What am I going to do? I, I don't know what to do!

"What the hell am I supposed to do?" I scream at the top of my lungs.

I hear rustling in the bushes and take out my knife.

"Who's there?" I yell.

"Shhh! Calm down, it's me, Annabeth," She says as she comes out of the bush. I sheath my knife. She looks down and mumbles "Listen, I wanted to say that if things get bad, Percy and I will help you."

I try to smile, and say "Thanks Annabeth, but I rather hope nothing bad will happen."

She nods and walks towards camp.

The forest is way better than waiting for my doom at camp; I don't like how Mr. D said something about 'death' and 'kid' when he didn't think I was there. Oh, I met a kid named Nico the other day, he's a son of Hades, he's a bit quiet like me and he's really good at fighting(well, so is Percy but they're pretty even).

I guess I should probably head back. I run as fast as I can towards camp. I reach the opening to camp at 7:15. Good, that means people are at dinner! I sneakily walk to the Apollo cabin. I open the door and find my bookbag. Let's see, extra knife, matches, journal, jacket, Apollo's IPOD, and then my phone. I was now set to run.

I come out the door and run towards the entrance. When I get there I hide behind a bush. Crap, people! Who is it though? Let's see, ooh phone! I take out my phone and go to camera. Let's see now zoom, a little more, there we go! It was Clarrise and Chris. Okay here goes nothing! I throw my knife as hard as possible and it hits a tree close to them; luckily the angle was good so it looked like it came from a different direction.

As they ran into the woods directly in front of me, I run and grab the knife and make a break for it. I knew I couldn't see the gods. I had a horrible feeling about that, and usually when I have bad feelings they become true. I was running and looking behind me to see if anyone was chasing me when I hear a roar in front of me. Oh god what was that? I better keep moving, but if I stray off this path I'll be screwed! I hear another roar but closer, then a tree falls next to me and I see what caused it- the Minotaur! Oh hellz no! I am really screwed now!

It starts rushing and I roll to the left, then I take out a knife. It yells in anger and picks up a tree to lob. Oh god! It hurls the tree and I run backwards towards the forest. The tree land besides me and the wave throws me to my right, making me drop my knife. I land on a boulder and yell. God that hurts! I feel oozing liquid coming out of my left shoulder, blood. I drag myself to a hollow log and climb inside. I hear the Minotaur sniffing around and I hear it shriek when it finds blood, my blood.

I get my other knife ready for an attack. I yell as I get lifted in the air by it. It peeks inside and roars at the top of its lungs. I slide down the log like a kid at the playground and land on its right eye, it yells and tries to bite the log. I jump up and hang on to a hole in its side. It starts to shake the log rapidly, I fall and drop my dagger. I hear a scream and see bunches of gold dust come around me, then a big thud and I groan as the pain in my body escalates.

I wake up and hear someone coming. When did I go to sleep? Where am I? Why do I feel so bad? All these thoughts come rushing through when I remember my battle with the Minotaur. I hear Grover call out my name a few times then he starts playing his pipes and I see the grass by the log, and the log itself glow a bright green color.

"Grover?" I mumble quietly from the log. I cough and blood comes out. That can't be good! I see Grover coming towards the log and he sort of does a mix between a shriek and groan as he sees me in the log.

"What in Hades happened? You're covered in scratches and there's a huge gash in your shoulder! Not to mention there's blood all over this log and on that boulder over there!" He yells frantically while moving his arms for emphasis.

I look down and say "I'm sorry Grover but I-ah,"

Grover quickly comes over and stomps on the log causing it to break then drags me over to the stone and leans me against it. "Okay how about you just tell me what happened first…"

"Ok," I look down, Grover's pretty much my only real friend here, everyone else, they haven't known me for months, they just look after newbies like me but Grover is really a true friend. "Well I came out of camp and I heard something so I ran, but it was waiting for me. It turned out to be the Minotaur and it was really strong so I ran and I got thrown by the shockwave of the thrown tree, and I hid inside the log. It eventually found me and I dropped my knife and then landed on it killing the Minotaur, then I fell and woke up here."

"Well let's go back to camp, I'll tell them Clarrise beat you up or something,"

"Grover," I look down, feeling tears starting to form "You're a good friend." Then I do something totally out of my character, I run, I run as fast as possible towards anywhere, just anywhere but here, why me? Why now! Why can't I just be a normal teenager!

I hear Grover bleat surprisingly. I need to get out of here, this…this isn't me! I'm not a demigod! This is just I dream! But deep down I, I know that this isn't a dream, this is…sadly reality. I run towards the road, anything that could remind me of home, with mom, and Chris, even my annoying older brother Peter. I run across the street and see lightning clouds start to form. Oh crap! I run down the road the opposite way of the clouds.

Then a deer jumps out in front of me, I yell in surprise and stumble on my knees. Then an owl flies towards me, I duck and sprint faster. Oh god I hate running so much! I keep running till I can't see the entrance anymore. I start walking towards the forest to my left when it starts to rain. Hell, could this get any worse! It turns into a lightning storm. I had to ask didn't I?

Back at Camp-Democritus' PoV

I'm waiting with Chiron as we are talking about where Ambias could've gone when I see Grover running towards Camp. I run as fast as I can towards him. Grover has a worried look on his face.

"What happened-where's Ambias-What the Hades happened!" I yell.

"Ambias-Minotaur-log-blood-hurt-ran-rain-no…" He mumbles then he yells "Help!"

I look up at the sky at yell "Apollo! Zeus! Hermes! Demeter! Artemis! Someone gods dammit get your asses here and fix your mess!"

With that I see a lightning bolt go flying towards the forest by the entrance.

"That's not what I meant asshole!" I run towards the entrance as fast as possible, good thing I take track!

Ambias PoV Forest to the north of Camp-Blood

I walk towards the forest hoping to find some shelter from the rain. All of a sudden I'm flying through the air when I land my leg feels really bad and I yell very loud. I start crying, hey after everything I've been through you probably would too. I look over through bleary eyes and see someone with a toga, long white hair, glistening blue eyes, and this long rod with crackling energy.

"Get away from him, father!" a man says from behind me.

"Stay out of my business Apollo!" the man says, Zeus.

"He's my son, so he is my business!"

Zeus come over and hit me with the end of his lightning, uh stick, bolt, rod-thing. I go flying through the air again and Apollo, my father, catches me and puts me down on the side of the road. He turns around and a bow appears in his hand and he strings it with pure light and shoots sunlight, literally, at Zeus. Zeus deflects it at me and I get hit in the head with it and feel my vision fade as I go tumbling down the hill.

"Apollo if you don't obey me I will be forced to punish you!"

"I'd rather not sit back and let you destroy my son!"

"I'm doing it for the good of the world!"

"Well I don't care I will protect him!"

He shoots another arrow and Zeus deflects it into a tree making it fall. I crawl back up the hill to see what is happening.

I see them battling and see Apollo getting beaten.

"Stop it!" I yell as I get my knife out of my pocket.

I throw my knife at Zeus and it hits him in the leg and golden blood trickles down his leg.

"Insolent child!" he yells and shoots lightning out of his hand.

"AHHHHHHH!" Oh my god! It hurts so much, I can't bear this pain! It's too great!

All of a sudden it all stops. I crumple to the ground completely numb but not in pain. I look up and see Apollo holding the lightning and pushing past it until he's next to Zeus.

"I told you I wouldn't let you hurt him!" he says as he punches Zeus in the face knocking him to the ground and he disappears in a burst of lightning.

He falls to the ground with cuts of golden blood and burn marks all over his body.

"Apollo? Dad?" I ask as I crawl over to him.

I get to him and flip him over he seems fine except the scratches and stuff but he's breathing which is good. I suddenly feel tired and fall on him.

I wake up in this shining room in a bed. I get up surprisingly well considering everything. I inspect my body expecting scratches and stuff but everything's normal. Now if I just knew where I was. I open the door and walk into a huge, bright hallway. I run down the hall and meet Apollo at the end and he looks sad.

He looks at me sternly and says "Ambias, you're going to have to do a quest to get rid of Kronos but I want you to know I'll always be watching."

I nod and say politely:"Thanks,"

He looks at me with a slimmer of worry and kindness. "Look it'll be fine."

I nod again and lie "I know it'll be okay."

We walk to the Gods' Throne Room. I see some worried looking people; Democritus, Grover, Percy, and Annabeth, all standing to my right. I look down feeling bad that I couldn't just be brave and stay at Camp.

Zeus looks at me and says "We have 2 choices, either we will kill you," All the demigods gasp in shock "or you will find your own way to eliminate Kronos."

Artemis looks at Apollo with pity as he scowls. I look down worried, this is just great! I shift uncomfortably.

Zeus says "My vote is there is too much of a risk to keep him alive." What! It's because I threw my knife at him isn't it?

Hera says "I agree there's just too much at stake."

Dionysus says "I think we should let him live,"

I sigh, well at least that's one, just need 6 more.

Demeter says slowly "Well, I agree with Dionysus."

My eyes say everything I can't to her, she smiles softly.

Hermes says loudly "Live!"

Ares looks at me grinning evilly, oh crap. "Death!"

Percy looks at him madly and Annabeth calms him.

Athena is next, Annabeth looks at her pleadingly, she gives her a look of sorrow, "I…vote death as well, there's too great a risk."

4-Death, 3-Live…

Apollo says through gritted teeth "Live."

Hades looks at Zeus and then me, and then finally says "Death."

Artemis looks at Apollo and says "Live."

Live and death are both 5, that means 3 left and 2 of them need to say yes or I'm dead. When I think about my odds I feel a tear slip down my cheek.

Aphrodite says smiling "Live, come on guys look at that adorable face!"

Hephaestus says "Death."

I stumble to the ground, this isn't good, it's all down to Poseidon, but if he says no I, I die!

Poseidon looks over at me and says "Come here, Ambias." I walk over and look at him through bleary eyes. "I want you to answer a question of mine. Are you sure you would rather live and do this quest than to just die?"

What kind of question is that! Of course I want to live! I nod and say "Yes, of course I want to live, uh sir."

His face turns into neither a smile nor a frown, but sort of both, and then he finally says "Well then…Live!"

All the demigods (plus Grover) yell happily. I jump up excited and hug Poseidon. He smiles and pats me on the back and I run back beside Apollo.

Zeus says "We will all give you something to aid you on your journey, and you may bring 7 other demigods with you."

I think quickly and say "Grover, Percy, Democritus, Nico, the Stoll Brothers, and Annabeth."

Athena looks over at the demigods and says "Do you all agree to go and help Ambias?"

All of them nod and give me various looks of encouragement.

Zeus summons a small rod about 4 inches long, with 2 holes, one on the end, and the other on the other end's side. He throws it and it stops in mid-air. I grab it and realize it's a flute but it would only play one note.

He gives me a few seconds to inspect it then says "That is a flute that will summon a lightning storm for you, but it will only work 3 times so use it wisely."

I nod and it turns into a lightning bolt keychain.

Hera waves her hand and a black backpack with a golden sun appears in front of me.

Hera waits a moment then says "A bag that will carry anything you might need for your journey."

Poseidon comes over and hands me a pouch. I look inside and see pearls, glowing with a blue tint.

He says nicely "A bag of pearls that can teleport you anywhere that has water." He walks back to his thrown and sits down.

Hades comes over and stands next to me. He then punches me and collects a tear that falls down my cheek from surprise. The tear then turns into a black whistle.

He says seriously "This will take you to the underworld if you ever need to get there, just remember it breaks after using it."

Apollo, my dad, puts his hand on my shoulder and takes out and amulet shaped like the sun, with a big emerald sitting in the middle.

He smiles and says "This will turn into any weapon you want, just press the button, and say what you want it to be in Greek and it will turn into it."

He puts it around my neck and then sits back down.

Artemis come over and gives me a quiver filled with glowing silver arrows and says "These arrows will appear on your bow every time you string it after saying asimi velos. After you stop battling the arrows won't appear until you say that again." It turns into a silver crescent moon.

Athena comes over and gives me a shield that showed my reflection in it, that reminds me of the mirror shield in Legend of Zelda! I see written on the shield, κηδεμόνας.

I point to the shield and ask "What's that mean?"

Athena smiles and says "It means guardian."

It shrinks turning into a silver bracelet with an owl inscribed on it.

Hephaestus comes over and hands me a silver ring with a fingernail sized ruby on it.

He proudly looks at me and says "This ring will drop Greek Fire, plus no digging required!"

Aphrodite comes over and does a twirl on her toes. She hands me a small heart-shaped gem with a button on the point.

She says sweetly "If you press that button and throw it, it will make everything that breathes in the gas coming from the container love you forever!"

Ares comes over and gives me a watch, then finally says "If you press the button on the side it'll turn into a light metal armor for you arms and chest."

Hermes comes over and gives me a pouch filled with drachmas and 20 dollar bills. He pats me on the shoulder and goes back to his throne.

Mr. D comes over and gives me a compass.

I look over it and he says "That will take you anywhere you want to go just by saying katefthynsi and then where you want to go."

Demeter comes over and gives me a hat with a grassy pattern and a rose on the front of it and then says "This hat will allow you to blend in with all things in nature."

I put on Hephaestus' ring on my right ring finger. I put Ares' watch on my right wrist and put Athena's bracelet on my left arm. I put Artemis' charm on my Amulet's chain. I put Zeus' keychain on my belt loop. Then I put Hades' whistle on the otherside of my Amulet, the opposite side of the crescent moon.

I put the rest in my backpack and put it on my shoulder.

I walk over to Annabeth and ask "Can you make me a list of weapons in Greek?"

She replies "Yeah, sure."

We all walk back to the van waiting to take us to Camp.

Once we get to camp I ask the Stoll Brothers and Nico if they will go and they nod excitedly. Then we say our farewells and leave Camp to go wherever this quest is gonna take us.