A/N this is a story that I came up with, after reading PercyJacksonAlways 's tournament of power's 10th chapter, where Harry decides to attempt to kidnap Percy, in order to question him about his suspicions of Percy being a Death Eater. If you want more backstory, and for all of this to make sense, I highly suggest you go read the story (at least up through chap 10, as that's when this begins), it is an amazing read.
Disclaimer: I do not own PJO, HOO, HP, or Tournament of power. I only own the story itself, not the back-story or characters.
The three approached Percy, who was lying in bed, asleep. After sneaking into his room, they went towards the bed, in attempt to grab him, and drag him off. As they got about halfway across the room, they stopped, as he had started twitching. They froze, afraid that he had detected them, and started looking for a way to get out, without causing any more trouble. As they crept toward the door, they froze again, responding to a noise. It was Percy. He was screaming. Over and over and over again. Slowly, they screams turned into a name.
"Annabeth!" Percy shouted at the top of his lungs. "ANNABETH!"
The Trio looked at him in shock, as he stopped screaming, but began twitching violently, like he was having a seizure.
"ANNABETH!" he screamed. He twisted in his bed, and his head jerked up "I will find you!" He shouted. "I will find you and I will KILL you!" He shouted.
The Trio stood, frozen, fearing for their lives. Had this strange boy somehow discovered them in his sleep, and was threatening to kill them? For Harry, it wasn't as scary as for the others, he was used to getting death threats, but not from someone who was asleep, who by all rights shouldn't have realized they were there.
When they looked back, he was staring right at them, but his eyes were still closed.
"I will KILL you for what you've done to her!" The Trio looked at each other, startled. They had no idea who Annabeth was, much less had done anything to her.
Percy lied back down, and his head returned to it's original position.
"Annabeth, it's okay. Don't leave me. Annabeth, hold on Annabeth." He muttered in his dream.
"I love you. I love you Annabeth, I don't know what I would do without you. Hold on, Annabeth, please hold on." He mumbled, seemingly grief stricken. The Trio looked at each other again, a little embarrassed, sure they were about to kidnap the guy, but they were standing here, listening to what was probably his worst nightmare.
"I love you Annabeth. I love you, I love you, I love you…" He repeated again and again, his voice getting softer each time. He leaned forward, and for a second, he froze. After what seemed like an eternity, but was really only a few seconds, his face contorted with pain.
"NO! No! no, no no n-no no." He said. "You can't be dead, you can't be dead. Not after all we've been through, no, you can't be dead." Percy sobbed, and started crying in his sleep. He jerked upward, and his eyes flew open, but they were glazed over, seeing something else.
The Trio jumped back in surprise, and were halfway through drawing their wands before they realized he was still asleep.
"I will destroy you! Do you hear me Thanatos! I will destroy your doors, I will destroy you, and through you remain to Nyx! DO YOU HEAR ME! THANATOS!" He yelled. He continued like this for a while, before he began sobbing again, his eyes closing. Mumbling "Annabeth" and "I love you" before returning to raging at the world and at a person named Thanatos, though the Trio heard the names "Arachne" and "Tartarus" occasionally. Once they even heard him yelling at a person named Luke, though that didn't last long, and he quickly turned to sobbing afterward. After what felt like days, the Trio heard footsteps in the corridor. Ron and Hermione panicked, as that was the only way out. Harry quickly pulled something out of his pocket with the help of his wand that the others soon realized was the invisibility cloak.
"Quick, under this guys." Harry whispered. Just as they managed to get under the cloak and against a wall, they saw Thalia and Nico burst into the room, with panicked expressions. They scanned the room, and the reached for what the Trio presumed to be their wands before their eyes landed on Percy, still in bed, thrashing and screaming. When Nico saw this, his eyes widened even further, before nudging Thalia and pointing to him. When Thalia's turned, she gasped and rushed over to Percy, trying to shake him awake.
"Percy! Percy wake up! Its just a dre-"
She was cut off as his eyes opened to the same glazed look, swinging his arm, hitting Thalia hard in the chest, sending her lean but muscular frame flying across the room. God he's strong. I'm glad we did have time to try and grab him, we might all be dead now. Thought Harry.
Seemingly undeterred by the fact his friend was lying in a crumpled heap against the wall, Nico rushed up to Percy, shaking him violently and snapping his fingers in front of Percy's face.
"Wake up! Wake up you idiot! It's not real! Den eínai sta Tártara sas Fýkia enkéfalo! Xypní̱ste!" he shouted in a language the Trio couldn't understand.
"WAKE UP!" Nico yelled with more force than humanly possible, his voice shaking the tower's floor.
WAKE UP! The words reverberated in Percy's mind, snapping him out of his grief. Then he started to remember. And as Tartarus faded around him, he woke up.
The Trio saw Percy's eyes flutter open, having shut again after throwing Thalia against the wall, and his eyes didn't have the glazed look this time.
"Percy? Percy? Are you okay?" Nico asked the newly awakened boy on the bed.
"No." He mumbled. "Well, maybe now. Thanks."
"What happened?' Nico asked. As he did this, the Trio heard Thalia groan from up against the wall as she began picking herself up off the floor.
"Nightmare." The Trio heard him say. Even Harry felt sorry for him. Harry had some pretty bad nightmares, but none of his were ever as bad as this.
"Tartarus." Percy continued.I wonder what that is. Thought Harry. I'll have to ask Hermione later. He decided.
"Monster." Percy said, continuing his stream of words."Annabeth. Dead. Arachne." Percy practically whispered, his voice fading, but the Trio still managed to catch a few words.
"... Doors….. Thanatos ….. Nyx … Dead… Broken….. Phlegethon … Gone…. Her….. Love…." Percy mumbled before breaking into tears. Nico looked sad, but seemed like he had no idea what to do, when Thalia walked over and started trying to comfort Percy.
"It's okay, shhh, it's okay. She's fine…. you'll see her soon… you made it out…. saved us…. closed the doors…."
"BUT I COULDN'T SAVE BOB!" Percy yelled, and the cups in the room started to shake, and the Trio could hear something that sounded suspiciously like pipes straining from the bathroom.
"OR DAMASEN! OR THE DRAKON! OR SMALL BOB!" Percy continued to rage, while listing off countless names that the Trio lost track off, though a few caught in their minds.
"OR LUKE!... OR ETHAN!... OR SELINA … OR... or... Beckendorf!" Percy continued to shout, and soon the whole tower was shaking.
"Or Bianca.." Nico muttered to himself.
Percy listed off a few more names before curling into a ball and continuing to cry.
"I saw them, I saw them all….. They blamed me…. I failed them…. They cursed me….. Calypso… Arai…"
"It wasn't real Percy, it wasn't real." said Nico. " I talked to half of those people. They don't blame you. None of them do." What? Harry thought. They were talking about those people like they were dead….. but Nico said he talked to them…. this doesn't make any sense!
"You're right, I guess it was just a part of the nightmare." Percy said, starting to calm down. As he did, the shaking in the tower slowly came to a stop. Strange, very strange, this was already strange, and it just keeps getting stranger. I REALLY need to talk to Hermione after this. Harry thought to himself.
"Yes, yes it was." Thalia said, still trying to calm Percy down. "This one was the worst yet, wasn't it?" Thalia asked him, concerned.
"Yes." Percy admitted. "They've been getting worse ever since we left Annabeth."
"We'll have to talk to Chiron about that." Nico said. "But I'm sure you'll see her soon."
"Yeah." Percy said wistfully. " It's strange, I almost feel like she's here now." Percy said, then turned to look straight at the Trio.
Harry started to panic, but forced himself to calm down, after checking to make sure they were all safely inside the cloak, he held perfectly still, and motioned for the others to do so as well.
After an unsettling long period of time, Percy averted his gaze, and the others followed suit.
Still slightly startled by Percy's reaction, the Trio took that time to excuse themselves, before sneaking back to the Gryffindor common room.
A/N, sorry if there is some slight OOC, but Percy is delusional, and Thalia and Nico are on the verge of panic, try to get Percy to calm down, before he either A) blows their cover or B) kills someone.