Back at Luke's home, he was being fitted with an outfit. He looked around the mansion and muttered, "How have we lived here all these years?"

He looked around in reproach, then snapped his fingers. Lights started flicking on, showing a vast room with a staircase at the end. Alabaster smiled, Chris grinned. Luke turned to his siblings, "In my absence, I expect this place to be fit for the kings and queens we are. When I return with our prize, we shall be young again."

Chris put a ring on his finger, while Alabaster held out a tray with their favorite knives, made out of glass. Luke picked up the smallest knife and held out a hand to Chris, who dropped stones in it.

"Never fear, loves. I will not fail."

The siblings smiled as Luke left the mansion and entered their only carriage. He took off for the star.

Meanwhile, in the crater lay Nico sleeping. Percy sat nearby, trying to escape the rope. Percy tugged at the rope, waking Nico.

Nico looked at him, "Don't you ever sleep, Star?"

"Not at night, May have escaped your notice, moron. Stars have better things to do at night. They're shining, coming out and all that stuff."

"Well, it may have escaped yours, but you're not in the sky anymore."

They argued back and forth for a good ten minutes before Nico glared at Percy. "OK Fine, Star. I have had enough. I was going to let you go back to the sky after I showed you to Annabeth, but since you're so stubborn."

"And, how was the genius planning to get me back to the sky?" Percy looked at Nico with sarcasm evident on his face.

"Well, I find the best way to travel is by candlelight."

"Wait, you have a Death candle?"

"Yeah I have a deal candle. So?"

"Death candle."

"That's what I said."

"You said deal candle." Percy snickered. Nico rolled his eyes. "Anyway I was going to give what's left of it to you."

"Oh, And what do I have to do in return?"

"Come with me to meet Annabeth, and I'll give you the candle to get you home."

Percy looked at Nico, judging him. "Okay. I'll do it."

Nico smiled and helped Percy up. They started moving in the direction Nico thought the wall was.

Meanwhile, in different parts of the country, Ares and Poseidon were riding their way to find the necklace. Ares was on horseback, where Poseidon was riding a carriage.

Nico and Percy were walking over hills following a path. They walked a long way as the sun started rising.

Luke stopped at a farmhouse where he heard a woman shouting for her son to sell their goat for money. He walked up to the boy and offered him money for the goat. The boy saw his carriage, and replied that his goat alone would not be able to pull the carriage. Luke looked at him, and spoke "True."

He held out a finger and the boy found himself shrinking. He was turned into a goat. The two goats were hitched to the carriage and Luke saw that his hand aged due to his use of magic. He groaned. He got into the carriage and set off. Soon he came upon a yellow carriage. Sitting outside is a witch, cooking herself a rabbit. Luke looked at her, "Good morrow, Dancing Iris."

Iris looked up and saw him. "Good morrow. What brings you here?"

"I look to share your meal."

"Come sit, I shall fetch you a seat."

She snapped her fingers and Maria transformed from a sparrow to herself. She grabbed a stool and put it where Luke could sit. "Anything else, mistress?"

"No, girl." Another snap of the fingers and Maria was a sparrow again.

"So what is it to be, heads or tails?" Iris pointed to the rabbit. Luke choose heads, so Iris cut the rabbit in half and fixed them both plates. After eating for a few minutes, Iris looked at Luke , "Where are you heading, handsome stranger?"

"I seek a fallen star. It fell not far from here. I plan to cut out its heart while it's still alive and the glory of our youth shall be restored."

Luke 's face became bewildered.

"Fallen star? That's the best news I've had in ages. I could do with a few changes myself. So whereabouts did you..."

"Liberty Seeds! You dare steal truth from my lips by feeding me Liberty seeds?"

"A witch needs to know things." Iris shrugged.

"Do you have any idea what a horrid mistake you just made, Dancing Iris?"

Luke glared at her. She looked at him, not understanding.

"Look closer."

She saw who he really was, and begged for mercy.

He cast a spell on her, that she would never be able to tell if a star crossed her path ever again.