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Author's Note: Hi everyone! This chapter will be pretty different to what happens in the book. I hope you guys enjoy it! Also, one of the people who reviewed, Manadite Queen of Magic, thinks that I'm Australian. As much as I would like to visit Australia, I'm actually Scottish. Anyway, on with the story.
Chapter 10: A Dream and a Difficult Decision
As they waited anxiously for Sadie to wake up, Nico, who was pretty tired from carrying her so far, drifted off to sleep.
In his dream, he found himself back in the New Orleans graveyard with Anubis who looked like he had some important news.
"I was wondering when I'd see you again." Nico said. "Have you been keeping track of us?"
"Yes," the god admitted, "I have but you still have a pretty long way to go."
"I know," sighed Nico, "Do you have any advice?"
Anubis frowned in thought for a moment as though considering how to reply before speaking.
"You need to meet up with the magician, Zia Rashid." he said at last. "Carter knows where she is. She has essential information that will determine the fate of your quest."
"What do you mean?" Nico asked. He had never heard of this Zia person and had no clue what Anubis meant about Carter knowing where she was.
"I can't tell you any more than I already have." he said apoligetically. "I'm sorry but that's all I can say."
With that, Anubis and the graveyard disappeared and Nico woke up.
He looked around. Sadie was awake now and the others were talking quietly. He turned to Sadie.
"Are you okay?" he asked her, concerned.
"I'm fine," she said. Unless Nico was mistaken, he saw her blushing.
"That's good," he said, "I was worried about you."
"Well, it'll take more than a stupid crocodile to kill me." she joked.
He smiled at her and then notied that the others were watching them with amusement. Blushing slightly, he turned to them and began telling them about the dream with Anubis.
When he was done, he turned to Carter with an expectant look.
"Well, do you know where she is?" he asked.
"Yeah," he admitted, "She said she would meet us tonight at, what was it? Oh yeah, Las Cruces, New Mexico."
"That's not far from here." Amos said, "But why should we meet her? Wouldn't it be better to go straight to Phoenix?"
"But Anubis told Nico that Zia had important information for us." said Percy. Carter, Sadie and Nico nodded in agreement.
"I know that," said Amos, "But I'm concerned that Desjardens will capture us if we get any closer to him."
"That's a good point," Carter said, "But I trust Zia."
"And I trust Anubis." Nico said. Sadie nodded in agreement.
After a long argument with Amos they decided to go after Zia. Amos wasn't the least bit happy about it but he agreed that they should find out what this "essential information" was.
So, with that decided, they broke camp and went off to find Zia Rashid.
Author's Note: I hope you liked it. Please review with any thoughts or ideas. I'm going on holiday to Spain soon so this will be my last update until I get back. Don't worry though, I promise I'll update as soon as I can after I get back. So, thanks for reading and again please review! hunterofartemis126 (Nicolaclair).