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Pearl's POV

The next morning I moved into the Poseidon cabin. It was the first cabin on the left from Zeus's cabin and was long and low. The outside walls were a rough gray stone studded with pieces of seashell and coral and inside it smelled like a breezy ocean day and the walls glowed. There were six bunks two which looked like they had been used before and on the windowsills were beautiful sea anemones and strange glowing plants in water-filled vases. Hanging from the ceiling were beautiful hand crafted bronze horses with tails that seemed to be swimming through the air.

Walking inside, I gasped when I saw how amazing it was. Hanging by what was obviously Percy's bed, was a shield with marvelous pictures of him and Annabeth and some other things and people. Next to that was a large, black horn which was obviously belonged to some kind of magical creature. While I had been sleeping, Grover and Percy had put up a shimmering sea green silk curtain, splitting the cabin in half. When I had brought all I had and placed it on a bunk, (which were only a few toiletries and a few extra pairs of clothes) I was given a camp schedule and followed Percy and Annabeth around the whole day.

When we were finishing up our last activity before dinner, (which was canoeing) I timidly showed Percy and Annabeth the prophecy I had found the night before. "Why did you wait to show this to us now?" Annabeth asked. "I...umm….I don't know….we were busy?" I said shyly. Annabeth shook her head and said "It doesn't matter now; we better go show this to Chiron."

We hurried to the Big House and found Chiron casually playing pinochle with invisible beings. Chiron looked up at us, saw the distressed looks on our faces and immediately dismissed the invisible players. "What's the matter?" he asked worriedly. Annabeth handed Chiron the prophecy, and for a while Chiron sat there studying it. "What does it mean Chiron?" Annabeth asked. "Where did you find this?" He finally said. I swallowed hard and said "I found it in the attic…with this" I pressed the ring on my finger and the dagger grew in my hand.

I held it out to Chiron and he gingerly picked it up. "I haven't seen this blade in two thousand years." He said. "This dagger was given to me by the fates long ago and they foretold that only one person can wield it and the time they are alive would be different from any other age. Many demigods have tried to wield this dagger but none has ever been able to even touch it until now." He handed it carefully back to me and I pressed the jewel and it shrunk back into a ring. He continued, "When this blade was given to me, this prophecy was given as well. It seems that these two things are entwined. We should wait until a sign is given for a quest to be called, but be prepared, I believe sometime this summer we'll have to have a quest. "

That night at the campfire, Annabeth and Percy sat together towards the front of the group trying to act like nothing was on their minds except the cheesy song lyrics. They had invited me to sit with them but I kindly declined and sat in the back of the group of people. Half- way through the night, Nico came over and sat down next to me and handed me a sheet of paper. "These are the lyrics to the songs in case you want to sing along." He said. I gave him a half-hearted smile in gratitude and said "Thanks Nico….you know I thought that you weren't the campfire sort of guy, guess I was wrong, you must be a real social butterfly."

Nico laughed "I usually avoid the campfire as much as possible, but I was walking past and I saw you sitting here all alone. I decided to give you some company. Sorry if I kinda intruded, do you want me to leave?" He started to get up but I gently pulled his hand and said "No, it's kind of nice just sitting here talking. I didn't want to sit with Percy and Annabeth and sing a bunch of songs I've never heard before, and I have a lot on my mind. Besides I've been meaning to ask what your sword's made out of ever since I met you."

Nico pulled out his black sword and turned it so it glistened in the light. "It's made of Stygian iron. The metal only can be found in the depths of Tartarus and can only be crafted by the eldest Cyclops. It helps me control the dead..." He hesitated a moment before continuing "….It was also a gift from my father…..anyway, what's so upsetting that you can't enjoy your first campfire?" I took a deep breath and told him everything that had happened. While I was talking I didn't realize I had been nervously twisting the ring around my finger until I finished the story. I accidently pressed the jewel and the dagger appeared in my hand. Nico looked down and seemed to choke when he saw it.

"Do you know what that blade's made of?" He asked cautiously. I gave him quizzical look and said "I'm not sure, and Percy and Annabeth said they had never seen anything like it. Do you know what it's made of?" Nico nodded slowly. "It's extremely rare. Only a few weapons have ever been made with this type of metal. It's a mixture of celestial bronze and the Roman equivalent of celestial bronze, imperial gold. When the two metals are combined, the only way to keep them from destroying each other is for it to be cooled in Ichor, the blood of the gods. The process is so difficult and dangerous only a master Cyclops forger could ever achieve creating a blade, and the gods forbade anyone to make anymore after several weapons were made because of how dangerous it was…" he trailed off. "How do you know so much about it?" I asked, surprised. "I travel a lot; I learn things along the way, meet different people." Nico replied.

"Where do you travel" I asked, intrigued.

"Lots of different places, China, California, Greece, Australia, one time Antarctica for a moment, gosh that was a mistake….."

"Wow, you travel all over the world?! How do you get to all these places? Wait, Antarctica?!"

"Yeah, Antarctica was when I was just learning…and I can Shadow Travel."

"Shadow Travel?"

"Yeah basically you use the 'shadows' in different places to teleport from 'shadow' to 'shadow'."

"That's sound really cool."

"It is…would you like to try? We can get away from this campfire for a moment. Probably no one will notice if were gone for a little while. You might feel a bit unsettled the first time you try, but since you aren't the one controlling it you should be fine"

We silently left the campfire and into the woods. We stopped near a tree and Nico said "Hold my hand then run towards the tree" "Ummm….Nico? That sounds kinda cra…." He cut me off and said "Trust me. On the count of three, run towards the tree. One. Two. Three!"

I ran towards the tree holding Nico's hand. Right before we hit the tree I closed my eyes tightly and suddenly felt like I was moving extremely fast. I cautiously opened my eyes but only saw blackness. Creepy sounds like moans and some screams surrounded us and a cold chill went up my spine. But I could still feel Nico's firm hand holding me tightly so we wouldn't be separated. But just as quickly as it had begun, it ended and we were in a completely different location.

The bright sun blinded me for a moment but when my eyes adjusted, I saw Nico yawning and quickly stretching. "Shadow Travel makes me a bit drowsy, but don't worry I'll be fine." He said. Looking around, I realized where we were, "We're at the Great Wall of China! I've always wanted to go here!" I gave Nico a huge hug then pulled away in embarrassment "Sorry, I'm just so excited." Nico gave a small smile and said "No its fine..." We explored a bit but eventually we decided it was time to get back before someone noticed our absence.

We Shadow Travelled back and sat back down at the campfire just as Chiron was standing up to dismiss everyone to their cabins for the night. Suddenly there was a bright flash and there standing before all of us was the god Hermes. He nodded in acknowledgement towards his children in the Hermes cabin then spoke in a booming voice, "Zeus has sent me to announce that a quest must be taken to stop a terrible force which threatens s to awaken the sleeping Earth, Gaea". Annabeth addressed Hermes "What terrible force is awaking Gaea?" Hermes looked uncomfortable, "Zeus has declared that I shall not tell you what the force is" Percy stood. "Meaning none of you know do you?" Hermes frowned and started to glow. "You already have your prophecy. Now hurry, you only have so much time before she is awakened. "We all shielded our eyes and Hermes disappeared in a shining light.

Chiron cleared his throat and recited the prophecy to the rest of the camp. There were mummers throughout the entire camp, but Chiron silenced them and addressed Percy "The fates have already ordained who the leaders of this quest will be, Percy and Pearl. Who else will join your quest?" Chiron asked. Percy thought for a second and said "I need someone I can trust and who may understand this. Annabeth, will you come?"Wait a second…" I stood up and said. "Can't more than 3 people go on a quest? Nico should come too he can help. This may be some monster from the underworld he can control."

Percy gave me an apologetic look and said "Only three people can go on a quest, the few times more than three went, bad things happened…." This sent off another ripple of mummers throughout the camp and Chiron silenced them once more and sent all but me, Percy, Annabeth, and Nico back to their cabins. "Who is coming on your quest Percy and Pearl?" "Annabeth" Percy said. "No, Nico should come" I argued. Nico stepped towards me and said "Look I don't need to come; I'll be fine here…." Chiron nodded and said, "Alright it's settled then, Percy, Pearl and Annabeth, you will all set out on your quest tomorrow."

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