I woke up with a certain feeling of dread. I had nearly finished my school year without being expelled (which for me is a miracle) but I had a feeling that today, everything would go wrong again. I heard my mom calling me for breakfast so I got up telling myself that later that evening, I would be at my favorite place in the world, Camp Half-Blood. I just hoped that everything would be all right till then. My mom had made blue waffles. I sat down and started eating while thinking. I was thinking about Kronos and if he had already found Nico and put him as a pet in his army like Luke. But the problem was that even with Nico in his army, there was a doubt that he was the child of the prophecy now that Thalia had joined the hunt, I still remained a great obstacle in Krnos's path being a son of Poseidon, one of the big three. I went to my last day of school thinking that if Kronos hadn't managed to kill me during the school year, he would try while I was at camp. I was putting everyone in danger.

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't see the monster attack. When I lifted my head up, I saw a Minotaur in front of me, his bull head as disgusting as ever. Quickly, I uncapped my pen and Anaklusmos grew into my hand till it became a long Greek sword. I stabbed in front of me but the monster was quick, it was already gone. He was really quick but I was quicker, I slashed him and blood came out. But then, he did something I wouldn't have thought possible, he spoke to me.

"Perseus Jackson, he grunted, I have orders to bring you to my master and to force you, should you refuse".

I was too stunned to speak back but when he did a step towards me, I held up Riptide and answered:

"Tell your master that I am not interested and should he want to speak to me, he will have to come here."

When the Minotaur had come, I was angry but now, I was mad. Kronos wanted to speak to me after all he had done to my friends. But I didn't have time to think of that because already, the bull charged at me. I waited till last second, and then dodged. The Minotaur didn't have time to catch me. I slipped behind him with one fluid movement and stabbed the Minotaur who exploded in yellow dust. I knew it was too easy so I wasn't surprised when Hellhounds appeared in the doorway. They charged at me but I dodged and stabbed before they had time to hurt me. I arrived at the end of the horde and killed to the very last one but if Kronos wanted to speak to me, I knew he wouldn't stop to a few monsters so I quickly ran away from the road I was in to go to my school. This was going to be the longest day ever.

At the last hour of the day (French), my teacher told me:

"Percy, stay after class, I need to speak to you."

I already knew how this was going to finish. I grabbed my pen tightly. People always say that the last hour of the day at work is the longest. I can tell that they are right. After one hour listening to the exceptions, the spelling and all the stuff I can't understand, the bell finely rang and I went to the teacher my hand still in my pocket. She smiled when she saw it.

"We won't be needing that if you are reasonable," she said.

I suddenly realized that her teeth were dirty like most monsters in their human form.

"Why would I be reasonable?" I asked, interested.

"Because you don't have to make the difficult child, you could just follow me nicely like a nice kid, or at least a nice Half-Blood" she answered smiling.

"I wish monsters would stop being like that, like they're really nice and that they want our own good," I said, more to myself than to her, him, it.

"Come quietly and I won't hurt you", she suddenly looked aggressive.

"Même pas en rêve" I said, it was the only sentence I remembered from her teaching.

Suddenly, she revealed her true form. A monster with scales, sharp teeth and razor like claws. It was a fancy green color BUT it was a monster deadly dangerous. GULP. MUMMY. I knew I had lost but I was still going to fight. I took out riptide for the second time today. I knew there wouldn't be a third time, they didn't teach us to fight monsters like that at camp. It smiled when it saw I had drew my sword and spoke to me in a hoarse voice:

"Yealed, Perseus Jackson, you haven't got a chance"

"I'll never know unless I try," I said, mockingly. BAD choice of words. It slashed its talons at me but I dodged. My body thought for me and it was telling me to run as fast as I could towards the exit but I knew I wouldn't go very far before the monster would catch me so I faced it and held up my sword. At that moment, I would have given anything to be someone else but a part of my mind clicked in; I was Perseus Jackson and I had to face a monster with very sharp claws. I needed to win. My ex-French teacher launched forward with her talons pointed strait at my face. I waited, waited and waited for the right moment to find her flaw (if she had one). We battled for a few minutes but it was clear she was going to win. Suddenly, one of her talons tore my shirt right at my ribs. I could feel hot liquid trickling down my side but I ignored the sickening pain. I continued to stop her powerful blows I had abounded hope to win, I was just trying to stay conscious and alive. Then, I saw something that cheered me up; there was a sink in the corner, if I could just reach! She charged a vicious blow at me but without realizing it, she had brought me close enough to the sink. She saw her mistake too late, only when I opened the tap and let the water flow on me. I felt my strength come back. I also felt the water around me. She realized she had given me back my most powerful weapon. I ordered the water charge her and start to drown her. The whole room was flooded with the water. The cut on my ribs had healed instantly when it had touched the water. She realized that she was in a bad posture. The predator became pray. I took back Riptide and slashed her scales in one clean swipe. She fell down but before turning into dust, she said:

"I am not alone, Perseus Jackson, They will arrive soon."

And she exploded. I didn't understand at first what she had meant but then, it became clear, other monsters, maybe worst monsters, were on their way. I quickly took my stuff and ran to my mom's apartment. When I arrived, she was still at work. It was probably better like that, I could go faster without the goodbyes and take cares and all the stuff. I wrote her a note:

Dear mom,

Sorry for going to camp without goodbye,

But there was a monster attack, you'll be safer without me around for a moment

I'll come back after the holydays

Love

Percy

I left it on the table where she would see it when she would come back. I left the house and ran out of New York. I then tried something I hadn't tried up to here; I screamed in my thoughts for Blackjack to come. A few seconds later, a dark spot appeared in the sky and I knew I had done it; Blackjack would lead me to safety. He landed next to me and asked:

"Where to, boss?"

"Camp Half-Blood, please Blackjack" I answered.

We had a safe flight with Blackjack which means we nearly died ten times.

"Why did you do such a racket when you called me? "He asked.

"I didn't know how to call you and I was in a hurry "I answered, amazed that I could do a racket just by my thoughts.

"Why were you in a hurry?" he asked again. Couldn't pegasus learn not to ask questions?

"I have been attacked by monsters pretty much all day and I was getting tired" now I was really getting tired. Of his questions.

Finally, we could see Camp Half-Blood. Blackjack landed next to the stables and I walked to the Big House after making sure he had everything he needed. I walked up to Chiron.

"I thought you were going to arrive later, Percy" He said looking surprised.

"I got problems" I said, as if it solved everything.

"Monsters?" he asked, frowning.

I nodded. He looked thoughtful for a moment.

"What did they want?"He asked, looking concerned.

"They were all asking me to follow them so they could bring me to Kronos" I answered, not knowing why it was so important.

"Percy, monsters have been attacking since this morning, they were weak ones but they kept our attention focused on them. We couldn't have helped you, should you have needed us. I think they were creating a diversion to get a good shoot at you. Percy, you need to be on your guards. I think Kronos is back to his original plan. Using you against the Olympians." He looked really worried now.

"Don't worry, I won't go looking for trouble, I don't need to" I said, trying to sound confident.

"All right, go training now" He said, smiling.

I walked to the sword training area, looking for my friend, Annabeth. I didn't find her so I assumed she was on her way to camp. As I walked, I realized that absolutely nothing had changed. Even the smell of the strawberries was the same.

When I arrived, I saw the Ares Cabin practicing. The Ares Cabin children were the Big Bullies of Camp Half-Blood. A dozen kids meaner one than another with at the top, Clarisse. The Ares cabin had hated me since I had set foot on camp. Dislike that had increased since I had beaten Ares in a sword fight. But Clarisse came to me and asked mockingly:

"Care for a sword fight, Prissy"

"My name isn't Prissy, nice to see you again too Clarisse» I said, bored.

"Fine, wanna fight" she said in a tone that made me know she would mock me again at the first occasion. The first occasion came sooner than I thought.

I uncapped Riptide and tapped my wristwatch. She charged at me but I blocked her easily. She lounged at my write side but her sword got caught in my shield. She unblocked it easily. This had just been the warm up. I started attacking her but she was safe only thanks to her Half-Blood reflexes.

"You need oil, Prissy. You're all rusty!" That got me mad but I ignored her. But then her teammates came and started calling me Prissy. I was really, really, really angry now but I still didn't say anything. Instead, I concentrated on the water. Huge wave rowed, wave like tsunamis. The Ares campers stopped laughing. The waves were on them before they could say "ouf". I made sure they didn't drown but I didn't let them go.

"Don't ever call me Prissy again. My name is Percy. If there is a next time, I might decide not to let you breathe." I said in a cold, calm voice.

I knew now I had to deal with Chiron but at least, some of the Ares cabin would learn not to mess with me. I walked pass the rest of the campers who had come here to know what had happened and I walked to the Big House. Chiron was there. He didn't look that mad but there was still anger in his eyes.

"Percy, why did you do that?" he asked in a calm voice.

"Well, maybe I was doing it because they were teasing and mocking me. But, in case you haven't noticed, they're all fine and there's no damage done to camp. The only thing really damaged is how the Ares cabin will think of themselves. "I explained, I was still glad I had taught the Ares campers to stop annoying me.

"Percy, you nearly drowned the whole camp!" he was really, really, really angry now. Did I mention he was REALLY angry!

"Not the whole camp, just the sword training area" I was going to die.

"Well, on other subject, Annabeth is back" He said, smiling at me and I knew I was forgiven.

"I'll go and see her" I said, before he had a chance to punish me for the next century, I went outside.

I saw Annabeth at the rock climbing wall. I went to her.

"Hi" I said.

"Hi"she smiled at me.

"Why are you smiling?" I asked.

"Oh, just because you nearly drowned all the Ares campers" she said before laughing."That was so cool. They'll twice now before mocking people."

"You weren't even there, how can you know how it was?"I asked, wishing people wouldn't know every bit of my miserable life.

"Percy, everyone heard about it, you just give dares campers another reason to hate you" she explained.

"Great. Now how many people hate me again?" but I didn't want to know.

"To many to count" she said.

"Care for a sword fight?"I asked, I didn't want this discussion to continue.

"Sure" She answered. I think she didn't want more than me to continue our discussion on the subject.

We went to the sword training area, second time today for me. We got ready to fight.

Since I had fought with monsters and Clarisse already I didn't have too much problems stopping Annabeth's blows but I couldn't touch her. We continued for a few minutes but none of us could get the upper hand. Then I understood that I had to surprise her, I needed to do something she would never have thought of. I knew I was never going to manage. Try surprising a daughter of Athena! But then, I saw her weak point. Her left leg was in front and I calculated that she wouldn't have time to protect it. I kicked her ankle just at the part where I was sure she would fall. It happened exactly the way I wanted it to and Annabeth found herself on the ground.

"I see you haven't rusted during the year, Seaweed brain" she said, panting and sweating.

"You're saying me the opposite of what Clarisse said" I grinned. I wasn't a bit tired after that fight.

Annabeth left me to take a shower. I walked around camp till I saw a group of Ares campers brutalizing a small animal. I walked closer and saw it was a rabbit. I had always known that the Ares campers were mean but I would never have imagined that they would do that to a poor defenseless animal.

"Leave it alone, it did nothing to you" I told them.

"You should talk, you nearly drowned our cabin mates" he snarled at me. The rabbit looked at me with sad eyes, and I saw from close what they had done to him. They had nearly ripped it open and blood was pouring down his side. The poor creature knew it was going to die. I started approaching it to see if something could be done but the Ares campers tried to stop me. I pushed them away and sat down the small animal. It looked at me like it was thanking me for stopping the others from hurting him more. The Ares campers came closer but I made I don't know how a water barrier to stop them. It surrounded us completely like a huge bubble and it was too strong for anyone to step into it. They couldn't even see us but I just looked at the animal. I desperately wanted to save it. As soon as I had thought that, my hands glowed green and I understood what I had to do, I gently placed my hands on the animals wound and he healed gently, his blood stopped flowing and his cut went back as normal. He didn't even have a scar; it was like he had never seen the knife that had nearly ripped him in half. He got up and looked at me and he talked. He didn't really talk but I could hear his thoughts.

"Thank you, lord Perseus Jackson, son of the Sea God. I will forever be grateful to you for what you have done. I will always try and help you my way." He thought.

"You are welcome, but you don't have to help me you know; I get in so much trouble…"I thought back.

"That is why you need me. I will never be of a great help but I am in dept with you and you are kind, even if you hadn't helped me, my kind would be on your side. If you could reopen the bubble, we will meet again some time. Take care, lord Perseus Jackson."

I ordered the water to go away and I reappeared with the rabbit, who I was now sure wasn't a rabbit but another mythological creature, alive, in the middle of wide eyed campers.

The creature bowed his head to say goodbye and I did the same while the campers stared at us like we were aliens. When the creature went away, I went back to my cabin to try and calm myself down. How had I saved that rabbit? It was impossible. I was hopeless at healing other people and I didn't know what to do if I found a nearly dead animal on the ground but I had just put my hands on it after they had started to glow green.

I decided that I shouldn't worry about that now. I had to think of ways to win at capture the flag which was tonight; I was on the Athena, Demeter and Apollo cabin.

I went outside to meet Annabeth near my door.

"Hi" she said.

"Hi" I replied back.

"Percy, what happened with the rabbit? I mean at one moment you're standing there with a dying rabbit, then water surrounds you and when you come out, the rabbit is healed. How is that possible?"

"I'm pretty sure it wasn't a rabbit but a mythological creature and I have no idea how it healed." I decided not to tell anyone about the promise it had made me.

"But you did something to it, right?" She asked suspiciously.

"I put my hands on it and that's all. Then, they started to glow green and that's all I know!" that was a lie. I knew more than that but I didn't want anyone to know the rest.

"Okay. So for capture the flag, I thought you could go near the creak so the water could help you and everything, since your pretty good around water" she explained me with her best strategy voice.

"Sounds good" I replied.

The day went very quickly and soon we were preparing ourselves for capture the flag. Chiron said his usual speech saying we weren't allowed to wound or to kill anybody and saying he would be the battlefield medic. So I went to the river to do my part and I got bored quickly, but then, I saw a shape I thought I wouldn't see for a long time. There was Nico, standing in front of me and looking at me as if I was dirt.

"You killed my sister, now, you're going to pay" he said, his voice full of loathing.

"Nico, Bianca sacrificed herself so we could live, you don't know how much I would have wanted to be at her place. Before going to try and killing Talos, she asked me to tell you she was sorry and she asked me to give you the little figurine. After that, nobody could stop her when she attacked. I know I am to blame, I should have gone into the monster" I said to him truthfully.

"You're right, you are to blame and for letting my sister die, I'm going to kill you" he looked at me as if daring me to object. When I didn't, he seemed even madder at me.

"I'm going to kill you and you're just standing there doing nothing" he said, not understanding.

"I'm not going to do nothing, I'll try and bring you to Chiron so he can help you" I explained. That got him really, really, really mad. Did I mention he was REALLY mad?

"And you think I'll just let you? No way, Percy!!" he yelled. He had just alerted the whole camp.

People started to gather around us. We didn't care, we were just staring into each other's eyes. Me in his brown ones; him into my green ones. I think he saw the truth in them because his anger seemed to restrain but it didn't stop him. He took out his sword with trembling hands and ran at me. I waited till the last moment then stepped aside so he ran into nothing. The campers were too dazed to do anything but they seemed to wake up. They stepped forward to stop him but I held up my hand to stop them. Nico came back to try and stab me again but he was young, slow and he didn't know how to use a sword properly and missed me by a couple of centimeters. The campers understood that Nico wasn't there for good reasons and they began to close their ranks and surrounded us. Nico 

didn't seem to care; he just looked at me with more loath I would have thought possible but then, the campers went forward and grabbed his hands.

"Stop, it's enough he's been through already" I told them.

"Percy, are you out of your mind? He nearly killed you! We need to bring him to Chiron" said Beckendorf, of the Hephaïstos cabin.

"You've no idea of what he's been through" I said coldly.

Nico had started to scream. He had been so close to getting his revenge. He screamed for Bianca while he tried to kick the campers off. Tears were streaming down his face and he screamed very loud "Bianca, why did you leave me?" I told the campers to let go of him again and this time, they obeyed. Nico stayed on the floor screaming for Bianca. Since he was a son of Hades, he could communicate with dead and he could call back ghosts. That's exactly what he did. There was a rush of wind and suddenly, Bianca was in front of us. She was pale but it was still her. Seeing her made me sad. Nico saw her and whispered her name. All the campers were looking at her in awe. Only Annabeth, Grover and I knew what was happening. Bianca smiled at Nico. I decided to make a wall of water around them to give them some privacy. I knew Bianca was going to tell him the name of their immortal parent and it was Nico's choice to decide if he wanted to divulge it or not. All the campers looked at me when the water closed around them. I merely looked at them. I could see and hear perfectly through the liquid.

"Percy, why did you do that? What's the point of closing water around them?" one camper asked.

"It's Nico's choice to tell you what his sister tells him!" I said firmly.

I heard Bianca say to Nico "Oh Nico, I'm so sorry." I heard Nico ask "How are you here?" and I heard her explaining everything he wouldn't have listened coming from me. I heard her say Hades was their father and that they ware at least 70 years old. I heard him ask if I was responsible for her death. She answered saying that I had tried to stop her to go instead but that when she had gone too near the monster, I had had no choice but to help her. Nico started crying. Bianca tried to comfort him. He sobbed, saying he was sorry for trying to kill me and that, from now on, she would be proud of him. Then, I heard Bianca sob she had to go. Nico sobbed harder at that. She gave him one ghostly kiss on the forehead and left in another rush of wind. I put down the barriers and saw Nico's face; his eyes were puffy and red and he had tear tracks on his cheeks. When he saw me, he came towards me and the campers made a step forward, thinking he was attacking me again. I stopped them by a movement of my hand. Nico started running to me and tackled me with a hug, still crying.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't know. I swear I'll listen to you from now on." He sobbed.

"It's okay Nico, I understand. I would have done the same if it had been my sister" I tried to cheer him up.

"I nearly killed you and you helped her and you're holding me in your arms" he sobbed harder.

"I don't think you could have killed me. You'd need a little bit more practice to kill me. Plus, there's a river beside." That took a smile out of him.



"Now Nico, you have to decide if you want to tell the other's about what she told you." I said to him gently, afraid that he would start crying again at the mention of the name Bianca.

"I don't want to tell them" he whispered very low so I was the only one to hear. "I don't want to tell them even if Hades has a thousand attack points" I smiled at the mention of the figurines he used to collect.

"I have the one Bianca wanted to give you" his face lit up.

"Really" he looked as if it was the most marvelous thing in the whole world.

"It's in my cabin" I said before leading him there.

His smiled widened as I handed him the small Hades figurine.

"Thank you Percy, this means a lot to me." He said before going to the Hermes cabin to settle down like nothing had happened. I went to him.

"You have to tell Chiron and Mr.D you're back" I said to him.

"Are you coming with me?" He asked. I nodded.

I brought him to the big house where Chiron and Mr.D were playing pinochle. Again.

Chiron nearly had a heart attack when he saw Nico.

"Hi" he said "I've decided to come back"

"Well, that's good to hear. You can go like before to the Hermes cabin" Nico and I turned away to go back to the cabin.

"Percy" Chiron called "I'd like to speak to you"

I knew there was no escaping it so I went back and sat at the pinochle table after telling Nico I'd meet him at the cabins.

"Percy, what happened during capture the flag? Why did you put a wall of water around Bianca and Nico? How did Bianca come back? "He asked as soon as we were alone.

"What happened at capture the flag? Nico came to kill me. Why did I put a wall of water around them? They had things to tell each other. Things that didn't concern us. How did Bianca come back? No idea." I didn't like lying, especially not to Chiron.

"Well, you didn't seem at all surprised when she appeared" He was trying to make me contradict myself and I wouldn't oblige.

"I was surprised, and I'm happy she told him whatever she told him. At least, now, he's not holding his sword at my throat" I said back hoping I was still a good liar.

"Do you think Nico would tell me what happened, him?" He asked looking at me like he was trying to read my mind.

"Maybe, you should ask him. Can I go now, please?" I asked sweetly.

"Fine. But tell Nico to come and see me after diner." I went away quickly hoping he didn't call me back.

I arrived at the cabins to find Nico being questioned by the campers. Why did he come back? Why was he here? Why didn't he want to kill me anymore? Why had he left? He didn't want to answer so he kept silenced. Some campers took that as guilt and they began to try and tie him down.

"What are you doing to him" I asked when I was close enough.

"He's guilty. He didn't say anything back to us. It's as good as if he'd told us he still wants to kill you." One of the Stoll brothers said.

"Or maybe he doesn't want the whole world to know what happened during the game" I said.

"Are you all right Nico?" I asked him. He slowly nodded.

"I swear, I don't want any harm to Percy or to camp. I just want to come back like I never left. Bianca's death wasn't anyone's fault. She said she was happy now she knew me safe." Nico explained. The campers seemed touch by the way he spoke and they let him go.

All the campers went to dinner and they got greeted by Mr.D's speech:

"Yes, the Di Angelo brat came back and we're all really happy about it. Speaking of him, Chiron would like to speak to him so if he could come by the Big House. Now, you may all start."

I felt chill. What would Nico tell them? If Nico told them he was a son of Hades, he would be in danger. Not only from the titans, but from the gods. Even after I had helped finding Zeus's master bold, helping to save camp from the monsters, carrying the sky to let Artemis fight, helping the gods discover the truth about the titans return, some still didn't trust me and had voted for my death. What would they do to him? Would they kill him? I looked over at the Hermes cabin and saw him there laughing peacefully with the others campers. I could only hope that he wouldn't tell anyone his secret. I throwed a part of my meal to Poseidon, I was sure he had better to do than to listen to my prayers.

After diner, Nico held me back.

"Wait for me, please while I talk to Chiron." He asked me with pleading eyes.

"Of course. Tell me, Nico, will you say anything to them about what Bianca told you?" I looked at him, not knowing if he was going to answer.

"As long as I will be able to keep it secret, I will."I knew he was truthful so we walked side by side to the Big House.

Chiron was waiting for us at the entrance of the Big House.

"Come in Nico. You too, Percy." he ordered. I didn't know why he wanted me to come. All I knew was that he had a good reason.



He sat down at the table and gestured for us to do the same.

"You seem to have something that you didn't tell me, Nico. Please, be completely truthful. What do you two know that we don't?" He fixed us with his thousand years old eyes. I knew we couldn't lie. Chiron was too much of an expert with Half-Bloods having trained them for the last three thousand years.

I looked at Nico. He seemed completely relaxed. This was now his choice where he had to decide to let the others know he was a son of Hades and build another cabin or stay in the grotty Hermes cabin.

"Chiron, why would we be hiding something from you?"

"You're not the same since last time you were at camp. What did your sister tell you Nico? One moment, you try to kill Percy and then, water coming from Percy circles around you and your sister appear again. When you come back out, you're back to being friends with Percy. Excuse me if this sounds stupid but I don't understand."

"I made a mistake, Chiron. Percy was only responsible of wanting to help Bianca. He's got enough trouble in trying to keep himself alive and I asked him more. I was wrong from the moment I wanted to kill him."

"So you admit you wanted to kill him"

"I can hardly deny it, no? You wouldn't believe me and I wouldn't believe myself."

"What are you hiding from me?"

"Nothing" He was a really good liar. But he just wasn't good enough.

"Nico, you can't hide anything from the gods. They'll always find it out. It's best you tell me now rather you are forced to go to mount Olympus to explain yourself" I could see Nico starting to panic but he was as determined as before.

"The gods will find out but I won't be the one who tells them." Everybody was forgetting me.

"Percy, I suppose you know Nico's secret, will you tell me?"

"Sorry Chiron, but this is Nico's choice. I can't tell you. Soon, you'll find out. But it will be without me. Once you know it, you wish you had never heard it."

"Right, well you seem certain that we will discover it but it will happen sooner than you think. You may go to bed."

We walked to the cabins in silence and separated after saying goodnight.

I didn't feel like sleeping but I went to bed anyway, too bad I had a dream.

I was in a cave, Luke was there and he was looking at the red glow I knew too well. It was the form Kronos took when he appeared. Luke was still alive. My dad and Annabeth had been right. They were talking in low voices and I couldn't hear anything. Usually, I couldn't control my dreams but this time, 

I could move as I wanted. I stepped closer and heard the sentence "Our plan is going well" before the red glow turned to me.

"A well, I couldn't think you would stop being annoying but since you are here, we can discuss your choices. If you speak, it means you don't agree, if you stay silence, then you agree. Understood?"

He thought I couldn't move or speak. We were going to play his game. I didn't say anything meaning I agreed.

"Good, now, I want you to join me. You have no idea what it would bring you. Your mother wouldn't have to work anymore. You would live in a big house. You will revenge yourself on that man who calls himself your father and who abounded her. All you have to do is join my forces. Now stay silence if you want to."He had pretty good arguments but not enough to convince me.

"I won't join you. I won't stay quiet just because you want me to." It was the first time I had spoken to Kronos in my dreams. I loved shutting his big mouth.

"I see you have gained enough control to speak. I only hope you can move as fast here than you move in real life. Catch him, Luke." Luke jumped on me and I slipped away only thanks to my Half-blood reflex. He took a chain from his belt. I knew if he caught me in it, I would be stuck into my dreams, unable to go back into real life. He approached and I slipped away.

"You're all rusted, Luke. You used to be the best fighter camp had seen in years."

"And you, Percy, will soon join us. Whether you like it or not." I had a problem. Luke knew the cave perfectly well and I didn't have any idea where I was. My only chance was to wake up. I had to wake up. I ran in front of Luke to arrive in a big tall somewhere. It was a cave, smaller than the first one but still really big. Luke was just behind me.

"Well, Percy, you have gone into a cave with no issues. And I just called a few monsters to help me. You're done, man." I knew he was right. I could hear the monsters coming. Half a second later, they were there, a horde of monsters. And they were monsters that were extremely difficult to kill. I didn't stand a chance. I looked for an issue. Luke was right, they weren't any. I was done for.

I heard Luke say "Don't hurt him, we need him alive. We just need to put those chains around him." He handed the chain to one of the Laistryogans. The monsters smiled in anticipation as they surrounded me. I looked in my pockets. Riptide wasn't in it. One monster jumped on me but I stepped back just in time. That was easy. Easy compared to all the monsters that were about to follow the example of the first one. The one who seemed to be the chief said something in a language I didn't understand. I promised myself that if I came out of this alive, I would learn as much language as I could. After their chief said that, they jumped on me. I was scratched, bitten… but with each scratch, I felt like I was less and less here. I understood how I could wake up. As they stepped away, I got back up. Some monsters must have had poison in his teeth or nails.

"Say no to Kronos from me" and then, I scratched myself. For one scary moment, nothing happened. The monsters got ready to reattack when I felt myself disappearing. I woke up in my bed at camp Half-blood. Chiron, Mr.D and a few campers were in my cabin. They all had scared look on their face except Mr.D who was inspecting his nails looking bored.

"Percy, what happened? You were screaming something in a language no one understood but it was definitively a language." Chiron asked me.

"What?" I asked before grasping my shoulder as a sickening pain went through it. Then, more pain went through my whole body. I gritted my teeth. The poison had followed me. It was like my whole body was on fire. I saw suddenly scratches appear all over my body, each coming with indescribable pain. I saw Chiron's face go pale. It was the last thing I saw before falling unconscious.

I woke up in the Big House eating something that tasted like liquid cookies. Nectar. I slowly opened my eyes. I felt really energic. I was alone. A look outside told me the campers were at the dining pavilion. I got up and saw the scars that were running on my arms; marks that had happened in a dream and who were still here with me even if I was awake. I ran to the dining pavilion. I came just as Chiron was finishing his usual speech.

"No, we do not know how long Percy will stay asleep. It all depends on him. If he is strong enough to live to the poison, then he should wake up in a week at least. That is if I am wrong to analyzing the poison. If I am right, it is likely he might never wake up." A silence followed his words. Everyone knew Chiron would never make any mistake when it concerned the campers.

I walked in at that moment. As soon as I stepped in, there was a huge silence. I walked to the Poseidon table. All the eyes were on me. I sat down. They all looked at me as if I was a zombie. Chiron was the first to speak.

"I see you are better, Percy. It's good to see you conscious." he said before lifting his glass and give a toast to the gods. He was followed by all the campers and we started our meal. After diner, I went to speak to Chiron.

"How are you? Percy."

"I feel better than I've felt for days. Why, shouldn't I?"

"You were touched by a grave poison? What happened?"

"I had a dream. It was unusual because I could actually move and speak. But, apparently, I can actually get hurt there. Luke took out that chain. He said that it would keep me in my dreems. When I ran, he sent monsters after me and when they had slashed me a good bit, I kind of pinched myself. Then I woke up"