Once again I've posted a chapter on time! Yay!

Thanks to all the support from everyone, keep it up! Also, I've planned once I finish this I'll do a sort of Demigod Files type of thing, going into the back stories of some of the characters and other short stories.

Enjoy this chapter!

~Sky

Drey Datario

Drey was so close to getting the final hit on the Minotaur when the blizzard started. He had luckily been able to use his clawed hand to grab onto the ground though, keeping him anchored down. It seemed to have been going on forever as the wind and snow stung like little bullets. Then suddenly and abruptly it all just stopped.

Drey stood up, and changed his hand back to normal, looking around. The garden looked almost the exact same as before, as if a giant blizzard hadn't just went through it. All of the monsters were nowhere in sight, and he saw Alec, Chase, and Tara looking as confused as him.

Alec turned to look at the pedestal where the scythe had been and Drey following his gaze saw Cleo was still there. How she had managed to not move during the whole thing confused him.

Alec raced over to her and felt her pulse, relieved he announced, "She's alive," as he started to grab some nectar and reviving her.

"Have you seen anyone else?" Drey asked them.

Chase shook his head, "nope…"

"I'm guessing they weren't able to find something to hold on to, who knows where they all could be," Tara said looking lost.

Cleo suddenly sat up gasping for air.

"What happened to you?" Chase asked.

"I'm not really sure. There was a searing pain that made it feel like I was like engulfed in fire or something, but the same time freezing cold… then I kept seeing the Parthenon. But it only felt like it was five seconds, and now I woke up to it being a ring on my finger," Cleo said slowly, holding up her hand to reveal a silver band on her finger. She reached to take it off, but as soon as she touched it she drew her hand back sharply in pain. "I don't think I can get it off," she said worriedly.

"We need to look around for the others, there is a chance they still might be around here somewhere, else we will have to just leave," Drey said crossing his arms.

"Well, we have found what was lost, almost finishing the prophecy, our best bet would be just to follow what Cleo heard when she touched the scythe," Tara said.

"So you mean we have to go all the way to Greece?!" Chase asked exasperatedly.

"It is probably just the one in Nashville," Alec said. "We have nothing to lose if we just stop by there," he added.

"Tara and Chase, could you check the rest of the center? If we can't find them we will just have to leave without them. Meet us by the car," Drey said. Tara and Chase nodded and ran out.

Alec helped Cleo up, who winced. "You sure you're okay? That sounded terrible," Alec said.

Cleo nodded, "I'm fine, let's go," she said.

"Thank goodness I have the keys," Drey said with a slight smirk as he grabbed the keys from his pockets. The three of them walked out, leaving behind the now empty garden. They walked the short distance to the van in an awkward silence, Cleo being the one to break it.

"What happened when I went unconscious?" Cleo asked.

"Well, the snowstorm got terrible and the Drey, Chase, Tara, and myself managed to hold on to something, I'm not so sure about you though," Alec explained.

"Also, Jose managed to kill the Echidna, the other three monsters were still alive when the snowstorm swept through us all," Drey added. Cleo nodded, and started to absentmindedly twist the ring on her finger.

"Is it not hurting?" Alec asked, noticing her.

She looked down in shock, "oh, I guess not, maybe it is only when I try to take it off," she noted. Drey wasn't sure what, but he knew his best bet would to not even try to touch it, there was something ominous... maybe even evil about it.

They got to the van and Drey unlocked it, "I can drive first," he offered, stepping into the driver's seat.

Chase ran over to them, "shotgun!" he yelled with a grin. He hopped into the passenger seat, "just in time," he said contentedly.

Tara was walking a little behind him, shaking her head slowly at his eagerness. "We didn't see anyone else, and I asked a few other people and there wasn't any mention of five other teenagers," Tara explained.

"Any luck with where we are supposed to be going?" Chase asked.

"Nashville, Tennessee; the Parthenon," Alec replied getting into the van. Since there were only three other people they were able to get one row for each; Tara taking the back, Alec the middle, and Cleo the front. Drey started the car, pulling away from the parking lot.

Leonata Olivieri

"We need to take route 30," Will said holding up the map.

"No, 20 is faster," Ace argued as he pointed out the road. Nata rolled her eyes at their bickering. They hadn't been able to decide on a single thing the whole ride so far. Frustrated she took the map right out of their hands, she could've been sleeping right now.

"Look, we take 20 until we get to the intersection which we switch onto 30," she said throwing the map back at them. It didn't help that Charlotte and Jose didn't have the biggest voices. Will glared at Ace and pulled the car out of the gas station, surprisingly following Nata's advice. Triumphantly she fell into a dreamless sleep.

Leonata woke up as someone insistently poked her on the shoulder. "What is it," she grumbled opening her eyes and saw an urgent Charlotte.

"There are gorgons outside, which somehow you managed to sleep through," she said pulling Nata's arm urgently.

"Oh shit, what?" she said getting up quickly and jumping out of the van. The two famous gorgons, Euryale and Stheno were there, fighting Will and Ace, while Jose and Quinn fought a swarm of Stymphalian birds.

"Wow, you failed to mention the swarm of metal birds," Nata said as she hastily grabbed her knife. "You help with the birds, I'll get the gorgons," she said running off to help Ace and Quinn.

Jose and Quinn were working slowly, but efficiently, Jose burning multiple at a time with blasts, and Quinn shooting them down with his bow. Will and Ace on the other hand fought completely out of sync. Ace needed only to touch them with his stygian iron sword and he could weaken them dramatically, but without Will being backup the gorgons were easily able to deflect his blows, and Will was only worrying about himself.

Nata ran over to them and intercepted a blade with her knife. "You guys need to put all your crap behind you and learn to work together," she hissed.

"No, no, keep up what you're doing, you may eventually be able to beat us," Stheno said laughing.

"Yes, this is a great strategy," Euryale chided, blocking another strike from Ace.

"Fine, what do you have planned?" Will said angrily.

"Well, use your strengths to help Aces," Nata said, hoping he would get the hint. It must've clicked since Will turned to the side and blocked one of Euryale's blades for him, allowing Ace to strike her straight through the heart, and turning her into a pile of dust with a small vial left behind. Nata used her knife to block Stheno as she tried to get Will with his back turned. She screamed at her dead sister and went at them with full force. Luckily, Will and Ace got their acts together and did almost the same thing, except this time Ace blocked and Will took the last shot, turning Stheno into another pile of ashes and left behind an exact replica of the other vial.

"Here, you can take them," Ace said as he picked up the vials and handed them to Nata.

"Why thank you," she said grinning, and stuffing them in her pocket. She turned to see how the others were doing, and they were just fine. Quinn shot a few of the stragglers flying up ahead, leaving behind a mound of dead birds.

"Great job, well… let's just stay the night here, it's already like 8 o'clock," William sighed as he sheathed his sword.

"That is the best idea ever," Nata nodded. Ace left to get the rooms, and when he came back he handed one to Leonata and she ran into the room, falling straight asleep. It surprised even Nata herself how much she slept. Maybe it was having the Titan of the moon as a mom, or maybe it was just how amazing sleep was, but whatever it was she wasn't complaining.

As soon as she closed her eyes a dream washed over her. She was standing outside of a giant palace made of what looked like obsidian and black stones.

"We decided to make our next palace a little further from the Roman camp this time," said a voice from behind her. Leonata turned around to see her mom, Selene. She had long flowing silver hair with pale skin and her eyes glowed like the moon. The unsettling part though was that she looked only thirteen with an innocent look.

"It's kinda hard to think of you as my mom if you look a lot younger than me," Nata said crossing her arms.

Selene laughed, "I prefer this form, but if you want I guess I can appear older," she ended with a huffed. A pale silver light surrounded her than left behind a much older titan, looking around thirtyish but other than that the same.

"Now, I want you to be prepared for the choice you will have to make up ahead. I understand being on a quest like this enables you to become close with the enemies, it won't make it any bit easier," Selene stopped as she looked around cautiously and added a little quieter," I consider myself to be more neutral, I haven't really helped either the titans or gods yet so I will have to make the same decision as you soon."

"Is that what you wanted to tell me? To prepare to choose? I already know, the gods are immature selfish immortals that don't deserve to be in charge," Nata said. She pretended not to notice the hurt in her mother's eyes. That hint showed her that her mom wanted her to change her path while she still could, but who is she to tell Nata what to do.

"This was a great chatmom, but I've decided, you were the one pushing me this direction the whole time anyway."

"I never did, I tried to show you the right way. But, as your mom I will choose how you do," she comforted. "Goodbye."

The world around Nata faded as she found herself back in her motel room, blinking her eyes awake.

"Perfect timing, we were just about to head out," Charlotte said as she got ready. Nata groaned and put her black hair in a sloppy bun and threw on a clean, well she thought it was clean, camp shirt and jean shorts. She followed Charlotte out the door to the van, where the other four already were.

Quinn held out two McMuffins for both of them. "We got breakfast while you guys were getting ready," he offered.

"Thanks," Charlotte said as she took one. Nata nodded and took the other, sitting in the van. Everyone else followed suit, Quinn in the passenger seat and Will in the drivers. She kinda felt bad for the guy, he was the only one out of all of them that could drive, the other three missing.

"Our next stop will be in Nashville, it'll be a five hour drive, so if you need anything we need to get it now," Will said as he started the car. Nata groaned at the next long ride, but surprisingly she didn't sleep the whole time. The drive was long and boring, but they eventually reached the city in Tennessee. It was 12 in the afternoon and everyone was hungry.

"Hey, we should eat in that café," Quinn said as he pointed out a small place next to the Parthenos.

"I bet you just wanna be next to the building made after your mom," Nata teased as she got out and stretched. Almost as soon as she said it she realized that Athena wasn't his real mom… he had a titan for a parent just like her… Prometheus.

"I actually wouldn't mind that, any objections?" William asked, making a pointed glare at Ace.

Returning the stare Ace shrugged, "Sure, I don't care." You would think after finally learning to fight together they would at least warm up to each other, but no. The six of them sat down and ordered.

"This is actually a really pretty view," Charlotte mused, as she looked at the Parthenon. Nata swore she saw Charlotte's gaze flicker to William, years of pretending to be a daughter of Aphrodite did give her some intuitive about the heart. Shrugging she went back to eating her chili, but a giant column of fire from the other side of the Parthenon distracted her and the rest of the group. People kept walking as if they didn't even notice it.

Everyone looked at each other and a silent agreement came over all of them, as they took off towards the direction of the disruption, in the center stood a tall muscular figure with glowing eyes coming out of a golden armor. He held a long golden sword and emanated a bright light, harsher than that of Apollo.

"Welcome to the party!" Chase yelled as he narrowly dodged a blast of fire that was shot by the person.