A/N Okay I'm quickly getting this up before my friend has to leave, so sorry for any mistakes.
Dedication: I dedicate this to swedishmermaids (even if you haven't actually read this yet) for just helping with the story.
Disclaimer: If I owned this I'd be like, a gazillionaire by now. I'm not a gazillionaire, sadly.
VII. Hazel
After that, Hazel decided to go back to bed. What would Nico do? And how could she stop it? Dad she prayed, if your going to do anything for me please, just help me protect Nico. She wasn't sure what she expected. Maybe a puff of smoke and a deep voice saying Your wish has been granted. Unfortunately nothing happened.
How did Bianca die in the first place? She bet Percy or Annabeth would know. The moment that she really needs them. Finally, she fell asleep. Unfortunately, she had dreams. For demigods, dreams are either visions of what's going on, or messages, or the past. Hers was a message.
"Hazel," a voice rasped. Hazel couldn't tell who it was because it was just, dark. "I know you've returned. I purposely skipped over you. I know I'm taking a risk, but you need to know. Nico will try to get his sister back; you must stop him. Also, the Underworld is lost. I cannot help you. You must do that on your own. I don't know if Bianca could come back, but you shouldn't gamble. If Nico tried to do it, he'd never be brought back. First, though, you must know Nico's past."
The darkness flickered. Then a voice, a strange voice, spoke, "A child of the eldest of the gods shall reach sixteen against all odds." It was the prophecy that Ella recited once, "To see the world in endless sleep. A hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap. A single choice shall end his days, Olympus to persevere or raze."
Then she was in a 1940s hotel. There was a man (was that her dad?) in a chair by a woman on a nearby sofa. Hazel only saw glimpses and it was skipping over parts but the man said, "Maria, please. I told you Zeus gave me a deadline of last week to turn over the children." It skipped over a part. "But Nico and Bianca need their mother. Besides, they are only children. The gods wouldn't really hurt them." It skipped again. The man made a wall of black energy, but he was only able to protect two children Hazel hadn't noticed before. It skipped again. "Wash their memories in the Lethe and bring them to the Lotus Hotel." He told some one. It skipped a long time. Hazel saw another man taking the same children out of the Lotus Hotel. It skipped again. Hazel saw a boy (was that Percy Jackson?), a girl (Annabeth?), and another girl in punk clothes and spiky hair. They were in a car with a different woman. "Mom, seriously! We'll be fine. Come on guys." Then the dream moved into fast forward. They entered a castle-like building. They talked with two people, although their faces were blurred. There was another boy about Percy's age. With a beard. They sped into the gym. It looked like there was a dance going on. Only it looked overdone. The girls were way over doing it with makeup and attacking boys with makeup and streamers. Over in the bleachers, where two kids; a boy shuffling cards, about ten, and a girl in a green cap, about twelve.
Nico and Bianca. Hazel realized. It sped up even faster. Hazel's head hurt, if that was even possible in a dream. It returned to normal speed and Hazel saw, Percy, the kid with a beard, the spiky haired girl, a new girl with a silver tiara and a bow, and Bianca. Bianca now looked, well timeless. She also had a bow. She was running toward a huge automaton. She was crushed under his foot. Then it looked like she was controlling it from inside. Then it ran into power lines. Hazel could tell Bianca had died. It skipped again. She saw Young Percy and Young Nico. "I shouldn't have trusted you." Nico's voice broke. "You lied to me. My nightmares were right!" "Wait. Nightmares?" Percy asked. Nico flung a little gold statue witch clattered to the ground. "I hate you!" he yelled. "She might be alive," Percy desperately tried to calm Nico. "I don't know for sure-" "She's dead." Nico closed his eyes and the scene faded into a new one.
It was dark, like night. Nico was chanting in another language. Greek? He looked more like Nico now. With his usual style. A spirit floated over to pool and drank. When it looked up it was Bianca. It skipped again. "And stop blaming Percy for my choices." She was saying, "It will be your doom." It skipped. Nico was standing on the banks of the Styx, looking worried. Was some one in the Styx?
It skipped. Nico was in front of the Empire State Building. Fighting an army of monsters, with other demigods, a couple gods, and of course, the dead. Bang! and Hazel sprang out of bed.
A/N Soooooooooooooooooo, REVEIW!
