Prophecies

Prophecies in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series
Prophecies have a large role in this book series. A selected half-blood is sent to see the Oracle to go and recieve a prophecy that will be used as a guideline through their quest. Percy has personally recieved one prophecy, while the other three have gone to Clarisse, Zoë Nightshade, and Annabeth.

The Lightning Thief
In book one of the series, The Lightning Thief, Percy is selected to visit the Oracle and to lead the quest to discover Zues's stolen lightning bolt. When he meets the mummified hippy, he recieves this prophecy:

You shall go west, and face the god who has turned,

You shall find what was stolen, and see it safely returned,

You shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend,

And you shall fail to save what matters most, in the end.

This prophecy unravels throught the story. The group, Percy, Grover, and Annabeth, travel west to go and meet Hades, although the god who has turned is Ares. Percy later finds Zeus's lightning bolt in a backpack given to him by Ares. He returns it to Zeus, as well as Hades's Helm of Darkness, which was also in the possession of Ares. Percy is betrayed by Luke, a son of Hermes, who stole both Zeus's Lightning Bolt and Hades's Helm of Darkness. Luke then tries to attack Percy. In the end, Percy fails to save Luke from turning evil, although he also failed to save his mother, even though she was given back when Percy returned Hades's Helm of Darkness.