•as the sky falls•

•four•

Coriane spent time in her Cabin trying to focus on anything other than everything happening. Coriane knew Annabeth would fill her in during dinner in a hushed voice but that didn't stop the nerves of missing out on what could be a breakthrough on who Jason was or where Percy was.

She was scared.

At dinner, Annabeth explained the difference of the Greek and Roman gods. They were two sides of the same coin, different appearances and the Romans were more prone to war and discipline.

But still, nothing on Percy.

After dinner, they went to the campfire where Piper and Rachel joined from the infirmary. Coriane mumbled along the words of the sing along. Once that was over, Annabeth and Coriane returned to their hushed conversation as Jason tried to not eavesdrop.

"What cabin do you think Piper will go to?" Coriane asked.

"I'm hoping Athena. She seems pretty smart and although she doesn't have the blonde hair or grey eyes her father's genes just could've been the dominant."

"But Athena children are brain babies and her dad is an actor."

Annabeth paused. "Maybe he's a smart actor?"

Coriane went to respond before she heard someone say: "Percy?"

Immediately Coriane looked up and saw the whole camp looking to her. She stood. "I didn't find him. He wasn't at the Grand Canyon like Hera made me believe. But we're not giving up. There are teams everywhere, Grover, Tyson, Nico, the Hunters, everyone is searching. We will find him."

"What about the Great Prophecy?" Another camper shouted.

Coriane looked to Drew. "What do you mean?"

Drew rolled her eyes. "Olympus is closed. Percy's disappeared. Hera sends you a vision and you come back with three new demigods. Something weird is going on. The Great Prophecy has started, right?"

The camp looked to Rachel, whose face was pale. "Yes. It has started."

Chaos broke out in the camp as the lines were muttered throughout the amphitheater and Jason stood before chanting in Latin.

Rachel looked at him in almost fear. "He just... you just said the prophecy. How...?"

"I don't know how, but I know those lines."

"In Latin," Drew called out, a smirk on her face as she looked at Piper. "Handsome and smart!"

Coriane had second hand embarrassment from her cabin mates.

Rachel continued about the prophecy. "The Eight have not yet gathered. Some are here tonight, others are not. But this is certain. If the first prophecy predicted the Titan War, this one will be just as bad."

"Or worse," Chiron muttered.

Rachel glanced at him. "What we do know is a quest must be placed. Hera, queen of the gods, has been taken."

There was silence before another uproar.

Rachel waited for them to quiet again before explaining all the events that had happened, the Grand Canyon, Pipers dreams and her fainting, Jason's vision.

Rachel looked to Jason. "You must save Hera to prevent a great evil. Some sort of king from rising. We know only this. It must happen before the winter solstice, only four days from now."

Coriane got flashbacks from her first quest, before the summer solstice.

"If he's so important, why hasn't he been claimed?" Someone shouted.

"He has been claimed," Chiron answered. "Long ago. Jason, give them a demonstration."

Jason stepped forward nervously. He grabbed a coin and flipped it in the air, and it became a lance, easily seven feet of pure gold with a spear tip at one end. Coriane ducked away to avoid the spear. It easily outshone Riptide or Ledpída.

"I thought you had a sword." Annabeth said.

"Uh... that's heads. This is tails." Jason responded, looking amazed at it.

"Dude, I want one!" Someone from Ares shouted.

"Better than Clarisse's electric spear!"

Jason's eyes brightened and Coriane took the hint and backed away. Jason raised his spear in the air and lightening parted the clouds and crashed into his spear.

"My father is Jupiter," Jason said but quickly shook his head. "I mean Zeus."

Murmurs rose about the Big Three and their pact, Thalia was whispered a few times. All was hushed as Rachel fell and Coriane caught her, bringing her to a chair.

Rachel's eyes began to glow as green smoke billowed from her mouth.

"Child of lighting, beware the earth,
The Gaines revenge the eight shall birth,
The forge and dove shall break the cage,
And death unleash through Hera's rage."

Rachel collapsed and other campers caught her as she regained consciousness.

Coriane was frozen.

A dove.

Coriane couldn't go on this quest, she had to stay here to wait for Percy, but she definitely couldn't let Drew or any of her cabin mates go. She drowned out all the shouting around her as the thoughts raced in her mind, she couldn't do it, she couldn't sit and watch as someone went on the quest, but she couldn't go on the quest.

"I'll do it!" Someone shouted. Coriane whipped her head to the voice, Leo. "I know how to fix our transportation problem. I can get us in the air!"

Jason smiled. "Then get to it!"

Annabeth looked at Coriane. "You still need another, the dove."

"Me!" Drew shouted. "Leave that grieving girl here, I'm available!"

"No way!" Piper shouted. "I had the vision!"

The two girls bickered but when Piper couldn't claim she was an Aphrodite daughter, Drew looked at her smugly.

Coriane turned to comfort Piper and gasped at what she saw. Piper had a pink glow around her, her clothes were a traditional Greek outfit, sleeveless white dress with gold accents, her hair was in a perfect braid and she had flawless makeup on. Piper looked in her dagger in shock as she saw her reflection.

Coriane grinned. "Welcome to the family, Piper!"

Chiron kneeled down. "Hail, Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite, lady of the doves, goddess of love."