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 They were still tossing food around, as they approached the lake. Most of the campers dove in while others constructed sand forts and volleyball nets. One of the Ares campers started a bonfire, as Chiron and Dionysus looked on.
"Chocolate is a good color on you." Said Chiron.
"Oh shut it." Grumbled Dionysus as he trudged back to his offices.
Chiron took in the beach, these were happy times and he prayed to everything good that they would last for a long while.

Chapter 2: Visions of Fire

"I think you still have a pea in your hair Wise Girl." Percy said as he came up behind Annabeth.

"Seriously!" said Annabeth "it's been three days! I've taken showers since then." Shaking her hair she tried to fling the peas out.

Percy could only laugh; grabbing her chin he pressed a kiss to her lips. "I'm only kidding."

"Ugh seaweed brain." Annabeth punched his shoulder.

"You know you love me!" Smiled Percy

"Sometimes I wonder why." Muttered Annabeth. She went back to her computer, well Daedalus' computer, sketching out a concert pavilion for Apollo. "I just can't seem to get the contour right, Apollo wanted curvy but modern, ugh this is just... ugh." Annabeth was talking to herself "Seaweed Brain quit that! I can't concentrate." Percy had been twirling her hair around his fingers as he lounged on the couch next to her.

"Uff," he grunted after Annabeth pelted him with a pillow. "Come on Wise Girl you've been at this all morning, come with me, I need someone to help train the new kids."

"Percy I can't, I have to get this finished!" Annabeth stated, turning she faced Percy. He was sitting there with his best puppy dog eyes and pouty face. "Oh Seaweed Brain." Sighing she settled in next to him with her head on his shoulder.

"Or we can stay like this," Whispered Percy.

"mmmm?" Annabeth had her eyes closed, just feeling Percy breathe. Their adventure to Tartarus and then to defeat Gaea had been taxing on them both. But, they were closer than they had ever been because of it; this was the forever type of love, she could feel it. Without Percy there was no reason for her to go on and she knew he felt the same way. He had grown up this past year, emotionally and physically. He had gotten taller by a couple inches, he was still lean but he had also accumulated more muscle which gave him a swoon worthy physique. If she hadn't known how deeply he cared for her, well, she would never admit that there was ever a time she was jealous. The biggest change for him was mentally. Percy still had his lovable sense of humor only, some of his child like wonder was gone. This war with Gaea and Camp Jupiter took a little of that light away from him. Annabeth hoped with each passing day the light would slowly come back. For now, though, they were both content to never leave one another.

The lunch bell rang through out the camp. "I guess we better go get some food." Muttered Annabeth.

"I guess." Sighed Percy. They both moved off the couch in Poseidon's cabin to the dining pavilion.

"Did you see Andrew? He was all HA-HIYA-BOOM-WHACK-STAB! It was so radical!" Yelled a couple of kids from the Ares cabin. "It was so cool!" shouted a couple of younger Ares campers that had surrounded the table, fawning over a kid named Andrew. Clarisse stood to the side like a proud older sister. She caught Percy staring at her and sent a death glare his way. All Percy could do was smile and shake his head, even after all they'd been through Clarisse still hated his guts. And Percy wouldn't change it for the world.

"We still on for this afternoon?" Asked Percy.

"Of course Seaweed Brain, just you and me."

"Good. Till then Wise girl." Percy said as he placed a kiss on Annabeth's temple. They both separated to eat at their cabin's table.

Talking and laughing rang through the dining pavilion. Thirty minutes later shouting could be heard from the blue house. "CHIRON! Dionysus! Chiron!" was heard as Connor, a son of Hermes, came running down the hill. Campers stopped talking and stared at him. Panting he had his hands on his knees trying to catch his breath.

"Well what is it Chris?" Asked Dionysus over his paper.

"Con-nor," breath "Sir" breath.

"Whatever… Spit it out young man!"

"It's Rachael! She just collapsed! She was talking one minute then - BAM - she was on the ground. Sir."

Dionysus jumped to his feet and jogged back up the hill. Chiron rolling fast behind him, "Thank you Connor." Said Chiron as he passed.

"Since when did Dionysus jog?" Muttered Grover with a can in his mouth.

"No idea." Percy replied as he shoved his blue peanut butter and jelly sandwich in his mouth. He stood along with Annabeth as they followed Dionysus and Chiron up the hill.

Percy and Annabeth moved as a unit into Chiron's outer office. Dionysus sat in a chair while Rachel was lying on the sofa. Chiron had his hands busy dabbing cool water on her forehead.

"Is she ok?" Asked Annabeth.

"Yes, she should be fine. She's in a sleeping state." Chiron surmised. "Hand me some ambrosia will you?" Chiron directed that to Dionysus.

"Yes yes. Ambrosia." Dionysus rummaged through the basket beside him not taking his eyes off his Grapes and Gods magazine and found a vile. Passing it over he asked "I wonder if she had a vision before she passed out. It would explain this."

"I agree, but as none of us were there, we will have to wait until she wakes up." Chiron took the stopper off the vile and put a drop on her tongue.

Several minutes passed before she began to stir. "Ugh my head." Rachael groaned.

"Be careful." Said Chiron as she moved to sit up.

"What happened?" Rachael asked as she looked around the room.

Dionysus flipped to the next page of his magazine. "You collapsed apparently..." Flip of the page. "Did you have a vision?"

"You could be nicer." Chiron chastised.

"Phish-posh," Dionysus waved his hand at Chiron. "Now, Regan, a vision or not?"

"It's Rachel." Annabeth and Percy said in unison. Rachael leaned back against the cushion.

"Yes, but it was so much more. I've never had anything like it. It's like I was…" she paused.

"Like what Rachael?" asked Chiron.

She pressed her hands to her face trying to organize everything that had happened in the last two hours.

Her father's new head of security dropped her at the camp gate. They could never understand why she liked this camp, not that she cared. Walking down the path towards the camp, she heard the lunch bell ring; a smile played on her face life was good she was home.

It wasn't until she breeched the woods and walked past the blue house that anything happened. It started out small. A flash of light here, a hot feeling there, random words and sounds crashing into her ears. Stumbling she made her way to the fountain and sat on the edge, then the first vision hit.

A group of kids standing around a table, the room reminded her of the hideout Leo had found months ago.

"Hang on Kora, do you think we should?" Asked a tall skinny dark skinned boy.

"Es bueno! It'll be great!" said the one named Kora. All of a sudden a huge white flash flooded Rachael's vision. Gripping her head in her hands, screams radiated throughout her skull.

"AHHHH" she screamed herself, collapsing onto the cobblestone. Another vision hit.

A hill. Clocks tons of clocks, and the ticking noise. Explosions, clashing of swords, screams, and the distinctive smell of iron, it was all too much.

"Rachael? Are you ok?" She could barely see through the haze.

"Chiron, get Chiron." She managed to muster before everything went black.

During her black out, she dreamt many things. First she was at the Hoover Dam helping a skinny boy with sea green eyes hide from monsters, and then she zoomed to when they were in the Labyrinth, before they were split up. Percy was standing beside her, she could feel his breath and he turned back to her and smiled. Her heart quickened, he was fading. Percy was fading away! She struggled, trying to reach him, to call out, but nothing seemed to help. He was gone, she was stuck in the Labyrinth without him, panic seeped into her body.

Something grabbed her around her waist and jolted her to the next dream. She was sitting on the arena seats, watching Percy and Clarisse race against other campers through an obstacle course. This was only a month ago. But the scene wasn't right, frowning Rachael looked around. Everyone was see-through. All of a sudden the guy next to her disappeared, startled she looked back out over the arena, campers were disappearing. Jumping to her feet she tried to warn them, get some one to talk to her.

"Rrrraacchaellll." She froze. "Rrraaaaaachaelllll." Some one was calling her name. Slowly Rachael turned. "Rachaelllll, myyyyyyy deaaarrrr, sweet chilllld. Do not fear meeeee." There standing in front of her was a figure in white, floating, shimmering, and and… "Oracle?" Rachael asked quietly hoping she was right.

"Yessssss, my dear one. I am here."

"Wha-what is going on?" Rachael asked. If a ghostly white shimmering figure could frown this one was definitely unhappy. Taking a couple steps closer she could finally make out subtle features that distinguished the Oracle's face. Never before had the Oracle appeared this way.

"Time is running out, my dear one. Time is running..."

"Is THAT why they're fading?" Rachael gestured to the peo… they were gone. Rachael gasped. She was alone in the arena. But it wasn't an arena, she could she the grass underneath the dirt. Camp was disappearing!

"If Gods should roam the Earth once more,
Challenging the new found four,
Trust is needed between present next.
Beneath in slumber should that change, nothing been will stay the same.
A savior both one shall be, a sacrifice, broken branch from tree.
Together fight, internally battle, presence here sure will rattle.
Quietly moving, in shadows be. Together only not alone, a family…"

Rachael stood dumbfounded, but they had just defeated Gaea and now this! Snapping to, she noticed the Oracle fading. "Oracle! Wait! What's going on!"

The Oracle was dull and no longer looked to be floating; her being was stagnant, no rippling… just still. Raising her arm, the Oracle reached out to Rachael. Rachael reached towards her. "Haste, haste my child or everything fades to memoryyyyy." And she was gone.

With labored breathing and wide eyes Rachael stared at the horizon. Camp was gone. Around her grass and wild flowers wilted, and blazing trees covered the ground that used to hold the cabins. The sunset was nothing like she had seen before red, and purple, mixtures of green, and the smell it was horrible. She brought her hands up to cover her face as flames licked at her heels.

"Oh shi…" And then everything went black.

Cliffhanger! Hopefully some drachmas, I mean reviews this time? eh?

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