Sorry I haven't written for such a long time. I've been really busy and I'm behind in schoolwork.

Further into the story you might want to expect it to change to Cassie and Lily's stories.

Penny dreamed about Percy. Not just about Percy, though. She also dreamed about a boy not much older than her. He kept saying Percy had killed someone. There were also skeletons in her dream.

Penny only heard a small part of the conversation, but somehow she knew it was real.

Before the dream ended, the boy ran away.

It was then that Penny realized why Percy hadn't tried to explain himself.

He knew she wouldn't listen if he tried to.

She also understood what Percy had meant when he said Nico had run away. The boy was Nico.

Then the dream changed.

Penny was back at the apartment. She could hear Percy and Sally talking. She realized that it was the same conversation she had overheard weeks before.

The dream changed again.

She was in her bedroom, sitting on Percy's lap, sobbing.

Percy was comforting her.

She saw them walking to school, on the day that she had seen the man eyeing Percy.

When Percy glared at him, the man shrunk back like he was afraid of him.

It was then that Penny realized what she had done.

Tears of guilt streaked down her cheeks.

She woke up sobbing.

Percy was sitting a few yards away. She could tell he was awake, but he didn't even seem to notice her crying.

Penny couldn't bare to look at him.

Why should he notice her after what she had done to him? After she had re-payed his kindness by yelling at him?

Would he ever forgive her? Penny doubted it.

She didn't even notice when she started to fall asleep again.

This time Penny saw things she had never dreamed of before. (Pun not intended)

She saw a creature that seemed to have jumped from the pages of Greek mythology books. A creature that was half-man, half-bull. She saw Sally disappear in a golden flash, and Percy stab the creature with its own horn.

She saw the Saint Louis Arch, a figure jumping from the top of it.

Penny saw many other things that she couldn't explain how they were possible.

Then it all clicked together. These creatures, they were what Percy was trying to protect her from. He didn't want her to have to live with all this.

When Penny woke up again the sun was up.

Percy was kneeling beside her, his hand pressed to her forehead. He looked worried.

Just seeing him made her want to start crying all over again.

He must have noticed the look on her face, because he asked, "Is something wrong?"

At that, she broke down.

Percy held her close until she stopped crying.

When she could finally control herself again, he asked her, "What's wrong, Penny?"

Penny was quiet for some time before she finally croaked out, "I'm sorry."

Percy looked confused. "What for?"

"For last night."

That confused him all the more.

"I understand why you didn't tell me, now. You didn't want me to have to go through what you do."

Percy nodded. "I didn't want you to have to live life not knowing weather or not you'd be alive the next day. I should have told you, though. You deserved to know. I just didn't know what you would think of me for not telling you sooner."

Penny thought about that for awhile before finally answering, "It's all right, I don't hate you for it."

Percy nodded again.

"We should be getting home."

So, what do you think? That was my longest chapter yet. I can tell.

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Emily Snippet