Welcome to the second chapter of Elemental Ashes! This one gave me a little bit of trouble to work with because of how the first Percy Jackson movie went, I had to go back and watch it to see what his cabin looked like. The one that Poseidon made for him. Also I was kinda stuck on how I should do the dream/vision Percy has.

Thanks for the reviews! and the follows! Omg, I didn't think it was that good of a story for people to want to follow it. I was over joyed.

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Percy Jackson P.O.V

Sometimes I wonder where I went wrong. I can't seem to catch a break in my miserable life, I found out I wasn't normal, got attacked by my school teacher who wasn't actually a teacher, got attacked by a minotaur, lost my mom, got my butt kicked by Annabeth, found out Hades had my mom, snuck out of camp half-blood, almost lost to Medusa, fought a Hydra and won, almost stayed in some place with some lotus eater people, Luke nearly killed me to start a war, managed to get the Bolt back to Zeus before he declared war, and ended up back at camp half-blood all whilst finding out I was the son of a god.

If I were normal I probably would have lost my mind before any of that happened. But I'm not, I'm the son of a god and a mortal, A demigod. I don't see anything wrong with being one other then the fact that we are always training and getting attacked out in "real" world. The mist prevents the normal people from actually seeing what we see, which just so happens to be every monster known to man from any Greek mythology like... Ever.

The whole getting attacked by monsters in broad daylight scared me at first. I mean, I'm still not okay with it, but it's really annoying now that I know what I am. I want my normal life back. Annabeth has been keeping me busy with training, I think she's just trying to get me used to the whole "Poseidon is my father" thing. She's been teaching me all about the gods and helping me adjust to life at the camp. I know I won't be staying all year round like some of the kids do, but I still want to be familiar with the place.

I guess you could say it was growing on me, like a second home. A home I barely know, filled with people I don't know. Some people who don't like me and some that like me.. Then there's the people that really like me, and that just creeps me out. The daughters of Aphrodite can be pretty scary sometimes. Like when I got back to camp after returning Zeus's bolt to him after Luke stole it. They wanted to hear all about it and they keep getting a little too close for comfort.

On days where I'm not actually training with Annabeth or learning about the gods, I'm usually lazing around in my cabin. Which happens to be what I'm doing now, just lazing around. The cabin it's self is pretty impressive, along with everything in it. Maps lay strewn across the tables that sit off the side in the main room, a bookshelf filled with everything from Greek mythology and the gods to books about fighting and weapons. Some looked hand written with others looked just plain old as dirt.

A large fishing net hung from the ceiling just off to the right of where I was laying, there wasn't anything in it or hanging off it. I guess it was just symbolic. I felt my eyes droop before I could look around the cabin more from where I was laying. Maybe a daytime nap would be good for me, Annabeth was working me to the bone with training.

I closed my eyes and wiggled around till I was comfortable enough to actually sleep. My dream started off nice, I was underwater just swimming along slowly with the current. The fish swam near me and chirped into my mind with delight, some hippocampi played in the coral reefs that lay about all over the ocean floor. It was nice and quiet, other then the fish babbling in my ear about their fishy lives. I hadn't noticed that it started to get dark until the water slowly grew cold and the fish swam away.

The water got colder and colder, the water around me got darker and darker. Something was wrong, very wrong. Something brushed past my leg and I spun around. There was nothing there, I couldn't see anything. The ocean floor disappeared and there were no fish around. 'Percy... Wake up... Wake up NOW..' a voice rang out but I couldn't tell who's it was. It was hushed and sounded like someone was speaking through a cloth. Whoever said it sounded urgent and strained. It was like they had been trying to get through some sort of a wall that blocked noise out.

Then I heard it, I almost didn't hear it at first. It was soft at first but grew louder and darker, the sound of laughter echoed around me. Like who ever was laughing was standing in a cave moving around him. It grew louder and louder, I tried to yell out for it to stop but any sound I made was lost over the deafening sound. I opened my mouth the scream but the cold dark water rushed into my mouth and into my lungs, I couldn't move much due to the cold. I was drowning and there was nothing I could do to stop it.

"PERCY WAKE UP!" Someone screamed. My eyes shot open and I took a gasping breath and the air rushed into my lungs. My throat felt raw, like I had been screaming for a long time.

"Percy! What happened?" I vaguely hear someone speaking to me but it was muffled. I could feel the red in my face. My lungs were burning and I could see stars in the corner of my vision. "Come on Percy, answer me. Are you alright?" Again the voice asked, it sounded like Annabeth but it was distant.

"Ughh.." I groaned and blinked away the stars. I could feel hands lift me up and set me down on what felt like a chair, or a bed. Everything was fuzzy. There were people talking all around me. I had to be in the infirmary. The smell of a hospital was there. "Where...?" Was all I could manage to say without hurting mt throat further then what it was.

"Oh man Percy! That was some screaming man, woke the whole camp with the last one. You're in the infirmary now, we moved you from your cabin." Grover, I could tell it was him that spoke that time. The ringing in my ears was almost gone and voices sounded more sharp. I turned to look at him.

"Why...?" My voice was hoarse, and it sounded like two stones being rubbed together. It didn't sound pretty.

"You were having a nightmare.. Or something close to it, a vision maybe. Whatever it was, you didn't like it, You were tossing and turning, like a fish on land. And your screaming didn't make it any better. What do you remember?" This time it was Annabeth who spoke. I opened my eyes and the sun was setting. I tried to sit up but my muscles protested and I was forced back down by a pair of hands.

"I remember... Swimming.. There were fish and hippocampi playing.. Then it grew dark and the water was cold. The water, it didn't feel right anymore and all the fish were gone. I couldn't see the ocean floor and then something brushed against my leg. There was nothing there when I looked and that's when the laughing started. At first I could barely hear it but I could tell it wasn't something anyone would want to hear. It grew louder and louder, I screamed for it to stop but nothing came out. The moment I opened my mouth the water rushed in, it didn't taste right. I started to drown, and that's when I woke up. Just as I started to black out." I shook my head and shivered. The laughter echoing in my head as I tried to block it all out.

"That doesn't sound good, Percy." Annabeth pointed out. Of course not, I mean why would me drowning in the very place that gives me power sound good?

"Maybe it's a vision of something happening to the oceans?" Grover added helpfully.

"But then it would be Poseidon's problem, why show Percy the vision if it's something he can handle himself. Something doesn't feel right. Maybe Chiron knows something, we should ask him when he gets here." Annabeth left the room, I turned my gaze to grover.

"Do you think this means another quest?" I really didn't want to know the answer to my question but I couldn't help but wonder.

"Who knows man, until we get an answer from Chiron... Well anyways, I for one would rather not go on another quest. The last one was big enough for me." Grover said whilst shuddering. I couldn't blame him, I didn't really want to go on a quest either. One big adventure was enough. We sat in silence for a bit before Annabeth came into the infirmary with Chiron trotting behind her. I was never going to get over that.. Ever.

"Annabeth tells me you had a vision, Percy. Would you like to relay it to me?" He asked as soon as he got closer to the bed.

I sighed, this was gonna be a long night.


Here's to another chapter! Chapter 3 will be up spometime soon. Look forwards to it. ~ThePaperNovelist