When we were leaving Hogwarts, Harry and Hermione were upset to say goodbye to their friends... um, boyfriends, I mean... Harry was crying and Hermione was trying to hold back the tears.
Over the past week, I've noticed that Hermione is definately your average child of Athena. She's very smart, and when coming up with battle strategies, she's amazing. Annabeth loves talking to her sister; it's great to see her face light up whenever they're talking about some nerdy thing or another. All of Annabeth's siblings are smart, but most can't hold a long conversation with her. She isn't their cabin head counselor for nothing, you know.
"About one more minute and we'll be back at camp," called Annabeth from her place at the reins. True to her word, we land next to Thalia's Pine a minute later. I looked over to see Harry and Hermione with their wands out, pointed at the tree.
"What are you doing?! Put your wands away!" I yelled.
"That's a dragon, it's dangerous," said Harry in a hushed whisper, acting as if I'm stupid.
"Yes, Harry, I know what a dragon is, but Peleus is definately not dangerous unless we attack!" I said with a pointed glare towards Harry. I walked over to pet Peleus on the head.
"Hey, buddy, has there been any trouble while we've been gone?"
"How can you act like this is normal?! This dragon could kill you!" Hermione stated in shock.
"This is Peleus; he guards the golden fleece, which keeps our camp healthy." Annabeth said, pointing to one of the lower boughs of the tree where the fleece hung as she moved her way over to Peleus and I.
From the top of the hill, we hear the conch sound to signal dinner. I wrapped my arm around Annabeth and looked over at the two demigod wizards. "Come on, let's go to the pavilion for dinner." I encouraged.
As we entered the pavilion, all of our friends came to greet us. When Travis and Connor released me and Annabeth from hugs, we sai in unison, laughing, "Give us back our money!" They just laughed and handed it back.
We walked up to the head table to see Chiron. Apparently, the gods had already alerted him about the current situation. He told us that after dinner the next day would be a game of capture the flag. Annabeth and I turned to Harry and Hermione, who looked awkward. "Well, that gives us one day to train you two with weapons, but you can also use your wands."
The rest of the night we had fun eating and talking. The campfire song went as long as usual and then we went to sleep. And that's when the dreams came...
As soon as I fell asleep the dream started. I could tell that I was somewhere deep in the woods. I could see a group of twenty to twenty-five people all covered in dark cloaks so that I couldn't see any of their features. They were around a small fire discussing something. They didn't sound very happy.
"All of the magic nowadays is all showers and rainbows. What happened to the 'good' magic?" spoke one in a voice that made my ears want to bleed. The way she said good led me to believe that it's nothing good at all.
"Yes, what happened to the magic of out day?" another agreed.
"That wizard, Voldemort, was supposed to bring back the old ways, but no, that little wizard, Harry Potter," she spat out his name like it burned, "just had to go and defeat him. That's the last straw!"
'What do they mean that Harry defeating Voldemort was the last straw?' I thought to myself. 'I thought that was a good thing.'
"For centuries we've sent out other people to attempt to get magic back to its old ways again, but they are all too weak! We must take this into our own hands before all of the good magic is gone," spoke the one who made my ears bleed. "We must do everything ourselves now! We have to turn magic back to the old ways. But, we will need help, so-" I shot out of my bed. I looked around, feeling as if they would be in my cabin.
Harry is standing above me, looking down at me in shock. "I woke up and looked over, and you're covered in sweat and you were mumbling something about voices in your sleep," said Harry.
"Sorry... I just had a nightmare. I'll go get a quick shower and well head to the pavilion for breakfast," I said as I was grabbing clothes and heading into the bathroom.
When in the shower and all throughout breakfast, I couldn't stop thinking about my dream. Annabeth must have noticed because halfway through breakfast when I was already done, she came over, apologized to Harry, and then grabbed my arm and dragged me down to the beach. Since there were people there, we walked into the ocean. I created an air bubble and floated us to the bottom of that part of the ocean.
"Okay, Seaweed Brain, tell me what's wrong." she said simply as she say across from me. "I had a dream last night..." I said.
"We all have dreams, Percy, we're demigods." she said.
"But this one was bad; I think it has something to do with the threat."
"Tell me everything about it." I then told her everything down to the last detail I could remember.
"I have no clue what it could be... But, the old ways, the 'good' ways of magic doesn't sound too good..." she said after considering all of what I told her.
"You said your dad and Hecate would tell you once they knew what was happening, right?" Annabeth asked.
"Yeah," I answered simply.
"Then I say we just go about a normal day's activities and wait until they know," she concluded logically.
"I think you're right. Thanks, Wise Girl," I say and then kiss her and float us back up onto the beach.
First, we went to the weapons shed to find Harry and Hermione weapons. Harry couldn't seem to find one that was balanced, so we decided he'd just use his wand until he found a good sword. Hermione chose a simple dagger like Annabeth's. Then we went to the arena. Annabeth and I sparred for a little while Harry and Hermione practiced duelling. Then Annabeth worked with Hermione on using a dagger. She wasn't half bad.
I took Harry to the beach to see what powers of Poseidon he possesses. We figured out that water will heal him, he can breathe underwater, he doesn't get wet unless he wills himself to, and has a very basic control over water.
Now it's time for capture the flag. I was kind of out of it, so I just realized that Ares was on one side and me on the other. Athena and Apollo were paired with me tonight. Annabeth knows the rest.
"Hermione is going to stick with me tonight and, Harry, you'll be with Percy at the creek," I hear Annabeth say as I zone back in.
"Why am I on border duty today?" I asked.
"Because you can help Harry, and I can help Hermione. It's that simple. Besides, once our guys cross the border, you'll put up a wall of water that Harry says he can cast a spell on to make it so only people on our side can get through," she replied, obviously happy with her brilliant plan.
"Good job, Wise Girl. Now Harry and I will go to the creek," I say as we start walking.
Ten minutes later, the horn sounded and the game had begun. As out people crossed the water, I put up the wall and Harry cast the spell. It worked perfectly. Occasionally, just for a little fun, I went to the other side and fought an Ares kid. Soon enough, Annabeth ran across the border with the Ares flag, and we watched it turn grey with an owl on it.
"Athena and Poseidon win again!" Annabeth walked up to me, giving me a kiss on the cheek.
Everybody on our side was happy, as usual. That was until the frantic Lou Ellen started screaming, "Has anyone seen Sadie?! Sadie!"
Annabeth and I ran over to the worried head counsellor of Hecate.
"What's wrong?" we asked.
"Sadie, you know Sadie; everyone does! Little, seven years old, mischievous girl, my half-sister? Yeah, you know her, she gave you a tail last w-" I had to cut her rambling short.
"Lou! I know Sadie; now what's wrong?"
"She's gone! She was on guard duty because she's so young, but she must have wandered off. I looked everywhere! She's gone!" Lou yelled, starting to sob.
"Don't worry; we'll find her," Annabeth reassured.
Turns out, we didn't find Sadie. Search parties were sent out in groups of five, but after five hours of searching, all we found was her sword on the ground and no sign of where she went. On the ground where her sword lain was flattened grass that looked like it had been pressed down on a lot.
"She could be anywhere," I said to Annabeth.
"But she wouldn't have just ran away. Sadie wouldn't do that," Annabeth stated reassuringly. Then something from my dream came back to me.
"Annabeth, in my dream, the cloaked women said they needed help. What if Sadie was kidnapped?" I asked.
"Percy, I think you're right," said a voice behind me. I spun around to see my father and Lady Hecate standing there. "I guess it's time to talk again," stated my dad.
Guard duty is sooo boring! I rather play a joke on a nymph. I walked away from my post, further into the woods. I stuck my sword in the ground when I heard something behind me. I turned around to see three figures in dark purple cloaks coming towards me, and they had sickly green skin. Before I could scream, one of them lunged forward and covered my mouth with their hand. My eyes widened. I started kicking and thrashing around, but the figure was surprisingly strong. There was a flash of light and then we were at some camp who knows where. When the figure looked at me with its neon green eyes, everything went black.
Thank you for waiting so long. Both me and my co-author have been busy with our school musical, so we haven't had much time to type this. Please please please review! :) Thanks.
-HarrehPottah196