A/N And here's the answer to the cliffhanger last chapter. Thanks for 101 reviews! You guys rock! BTW: I decided to do all the three Magnus Chase books!

Guest: How can there be a prophecy about Percy if he's free from fate?

A: That's a mystery for now. There's an explanation, though.

Vayne420: god damn cliff hangers

A: You're welcome!

Chapter 24:

Nyx has taken over camp

Meg was chained to the burning Hearth.

Millions of questions and emotions rushed through me, I heard Hemera saying something but I had no idea what. I was just too stunned to act. A few campers pulled on the chains but they were too bound to the ground and I was sure Meg would be dead before they could cut through them.

When the screaming didn't stop I did the only thing that came to my mind.

I poured as much water from the air as possible and threw it all on the burning Hearth at once. The Hearth kept burning fiercely until I released the equivalent of an Olympian swimming pool on it. Instead of draining the entire place the Hearth consumed all the water like a sponge. After a few dreadful seconds the fires had gone out.

The moment the Hearth went out it felt like I ran a marathon. As if someone had given me a hard punch to the stomach. I could barely stand up, but I managed to crawl forwards to Meg who seemed to be unconscious.

"Meg!" I cried out while trying to remain conscious. My voice was dry and hoarse.

"Percy," Nyx said with a soft tone, "it's a lost cause."

The campers finally managed to unchain Meg, the eight-year-old girl just lay in the remains of the Hearth. I tried to summon ambrosia, but I couldn't for some reason; my hands remained empty.

"Ambrosia." I whispered but a camper I recognized as Will Solace shook his head, "the damage done is too much for her body, not even Ambrosia can heal her."

"MEG!" A voice called out. I turned around and I saw Katie running towards us. She froze when she saw the burned body of Meg. Her eyes flashed with fury, rage and sadness. Tyson followed her but stopped dead in his tracks a second later.

"What happened?" The daughter of Demeter snapped her head to me.

"It was a direct attack from Kronos." Nyx explained gaining everyone's attention.

The people around us started aghast at Nyx, disbelief clear in their eyes. I saw mouths open to ask questions, only to close a second later as no one had the guts to say she was wrong.

"Who are you?" Katie asked hostile, breaking the silence.

"She's a friend of Percy." Tyson said nervously, feeling the tension in the air.

"Who are you?" She didn't seem to care or notice he was a cyclops. Or maybe she was too distressed.

"Also a friend of Percy."

Clarisse who managed to catch up with the two stared at Meg. From her eyes I could she she had deduced what just happened. She shook her head in denial. "How is this an attack from Kronos? How does he benefit from this?"

I struggled to get up. Meanwhile Nyx began to explain what had happened in an almost bored kind of tone. "Well, Percy's powers are connected with the Hearth since he's Hestia's champion, having Percy quench Hestia's Heart will probably mess up his fire powers good."

"And how is this part of Kronos' plan?" Another camper asked with a small voice.

"Well, he is the prophecy child, and now- a severely weakened prophecy child without Hestia's fire powers." Nyx shot me a concerned look.

"So what?" Clarisse asked, "Percy now only has water powers. Big deal."

"No, it's not that. Since he used his water power to quench the Hearth, it means even his water powers are weakened. Fire and water don't mix well, especially on a Godly level.

'It's Triumvirate holdings. It must be.' Nyx told me. 'This is their style of doing things, working from the shadows.'

Tyson kneeled down next to me looking at Meg, "Is she...dead?" he muttered crying.

"She can't be." I muttered.

Meg coughed and blood came out her mouth. She painfully winced. A few campers turned around, unable to keep watching but my friends and I kept looking.

"Meg!" I said.

She tried to open her eyes, but she failed, the burned skin around her eyes did not promise anything good.

"Per.." She tried to say my name but failed and ended up in a painful coughing fit.

Then I understood what was going on and what I had to do. The golden fleece was not only meant for Thalia this time but also for Meg. The fleece could heal anything right?

The problem was, how could I keep Meg alive long enough? Then I remembered Demeter's final words before she left the throne room.

Thanks for saving my daughter if you ever need my help pray to me.

Well, it was time to retrieve the favor.

I closed my eyes and prayed to Demeter. 'Demeter please help me save your daughter.'

A moment of silence before a response came. 'Sorry Percy, but there's nothing I can do to stop her from dying no matter how much it pains me.'

Demeter's voice was shaking and full of hurt. She was clearly touched by her daughter's pain.

'Turn her into a plant, so you can preserve her life force a bit longer, like Thalia's tree.' I asked, feeling tears pricking in my eyes. I could almost feel Meg's presence leave this world. A few seconds were left for her. I knew it.

'It will only delay the inevitable.'

'please...I beg you.'

I opened my eyes and saw that vines appeared and grew from around the hearth and crawled up Megs body like little green snakes.

"Mom." Katie gasped in awe. She took a step back. Vines were covering Meg's body and soon she was engulfed in a cocoon of life and plants.

One red rose grew in the place her heart was. Then Meg's body completely disappeared. Leaving a hope of vines with one red rose in the middle.

'Meg's spirit is not strong enough to preserve longer than a few days. I used a bit of my own power to connect her life force with Thalia's tree. If Thalia's tree dies, they both die.' Chaos said. 'You do know what this means?'

Before I could answer it all fainted to black.

(Nyx)

Great, being a demigod was great.

I turned towards the other campers who looked with awe and sadness at the red rose.

The girl who was presumably the sister of Meg was crying but managed to form words, "What did he do?"

"Percy retrieved a favor Demeter owed him. He managed to extend her life for at least a week but if Thalia's tree dies she dies too."

Tyson placed his hand on her shoulder and said, "do not worry, Percy probably has a plan."

Katie nodded, "yes, I hope he does."and then she sprinted away. Not looking back.

I placed my hand on Percy's shoulder and gestured for Tyson to come closer, but he already chased after Katie to comfort her.

I sighed and turned towards the campers, they were looking confused and I saw hope fleeting from their eyes. With a second sigh I said. "Look, I know this all looks bad but I am sure Percy can fix all of this." I pointed at the flower in front of us and the destroyed shacks uphill. "For now we should let him rest. Do not disturb us."

From their gazes I concluded I might need to work on my speeches.

Before they could start asking questions I shadow travelled both of us to his cabin.

(Percy)

My dreams were filled with agonizing moments from my past life; Luke sacrificing himself. Jason's funeral. Falling in Alaska and plunging into the cold water. However, between all the memories from long ago I started to hear things I couldn't really place.

"Be careful."

"Satyrs are delicious"

"You IDIOT! That's C-4."

"The oracle of Trophonius gave us a prophecy. We managed to intercept it."

I couldn't connect the dots. The only thing that I kind of recognized was the sentence Satyrs are delicious. It was probably Polyphemus talking about Grover.

Then I woke up. With a loud gasp and bathing in sweat. After realizing I had another demigod dream I tried to blink a few times to see where I was.

It was looking at two bright suns who lit the sky, yet it was still dark. I blinked a couple more times and I realised the two glowing suns were Nyx's eyes and the dark sky was her hair.

"Percy!" She said.

I got up from my bed and stared at the girl in my cabin.I had a massive headache and I still felt tired. Yet I managed to get up. "Ugh...Why is it so dark?" I asked.

"Oh...sorry." Nyx said and suddenly the room lit up.

I saw Tyson and Nyx standing next to my bad, Tyson was looking worried and Nyx was looking...stressed?

"What happened?" I wondered.

"You quenched your own source of power you dumbass." Nyx said with an annoyed tone, though the 'dumbass' part sounded a bit endearing.

"After that you fainted brother." Tyson added.

I got off my bed without falling, "how late is it?"

"Around 5 o'clock." Nyx said.

"So are you going to show me around camp?" Tyson asked excitedly.

"No, he won't, we have a problem." Nyx said serious.

"What problem? Did Kronos do something?" I frowned, trying to think of last time I was here in camp. Nothing should happen until I go on my quest, right?.

"Worse." Nyx said.

"Then what's it?"

Nyx blushed before saying, "I have to pee."

I blinked. "What?"

"I have to pee."

"Well go then." I gestured towards the door.

"I can't."

"Oh, do I need to tell you where the toilets are?" I asked.

"No, I know where they are." she said slightly annoyed.

"Well what's the problem?"

"I don't know how to pee."

Tyson and I waited for her to say something but she kept silent, looking angrily at me.

"You don't know how to pee?" I asked stumped.

'HAHAHA.' Hemera laughed while Chaos was as stumped as I am.

Nyx blushed even more before she spoke up. "I've never needed to go ever in my life."

"Oh Gods."

"Are you done?" I yelled through the door.

Tyson and I were waiting outside the toilet building that led to multiple confused glances from the other campers. And this time not because of Tyson being a Cyclops but because of me yelling instructions.

"How am I supposed to know?" Nyx yelled back.

"Do you feel like peeing anymore?" I asked.

"No."

"Then you are done."

I took Nyx and Tyson to the dinner pavilion. "Look there are the Pegasus stables." I pointed at the stables where Silena was washing a pegasus. "

Yeah already know that." Nyx said bored.

"Katie already showed me the chicken Ponies!" Tyson added.

"O, did Katie give you a tour?"

Tyson nodded excitedly, "yes, Katie is nice to me. Unlike that other girl." He nervously started to glaze around as if 'the other girl' would magically appear.

"Clarisse." Nyx explained. "I told the campers to leave Tyson alone until you wake up."

"Dionysus agreed?" I wondered.

"He did not particularly care, he was more busy with Chiron leaving and Tantalus agreed that it would be better to wait for you to wake up."

"Did you threaten him?" I asked slightly worried.

"Yup!" she said, and she summoned a black whip. A dangerous look passed her eyes.

We entered the Dining pavilion and I noticed there were a lot more campers than last time, probably because they were claimed by their parents and we had no traitors anymore. Well except Luke.

This year there was another table added to the pavilion. A new table which I assumed was for the Minor Gods.

People started to whisper when I took my friends to the head table where a bored Dionysus explained Tantalus about the way the camp worked.

"Mr. D" I spoke up.

Dionysus looked up and sighed, "Oh...there we have Perry Johnson. The great hero of the camp blah blah blah."

Tantalus snickered. Meanwhile his eyes greedily scanned over me. They reminded me of a pig.

"Oh and who have you brought with you? A monster and a psycho emo girl."

'Oh nothing, just a primordial.' Chaos replied as if they could hear her.

'What's a psycho emo girl?' Nyx wondered.

'I explain later.'

"I brought two friends to camp. Nyx is a new demigod and Tyson is a cyclops friend of mine who I met in school. He's a peaceful monster. I see no reasons why he shouldn't be here."

Tantalus glared at Nyx who simply returned it with a sadistic smile while she mimicked the motions of a whip which made Tantalus pale.

"We don't want monsters here!" Tantalus said angrily, pointing at Tyson. "And also, we don't accept violent demigods here!" He pointed at Nyx.

'Is he talking about me?' Nyx wondered.

'Duh…' Hemera answered.

"He's my brother and she's my friend and I assume you know what is going on with the camp borders? You really want to send away new campers?"

"Percy is right, we should not send away two new campers who need a home. That would be the opposite of what the Gods promised camp would be." Katie said.

I gratefully nodded at her and waited to see the reaction of Tantalus.

"Fine, but where are they gonna stay? We don't have a cyclops cabin." he grinned like he just told a great joke.

Suddenly all the campers gasped, their eyes drawn to Tyson. A glowing trident had appeared above Tyson's head.

He looked up and began waving his hand through the trident.

"Whasat?"

"You've been claimed, brother." I told him which resulted in a huge smile from the cyclops.

"Poseidon claimed me! Now Percy is officially my brother!" He yelled excited.

A second gasp came from the campers as a skull with a scythe appeared above Nyx.

"Whose symbol is that?" Katie pondered as Nyx began to swipe at the symbol above her hand.

"Another communist!" a demigod I recognized as Damien called out.

"No, it's Thanatos." Annabeth said.

'You convinced Thanatos to claim you?' I asked Nyx.

'Thanatos is my child remember? It was the most reasonable explanation for my powers.'

'Death is your child?' I wondered.

'Yup!'

'You got some interesting kids.'

'I know,' Hemera sighed, 'christmas at mom's place is always the worst'

"Well, this is great news!" Tantalus called out. "We can put the Cyclops inside the Poseidon Cabin. Sadly there's not a Thanatos cabin yet, so we put it here for the time being in the Hermes cabin."

"But she is the child of Death!" An Ares camper protested.

"And he's a Cyclops!" Another Ares camper yelled.

Ares campers still hate me for beating up their dad.

Suddenly a loud air horn sound filled the dining pavilion. I turned to my left and saw Nyx had my air horn in her hand and she was using it to everyone's annoyance.

When she stopped everyone glared at her.

"Where did you get that? It was in my backpack!"

Nyx, however, ignored me and turned to the campers and yelled. "Yo, shitbloods! Percy here worked his ass of last year and bribed the entire council to make sure every single one of you got respect, and all the gods got their own Cabin. He literally forced Zeus to admit you're all equal and deserving of a home and when Percy shows up with two new campers that's how you react!"

All the campers looked down in shame at their table while my friends just smiled at this display of courage.

"Okay they can stay." Dionysus said, sounding extremely bored but I could see his interest was piqued.

"Okay but where do we put Nyx?" Tantalus asked angrily.

"I'll stay in the Poseidon Cabin." Nyx answered.

"You can't stay in the Poseidon Cabin." Tantalus sighed.

"She can stay with me. We don't want her to get all psychopath on you do we?" I asked innocently.

Nyx summoned her black whip and it struck the dinner plate in front of Tantalus.

"Or do you want another meeting with my whip?" Nyx asked which made Dionysus burst out in laughter and was soon followed by the other campers.

"Fine!" Tantalus shouted, his face red.

I took my two new friends to the Poseidon table and began dinner.

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