Lydia Powell

I stayed in bed for longer than usual.

I didn't feel like getting up after the horrible dream I had. I mean this was the mother of all nightmares. It was so bad, that I woke up screaming, which woke up the rest of the cabin. Everyone shot up, weapons in hand, looking dazed and confused. Malcolm dropped from the top bunk, his sword raised.

"What's wrong? Who? Why are you screaming? Are you hurt," he yelled.

I blushed and turned to everyone. "Sorry, false alarm. Just a nightmare," I said sheepishly.

Everyone groaned and some people cursed, climbing back to bed. Malcolm threw a pillow at me and went back to bed. At they were able to get back to sleep, because I sure couldn't. I quietly slipped out of bed and opened the door. The air was cold, but bearable.

No one was supposed to be out at this time of night. You would get eaten by the harpies if they found you. "So you little problems can sneak out at your own discretion. Heck, how bout all of you sneak out. Then I wont have to deal with you," Mr. D had said once.

I wasn't worried though. I was too scared from my dream to be worried about ugly harpies. I ran all the way to the Big House. I needed to talk to someone, and Chiron seemed like the perfect volunteer.

I opened the Big House, and tip toed past Seymour, the living leopard head that hung on the wall. He growled at me and I glared at him through the dark. There was a can of snausages sitting on a table and I tossed him a few to shut him up. I walked all the way upstairs to the apartments, and knocked softly on Chiron's door. No answer.

I made the door open and walked in.

I had always how Chiron slept and I was very surprised to see and massive stable in the middle of his bedroom. He snored lightly. I opened the stable door and tried to stop myself from laughing. Chiron was draped with about a million blankets and the stable was set up like what you'd expect in a real bedroom.

"Chiron," I whispered.

He swished his tail in response.

I began using my powers to lift blankets off of his body. His tail swished again. I leaned in a whispered close to his ear. He jerked away and his eyes moved frantically. I backed up and Chiron had a spaz attack. "Whoa horsy! Calm down."

Chiron grunted and snatched the blankets back from me.

"What is the problem Lydia? Why are you in my stable at this time of the morning?"

My face darkened. "I had a nightmare, Chiron. Except this one was worse than any of the other ones I've had." He waited for me to start explaining. I rocked nervously and began. "I had a dream… about Leo... and the others of course. They seemed to be frozen, like in time or something. Then this voice began speaking to me. It sounded ancient and powerful. And it was trying to coax me into joining her army-"

"Wait, this voice you heard was a female," Chiron said.

I nodded and fear consumed Chiron's face. He began swishing his tail wildly and shifted his hooves repeatedly. "What, what's wrong Chiron? You know who this person is don't you," I demanded. He shook his head and readjusted the blankets. "Lydia, I'm sure the dream about your boyfriend was just a bad dream. They are well trained heroes, they'll be fine. But as for the voice, bad things are starting to awaken. Things older the Olympians. And much more powerful." I felt my face beginning to burn from what Chiron had said.

"He's not my boyfriend," I protested.

He waved his hand dismissively and began stroking. "Lydia, you should get back to your cabin." My eyes grew wide and I wanted to protest, but Chiron gave me a deadly warning look. I huffed and slammed his stable door closed, followed by his bedroom door.