Kara and I had just gotten back from the archery range when the conch horn blew (Kara was surprisingly good at archery. Me, I improved like a snail beating its mile's fastest speed). I rushed to the Hermes cabin so I wouldn't miss eating my food again. I just got there when they started to leave so I just waited till all of them passed and went to the end of the line. Dinner for me was spaghetti with a side of garlic bread and broccoli. When all of the campers were finished with dinner we had a camp sing along (none of the voices were that good). I went and hung out with Kara. When things were rapping up Chiron said some announcements and sent us to our cabins. Before all of the cabins were gone Chiron walked up to me said he might have figured out what it meant and to come to his office so we can talk. It about a minute for my gears to start clicking to understand what he meant. I followed him to his office and Chiron said what he thought it meant "Alli, what if your dad isn't your dad, what if he just adopted you and never told you."
"Chiron, he's my dad not my foster parent."
"Well, it's the only thing that makes sense. You said that you don't have any siblings and you clearly stated that the man said the 'one you took in to your dad' and your the only person that lives with him."
"Chiron are you saying that my dad is supposed to kill me!" I demanded
"It's the only thing that makes sense." he persisted
"So if that's true than my godly parent could be a girl or guy?"
"I guess."
"Ugh, Chiron, let me think about this, maybe I'll draw the same conclusion as you, but I know one thing... I need rest." I said while getting up.
"Okay why don't you go to your cabin and get some rest but Alli, think about it." He said that and I left, ready to sleep.
I laid down on my bed and immediately fell asleep. I saw some type of cage made out of mud and vines. the vines wrapped everywhere and the mud filled in the gaps. Inside the cage was this human figure with some of the vines that make the prison wrapped around her hands holding her limp body up. Her breathing was faint but she was still alive. Her skin was stained with blood. There was something about her presence I couldn't put my finger on. She shot her head up as if she heard someone coming and locked her eyes with mine. I could understand what she was trying to tell me even though she never spoke. A man approached her and asked her questions that she didn't seem to understand. There was one thing the man said that made me realize who she was. She looked at me one last time then my dream went blank. I sat straight up and banged my head while doing so. I saw that it was already light out and lights in cabins were already on so I got up and picked my area up. The conch horn blew so we all got in line and headed to the dining pavilion. I didn't waste any time eating so I could tell Chiron about my dream. When I was done I got up and walked over to Chiron to tell him about my dream. Once I was done he sat there thinking and said he would get in touch with Olympus right away. He said the announcements real quick then hurried away. I walked back to my table and some of the kids near me at my table asked me what that was about. I told them it was about a dream I had but only that.
After breakfast Kara and I went to the arena to practice with swords. I improved a little since last time. We then went to the climbing wall and kept telling ourselves that we would climb it but in the end we just moved to the next activity instead of killing ourselves by climbing the wall. We went to the arts and crafts center and proved to be pretty good at it! Then we went to the archery range. Both of us improved Kara more than me but I still got better. Instead of hitting the tree and in the circles that didn't count I actually hit the ones that did count. The only thing though is that wherever I aim it hits low, I noticed this so I aimed a little high above the center and hit the bullseye. That lasted about two rounds then someone asked if they could use my bow. We ended up leaving because the kid never gave the bow back like he said he would. The lake was next on our invisible list. We kayaked and swam mostly but we also sat in the sun and talked. We went to the Pegasus stables and feed the Pegasus cookies. They will be our friends forever now! We went back to the cabins and went our different ways. I had just sat down to read when Chiron entered the cabin and walked over to me. "Alli, we need to go somewhere without distractions!" He said while motioning for me to follow him. We walked to the archery range which was empty so we shot at targets while going over the dream I had last night. "You said there was a cage with a woman in it, but you didn't know who it was at first, she locked eyes with you and you think you know what she meant then a man walked in and asked her questions that she didn't know the answers to. He said something that made you realize who it was am I correct on this."
"Yes."
"You realized that she was... Artemis."
I do not own Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan does.
