A/N Hey guys, so my story hasn't been heating up . . . well, all I can tell you is: in the next few chapters . . . IT'S ABOUT TO GO DOWN!

Leo: NO! You were SUPPOSED to say: It's gonna get heated, LEO STYLE!

Sarah: No, fireboy, you said that, but she NEVER agreed! *sticks tounge out*

Leo: . . . *frowns/sighs* I give up.

"Where are we going?" I kept asking Annabeth repeatedly, even though I already knew the answer. Instead of answering my question, she would say in return, "How do you know Rachel?" In which I replied with silence.

After a few minutes of this, I just stopped talking all the way, and started thinking about Rachel. How in Hades did she even get in here? I thought. She's not a demigod . . . is she? After I thought THAT, I had a mini panic attack. That's when my palms started sweating and shaking, and I almost lost consiousness.

I mean, Rachel is PRETTY tuff and all, but I didn't want her getting hurt. She was the ONLY person that was there for me when I was down, and living with my annoying family, it happened A LOT.

"We're here," Annabeth said, pulling me out of my thoughts. I immediatley pushed past her, and into the dark cave in front of us. "Excuse you . . . " she muttered, rolling her eyes and following me.

When I walked inside, I saw what it looked like on the outside: a creepy cave. I saw a blanket, lantern and someone with a mane of red hair in a dark cloak . . . "RACHEL ELIZABETH DARE!" I said, and she turned so fast, I swear I saw smoke behind her head.

Rachel jumped up, and raveled me in a bear hug. "Oh my Gods! Are you okay?" She asked, rubbing my back soothingly. I nod in reply, waiting for her explaination of why she was here.

Rachel sighed, and touched my shoulder. "I'm an oracle," she said, looking directly into my now wide grey eyes. I swallowed, "How long?" Rachel gave me a sneaky smile, "About a year now."

Instantly, my bottom lip poked out, and I punched her shoulder. "WHAT?" I yelled at her, my eyebrows raising and my fists forming. She sighed, "Well, I got the job . . . last summer. The Titian War. Well, technically the second but-"

For some reason, my best friend instincts kicked in, and I gave her a big bear hug. "My best friend was in a war," I spat. "And I wasn't there to help her."

Rachel laughed softly and touched my cheek, "Don't go soft on me-" "I'M NOT!" I interupted, feeling my cheeks warming as I pulled away. "I was just worried that you could have, I don't freaking know . . . DIED?"

She blinked twice, then looked over at Annabeth. "So, did you get the tour yet?" She asked blantly, as if she wanted to get off the subject immediatly.

I nodded, "Yeah, I got in a fight, too." Her eyes widened, and looked straight up at Annabeth, then immediatley back at me. "Who?" She asked crazily, as if she was about to take her dark cape off and go choke them with it.

Laughing, I smirked and said, "Oh, just some big annoying girl, I think her name was Clarrise-" "CLARRISE?" She said, with a strange mix of fear and annoyance in her voice.

I rolled my eyes and nodded. Rachel threw her hands in the air frustratedly, "Sarah, she could gut you like a fish!"

I shook my head, "Nah, she's pretty weak. Besides, she was going to hit me, but then outta nowhere, some vine grabbed her ankle-" Rachel's eyes widened, and she looked at Annabeth for confirmation. Annabeth sighed, and gave her a sharp nod.

Rachel looked at me with pleading eyes, "Sarah, I want you to know that-" I heard a loud bell ring, signalling the end of lunch (I think, I lost track of time). She sighed, and twirled my hair around her fingers.

"Go," she said with a sigh. "You need to go train." Before I could protest, her eyes turned pearl white, and a green smoke was spewing from her ears, nose, and mouth. "Rach, are you-" She grabbed my shoulders, and recited this:

The Gifted One shall be found

And must accept the curse at its worst

Immediatly bound against the monster's horrible sound

As to perish She will be the first

She collapsed in my arms, and Annabeth began shouting for a medic from the Apollo cabin. I pulled Rachel over my shoulder and handed her to the nearest one of them, waiting for them to announce her dead. But, instead they just nodded as if this were a normal procedure and walked over to an empty spot in the grass to check her pulse and what-not.

The words . . . they instantly scared me. I knew that part of that prophecy was meant to be talking about me. I can't explain it, but I just felt like I should stress about it. And immediatley, I did.

I was about to run over to Rachel's side, when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned and saw Annabeth with a slight frown on her face. "We need to report this to Chiron," she said urgently. "Now."

I nodded quickly, but I didn't want to leave Rachel behind. Annabeth practically dragged me away from the scene to the Big House. Right before we stepped inside, Annabeth stopped so fast in front of the door, I almost fell right on top of her.

"Shh!" She said quietly, which REALLY ticked me off. I was about to smack her upside the head when I heard something: Two people were talking in the other room. I got the memo of what Annabeth had been trying to tell me, so I stood there and ease-dropped.

"What do you mean, 'I can't tell her'?' I heard Percy say in anger and utter disappointment. "It's not the right time Percy-" It was Chiron. The two were . . . arguing. Ha, you heard it here first, folks.

"She deserves to know!" he replied firm and stubbornly. Chiron sighed, and scratched his head, "Rules are rules-" "-Please, Chiron!" He said pleadingly. "If she's who we think she is, then I can get her trained before she's claimed."

Silence filled the room. After a few moments, I heard Chiron sigh. "Fine, Perseus. But train her well, because-" and then he was cut off by the sound of me tripping and breaking a vase. "What the . . . ?" I heard Percy say, before Annabeth and I ran out of the room so fast, we almost fell about fifty times.

We both stopped right outside of the Big House and stood to catch our breath. "Sorry . . ." I muttered awkwardly, as she began to trudge in the direction of the Big House. "C'mon," she said. "We NEED to talk to him. NOW."

I frowned and followed her, again, inside the Big House, and this time we just walked on inside to the ping-pong room. "Hello ladies," Chiron said, as Percy just waved awkwardly.

I smiled brightly, then Percy and Annabeth said at the same time: I've got some news. I chuckled nervously, seeing how awkward the situation was. "So!" I said, and clapped my hands once, trying to break the ice. "Who goes first in the share circle?"

Annabeth glared at me, "Sarah, we have to tell-" "-tell what?" Chiron interupted, scratching his forehead and looking at her intently. I nodded, and Annabeth began to tell the whole story.

When she (finally, jeez that girl can TALK) finished her explaination of the prophecy and whatever, all eyes were on me. "What?" I said, confused on why suddenly I became the center of attention.

Chiron sighed, and looked over at me. "How do you feel about training with Percy," he said, obviously trying to change the subject.

I just shrugged and looked down, and for some reason, I felt guilty. I don't know why, but I did. "Well, I'll take that as a yes." He said, and smiled at me. "Percy requested for you to train with him, since you need more of a challenge."

I looked over at Percy, and he grinned at me. "Okay, well, I mean, sure. I left all my weapons and stuff unpacked, though. In Jason's cabin." Percy smiled, and stood quickly. "Then I'll go get Jason Leo and Frank and we'll move it all."

That surprised me, his . . . genuine personallity. I nodded quickly, and as he and I walked out, I heard Annabeth and Chiron talking about something completely different.

"So, you want to be training mates, huh?" I said with a smile, and he laughed. "Yeah, I really don't trust those-" I laughed, "Okay, then Mister Protector." He chuckled, and I followed him over to the same group of people Annabeth and I had left earlier.

"Hey, how'd it go?" Jason asked, to which Percy replied with a thumbs up. "Um . . . "I said awkwardly, looking at Percy on what I was supposed to say. "Leo, could you help me with my bags?"

Percy gave me a weird look, as if he didn't WANT me alone with Leo in particular. Leo shook it off, and laughed. "Oh course, Sunshine." He quickly winked at Hazel and Piper, and then followed me in the direction of Jason's cabin. Jason followed, of course, and let us in.

I gasped loudly when I walked into his cabin (again), and then blushed when I noticed Leo was watching my reaction. The cabin . . . it was beautiful. It had marble stone incarvings of heroes fighting and lighting bolts. The walls were lined with bunk beds, but one in particular caught my eyes.

It was messy (because Jason doesn't know how to clean up after himself), so I could obviously tell Jason slept in that one. Then I saw the picture, and my face immediatley darkened. "I-I know her," I said, shocked with myself.

Jason said nothing, but looked at me with wide, curious eyes. After a few moments of silence, Leo sighed. "Aren't we gonna bring all your stuff to your new casa?" I nodded, and grabed one of my bags.

Leo grabbed the other two, and walked together to my new cabin. When I first walked in here, I hadn't really gotten a chance to look at it. But now that I was moving, while I 'unpacked' my stuff on a bed I randomly chose, I studied the cabin. There was a hot tub filled golden coins.

The cabin smelled of the sea, which I couldn't get enough of. It . . . made me feel happy just by the scent. I smiled, and unpacked one of my favorite flannels in one of the two drawers that were in there, when I heard Leo scream, so then I screamed louder.

He bursted out laughing, "Sorry, Sunshine It's just too easy." I walked over to him, and smacked him upside the head. "Not funny, dimwit!" I yelled, feeling my cheeks deepening in color. He opened his mouth to say something else, but the dinner bell rang.

He held out his hand, "C'mon, I am STARVING!" He said, and instead of accepting his hand offer, I ran off and yelled, "Can't catch me!" Leo laughed and ran after me, as we made our way to the dinnng pavlon.

Percy, Jason, Nico and I approached the food and began to make our plates. Since I really wasn't in the eating mood, I just had gotten a cluster of grapes, some cheese, and a little bit of the toasted bread. We all sat down after burning a part of our food for the gods (which I thought was dumb), and I smiled when I saw Nico . . . smiling.

"Did someone meet their boyfriend today?" I asked, and he blushed. "How'd you-" " I didn't, but I do now." I smirked at his stunned reaction, and laughed. "How long have you been together?" I asked.

But before he could reply, Chiron stomped his hooves, ordering our attention. He looked over at me, and smiled. "Today, we have gotten a new camper, Sarah." He nodded towards me to stand, which I did, and heard a few cheers the campers, and then I awkwardly sat down.

He began to continue his speech, but then everyone started . . . staring at me. "Sarah Loving, please rise." I heard Chiron say, and I did as I was told. But, when Iooked down, I was amazed at what I saw. I was in a beautiful white dress, and was holding a brand new shield in my hands. I looked up, and saw an array of Greek god and godesses symbols.

"Everyone, congradulate Sarah Loving. Daughter of Posideon, and honorary daughter of all." People began cheering for me, but I was panicked. I was The Gifted One. I was part of that prophecy, the one talking about death and perishment. And at that moment, I freaked out so much, I passed out.