Chapter 13

Percy's POV

As the whole of the camp started to head towards the campfire, I walked towards where the entrance of the Labyrinth. There was no point in telling people to go on a quest if they have no entrance point. I stopped at the top of Zeus' fist. I could hear music playing in the camp. The celebrations had obviously started. I put my hand to the ground and moved the moisture around. I could use it to search for the entrance.

There it is I thought to myself. I straightened up and walked over to a barely visible crack in the ground. I rubbed on the soil around the crack and saw it. There was the mark for Daedalus. I smiled to myself. I got up and walked back to the camp. When Chiron saw me I nodded. He then rung a bell and all of those present turned to face him. The only exception to this was Aphrodite who was staring at me.

"Perseus has something to say." He announced.

Now everyone turned to face me. "I did not come here to help you in the capture the flag against the hunters or indeed to visit my friends. As much as I enjoyed catching up and, beating up some adolescent girls my mother sent me to give you a message. She told me to say that the titan army will launch an attack on camp half-blood in the near future. They will do this through the Labyrinth." There was a chorus of voices as everybody started to speak and ask me questions. I stomped my foot and an earthquake knocked everyone to their feet. Everyone was silent and once again looked at me. "We need to send a quest down to the Labyrinth led by a child of Athena. They are the only people to be able to traverse it. I am unable to go on a demigod quest as I am not a demigod. Therefore I suggest Annabeth Chase to lead the mission. She may take five people with her. You shall not consult the oracle for this quest as the Labyrinth is out of reach of it. It would not be able to help you. Five shall go on this quest." I nodded to my sister and she stood up.

"I shall take, Thalia, Luke, Clarisse, and Katie." She said.

The four chosen demigods accepted. The crowd dispersed back to their cabins. I caught up with Artemis.

"I think that it would be best if the hunters had a look around Mt Othrys." She nodded her affirmation.

"We will leave tomorrow." She said.

I nodded and I walked off. I flashed back to my mother's temple and was attacked by a ball of fur. She was about a month old and the size of a small bear. I let her pin me. She licked me from my chest to the top of my head. I laughed. I missed you too girl. I walked outside to the training arena to see my mother fighting about a hundred automatons. She has become much more powerful since my birth. I think it is because she never wants to be caught like that again. There is only one person on Olympus that she does not beat on a regular basis and that is my father. (If you count me, then me as well.) I clicked my fingers and Nemea ran forward at the command. She ripped apart about ten of them before getting bored and walking off to lick her claws. One was right behind mum and I blasted it with water. I knew she had it covered but I could not resist. Once she had finished the training she gave me a hug before asking me how the announcement of the mission went.

"It went fine mum. Annabeth will lead the quest with Thalia and Luke on it. The other two Clarisse and Katie are two of the most capable demigods in the camp and they will go as well." I said. Mum looked a little relaxed by what I said.

"They will be fine mum. If they really need help I will help them. Besides, Nemea has not fought much apart from Automatons. She would like to kill some titans." I said.

Mum smiled at that. "You should go to bed. You will need to be up early to send of the quest." I smiled, even at my current age my mum still thought it necessary to send me to bed.

The next morning I flashed down to where we were to meet. I only had to wait about five minutes for Annabeth and Thalia to turn up. Another fifteen for the remainder to turn up.

"Although I cannot come on the mission with you I will give you each a amulet and if you need help press the button. I will come." They looked at me in surprise. " What, did you think I would let my little sister go on a quest with just five demigods. Me and Nemea are only a button press away." I frowned, "Unless I am training then I may take longer to get there."

They all looked slightly worried by that. I probably should not have said it. I turned to the entrance to the Labyrinth. "One of you will have to touch it."

Luke walked over and I pointed to the marking on the ground. He touched it and it turned an ethereal blue colour. Luke jumped back in shock. I patted him on the back. "There we go." I turned to the others. "This is where your quest starts. Good luck and remember the amulet." With that they jumped into the opening one by one. When Katie had gone in I straightened up.

I had some training to catch up with. I hope they do not need me soon.