Chapter 5

Third Person POV

After the bright flash a man that looks alike Percy is standing there. The first one to react in the silence was Zoe, "Percy" she yelled

"Huh you're calling me Zoe" said Percy

Annabeth smacked Percy on the head "not you seaweed brain the other Percy" yelled Annabeth

"Sorry wise girl we are the same even if we are from different universe" said Percy his hands up like the one polices said when a robber is captured.

Zoe ran up to him and said "do you remember me" , "huh you're suppose to be Zoe right you're the only one I can remember" said AU Percy then he collapsed and Zoe rushed to him hen a flash appeared again then a note fell down and said

Dear Zoe

We are just returning Perseus' memories it might take awhile but he will wake up

From the fates

"So who's going to read" said Nico

"I will" said Percy

So chapter 5….

Percy sat in the very back of the van as they traveled out of New York and jumped on the interstate heading south. His eyes were closed and his headphones in as thoughts raced through his mind.

"Is that the quest to save Artemis" asked Both Percy.

"So you're awake now cuz" said AU Thalia

"No I'm unconscious" AU Percy said sarcastically

"Wow even in the other universe Percy is sarcastic" said Thalia

They all laughed while AU Percy and Percy said "AWESOME"

After that Percy continued reading

He was slightly surprised to find himself on a quest with four girls heading to save a man hating goddess who had somehow managed to get captured. The lines of the prophecy ran through his mind as he tried and failed to force them out. In all honesty, he had no fear of death. Most of his friends were dead, the fallen heroes who had trained him during his years in the Underworld. If anything, dying would be more like going home for him. That being said, he wasn't exactly trying to get himself killed. As the last line of the prophecy ran through his mind, he felt himself drifting off to sleep.

"Uh I hate nightmares" said both Percy

Percy felt himself enter into a dream that he immediately knew wasn't normal. It didn't seem like he was in it, he was more like a spectator watching someone else's experience. He saw a large man wearing an old style Greek tunic with a lion's pelt draped over his back like a cape. He was being led by the hand by a girl with dark black hair as they ran through a beautiful garden. It was nighttime and millions of stars littered the night sky. The woman dragged the man behind a bush where they both collapsed breathing heavily from running.

"Is that jercules that *********" said Percy

"Yes it is him" said AU Percy

Percy just continued

"There is no need to run," the man told her, "I have bested a thousand monsters with my bare hands."

"Not this one, Ladon is too strong. You must go around, up the mountain to my father. It is the only way." The girl told him. The girl sounded concerned, like she cared deeply for the man.

"I don't trust your father." He said.

"You should not, you will have to trick him. But you cannot take the prize directly. You will die." She told him seriously.

The man chuckled, "Then why don't you help me, pretty one?"

This guy was arrogant. Percy could already tell he didn't like him. He also didn't seem to care the same way for the girl as she did for him.

"I….I am afraid. Ladon will stop me. My sisters, if they found out…they would disown me." She said worriedly.

"Then there is nothing for it." The man said, ready to walk away from the girl.

"Wait." She said.

The girl seemed torn about a decision, like she wasn't sure if she was doing the right thing. Percy watched her fingers tremble as she reached up and plucked a long hair pin from her hair.

"If you must fight, take this. It was given to me by my mother Pleione. She was a daughter of the ocean, a sea goddess, the power of the ocean in within it. My immortal power." She said shakily as she breathed on it, causing it to glow faintly.

"Take it." She said. "Make of it a weapon."

The man laughed, "A hairpin. How will this slay Ladon, pretty one?"

"It may not, but it is all I can offer if you insist on being stubborn." She said sadly.

The girl's voice sounded familiar, Percy was sure he had heard it before, recently too.

When she handed him the hair pin, it grew longer until in the man's hand was a gleaming bronze sword.

"It is well-balanced." He told her. "Although I prefer to fight with my bare hands, what shall I name this blade?" He asked.

"Anaklusmos." She said sadly. "The current that takes one by surprise, and before you know it, you have been swept out to sea."

As the man was about to reply, the sound of something very large was heard speeding towards them. When Percy looked up, he saw a monster he never wished to see in person, Ladon, guardian of the Golden Apples of Immortality.

Percy watched the man best the world's deadliest monster and retrieve a golden apple. When he was done, he walked right by the girl as if he didn't even know her. Percy looked more closely at the girl and his jaw dropped in shock. It was none other than Zoe Nightshade.

"Wait he cheated" asked both Hera in an outrage

"Yes" said Zoe

"I'm going to have a little talk with him" said Hera

Percy woke up with a start, earning him confused looks from both Thalia and Annabeth and glare from Phoebe. Zoe eyed him through the rear view mirror as she drove the van.

"Are you alright Percy?" Thalia asked.

Percy nodded numbly, "Sorry, just a weird dream." He said as his fingered the pen in his pocket, finally realizing why Zoe had reacted so strangely at the sight of the blade. It was hers. She had given it to Heracles and then was betrayed after she helped him complete his eleventh labor.

"What's wrongboy,did you have a nightmare?" Phoebe mocked from her seat beside Zoe.

Percy ignored her comment and put his headphones back in his ears as he shook off the dream, deciding to talk to Zoe about later if he ever got her alone for a moment.

The quest traveled incident free all the way to Washington D.C. where they had train tickets that would take them to Chicago. The plan was to travel to Chicago and then switch trains and ride the rest of the way to California. During the ride, Phoebe spent the majority of her time insulting and trying to goad Percy into an argument. Thalia snapped at her to shut up a few times but it had little effect on Phoebe who seemed hell-bent of making the quest as miserable as possible for Percy. Zoe apparently knew where they were going but chose not to share it with anyone else. Percy also knew where they were headed, his father made sure he learned all about the Titans and their strongholds, even here in the U.S where they were supposed to be abandoned. With Kronos trying to rise, Percy was quite sure they were heading for Mount Othrys which would was somewhere outside of San Francisco according to his father.

Zoe parked the van at the train station which was located near the Smithsonian Mall of Museums. As they exited the van, Annabeth pulled out their train tickets.

"We have four hours to kill before our train leaves. We should get some food to kill time." Annabeth suggested.

Everyone agreed as the group found their way into a small café inside the Smithsonian Mall. The four girls quickly found a booth before they noticed Percy wasn't with them.

Zoe narrowed her eyes in annoyance as she looked around for Percy but couldn't find him anywhere.

"I told you bringing a boy was a bad idea." Phoebe said from their booth.

"Maybe if you didn't try to cut him down every five minutes on the ride here then he might actually be willing to stick around to eat a meal with us." Thalia snapped at the huntress.

Phoebe's eyes narrowed, "He is nothing but a useless boy. He will only get in our way on this quest."

"Will you shut up about that? He agreed to join the quest to help saveyourgoddess. He certainly didn't ask to be dragged along on this quest. This is exactly why I turned down being a hunter, you let your biases prejudice you before you even know someone." Thalia growled.

"We do not need that useless boy to save our mistress; another hunter would have been a lot more useful than some arrogant son of Hades.

"Enough Phoebe; I am the one who asked him to join the quest. He is the most skilled fighter I have ever met. He has been trained by the greatest heroes to ever live including Achilles himself. Lady Artemis told me he was to be treated with respect and I will not allow you to drive him away from this quest. I am interested in one thing and one thing only; rescuing our lady before it is too late. Perseus is a member of this quest and my decision is final. Get over it." Zoe growled.

Phoebe's eyes narrowed but she sat down in the booth without another word. Annabeth and Thalia stared at Zoe in shock but a quick glare from the huntress caused them to quickly avert their eyes.

When the girls had walked into the café, Percy decided he would explore the area rather than spending four hours being glared at by some bitter huntress. As he walked, Percy caught sight of a few Empousai walking into the Museum of Natural History. He slipped into the shadows and followed the Empousai into the building and eventually into a room with an exhibit of dinosaurs. Percy saw a giant of a man standing with blonde haired kid who looked around seventeen or eighteen years old. Percy kept to the shadows and listened to their conversation when the monsters approached the large man.

"Let me guess it's the oh great general" said Percy

"Yeah how did you know" said/asked AU Percy

"Third book" was all Percy said before reading again

"Do you have them?" The giant man asked.

"Yes my lord." One of the Empousai replied.

"Good. Good. Now bury and water them." The man ordered.

Percy watched as the monster buried something in the ground before pouring water over it. Suddenly hands popped out of the earth and some sort of skeleton warrior climbed out of the ground. In total nine warriors clawed their way out of the earth and stood in front of the giant man.

"Wow the empousai in this book is smart" said Percy

"Why" Asked the others

"Well when he planted them cute little kittens appeared" he said

Cue laughter, after the laughter died he continued reading

"Hahaha….Foolish mortals don't even know when they have dragon teeth." The man bellowed laughing.

The man turned to the blonde boy, "Do you have it Luke?" He asked.

"Yes General. It was taken from the lieutenant. I think her name is Zoe N…" The boy, apparently named Luke, started but was stopped abruptly.

"Don't speak her name!" The General hissed.

"S… Sorry my lord." Luke stuttered. The General waved his hand dismissively before taking a piece of silver clothing from Luke. Percy realized it was part of Zoe's huntress uniform.

The general handed the clothing to the skeleton warriors who passed it around, each smelling it.

"Good. Now that they have the scent they won't stop until she is dead." The General said before adding, "You must separate the daughter of Zeus from the others. The beast will come to her." He commanded Luke.

Before Luke could reply, the General whipped his head around, "We have an eavesdropper hidden in the shadows. Lock the building down!" He yelled.

Percy let the shadow engulf him before he reappeared in front of the café the girls were eating at. He quickly ran in and found the girls at their booth.

"We need to leave, right now!" Percy said quickly.

Phoebe laughed, "Why is that, did something scare you?"

Percy ignored her and looked at Zoe, "In the Museum of Natural History, some giant of a man they called the general and some kid named Luke were gathered with a group of monsters. They had a piece of your clothing Zoe and gave it to a group of Spartus."

Zoe's face paled while the other three looked confused, "We are leaving right now." Zoe snapped as she stood up only to find three of the skeleton warriors at the entrance of the café.

"Back door." Percy said quickly as he pointed to a door in the back.

Zoe nodded as she ran out followed by Percy and the three others. The door opened into an alley where they found a few more Spartus waiting near the road.

"Wait." Percy said as he stepped forward and pulled out Anaklusmos and drove it into the earth forming a crack. A half-dozen skeleton warriors climbed out of the crack and looked at Percy for orders.

"Distract the Spartus. Do not allow them to follow us." Percy ordered as the six skeleton warriors ran towards the Spartus and quickly engaged them.

"We need to be quick; those warriors won't last long against the Spartus." Percy said gesturing his companions to follow as he snuck past the battling undead warriors. As soon as they were past them, they ran down the street until Percy caught sight of more Spartus further ahead.

"Down here, we can try to lose them inside the museum and figure out our next move." Percy said pointing down an alley. Percy led them down the alley where they slipped into the back door of the National Air and Space Museum and found an unoccupied room full of exhibits of the first airplanes.

"What the Hades was that aboutboy?" Phoebe growled towards Percy.

Percy's eyes narrowed, "Watch yourself huntress. You can say what you want to me but you use my father's names as a cuss again and we are going to have a problem."

"Enough!" Zoe yelled, "Phoebe shut up! I'm not going through this entire quest with you picking a fight with him every chance you get. If you care about Lady Artemis being rescued then just shut up so we can work together to save her. Perseus, explain what you saw."

Percy nodded, "I saw a few Empousai walking into a museum and followed. I saw a guy called the general with some guy named Luke talking about our quest. They had a piece of your clothing that they gave to the Spartus. Those Spartus are bad news; almost impossible to kill and now that they have your scent, they won't stop." He explained warily.

"How did they even know who was on the quest?" Annabeth asked.

Percy scowled, "You must have a spy in your camp. Someone is relaying information to them because they somehow managed to get a piece of Zoe's uniform as well."

Annabeth's eyes widened while Thalia scowled, "Luke must have allies hidden in camp."

"It doesn't matter now. Right now, need to get back to the train station and put as much distance between us and those Spartus as possible." Zoe said with a still pale face.

Before anyone could speak again, the shriek of a woman outside the room froze the group in their tracks.

"Look mommy, a kitty." A child's voice said before a huge shadow appeared by the entrance to the room they were in.

The group looked over to find a lion the size of a pickup truck enter the room and set its eyes on them.

"Shit, the Nemean Lion." Thalia cursed.

The lion roared as it stalked towards the group.

"Split up until we figure out how to kill it." Zoe yelled as she and Phoebe ran to the left of the room while Annabeth ran to the right leaving only Percy and Thalia standing alone in the center.

"Well cousin, I guess it's up to you and I to distract this thing, are you okay with that?" Percy asked.

Thalia looked at Percy with a little surprise until she grinned, "I think we can handle that." She said as Aegis sprung onto her wrist and her canister of mace transformed into a spear.

Percy smiled, "I like your style." He said as a spear shot out of the ground and into his hand.

The two cousins slowly walked towards the stalking monster. The monster roared again before Percy sprinted forward and veered off to the right. Thalia did the same but to the left as arrows rained down from both sides of the room. Both Annabeth's and the hunters' arrows bounced harmlessly off the lion's fur.

The lion turned towards Thalia, giving Percy a chance to run up behind it as he looked to a weak spot. His thoughts drifted back to his lessons with Theseus when he told him tales of how the Nemean Lion had been defeated. He knew using his bare hands like Heracles was not going to work. Theseus also said that no monster was invincible, you just had to find its weakness.

Percy's shield sprung from his wrist before he grabbed the edge and slammed it into the back right leg of the lion hard enough knock it off-balance. The lion recovered and roared at Percy as he stepped back to get some distance. When the lion roared, Percy's eyes lit up as he saw the pink tongue and throat inside its mouth.

Percy ran back to get some distance between himself and the lion and turned to where Zoe and Phoebe were still firing arrows from their perch atop a replica airplane, "Be ready. When the time it right, you two need to put as many arrows in its mouth as possible." He yelled up to them.

Zoe's eyes widened and she nodded, halting her attack and watching Percy for the right moment to attack.

Percy sprinted forward with his spear in hand as the lion tried to turn back to Thalia but was halted when Percy smacked the lion's leg with his spear, drawing its attention back to him.

The Nemean Lion turned towards Percy who started backing up, only to trip and land on his back. The lion pounced towards Percy drawing panicked shouts from Annabeth, Thalia and Zoe.

Just before the lion's mouth reached him, Percy jumped back to his feet and drove his spear through the roof of its open mouth. The monster roared in pain as it stumbled back, the spear firmly lodged in the roof of its mouth. Before it could react, a half-dozen silver arrows flew into its open mouth.

The monster sputtered and tried to roar before it stiffened and dropped to the ground, slowly dissolving.

Zoe, Phoebe and Annabeth all dropped to the ground, joining Percy and Thalia as they watched the monster dissolve in nothing but a pelt.

"The Nemean Lion's pelt." Annabeth said in awe.

Zoe looked at Percy, "It's a spoil of war. Take it Perseus."

Percy raised an eyebrow, "I didn't kill it; you and Phoebe did."

Zoe shook her head, "It was your plan that killed it; it rightfully belongs to you."

Percy shrugged and picked up the pelt. When he did, an image from his dream flashed through his mind as he remembered Heracles with the pelt draped over his shoulder while in the Garden of the Hesperides. He glanced at Zoe to find her looking at the pelt distastefully.

"I have a better idea." Percy said as he ran over and found a large metal trash can in the corner of the room. He dragged it into the middle of the room before grabbing some paper and breaking a display case and taking the wood that it was made of and throwing it into the bin.

The four girls stared at Percy strangely.

"Thalia, can you light it?" Percy asked.

Thalia looked at Percy confused before she shrugged and sent a few sparks of electricity into the bin, igniting the paper and soon after the wood inside.

Percy grabbed the lion pelt and threw it into the fire.

"That was a smart thing you did" said Athena

"What did you do" asked Hermes

"Don't say it just read Perseus

"What are you doing?" Annabeth yelled.

Percy ignored her, "For the goddess Artemis." He said quietly before he turned around to find everyone looking at him in shock.

They just looked in AU Percy in surprise or in AU Hades state with pride

"What? Gods and goddesses draw strength from sacrifices. I assume wherever she is, Lady Artemis could use a little extra strength to help hold her over. Besides, fur really isn't my style." Percy explained in a carefree tone as the smoke from the fire turned a metallic silver color as the lion pelt burned away.

All four girls stared at Percy in shock until he snapped his fingers, "Hey, still running from those Spartus, remember?"

Zoe shook her head, "We need to get back to the train station, our train leaves soon."

Percy nodded, "I can shadow travel us all there, just hold hands and someone grab mine and follow me into a shadow."

The four girls grabbed hands as Percy turned to find Zoe standing in front of him. He looked at her warily as she held out her hand but shook it off and took it before running towards a shadow in the corner of the room, oblivious to slight tinge of pink on Zoe's cheeks.

The group came out at the train station only to find at least six Spartus roaming around the platform of their train. Percy's eyes scanned the area until a glint of gold caught his eye. He looked closer and saw the words SUNWEST RAILWAYS written in big gold letters across a few of the freight cars. Percy could see the train getting ready to depart and made a split second decision.

"Change of plans, we're taking that train." Percy whispered as he took off towards one of the freight cars.

The girls looked skeptical but followed anyway. Percy opened up the side door to the car and hurried everyone inside before a yell in the distance caught his attention.

One of the security guards from train station ran towards them waving his arms.

"Stay put." Percy ordered and he stepped towards the approaching man.

"What do you kids think you're doing?" The man yelled.

Percy snapped his fingers twice in front of the man's face making the security guard's eyes glaze over.

"We work for the train station and we are supposed to be here. You were just wishing us good luck in looking for train jumpers on our journey." Percy said sternly.

The man stared blankly back at Percy before slowly nodding, "Oh yea, good luck on the trip…."

"Theo." Percy finished for the man with a slight smirk.

"Oh yes, good luck Theo. I need to check the rest of the train before it takes off." The security guard finished before turning and walking off down the towards the other freight cars.

Percy jumped into the freight car and shut the door to meet the wide eyes of Annabeth and Thalia.

"What did you just do?" Annabeth asked curiously.

"Manipulated the mist; they don't teach you that at camp?" Percy asked incredulously.

Thalia and Annabeth looked at each other before turning back to Percy shaking their heads.

Percy frowned, "And they say camp prepares you guys for the dangers of the real world. I will teach you two how to do it when we get back to camp, it will take some practice."

Both demigods smiled and nodded to Percy. Percy looked around the train car to find them in a train car filled with high end automobiles. The train started taking off as Percy turned to his companions, "Well this is our ride for however far it'll take us so we had might as well get comfortable."

"What do we have to eat for the ride?" Annabeth asked, "We might be here for a few days."

"What do you want?" Percy asked.

Annabeth raised an eyebrow at him.

"Pick something." Percy told her.

Annabeth looked at him strangely, "Um… a turkey sandwich I guess." She said confused.

Percy nodded and clapped his hands together, a turkey sandwich appeared in his hands which he handed to Annabeth.

"How did you just do that?" Zoe asked shocked.

"I am Hestia's champion. It was one of the abilities she blessed me with. If you get hungry then let me know what you want. As long as it's a home cooked meal then I can conjure it up for you." Percy explained before shadow travelling himself into a Dodge Viper where he reclined the seat to relax after a long day.

"Well that was some show you put on today." A cheerful voice said making Percy jump out of his seat.

Percy's head snapped over to the passenger seat where he found a widely grinning Apollo sitting with his feet propped up on the dash next to him.

"What are you doing here Apollo?" Percy asked confused.

"Checking in on my favorite demigod of course, but while I'm here, call me Fred. Zeus doesn't like us interfering with mortal quests." Apollo said grinning.

Percy nodded before a look of realization appeared on his face making Apollo's grin get wider.

"Sunwest Railways." Percy said with a smirk.

Apollo put a finger to his lips, "That'll be our little secret Perce."

Percy nodded, "Thank you Fred, you definitely saved us back there."

Apollo shrugged, "I owe you a lot Perce. First you took care of that prick Orion and now you agreed to ride across the country with a couple of man haters just to save my baby sis. By the way, I saw what you did with that lion pelt bro, very cool."

"Artemis was kind to me, well at least kind for her, so I felt like I owed it to her. And the hunters aren't that bad, well at least Zoe isn't; that Phoebe girl on the other hand." Percy said with a scowl on his face when he mentioned Phoebe.

Apollo looked at Percy shocked, "Really? Zoe is usually about as cold as they come," he said until his face morphed into a smirk, "maybe she's just got a soft spot for my favorite demigod."

Percy's eyes widened before he glared at Apollo, "Don't even say that Fred. I enjoy being a fully intact male and I'd prefer to keep it that way."

Apollo chuckled, "I hear ya Perce; that's a road you don't want to wander down. I can't stay any longer but I wanted to thank you for helping my sister out. We might fight a lot but I don't know what I'd do if something happened to her."

Percy nodded, "I'll do everything I can to find her Fred, I promise."

Apollo smiled at Percy, "I know you will Perce," he said before his smile turned mischievous, "Looks like you're about to get a visit from a certain huntress with a soft spot for you."

Percy's eyes widened as Apollo vanished in a golden light from the car.

Percy sat in the car confused for a minute until the passenger door opened and Zoe Nightshade sat down beside him.

Percy stayed silent for a minute, unsure why she was there until she spoke, "Do you know if this train is even taking us in the right direction?"

Percy nodded, "Yes, we are on our way west."

Zoe looked at him suspiciously, "How do you know that?"

Percy smirked, "A little birdy told me."

Zoe scowled, "Don't play games Perseus, how do you know?"

Percy held up his hands, "We are getting more help than we know in getting across the country."

Zoe looked at him confused before her eyes widened, "Apollo?"

"Fred, he said his name was Fred." Percy corrected.

Zoe tried to stifle a chuckle but failed before she composed herself and glared at Percy, "Alright I just needed to know."

"Wait Zoe." Percy said before she could leave.

Zoe looked at him expectantly. Percy reached into his pocket pulling out his pen before he handed it to Zoe making her eyes widen immediately.

"W..Why are you giving this to me?" She asked shocked.

Percy shrugged, "It's yours isn't it? I'm just returning it to its rightful owner."

Zoe stared at Percy in utter shock, "H..H..How did you know?"

Percy stared at the steering wheel in front of him, "I had a dream when I fell asleep in the van. I don't know why but I saw what happened and how you lost it."

Zoe stared at Percy, "You saw what happened?"

Percy nodded sadly, "Yea I'm sorry, it's not my business. I don't know why I had that dream but I assume it was because I was supposed to return it to you. And for what it's worth, I'm sorry, Heracles is a prick."

Zoe continued looking at Percy in shock before she started laughing. Percy looked at her surprised but she just shook her head, "Sorry, it was just funny you called him a prick."

Percy's lips quirked into an amused smile, "It's not like it's a lie."

Zoe nodded before her face turned more serious, "I can't take the sword from you, you'll need it on the quest." She said as she held out in her hand to him.

Percy shook his head, "Trust me, I have plenty of weapons. I would feel better if it was back with its rightful owner." He said seriously as he closed Zoe's hand around the pen. His hand lingered on hers for a few seconds as he felt a sudden spark run through his body before he pulled his hand back. Unknown to him, Zoe felt a similar feeling when his hand was wrapped around her smaller one.

"You really are different from most men aren't you?" Zoe said quietly.

Percy looked at her confused. Zoe gave him a small smile, "No one else would have given it back to me just because it was the right thing to do."

Percy shrugged, "I guess most are jerks then, although I guess that is the whole reasoning behind the hunters isn't it?"

Zoe smirked and nodded, "It is but it's nice to see one that doesn't fit the criteria for once."

The two fell into a comfortable silence for a minute before Percy broke it, "You were a Hesperide right?" He asked warily.

Zoe stiffened at Percy' words but nodded slowly.

"So your father is the Titan Atlas?" He continued carefully.

Zoe scowled, "Do you have a problem with that?"

Percy eyes widened, "That's not why I'm asking; I could care less who your parents are. I judge people on who they are, not who their parents are. What I'm getting at is why I sacrificed the lion's pelt to Lady Artemis..." He said trailing off at the end of the sentence.

Zoe's eyes locked onto Percy's before he continued, "You know where we're going don't you? I know the general was what Atlas was called in the Titan army and if he is free then someone else is holding up the sky."

Zoe nodded sadly, "You are smarter than most. Not many others would figure it out but yes, I believe Lady Artemis is trapped under the sky."

Percy nodded, "We will keep it from the others for now. They need to be more concerned with getting across the country alive and there is little we can do until we get there anyway."

Zoe nodded, "That is why I haven't said anything." She said as a worried expression appeared on her face.

Percy looked at her curiously before a thought hit him, "You think the last line of the prophecy is about you don't you?"

"Yes it makes the most sense." Zoe said solemnly.

Percy gently touched her shoulder to get her attention. When she looked at him, he had a serious expression on his face, "You're not going to die on this quest Zoe. Prophecies have double meanings and it could easily apply to me as well."

"There is little that I can do to change it anyway; if the fates will it then it can't be changed." Zoe countered.

"I'm not going to let you die Zoe. I will do whatever it takes to make sure you survive and return to your sisters in the hunt after this quest." Percy stated seriously.

Zoe's eyes widened but she felt a warm feeling enter her body. She knew there was nothing Percy could do to change fate but for some reason she believed he would make sure she survived the quest.

Percy looked down while the others comforted him, and the AU characters look at them with questioning glances but they just shrugged and said "third book"

"I want to read" said Apollo

"You can read wow' said Artemis

"very funny okay" said Apollo chapter 6…..