As Long As I Live

Well... We're Gonna Die.

"Hey Y/n, repair boy." Percy nodded, acknowledging us two as we walked into the Big House. "Hey!" Leo punched his arm playfully.

The red haired girl from earlier stepped into the room, looking a bit distant. Her eyes scanned the campers, locking with mine.

"You're the new camper." She said, holding out her hand to shake. I took it. "Y/n, daughter of Apollo."

"I'm Rachel." The girl replied. "I give prophesies to Camp Half-Blood."

"I figured." I chuckled slightly.

A mysterious boy emerged from the shadows... like literally. He seemed to have been there the whole time.

"What exactly did you call us here for?"

"Oh! Nico, hi." Annabeth looked back at the boy. I didn't know why Percy's girlfriend was here. She hand't been in the prophesy, had she?

Rachel nodded at Nico, then turned back to address the group as a whole.

"I have more of the prophesy, thought you all would like to hear it."

"Like isn't the word I would use..." Leo mumbled and I elbowed him.

"Hey!" He rubbed his arm and Rachel looked at me with a sort of proud expression before continuing. "You all heard the first part I assume...

...Water's deep shall lead the crew Aboard the ship, the Argo II The flaming promise is vague The newest sun delayed Darkness is needed to complete the quest As light lays down at last to rest."

Rachel took a breath. "Well there's more."

"More?!" Leo threw his hands up in exasperation. "Who has time to make an entire poem out of a death threat?"

"Apollo" The rest of us muttered. Rachel smothered a half smile and continued.

"Mayhem threatens to destroy Demigods must stop its ploy Lord of Death knows the way To the hole of neither night nor day There they must face Havoc's wrath The forge must then choose it's path."

There was silence as we tried to process this information. Leo cleared his throat. "What's a ploy." He asked. Nico glared at him, his eye twitching, clearly annoyed.

"We just got a declaration of certain death and you're asking about vocabulary?!"

"Ploy is basically a plan, or a scheme." Annabeth stated. Leo smiled at her appreciatively.

Percy seemed lost in thought, his usual sass was gone. "Lord of Death. That's Hades"

Everyone turned their heads toward Nico. I didn't know why, but I guessed that Hades was probably his father. He had that dark sort of gloom to him and he blended into darkness surprisingly well. He ignored the attention and instead turned toward the red-haired oracle.