To storm or fire the world must fall,
an oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms at the doors of death
The excitement and tension in the air were almost tangible. A council meeting was held because no matter what they thought they couldn't unite under the same person. No way the Apolo kids would side with Zeus, and Thalia wasn't willing to side with Appolo as the other hunters of Artemis had.
They agreed that each cabin would choose a side, and the cabin leaders would choose that side. As it was a very important decision they were given two weeks.
The decision troubled Percy a lot. Normally he would side with Appolo because in his opinion Zeus was a horrible leader. However -due to Apollo's recent nature- Percy wasn't sure he wanted to follow a guy like that. And his ambition could make him an even worse leader.
In the end, he decided he would side with whoever Annabeth did. Meanwhile, Grover and the Satar council had decided that they should probably work with Zeus. It was a tough decision as they were scared of both gods. But in the end, they were more scared of Zeus in a way that is hard to describe.
Annabeth and the Athena Cabin knew that whoever they chose would be stupid. In the end, however, they decided that it would be best to work with Apolo.
Though this caused tension in the trio, they respected the other's decisions. They resolved that even though they were on different sides, they were still friends.
The Ares cabin also sided with Apolo. This made Percy a little uncomfortable about the side he chose. But why the Ares had joined was obvious. They really liked the new Apolo and thought he would bring war. Their Dad though the same, and was a big supporter of Appolo.
Percy and Clarice were forced to cooperate with each other, and eventually, their respect for each other grew to where it could almost be considered some strange form of minor friendship.
Thalia -of course- sided with Zeus. Surprisingly she had had some trouble making a decision as she knew how her father could be. However, once she made her mind up she stood very firmly on Zeus's cause. She believed that Apolo was a maniac, and when Ares sided with him she became even surer.
The Hermes cabin -still angry about the whole stabbing business- ended up siding with Zeus on this matter. They flatly refused to side with Ares and the cabin that was the suspect in the matter.
Some cabins such as the Hypnos cabin just ignored what was happening. The Hypnos cabin pretty much slept through the whole thing. Nobody judged them or tried to make them take sides because whenever somebody entered their cabin they instantly fell asleep with a chance of never waking.
All and all the camp was split in half. Camp life was crazy and seemed like it could fall apart any second. Percy thought that Zeus would have to scare his way into making people join him but it turned out that this new Apolo made him look nice in comparison.
Nasty unreasonable rumors started being thrown around. Nobody knew who had started them, but they were mainly about Apolo.
"Apollo is a giant snake in disguise!"
"The Sun Chariot is a weapon to be used against Zeus!"
Most of these rumors were ridiculous but nobody knew what to believe anymore. In the end, the war was growing too big and the prophecy line was starting to come up.
[I'm not going to tell you what it was though, it should be easy enough for you to figure it out.]
Every day everything grew more divided and crazy. Eventually, blood was shed and the world was plunged into downright chaos.