Percy's POV

Chapter 2

The Quest Starts

I woke up inside my dream, or should I call it a nightmare, in a cave but I saw what looked like a ghostly human and many creatures that I don't know. I also saw what looked to be a boy inside of like a water bubble. He had long black hair with bangs that could cover his deep sea blue eyes. He seemed to be wearing a blue shirt under his jacket, windbreakers, what looked to say feiyue shoes, and he was Asian. There was one thing he was wearing that seemed to be glowing with odd energy, it looked like a Chinese coin bracelet. I stared at the bracelet for a while and I saw something that looked like a dragon.

"We have finally caught him." The ghost said laughing maniacally. "I have captured him." The ghost now had a big smirk on his face. He touched the blue bubble and the boy started to struggle. "Well it seems he still won't obey me, I guess I have to keep giving him nightmares until he does."

A woman came up from behind the ghost. "He will come to obey us whether he wants to or not." The woman now coming more into view. She had long black hair that passed her shoulders, she wore a black dress, and I'm not sure if I really saw this...she had black angel-like wings.

"I know but first things first we have to bring back Apophis, whatever you want to call him, we have to bring him back before we can fulfill our plan." The ghost now seemed to be casting a spell on the boy and a trident seemed to glow over him. I realized then, that he was my brother.

"So it would appear he's the son of Poseidon, this may bring us trouble Setne, I hope you know what you're doing." The woman said.

"Trust me Eris, I know what I'm doing, after all I am the greatest magician that ever lived." Setne waved his hand over the trident and it vanished. Then he turned around with Eris and disappeared in the shadows. The scenery changed and this time I was in a different place.

I was now in front of a blue house, I looked around and saw a young girl. She had nice, smooth, and flowing light brown hair. She seemed to have sky blue eyes and she was Asian too like the boy I saw earlier. Like the boy from earlier, she was wearing a blue bow, that tied her hair in an anime-like fashion, that seemed to glow with electricity.

"Justin, where are you?" She asked herself crying. Then as if she knew I was there she looked up and said. "Could you help me find him please?" Looking in my direction with a pleading look. All of a sudden the scene vanished and everything turned black.

I woke up and had a sense of deja vu because like last time I was like this she was there next to me. "Morning, Wise Girl." I said smiling.

"Morning to you too, you had those dreams again didn't you?" Annabeth asked looking concerned.

"Yeah but it wasn't like the last one, I think this told me where my brother is." I explained to Annabeth about the rest of my dream and about the girl.

"I see... Well we'll worry about that later, let's go eat." Annabeth said.

"Okay, lets go I'm starving." I said to her and with that we left my room and walked toward the dining room. When we finally got there everyone was staring at me.

"Look who finally showed up!" Leo said loudly. "We've been waiting here for an hour."

"No we haven't, we've only been waiting here for like five minutes." Piper argued.

"Oh..." Leo now looked less angry.

"Sorry to make you guys wait, but you guys could've eaten without me." I apologized to them.

"Nah it's fine, there's a reason we waited for you to be here." Piper said looking at me.

"Well, can we eat before we starve to death?" Annabeth asked holding her stomach.

"Okay, lets eat." Leo said ready to eat.

"Yes, lets, I'm starving." I said. So we started to eat, and I told them about my dream about my brother and the girl. They seemed interested in my dream because they kept asking questions that I didn't know the answer to. We stopped talking about my dream and finished our food. Then Festus made a loud screech.

"Looks like we've arrived." Leo said with excitement. As he stood up from his seat and left the dining room.

"Well, lets follow him." I said to the two girls.

"Yes, lets." Piper said with an excited look. With that we followed after Leo to the deck of the boat. Leo anchored the Argo II and tossed a rope ladder down one side of the boat. We all climbed down one by one, I was the last one to reach the ground. Everyone at camp Jupiter seemed to have gathered around us. I saw Piper, who seemed to be excitedly talking to Jason, they seemed flustered around each other.

"Hey man, its been awhile." I greeted Jason, giving him a handshake.

"Yeah it has, so anyways, why have you come here?" Jason asked, inspecting me.

"We are here because of a quest." Piper answered with a smile. "We are here to talk you, Hazel, and Frank to tell you guys to come with us."

"Oh I see, hey Reyna can you find them for me?" Jason asked Reyna with a smile.

"Sure thing, Jason." Reyna answered with a smile, then she winked at him and left to find Frank and Hazel.

"So, about your quest." Jason asked looking confused.

"Yeah Hera or Juno whatever you want to call her, gave me a quest again." I answered him. I explained to him, the rest of the quest, the prophecy, and about my latest dream. He listened very intently to what I was saying. After I finished, he seemed to be trying to imagine what would happen on the quest. Then Reyna came back with Hazel and Frank.

"Hey guys, did you need something?" Hazel asked. Frank seemed to nod in agreement to the question.

"Yeah, we've just received a quest." I explained to them the rest of the story and about the prophecy.

"Oh...so there's more that we have to do." Hazel said sadly. She looked at the ground and was probably remembering the last quest she was on. Which, I think was the quest of seven unless she got a new quest, during the times we didn't see them.

"Yeah, we came here because we need your help for this quest." I must have gave them a pretty sad look because their face expression changed.

"It's okay Percy, we'll help you." Hazel said with insurance.

"Thanks everyone...but we need to leave right now." I said with a sad look.

"Oh...okay then, lets go you two." Hazel said to Jason and Frank.

"I agree, lets go." Jason and Frank seemed to say simultaneously.

"Thank you, everyone." I said with a smile.

"We're friends right? Friends help each other out." Hazel said looking at me with joyful eyes.

"Yeah, you're right, let's do this together once again." I said more hopeful than before.

"Well everyone, let's go." Annabeth said while gesturing us to go on the Argo II.

Jason, Frank, and Hazel seemed to nod in agreement, they said their salutations to everyone at camp Jupiter, when they were done time seemed to have moved fast again but maybe it's because I was spacing out. Anyway, after they were done, it was already evening. We all climbed the rope ladder and once we all got up, we decided to get ready for dinner. Everyone but Leo and I, went to get ready. I told Leo where we needed to go next.

"So where to next, Percy?" Leo asked fidgeting with the GPS system the Argo II has.

"Austin, Texas." I said knowing that it was where we needed to go.

"Alright, give me a sec to put it in." Leo looked down at the system and typed in the coordinates.

"Right, all done it will take us two days to get there from here." Leo said pointing on the GPS map.

"Two days huh...okay well everyone's waiting for us, lets go." I said starting to walk to the dining room.

"Wait for me!" Leo yelled trying to catch up with me.

So I waited a minute for Leo, to finish setting the destination and then we walked to the dining room. We walked in to see everyone looking pretty irritated with us.

"Um...hey guys, we're here." Leo said nervously. They stared at us irritatedly.

"What took you guys so long?" Jason said irritated.

"We had to set our next destination." Leo explained to him.

"Everyone turn those frowns upside down, they're here now so lets eat." Piper seemed to say with her charmspeak.

"Yeah, your right." Jason said turning toward Piper with a smile.

"So, where are we headed next Percy?" Piper asked while holding Jason's hand.

"We are headed to Texas." Percy answered while taking a seat next to Annabeth.

"What city in Texas, Percy?" Annabeth asked.

I stood up and announced where we were going. "We are headed to Austin, Texas." I said loud and clear.

"So we're headed to Austin, well lets worry about that later, now lets eat." Jason said looking excited to eat.

"Yes, lets." I said nodding in agreement. With that we started to eat. We talked about how everyone has been, since we haven't seen each other in a while. We were just mostly teasing each other about our romantic life.

After we finished eating, we decided it was time for some sleep. Piper, Hazel, Jason, Frank, and Leo went to their rooms, while I sat in the dining room with Annabeth.

"It'll be okay Percy, we'll save him, don't worry." Annabeth said holding my trying to comfort me.

"I know, but if I fail then everything is over." I said.

"Don't you mean if we fail? Percy, we're all in this together, so don't put too much pressure on yourself. You have me and everyone else here to help you." Annabeth said, looking at me with her reassuring eyes.

"Your right, Annabeth, thanks, we should head to our rooms now." I said with a smile knowing that I have friends, who are here to help.

"Yeah...I guess we should, goodnight then Seaweed Brain." Annabeth said nodding her head in agreement.

"Good night, Wise girl." I said with a smile. With that Annabeth left and headed towards her room. I left the dining room and started to walk to my room.

"The end is near, Percy Jackson, I have been awakened." I turned around and saw a snake-like shadow on the wall with red eyes. "What will you do?" The shadow asked in a wispy voice.

"Who are you?" I asked feeling afraid of the thing I was talking too.

"You will know soon, Percy Jackson." The shadow said as it wavered and disappeared. I was about to say something but it left before I could. I must've stood there for a while because Annabeth was waving her hand in front of my face.

"Percy? Are you in there?" Annabeth asked irritatedly waving her hand in front of my face. I heard her and shook my head.

"Huh? Oh, what are you doing here?" I asked her.

"What do you mean? What are you doing here standing in the middle of the hallway?" Annabeth asked looking worried.

"I was just..." She must have seen the fear in my eyes because she changed her expression to a considerate one.

"I don't know, what happened but you can tell us tomorrow." She said considerately.

"Thanks." I said appreciating her.

"You should rest Percy." Annabeth said caringly. She walked me to my room and kissed me good night and left. I laid in bed thinking about what just happened. After a few minutes, I decided that it would be best to forget about it and go to sleep for now. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.