Percy
I didn't want to admit it, but I was scared of falling asleep. I concentrated on Annabeth's breathing and felt how she slowly stopped to shiver and fell asleep. It had been a strange night which resulted with Annabeth lying next to me in my bed (No, not like that…). It all started when I were having a nightmare. It started just like any of the others I now days had. Me and Annabeth were in Tartarus, fighting against Akhlys, the goddess of misery. I had just started to control the poison with my water powers and was about to kill the goddess. In my usual dreams I never did, Annabeth always stopped me. But in this dream I continued even when Annabeth tried to stop me.
"Please Percy! Stop!" she screamed. I tried, believe me I did, but my mind wouldn't stop controlling the poison. The goddess struggled to survive, but died right in front of me. While this happened I heard a dark voice in the background.
"Ouh, son of Poseidon, soon you won't be able to control your powers. Everyone you care about will flee from you, leaving only empty words behind, leaving you to your own destiny."
After that Annabeth looked at me in terror, I tried to explain to her what happened, but she just ran away from me leaving me alone in Tartarus.
Then I woke up and felt that something was deeply wrong. I had run to the Athena cabin to find her siblings examine her. She was screaming my name and crying while shivering like a leaf in the wind.
Now in the morning, after sleeping for only 4 hours, I watched her sleep in my arms. She looked so peaceful, no trace after the nights incident. I took away a strand of hair from her face and put it behind her ear. She just sighed with relief and crawled closer to me in her sleep.
It was the second time ever we actually slept together. The first time was on the Argo II the day I stepped on the ship. Me and Annabeth had gone down to the stables to be alone and just talk. It ended up with us both lying and cuddling and finally falling asleep. Frank had found us in the morning and said we were in big trouble. It was kind of fun, until Coach Hedge started to talk about flowers and bees, which was very awkward.
I stared up in the roof of my cabin and tried to think what my dream meant. Annabeth must have had something similar. The clock was 8:35 AM and I just lay there and watched as Annabeth slept. I hoped she would wake up soon so we could discuss our dreams.
After about an hour or so Annabeth started to move more, and a couple of minutes later she slowly opened her eyes. First she looked really chocked, then she smiled. I leant closer and kissed her.
"Good morning Wise Girl." I greeted and she blushed.
"Good morning Seaweed Brain." She answered and put her face against my chest. First she didn't say anything, cause I wanted her to start or at least wake up for real first. When she didn't say anything I broke the silence.
"Do you want to talk about it?" I asked and looked at her. She was having her head at my chest while she played with my t-shirt. Her mood immediately became sadder and I stroke her back for comfort.
"First it was just like a 'normal' Tartarus dream; us walking through it with the Doors of Death in front of us." She sighed and I grabbed her hand in mine and stroke the back of it with my thumb.
"You remember how it looked like, I don't want to describe it…"
Yes, I remembered it, and it was something I really wanted to forget. All the monsters that where there, waiting to get out through the gates…
"Well, normally in that dream we fight for our lives against the monsters." She said. I could see on her face that she didn't like to think about that place. I was the only one that could understand her.
"But in this dream I heard this dark voice talking to me. First the monsters didn't do anything and then I felt an enormous pain in my side. When I looked to the side you…"
Her voice cracked and a tear fell down her cheek.
"I what, what happened Annabeth?" I asked worriedly.
"You pierced Riptide right through me, and your eyes were glowing red..."
It hurt when she told me this. I had killed her in her dream? No, no way. I would never forgive myself if I did something bad to her. It would tear me apart.
"Percy, it was just a dream… don't think too much about it." She said when she realized I'd got hurt, but I could hear the worry in her voice.
"I… I just… yeah…" I couldn't really say anything. One of my biggest fears was that I someday maybe would injure or hurt my friends, especially Annabeth.
"Okay, but what did this dark voice say to you?" I asked, trying to move on with the story and not sound to irritated.
"Daughter of Athena, all your beloved ones will turn you down, and even with all the knowledge you have you cannot change that. The one you love the most will get the final hit and destroy you."
This made my mood drop even more. Cause it meant that in the dream I was the one that got the final hit and destroyed her, but to my comfort they wasn't always true. But that my dream almost was the same as hers, and that we both were having a twist on our dreams wasn't making me calmer.
Annabeth stroke her thumb over my left eyebrow and I realized how tense I was. But as she touched me it immediately became better.
"Percy, you know dreams really aren't to thrust." She said and looked me in the eyes. Gods… those beautiful, intelligent grey eyes… I could have watched them forever.
"It's just that it kind of… I don't know… our dreams are connected I think." I finally said after a while of thinking and doubting.
"You think? Tell me." She demanded. I told her about my dream, when I was trying to stop myself from killing Akhlys but couldn't. While telling her the story her eyes became more and more concerned. Her eyebrows got crooked when she started to think out a plan, like she always did. I was long done with my story when she finally opened her mouth.
"I think we should tell Chiron, it doesn't feel good. Plus, I actually had an another dream." She finally said.
"About what?" I asked curiously.
"From Olympus, I think Zeus is losing his power, even worse, starting to die." She said with sorrow in her eyes.