Chapter 2: The Prophecy of Silver Chains

I was faintly aware of me holding Nikki's hand as we walked toward the big house, but I didn't pay too much attention to it. No, I was too focused on what kind of prophecy Rachel gave Nikki. A prophecy after the camp's walls was breached? Not coincidental, it either had to do with Lycaon kidnapping Lady Artemis or another matter entirely.

"whoa, slow down Nick." Nikki said as we ran toward the big house. I complied, but I still kept a pretty fast pace. When I opened the door, I thought we were the only ones called.

Oh boy was I wrong.

Chiron called all SEVEN demigods of the great prophecy to the meeting, along of course their significant other. I saw Chiron and was about to ask about the prophecy when Mr. D suddenly said, "I see PDA does not matter to you Flick."

I tilted my head a bit since I didn't know what he was talking about until I felt a tug on my arm. I looked to my left and saw Nikki furiously blushing while holding my left hand, her right hand tugging at my sleeve. I felt the heat come up to my face and gently removed my hand from hers. We quietly took our seats, we were seated opposite each other. I looked around and saw the guys giving me smirks and thumb ups. Even Nico was grinning for gods sake! I cleared my throat.

"Ahem, er, I guess we should discuss about the details of this meeting? I just woke up after all. And Mr. D, it's actually Nick, not Flick." I said. Mr. D just waved his hand dismissively.

"yes, as young Nick was saying, a new prophecy has arisen foretelling of a great threat. Miss Dare, if you would so kindly recite the prophecy for us?" Chiron said to the person on his left.

I looked at her, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, the oracle of Apollo. While she may not look the part with her jeans and t-shirt covered with paint, once the green mist takes over, you'll definitely not doubt her being the oracle again.

She stood up, and immediately green mist engulfed her whole body. She closed her eyes for a second, and when she opened them again they glowed green.

Here comes the part that really makes my hair stand on end.

"In darkness, silver's light grows faint,

The chosen three shall remove its chains,

Atop a mountain they will succeed,

For the child of Hades will make them bleed."

Rachel collapsed and Frank, who sat next to her, caught her and laid her on her chair. Using the power of the oracle makes her faint for a few minutes, give or take.

"well, that was a short one. And this time it doesn't sound very complicated." Percy said, Annabeth looked at him pointedly.

"no it isn't seaweed brain, first off what or who is the silver light? Secondly, who are the chosen three?" she said as her forehead creased.

"that's easy, obviously, the silver light is Artemis right? And then the chosen three will be me, Jason, and Nico." Percy replied.

"wait up, you can't make that kind of assumption in an instant. What if it's something that's not Artemis. And why didn't you include me in your roster?" said Annabeth, her grey eyes lighting up in challenge.

Percy paled, "well, you see…you have a lot to do here Annabeth. You have to build cabins for the Romans, and I don't want you to stress yourself with this quest since you have a lot of things on your plate already." He said as he gently put his hand on top of Annabeth's.

All of the girls said, "awww." While me and the rest of the guys rolled our eyes. The dude obviously didn't want to be minced meat at the end of the meeting.

"Wait, why does it have to be you, Jason and Nico? Can't it be anyone else?" said Leo.

"since we're kids of the big three, and the prophecy does state a child of Hades." Said Jason. Leo raised an eyebrow, uh oh. Unless I said something a fight would ensue.

"Actually, I agree with Percy that the silver light is Lady Artemis. Thalia said earlier to me that Lycaon kidnapped her in an ambush on the hunters led by him." I said as I looked at Thalia. All of them looked at her with shock, and she shifted uncomfortably in her seat.

"it's true. The bastard jumped us while we were coming back from a hunt. Never knew the wolf had balls." She scowled.

"well, that confirms it. Come on Jason and Nico, we need-

"however, I don't agree on Percy with the chosen three." I said as I looked each of them in the eye.

"then who do you think it has to be Nick?" asked Calypso

They all waited for me, I took a deep breath.

"Nikki told me that before the meeting was called, Rachel recited the prophecy to her first. This prompted her to go to Chiron to call the meeting. So one of the three is her."

They all looked thoughtful for a moment and just merely nodded.

"the next one is going to be me."

They all raised their eyebrows at that, I expected the reaction since who was I to tell them what to do.

"and why do you say that Nick?" Frank asked as a smirk appeared on his face.

I looked at them dead in the eye and said, "look, I know it sounds crazy and I have no right whatsoever in forcing myself into this quest, but the prophecy said that a child of Hades has to be a part of it."

"then why not Nico or Hazel?" asked Leo.

"because, Hazel is a child of Pluto, not Hades. So technically she isn't the one. As for me and Nico, I'm the only one with Artemis as my patron saint so it makes sense for me to be the one included in this quest."

Chiron looked at me for a minute and said, "very well Nick, you are the second member of the quest. But who is the third?"

"no doubt it's gonna be me, supreme commander mchizzle Leo valdez!" Leo said as he stood up, his eyes burning with excitement. And err, his whole body.

Calypso quickly doused him with water from a nearby goblet.

"actually no. the third isn't going to be one of the seven actually. All of you need to be here in case another incident like two days ago happens again. The third one is going to be someone me and Nikki have known for quite a while and we trust him with our lives." I said.

"who?" they all asked. Me and Nikki looked at each other and smiled.

"Colwyn Magnus."