Well, sorry for the wait and this chapter for being so short. I can't really think of what to write so yeah. Anyways, enjoy the chapter. Thanks everyone! - Steven
Chapter 12: The Cave of Trophonius
Percy's POV
Being the good little demigod I was, (Not really) I told everyone where I was going, why and the vision of Apollo. Everyone agreed with me going, but there was a problem. Of course with an impending attack coming nearer by the day, we didn't know how many people we should send on this mission. It took a while, but we finally decided on just sending myself and Nico. After all, I had the vision and Nico could shadow travel us both there in a flash. And that's why we were in Indiana, but not exactly. Instead of being in Indiana, we were falling into Indiana. Nico misjudged his shadow travel location. And that was where we were right now, just falling with much screaming that was probably from me.
"Why did you have to do this?!" I yelled at Nico as we spiraled downwards.
"I didn't mean to!" Nico protested. "Just let me concentrate!"
"Well hurry up or else we'll be dead!" I yelled back. We were getting real close to the ground now. "Thanks for the help." Nico said sarcastically. Just as we were about to go splat, I was pulled back into shadows and we both popped out in an alleyway.
"Thank the gods." I said. We didn't die. "Now, where are we?" Both of us walked out of the alley into a bustling street full of people. We tried to look as inconspicuous as possible, even though the Mist probably helped us out with that. After all, we don't want any mortals seeing us demigods doing our daily work no?
"I am not exactly sure where we are. Let's just look at a map or something." Nico announced. I agreed with him. With that we headed off on our quest. We did manage to find some maps to find out where we were, and luckily we were close to Bluespring Caverns. So we just followed the signs, and eventually both of us were standing in from Bluespring Caverns surrounded by tourists and natives alike.
"Well, since we're here, let's perform some breaking and entering shall we?" I said. Nico agreed with a wicked smile before shadow traveling us both inside. We both covered our bases before we started to head deeper in, searching for this memory throne.
"Have any idea on what it looks like?" I asked Nico.
"And why would I Percy?" Nico asked back. "I don't know. You should know better. You had the vision after all. Why didn't you asked Apollo? Use your brain." "Well then, we just have to go off of instinct then."
We continued to delve deeper in, all the while searching for the throne and looking out for any monsters or other dangerous things that would want demigods as its main course. The good news, no monsters were out to get little ol' me and Nico. The bad news was that we couldn't find the Throne of Mnemosyne. The more and more we looked, I was starting to lose hope. Perhaps Apollo's info had been wrong, and we were in the wrong place. But even so, I had to stay confident. After all, my friends's memories were on the line. Besides, even if Apollo was wrong, I could just call him down from Olympus only to kick his godly ass straight back up for giving me that wrong information.
"Hey Percy." Nico suddenly said, snapping me out of my thoughts. "Help me find this throne would ya?" "Yeah, yeah." I replied, distracted. I finally got a good look at my surroundings and saw this huge door blocking us from continuing forwards. Something told me that this was the place. We just needed to get through this door to find out.
"So, got any ideas?" I asked Nico.
"Easy. I'll just shadow travel in. Just let me scout things out first. I'll come back for you, don't worry." With that, he disappeared into a shadow in the corner. I just stood there awkwardly, waiting for him to return. Of course with my rotten luck, I heard a growl from behind me a couple seconds later. I whipped around with Riptide in hand to see a dear old friend, the Nemean Lion.
"Of course." I sighed. "Well, let's do this."
Line Break
Meanwhile, with Percy's absence along with Nico, Annabeth had substituted in for the son of Poseidon to teach everyone. Chiron, Amos and Dumbledore oversaw it all, holding conversations with one another. Amos said, "I still don't really like the idea of sending two of our strongest fighters on this mission."
"It'll be fine." Chiron reassured the magician.
"They will come back and in the process restore two of our strongest fighters's memories. Then we'll stand even more of a chance." Amos sighed.
"Fine. Still I don't like this." The three leaders suddenly fell into an awkward silence, but that was all broken when a wizard ran in shouting at the top of his lungs,
"I have news!" Everyone who heard immediately stopped talking and focused on the speaker as he skidded to a halt in front of the silent three leaders. You see, as a safety measure they set scouts outside to report anything that would be coming towards the school. It was of course better to be safe than sorry. It was just insurance to be safe.
"What is it?" Dumbledore asked. The wizard panted for a bit, winded by his long run before looking up and gasping out,
"They're here. I saw him. He's coming."
Am I cruel for pulling out a double cliffhanger on you guys? Maybe. But you'll see more next chapter, hopefully… sorry if not ahead of time. Bye guys! - Steven
Well, side note. I have realized how truly short this chapter is really. I'm truly sorry once again.
