Hestia's POV:

I felt a wave of guilt wash over me as I looked over the sleeping demigods. "Was it necessary for me to ask a favor from Hypnos? I could have just left without having to put a sleeping spell on them." I murmured to myself. "No, I had to. They were getting too close to me. I'm not going back to Olympus. Not until they settle their differences." I tried to reassure myself, unfortunately not working.

I walked over to the fire and felt a small smile forming on my face. It reminded me of home. It reminded me of the hearth. I looked into the fire and saw the day that I left. I laughed at the thought of me running away. Usually the youngest would run away, not the eldest of six. You'd think I would have been more mature.

(Flashback)

"I think we should go down there and close the hole in Tartarus ourselves!" Ares said pounding his fist on the armrest of his chair. "You don't think! You're a boy!" Artemis spit out. "Just because Orion-" he tried arguing but was cut off by Artemis. "Don't you dare speak of him! You of all people are not worthy!". "Oh, does my little sister have a crush?" Apollo teased. "You do know I came out first. And weren't YOU the one who made me shoot him with an arrow" she pointed out obviously angered. "SILENCE" Zeus yelled making the ground rumble. Silence fell over the room. "Now Athena, what do you suggest we do?" he asked smiling at his daughter, still in full battle gear. But before she could start Dionysus decided to voice his opinion. "Of course, because she's soo smart and just so happens to be the goddess of battle strategies. And did I mention your favorite child?" You could see Athena smirking from under her helmet. She knew she was Zeus' favorite child and everyone knew that as well. "I love all my children equally" he whined sounding almost hurt. Hera rolled her eyes at her oblivious husband. "Oh yes she is" Hephaestus said like there was nothing he could do about it. "And she's not even my daughter, and I'm your queen." Hera nagged. I could have sworn I heard Métis grumble. "For once I agree with Hera. She has a point" Demeter chimed in. Now everyone was arguing. "ENOUGH! I love all my children equally and that is that. Now back to the matter at hand." Zeus snapped, stopping everyone in their tracks. "Why don't we just ask a demigod to do it? I might miss my soap opera." Aphrodite said filing her nails. "I agree! I have way too much mail to deliver" Hermes put in. "I'll just send some of my troops. They've needed a task good enough of their awesomeness" Poseidon bragged, laughing at his use of modern terms. 'If only you knew how bad you sound' I thought. "Surely my hunters are far better" Artemis pestered. "Wait, wait, wait! Since when do we agree with Aphrodite on how to solve a problem?" Athena pointed out. "Well it's better than any idea Airhead Ares can think of" Hephaestus grumbled. "HEY!" Ares complained. "Ughh, you act like such a child" Athena muttered. This useless rambling went on for what seemed like years and only got louder. The hearth started to dim and I just couldn't take any more fighting.

(End of Flashback)

I felt a tear roll down my face and another one and another one. This was the first time I cried in centuries. I sighed and wiped away my tears. I looked over the demigods once more. They would be waking up in a few more minutes. I walked away towards the dock and dipped my feet in the water. "Where can I hide next?" I whispered to the wind as if expecting an answer. I gently closed my eyes and tried to think.

A picture of Delphi flashed in my mind. It was considered the central hearth of all the Hellenes and where I would sometimes visit. That was the only place I ever ventured to. "Not really one of adventure" I repeated to myself smiling at what Poseidon always teased me of. I gave a sigh and stood up, readying to leave and hide in the new Delphi.

Piper's POV:

I woke up in cold sweat. Breathing hard, I stood up. Cringing, I tried to remember what I saw in my dream, or was it a dream. 'There was someone in a simple cloak, looking over the fire. Maybe thinking whether to burn us or not. No, I saw her crying. It was a girl with amber eyes like a warm fire.' I recalled. It took a while for my brain to process but finally I put all the pieces together. "Hestia" I said. I immediately woke everyone up. Using a bit of charm speak everyone sat up. "What happened?" Annabeth asked as soon as her eyes opened. I shifted my weight from one foot to another. "Um, I think Hestia was here" I tried to explain biting my lip. "WHAT?" everyone screamed now fully awake. "Shh! You don't want anyone to hear us. It's-" I looked at my watch "11 pm". "But where is she now?" Fabian asked now in a quieter voice. "And how do you know it was her or if she was even here" Thalia whined rubbing her eyes. "I had a dream or maybe it wasn't I'm not really sure but anyway there's two footprints right in front of the fire. The same place as in my not so dream" I replied. "So if she was here and saw us, I'm pretty sure she's not going to be here now. Annabeth, do you have any other guesses on where she would go?" Nina uttered. Annabeth just shook her head. "Was there any god close with Hestia? She might be hiding there or they could know where she might hide." Nico suggested. We all looked at him in surprise. "What? I can be helpful too" he defended. "We can continue this tomorrow. Let's make camp and rest. There's nothing much we can do at this time" Percy ordered and we each set up our tents and sleeping bags.

Jason's POV:

"I'm awake! I'm awake" I yelled sitting straight up. "What was that for Perce?". "Which, the seaweed or seawater?" he answered with a smile. "Where did you get that anyway? Were in a middle of the woods not the ocean!" I said wiping it off. "Or are we?" he teased. I immediately popped my head of our tent to go and check. "Very funny!" he didn't say anything mostly because he was laughing on the ground. I zapped him with a bit of lightning and we had a silent agreement. We're even.

After I changed my clothes I joined everyone and ate breakfast almost forgetting to make an offering. "I checked my mythology books, nothing. Apparently Hestia didn't like to travel." Annabeth said breaking the silence. "Usual Annabeth, Little Miss Goody Two-Shoes." Nico joked "I'm serious. We need to find out where else she could hide" she said smacking him at the back of his head. "Why don't we check the library down the block? It's not like your book has everything there is to know about mythology." Patricia pointed out. "We can go after we clean up." I suggested. We all nodded and continued eating.

IN THE LIBRARY

"Greek Mythology, no, no, no, no, no, no" Annabeth muttered running her fingers across every book on the shelf. "Over here" Thalia motioned us to come to the other side of the shelf I was searching. Each of us got two books and started skimming through the pages. "Found it!" Leo said grinning as if he won the Nobel Prize. Everyone crowded around him and read through the page. Near the end of the book there was a hymn. If I got this book I would've skipped right past it, but right there it said probably the only other place we could find Hestia.

A/N: For the arguments in the flash back I did research yet again and they are based on actual myths not just some I created. Oh, and If you are wondering what Ares was going to say here it is. "Just because Orion died which broke your heart doesn't mean you have to be mad at every guy in the world!" There were some myths that suggest Artemis fell in love while hunting with him and decided to use that. There are also others that suggest she killed him with a scorpion and it ended up turning into Scorpio the constellation.