Lupa led them down a narrow path in the woods.

Reyna and Natalie both looked nervous. Percy had to admit he had a strange feeling about this path too.

The trees had changed too. In most of the forest they were pine trees, and let in plenty of light from the moon. Down the path, they changed to shorter trees, with long branches that completely blocked out any moon light.

Eventually the reached a trapezoid shaped rock tunnel. As Lupa walked past, torches came to life in the tunnel.

Before they went in, Lupa picked up a leaf on the ground and handed it to Percy.

Lupa led them down the rock tunnel and took a sharp turn towards the left.

By now Percy knew something wasn't right.

He didn't know what he was expecting in the room. But he sure wasn't expecting a...jar.

The room was hung with various decorations from ancient Rome, and in the center of the room, a single gold table stood. A jar sat in the middle of the table surrounded by candles.

The candles roared to life as soon as they set foot in the room.

The jar that had previously seemed empty filled with and eerie green light.

Lupa, who had stayed back while they walked into the room spoke.

"Approach the Sybil and ask your question. I shall wait outside."

With that, she left.

"What now?" Percy asked no one in particular.

"Unscrew the jar and ask your question." Reyna said.

"What about the leaf?"

"Place it front of the jar."

Percy stepped forward and placed the leaf down. Then he began to unscrew the jar, it was rusted, like it hadn't been opened in a long time. Eventually it opened.

The green mist that had filled the jar before spilled out and completely filled the room.

The voice that followed wasn't anymore comforting. He wanted to cover his ears and hide in the corner, but he just couldn't.

The voice spoke:

I am the Sybil of Rome, seer of the future, prophet of Aeneas, approach seeker, and ask.

Percy stepped forward. As creepy as the voice was, it wasn't going to scare him.

"Who is this giant Alcyoneus? How do we find him?"

How do we find him?"

Percy expected a voice like the one that spoke before, but instead scratches appeared on the leaf.

Percy picked it up and read:

The giant Alcyoneus rises from his earthen prison

The giant Enceladus is newly risen

Children of Neptune stay to the water

The key to the puzzle lies with Apollo's daughter

The green mist retreated into the jar, and the lid closed itself. The rust had resealed as if the jar had never been opened.

"So...Can we leave now?" Percy asked.

"No." Reyna scolded. "We need to figure out what it means."

"Okay then." Natalie said. "First line, pretty straight forward, the giant Alcyoneus is rising. Second line: Enceladus, the giant who was born to defeat Minerva, or Athena, has risen."

"If the giants are rising, that's not a good sign. They almost overthrew the gods in the first Titan war."

"Third line," Natalie said. "Children of Neptune stay to the water. I think I get it. The giants are the children of Gaea. If they're rising, staying on the earth isn't safe, it would swallow us up. The air isn't safe either, so only the water is left."

"That makes sense", Reyna said. "But what puzzle do I know the answer too?"

No one had an answer.

"Well, let's just go to the next line." Percy said."Besides if Reyna knows the answer, that's a good thing."

"Well", Percy said. "The best thing we can do now is get some sleep and leave in the morning and hopefully we'll find this bay."

"Wait". Natalie said. "We need to figure out where to start. The prophecy just said to stay in the water. Well, where in the water?"

"Let's just see where it goes, besides we need to worry about how were going to even to stay on the water. We need a boat." Reyna said

Natalie smiled.

"Let me and Percy handle that".

With that, they walked out of the cave and were greeted by Lupa. She didn't press for information on their prophecy, it was for them to figure out.

Soon, they were back at the cabin. Natalie had loaned him a backpack and some supplies. His shirt was dirty from war, so Natalie had given him a purple one and some jeans. It didn't feel right wearing the purple shirt to Percy, it was mutiny.

But he had nothing else, so he put it on.

It hadn't occurred to Percy to check his pockets, since there didn't seem to be anything there besides his pen, but he was just as confused as Natalie when she pulled a beaded necklace out of his pocket that had fallen on the floor when he changed pants.

The necklace seemed to bother her a lot, like a declaration of war.

"Where did you get this?" She asked.

"Like always, I don't know." He said

She took a closer look at the beads. There were four beads. The first was black with a blue green trident, the second bead was the golden fleece. The third bead had an intricately designed maze, and the final bead was the Empire State building, with tiny names written in greek, surrounding the building.

The necklace was bothering her a lot. Percy compared it to how wearing the purple shirt bothered him.

At that moment Reyna came in the door.

She was carrying a couple different chip bags and juice boxes and some golden coins.

She must have noticed the awkward silence because she stopped whatever she was going to stay.

She noticed Natalie staring at the necklace and walked over to take a look. The necklace bothered her a lot too.

"What...what is that? Why is Olympus on it?" Reyna asked.

"It was in Percy's pocket, he doesn't remember when he got it." Natalie answered.

"Well," Reyna said. "Let's try to figure the beads out, maybe Percy will remember. The first bead obviously has to do with him, it's a trident."

"I... I think I remember something." Percy said. "The black on that bead, it's something bad. Somewhere dark."

"Let's just skip it." Natalie said. "Second bead. The golden fleece."

"I... I'm sorry, I don't know." Percy said. "We need to focus on the quest now. We can figure out the necklace later."

He took the necklace back and as Natalie and Reyna continued to pack, Percy put on the necklace and slipped it under his shirt collar. It gave him a nice warm feeling, and made him feel not as bad about wearing the purple shirt.

Soon they were ready to leave.

Lupa, the entire Apollo cabin, and a few campers came to say goodbye.

There was one thing missing though, at least to Percy. They didn't have any way to travel on the water. Both Natalie and Reyna didn't seem to notice.

"Ummm.." Percy said. "So...how are we supposed to travel in the water if we don't have a boat?"

"Pray to Dad, duh." Natalie said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

She grabbed his arm and led him down to the waters edge.

"Well", she said. "Pray. This is a big favor, we both need too."

Percy concentrated.

Dad, a little help now please. I don't know if you've ever helped me before...but we really need a boat. Thanks.

Percy didn't know what Natalie was thinking, but soon enough, an unmanned boat sailed towards the beach.

It wasn't a nice fancy speed boat or yacht a rich person would have. It was a trireme, a classic roman style boat.

It was perfect. For both children of Neptune, it felt just right.

Soon enough, they were on the boat, getting their stuff settled in. Below deck had plenty of rooms for everyone to keep their stuff.

There was no need for the oars, both Natalie or Percy could control the boat with their mind.

And they were on their way, sailing down the coast of California.

Reyna and Natalie had been talking and decided that they would sail to San Francisco Bay, where they would seek out Nereus. Or more speciafically, Percy would.

He would be able to tell them where Alcyoneus is, then they could properly start the quest.

The sybil is a real roman thing! thanks to NobodySomebodyAnybody. Okay so I know alot of you are probably thinking like OMG Nereus! Percy already been to see him! That's cause Nereus us going to be the Aelous of this story, and remember Percy. But of course they have to go through some monsters to get to him. And I'm sorry but I won't be able to update for awhile since I'm going to see family until the new year. But I'll try. ... If anyone knows who to upload pics to fanfanfiction, ive got some i drew of the character and some lunaii dolls i did online . thankssss

So im new to fanfiction and i dont really know how to reply to some reviews. so to answer your question, ilovebooks538. i really wanted bobby to go on the quest too. but most likely the 7 from the prophecy will be Jason, Piper, Leo, probably Annabeth, Percy and 2 friends percy gets while at the roman camp, so then bobby would have to die, or be kicked out, cause i have stuff planned for Reyna. Poor Bobby...but he'll be back. trust me. hes to cute to get rid of.