Percy's point of view

The same day that I had discussed the unknown sea deities with my father and brother, a meeting was called by Hades. I knew well enough that couldn't be a good sign.

When we all got there Hades said: "I have sensed that someone is attempting to escape Tartarus, however, I have not yet discovered who it is."

We all knew that it was too soon for it to be the titans or giants, but we didn't know who it was either. That was when a thought struck me. I knew that when gods are defeated, they reform in Tartarus just like monsters and titans do. What I didn't know was how long it usually takes to reform. Five years ago we had unseated Zeus and I had replaced him as king of the gods.

Could it be him who's trying to get out of Tartarus? If it was him, and he succeeded I knew that he wouldn't be happy with us, and might just seek revenge on us. That's when I thought of the prophecy, could it be starting now? I thought of that line about the sky and sea's rage, I wondered if Zeus was the sky in that line. If he is what did the other lines mean? Like with any prophecy we won't know until the events mentioned in the prophecy take place.

As those thoughts went through my head the conversation in the throne room went from Hades' news to the all too common arguments. Hera and Hephaestus argued, My dad and Athena started arguing, Apollo and Artemis started arguing, Dionysus was reading a Magazine, Aphrodite was fixing her makeup, Hermes was on his phone, Demeter began Arguing with Hades. The only ones who sat in silence not doing anything else were Hestia, Piper, and Amber.

Amber suddenly asked me, "What are you thinking about?"

Since I had been lost in thought I said, "What?"

She replied "I asked what you were thinking about. You had your thinking face."

I replied, "I don't have a thinking face."

She replied, "Yeah sure."

Knowing that we had more important things to talk about than whether I had a thinking face I didn't respond to her obviously sarcastic comment and got the others to stop arguing. After they had all stopped arguing I voiced the thoughts I'd been having moments before. The others agreed that my theory was entirely possible, but we wouldn't know if I was right until either Hades finds out who is trying to escape, or the events of the prophecy come to pass.

Eventually, the meeting came to a close, and Amber and I returned to our palace. A couple months after we were married, I had decided that I would have a palace built under the sea. My dad had been pleased when I had made the decision, now that palace is where Amber and I stay most of the time. Later that afternoon our daughter Emily dropped by. Since she's the goddess of honesty she never lies, not even the little white lies that one person might tell another if they want to avoid upsetting them.

This had led to some of the other gods not liking her, but most of them were fine with her. Despite her honesty, she was still a lot like me and Amber in some ways. Although when she came to visit I had cheered up a bit since the meeting, but some of my worries must have still shown on my face because she said: "Dad what's wrong?"

I filled her in on the meeting and the fact that the next prophecy might be starting. There was no point in trying to hide it from her, she would know if I was. That and the fact that as much as I may want to protect her and her sister, I know that they are goddesses, Young ones yes, but they deserve to know what's going on, and they have received training. I'm guessing that when the new war comes even if it's one hundred years from now I will probably be reluctant to let them help despite the fact that they would be fully capable of defending themselves.

I've been trying not to think about recent events and the prophecy, but I'm having a hard time doing that for some reason. After Emily left I decided to visit an old friend who I don't see as often these days, I hoped that the visit would help get my mind off recent events. I teleported to my Palace on Olympus and walked toward the smaller building that was behind it. Before I was even through the door I heard "Hey Boss."

As I spoke to Blackjack and Porkpike I started chuckling as I thought about one of the times we stayed on Olympus while Zoe and Emily were still small. Zoe had wandered off and when I found her she was trying to braid Blackjack's mane. I had a hard time scolding her because I was trying not to laugh. That left Blackjack annoyed at both of us. Zoe for what she was doing, and because I was having a hard time suppressing my laughter. I was once again having a hard time with that now as I recalled the memory.

I know Mortals say that children grow up too fast, but Immortal children are worse since they grow up in the span of a few months, and if they were meant to be a major god it would take a matter of days. Heck, even Luke is practically grown up now. He's seventeen already, and he's got a girlfriend. I'm fine with her as long as she doesn't hurt him like Annabeth did me, I don't think she'll do that, though, and I'm usually right when it comes to these things since I'm the god of Loyalty.

Blackjack asked me, "What are you thinking about Boss?" he actually sounded slightly suspicious.

"Oh, Nothing Blackjack," I replied hoping he would believe it.

I don't think he believed me, but he let it go.

Just before I left he asked, "Do you have any doughnuts, Boss?"

I gave him a doughnut, even though he's immortal and might be able to get away with eating more of them than I give him, I don't want to spoil him too much. Talking to Blackjack and Porkpike had cheered me up a bit, and the rest of that day went by without much going on.

Luke's Point of view

Wow, it's five years since I got to camp and found out I was a demigod, so much had changed since then, my parents were married, I had lost one sister and later gotten two more. Emily and Zoe would never replace Christina but we were as close as we could be when we didn't see each other all the time. Christina's, Nathan's, and Scooter's deaths weren't as hard to deal with as they used to be. I had gotten used to living here at camp, and when I wasn't training I am usually spending time with Hudson, Taylor, or other friends that I have made since the war.

At the moment I was helping a son of Nemesis with his swordsmanship. Even though he had been at camp for a couple of years now, he had always had a hard time using a sword. Just because he isn't very good with a sword doesn't mean that he can't defend himself, he usually uses a gun that can shoot celestial bronze bullets. He didn't even have to learn how to use it really because he was from Texas and his father had taught him how to use a gun even before he came to camp. So really all he had to do was get used to the new gun after he picked it out. I think he wanted to improve his swordsmanship so he would have something else he could use in case he ran out of bullets in the middle of a fight.

I instructed him on how he could improve and then we fought so he could try and apply what I had told him. he seemed a bit apprehensive about fighting me, possibly because of how good I am with the sword, I'm not bragging, I'm pretty sure that everyone else thinks that I'm the best swordsman at camp, I'm not so sure but I've quit arguing.

We fought, I either dodged or parried his strikes while he attempted to do the same to mine. In the end, I disarmed him, but I also gave him further tips on how to improve. Alex wasn't the first person to ask me for help with swordsmanship, People had started asking me not that long after the last war, it made me a bit uncomfortable at first since I didn't feel I had done enough to warrant all the attention I was getting. Now though I had pretty much gotten used to it. I still didn't really like it but I had accepted it.

Things had remained peaceful during the last five years, but I think we all occasionally found ourselves wondering about the newest prophecy, and If it would be us that would have to deal with it or whether it would be another generation of demigods who knows how many years from now. I kind of hoped that it would be the second option, but knowing my luck it probably won't be too long and we'll have to deal with it.

As I walked out of the sword Arena I couldn't help but think that even though my life has changed a lot in the last few years I am happy with how things have turned out. Sure it would be even better if Christina and everyone else we lost were still here, but I now know that we couldn't have saved them no matter how much we may have wanted to.