Nico's P.O.V
Being in the middle of a sibling argument is never fun. Its ten times worse when your friend doesn't show up right after you had a dream about her being kidnapped. I guess you could say I was having a pretty bad day. I stood between Grace and Percy (who refused to talk to each other) and I was freaking out. Grace was too, she had resorted to pacing back and forth along the camp's border. Even though they were fighting I could tell Percy was close to comforting his sister, but before he could Chiron approached us. "I'm sure she will show up. Now why don't you three get situated in your cabins," he suggested. Reluctantly we did (meaning I had to drag Grace to her cabin) and we set all of our stuff down. I went to meet Grace at her cabin,but she wasn't there. Before I could ask Percy said, "She's already back out there waiting." I nodded my thanks and went to join her. I sat next to her leaning against the pine tree.
"She'll show up, right?" Grace asked. Now I felt extremely guilty about not telling her about my dream.
"Well, I have to tell you something. I had this dream about her-" I started.
Grace cut me off, "Stop! I know you like her, I don't have to hear this!"
"No not like that!" I yelled blushing a deep red. "Oh sorry," Grace said quietly.
"I saw her being kidnapped...I warned her, but I guess they still got her," I said sadly looking down at my hands. She hugged me, "We'll find her. I promise." I smiled.
I didn't notice the iris messaged until she started talking. She looked kinda angry as Grace and I quickly pulled apart. I felt myself blush, but Grace didn't even hesitate. "Alannah! Are you okay? Where are you? I made the cookies!"
"Guys! I'm stuck in Central Park. I'm hiding from them right now, but I know they can't be that far behind me." Her voice was a whisper. Who was after her? I hadn't seen any of the guys in my dream. They better not hurt her! I would kill them if they did.
"I don't know what to do. There are so many of them. They're all so big! I won't be able to run from or hide from them for very long-" A hand swept through the message, and she was cut off.
"ALANNAH!" I felt myself scream, but it was too late. The mist slowly drifted apart revealing the hill behind it. I kicked the pine tree hard letting out my anger and frustration. "Ouch!" I yelled. Great, Alannah's gone and I have a stupid bruise on my foot.
"Calm down!" Grace snapped at me. I looked at her stunned. She was never this mean to me. "Screaming isn't going to help us. We have to ask Chiron for a quest. We are going to save her. Do you understand?" She asked in a menacing tone. I nodded quickly and followed her as she marched to the Big house. Once we reached the patio we saw Dionysus sitting at the table. "Greta Johnson! What do you want," Dionysus asked annoyed.
"Its Grace Jackson," she grumbled
"That's what I said, Greta." I saw Grace clench her fists and I just shook my head. She needed to calm down. "I want to a quest. To save Alannah Brennan, daughter of Iris. She's been kidnapped."
"No," was all Dionysus said.
"What!" Grace demanded. "You must be joking!"
"Although I would love to joke I don't believe your kelp-filled head would be able to comprehend my advanced humor," Dionysus said. I pulled Grace away before she had a chance to do anything that she might regret later when she got kicked out of camp for it.
"How dare he!" she yelled. I tried to say something, but she didn't stop there. "I'm not a kelp head! That's Percy! I'm the smart sibling!" she said.
"Grace! Stop. Why don't we ask Chiron instead," I suggested. She agreed.
"No," Chiron said. I was stunned. I looked over at Grace and saw her mouth hanging open as well.
"But we have to save her!" Grace yelled.
"I'm really sorry, but you two can't go. It isn't safe for two children of the big three to go out there right now," Chiron said. Great, now what?
"Wait a minute. What do you mean right now? Whats going on?" No reply. "Chiron. What. Is. Going. On," she said slowly.
"It would be better if your peace could be stretched out just a little are not going and that is final," Chiron said. We stood there just staring at our trainer. I broke the gaze first and grabbed Grace's arm pulling her away. She looked like she was deep in thought. "Grace. Grace! Grace, just answer me," I said, screaming in her face. Finally she looked up at me. "Are you okay?" I asked. She nodded and said, "I'm leaving." With that she spun around and went back to her cabin. Great. I couldn't just leave Alannah with those people. I would go find her no matter what Chiron had said. I went into my cabin and packed. I would leave tonight.