The Sword of Justice

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"What is the problem?" Nico asked, curious.

"Themis, the titan of justice lost her sword.  You might wonder why she isn't in Tartarus, because most of the titans are. Themis made a deal with the Olympians, she would help them. Justice would be kept safe. In the mortal world, her sword, scale and blindfold are the symbols of justice.

 Therefore are the three weapons very powerful. Without the sword, justice isn't in balance. The sword without the scale and blindfold is incredibly dangerous, because the sword has the power to kill.

Themis is very busy, and she isn't sure where exactly she lost her sword. But it is important to return it to her, because it can't get in the hands of monsters or other evil. That would mean no good."

Nico interrupted Chiron's story. "And you want us to retrieve it?"

'Exactly. There aren't much campers in the winter, and I think that you two are the best candidates to complete this quest. It shouldn't be dangerous, there aren't much people who know the sword is lost, yet. So we still have to act fast, but it shouldn't be dangerous."

Nico nodded. He didn't want another quest, but if it could prevent another war, he was into it. 

"But how can we find the sword if Themis herself doesn't know where she lost it?"

"Rachel." 

Great, a prophecy. Something would definitely go wrong.  

"Do we have to go immediately?" Will asked Chiron. Nico hoped they didn't have to, because he wanted to spent some quality time together with Will. Going on a quest with him wasn't quality time. 

"Yes, I will pack you some bags with supplies you might need. In the meantime, you two can go and get your prophecy from Rachel. Good luck."

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Will and Nico entered Rachel's cave. Rachel was surprised when she saw the two boys, she hadn't expected to give a prophecy soon, and she knew they didn't come to her to have a nice chat about how their lives were going. 

"Um. Hi." Will said. 

"Tell me what I need to know."

The spirit of the Oracle took over Rachel's body. It was a creepy sight. After a few seconds, the Oracle started speaking:

You shall go to the homeland of the ghost king,
There you will see what the fountain may bring,
You go northeast to the floating city at the coast,
And you shall save what matters the most.

Nico wondered if maybe the Oracle heard his earlier conversation with Will, but he shook the thought of, the Orcale didn't work like that.

Will helped Rachel on a chair and started thinking about the prophecy.

You shall go to the homeland of the ghost king,

That was definitely Italy. Will was a bit excited, they were going to Italy, together. But unfortunately, not to have fun.

There you will see what the fountain may bring,

Will guessed that they had to go to a fountain, but that was hopeless. There are a lot of fountains in Italy, they couldn't just visit all the fountains...

You go northeast to the floating city at the coast,

The floating city at the coast? Wasn't Venice the floating city?

And you shall save what matters the most.

And that was the line with no sense. He would just have to see what the line meant.

"I think we have to go to Rome. It is logical. Venice is sort of on the Northeast from Rome. The most famous fountain is in Rome. I think we should try that out, at least." Nico stated. It did made sense, Rome was famous for her fountain. 

"I do worry about the last line, it never means something good." Will told Nico. He just shrugged.

"It's not like we can change it. We  better start making plans on how to come to Rome."

"You can shadow travel us there?" 

"I think so, but it would probably make me unconscious for a few days. And I thought I wasn't allowed to do underworld-y stuff? Doctor's orders?" Nico smirked.

"I don't really think we have another choice." 

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And another chapter! I'm not sure what I think about this chapter. But if you liked it, don't forget to comment/vote/follow !!

~Veronique