DISCLAIMER- ALL RIGHTS GO TO RICK. I have got to think of more creative ways to say this...

After a year of training, a symbol was branded into my skin. It was a trident, an owl, and one tally mark. The day I got them, the little girl came back. She asked for help again and vanished. Mom, Dad, and them had to leave because out was almost time for them to take their parents place.

Mom and Dad left last week. I've been having a really weird dream. In it, fourteen people I assume to be the gods are chained to the wall. Hestia always begs for help. This time, she's more specific.

"Maya, you have to stop Kronos. Or he will wake Chaos. And that won't be good for any of us. He will rise on your father's thirty-fifth birthday. You must free is by then, or light as you know it will die."

I sit bolt upright, bonking my head on the bunk above mine.

"Maya?" Luke pokes his head over the edge.

"Where's John and Reyna?" I ask.

"John's in bed, and Reyna probably is too."

"Get John and meet me at Reyna's," I dart out of bed, still my PJs. Not bothering to change, I run down the street to Reyna's house and pound on the door.

"It's two in the morning. Go back to bed," the praetor says sleepily.

"I need you to authorize a quest," I say.

"A quest? Maya, it's two in the morning."

"Reyna it's important. Hestia needs me and the gang. She told me to stop Kronos from waking Chaos. The gods are imprisoned somewhere, and I have to free them. I can't do that alone. If you don't authorize this, we'll go anyway and just do it on our own."

"Give me five minutes," she disappears into the house. Five minutes later, she emerges holding a bronze ballpoint pen. "This is your father's. He left it here and told me to give it to you when the time was right. I think this is that time. Go. But take John with you."

"Thank you Reyna," I turn and charge back to the dorms.

"He won't wake up," Luke says.

"John, we have a quest," I say. Nothing. I will his water bottle to explode and he jerks awake.

"What the heck?!"

"We have a quest. Get ready," Luke and I leave to wake the others.

We leave about half an hour later to give everyone a chance to grab some supplies. I Iris-message Dad while i wait on them.

"Maya? What's wrong?"

"Where's your dad?"

"Not here. He left a few weeks ago. Haven't seen him since. Why?"

"When do you turn thirty-five?"

"Ten days. Why?"

"In mythology, Kronos is also known as Time, right?"

"In case you hadn't figured it out, I'm not the expert on mythology, but Kronos is the Titan of time, yeah."

"And Kronos is a he?"

"Yeah."

"I think I know what the last two lines of the prophecy mean."

"What?"

"When the successors are born, that's you, Mom, and all the others. Thirty-five years remain, that's in ten days. To take their place on Olympus, as gods, replacing your parents. Before the golden blood rains, Ichor, blood of the gods. Or stop Time in his tracks, or stop Kronos. To free the gods of their chains to save the gods. Lupa said we're tied in to the gods fate. Hestia came back. All the gods are imprisoned somewhere. Hestia told me to stop Kronos by your thirty-fifth birthday. Dad, he's going to wake Chaos. Chaos will undo the creation of the earth. Everyone will die. You guys have to take the gods place as a last ditch effort to stop Kronos. Dad, I can't not do this. Reyna's already okayed it, so long as John comes. We're about to head out."

"Did Reyna give you the pen?"

"The one that turns into a super cool sword when you take the cap off? Oh yeah."

"It'll always return to your pocket in pen form. It's name is anaklusmos."

"Riptide.

"Yeah. Maya, be careful. And wary. Especially of Luke. In his last life, he not only fought for Kronos, but he let Kronos possess him. He may still be susceptible to the Titan's will. Also, your mother and I are so proud of you."

"Thanks."

"Now go kick some Titan butt," Dad grins and swiped his hand through the image, breaking the connection. And that's exactly what we do. We go kick some Titan butt.