A/N: A few spoilers in this one too... I hope you Enjoy.

Athena sighed. Jazzed up. Great. She put her head in her hands.

She tried to think, which is hard to do when your head is spinning like a top. "I'm assuming that the Great Prophecy has yet to be fulfilled?" she asked Chiron.

He looked at her like she had just said she knew his greatest secret... which Athena guessed she kinda did.

"How... how... what happens?" he asked.

Athena just stared at him. "Um, you don't honestly expect me to answer that, do you?"

For a centaur who often said that knowledge can be dangerous, he seemed filled with curiosity. As if he didn't know most everything. Chiron bowed his head. "Forgive me, I don't think I want to know."

Athena shrugged. "You don't," she agreed without thinking. He stared at her. "What was the most recent quest?" she asked quickly.

The centaur raised an eyebrow. "I'm just trying to find out where in the timeline I am!" Athena said defensively. "I mean... I don't want to reveal the future. I'm neither augur nor oracle."

"Augur is Roman!" Chiron snapped.

Athena face-palmed. "See what I mean! I need to know when I am or I'll do really stupid things."

"I do believe Athena is goddess of wisdom."

Athena huffed. "I'm not the goddess. It's just what I'm called."

"Athena would not allow anyone who is not deserving of her name to bear it." Chiron said knowingly. "And to answer your question, The quest of the Golden Fleece was the most recent major quest undertaken by campers of Camp Half-Blood."

"So that would put me between the Sea of Monsters and the Battle of the Labyrinth," Athena murmured. She looked at Chiron. "So... Athena told you to expect me. Did she tell you anything else? You say you think she wants to meet somewhere outside of camp. Where?"

"As I have told you, those are answers you need to find yourself."

Athena snorted. "Earth is something like 196,939,900 square miles. And I'm supposed to find one spot in particular, where a goddess is waiting for me?"

"If you leave camp, you could go with two demigods. A child of Athena would be likely to know where to find their mother."

Athena waited quietly at the base of what she guessed had been Thalia's pine. The guardian dragon didn't really scare her. It was just like a big dog. A big gold, scaly, fire-breathing dog.

The two campers who would be coming with her were packing their things, and considering that one of them was a son of Aphrodite, this could take a while.

"Who are you, exactly?" Athena flinched, startled by the voice that came from above her. She looked up, but didn't see anything. She looked forward again. "I'm Athena Fowl. I was adopted a couple months ago. I'm not a demigod."

"How can you not be a demigod?" this voice was male, in contrast to the first, which had been female. "Ow!"

"Shut up, Seaweed Brain," the first voice hissed. "You're not invisible!" Athena laughed quietly into her hands.

"You're not sneaking on this mission. I mean... quest." There was silence. Athena mentally kicked herself. First of all... not a good idea to give them ideas. Second... what was with the 'mission'? "I'm an idiot," she muttered.

Then she heard voices at the bottom of the hill. "You've gotta be kidding! No way are you going to be toting that on the quest!"

"Oh come on, Kayla. It's just..."

"Hair jell? Okay, Trevor now you're officially crazy. For heaven's sake! Just because you found out your mum's Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, you don't have to act like you care!"

The two teens came into view, arguing. The girl, Kayla, daughter of the Goddess Athena, had the characteristic grey eyes of a child of Athena, but her hair was red, rather than blond. The boy had black hair and really blue eyes. Athena guessed he was handsome, but she didn't really pay attention to guys.

Athena cleared her throat. The two glanced at her, then turned back to arguing. So Athena sighed, got up, and proceeded to get their attention by standing right between them. The girl, Kayla, put her hands on her hips and looked at her like, REALLY?, so Athena said, "I believe the driver is on the other side of the hill."

"'Kay," Trevor said, and walked toward the van. Athena looked at his pack as he passed her, and with a sigh, she zipped up the pocket that held the small bottle of translucent amber liquid. She didn't understand the need to have it, but it didn't look like it would weigh much.

"Come on, girl," she said to Kayla, who followed her running down the hill.