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"Oh, and I still have the bad news, but it might be good news as well..." He paused, looking me in the eye with all seriousness, "Luke is alive."

Crap. That was all that was running through my mind as I waited for the gods to fill in around the table. They decided that each Olympian god/goddess, plus Hades, would pick one of their children they want to go on the quest. Any god without children at camp or ones too young/injured would pick another demigod. Only seven of them would actually go.

I had come straight to the big house, Poseidon following me. That's were I had found out about the whole gods-select-the-best-kid-for-the-job thing. I was pretty high on myself that Poseidon had chosen me, then I found out Aphrodite had chosen Katerina first, does that mean my dad would have picked her over me?

It only took five minutes for all of the gods to arrive, with the 'chosen' in tow. The demigods all stood beside their 'parent/god'. I wasn't surprised at most of the people who had been chosen. Poseidon had chosen me, Hades had chosen Nico, Athena had chosen Annabeth, Aphrodite had chosen Katerina, Artemis had chosen Thalia, who was her 'child' at one point, so Zeus had chosen Nick, Ares chose Clarisse, Hermes had chosen Conner Stoll and Dionysus had chosen Travis since he didn't really want to risk any of his kids, and then Hera chose Chris Rodriguez, since she had no children of her own. Then there were a couple of kids I didn't really know. Apollo had chosen one of his sons that I had only seen once or twice, we weren't great friends, but I knew him, he was a healer, but not to great with Archery, Will Solace. Jake Mason, had been chosen by his father Hephaestus, was great with forging, not as great as Beckendorf, but still good. Demeter chose one of her younger daughters, Katie Gardner. She was probably one of the youngest campers here, probably around nine, but if you ticked her off enough, she could kill. Fast. I had found that out during the battle yesterday, even I was scared, and she was on my side, so imagine what the demi-gods on the other side felt.

Anyway here's how we sat/stood around the table, going clockwise. Across from the doorway, at the head of the table, we had Zeus, then Nick, then around the corner (it was a rectangular table) was my father and then me, Apollo and Will, Hephaestus and Jake, Ares and Clarisse, Dionysus and Travis, Hermes and Conner, then at the other head of the table was Hades and Nico, then on the last side of the table was Demeter with Katie, Artemis with Thalia, Athena with Annabeth, Aphrodite with Katerina and Hera with Chris.

"Well, we have the children who are believed to be capable of this quest here, so now we call forth the oracle." Zeus said.

"Already here." Rachel said from a corner. I hadn't noticed her until now. "Sir." She added on, unsure of the proper way to address a god. Zeus just chuckled. "Anyway. This time instead of a prophecy, I am being told who will be going on the quest." I saw Annabeth roll her eyes.

Rachel walked around the table once, then as she passed Zeus a second time, her eyes seemed to glaze over. Her arm shot out and grabbed Nick's shoulder. She yanked him back, hard, and he had to try hard not to fall, even then he almost did. Rachel released him once he was far enough back, then continued her second lap, which stopped at me. I was jerked back to, actually falling on my butt.

"Ugh. Ow." I said sarcastically, forgetting it was the oracle and not Rachel. Annabeth and Thalia laughed, I think I saw Clarisse crack a smile. I stood up and huffed.

Rachel passed by Apollo and Hephaestus, pausing and seeming to debate internally about Will, but she passed him. She stopped at Clarisse and yanked her back. She stumbled and fell and I snickered, but stopped when she glared at me. It didn't really scare me, but I was all battled out for the week. Rachel passed Dionysus and Hermes, yanked back Nico, passed Demeter, yanked Thalia, Annabeth and Katerina back, then passed Hera. When she was behind Zeus I saw her eyes un-glaze. She shook her head and smiled.

"These are the seven half-bloods to go on this quest." She said. (A.N. The next great prophecy wasn't created yet so seven demi-gods doesn't mean it's that. I just chose seven because it is the magic number.) Rachel bowed to the three elder gods and then scurried out of the room.

"The rest of you are dismissed." Zeus said. The other demi-gods left, some looking thankful and relieved, but others looked disappointed. I noticed that little Katie had a look of determination on her face. This can't be good, but I'll worry about that later.

Chiron walked in and he seemed to take charge. "Well I can't say I'm surprised at the Chosen Ones. It has been eons since the oracle has chosen the people who were to go on the quest and not given a prophecy..." Chiron trailed off, "Anyway, we have decide on means of transportation to where Luke was last seen."

"Which is what and where?" Thalia asked, growing impatient after the minutes of silence that passed.

"Oh right. To avoid any temptations," he shot stern looks at Poseidon and Zeus. After all, Zeus had threatened to blow me out of the sky more than once. "We have arranged for a nice scenic trip. You will be taking a train, down to Florida. Orlando was the last place Luke was spotted. The trip will take two days, we have booked four of the little roomette things, two of you to each room. The train will take you to Orlando's station, then you will go by cab to Disney." All us demi-gods looked at him like he was crazy, well except Katerina and Nick.

"At the top of Cinderella's castle, is an entrance to a place that has something to do with the gods. No one knows what it is, since when someone goes in, they usually don't come out. Personally, I think it is a monster's hide out or something."

"Ah. But you are wrong, my daughter." Poseidon said to Katerina, "At the top of that castle rests a land so ahead of it's time that even our world has not yet caught up to it. However, that world, had turned upon itself, so it was sunk, by me. But I sent it to Zeus so he would be able to deal with it."

"Your sons were quite difficult to deal with." Zeus said sending me a pointed glare.

Every demigod was thinking about this new piece of information. The gods simply waited until we figured it out. What could this place be? So it was a land a long time ago. Ahead of its time, but it had turned in on itself. I could think of a place i had heard of in Greek mythology, but nothing ever said it had been sent to Zeus. So it couldn't be. Could it be some sort of Titan fortress, but then what about the sons of Poseidon?

"I guarantee you all know of the land." Poseidon said.

"Oh they do. In fact Percy was like burning hot, then he got colder and colder." Athena said, looking me in the eye.

"But it can't be. Nothing said it was sent to Zeus..."

"That part is often overlooked." My father said.

"Then, it's Atlantis?" I stated, well, more like asked.

"Bingo." Apollo said.

"We believe that Luke would go there, especially if he turned evil." Chiron said, smiling proudly, he was, after all, my Latin teacher at one point, so he taught me about the whole Atlantis story, "After all, it is said (A.N. No it's not! Seriously, I'm making this part up.) that is someone reaches Atlantis and comes back in one peice with a gift, that is unknown until it is seen, which, since no one has seen it, no one knows what it is. Anyway, once someone returns to earth with that gift, they will have ultimate power, which they can keep or give to another. Which is why it is important that you catch him, or he is on our side. Because this power, makes the wielder unstoppable, but this power comes with a price. We want you to find it, and give it to us to destroy it."

"When do we leave." Thalia said, breaking the grave silence.

"Tomorrow." Chiron said placing a folder on the table in front of me, "Oh and Percy." I looked at him, "You're in charge." I was aware of the daggers that Katerina and Clarisse were shooting at me, but all I could think was: Great. If we fail, God War II will start up and this time we won't win. And it will be my fault.

Great way to welcome home the 'Chosen Child'.

A.N. Okay. I know that may be confusing. Basically they will be traveling to Disney via train. The Cinderella castle host Atlantis much like the Empire State Building hosts Mount Olympus. In Atlantis, somewhere there is a gift, an object. No one knows what it is until they see it. If someone is able to obtain the gift and make it out of the ancient land and back to Earth, they will have ultimate power and become unstoppable, but it has negative effects too, like bathing in the River Styx, but things like that never stop Luke. So Nick, Percy, Nico, Clarisse, Annabeth, Thalia, and Katerina have been chosen by the oracle to find Luke, but they haven't been given a prophecy. Their goal is to either find and stop Luke from getting the gift if he is bad or find and help him get it if he is good, so they can give it to the gods to destroy it. And Percy has been put in charge of the group, much to Clarisse and Katerina's dislike.