"What was that?" Rin McKinley demanded of Lily, holding the redhead's arms, who was staring, wide-eyed, at the back of James Potter's head. The son of Zeus was sitting at his usual seat beside the fire, his mates at his side and him roasting marshmallows and laughing.

Rin had never seen James Potter look so happy since his mother was cured of cancer last year. The smile which came on his face after seeing Lily was something Rin wanted to see from years, ever since Euphemia Potter got diagonised by cancer. You see, Rin has a backstory, like all of us. Perhaps I will tell you mine someday, not now. We must focus on why Rin Yui McKinley adores James Potter so much.

Rin was part-Japanese. After her father married another woman, she was neglected, a lot. Her father no longer cared for her, and her step-mother simply hated her. Her step-siblings considered her 'freakish' just because Rin was a lesbian. Four years ago, when Rin was eleven, she ran away from her house, only to be found by James Potter and Remus Lupin, who were returning from a quest. She has adored the son of Zeus and the son of Athena ever since.

James had greeted Lily so happily, it made every camper--minus the sons of Dionysus and a few children of Ares--melt. He was practically beaming, as though he had swallowed the sun and it would blast out of him any moment. He had carefully explained Lily about Greek mythology, and had left her, relucantly, only after tiny Peter Pettigrew called him to roast marshmallows, he was quite adroit at that.

Even now, he kept turning his head and smiling at Lily, who still looked super-shocked but happy, equally happy, not if a bit hopeful.

"He remembers me," Lily said softly, as though she could not believe it herself.

"When did you even meet?" Rin asked her, her eyes shining with admiration for the redhead, who had managed to make James smile that happily after months.

"Ever since I was eleven," Lily started, "and he was twelve, we attended the same boarding school: St. Silvanna's Academy. We were best friends, had been until two years ago, I was fourteen and he was fifteen. I felt- I feel something for him. I was about to tell him, but I was expelled the day when I was about to come clean to him. We haven't seen each other ever since."

"This sounds like one of the romantic novels Annie loves to read," Rin breathed out a pleased laugh.

"Oi, Lils, you still like roasted marshmallows?" James turned to Lily suddenly, still smiling.

"Yeah, not changed." Lily smiled at him.

The Aphrodite Cabin "aww"-ed and "aah"-ed and James teasingly dodged the marshmallow away from Lily's mouth and, in the end, ended up feeding her himself.

"Moony!" Sirius Black barked out at the son of Athena, who jumped in alarm, accidently summoning a dagger in his hands. "We gotta make a #lames on Instagram mate! These two would look amazing together!"

"We are friends!" Lily and James said quickly, very quickly, but anyone with a brain and eyes could see the blush on their cheeks.

"Yeah, sure." The campers jumped at Dorcas Meadowes's voice. The daughter of Hephaestus emerged from the forest, in her mechanic's uniform and her face sweaty.

"That forest is hot, dude!" she complained, sitting down beside her brother, Matteo Devin.

"At bunker nine?" James guessed.

"Yep," Dorcas answered, resting her head in Emmeline's lap.

"Bunker Nine?" Lily repeated, slightly confused.

"Bunker Nine is a special and secret workshop for the children of Hephaestus in the forest," Sirius told her, his face darkened a shade or two.

"That's so cool!" Lily gasped. The Hephaestus kids smiled proudly and thanked her.

The made small talk, jumping from one topic to another. Lily explained all about how she had ended up in here, and James explained to her about the Camp and its rules.

"Campers!"

Everyone turned sharply towards Chiron and Mr. D, who were standing near the fire. Mr. D was sipping Diet Coke and looking bored as usual, while Chiron looked like he was fighting thr urge to slam his head against a wall.

"Campers!" Chiron said again. "On this day, Mr. D and I have a news to share, news that demands silence and bravery, wit and loyalty."

A hush fell over the demigods as they stared at their mentor. Lily saw James's hand clench his dark blue button-up shirt so hard that his knuckles turned white, a shocking match to his perfectly tanned skin.

"The anicent lord of the sky, Ouranos, is rising."

Silence. Then a child of Hermes snorted. "Impossible!" he cried out. "For all we know, The Ancient Sky is a kind soul, sleeping in peace!"

Everyone apart from Lily stared at him like he was insane. A daughter of Apollo, perhaps Naomi Lake, even started to scribble medicines for him.

"Simon," Chiron said patiently, "Ouranos is one of the most evil gods to ever exist, child. He gave birth to the Titans, and thousands of monsters. He isn't exactly a kind soul. And he is rising."

"As in the Sky would form a huge rift and he'll come out from it?" Diana Cubec, daughter of Tyche, snorted with laughter. No one laughed, not even Simon. "Uh..its not really gonna happen, right?"

"Who knows?" Mr. D stepped in, finally. "Knowing how Ouranos comes out of the Sky is as insane as Jake Porter being useless at sword-fighting!"

"Jake Porter?" Lily hissed to Remus.

"He means James here," Remus sniggered.

"For all we know," Chiron continued, "a quest must be send to save us...Several years ago, The Oracle of Delphi gave me a prophecy..."

The campers held their breathes as Mr. D did the honours of unfolding a small, torn piece of paper and handed it to Chiron.

"Once the day is the longest, a promise shall be broken, bringing forth an age of bliss and vicious war. The daughter of wisdom and the son of sky shall save us all."

"The only son of Zeus is-" Remus's eyes grew wide and he tensed.

"Me." James raised his head.

"And the day is longest could mean 22nd July..and nine months after that is March. Any daughter of Athena born in March?" Emmeline Vance's sparkling blue eyes landed on Lily.

"20th March," Lily whispered.

It seems like we know who the daughter of wisdom and the son of sky are.

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Obviously it was them, duh. Quest-y thing in the next chapter. Take care and stay safe.

Love,
~Aurora♡