Authors notes: I do not own any of the characters in this story that are in the original Percy Jackson series but all of the OC characters in this story are of my own idea. I will try to upload the next chapter either when I get 5 reviews or in one week, but no promises.
My dreams were always vivid with visions of the war, but I never had had a dream quite this erratic. It started as it always did, weirdly, with the sons of Zeus and Poseidon discussing what to do next concerning the war with the sons of Hades, aka WWII. They were in Great Britain in a large, light blue room containing a grand table in the center. Only two of the leaders were there which surprised me. They were arguing as usual and that really irritated me to hear because I knew that their fighting was not going to help the war.
"We must invade Berlin and take out Hitler as soon as possible. That is the only way to end this gods' forsaken war." Joseph Stalin demanded, trying to persuade the president of the United States, FDR.
"We cannot do that Stalin. That would be a suicide mission for anybody who would be foolish enough to even attempt it. We must think of a better strategy to end this war as soon as…" FDR trailed off into thought.
After about 10 minutes of thinking, Stalin started to get impatient. "Damn it Franklin, what are you thinking about?" Stalin got out of his seat and started pacing around the table waiting for the president to make up his mind about whatever he was thinking about."
FDR cocked his head over to Stalin and smiled, "I was just thinking about your plan. Maybe you're right about going on the offensive Stalin. We should send a couple of Ares soldiers to take him out with a sneak attack. We should also send an Athena strategist with them to make sure they follow the plan. Does this compromise please you, Stalin?
"Very much, Franklin, and I have plenty of soldiers of Ares to choose from."
"And I the Athena strategist. I pray to the gods that this will be the last few weeks of war."
"And I would be glad for that, we have lost too many soldiers in this war that it is senseless to want to keep this up. I only hope that the plan works like it is supposed to."
Then my dream took a turn and I was listening to the axis leaders Hitler, and Mussolini, sons of Hades, bickering about how to run the new world. They were in a dark room similar to the room that FDR and Stalin were in, but much danker.
"I am the most powerful son of Hades; it shall be my will that is followed, not yours." Hitler told his half brother Mussolini. "If it were not for my Nazi followers, you would never have gotten your stupid fascism spread so far around the world. You owe me, brother."
"I owe you no such debt brother. If anything, you owe me much more than you would like to admit. If I had not appeared to you that night and told you that you were a son of Hades, born to take his revenge on the gods that cast him into the underworld, you would still be trying to apply to art school, would you not, brother?"
All he was doing was manipulating his younger brother's anger and use it to further his own goals. He smiled evilly, "So what do you say brother, let us stop this senseless bickering and focus on the matters at hand. We must be prepared for anything that our stupid cousins would try."
Hitler thought about what he was told and smiled. "I agree, we must be prepared for anything. We would not want them getting in a sneak attack while we were bickering over some useless nonsense like this. Very well, I am heading to bed, brother, have a good sleep."
"I shall brother, have a very nasty dream." Hitler laughed and walked out of the room. When Hitler was far enough away from the door, Mussolini uttered, "Yes…sleep well brother, for tomorrow will be your last day"
I awoke in my cabin sweaty and clammy from what I had just dreamt. I was in cabin three all alone and was very dizzy. My dark brown hair was a mess and my sea green eyes were narrow from wanting to sleep. I looked around and tried to focus on the room. The swordfish hanging above my bunk bed was just perched there, looking at me with its beady black eyes.
The view coming from the open window allowed me to see the forest. The whole room smelled like the ocean and for some reason, it made me homesick. I wanted to call my mother and tell her about my dream. I felt like if I didn't tell someone, I would crack from the pressure, but I didn't need to worry my mother like that, so I restrained myself.
I looked at the clock on the desk next my bed. It read 6:00 AM, so I was now able to leave the cabin and not be eaten by the guard harpies. I figured I would go take a stroll on the beach and soak my feet in the ocean to calm my mind. I slipped on some ocean blue shorts and an orange Camp Half-Blood shirt and left my cabin.
Looking out at the camp always made me feel better, especially after a bad nightmare. The view of the strawberry fields and the Long Island Sound calmed me down. I turned and stared at the giant white marble cabin next to mine where my best friend Cathleen was asleep. She was a daughter of Zeus and was one of the bravest and strongest half bloods at the camp.
I started down to the beach when I heard a door open behind me. Cathleen walked out of her cabin and looked at me as if she knew exactly what I had dreamt about last night.
She wore some green shorts and a blue Camp Half-Blood shirt (do not ask me how, but she found a blue one) and some sandals. Her brown hair hung gently below her shoulders and her storm blue eyes were wearily looking back at me. They told me everything I had already suspected. "Hey Ryan, why are you up so early? Did you have a bad dream last night as well?"
"Yeah I did. I just thought that maybe a walk on the beach would calm me down. Do you want to join me?" It was a stupid question because I knew she would but I still had to ask.
"Yeah, maybe you can help me make sense of my dream and I could help you make some sense of whatever's on your mind?" I could tell she was happy that I was awake to talk to her and I was happy she was up too.
"That sounds good to me." We walked down to the Long Island Sound, past the strawberry fields, and stared out to the ocean. In the raising sun, the ocean was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. The red of the sun and the blue-green of the ocean should not have gone together, but it did and I almost shed a tear at its beauty. "I never get tired of sunrises at the ocean. The sun always makes the water look like more than just water."
"Yeah, it takes my breath away every time I look at it. The horizon is the one place our fathers can actually meet and be civil, kind of how we get along so well."
"You're right as always Cathleen." I walked to the ocean and stood in the shallow part, feeling better as soon as my feet hit the water. "I just can't believe they can't be civil in other places as well." I laughed and she followed me. "Ok tell me about your dream."
Cathleen told me how she was watching the forces of the allies secret Ares and Athena squad as they formed and started their way to Berlin to take out Hitler.
"That's weird because my dream last night was about Stalin and FDR planning to do that and then it was Hitler and Mussolini were trying to predict what they would do. I wonder how long ago those happened."
"I don't know, that may have been months ago for all we know. I just hope that their plan was a success. If not, then this war is still going on strong." We were both hoping that this war was over, that things could go back to normal, well, normal for a demigod that is.
The conch horn from the Big House started going off, meaning that we had to leave the beach and go there to see what was the matter. "I wonder what's going on that we need to all go to the Big House this early in the morning."
"I don't know, but it can't be good news." We ran, hoping that we were both wrong.
Everybody in camp was at the Big House, waiting to hear what the sudden conch siren was all about.
"I think I'll go ask around to see if anybody else knows what's going on." Cathleen went to the closest camper and asked, "Does anybody have a clue what the summoning was about?"
"I don't know," Said a rude girl from the Aphrodite cabin.
"Thanks anyways." Cathleen got back to me and started hitting the air, aiming for the girl to whom she just talked to. "I really hate girls from the Aphrodite cabin. They are always so rude and obnoxious because their mother is the goddess of love and beauty. Makes me sick."
"I know what you mean; the boys are always making fun of us because they know they can get anybody in camp." We complained for another five minutes until Chiron came outside and his body was in his magical wheelchair, which was odd considering he was at camp and could be in his whole centaury self and all.
"Hello children, thank you for coming here this early in the morning. Nobody is in trouble this time and nobody is getting an important quest, but I do have to say something. We have some good news for all the campers here and some bad news for children of the Big Three. The good news is that the war between the children of the Big Three is over and the children of Zeus and Poseidon have won the war."
Cheers erupted from the crowd of half bloods and I couldn't blame them. This war had all half bloods on edge about who would win.
"The bad news is that there has been a treaty made by the Big Three stating that they will not have any more demigod children because of the role their children have played through out history. The other thing is that all children of Big Three must remain at camp and may not leave under any circumstances. Not to attend school or for quests, no reasons whatsoever."
Cathleen tensed up next to me, "But that's not fair to punish all of the children of the Big Three due to the mishaps of some of our brethren." I could tell Cathleen was livid about these new rules and when I say livid, I mean LIVID. Static was sparking off her skin and some Demeter children backed away from her in fear of being electrocuted and with good reason.
"Calm down Cathleen, maybe it's for the best if we just stayed here for a little bit and let the world calm down." I tried to comfort her but I could tell I was not going to get anywhere right now. "Chiron, maybe I should take her for some sparing in the woods to allow her to blow off some of her anger on some monsters." I needed to get her away from anybody that would be hurt seriously by her electricity and I knew that monsters would reform someday. "Please."
"That sounds like a good idea Ryan. That may allow her to calm herself down." He looked at her with concern in her eyes.
"Come on Cathleen, let's go take out some monsters in the woods. It'll be fun." She looked at me with resentment, but her gaze softened as she looked into my eyes and saw what I truly mean.
"Yeah that sounds like a good idea, Ryan. I'll go get my sword and you go get your pen." We went to our cabin, gathered our backpacks, and walked towards the forest.
We arrived at the forest and it truly was beautiful, minus all of the man-eating monsters in there ready to kill us. The evergreens and the strawberry bushes were all in full bloom, with brilliant reds and greens swirling all around, reminding me of Christmas. The naiads were running around playing tag or something that resembled that. The sounds of the river and the robins in the early morning created a harmonious rapport.
It took us only about ten minutes to find trouble in a tranquil wood like this one. We found a dragon and it started to give us weird looks. We figured that since we were both in a terrible mood, taking it out would be fun. "Cathleen go left, I'll go right into the river and try to take it out."
We spit up and she took out her sword Shocker, a three and a half foot sword made up of lightning in the center with a celestial bronze frame to keep the lightning inside. I took out my fork Tidal and hit the button on the back of it, turning it into the giant four and a half long trident made of celestial bronze to symbolize my father, Poseidon. I ran to the river, but the dragon saw me and swiped its tail at me. I dodged it, but the dragon was smart and swung its tail back at me, thrashing me into a tree.
"Ryan, are you ok?" She looked really mad now. "I'm going to take this thing down. For Zeus!" Cathleen charged and used her powers over lightning and struck the dragon right where its heart was. Now normally that would have taken out a dragon but this one was strong.
"Damn! I guess I'll have to do something more dangerous to take this thing out." She then decided to lunge at the beast and pierced her sword into the dragon's side. She used her powers over lightning again and started to shock the dragon using her sword as a conductor. It yelped and disintegrated into dust on the forest floor.
"Thank the gods that's over with." Cathleen looked over at me and saw me limp on the ground. "Hold on Ryan, I'm coming." She ran over to me with a worried look on her face. "Ryan, are you ok?"
"Yeah, but could you please take me over to the river?"
She smiled, "Of course I will." She picked me up, took me over to river, and dropped me in. As soon as the water hit my skin, it started to heal my wounds. After five minutes in the water, I was feeling refreshed. I willed the water to leave my clothes and dried my skin off.
"Thanks Cathleen. Now, let's walk farther into the woods. You need to know why I wanted you to come into the woods with me." She looked at me and her happiness was evident.
"You want to sneak out of camp, don't you? But where was your pen?"
"I left it in my cabin for the next unlucky child to get my bunk. I took my fork Tidal instead, as you saw earlier. I left the baby toy and finally decided to start using the symbol of my father." Truth was, I forgot riptide in the nightstand and I was not going to go back to get it now.
"That was a good idea to do. Riptide was a good sword but I think you are finally ready for the big boy weapon now. I mean look at my lightning sword." Cathleen pulled out her sword again. "I wasn't supposed to get this until I was 21, but I got it early in case of any problems." She put her sword away and we kept walking.
Along the way, we found four baby hellhounds and a small giant, which was still bigger than me, that we easily took out together. It was always fun to fight with Cathleen. She would either refuse my help or when I gave it to her; she would just smile and go "I really didn't need your help, but thanks."
The light through the treetops was getting brighter and we realized it was almost time for the campers to get breakfast. After twenty minutes of walking, we made it to the border. The sound of the breakfast horn signaled for everyone to come to the dining pavilion and eat. "I guess we have to leave now, or they'll send out a search party to come and get us. Come on Ryan." Cathleen crossed the border and started towards the road. She looked back and yelled "Hurry up or they'll find us, stupid."
I looked back and wondered how long it would be until I saw my cabin again. "Yeah, yeah I'm coming Cathleen." I crossed the border and started to catch up with Cathleen and for the first time, I was happy to leave camp.