Chapter 14~The Fate of the World Quest Begins Now

     Annabeth








    I dreamt that I was in a dark chamber. I was paralyzed, only able to move my eyes and breathe. A cold voice echoed around the chamber.
   "GRAAAAAAAH!" The voice echoed, making my heart hurt. "WHO IS THIS? A DEMIGOD?!"
   I realized I was able to talk. "Majesty, whoever you are, free me at once!"
   I imagined the voice scowling. "YOU WILL BE SWALLOWED UP BY ME! THE GIANTS, AND THE FREED KRONOS WILL KILL EVERYONE! THEY WILL TEAR UP MOUNT OLYMPUS! ALL I NEED TO KNOW IS THE LOCATION..."
   I tried to move, but couldn't. "Isn't Mount Olympus up in Greece?"
   I heard a hiss. "I SENT SOME GIANTS THERE, MORTAL! ONCE I FIND MOUNT OLYMPUS, ME AND THE GIANTS WILL KILL THEM AT THE SAME TIME, MAKING TWICE THE PAIN!"
   A flash of lightning lightened the scene, and I realized I was sinking in the earth. I struggled to get out.
   "Why struggle, dearie? Why won't you stay here? With me!" A woman, most likely 90 feet tall shrunk to regular size. Her face was covered, with shifting dirt around her.
   "Dirt Woman!" I breathed.
   "It's Gaea, fool! I am the mighty one, married Uranus! I gave birth to the titans! Be proud of me!"
   I stifled my laugh. Finally, I let it out. "Uranus! Ha," Another wave of laughter hit me. "You married Uranus!"
   Gaea turned bright red, and turned away.
   I finally got a chance to escape, but another voice, one I heard before, entered my brain.
   Oh my gosh Annabeth! Isn't it enough for me to give you this dream for once? To be friends with the immortal daughter of the Oracle, too? Annabeth, I am trying to tell you something! Man, you don't know how hard it is to try to keep you from the Underworld! If I do lose grip, I'll send you to Elysium, the good place! But please, try to return to earth!
   Dad? I thought. Well, how would I?
   You are a daughter of me, right? Just believe in yourself! Oh, here's a pass to go back to earth!
   A ticket appeared in front of me. A soul appeared and punched a hole in it. I began to wake up, hearing things around me.
   Thanks dad. I said and opened my eyes.

                                         ~|*_*|~
  
   I saw four faces, staring at me concerned. A boy's face lit up when he saw me open my eyes.  
  "Annabeth!" The blonde boy hugged me. Was I supposed to remember him?
  Of course. I suddenly remembered that was my brother Lucas. But there was a boy who I didn't recognize. "Who's that?"
  I pointed to the boy. He had dark hair, but kinda like weathered wood color. His green eyes kinda creeped me out. He wore a white shirt with music notes and printed band-aids in it, and blue pants.
  "That's Alec." I turned my head and the other dark haired one, this time a girl, Celestia replied kindly.
  Then I saw Sara's red eyes. "Have you been crying?"
  "Yes. Daughter of Oceanus I am." She blinked, and a tear streaked her face. "Anyways, what did you see when you... died?"
  I told them about the dream.
  "Was that creepy?"
  "Yup."
  "Your dad gave you a ticket to get back to earth?"
  "Yup."
  "Amazing!"
  "You guys should go on a quest!" Alec said. "Celestia, the immortal one! Grant us a prophecy of the quest!"
  Celestia coughed. "Please, that's annoying." Then her eyes turned creepy, glowing green. Dark green spilled out of her mouth, wrapping it around us. Her voice sounded like three Celestias, talking at once.
   "Ten heroes shall unite with love,
     The owl, the starfish shall free the dove,
     The earth's slumber now shall weep,
     As sky goes down, the titan keep's,
     The skull, the bolt, shall let one go,
     As one gets lost in the Kingdom of Snow.


     War of Titans, half gets killed,
     Among the place near the lumber mill,
     End of the war, sun and moon take rage,
    To the one who bares the sage." Celestia finished, and she fainted right on the dot. Alec caught her, as if he expected that.
    We were all haunted.
    "Soo," Lucas said. "That sounds easy."
    Silence.
    "Basically, we meet other demigods, a child of Athena and a child of Poseidon will free a child of Aphrodite. And Gaea will cry, Uranus tries to comfort her I think, and Atlas, the Titan, tries to keep him there. Me and Annabeth have to let someone go, as he/she get's lost in the Kingdom of Snow."
   More silence.
   "And there will be a war with Titan's half of us or them will get killed, near some odd mill. And then...  what was that thing about with the sun of the moon?"
   "'End of war, sun and moon shall take rage.'" Celestia recited. I realized she woke up. "Does that mean Apollo and Artemis will be angry? And I'm not sure what I meant about someone baring a sage! Usually, prophecies have double meanings."
   "Who will we bring? Camp rules: three demigods get to go on a quest." Sara said. "I can't go."
   "Umm... me, Lucas and Alec then, I guess. Celestia's an immortal and you're a, erm, demititan. Besides, I dont trust Max and Sam." I told Sara.
   Celestia spread her hand, and a golden backpack appeared in her hand. "This shall have a lifetime supply of always fresh food and drink, plenty of nectar, ambrosia and greek drachmas, and a Necklace of Delphi. Basically, just think of something you want and pull it out. Lucas, can I have my necklace back?"
   Lucas sheepishly gave Celestia a glowing, emerald necklace. She tied it around her neck. She took another one out of the backpack.
  "If you run out of drachmas for Iris-messages, take the necklace, say the name you want to talk to, and a hologram of the person will appear!" Celestia put the necklace back into the backpack. She took out some swords, daggers, knives, bows with arrows, and blades. "Emergency weapons. Use in case you lose your weapon."
  As we emerged into the field with a sunset background and charred grass, Sara and Celestia waved good-bye. I felt like I was swallowing a rock. "I'm gonna kill you guys if you guys let me get killed."
  "Relax! Sure your first quest will be a 'Fate of the World' quest, but you'll have time to master you powers." Alec pointed to a dead squirrel. "Do something to it."
  I concentrated on reviving the squirrel, and I heard a squawk, I opened my eyes and saw a zombie squirrel, with a beak and wings.
  "The world's first zombie flying squirrel!" Lucas chuckled.
  I whispered, "Sorry." to the bird as we went into the lobby, then back out into pouring rain. Lucas and Alec suddenly stopped, taking in the cold water. I moaned impatiently. "C'mon! Gaea, the Titans and the giants aren't gonna kill themselves!"