Lucas' P.O.V

"Chiron? You wanted to see me?"

"Perc- Lucas, there you are." There he goes again, calling me by my dad's name.

"You know how you've been wanting to go on a quest? Well, here's your chance to shine." He tells me, but instead of joy in his twinkling eyes, there's nothing but sympathy and grief. I nod solemnly, wanting to grin in excitement, but sensing Chiron's not in the best mood.

"Gather the others into the Grand Hall, we'll talk more there."

I run out and send a picture through the empathy link to my best friend, Ethan, son of Hephaestus.

"Everyone to the hall!" his high-pitched voice rings out clear over the loud speakers. Multiple groans rumble through the crowd of demigods as they make their way to the hall for the third time this week. He joins me on the way and we slap hands, "hey bro." he grins his cheeky smile. I nod with a smile in welcome.

"What's going on?"

"I'm not really allowed to tell you anything yet, but some people are going on some quest." I tell him and his eyes widen.

"Who? Probably Bianca." He smiles and nudges me. I shrug him off me.

"I don't know yet," I say, turning away to hide my slight blush at the mention of Bianca, daughter of Ares, my crush. We all settle down as Chiron starts speaking.

"I'm sorry students. I'm sure this is annoying you, but this is a very big announcement." He takes a deep breath and we all lean forward in anticipation. "There is a new students at Camp Half Blood, Jessica Chase."

A shy girl appears out from Chiron and I smile to myself. She's adorable. She swings on her feet and a slight blush appears across her slightly freckled nose and cheeks. Her small, red mouth curves into a slight smile and dimples appear on her pink cheeks. What captivates me are her eyes. They're a stormy blue, almost so dark they look grey. They shine in the light so they sparkle silver. She gives everyone a little wave, her eyes sweeping the crowd. When her eyes lock onto mine I hold her gaze, until she looks away with an even pinker face.

"Everyone settle down please!" Chiron calls out into the crowd again. "There are a new seven." A gasp rattles through the crowd. Everyone knows being part of the seven means ultimate fame and heroism, or death.

"Please come out when I call your name: Katie, Ethan,"

"No way!" Ethan gasps. I push him gently up to the front and give him a thumbs up.

"Sasha, Rebekah, Lucas…"

My grin spreads wide across my face and I almost skip up to the stage. I manage to compose myself as I go and stand next to my companion, Rebekah, daughter of Aphrodite. I look across at Ethan, and he gives me a cheeky grin and wink.

Lily's P.O.V

"Two left." I mutter to myself. "That's you and Bianca." I say to Skye. She smiles at me,

"Thanks, probably. But you never know, you've been training really hard this year."

There's no way Chiron would send me on this quest, not one this important. He probably meant a minor quest a few days ago.

"Skye," Chiron calls.

"Told ya," I smile and we fist pump.

"Last, but certainly not least."

Out of the corner of my eye I see Bianca standing up.

"Lily Solace!"

WHAT!? Me?

"Ahh!" I scream in joy and nearly trip over my own feet as I join the others.

"Our new seven."

I see Bianca glaring at me under her eyelashes. I avert my eyes and take a peek of Jessica Chase. She seems sweet, and kind of shy. She sees me looking and gives me a quick smile and thumbs up.

"Jessica is from Camp Jupiter and has a lot of experience with quests, so she shall be accompanying you. She is also a very talented daughter of Athena, and would love to train you her ways of fighting."

"Awesome!" I say, smiling at her.

"Thank you." Her voice is sweet, high and tinged with a slight English accent.

"Dismissed!" Chiron announces, seeming to remember every demigod is still here. When everyone has filed out Chiron says to us that the quest begins Monday next week. "So you should have plenty of time to train with Jessica." He smiles warmly, putting a gentle hand on Jessica's shoulder.

When he leaves, Jessica turns to us.

"Hey, I'm Jessica Chase, but you can call me Jess or J for short. I thought we could start training tomorrow lunch, and have a break today. If that sounds good?" She says, losing her blush as she becomes more confident.

"Sounds good." We all agree.

"Well, see you then. I've already had a tour, so I know where most things are." She smiles, waves and walks quietly out the door.

We all leave our separate ways and Skye joins me on the way out.

"Thoughts?"

"I like her, and I think Chiron chose really well. Rebekah has the most powerful charm speak in the history of CHB, Katie has a fiery attitude, I mean she could scare people off with a look. Sasha is really smart and great with a bow. Ethan, well he inherited his father's good looks," at this I give her a slight nudge, and she blushes," and of course his dad's power over fire and incredible talent at making things. You're amazing! I bet Zeus wonders at your lightning bolts. And Lucas, well it's Lucas. Head Councillor of the Poseidon cabin, most powerful waves ever, since Percy Jackson is his dad. Well, we knew it was gonna be him. I just, why me?"

"Girl!? Are you serious? You're talent with singing, a bow and healing arts are amazing! Everyone knew it was gonna be you, apart from you and Liam Stoll, speaking of which…" she died off as Liam came up and sheepishly held out $200 cash and 15 golden Drachmas.

"Thank you!" She smiles, flicking her hair sassily.

"You bet on me?"

"You bet I did!" She starts giggling and soon I join in with her infectious laugh. Soon we're cackling like weirdos and I'm just thinking I'm so lucky to have a bestie like Skye.

Hey guys! I gave you a treat! This is soooo long and took me quite a while to write. It's 1000 words long, count I dare you ;)

Hope you enjoy!

-MD