No. I didn't wake up to the off-key singing of that stupid bird that lives outside.
No . I didn't wake up to the screeching noise a stupid alarm clock makes that permanetly scars you for life.
Yes. I woke up to the beautiful (not) singing of the Stoll twins.
"Nico! Oh, Nico!
Chiron needs you!
Right now!
It's about the prophecy."
They sang to the tune of "Tomorrow" from Annie. Just because I'm a son of the lord of the dead doesn't mean I don't watch retarded musicals.
Anyway, I sighed and fell out of my bed and crawled to the dresser. I grabbed my black Camp Half-Blood t-shirt and a pair of black skinny jeans. I cluched my clothes to my chest as I walked on my knees to the bathroom.
I looked in the mirrior at my rat's nest I call hair. I tried to comb out my hair which only made look worse. Now, my black hair fell, covering my brown eyes. I huffed and just flipped it out of the way.
As I was walking (dragging myself) sleepily to the Big House, I was approched by Thalia.
"What are you doing here?" I asked. Whenever Thalia visits camp with the hunters, she never gets up until eleven o'clock and it was only nine (way too early). She just rolled her eyes at me.
"Because, dead boy, all the cabin leaders need to be there, not just you, Nico." She said as if it was perfectly obvious. It probably was.
We walked in silence the rest of the way to the Big House. I walked up the porch steps opening the door for Thalia and I to walk through. The other cabin leaders were already there talking animatedly amongst themselves. Lexi Nixon from the Aphrodite cabin looked up and smiled warmly at me. I returned the gesture with a wave and a smile. I guess Selena was sick or something. The head of the Apollo cabin, Michael Yew, nodded his head in welcome. I smiled. Thalia and I sat down in two of the empty seats. Moments later, Chiron trotted into the room holding a huge book in his hands.
"Hello, young heroes!" He annouced.
"Hi," Was our unenthusiastic reply. Chiron frowned at this.
"Heroes, I fear the great prophecy is upon us. Nico, could you please read?" He asked. I nodded and walked over to him. He flipped through the pages of the archaic book. He nodded at the book and slid it in front of me.
Crud. Stupid dyslexia. I read the prophecy as I saw it.
"A calf-blood" I started
"Half-blood" Thalia corrected and smirked. I glared at her.
"I knew that." I said through gritted teeth. Why didn't they write the prophecy in Ancient Greek? "As I was saying,
A half-blood of the eldest gods,
Will reach sixteen against all odds,
And will see the world in an endless sheep,"
"Sleep," Chiron said. I just nodded so I wouldn't blow up.
"And will see the world in an endless sleep,
A hero's soul, the cursed blade shall reap," I gulped.
"A single choice shall end his days,
Olympus to preserve or raze." I finished without any more mistakes. I looked at the table of campers, then towards Chiron. He smiled and told me to go back to my seat.
"Campers, I feel we only have a few months until the prophecy begins. Thalia, here, she has had dreams," He turned to Thalia. "Would you like to share your dreams with us?" She nodded. Well, she actually had to share it with us. It wasn't really a choice.
"I was in a dark cave, almost like a cavern. It was dark, damp, and I could hear voices up ahead. I followed the voices down the tunnel and I came to a large, open space." She stated. I could tell that she was uncomfortable with the next part. "Luke, um, Kronos was talking to Percy. Percy was alive and well and they were talking about sacrificing Percy's body for Kronos to use." She said. At this, Annabeth walked out of the room. Chiron sighed. "And, Percy agreed. He joined Kronos' army." Well, I guess Percy didn't always make the right choices.
"But, why would Percy join Kronos? He was always a good person. He hated Luke!" Michael Yew exclaimed.
"Well, we are not even positive that Thalia's dreams are true." Chiron tried to calm Michael down.
"I think it's true," I said.
"What!" Michael said.
"Well, the last time I was in the underworld, I couldn't find Percy. I didn't think much of it. But, I don't think he joined willingly. He could have been resurrected by Kronos and Percy has to work with Kronos." I defended myself and crossed my arms.
"And you just thought about telling us now?" Thalia said. "When was the last time you were in the underworld?" She said, clearly annoyed.
"Geez! I was just in the underworld two weeks ago," I said, irritated. I didn't know it was that bad. I thought that maybe, Percy was just somewhere else in hades. Thalia scoffed at me.
"Boys, useless." She muttered when she thought I couldn't hear her.
"Thalia!" I yelled. She didn't answer. She was ignoring me.
Great, I thought sarasticly. If she won't talk to me, I won't talk to her. Wow. Childish much?
"Well," Chiron said, breaking the tension between us. "I believe the meeting went well. Can you tell the other campers that they will need to be ready for a battle, Clarisse? Don't tell them about Percy, though. We still aren't completly sure about that." Clarisse nodded. "Meeting dissmissed!" Chiron announced.
I was out of there faster than anyone else. I didn't even know why I was mad at Thalia. I mean, I didn't know that Percy was with Kronos. It's basicly like when you come home from school to find your mom's not home. You don't automaticly assume that she's out having an affair with another man when she's married. You assume she's at the store. Thalia can't just assume that I knew where Percy was the second he was gone.
After I thought about it more, I found out that 1) This was a stupid fight and 2) It was all Thalia's fault!
Well, I think this chapter could be better but I really wanted to put it up. Ohh! Please if you read my story, just review and tell me if you like it or not. Come on, it's only going to take you a few seconds. It takes hours to write a chapter, sometime days. Oh and if you like this story, please add it to your favorites or bookmark it. It will make my day!
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