Into Another World Chapter 12

"What was your dream about that made you scream like that?" Questioned Leo.

I sighed. "I... dreamt that.. I was back.. back in my world.. And that.. You were just a dream I fantasized." My eyes widened as I realised what I just said. That made me rephrase the sentence.

"I-I mean that everything in this world-including you- was just a dream."

He chuckled. "That made you scream?"

"And... I thought that I was going to be raped by a guy I hate, but probably love." I muttered really fast in a hushed tone that made it unable for him to understand.

"What?"

"Nothing. It's just.. complicated. I guess."

"So, why did you faint?" Leo asked me after a few moments, trying to change the subject.

I shrugged. "Well, I guess it was because I had used to much of my imagination. I had a dream once, of my grandma, she told me that once I use too much of my imagination, I may get tired and fatigued. I guess I used it too much... and fainted."

He just nodded.

"What... happened? A-after I.." I started.

"Well, while you were unconscious, the group decided to let Nico and Jason go to Split and find Diocletian's scepter."

I nodded. Okay then, I had missed another quest that would've been an exciting experience.

"Gaea caused me to have the dream." I said.

"How are you so sure?"

"I heard her. It's like she thinks I am a threat to her plan. First she appeared at my room, then she made me dream of a horrible, realistic nightmare. Now I understand how you demigods feel, it's like she's breathing on your neck, watching you. Waiting for you to fall into her devilish plan." I kept staring at my lap.

"Well, if she keeps threatening you, me and the guys would always be there to protect you." He said with a smile, trying to brighten my mood.

"How about you teach me how to defend myself?"

"All right, so where do we start?" I asked Leo.

We were at the quarter deck. Split was actually a nice town, I don't think the mortals would notice two people training on top of a big warship.

"Here, take this." He handed me a simple sword, which I took.

"Ugh. This is heavy." I'm using both of my hands to lift my sword. Sadly, it awkwardly slants, the tip pointing to the ground. My hands started to wobble, which made me drop the sword.

Leo grinned, I can tell that he is enjoying this.

"Hey, not everyone was born with quick reflexes, a godly parent, and diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia." I said glaring at him.

"Well, if you can't fight with weapons, try using your wild imagination."Leo suggested.

"What if I faint?"

He shrugged, "I'll catch you."

"So, let's start with defence. I'll try to attack, you try to defend yourself." Leo the instructed me.

He brought up his hand, summoning a glowing fire. He then looked at me.

"Ready?"

I inhaled, and exhaled. "As ready as I'll ever be."

Leo started shooting balls of hot, crackling flames at me. Time slowed down, come on Penny! Think! What would be a great defence?

Ding! I've got it!

I closed my eyes, and carefully raised both of my hands. I could feel a force forming, trailing the path where my hands have been. I heard splashing sounds, which made me open my eyes.

In front of me was a wall of water, it stood, crystal clear, sparkling under the sun. I grinned thinking: Yay! I did it! But the party wasn't over, Leo shot another batch of flames, it flew in different directions. I expertly flicked my hand, causing the wall of water to turn into a dome, just big enough for me to fit.

Leo summoned a hammer from his tool belt, and started hitting the dome, but with no avail. "Hey! No fair!" Leo yelled, his voice muffled.

I giggled, and threw my hands down. This made the water dome collapse, and as it hit the surface of the quarter deck, it formed into thick, white mist, and dissolved into thin air.

"I can't believe I did that." I said, smiling.

"Well, you just did." Leo sighed. "Alright, how about offense?"

I nodded. "Yeah, I could do that."

I concentrated. I started to feel myself physically fading. I looked down at my body, I was turning into smoke, slowly dissolving, and then I disappeared.

"Hey! Where'd you go?" Leo said looking around.

I'm actually still here, just invisible. I crept up to him, poking him, and teasing him. I snapped my fingers, and Leo had a change of wardrobe. He was wearing a pink, frilly, flower printed dress.

"Penny! Stop that!" I can see in his expression that he is getting very annoyed.

I can't help it, a soft giggle escaped from my mouth.

"Ha! Got you now!" He lunged at me, luckily, I dodged his attack. I encircled him, and grabbed both of his hands, and used them to wrap around himself. We ended up in some sort of Tango pose, where the girl's head and body dips to the ground, and the guy has his hands on her back to avoid the girl to fall. Except that I am in the guy's shoes and Leo is in the female's. I made myself reappear, and smiled at him. He looked so weird in that dress.

I then heard some sort of poof.

"Um.. why are you both staring at each other's eyes like that?" Nico asked. They were back from their mini-quest.

"And why is Leo wearing a dress?!" Jason added.

I quickly dropped Leo, his body landing with a thump.

"Ow!" He complained, laughter erupted from Jason, and I. Nico smiled thinly.

"We were just training." I quickly said.

"Training for what exactly?" Jason asked.

"Well, I figured that I needed to defend myself. What'd you think I would do when sh** hits the fan?" I said with a shrug.

Hey guys! So yeah.. I was kinda having problems with figuring out what should happen at this chapter.. which is the reason why I didn't update early.. Sorry! And guys, thank you for your reviews! I finally know what you guys are looking for in my fanfic!