Chapter 10

Percy's POV

Being a Chaos Warrior is great. It gives you like a thousand more privileges than being a demigod. For example, saving the whole galaxy just gives that feeling of greatness to you. But some things never leaves, like demigod dreams, which sucks.

In my dream, I was in forest of some sort. It was different from the Woods at Camp Half – Blood. This place has a feeling of … "ancientness" to it. Trees as large as Drake's ego were all around me. Creatures long extinct were walking about everywhere. I thought, maybe Pan was sending me a message?

The thought disappeared clearly, because I suddenly saw the guy I fought earlier, Erebus, about fifty yards in front of me, in a large forest clearing. The clearing had a few tables and the trees were shading us from the heat. Maybe these place was a picnic spot for primordials. Then, one of my least favorite Primordial came. Gaea. She was wearing what looked like an elegant silk gown, only that its color was muddish, like she got bored of destroying Olympus so she just waded in the mud all day. Her face was sweet, like she just received an invitation to a funeral of one of the Olympians.

"Erebus," she said. "Brother, oh how long has it been since we saw each other?"

Erebus didn't change much at all after I fought him, he was still all black but has a figure, only his pupilless eyes seemed to be white.

"Hmm… maybe a few thousand millennia? I'm not sure, it's so long ago that I forgot…" Erebus answered, deep in thought.

"Tell me about it. The Olympians have been hindering my awakening, so I didn't get to see my family earlier. Especially my children…" Gaea said, her eyes tearing up a little bit. "And when I do wake up, what do I get? Father Chaos organizing a band of super powerful good – doers? No, that was too much for me, and here I was thinking that our father should be the most "chaotic" of all."

"Yeah, tell me about it," Erebus said."

"Did you accomplish what Brother Tartarus ordered?" Gaea smiled sweetly again, and I knew that Erebus was going to be in a hell lot of trouble.

"N – No," Erebus stuttered. "I – It's not my fault, Pontus didn't help! That son of yours did nothing but watch."

"Maybe, but if you're as strong as you claim to be, you shouldn't have trouble with kids," Gaea said, her smile turning into a devious one. "Don't fail me again, Erebus. I will not be tolerable next time."

"Yes, Sister," Erebus said, obviously upset that Gaea didn't punish Pontus.

"I heard Father sent his Elites here at earth, maybe were too much to handle for him?" Gaea said while magically making an apple appear.

"Well, they won't be of much trouble once the plan starts," Erebus said. He was clutching his head like it was going to explode anytime. Gaea doesn't seem bothered by it at all.

"No, we need a bit more time to prepare. The Olympians may be a piece of cake but Father is a different matter. Time is all we need, be patient, brother, we will soon have everything we desire," she said, then took a bite of from her apple.

Gaea's smile faded right after she said that. Maybe the apple she ate was rotten. Serves her right.

"Do you sense that, Erebus? It feels like an… intruder," Gaea said.

Whoops, looks like I was found out. Time to leave, is what I'd like to say, but unfortunately, demigod dreams doesn't have emergency exits.

I ducked, well, I ducked in the dream, not in real life.

"Maybe that was what I was feeling. A feeling of uneasiness and a presence, someone I have faced before.

Yeah, this someone just whooped your butt earlier.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Hades, I can't believe I'm related to you," Gaea said.

"The feeling is mutual," Erebus muttered.

Suddenly, he looked at exactly where I was, staring right at me, despite the bushed blocking me from their sight.

Gaea made a pulling motion with her hands, and when I blinked, she was right in front of me. Erebus morphed his hand and made it like a sword. Gaea raised her hand at him, motioning Erebus to stop. I don't know why, but I'm glad for that. On the other hand, Gaea might be thinking of more painful ways to kill me.

"Wait, I've seen this uniform before. An accomplice of Father, am I right?" she asked me.

I wasn't sure what to say so I just nodded.

"This guy, he was the one I fought earlier," Erebus said.

"Hmm, no wonder you lost, Brother," Gaea said, a mischievous glint in her eyes. "Do you know who this guy is?"

I tried struggling but I couldn't move. Gaea wasn't holding me or anything, although her hand was in a grip position. I thought, the Earth. It was obeying her will. Not exactly he earth but Gravity.

Gaea laughed so sweetly I felt sick.

"This guy, I met him before. One look and I already know who he is, even with his hood."

"Then why don't we just remove his hood so I may know," Erebus muttered again. I'm beginning to like this guy more and more.

Gaea came closer to me, until I could feel the warmth of her breath at my cheek. "Don't worry, Half – Blood, I won't tell anyone, yet. You have at least a month to prepare, then I will reveal everything to your friends. At the same time our master plan will unfold, and everything you hold dear will be crushed.

I Wanted to say some horrible things, but the first that came into my mind was, "Your breath smells like cat litter."

"You're lucky demigod, we can't hurt you while you're dreaming. Even if we do, it won't cause any pain into you real body. Oh and maybe I should tell you about your brother. On second thought, maybe not. You and him will meet soon enough. Be nice to Ken. Goodbye, Perseus Jackson," Gaea said.

The gravitational pressure was crushing around me, and as soon as I thought I was going to faint, was as soon as I woke up with a start, accidentally knocking Sapphire over…

Stephen's POV

Friends. No wait, Best Friends. That's what you call the people that you can share your secrets with. Unfortunately, Alpha doesn't want to.

On my way back to Camp, I was thinking of ways to get back at him. I'm not upset or anything. Just a little disappointed. Maybe if I tell Chaos about the backstabbing words Alpha says to him sometimes if he doesn't like the mission? Nah, too harsh. Maybe if… yes. I swear one day, I will have a secret, and I won't tell Alpha about it. Booyeah, Genius Stephen is genius.

I got back to Camp, and what I saw surprised me to say the least. I was more of shocked.

The Chaos Warriors were actually getting along with the Campers. Maybe after the big fight, they saw each other strengths and decided to be friends? Maybe.

Over the Big House, I saw a big crowd. They were all demigods, no Warriors. Keep this a secret but, for a boy, I was the kind to have to know about every gossip about anyone. It may give me blackmail material I may use someday. So I went over there and looked.

Everybody was crowding towards Clarisse. Looks like she was telling them a story.

"… And along with Annabeth's story, this adds further proof that that Alpha guy is Percy," I heard her say. Not this again. Actually, I had no idea what they were talking about in the first place, anyway. Who was that Percy guy? What did he do to get this beloved? And is Alpha really Percy?

Alpha didn't deny it but maybe he just doesn't want to crush the Half – Bloods hope. Luckily, nobody noticed me, they were too busy listening to Clarisse and looking the pen she was holding.

I recognized the pen as Alpha's. I saw him fiddling with it some time ago when he was really worried about asking Sapphire out on a date. Well, they weren't a couple or anything but it could've fooled me.

"That's Riptide," I heard someone say behind me. I turned around and saw Annabeth and my half – siseter Thalia behind me. It was like 2:30 in the morning, why was so many people still awake. What was Chiron doing anyway?

"Um, yeah, the pen," I said nervously.

"Do you know where Per – Alpha is?" Annabeth asked.

I raised an eyebrow. "Why should I tell you?"

Annabeth smiled at me while Thalia just scowled.

"I'm happy that Percy has been friends with a guy like you, Stephen, isn't it?" I nodded. "I see that you are very loyal to him, unlike us…" Annabeth said.

I shifted uncomfortably. People were also saying these things right from when I came to this Camp. And for the first time ever, I wanted to know what happened. What happened to Percy Jackson. I made up my mind.

"You guys… what did you do anyway?" I asked.

"Well, if you're going to stay here for awhile, you might as well know," Thalia said. "Let's talk somewhere else more private."

"I may not be able to tell you where Alpha is," I said quickly, not wanting to owe debt after telling me their story.

"It's alright," Annabeth said. "Just let him, know that we're sorry, and we want to make it up to him." Her eyes were getting misty. Oh man, I am not good with crying girls.

I nodded. We went towards what I recognized as Cabin One. Zeus'