Troubling Dreams

Nico's POV

I was in a garbage dump. Literally. All around me there was garbage. But not the normal garbage you see in a normal city. Oh no. This was way more valuable. Some of the things lying there were made of pure gold and silver. Only the gods would ever throw stuff like this away. The only reason I knew it was actually a garbage dump, was because everything was lying around in a heap. If I had all this stuff I would be a billionaire.

In the distance, I saw the outlines of five people. I slowly walked toward them. Who were they? I started walking a bit faster. Somehow I knew that they wouldn't notice me even if I were standing right next to them.

Near the five, were ten strange looking poles sticking out of the ground. They kind of looked like ten really big toes. If they were toes they would be the biggest I've ever seen.

Suddenly the ten "toes" slowly started to shake. They started shaking more violently with each passing second. They rose out of the ground, dirt falling from them to reveal a foot. That foot slowly became a leg, and that leg became a whole body.

It was huge.

It was a huge metal giant.

The five all scattered from the giant. It was definitely REALLY big. Who would put something like this in a garbage dump? And why?

Then it all came to me.

The five were Percy, Thalia, Grover, Zoe, and, my sister Bianca. They were on their quest!

What I also noticed, was that this garbage dump was in the middle of the desert.

Didn't the prophecy say something about someone dying in the land with no rain?

The only land with no rain was the desert!

I had to warn them.

I ran to them. Just as I was about to shout out, I saw Bianca talking to Percy. Then she ran right toward the giant.

I stood there in shock. What was she doing? She could die!

I watched on as Percy tried to distract the giant, while Bianca ran to the giant's foot. She slipped into a door on the giant's foot. Then she disappeared.

How could she do that? She could be killed!

Suddenly the giant started to break up. It even started to punch itself in the face. I had a feeling that Bianca was making it do that. The giant sparked with electricity as it short circuited. Now big pieces of metal were starting to fall off it. I knew that Bianca was still inside the gaint as it short circuited.

Then there was a big boom as the giant broke into more pieces of metal.

I screamed. "NO!"

And I woke up. I sat bolt upright in my bed in the stuffy Hermes cabin. I was covered in a cold sweat. That had been the third time in a row I had gotten that dream.

It couldn't have been real…could it? Someone was going to die in the desert, but it couldn't have been Bianca. It just couldn't.

I wouldn't lose her again. First the hunters…now this?

No!

I couldn't afford to think like that. Percy wouldn't let Bianca die. He promised me nothing would happen to her.

Percy wouldn't lie.

I dangled my feet off the edge of my bed and ran my hand through my hair. I hated that Bianca was on a quest and I was here left to worry about her. I wish I was on the quest with her. I would keep her safe.

I didn't care. She had to come back.

Alive.

If she didn't, I would do everything in my power to get her back.

…

Percy had better kept her safe.

Or else…