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I'm SO SORRY! For two days, I worked on this, the next day I took a break, and yesterday, I had to baby-sit an 8 year old and her baby brother! SHE WAS A MONSTER! She made me chase her around the whole school and I still can barely feel my legs (There was stairs!) When her mom asked me if I wanted a sister, I said, "No but I'll a brother!" He was SO cute and good and I just love him!

Anyways, Ok so in this chapter, we have Mori, Stella, Carrie, Chase, and Nico going on their first quest! YAY!

Here's the prophecy again:

"Five shall seek the Chosen ones

Nature, owl, two of death, and sun

To find the lost, sacred two

A plan will come to follow you

A dove and owl shall join the pack

And make seven to complete the track.

A leader shall sacrifice all that matters

And lose a love to fail the latter.

One shall perish, while the six move on

And discover the cure to go above and beyond

And lose a life to worse than demised,

A daughter of death must compromise."

Enjoy!

~The Ghost Princess

Mori's POV

Holy Zeus.

Yes, I'm going back to that. Last night, it took me forever to get to sleep. I was too nervous and made Nico let me sleep over at his cabin. Of course, I had to get up at like 5 again so no one noticed I was gone. I ended up falling asleep around 10.

Fun.

After I kissed Nico, I ran off to the showers. When I was done, I blow-dried my hair and pulled it into a tight ponytail. For the quest, I was all packed. Drake and Reis had made me double-check like twenty times! I'm wearing black jean Bermudas, my converse, and my "Bad Spellers, Untie!" t-shirt. (When Reis saw it, he actually yelled, "UNTIE! ...oh, wait…" it was hilarious!)

I walk out of the showers, waving to Will on my way to breakfast. Nico's waiting for me and I smile.

After we get our food, he sits down next to me at the Thanatos table I raise an eyebrow.

"Chiron and Mr. D are at the Big House," I smile and we eat breakfast together; French toast! YAY!

We finish just as Chiron and Mr. D come back. Perfect timing, I think.

Chiron sees us and smiles. "Are you all ready?" We nod. Chase, Stella, and Carrie run up behind me.

Carrie says, "So…um…where exactly are we going?"

Chiron sighs. "Come with me," Without an answer, he turns to the Big House. We follow. He takes us up to the infirmary and what I see makes my blood run cold.

My friend, Percy Jackson, savior of Olympus, is lying on one of the beds, Annabeth holing his hand. His usual tan is gone and he actually looks a bit green. His breath is rapid and his pillow is drenched in sweat. Annabeth has a worried look on her face.

Nico gasps.

"What…what happened?" I whisper.

Annabeth sniffles. "I went to his cabin this morning to wake him up and…and I just found him like this, on his bed. Oh, gods," She drops her face in her hands. Her body shakes softly.

She's crying. Carrie rushes over to comfort her sister.

I cock my head and mutter, "And discover the cure to go above and beyond," I look at Chiron for conformation. He nods gravely.

"Percy has been poisoned. I don't know by what, but if you don't find that cure…" He trails off.

I close my eyes. One shall perish while the six move on; And find the cure to go above and beyond.

The cure that would save Percy's life and Annabeth's heart.

I open my eyes. "We need a plan," Everyone stares at me with confused looks.

I fight the urge to roll my eyes. "A plan will come to follow you," I repeat. Everyone shares the same, "Oh…"

Percy groans in his sleep; most likely out of pain. I shake my head at him. Putting on a brave face, I say, "We need a meeting. Annabeth?" She looks up at me, her eyes puffy. "Would you mind coming? We could use your brain?"

She nods and Chiron leads us to an empty room. Nico sits on the couch and I plop on his lap, my head on his chest.

What am I going to do? I think.

Think, a male voice tells me. I cock my head. He continues, you have had a hard life. My daughter, I understand. I am so sorry for leaving you and your mother. But I'm here now. Young Perseus has been poisoned with a rare kind of venom.

How is that gonna help, Dad? Yeah, you heard me. My Dad.

He sighs in my head. The cure lies with Melinoe,

Who? He doesn't reply.

"Mori!" Someone shouts. I ignore them and Nico shakes me. I finally look up, annoyed.

"What?"

Chase says, "Were you even listening?"

I ignore him again and he scoffs. "Melinoe," I mumble.

"What?" Nico asks.

I look deep into his black eyes. "Melinoe," His face pales.

"What…What about her?"

"Who is she?" I ask.

Nico gulps. "Goddess of ghosts, she has a cave in the Underworld. Why?"

"The cure lies with Melinoe," I repeat my father's words.

Chase narrows his eyes. "Are you saying Melinoe poisoned him? How do you know?"

I shake my head. "It's a rare type of poison. I don't know if Melinoe was the one who poisoned him, but she definitely has the cure.

Annabeth asks, curiously, "How are you so sure?"

I stutter. "I…well…um, my—my…" I trail off.

She understands and her eyes soften. "Had a dream?" I look into her eyes and get the message, don't get you Dad in trouble. I nod.

"Yeah; last night,"

Chiron nods, "We will do our best on Percy. But he cannot hold down nectar and ambrosia and has a very high fever. I suggest you hurry."

We nod and race outside. I'm about to follow Nico to the van when Annabeth grips my arm. I look up. "Mori, you have to be careful. You can't let the gods know Thanatos helped you. And…on your quest," She pauses and suddenly tackles me in a hug. I hug back. "Please be safe," She whispers.

"I will be," I tell her.

I race to the van where the others are. Argus is in the driver's seat. I sit next to Nico and hug my knees. He puts an arm around me and says, "He'll be okay. We'll find the cure,"

I nod, unsure as our quest began.

Argus dropped us off at Central Park, my request. As we got out I walked up to his window and gave him a few drachmas. He gives me a look and I smile. "Thank you, Argus. Watch out for Percy, okay?" He grins and nods before driving off. I turn around and walk over to the others, who are all sitting on a bench, waiting for m to explain.

I sigh. "I grew up here, so I know my way around. Ok, so first question; how to Hades are we supposed to get to the Underworld."

They all shrug and I roll my eyes. Pulling out the mortal money, I count in my head. "My brothers gave me some money, and I didn't tell Chiron, so he gave me some too. We got about…three thousand, maybe."

They all grin. Chase says, "That's enough to get a plane." I scoff.

"We have a son of Hades and a forbidden daughter of Thanatos. Zeus totally won't blast us out of the sky,"

Stella sighs. "Train or bus?" She asks.

One hour later, we were all sitting in a train. No, not one of those fancy plush ones, but a cargo train. I had spotted it on our way to the bus station and overheard the driver…conductor dude? Oh well, he was saying that they had a few days trip, going to L.A. They were stopping a couple times along the way, but hey, it's a free ride! Yay!

We've been traveling for about an hour now and we are all SUPER bored…already.

I sigh and pull out Nico's iPod. What? I'm not gonna waste my battery! Switching on Three days Grace, I tune out my friends and almost fall asleep. Almost.

Bickering keeps me awake. "Gods, Chase, watch where you put your foot!" Stella exclaims.

Chase snorts. "Watch where you keep your elbow! It's in my ribs!"

"Shut up!"

"You shut up!"

"No, you!"

"You!"

"You!"

I scream, "Both of you shut up or I will toss you off this train so fast, you'll see Hades and go, 'We're here!'"

They both gulp and Carrie laughs.

I slump back into Nico's chest. He chuckles slightly. "You're so aggressive," He says to me, earning him a kick where every guy hates to be kicked. I scoot away from him, into the corner and close my eyes.

As I fall asleep, I pray for no dreams.

Apparently, Hypnos or Morpheus or…whoever(!) didn't get my prayers.

I was in a cell, alone. My clothes were ripped and dirty and my face was caked with mud and blood.

My dream self let out a small sob and whipered, "One shall perish while the six move on," She sniffs and continues, "I just pray they got the cure back to Percy,"

The cell door open and we both scream. I wake up, still screaming.

But I'm not the only one and we're not on the train anymore. We're in a desert. The stars are out and I can see my friends, spread around me. I sit up and immediately regret it. I put a hand to my head and feel blood.

"Well, well, well," a voice says. "I see the daughter of Thanatos is up,"

I look up and see my worst fears.

Phobos.

Well, this is just great! *SARCASAM*

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