(Chapter – 3)

The Dream.

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I was walking hand in hand, rather running hand in hand with Annabeth towards the camp. She was really concerned about what Chiron would say. I guess girls are like that, worrying about every other thing.

We reached the big house, and there was the centaur, pacing from here to there with a disturbed look on his face. Then he saw us walking towards him. And his expression was like – never mind.

'Welcome, so where were you for about two hours after Athena left?' He asked.

'Two hours?' I checked my watch. It was four o`clock. So you`ll be wondering since when I started to carry a watch.. It was a gift from Paul Blofis, my mom`s husband. Yeah, they got married.

Chiron raised an eye at me.

'Sorry Chiron. We forgot that you had to talk to us.' Annabeth said.

'It`s okay. Athena told me about the quest. You are ready?' Chiron said.

'Yes, I am.'

'Okay. I will brief you about the quest later. First we need to decide that who will be the other two companions. You have someone in mind?' He asked.

'Yeah. Percy.' She turned back towards me. Her hair flowed along with the wind. She was looking B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l. The stunning face, her storm grey eyes, the rose colored lips….

'Percy?'

'Yeah?' I said.

'I asked you something and you were smiling like an idiot' Annabeth replied.

'Sorry.' I felt like an idiot now. 'What were you asking?'

'Will you come with me to the quest?'

I didn`t even think about. 'Yeah. I`m in.'

'Okay. That's one. What about the other one?' Annabeth asked.

'At the dining pavilion, after the dinner, I will announce it. We will see if anyone volunteers.' Chiron said.

'Alright.'

'Well, just so you know, Rachel has returned to the camp.' He informed as he galloped away.

'That`s great! Annabeth, let`s go meet her!' I said.

You see, Rachel was our Oracle. She had to go to Clarion Ladies academy because of the 'Deal' signed between her and her dad instead of helping me during the Titan War. But I guess she was home for the summer. (The 'Help' included cutting short a picnic to Caribbean and right from there flying to New York.)

'Okay.' She said and started walking out of the Big House, pulling me along.

We reached the Cabins, where they used to make a U. Now the cabins formed a rectangle with new ones added for Hades, Hecate, Hypnos and many other gods. At that time, Rachel was coming out of the Hades cabin. And then she saw us.

'Percy!' She came running over and hugged me.

'Rach, I missed you. I confessed hugging her back.

She smiled. 'Hey Bro, I missed you too.'

'Annabeth, how are you? Everything is fine?' Rachel asked her.

'I am good. Yeah, life is going great. Till now. Hey, Don't I get a hug?' Annabeth asked.

'Of course!' They hugged each other. It was nice that they went along together now, because Annabeth used to think that Rachel liked me. But the truth was that, Rachel liked to spend time with me just because I was her link to the immortal world of gods and goddesses. But now she was one of us.

'Okay, I will see you guys later. Bye!' The oracle said as she went away.

Annabeth turned towards me. 'Percy, I need to rest. I will meet you at the dining pavilion afterwards.'

'Alright. See you later.' I said and gave her a goodbye kiss.

So, I decided to have a nap and that was when I had the glimpse of the Son of Athena.

Two children, a guy and a girl were running along the streets with a couple of Laistrygonians chasing them with their bronze Cannonballs in their hand.

The guy wore a tatty red T- shirt and dark jeans. His hair was jet black, he had a slightly tanned skin and his build was athletic. He carried a sword in his hand. The girl was short compared to him. She had Blue eyes and her blonde hair was tied up in a bun. She wore a green blouse with dark brown pants and had a bow and quiver on her back. All this clearly stated that they were demigods.

'We need to do something!' The girl said.

'Yeah, I figured that out. But what can we do? We can`t outrun them. We really can`t fight them, you see the size of their cannonballs?' The boy said.

'You just keep them occupied. I will handle it.' She said as took her bow and an arrow in her hand.

'Okay. But you are gonna pay for this later. Hey ugly!' The guy screamed and ran towards the monster.

One of the Laistrygonian tried to hit him with the cannonball, but he dodged it just in time. He tried to maintain appropriate distance between him and the monsters, yelling curses and insults trying to keep their attention on him. But, he got hit by the cannonball thrown by another Laistrygonian, who emerged from behind the bushes nearby the walls. The boy tried to block it with his hands but in vain. He collapsed.

That was when three arrows came out of nowhere and hit them right in their chest. The monsters were blasted into dust. The girl came running back to the boy. He was terribly hurt and his hand was burnt. She kept on muttering 'Aaron, come on. Wake up. You just can`t leave me.' as she fed him Ambrosia and nectar.

I woke with a start and heard the conch horn blowing in distance. I needed to get to the dining pavilion for dinner. I got up, got dressed and walked out of the cabin.

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