Chapter 2 – Hellhounds

[Chris's POV]

I spun around and saw people flooding out of the buildings in their nightclothes and robes. Then out of nowhere something heavy flew on top of me. I felt biting and scratching all over. My eyes were filled with blood and all I could make out of what was attacking me was that it had hair, lots of it. Then my vision went black. I appeared again in the wet hallway with many doors. I saw the door with the three women but in this dream I seemed to have more control it seemed… More real. I kept walking towards the light at the end of the hall. But every time I took a step the door got farther until it was out of sight. I stopped and stood there and turned to see the creepy women's right next to me. How could it be here if it was there? The woman with the scissors looked up at me. She slowly moved her scissor hand towards the string and then… My eyes flew open; I was standing up holding my machete above a giant dead hellhound. How had I killed it if I was in a dream? I looked down at myself and saw blood everywhere. My body was covered in deep gashes from I guessed were from the hellhounds' teeth. I looked around and saw eagles picking up wounded campers and dead hellhounds. I stumbled over to one of them and passed out again. I woke up in the camp ER with some healers pouring golden nectar on my wounds. After a few very boring hours I got up mostly cured except for a few scratches here and there. I still felt weak but I decided to go to my bed and sleep till morning but as soon as I opened the door to the cabin the sun came up. All of my fellow sea people were getting dressed for the morning. "Other brother!" Tyson yelled and plowed me over in a bone crushing hug. "Yeah… Thanks" I managed to say without breathing. Just then the door flew open. "Chris!" Grant said breathing like he had just run around the entire camp. "Oh your already awake, Percy wants to see you and… You should probably change your clothes they are kind of bloody." "Uh… Yeah thanks for the info Grant" As soon as I changed my clothes I ran as fast as I could towards the counselors' cabin. When I got there they were in the middle of a meeting about something like underground borders and such. "Excuse me Counselor Jackson but you wished to see me?" I asked. "Yes, come with me" I followed him up to a fiery hill where a giant quartz bird perch was. A partially red harpy sat on it and engraved on an imperial gold nametag was the name Ella. "Ella, I would like you to recite in your own words what the prophecy was like that you told me earlier" Percy said. "Boy named Chris will. Chris short for Christopher. Save or destroy Olympus and the mortal world. Mortals can die. From mean women." "Thank you" Percy said leaving and gesturing me to follow him down the steep stone path. "Chris, do you understand what she means?" Percy asked me with watchful eyes seeking any knowledge. "Uh... That my name is short for Christopher and mortals can die." I answered not really understanding what the whole thing meant but ready to learn. Percy cracked a smile, not the kind like 'Your stupid' but the one like 'I was like that'. "No, what she was saying was someone named Chris will save or destroy Olympus." Percy said with something like remembrance in his eyes. Apparently he had been on a quest almost exactly like this one, except he fought Kronos instead of the Fates. "Um… I am definitely going to save the world or destroy it, are you sure she meant me?" I asked hopefully. I didn't want to save the world I just wanted to be a normal demigod. Just then I heard a roar from the Apollo cabin and bam. The whole cabin exploded into… flowers? In the center of the blooming wreckage stood a young girl.