Wow, this took a long time! I was having some writers block guys. Sorry. I hope you enjoy this chapter though.
And CHAOTICPERSON346... You're in for a treat.
Chapter 7
Zelda's POV
Rachel quickly falls onto her knees and gasps. "I'm- I'm so sorry." She looks at us, eyes wide. "You all just finished one prophecy and... To have another one given to you..."
"Hey," Annabeth begins, "it's not your fault. With our luck, it was going to happen at some point."
She nods in reply with a faint smile on her lips. Then, she breathes in and frowns, straight faced. "Chiron is probably vein affected by Ganondorf. It's probably in your best interest to leave Camp Half-Blood."
"We don't even know what we're supposed to be doing." Percy says, "there's no direction. Only darkness reigning and chasing us down."
Suddenly, an arrow flies by his ear, barely missing it. An inhumane voice screams, "they come for you! Death cannot be ran from!"
"No time to discuss. You need to go. Connor! Travis!"
Two heads pop up from behind a cabin, "yes?"
"These people need supplies. Now." Rachel faces us, "run. They'll catch up in some way. Chiron will be here in any moment if you DON'T GET MOVING. RUN!"
The clopping of horses hooves gradually gets louder and we all run. Past the cabins and the volleyball court, past the lava wall and the dining pavilion. Past Thalia's tree and into the real world.
"I never got my bow and arrows." I gasp.
"It's possible the Stoll brothers will bring them." Annabeth reassures me, "they have a way of bringing what we need."
"Where are they?!" Chiron screams.
"Freeze."
We stop moving, practically glued to where we're standing. Slowly turning my head, I begin to see a head of chestnut hair and full green eyes, glazed almost beyond recognition.
"I said freeze." He repeats, cool as an iceberg.
"Tristen," I begin, "you're under a spell-"
"Quiet. You have no idea what you're doing." He chuckles, "Chiron's coming to kill you all, but I will be the one to Jill you, Zelda."
"Who are you!" Link screams fiercely.
Your worst nightmare."
"Death comes for you!" Chiron screams in the distance.
"We need to go." Annabeth frowns, grabbing Percy's hand and backing away slowly.
Tristen shudders and a dark shadow emerges for his gaping mouth, causing him to gasp and fall to the ground. In front of him stands a mass of shadow, with piercing blood red eyes glaring right at me. He grins, sharp teeth glistening. Wearing a tunic of darkness, he brandishes a sword that contrasts Link's.
"Look familiar?" He raises an eyebrow at me.
Too fast, too quick to process, Shadow Link launches himself at me, his sword so close to my instant death. Link screams and throws himself at him, knocking Shadow off of me.
Chiron bursts through the trees, holding his own bow. His eyes take in the scenery hungrily, bloodshot and angry. His hooves paw at the ground in agitation.
"Oh, come on." Percy groans, taking out his own sword, "it's a party now."
'I need to teleport, but I don't have my light arrows yet.' Breathing calmly for a moment, I grab the bow that I have from the previous battle and draw an arrow. Ganondorf will not do this to us. Not today.
An arrow flies towards Shadow Link, barely missing the Link I know. He screams and rips the arrow out of his shoulder, throwing it on the ground. As he's distracted, Link slashes at him, casing the Shadow to growl.
"Chiron, please! It's us, Percy and Annabeth!" Annabeth cries, dodging another arrow.
"There is only death!"
'We need to go. It doesn't matter if we don't have our supplies,' I evade Shadow's blade and shoot towards Chiron, 'if we don't leave now, we'll die.'
"Grab my hand!" I scream at everyone, earning looks of distress.
"No! You're not doing that!" Shadow Link screams at me, slashing Link one final time, causing him to fall on his knees. He runs at full speed, sword raised over his head.
I raise my bow over my wad as he brings his weapon down on me. From the stress of the blow, the wooden bow cracks.
Gasping, I use all the power I have inside and teleport us away from the battlefield. The screams of Chiron and Shadow Link echo through the sky.
...
"We made it." I sigh, relaxing my body.
"How did you do that?" Percy asks, making me turn my body slightly.
"Concentration, I guess." I answer, coughing. "I don't think I could do it."
"Well," he grins, "you saved us back there. We probably wouldn't have made it out of there alive if it weren't for you."
"I'm just doing my part." Sighing once again, I sit up and wince, "we should probably get going. I don't know how far away I teleported us."
"Okay," he slowly stands, "I'll get the others."
I nod and rub my already sore muscles. This is my first time talking to only Percy; he seems like a nice guy. I chuckle for a second. I barely know the guy, an we've already fought two battle together. What is the future going to look like? How will he affect Link and I when we get to know him better? These are questions for a later time. A time where we're not in the middle of the wilderness.
"Uh, Zelda," Percy walks over to me, shifting his eyes away, "they're gone."
...
Annabeth's POV
"Where's Zelda?" Link screams, growing angry.
We stand I the middle of a field, with white and purple flowers surrounding us. A single path is drawn in the grass where Link has been walking back and forth in distress. "I can't lose her too." He whispers, clutching his sword.
"Again, I don't know." I motion for him to calm down, "when she teleported us from danger, the strain was probably too much for her. She must've had too much on her mind."
"We have to find her! Shadow Lin was targeting her specifically, and I need to find out why. She too important to-"
"To you?"
He falls silent, eyes steadily growing stormy. "Not just to me," he replies after a while, "but to Hyrule also."
"Link." He glances at me unwillingly. "I swear on the River Styx that we will find both her and Percy."
Slowly, he relaxes enough to where I feel he won't attack. His head slumps and he mumbles, "the River Styx... What is that?"
"It's a river down in the underworld and, if you swear by it, there's no backing out of your promise. If you don't fulfill it, then you'll die, or maybe something worse."
"Athena said the same thing when Zelda asked for respect from her."
"She must really mean it then." I sigh. Mother hasn't talked to me in a little while. I wonder what she's doing now. "Come on, lets go find a fountain."
"Why a fountain?" Link asks, sheathing his weapon.
"It's a way for us to communicate with Percy. I just wish I knew where we are... If I had to guess, we're in the center of the United States."
"Uh, great." Link looks slightly lost, but I decide not to mention it. Right now is not the time for a geography lesson. Especially for someone from another world.
'Oh, Seaweed Brain.' I finger my bone sword as we walk. 'Please don't do anything stupid until I get there.'
'Please.'
