Oh My Greek Gods. I am soooooo sorry about the slow updating. I was suffering from writer's block for a few days now. No worries, I have managed to cure the problem and give you this chapter. Διαβάστε και επανεξέταση! (Diaváste kai epanexétas!) That is Greek for read and review. 131 hits! I love you guys!
Edmund awoke to see Annabeth and other Athena campers gathered around his bed.
"Are you OK?" asked Annabeth.
"I'm fine. What happened?" said Edmund, sitting up.
"You were yelling 'NO!' and flailing your arms around." said Malcolm.
"It was just a dream. Nothing important." said Edmund, not meeting anyone's eyes.
Annabeth knew he was hiding something but she left the subject alone. "Well, if it's nothing, then we should be getting ready for the day." she said then turned to walk away.
Edmund grabbed her arm. "I have to tell you something important."
She twisted her arm out of his grasp. "Tell me later."
"But it's about your boyfriend, Percy Jackson."
Annabeth froze. "Malcolm," she said in a quavering voice. "Can you take the others ahead?"
"Uh, sure," he said sensing the fear in her voice. "Campers to me. Let's go!"
The Athena campers trooped out.
Edmund took a deep breath and told her his dream.
When he was finished, Annabeth looked very worried. "Peter shot lightning? But that doesn't make him a son of Zeus?" wondered Annabeth.
"Or he could be a son of Jupiter." said Chiron quietly from the doorway.
"What do you mean 'a son of Jupiter'?" asked Edmund.
"The Greek Gods also have Roman sides because the Gods moved to Rome. The have demigod children too. Some are Greek and some are Roman. The Greek demigods go to Camp Half-Blood, the Roman demigods go to the Roman camp." said Chiron.
"Oh." said Edmund. His next sentence got cut off.
There was a sound of rushed footsteps and Rachel burst in. "I have a prophecy for you two." she said then swooned.
Edmund caught her and sat her down. Her eyes glowed green.
"Two children of the goddess of wisdom
Shall venture into the Giant's kingdom
And suffer the terrors from within
Rescue the missing, to be sent home with the tide"
Rachel blinked and her eyes returned to normal.
"So what now?" asked Edmund.
"We need to go on a quest. 'Two children of the goddess of wisdom', that's us." said Annabeth.
"But I'm not ready. I haven't even trained yet." protested Edmund.
"He has a point. You need a day at least to prepare for this dangerous quest. Edmund has some matters to attend to." said Chiron.
"Giant's kingdom, Oh Zeus what were the Fates thinking?" muttered Chiron as he walked away.
"Um, I better go to breakfast now." Edmund walked out.
The minute he entered the sunlight, he was tackled by a small figure who shrieked "Edmund!"
Edmund brushed dirt off himself. He looked closely at the girl. She had chocolate brown hair wore a simple white dress ringed at the collar with blue. There was a dagger and a glass vial hanging by her side. Behind her was a taller girl with the same chocolate brown hair. She wore a long green dress and had a bow and a quiver full of arrows slung over her shoulders. "Susan! Lucy!"
The siblings ran toward each other and hugged.
"When did you get here?" he asked in amazement.
"Just now actually. Aslan brought us here. It's so magical! Like Narinia!" said Lucy, her eyes sparkling.
"Aslan told us about the gods and everything," said Susan. "Where's Peter?"
Edmund bit his lip. "Peter was taken."
"Taken by who? The White Witch?" she asked.
"No. The Giants." he said grimly.
"How could the Giants have escaped from Narnia? I thought Peter took care of them!" exclaimed Susan.
"I don't think it's the Narnian Giants. The Giants here would be from Greek mythology," replied Edmund. "I probably should take you two with me to Chiron."
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"Undetermined? Then you should take them to the Hermes cabin. I expect you to be training, Edmund." said Chiron, wagging his finger at Edmund.
"But they just got here. I thought there would be a sign by now." said Edmund.
"Patience, Edmund. That's what I always told Percy." said Chiron. "Run along now. I'll sort things out with these two."
Edmund left the Big House and made his way to the canoe lake.
He just sat down on the bank and lost consciousness.
He was in a dark cave. There was a woman sitting cross-legged on the floor. Her eyes were closed which was a bit strange.
"I have been waiting for you, little hero." she said. Her voice was soft.
"Who are you? What have you done with Peter?" he yelled.
She tutted. "I haven't got him or the others that your friend seek. But I can show you." She waved her hand and Edmund's dream dissolved.
It reformed again. This time, he was in a dungeon. Peter was tied to a wooden post. Percy was hanging above in chains.
There was a girl with spiky black hair unconscious in the corner. A boy with shaggy black hair and pale skin was huddled in another corner. He looked ready to pass out.
"Peter!" he called.
Peter didn't respond. Edmund remembered this was just a dream vision.
Percy groaned and started to struggle with the chains. There was a sound of thunder and Percy cried out in pain.
The chains were twisting and burning.
Cold laughter echoed throughout the dungeon.
Edmund woke up sweating all over. "What's wrong with me?" he whispered to himself.
Sorry for the crappy chapter. I know it said in the summary that Annabeth gets the dreams but I changed my mind about that. Some of the story has references from TLH, so if you haven't read it, you should.
