I dream of war
That night at dinner everyone was arguing about who our parents could be, some saying Apollo because of our archery skills, others saying Ares because of our fighting skills and others were saying Athena because of our tactics, we remained silent and refused to comment, saying that we'd know when we were claimed. The conversation went back to other things and we were left alone, mainly, there were a few questions about our mortal parents.
"I don't know which of my parents is mortal," I repeated, getting annoyed at their inability to understand the simplest of things. "I've never met either of them, I have no idea who my parents are or which one of them is a god." I said, they looked down in disappointment and moved on the Alec who began hitting his head on the table at their persistent questioning, I grabbed a handful of his hair to stop him from injuring himself further. Eventually they gave up and started talking about how they were going to kill the Ares campers the next time we played capture the flag with them. We finished eating in silence, trying not to laugh at the quiet murmurs about our parents. We were then dragged to the campfire where people were singing songs that you sing at a campfire, I tried to sit still and got a lot of death glares from Darius. I started humming a tune and playing the notes on my legs, missing my piano and the days I used to sit there and play tunes for hours. Eventually the campfire ended and we went back to our cabin and attempted to sleep, which is easier said than done with all of the monsters in the woods. I got up and went for a walk in an attempt to clear my head, the cold night air biting at my arms.
"Can't sleep?" Someone asked, I jumped and looked over at Alec who had come out to join me.
"I'll sleep when I know what's going on and why we're here. Until then I'll have to find something to do considering we're already awesome at fighting and I haven't got my guitar or a drum kit or any music I can dance to. They don't have a piano which means I have to resort to kicking the crap out of you." Alec laughed and put him arm around my shivering shoulders, steering me towards the cabin. I lay in my bed and tried to sleep, I couldn't so I began drumming on my legs.
"Naia, go to sleep." Alec said, I stopped drumming and put my hands over my mouth to contain the laughter that was about to escape out of me. Eventually I fell asleep, and immediately wished I was still awake. In my dream people were screaming, fire was everywhere and no matter where you looked you could see people dying. Lightning shot from the sky, exploding on the ground around a man who was strolling through the battlefield with a stern look on his face, Zeus. The sea was rough and waves were washing away dozens of people, arrows shot from the sky as Apollo and Artemis did their part in out destruction. Gods were scattered across the battlefield, killing millions of Atlanteans with a flick of their wrists. The sea began to rise, People were running to the shore and the gods were vanishing, Killing more people as they began their true form. A barrier began to form around our island as the sea covered us and we slowly sank beneath the waves. The spirits fell and everyone was either screaming or crying over the loss of a loved one or tending to the injured and taking the bodies of the fallen to be buried. I wiped the tears from my eyes, trying to look for some sign of hope, everything was black and the air smelt of smoke and blood. Light blinded me, I sunk to my knees and hid my head under my arms, when I opened my eyes our sun was hovering above us and a man was smiling at me. Turn away. Said the voice in my head, obediently I did and a light shined behind me, when I turned back the man was gone. I woke up, my breathing rapid and my eyes wide. I climbed out of bed and looked around the camp, everyone was still sleeping, I tried to get the images out of my head but they were imprinted in my head, I ran to the bathroom and vomited, lying on the cold floor and feeling completely sick at the sight of all that death and destruction that the gods had caused. I pulled myself together and forced myself to sit up and not vomit again. After having a shower and lying face down on my bed for ages I decide to go for a run, no one was up and the sun was just rising above the horizon, I watched it rise, its warmth giving me hope, though I didn't know why. I ran through the woods, dodging monsters that I couldn't be bothered to kill, stabbing the others who turned to dust, when I got back everyone was up.
"Where the hell have you been?" Darius yelled from across the cabin, everyone looked at me.
"I went for a run." I said, walking to my bunk. "Grow a pair and stopped worrying." I said, flopping onto my bed face first. Someone grabbed my arm and pulled me off my bed, I landed on the floor and Darius glared down at me, I kicked his legs from under him and he hit the floor next to me. "That's what you get." I said, sitting up and rubbing the back of my head, Darius stood up and walked into the bathroom. I jumped up and walked out, heading towards archery practise.
