Immediately, I wanted to destroy the ring. Who knew what my father did to it? For all we know, he could've hexed it so I would want to join Kronos and the Titans. Only someone stupid would want to keep the ring around, to let alone have me wear it.

Yet, that's precisely what Chiron wanted me to do. He's said that he doubted that Morpheus would trick me into joining him, because the Titans only wanted those who actually believed in their cause. Chiron suggested that I try out the ring, because getting extra powers couldn't do anything more than actually help us.

Annabeth was dead set against me using the ring at first. Like me, she saw it was a trick. I wanted to point out to Chiron that Annabeth was a daughter of Athena, therefore she was much smarter than the average girl and we should trust her opinion, but I think Chiron would just get upset.

At the request of Chiron, I agreed to at least test out the ring. Dionysus and Chiron assured me that I wouldn't be able to just walk out of Camp and if I had the sudden urge to beat down everyone, Dionysus would be more than willing to kill me. I'm not sure how that was supposed to comfort me, but I chose not to say anything.

They all surrounded me in the Big House as I picked up the ring from its little white case and moved to place it on my ring finger. Their eyes widened and they all inched towards me, practically buzzing with fear and apprehension, minus Dionysus who lazily read People magazine in the corner.

I didn't feel different when I put the ring on, a little embarrassed by this attention maybe. Annabeth flashed her eyes away from the ring to mine. "Well?"

I shrugged and looked down at the ring on my finger. It was a perfect fit; then again, my father had decades to resize it. I had to admit, it looked kind of nice on my finger. A flash of feelings suddenly ran through my body and what felt like electricity skimmed my skin.

My eyes flashed to Annabeth's face just a foot to mine and fear widened her eyes further. She backed up a little and the others looked as if they were going to begin to panic. Suddenly, the electric feeling was gone and their tense faces softened slightly.

"What?"

Chiron looked at Travis, Connor, Annabeth, and Silena, who all nodded and wandered off and out of the Big House. Chiron motioned for the door and I followed him; when we reached the deck, he transformed from the crippled wheelchair bound form into his centaur self. He pranced off the deck with ease and began to walk down to the beach with me following dutifully. A few yards away, Annabeth and Silena were walking together and occasionally looking back at us.

Chiron didn't speak until we reached the beach. He looked thoughtfully out at the water, a smile playing on his lips when a dolphin flipped out in the Ocean.

"I've been training demigods for a long time, Violet. Almost as far back as I can remember, I was there to teach all of my family's children. Being the children of gods, there are powerful in their own right. But sometimes, you get extraordinary demigods."

I looked up at him to find him smiling down at me kindly; I frowned. "This isn't going to be a 'you're really special' speech, is it?"

He chuckled and his tail fluttered. "Most people dismiss you because your father is a minor god. Luke and Kronos, however, wanted you so desperately to join them. Do you know why?"

"Because my powers nearly match Morpheus'. We're equals."

Chiron shook his head and glanced back to the water. "No, it's because you outmatch your father."

Surprise rocked my body and for a moment, I was frozen. Chiron briefly glanced back at my face, but looked away just as quickly. We stood there for a few minutes with me trying to find my voice. Finally, I could form words in my mouth.

"What? How?"

Chiron sighed and looked away from the water, looking directly into my eyes. "I'm not going to pretend to understand it, Violet. Your half-mortal heritage should only limit your abilities, but it doesn't seem to. I'm trying to understand it, but not even the gods understand."

He seemed to get more frustrated with every word, breaking the usual self-composure he held. Chiron seemed generally confused about this, as I was. Even the gods didn't understand? I thought they held all the answers. I let his words mull over.

I thought back on the one time I met my father and the many visions I had about him. It seemed to me that he went for a different approach to me then my siblings. From the visions, I gathered that they'd known Morpheus for a long time, probably since they were babies from the looks of it. It seemed that he doted on them as children and gave them everything they could possibly want, making it clear that they HAD to repay him when he asked for their hand in taking down the gods.

But me? Shifting threw my 16 years of memories, I couldn't recall a single time I'd met my father until this summer. As far back as I could remember, it had just been my mother and I before she died; after that, it was just foster homes. No father existed for me. My mother had even told me that she didn't honestly know who my father was, making me wonder if she truly didn't know that I was a demigod. In that case, the pregnancy must have scared the hell out of her.

Chiron said that Morpheus was the only one who knew the prophecy given to him. Morpheus claimed that in the prophecy, one of his children would help him overthrow the gods, giving him a higher status in Olympus. But what if that wasn't it? What if it was that one of his children was going to overthrow him? Getting them to join his side would give him more control over them and keep them from overpowering him.

Chiron and I locked eyes, seemingly thinking the same thing. "Chiron," I asked slowly, "If I was more powerful than Morpheus, why would he give me a ring that would only make me stronger?" Simultaneously, we glanced down at the ring. Panicking thoughts ran threw my head, urging me to take off the ring.

I pulled it off quickly. I had a feeling that the ring wasn't to help me, but actually hurt me. Chiron held out his hand and I dropped the ring into his hand. Holding it up to his face, Chiron examined it carefully. "I think it would be best if you didn't wear this, Violet. Perhaps I'll send it to Olympus to get it checked out, just in case."

I nodded and looked down at my feet. He clamped a hand down on my shoulder.

"The remaining members of the War Council and I will have a meeting tomorrow to once again go over our plans…I think it would be best if you joined us."

I looked back up, surprised by this.

Chiron grinned for a second, but then grimaced slightly. "You've been given a task, Violet. I believe it's only fair for you to know everything if you must take this on."

A clapped my shoulder once and backed up, walking off the beach slowly. I watched him walk away until he was obscured by remaining Campers walking around. I turned and watched the Ocean, which was surprisingly calm. ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()

*Author's Note*

I know there's a problem with the links and I'm sorry, but it's not really the important thing anyway. But let's try it again!

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