Okay...I admit it, I wrote this after playing tetris battle on facebook...:P

IJK! Actually, I wrote this yesterday after posting the last chapter. Funny how you get the urge to write after posting the chapter you've written last, huh? But anyway, I'm following Vans321's advice of just posting a chapter a day, so just expect this one to be a bit better, since I had more time to write this.

More than 4000 words…14 pages…I feel so sleepy…

Enjoy…now let me sleep…zzzzzzzzz….

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I couldn't think of anything else to say except, "Are you effing kidding me? Kronos is dead!" I made sure to emphasize the word "dead".

"Apparently not." Percy muttered. He was still trying to control his breathing.

"What do you mean, apparently not? You saw it yourself! We all did!" I said.

"Well then, how else could you explain the scythe that appeared above her head, huh?" Percy asked me. I didn't have an answer to that; it was just too damn impossible. Sadie alternated her looks between us. "Wait up, Diana's here?" she asked.

Percy looked at her incredulously. "You should know. You're the one that brought her here."

"I-" she faltered. "It was just the spur of the moment, I guess."

"C'mon, follow me. She's going hysterical in the Big House." Percy said.

Before we even reached the doors, I could already pick up some of the arguments.

"-is that possible? There are no gods!" I heard Diana's voice shout.

"Trust me kid, you better take that back right now, if you know what's good for you." Mr. D's angry voice yelled back. I had never seen nor heard Mr. D when he's angry before, so you could tell that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity.

I rushed past Percy, and opened the door of the big house. Inside, I saw all the cabin counselors, Carter, Amos, Zia, Diana, Chiron, and Mr. D. Diana and Mr. D were standing in the middle of the room, arguing and yelling at each other's faces. The rest watched them like a tennis match, clearly not wanting to get in their way.

"There is only one God, at least, that's what my mom told me. And I'm pretty sure as hell that He doesn't dress like that!" Diana yelled. She stabbed a finger at Mr. D's chest, or more specifically, at his shirt. Mr. D gazed at her finger, before slapping it away.

"Don't you dare disrespect a god! And what do you have against my wardrobe? We gods can dress however we want!" Mr. D yelled back. His form shimmered, and in the blink of an eye, Mr. D was wearing celestial bronze armor. "How's this?"

I almost wanted to laugh my head off. The celestial bronze armor was definitely not made for Mr. D. The armor straps were crooked, the armor was ten sizes too big and the whole thing reached up to his mid-thigh. Plus, there was the Greek Symbol of Hephaestus carved in the right breastplate.

"Too creepy." Diana said, scrunching her nose in disapproval. "And you look like an idiot."

I smiled at her. This was one girl I was going to like other than Sadie. Mr. D stared at her, stunned. I looked at her in disbelief. Sure, it was funny seeing a mortal shout at a god, but that was like signing your own death warrant. When Mr. D finally regained his composure, a scowl formed on his face. "You dare-" purple light started glowing from his fingers, and the air was stenched in the smell of grapes and wine.

Diana was saved from Mr. D's wrath by Chiron, who stepped in between them in an attempt to break them apart. "Mr. D. May I remind you that it is one of the ancient laws that you do not, under any circumstances, strike a mortal that does not challenge you?" he turned to Diana. "And you. Show some respect. Mr. D may not deserve it, but he is still a god."

"Yeah-hey! What does that mean?" Mr. D glared at Chiron, but he only gave the god a cold shoulder.

Behind me, Sadie and Percy appeared. "What's going on here?" Sadie asked.

I grinned at her. "Oh, you just missed Diana bad-mouth Mr. D there."

Percy and Sadie stared at Diana in awe. The girl smiled at them, before going back to glaring at the god.

"If only you weren't our salvation, I'll-" Mr. D hesitated. He looked up to the ceiling, then at Diana again. "Father calls us. We'll finish this next time, mortal. He snarled. He snapped his fingers, and the air twisted around him. A brilliant flash of light later, and Mr. D was gone.

"Well, that was…entertaining." Amos commented. The others agreed.

"Awesome!" The Stoll brothers high-fived Diana.

"I can't believe dad let that go." Pollux said in admiration.

"Punk." Clarisse muttered, but she said it with grudging respect.

I went over and high-fived her. "You've got some balls, standing up to a god like that."

Diana blushed. Then, I felt someone slap me upside the head. "Watch your words, death breath. That's a girl you're talking to." Thalia said.

"Huh?" I asked, confused.

Thalia rolled her eyes. "Ugh. Never mind."

Chiron stomped his hoof, and motioned for Sadie, Percy, and me to sit down. I took up the empty seat beside Thalia, Sadie beside carter, and Percy beside Annabeth. "This is bad news, everyone. My father is more clever than I thought, creating two demititans instead of one."

Percy stood up abruptly. "A demititan? As in, half-titan, half-mortal? How in Zeus' name is that even possible?"

"It is beyond my knowledge and area of expertise." Chiron admitted. "I do not know how Kronos got the power, or even the time, no pun intended, to make this happen, but he did. Now, we must prepare our forces, for I am sure that if wind of another child of Kronos leaks out, there will be war."

"The House of Life is always ready." Amos said. "We must avenge our fallen comrades."

Chiron nodded to him. "We must issue another quest to find Diana's brother."

"I will go." Diana said almost too quickly. "He's my brother."

Chiron frowned, and shook his head. "I'm afraid not, my dear. You aren't trained, and now that you know who you truly are, your smell will be far more greater than ever, and you will attract more monsters."

"But I need to go!" Diana protested. "He's my brother, for crying out loud!"

"No." Chiron said firmly. "We shall stick to the original five: Carter, Percy, Annabeth, Nico, and Sadie."

"I want to go too." Zia said bravely.

"And us." Drea and Iris chorused.

"No." Carter said. "The prophecy's last line implied that if more than five goes, only five will make it back, and the rest are dead. It's better to just stick with five." I saw him looking at Zia sympathetically.

"Plus, the five of us had already started the quest when we went to Goode. I think we should be the ones to finish it." I added. Chiron gave me a solemn nod.

"Good point." He looked at the others, or more likely, Diana in particular. "It has been decided. The ones that started this quest shall finish it. Any arguments?"

No one dared to answer.

"Good, now this meeting is finished. The questers leave tomorrow at first dawn." He walked out of the Big House.

"Stupid centaur." Diana snarled. Sadie put a hand on her shoulder. "We'll find your brother, I promise."

Diana smiled at her wistfully.

"Hey, I know something that can cheer you up." Percy interrupted. He put Diana under his arm. "Wanna learn how to swordfight?"

As it turned out, Diana sucked at swordfighting. Every time Percy would strike, she would either trip, block to low, or just flat out get hit. Sadie and I watched in the distance.

"You know, I think she was a lot better at the gym." She commented.

"Goode had swordfighting as P.E.?" I asked, because the whole time I was there, I did not know that. "You should've told me. That way, I could have at least aced one class."

Sadie rolled her eyes at me. "No, death boy. During the battle, last night." She explained.

"Speaking about that, does your wound still hurt?" I touched her stomach, and felt the bandages still there. I saw Sadie's eye twitch.

"Sometimes, especially if people touch it." Sadie hissed. I pulled my hand away, muttering a quick, "sorry."

We went back to watching Diana and Percy spar, again. This time, Diana swung too low, and Percy did the disarming maneuver Luke taught him years ago. He caught Diana's blade with the base of his sword, and put all his power in a downward thrust. Diana's sword went skittering to the floor, and Riptide was at her throat in an instant. Percy picked up her sword, and handed it back to her. He told her something, and repositioned her grip on the sword. Diana quickly flashed a smiled, and the two went back to sparring.

I heard a clip-clopping sound behind us. "It seems she is having trouble with the sword's balance." Chiron commented. "The blade probably wasn't calibrated for her hand."

"Huh?" Sadie and I both asked at the same time, bewildered.

"Give her this." Chiron ordered. He pulled out a sword from the scabbard on his hip. Flipping it, he handed it to me, hilt-first.

I gripped it, and felt power emanating through it. Upon closer inspection, I saw the familiar half celestial bronze, half tempered steel blade. "This isn't-" My heart almost stopped at the sight of it.

"We found it during the reconstruction of Olympus." Chiron said. "It was lodged inside Hestia' hearth, but eventually, we managed to pull it out."

I was holding the blade by arm's length. Just seeing it brought back too many bad memories. Sadie, however, was looking at the blade in curiosity. "Whoa, what kind of sword is that?" She looked closer at the sword.

"Backbiter used to be Kronos' weapon." I explained. "Forged by the Telkhines themselves."

"Then why doesn't anybody use it?" Sadie asked me.

"After the Battle of Manhattan, it was…well, lost." I answered nonchalantly.

"But wasn't Kronos' weapon a scythe?"

"It could change into a scythe, at least when Kronos was holding it. I don't really know." I answered. I looked at Chiron behind us. "Why do you want her to have it?"

"It was her father's weapon." Chiron said simply. Like that explained everything.

"And?"

"Just give it to her." Chiron sighed.

I got up, and made my way over to the two, just as Diana was disarmed, again. "Hey, Diana!" I waved at her. She waved back.

"Hey, what's up? Percy here's been teaching me swordfighting, but I still can't get the basics." She twirled her sword in her hand, but it slipped out of her hand and nearly impaled Clarisse in the head behind her.

"Sorry!" she called out.

"Watch it, punk!" Clarisse bellowed.

Diana turned back to us sheepishly. "Well, that was awkward."

"Yeah." I agreed. "By the way, Chiron wanted me to give you this." I hesitantly handed her Backbiter.

Percy's eyes widened as Diana took the blade. "That isn't-" he turned to me.

"Backbiter. Yeah, it is." I admitted.

"Gods, how did you find this?" He was running a hand along the side of the blade. Due to his invincibility, he didn't get cut, but I could tell that the blade was still sharp. Percy glanced at Diana, and took a few steps backward. "Again." He said. I walked back to where Chiron and Sadie were staying.

This time, Diana moves weren't as sloppy as before, but they still kinda sucked. Even from a distance, I could see that she had improved, at least, just a little. There spar was now taking twenty seconds…thirty…forty…fifty…sixty…

"Oh my gods. She lasted a full minute?" I gasped. The battle still ended pretty much the same way, with both Riptide and Backbiter centimeters from Diana's throat, but at least she gave much better fight this time.

"Her moves are still sloppy. Perhaps a sword isn't really her weapon…" Chiron mused to himself, leaving me and Sadie to wonder about what he said.

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What did Nico call this sword…Backbiter? I wonder why it was named that?

I still had a hard time accepting the fact the Greek and Egyptian gods exist. That and my dad was supposedly the Evil Titan of Time. I mean, where has he been all my life? He didn't even send us a lousy child-support check or something.

Since Kronos didn't have a cabin, seeing as he was supposedly the "evil" Titan (sucks for me), the Hermes Kids had been very generous to let me sleep in their cabin, or at least, Travis and Connor were. The rest of the campers kept giving me evil looks, like I'd just killed their brothers or something. But then, my dad probably did, and now they're blaming me. Great.

"Okay everyone, lights out!" Travis announced.

"Chiron called for a "counselors only" meeting. So everybody go to sleep." Connor added. Then he glared at everyone. "I mean it. Anyone who's still awake when we return will be on prank prohibition for the entire week."

"Awww!" everyone whined. Travis smirked, and they left through the doors.

"What's prank prohibition?" I asked the kid next to me.

"It means no pranking whatsoever for any given amount of time, depending on how much time Travis and Connor choose." The kid shuddered. "It's a nightmare."

As soon as the others were asleep, I grabbed Backbiter, slid it into a scabbard Travis stole for me, and crept my way towards the Big House. I instantly regretted it, after one close encounter with the harpies, and one very angry dryad (don't ask). I crept towards a window, and peeked through. Almost all of the cabin leaders were there, except for a few minor gods' kids.

"We don't even know where to start looking." I heard Percy say.

"I may have a few ideas." Chiron retorted. "But traveling with four others is dangerous, Percy. You remember what happened to Bianca, and Zoe?"

I saw Nico flinch when Chiron mentioned the name Bianca. I wonder who she was?

Percy also flinched. "Please, don't remind me. I still have nightmares about that." He frowned at Chiron's direction. Annabeth stroked Percy's arm, which calmed him down a little. "If you want three to go, then then me, Percy," – Annabeth looked towards the window where I was crouching – "And Diana will go."

Chiron shook his head firmly. "No. Anyone but Diana."

"Why?" Nico asked. "Because she's Kronos' daughter?" Everyone surrounding the table stared at him, then at Chiron. I wonder if he ever got mad like this before. Chiron's nostrils flared.

"Because she's a danger to everyone around her!" Chiron shouted.

"What?" I exclaimed. Everyone turned their heads towards my voice. "Oh snap."

"Diana?" Chiron asked in a controlled voice. "Come in."

I opened the window, and climbed through. Naturally, as I landed on the floor, one of my feet got caught in the window, and I fell down flat on my face.

Smooth Diana. I scolded myself. Very smooth.

I stood up, and dusted myself off. I sat in a free chair beside Travis and Connor, who were not very happy to see me.

"I thought we told you to go to sleep." Travis said, frowning.

"Yeah. And because you're not one of our siblings, we can't put you on prank prohibition. Damnit." Connor mumbled, but we all heard him. The rest of the cabin leaders stifled a laugh, and the two just pouted. "See what you've done?" they pointed to all the ones laughing.

"Alright, enough of that." Chiron's face remained stern, and impassive.

"Since she's here," Percy gestured to me. "You might want to repeat what you said." He smirked.

"She is a danger to this camp, and to every demigod around her." Chiron repeated. Percy stared at him, stunned with disbelief.

"Chiron!" Annabeth protested.

"I'm sorry, my dear, but it's the truth. The titans will do everything in their power to get her, even if it means destroying this camp or killing anyone that gets in their way." Chiron turned to me. "We must keep your identity for as long as we can, at least, until Hyperion and atlas are put away. Permanently."

"But I need to save my brother!" I protested. "Why won't you let me do that?"

Chiron raised his voice. "Because there is a possibility, no matter how small, of you joining the titans!"

I was too stunned to speak. He'd just accused me of being a traitor, even though he never actually said it.

"I will not." I said.

"What?"

"Despite what you think, I will not join the titans! They hurt my brother, for one!" I said more bravely.

"Whatever the reason may be, you will not go." Chiron said.

"I must go." I insisted.

"You will not."

"I will."

"You will not, and that is final!"

"I will, and that is final!" I shouted back, mimicking his voice at the last part. The counselors laughed at my childish antics, but it did the job. Chiron was beyond annoyed. He bit his lower lip, like he was trying not to curse me into oblivion or something.

"Go then!" he waved his hand dismissively. "But if you die, do not blame me."

"Fine." I huffed, crossing my arms.

Carter cleared his throat loudly. "Okay then. Now that that's settled, Chiron, please tell us where you might think they have gone to?"

"Actually, I have absolutely no idea, but I know someone who might." Chiron said gravely.

"WHAT?" All of us, except Carter, chorused.

"He might be right." Carter said. "I had a dream about that a few days ago."

"Tell us." Chiron said.

Carter told us of what he dreamed of days before. Once he finished relaying, Chiron took a deep breath, and stared at the fireplace.

"So they've found out." He murmured.

"Who found out what?" I asked.

Chiron kept staring at the fireplace. "It is an old tale, one that has gotten lost in the myths. You all remember when Kronos was originally overthrown?" They all nodded, except me. I had always been able to scrape by on a C at school, and mythology just wasn't one of my strong points.

"No idea." I told him.

"Kronos' scythe was one of the most powerful weapons ever to be seen in existence." Chiron explained. "At the least, its sheer destructive power equaled Zeus' master bolt, and its capabilities in battle exceed even that. The very scythe that he used to chop Ouranos to pieces, and the one that Zeus had use to chop him to pieces. The three brothers themselves had hidden his scythe, in fear that someone may use the scythe once again, and rise against them. In fact, they hid it so well that Kronos himself wasn't able to find it, and was forced to make another one." He gestured to Backbiter, strapped to my hip.

"So they are trying to find it?" Sadie guessed.

Chiron nodded his head. "Correct. And if either Hyperion and Atlas get their hands on it, they will have enough power to overthrow the gods. And after that, they will free the other titans, and the world will end as we know it. A few others have already joined their cause, like Hecate and Mnemosyne, for example."

"Mom would never join the Titans! at least, not again." a girl with multicolored eyes and flowing amber hair protested.

"I'm very sorry Lou Ellen, but Athena told me herself." Chiron said.

"And what does this all have to do with me and Ariston?" I asked, not seeing our connection to any of this.

"I believe that the titans may manipulate your brother, and use him to find Kronos' scythe. They believe that only someone who can control time has a chance of finding it. Afterwards, the will dispose of him." I gulped when he said that they will dispose of him. I might not be the greatest in English, but I'm pretty sure that the word "dispose" rhymed with the word "kill".

"But wait," Annabeth interrupted. "You just said that even Kronos himself couldn't find it. Why would they think that his demititan son could even stand a chance?"

Sadie's eyes grew big. "Uncle Vinnie!"

"Huh?" I asked. "Uncle Vinnie, was like, mortal and dead a hundred years ago, wasn't he?"

Carter groaned. "Sadie, you have got to stop calling him that. It confuses people."

Sadie ignored him.

"Anyway, what my sister was trying to say was, Setne was a magician, and right now, his spirit lurks in the mortal world. Maybe the titans were planning on tricking him to do a spell, or something." Carter explained. "The book of Thoth that he has contains some of the most powerful spells in the entire known world. They could easily locate the scythe with his help."

"The book of Thoth, why does that sound familiar…And Setne…where have I heard that name before…" Chiron mused to himself.

"So we find my brother, before he finds the stupid scythe, and before they kill him. That is the plan, right?" I guessed, breaking the silence.

"Exactly." Chiron said, breaking away from his thoughts. "And to start your quest, you will need Rachel to guide you. Unfortunately, she's on vacation with her parents in England, so you will have to go there first."

My mouth dropped open at his words. "But, England is like, a million miles from here! What-"

"Why do we need Rachel? We already have a prophecy" – Annabeth cut me off . Her tone was very venomous, like the thought of having this Rachel person joining on our quest would give her nightmares for the rest of her life – "and why can't you just call her here?"

"Unfortunately, it's not that simple." Chiron answered simply. "Her mother can see through the mist, unlike her father, and will definitely notice if her only daughter was gone, even for a day."

"England?" Sadie perked up. "Perfect! I desperately need a vacation."

Carter groaned. "We are not going a vacation, Sadie."

"But I missed that place for ages! Can we at least visit Gran and Gramps, please?" Sadie pleaded.

"Oh, alright. But just one quick stop, and don't expect me to come inside." Carter grumbled.

"Yes!" Sadie did a fist pump. "And don't worry. They won't let you in anyways." She said. Carter stuck out his tongue at her. She stuck out her tongue too. I facepalmed. I had totally expected this from Sadie, but from Carter, it just made him look a lot less cooler.

"Ooohh! We want to come too!" Travis and Connor said.

Chiron threw up his hands. "Does everyone want to die? The prophecy said five. It was already a risk taking six, but now eight? No, I absolutely forbid it."

Travis groaned. "Oh, come on!"

"No."

"We could help." Connor suggested.

"No." Chiron answered again.

The twins exchanged conspiratory smirks. "We'll make the camp miserable."

"No." Chiron frowned.

"We'll make the Athena Cabin miserable."

"Let me think…no."

"Then, we'll make the Demeter Cabin miserable."

"Hmmm…no."

"We'll make Mr. D miserable."

"Still, no."

"Okay then…we'll make you miserable." Travis said.

"Until they get back from the quest. And that could take weeks." Connor added, waggling his eyebrows. The twins smirked evilly, then they both paused dramatically.

Even Chiron grimaced at that one. "Oh, alright. But you two better behave yourselves." He massaged his temples and sighed.

"Yes!" Travis and Connor high-fived each other. (A/N: Never underestimate the power of annoyance...haha)

Chiron looked at everyone. "If no one else wants to come, then this meeting is over. Questers, be prepared at seven a.m. sharp tomorrow. Argus will be driving you straight to the docks."

"Why the docks?" I asked.

"Zeus will kill me if I ever get on an airplane." Percy explained.

"And the same goes for you too, Diana. Zeus thinks you and your brother are a threat, but he has agreed not to blow you up, until your fates come to pass." Chiron said. "But he did not agree to not shoot you out of the sky if you ever dare come into his territory."

I gulped. "Okay, that's… I'll uh, keep that in mind." Then, I just realized something. "Wait, so of Kronos is my father, that wouldn't that make me Zeus' half-sister or something?"

Chiron was taken aback by my question. "Uh, yes. I think it does. Technically."

I smiled evilly at Percy. "So I'm technically your aunt."

"Whatever." he rolled his eyes. "At least I'm not old."

"But you are an idiot."

"Hey!"

"That's the best you can come up with, hey?"

"Uh..."

"I rest my case." All of them were cracking up, even Annabeth, Percy glared at me, before pouting at her. "Not you too!"

"Meeting adjourned." Chiron announced, though he was cracking up a little himself. "Good night, heroes."

After he left, Percy called our attention. "Diana, you can't go. This might be too dangerous for you. Plus, you don't even know how to use a sword."

"Beaten in two minutes flat." Nico muttered. The others laughed.

"Two…minutes…? Even Prissy did better his first time!" Clarisse said between laughs.

"I tripped!" I protested.

Nico laughed. "Same thing."

"Yeah, well that just proves my point. It's still dangerous." Percy said.

"Even if it is, I'll still go, even if I have to threaten you at sword point, nephew." I joked.

Percy cracked a smile. "Sure you will, Auntie Diana."

That night, I had a dreamless sleep. The next morning, I was woken up by two brothers screaming into my ears.

"HEY, WAKE UP! WE'RE ALREADY READY TO GO!"

"Holy shit!" I instinctively grabbed Backbiter, but it was nowhere in sight. I rubbed the sleepiness out of my eyes first, before giving Travis and Connor a death glare. Travis just shrugged, and tossed me a backpack. "We took the liberty of packing your things for you. Clothes, cash, drachmas, even your sword. Just check the side pocket." I did, wondering how my sword could fit in a side pocket, but found a reusable click pen instead. "Click it." Connor insisted.

I clicked it. In half a second, Backbiter sprung to life.

"Whoa. Just like Percy's sword. Thanks guys." I smiled at them.

Connor blushed. "No prob. Lou Ellen owed me anyway. Now get ready. We leave in an hour. Meet us by Thalia's tree." I swear as they left, I hear Travis mutter, "Connor's got a crush! Connor's got a crush!" (A/N: I'm not sure how old Connor is...let's just say that he's fifteen in this story.)

I took a quick shower, threw on some jeans, and a Camp Half-Blood t-shirt, and trudged all the way to the top of the hill, where the others were waiting for me.

"So, we ready to go?" I asked, excited. I had never left the New York area in my entire life, nor had I ridden on a ship before. My mom always said that we didn't have the money. Just the thought of my mom made me want to tear up, but I blinked them away. No point in crying now. She's already dead.

"England, here we come!" Sadie said in a singsong voice.

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REVIEW! Oh, and thanks for reviewing...I love reading your feedbacks! So REVIEW! Anyway, when I reread this, I couldn't believe I typed this whole freaking chapter! I mean, when I was typing it, I felt like "Meh, it's not that good, I could probably do better." But when I finally read it, it turned out a lot better than expected! Did any of you guys ever experience that when writing? :P

One more question, did Diana become a Mary Sue? Because I'd be more than happy to remove this entire story if one of my characters becomes a Mary Sue...I really hate them, you know? (Okay,I may be exaggerating a little when I said that I'd remove the entire story, but you know what I mean.)