"Clovis!"
Will Solace pounded on the door of the Hypnos Cabin.
"Clovis! Get up and open the door!"
"Coming… Coming…" a tired voice replied.
The door swung open, revealing Clovis standing there, rubbing his eyes.
"Will? Nico? What're you doing here?"
It seemed every word was punctuated with a yawn.
"We need you to come with us to the infirmary."
"Okay… Why?"
"We need your help with Melody Jackson. She's trapped in some kind of never-ending nightmare and we can't wake her up."
"Nightmares? Okie dokie… Let's go…"
"Follow us."
About halfway to the infirmary Nico, who was ahead of Clovis and Will (who was pushing Clovis along and making sure he didn't fall asleep) was stopped by a fuming Annabeth.
"Nico I-don't-know-or-care-what-your-middle-name-is Di Angelo!"
"What do you want Annabeth? I'm busy."
"I want to know where my boyfriend is!"
"I don't know. We're working on it."
"Working on it?!"
"Yes, Annabeth, we're working on it. Now move."
"I will not! Are you kidding me?! 'Working on it'?!"
Nico pushed past her and continued to the infirmary.
"Di Angelo!"
"Get back to me when you've calmed down, Annabeth." He snapped, leaving her shell shocked in place.
When Nico, Will, and Clovis reached the infirmary they paused for a microsecond, taking in the silence, before Nico took off running for the room where they'd left Melody.
"Will! C'mon!" He shouted.
The son of Hades ran towards his cousin's bed only to find her, not awake, as he had hoped, but peacefully sleeping.
"H-how?" Nico stuttered, looking up at Kayla, Will's sister.
"We sedated her. She's in a sort of dreamless sleep now. Although you're just in time if you want to do something. The sedative should be wearing off soon."
Just as Kayla said this, Melody started to stir.
"Tyson…" She whined.
"Tyson?" Nico echoed, befuddled, "Who all is in this dream?"
"So far we've heard your name, Percy's, Tyson's, and we've even heard her scream for her mother and someone named Paul a few times," Kayla informed him.
"Sally and Paul?" Nico whispered.
"Who's Sally and Paul?" Clovis inquired, finally walking in, Will on his heels.
"Sally is Percy and Melody's mom and Paul is their step dad." Will replied.
"Okay… So uh… Why did you need me?" Clovis asked.
"I want you to bind me to her dream." Nico declared.
"You want what?!" Clovis exclaimed.
Clovis was rarely this awake.
"I want you to bind me to her dream." Nico repeated.
"Are you sure?"
"Positive."
"Okay… But first, you have to know. In order for her to wake up, you can't just say, 'You're dreaming' and expect her to immediately arise. You need to convince her to envision the place she really is. Then she can break through the illusion. Okay?"
"Okay."
"Also, Will, catch him."
Nico watched as the world around him faded in and out and warped and changed. When his vision cleared, Nico knew where he was. He was in Melody's dream world.
*Line break, Line break, Line line line break, my stuff sucks!*
Sorry for the short chappie folks! Like I said in the chapter before this, I'm going through a spat of writer's block. Thanks 64Felicity for the input I used with this chapter. TTFN, ta ta for now!