Alexander ~

I repeated the words of the oracle in my head.

A hero will step forth,

In a land of no joy,

To save the lost one,

With three instead of a convoy.

One will emerge as the man of forgetfulness,

Hell and sky will reunite,

Sons of death, and daughter of lightning,

Brave the Underworld's bite.

All against three,

And at one's great cost,

A loved one,

Will be lost.

Sons of death, and daughter of lighting; the sons of death are definitely Nico and I, then the daughter of lightning has to be … Thalia, daughter of Zeus, and lieutenant of the hunt. Ok so that's the three of us who will go on this quest

Oh Artemis is not going to like this at all.

I turned to the twelve year old looking goddess with blazing silver eyes who sat in the center of the Artemis table next to Thalia and the other hunters.

"Lady Artemis." I said as I bowed.

She nodded, gesturing for me to stand.

"I must ask for your permission to have your lieutenant Thalia join my quest to find 'the lost one'. That is if you will allow it."

The goddess stood up and walked slowly up to me. Even though I was six feet tall, and she only with a body of a twelve-year-old child seemed to be towering over me.

"I will, if you make sure that she returns safely and unharmed."

"Thank you my lady. I swear on the River Styx that I will do anything to keep your lieutenant away from harm."

Thunder boomed in the distance, signaling that the promise was made.

She sat back down and inclined her head, looking above into the night sky, her thoughts elsewhere and far away from where we were right now.

"Alex." Chiron said. "I think you should go with Nico and Thalia to the Big House right now to discuss this prophecy of yours. I will be there shortly."

I nodded and raced down the dirt path to Big House. I stepped inside where Thalia and Nico sat waiting.

"Ok." Nico said. "Anyone got an idea of what this prophecy is about?"

"Well death boy, obviously the first line, a hero will step forth is Alex since this is his quest and destiny. The land of no joy is the Underworld. With three instead of a convoy means that there will be three people going on this quest, which is us."

"Ok then pine-cone face, who is the lost one?"

"Well I don't know. Alex, you said that you heard a voice speaking to you am I correct?"

I nodded, waiting for her to continue.

"Was it a male or female?"

"It was a female voice. How does that matter?"

"Ok, now we know that the lost one is a female."

"Um Thalia, you do know that there are like a million females on earth right?"

"Nico just shut up!"

"You two just chill. You know what really worries me are the last two lines. A loved one will be lost. Who's going to die?"

"Alex, I really don't know. But there's also one more thing. Who's the man of forgetfulness?"

We stared at each other blankly. Oh not good! Not good at all! Chiron poked his head in a few minutes later.

"It seems like you three didn't need my help at all. You basically figured out most of the prophecy by yourselves. Now go and pack, you're going to leave tomorrow. Meet here in the morning at ten o'clock sharp. We'll go through the briefings and the boys can shadow travel you all to the Underworld. Now go rest, tomorrow is going to be a long day."

Quest time! Remember to R&R!