nervously.

I shook my head, "I am very good at manipulating the mist, and I saw a scythe charm on both of your wrists. You're my friends, so I am letting you explain yourself. Tell me you're being controlled or something" I said desperately, not wanting to have to turn them in.

Beckendorf stepped forward, "I'm sorry Percy, but Luke promised us that people would be saved. You are on the wrong side" he said pulling out a sword.

I sighed and pulled out tidal wave. I flipped it and caught my sword.

"You will have one chance to surrender to me and swear loyalty to Olympus. If you refuse, I can't promise that you will survive the fight to come" I said solemnly.

Beckendorf reached for his pocket and pulled out a mysterious blue orb.

"I really am sorry Percy. You're a good guy. Hopefully we will meet again" he said as he put a hand on Silena's shoulder.

This confused me until the orb started lighting up and they disappeared. Gone from my sight.

I cursed, there was better ways I could have handled that.

I disappeared in a flash and reappeared on the beach.

When Thalia and Nico saw me they rushed over. "Percy what happened? Who was it?" Thalia asked.

I flipped tidal wave back into coin form and put it in my pocket. "It was Silena and Beckendorf. I noticed a scythe charm through the mist on both of their wrists a few days ago. I gave them a chance to surrender and swear loyalty to Olympus, and if they didn't I would have no choice but to fight them. They refused. I was getting ready to charge when Beckendorf pulled out this orb and they disappeared" I finished, shaking my head at my stupidity.

"At least you tried Perce. You could have just turned them in" Nico said shrugging.

I shook him off, "Yeah, and now because of it, they're both still out there. Now they can come back and stab one of us in the back on the battlefield" I said.

We stood like that in a silence for a few moments before Thalia spoke up, "there is nothing we can do now. Let's go tell Chiron about it."

Nico nodded, and they got ready to head back, "you guys go, I will catch up to you in a few minutes" I said taking a seat in the sand.

They just nodded and walked off. I sat there for a couple minutes, many different things going through my mind. Eventually I decided I should join them at the big house and I mist traveled away.

I reappeared inside the big house and noticed Thalia and Nico seated around the ping pong table. They seemed to be in a deep discussion with Chiron and all turned to me when I arrived.

Chiron cleared his throat, "Perseus my boy, if what Thalia and Nico are telling me is true, this is very troubling news" he said worriedly.

I took a seat next to Thalia, "it's true Chiron" I said nodding sadly.

"I'm afraid we are going to have to start being even more careful, and will have to step up the training of the campers even more" I said after a minute.

Chiron nodded, "yes, I am afraid you are correct. We will have to go full war prep mode. Fortunately, this came at a pretty good time. There is still a year and a half until Thalia turns sixteen, and two years until you do. This at least gives us time to prepare even more" he said.

I nodded, agreeing with that logic, "I will discuss a permanent schedule with Thalia later today, and we can explain what happened to the campers later tonight" I said. They all nodded, and Chiron dismissed us.

I disappeared in a flash, intending to get some rest before dinner.

Line Break (one year later)

I awoke in a sweat. I had just had another dream with Kronos that felt almost too real. Our destiny could be sooner than I would hope. In six months Thalia will be sixteen and in a year, I will be.

For the past year we have trained the campers harder than they have ever trained.

Wakeup call is at six am, and they have fifteen minutes to report to the beach. Then we start with a morning run. Thalia or I will lead the run, and the other brings up the rear, making sure everyone keeps up. Depending on who is leading, and how generous we are feeling, is how many laps we will complete around camp.

Then we go to breakfast and they have thirty minutes of free time afterwards. Before lunch, I teach sword fighting to the youngest, and least skilled campers. Thalia works with the middle tier of campers on spear training, and Chiron works on archery with the highest ranked campers in camp, which includes most of the cabin leaders, and a few of the Ares campers.

After that we go to have lunch. Afterwards Annabeth, Thalia and myself work on battle strategy and being smart in battle with everyone. After that they get an hour to rest, and then break back into groups.

I work with the middle tier of campers for sword fighting, and Thalia is with the youngest, working on their spear fighting. During this time, Chiron is once again with the oldest, and most experienced campers. He tries to match them up with someone they are not familiar with, and might have a weakness against. They then spar until it is time for dinner.

After dinner Chiron has an archery class with all the campers, except the campers in the highest tier. Me and Thalia work with them. We try to help them all get adjusted to whatever powers they might have, and controlling them.

After that we have each of them fight either me or Thalia. Obviously, they can't beat us considering we are invulnerable. If anyone gets a strike on us though, we dismiss them and they are free to do what they please the rest of the night.

Lights out is at ten o'clock, and any camper caught out after dark will be punished severely by Thalia or I.

Throughout the year, the campers have become much stronger and smarter, and are beginning to look like great warriors. I was starting to have faith that we could get through this war.

I sighed and got out of bed. I threw on a green tank top and a pair of track pants and exited my cabin. I met up with Thalia and we made our way to the beach, making small talk on the way.

We were the first to arrive and we took a seat in the sand while we waited. After about ten minutes the entire camp was on the beach.

Today Thalia would lead and I would bring up the rear. She began the run, and kept up a pretty good pace. After two laps around I noticed a few campers begin slacking and falling behind. I sighed, they were younger campers, and I hated having to push them so hard. It would only benefit them though.

"Don't fall behind, keep it up guys" I called to them and they sped up a bit. They tightened back up and there was fewer gaps throughout.

Thalia stopped the run after four laps, much to many of the campers' delights.

"Alright, off to breakfast everyone" I called, and they all filed out.

After everyone was gone me and Thalia made our way there. Once we got there we got our food and joined Nico at our big three table.

I got lost in my thoughts once again, but was brought out of it when I heard everyone gasp. I looked over and what I saw shocked me.

It was the oracle, and it was walking towards us, as if it was alive again.

It came all the way over and stopped right in front of me. Green smoke spewed out of its mouth and in a voice that I couldn't recognize, but sounded familiar it said:

A brother and sister of the eldest gods

Will need to find help to even the odds

Revisit the garden to find the help that you seek

What you find out you will not be able to speak

A lost brother from a very young age

And revenge will come from the son of the sea's rage

The oracle then fell to the floor, lifeless once again. Chiron called for two campers to bring it back to the attic and said, "meeting of the cabin counselors in fifteen minutes, when breakfast ends."

I looked over at him and it looked like he had seen a ghost. I cleared my throat and stood up, "training will be delayed until further notice. Feel free to relax, or go off and do your own training" I said.

I then walked out of the mess hall and disappeared in a flash. I reappeared in the big house and waited for everyone else to arrive. I began thinking about the prophecy and what it meant.

"Alright, now that everyone is here, lets discuss this prophecy. Obviously, it calls for children of the big three to go on it" Chiron said, bringing me out of my thoughts.

I cleared my throat, "I believe line one refers to me and Thalia. We are brother and sister, and are both children of the big three" I said. I looked around and everyone nodded agreeing.

"The second line is obvious" Thalia said speaking up. "We will need help to even the odds against whatever we will face" she finished.

Annabeth spoke up for the first time, "what about the garden, what is that referring to?" she asked.

"I think it is the garden of the Hesperides. It says to revisit the garden, and we went there on the quest to rescue Thalia and Artemis" I said.

"So, you need to go to the garden of the Hesperides to find help, but help against what?" Nico asked.

I thought about the prophecy, "well, whatever we find we won't be able to speak about" I said confusedly. I noticed Chiron pale at this, but I continued anyway, "and the last line talks about my rage bringing me revenge. I am not sure about this, but I think the threat we are facing is the titan Perses. I couldn't defeat him the first time, and I am looking for revenge by finally defeating him" I finished.

Everyone looked shocked at this. "What about the line: A lost brother from a very young age" Annabeth asked.

I sighed, I was hoping they had forgotten about that one.

I looked over at Thalia and it seemed like we had come to the same conclusion. "I'm not really sure about that one" I said.

Chiron saw that we didn't want to talk anymore about it, "Alright so Thalia and Perseus will leave immediately" he said standing up. I was relieved he wasn't pressing us on this.

"Nico" I called. He looked at me questioningly, "you will need to take over the sword training for me while we're gone" I said. He looked shocked, but knew that they would have to keep up the training while we were gone.

"Clarisse, you will need to take over the spear training for Thalia too. The two of you will lead the morning run, and night sessions as well. Annabeth will teach the battle strategy session alone for the time being" I said. I looked around and everyone looked a bit doubtful. Thalia seemed to notice this as well.

"Hey, we believe in you guys. We can't afford to stop training, especially this close to the war. We can do this" Thalia said, raising the morale in the room.

"Alright it is decided then. Nico and Clarisse will fill in for Perseus and Thalia while they are gone. Council dismissed" he said. One by one everyone left. Most people wished us luck and then it was just the two of us.

I gave her a look saying that we would talk about this later and then flashed out.

Line Break

Once I finished packing everything, I met Thalia by the big house. I saw her with a smirk on her face and twirling keys around her finger. This made me smile remembering when I had stolen the keys for the quest to save her.

"Children of Hermes' aren't the only sneaky ones" she said mischievously, and we walked out of the camp laughing.

Thalia decided to drive and we had been driving in silence for about two hours when she broke the silence, "do you think it could really be him?" she asked quietly.

I thought about it for a minute, "honestly, I don't know thals. It could be, but I guess we will just have to wait and find out" I said.

She nodded and we drifted back into silence.

Eventually I felt my eyes drooping, and decided to take a nap.

Line Break

I was awoken abruptly by Thalia cursing. I noticed we were slowing down too.

I facepalmed, "are we out of gas?" I asked.

She glared at me, "shut up kelp head. I wasn't paying attention, and you snoring wasn't helping any" she snapped at me.

I held my hands up in surrender, "alright, alright, it's okay. Where are we now?" I asked chuckling.

She sighed, and put a hand to her temple, "I'm not sure. Somewhere near Chicago maybe" she said.

"How much energy do you think it would take to teleport all the way there?" I asked.

She looked deep in thought before replying, "well, it looks to be bad weather right now, and if it starts storming I would be able to lightning travel much easier. I might be able to get to California without passing out. If you found a big body of water too, then you might be able to mist travel all the way there without passing out as well."

I nodded, "alright, might as well give it a shot" I said, and we began walking off.

We walked for about an hour until it started raining and thundering. I looked at Thalia and saw her smirking. "I'm going to try it, and I'll IM you when I get there, and if I am alright" she said. I nodded, and a bolt of lightning came down and struck right next to me. When I looked over all that was left of her was a blackened patch on the concrete.

I sighed, and continued my pursuit for a body of water.

I had been walking for another hour when I began to feel like I was getting close to some form of water. I was getting worried about Thalia, but decided I could figure out what happened later.

I walked along the side of the highway and saw a bridge up ahead. I smirked, there must be water down there, I thought.

That's when I noticed the bridge had been blocked off and a huge being was standing on the bridge. It roared and all of a sudden I saw something hurtling towards me. I dove forward just in time for a huge car to crash into the ground where I had once been. I cursed as I laid my eyes on the minotaur.

I got to my feet and flipped tidal wave. I caught it in spear form and began making my way over to it. When I was about twenty yards away it began charging at me and I had to dive to avoid it.

I cursed at the quickness of this monster. A monster this big should not be this quick, I thought. I turned back towards it and noticed it was about to charge again. I pelted it with a ball of Greek fire and while it was startled I was the one who charged. I tried to stab at it, but every one of my strikes was blocked by its ax.

I took a step back and slammed it in the stomach with the blunt end of my spear. It hunched over and I brought my spear upwards in an uppercut like motion. It slammed into its head and it threw the minotaur backwards, onto its back.

All of a sudden I heard, "Percy."

I whipped around and thrusted my spear forwards. My eyes widened when I saw the face of Thalia.

I turned back around right in time to block a strike from the minotaur's ax.

"Not now Thalia, I'm a little busy" I said forcefully. "Give me a second here" I said.

I ducked under a slash from the ax and stabbed upwards. The minitour roared as my spear was stabbed all the way through its stomach.

I looked on in shock as it didn't dissolve. I knew the minotaur was tough, but I didn't know it was this tough. I wrenched my spear out of its body and backflipped backwards, out of the way right as its ax came down.

It made a huge dent in the ground. I lunged forward and quicker than the minotaur thought possible, I thrusted upwards stabbing the it right in the heart. It let out a heart wrenching roar before dissolving.

I panted, and flipped tidal wave, catching it back in coin form. I walked back over towards Thalia and said, "we'll talk when I get there."

I swiped through the iris message before she could respond. I hopped over the edge of the bridge and landed softly on a huge wave. I could've mist traveled from up there, but I will be able to get farther if I am in contact with the water.

I looked around at Chicago one final time and then mist traveled away.

I reappeared and nearly passed out and fell to the ground. I saw the golden gate bridge in the distance and realized I made it to California. I started making my way towards the garden of the Hesperides. I knew I would run into Thalia on the way, or just meet her there.

By now it was getting to be late afternoon, and unless we hurried, we wouldn't be able to make it into the garden until tomorrow.

I started picking up the pace and saw a huge lightning strike up ahead. I grinned realizing it must be Thalia.

I hurried and noticed a huge army of monsters. I saw two kids that I couldn't make out and then I noticed Thalia.

I looked through the army of monsters and saw some demigods in their ranks, as well as mostly just ordinary monsters.

I saw a hydra that Thalia was fighting, but it only had three heads remaining. That must be what the lightning was. I saw a drakon slithering around in the back and knew where I would be starting. This battle should be over quickly, I thought.

I threw a huge ball of Greek fire into the horde of monsters, instantly incinerating a dozen of them.

I stepped forward and pulled out tidal wave. I flipped it and caught it in sword form before charging into the army. I ducked under a club from a cyclops and slashed upwards at a lunging hellhound. I turned back around and quickly stabbed the cyclops in the heart.

I fought my way through the army and finally laid eyes on my target. It was trying to sneak up on a girl that had her back turned and was fighting an empousa. I Threw a fireball at its back and it turned towards me.

I was about to charge when it reared back and let loose a column of flames at me. I didn't have time to get out of the way, but it didn't matter. I was immune to fire. When it finally stopped, it looked at me in confusion, wondering why I wasn't a pile of ashes right now.

I heard a gasp of shock somewhere to my right, but didn't pay attention to it. I smirked and charged at the drakon. It lunged towards me, but I evaded it and dove onto it's back.

All of a sudden it shot into the air. I cursed, apparently this drakon could fly. I stabbed my sword into the drakon to steady myself. It roared and turned around. It shot straight down towards the ground, and I held on for dear life.

Right before we crashed into the ground it pulled up and flew back into the air. I started making my way towards its head, but when I was almost there it bucked its back and I lost my grip on my sword. I barely grabbed onto its back in time before falling off. I saw my sword plummet to the ground and I cursed.

It would eventually return, but it might not be in time. I held on for dear life and surveyed what was happening below. I noticed the hydra was now destroyed and Thalia was off somewhere else. The drakon was now hovering right over the army and blowing streams of fire in every direction.

All of a sudden, the drakon fell to the ground. It crushed dozens of monsters' underneath it. I noticed Thalia's spear was struck right through one of its wings. I found her and saw she was looking at me. She winked and jumped back into the fray, wielding my sword.

I quickly slid down the drakon's back and pulled the spear out of its wing. I rushed back up towards its head and stabbed downwards, impaling it through the head. I saw the tip appear out the other end, and it began to dissolve.

The army of monsters was almost destroyed, so I decided to have a little fun. I stepped forward and launched Thalia's spear. It sped past monster's and struck a hellhound lunging at Thalia from behind. When she noticed what happened her eyes widened. She turned to me and gave me a smile before going back to work.

I pulled on my necklace and my bow appeared in my hand.

I began firing flaming arrow after flaming arrow into the monsters' ranks. It wasn't long before the last monster was destroyed and it was just the four of us.

I found my way to Thalia and she flipped me my sword. I caught it in coin form and put it away. I made sure she was alright when I heard, "halt, identify yourselves."

I turned and saw the blonde-haired boy with a golden sword pointed at us. I was about to say something that I probably shouldn't when I noticed his companion.

I smiled, "Reyna, long time no see" I said, engulfing her in a hug. She returned it full force and Thalia and the boy just looked at us shocked.

"You know her?" Thalia asked me with a glare. I ignored her, and looked over at Reyna. She certainly had grown taller, and was now even more beautiful. I ignored that last thought though.

"So, who is your companion?" I asked gesturing towards the boy. She looked over at him and smiled.

"Oh, that's Jason. Jason Jackson."

A.N. Here is the next chapter. I decided to make Jason their full brother. I also decided to just throw in this quest before the final battle starts in a couple chapters. The prophecy is probably not the best, but it was the best I could do off the top of my head. Let me know if you have any ideas too, I'm always open to them.