A/N: I'm sorry about the short chapter last time. I thought it was longer than it was, but I'm pretty sure this chapter makes up for it! The longest chapter yet! Introducing… CHAPTER TEN!

Disclaimer: I own NOTHING of Percy Jackson and the Olympians or Naruto.

August 31, 2009

Chapter Ten: Dreams and Weapons and Prophecies, oh my

POV of Robert Uchiha

"How'd you do that?" Jimmy asked me. He seemed scared, but exhilarated at the same time. Strange combination.

"Magic," I replied with a smile. I looked him over. Showing out of his helmet was messy black hair. His eyes were a dark brown, almost black. I supposed that once he regained calm they would become hard and cold. He didn't seem to be a nice guy, but he didn't seem like some cruel child-abuser. Kakashi seemed to trust him.

The four of us raced to the top of the hill. On the way, Jimmy regained enough composure to explain that there is a magical shield around Camp Half-blood that gives it the ability to ward off monsters and humans. That's when I noticed that Kakashi wasn't following us anymore. He had stopped at the base of the hill.

"Kakashi, c'mon!" I called down to him, but I saw him nod.

"I can't go any farther. Do as I said. Get a prophecy and I'll return in about a week!"

Amanda and I nodded. Jimmy just continued to lead us towards the tree, explaining all about how he is a son of Athena and that we would be "claimed" by a god or goddess by the time we were thirteen. Well, I would. Amanda was already claimed.

"There's three other kids that are unclaimed, but there's only two cabins. So you'll have to bunk with a girl named Nikki. Try not to talk to her… she's not the most… social girl," he told me unsteadily.

"Oh, really? Oh gee wiz, I'm so excited!" I told him sarcastically. He gave me a sadistic look and continued on. It was only a little bit, and we didn't talk for the rest of the way. Amanda and I exchanged glances when we got to the top. It was nothing as I was expecting.

Right in front of us was a big red house, just as Kakashi had explained. To the right of it were to volleyball courts and to the right of that was a large, rectangular building. Ahead of the building was a lake and a river ran from either side. One led to a beach and headed into the ocean while the other went outside the borders of Camp Half-blood. A few yards away from the lake looked to be a theater. Past that seemed to be a rock climbing wall. I definitely wanted to try that out.

On the other side of the river was even more. Like I said before, there was a beautiful ocean that glistened under the moon. Right next to the ocean seemed to be some building with a lot of pillars. It seemed to be able to fit at least two hundred people. A large forest spread out the back of the whole "camp" and a river ran through the middle, cutting it in half. Two open arenas were spaced out in front of the forest. Right next to those two arenas was a very large building. Larger than the Big House and that rectangular building. A few yards away from the extremely large building seemed to be staples with horses. At the base of the Camp was a large field full of plants. I suspect that it was strawberries from the vines and red. There was also an open field of land, also.

"Wow," was all I could say.

"Everyone is in bed right now… except for a few people," Jimmy told us. "Like the sons and daughters of Hades, Nyx, and Thanatos… and us."

"What were you doing at this time of night, anyway?" asked Amanda. Even though I hadn't seen a clock in days, I knew that it was twelve thirty three. I also knew that the first three digits of pi are three point one four. How is that possible? I've never even heard of pi!

He gave us a serious look. "Guarding Camp."

"Guarding Camp?" I repeated. "But what about the 'magical borders'?"

I saw a pained look on his face, but it immediately disappeared. He ignored my question and went inside the borders. "I'll take you to your cabin first…?"

He let his sentence hang until Amanda took the note and said, "Amanda. And this is Robert."

Jimmy nodded and introduced himself even though we already knew his name. He went on to explain that he would show Amanda to her cabin first where she would stay alone, then introduce me to Becca. "Tomorrow I'll meet up with you guys tomorrow and show you around Camp, but before that, we'll go to the Big House to show Chiron and Hebe."

"What happened to Dionysus?" I asked him.

"Dionysus?" Jimmy repeated. "He's in Olympus. Why would he be here?"

I decided to skip his question and go onto another one. "Why is Hebe here?"

Jimmy explained that Hebe was the first person to accept the job of leading Camp Half-blood. Chiron is the games master who orders what cabin or person leads what activity. For example, the Hephaestus cabin leads the arts and craft activities (it turns out that the rectangular building was the arts and crafts building).

"Here you are, you get the whole cabin to yourself," Jimmy said with a smile, and allowed Amanda in. She thanked him and said goodbye to us before disappearing within the cabin. "Oh, think light to turn on the lights."

Amanda nodded and we left her. I wondered how her lights would be turned off, but didn't bother to ask. If there was a problem, I bet Amanda could figure it out. She seems smart enough to figure out you have to think off or something of that nature to turn off the lights.

Jimmy stopped at a cabin. I looked at it. At the top it said "unclaimed." The other cabin said the same thing, and both were made of wood. Really blunt. Really boring. Jimmy knocked on the door-slammed would be a better word…-and called out, "Becca! Don't try to pretend that you're asleep! I know that you're up!"

I heard rustling from the inside of the cabin and after a few more knocks and whines, the door opened. Out came a girl that wasn't exactly what I expected. She had black hair that reached her shoulders. She wore torn jeans and a black shirt with a white skull on it on fire. Except the fire was white. And the jeans were black. I felt a total Goth vibe going on. Oh, and she wore black eyeliner. Total Goth vibe.

"What do you want?" she asked with acid.

"Robert here is unclaimed," Jimmy replied bluntly. "He needs a cabin to stay in."

"And you choose… me?" Becca asked suspiciously.

"Yes. I think he'll… help you."

"Help me what?" questioned Becca. "Get claimed? If not, make him bunk in the other cabin."

Jimmy sighed and put his hand in his pocket. "If you let him in…," he said, pausing to pull something out. "You get this. He won't be staying for very long."

She bit her lip, thinking if it was a good deal. Five dollars and you get a cute ten-year-old like me or nothing and you get a cabin to yourself, but the cute ten-year-old has to sleep outside. I suddenly wished that I was "claimed" by a goddess. I could just tell them that the note said that my mother is Artemis, but I don't think that would go over so well. Also, what if they were talking about me in that dream that felt so long ago?

"Fine," Becca announced, breaking my train of thought and snatching the five. "One week, and if he's not claimed, I want him out."

Jimmy nodded and pushed me in, saying that he'll buy Amanda and I knew clothes and show us to the showers. I guess that's indirectly pointing to the fact we reek like fish out of water. Not that I know what that smells like, but I heard it's pretty bad. I didn't feel like smelling like that any longer. If I had the choice, I would've taken a shower right then and there.

In a few short minutes, the room was set up. It was square with a bed on either side pressed up against the corners of the farthest walls. In the middle was draped a black curtain to give the other some privacy, and there was only one opening: right at the door. The space was just big enough for someone to stand abroad. On Becca's side (I assumed it was Becca's side since it had things) was a bookshelf that took up the whole door-side wall. A closet was pressed against the foot of the bed with glow-in-the-dark stars hanging from the ceiling.

On my side was a bed. And a closet. I felt real welcomed. First I get attacked by some evil demonic monster, then I have to leave Kakashi and Amanda, I then come to find out I'm bunking with some Gothic freak who wants nothing to do with me, and finally I have only a bed and closet. Oh, and the closet only had a pair of jeans, shorts, and an bright-orange shirt that read Camp Half-blood. Strange enough, it seemed these items were all my size.

I sighed. After a few moments, Jimmy left me and I went into my bed. I definitely needed a rest. The last time I had slept it was on a rooftop and the next morning I had quite a rude awakening. I bet Amanda did the same thing as me: plop right down on the bed. It wasn't the worst bed in the world, but it was well enough for me to fall asleep in a few short minutes. I hadn't even changed into pajamas.

"Hey! Kid, you're new, right?"

I looked up from where I was sitting. It's strange to be awoken rudely, especially by an unknown person. A million thoughts run through your head as you get up groggily. And then it comes down to the final do-or-die question of weather you know the person or not. I didn't really know anyone that was around the age of twenty, as he looked to be, and then other people started to form around him. A girl that looked his age and had blonde hair that fell down her back. Another boy formed that seemed to be around fifteen. He had olive-like skin that matched his extremely messy black hair, and also wore an aviator jacket.

I looked around and found nothing but darkness, and decided to nod. "Good. Well, I heard that the new kid was strong, and decided to give you a little gift. Go into the armory tomorrow-"

"Today, Seaweed Brain," the blonde interrupted. "It's past midnight."

"Yes, yes. Today go to the armory and go to the far right corner where the spears are. On one of the bars-"

"Beams, smarty," remarked the other boy with messy black hair.

The boy labeled "Seaweed Brain" gave him a sour look, and continued to talk. "On one of the beams in the corner of the room where the spears are, look for a keychain of a deer, a bracelet, a pen, and a ring. Your friends will need weapons, and those are the strongest in Camp. Furthermore, we'll meet sooner or later. And how do I know that you're going on a quest? Well, that's simple enough to answer: we have people at Camp that inform us constantly. That friend is Jimmy. You met him."

This was all too strange, but I definitely wanted to check this out. Seaweed Brain seemed to be semi-intelligent, and he definitely seemed to be able to be trusted. Maybe I could make friends with him. Seaweed has to do with water, so maybe he is part of the prophecy? But Kakashi said that the prophecy was a lie, so who to believe? Kakashi or my own sense?

"Look, I don't know who you are, but in this prophecy I got it said something about grey eyes, water, and death," I told them urgently. They nodded in understanding. Still, I only partially connected the clues. So there is nothing I can do to connect the rest of the dots. It's like one of those connect-the-dot things you get on kids menus at restaurants. Except some two-year-old completed it and only two dots were connected and they were connected to the wrong places.

Seaweed Brain was just about to answer until the dark room started to shake. Random echoes called out, and the room shook violently, as if an earthquake was going on. Wait. I just had a dream about three people who told me that there were weapons in the armory that were stronger than any in camp. They looked scared.

Then another boy appeared. He actually seemed to be sleeping, but that was soon over. His eyes and mouth exploded into green light and he flew into the word, chanting words that I was trying to decipher in the chaos of everything. I finally came to a conclusion that this is what he said to me:

"Five will come from the new city

And join three others in the country of leaves

Water and fire must unite in this quest

Along with magic and beasts to tame the curse

Wits will be used and death shall fall

Water and wisdom shall fall asleep

Promises shall be broken and false truths shall be made

But never lose hope for it's the last one to stand."

He fell to the ground and everything disappeared into darkness. That's when I awoke in the darkness of my room. Even though light shone through the window, it still seemed pretty glum. That's when I noticed Jimmy towered over me, shaking me and whispering, "Robert. Robert, we have to get you cleaned up now."

"Uh huh," I murmured, trying to remember what the dream was about. I abruptly remembered. "Uh, can you maybe give Amanda the rundown of cleaning up before me? I, uh, need to do something."

Jimmy nodded in understanding and allowed me to run out my door. The sun was just rising. I had to wait a second and stare at it. It was just as beautiful as it always was, except it was different now. Now I was looking at it with new intellect. With intellect that a whole world is out there that almost no one knows about.

"Pretty, right?"

I almost jumped out of my skin. I turned around to find a boy that seemed around thirteen. He had black hair that crawled out of his hat. He wore an orange Camp Half-blood T-shirt and was staring at the sunrise.

"Oh, sorry, didn't mean to scare you," he scrambled quickly. "My name is Joe, son of Apollo. That's why I'm up so early. You're not a son of Apollo… are you?"

"No," I shot back quickly. I wish I knew what it meant to be Apollo's son. I mean, he acts like I should know exactly who Apollo is. Okay, maybe I should, but I'm new. What do you expect from me? "Uh, unclaimed. My name's Robert, by the way."

Without another word I picked up the pace and started to walk… to no where in particular. I still had to figure out where the armory was. What does an armory look like? I turned back. Joe didn't seem exactly knew to the place, so I took a chance before I got totally self-conciseness about the stench that probably radiated form my body and clothes.

"Um, Joe?" I asked tentatively.

"Yeah, what do you need?" he asked me, totally relaxed. At least one person was.

"Do you know where the armory is?"

"Yeah…," he replied, not so relaxed now. Actual, he seemed a little cautious.

"Well, I'm knew and all, and can you show it to me?" I gave him my best puppy-eyes without giving it away. I was a beast at that. I don't flash the look too often, but when I do, I go full out and things go my way.

"Yeah, sure," he replied nonchalantly. He got up from the rock he was sitting on, and added, "On one condition."

Great. A condition. I hate conditions. They always end badly. But I needed to see if that dream was real. If it was real, then we were in trouble. Why would water and wisdom fall asleep? Were they lazy? And who is this prophecy talking about?

Wait. Getting off topic. "What might that condition be?" I wanted to know.

"You have to dual me," he said slyly, and added quickly, "In the arena."

God. Gods, rather, if Greek myths were for real. It's kind of interesting that I now have a religion. I sighed. This was annoying. Why couldn't he just show me the armory? "Fine," I agreed reluctantly. If that was the worst thing that could happen, whatever. I didn't really feel in the mood for a swirly or something like that.

"Good!" Joe announced cheerily, running over to the arena. "Let's go!"

That was the moment I knew that I shouldn't have asked him for help. If I just went to the arena, I would've seen that huge building, and on that building read Armory. I suddenly felt really stupid. I could've just quit right then and there, but it would only be fair if I dual him. If not, that would just be stupid and I would be labeled as a quitter.

He then led me into the armory. Oh, duh. He didn't know that I had Aetos. Or maybe he needed a weapon of his own. Either way, I was in the clear. I needed to get to that corner and check out what was there. I made sure that Joe was engrossed in his own project of picking out a guitar (supposedly it was rigged by some Hephaestus kids to amplify the volume and make it into actual attacks) before I ran off to the corner with the spears. This was going to be difficult.

I looked up at the beams above the spears. With a sigh, I decided I should climb up on the shelves and clamber onto the beams. That's exactly what I did. When your adrenaline is rushing, it's amazing what you can do. In a matter of seconds I was on one of the beams. I looked across each one and found what I was looking for. Well, not exactly, but it was something.

The bag was brown with a note attached to it. I snatched it before my adrenaline wore out and started to read it.

"Hello.

Our names are Percy Jackson, Annebeth Chase, Nico de Angelo, and Thalia Grace. We have sealed our most powerful weapons in these four items, and I hope that they serve you well. Use them as you wish. To activate the pen, uncap it and a celestial bronze sword will appear. To activate the bracelet, you must say 'knowledge.' To activate the ring, you must say 'death.' To activate the deer keychain, say 'hunt.' Use these weapons wisely. To activate the ring, bracelet, and keychain, they must be on your finger, on your arm/wrist, and on a chain that is connected to your clothing. Use these weapons wisely. They are the most powerful at Camp."

I read the note over many times and tucked the note away along with the small brown pouch. It took me a few minutes to realize it, but I remembered Thalia. That name rung a bell. And I knew where I heard it. From my dream. The night that the doctors and nurses turned into bird-ladies known as the furies. Could Thalia be evil?

"Did you choose a weapon yet?" asked Joe, who had already selected a guitar. I chuckled a little and walked out. Aetos was with me. No wave of music can stop the mighty force of the eagle.