That night, Percy had a patented weird demigod dream. He was sitting at his home with his mom, eating some of her classic blue pancakes. They were talking about college, when she suddenly looked up at him, her eyes glazed over and a blank expression on her face. A raspy voice came from her mouth.
"You must find it, Percy Jackson. It is your only hope."
"Find what?" Percy questioned when he finally found his voice
"What do I need to find?" his 'mother' stared at him for a few moments, as though she was pondering how much to tell him.
"The light. Find the Light." It answered at last. The whole world seemed to fade into nothing all around him, and Percy dropped through the chair he was sitting on. He fell and fell and fell and... BOOM! He jolted up in his bed, panting and sweating. He ran his fingers through his hair and leaned on the wall.
'So much for me just being paranoid.' he thought angrily. It was official. Good things never last for demigods.
Rachel woke up in a start. She could still hear the voice pouring out of her father's mouth.
'Find the Light.' Light? What Light?? She got up and got dressed, then headed off to breakfast. When she reached the dining hall, she scanned the crowd for Annabeth. Being the Oracle and not really having a cabin or assigned table, she could sit wherever she wanted. Today, she felt like sitting next to Annabeth. If there was ever solid foundation of logic and wisdom , it was her. When she spotted Annabeth, she waded through the masses, and tapped her shoulder. Annabeth turned and smiled, then instantly hardened her expression. She had seen that look on Rachel's face before; something was wrong.
"Hey Rachel, what's wrong?'' Annabeth started. Rachel didn't even know where to begin.
"I had a super weird dream last night," Rachel began. Just then Percy walked into the dining hall. Annabeth loved Percy, she really did, but this particular morning he looked terrible. He trudged to get his food, and shuffled over to his table to eat. Annabeth and Rachel both went over.
"Percy, you ok? You look like you haven't slept in years." Rachel commented. Percy looked up at the 2, bags sagging under his eyes.
"Yeah….yeah I'm fine. Just…. Had a rough night last night. Had the weirdest dream…" He yawned. Rachel visibly tensed up.
"About the Light?" she questioned. Percy's eyes got huge.
"You too? Crap." No one spoke for a few moments, until Annabeth broke the silence.
"We need to talk to Chiron about this. We'll go after breakfast. They all nodded, and the girls went back to their table. None of them talked much; they were all too worried about what may lie ahead. Another problem so soon? They were all really hoping that their worries were behind them. Unfortunately, that didn't seem to be the case. If Rachel and Percy were having similar dreams about this "light", one could only reason that it wasn't a very good sign. They all got done eating and headed to the big house. They found Chiron in his office, behind his desk diligently filling out paperwork, Bocelli playing softly in the background. He looked up and smiled.
"Percy, Annabeth, Rachel. So nice to see you. What brings you here?" They all just looked at one another, wondering who should be the one to tell him. Rachel spoke up first.
"Chiron, Percy and I have both had… dreams." she began. Chiron leaned forward onto his elbows, hands clasped in front of him.
"Go on," He prodded kindly. She swallowed hard and continued.
"Well, we both dreamed about being told to find… find the light." Chiron looked astonished.
"The… the light? And you both had this dream?" he questioned, looking at Percy, who nodded. Chiron stepped out from around his desk.
"Well then, I suppose that settles it." Chiron asserted firmly.
"The prophecy of the Light being found is one I received from Olympus itself almost 20 years ago. I kept it from anyone until such a time as it were ready to be fulfilled... I just didn't expect you 3 to be the ones involved... you have already been through so much..." Chiron commented aloud.
"Wait, you know where the light is?" Percy questioned. Chiron merely shook his head.
"No, Percy, I don't. However, I do have a way to find it." he said triumphantly as they took the first steps into what was to be an epic quest.