Hey guys! Sorry for being out and not updating for a while. I had been on a trip for two weeks. Remember, if you want to be a character in my story, read and review and I'll take it from there. I have to get 16 reviews before I choose anyone. Tell all your friends about this story. . because I have some pretty good ideas for it. :) I'm not done with this one and I'm already thinking about maybe making a sequel! As a little hint... I'm working on a one shot of Tyson and Poseidon. Review if you want this story to grow!
-Cpcboy123
7. The Vision
You would think that I would have a great night after getting possibly the most important quest of the century. You thought wrong.
After I drifted to sleep, a vision formed. It could have been a dream, but it was way too real. A room formed. It was made entirely of white marble. There were about twelve thrones. Each throne was unique. Some were tall and decorated, while some of the thrones were short and humble.
The center throne was occupied by a huge man. He wore golden greek armor. He was at least ten feet tall. Black unruly hair covered his head. His eyes were blue, but they shined with power. He had huge muscles on his arms, probably from carrying a huge metal cylinder in his right hand. It was modeled in the form of a lightning bolt. Wait a sec. Lightning? Throne? Greek armor? I was looking at my father, Zeus.
To his right sat a beautiful lady with intimidating eyes. From the lessons I'd taken at camp, I recognized her as Hera.
Occupying the throne to Zeus' left sat a man that looked a lot like Zeus. The difference was his eyes. They glowed sea-green. He wore a fishing shirt. He had black hair. Poseidon. Percy's dad.
The rest of the gods sat around the center of a throne room, forming a semi-circle of thrones.
But something was wrong. Their ten-foot tall forms were there, but they seemed transparent. In the center of their huge forms, there was a cavity. It was shaped like a circle.
I gazed down, expecting to not find anything there, but my body was intact. All the gods seemed to be staring directly at me.
"Brother," said Poseidon, "we have received news from Hades.
"Yes, Poseidon," said Zeus irritated, "please continue."
"The ancient ones. . . they are stirring," said Poseidon gravely.
Zeus turned towards me.
"My child, you are our only hope," he said.
Zeus stared at me, but not like he was looking at me. It was as if he was seeing through me, examining the fibers of my being.
The scene transformed. A white, barren wasteland appeared before my eyes. Something was not right. There were these monsters there. And when I say monsters, I mean monsters. There could have easily been millions of them. They were all huddled around a part of the frozen, white ground that was at least a mile around.
The earth. . . it was. . . unnatural. You know how when you toss a pebble into a pond, the pebble makes ripples spread throughout the pond? Well that is what was happening to the earth.
Four hooded figures walked up to the center of the rippling patch of earth. Each had a circular object, it was about the size of my head. They held it in their hands very tightly, as if it was the coolest thing since peanut butter. The orbs shimmered changing colors rapidly.
The objects looked like they were about to burst. Each figure tightened their grip around the object and threw it high into the air. Right when each orb reached the peak of its ascent and I thought it was going to fall down and crash, but the orbs stayed in mid air.
All the monsters started chanting.
"I mitera afti i exousia einai diki sas," they chanted.
Mother, this power is yours. Mother? What was that supposed to mean?
After they stopped chanting, each orb glowed brighter. The light that was contained inside of each orb passed through the shell of the orb, which seemed to turn to jelly for a moment. All the essence, you could say, of each orb went right above the center of the rippling earth. The orbs were still bright, but they glowed faintly now.
The orbs fell back into the hands of the four hooded figures. All four essences combined and went in the center part of the ripple.
The four hooded figures raised all the orbs again and said,
"Sas apeleftherosi ston kosmo!"
We release you to the world. That confused me even more than what they had said before.
The orbs flew into the sky and disappeared. Now the center of the ripple was glowing green. A green liquid flew into the air. Suddenly, the sky also started to do the same thing as the frozen ground. The sky started rippling, but very softly. I did not understand what was happening.
One of the hooded figures turned towards me. You know how when you have a throat problem and when you talk your voice is all scratchy? That's what this guy sounded like.
He didn't have whites in his eyes. Where the white part should have been, it was dark red. The center of his eye was completely black and it had no pupil. He had fangs and a scar across his face.
"It has begun."
I woke with a start, drenched in cold sweat. It was still early. I went to the showers, and got dressed. By the time breakfast came, I was ready for the quest. I met up with my friends while walking to breakfast. They already had on their packs for the quest, just like me. I told them my freaky dream.
"Yeah," said Justin, "that usually happens."
"What d'you mean?" I asked.
"Half-bloods usually have nightmares like that, but they usually aren't just nightmares. Most of the time they are visions of the past, present, and future," said Paul sleepily.
"But what the heck did it mean?" I asked.
"Well," said Cynthia, "the first vision was probably the gods talking about what happened and telling you that you were their last hope. And—"
"The second one," interrupted Addie, "might have shown the monster army scattering the essence of the gods."
We were coming close to the breakfast pavilion.
"But what did the gods mean? The ancient ones? And the monsters, what about mother?" I asked confused.
Before they could answer, Chiron clopped up to us.
"Hello Vince! How did you sleep?" he asked happily.
The rest of my friends went to eat breakfast and left me with Chiron. I told him my vision.
"Sadly, this gives more evidence to my suspicions," he murmured and then he frowned.
"W-w-what suspicions?" I squeaked.
"That something is awakening. Something—something older than the gods and the Titans. I think that—"
"Vladimir!" said Dionysus grouchily from his table, "come and eat or there'll be no food for you."
I walked up slowly to the table, meditating on what Chiron had just said. I had to save the gods from millions of monsters, and something older and probably more powerful than the Titans, which almost defeated the gods already.
Wonderful.
Even me, the author, thinks that was possibly the best chapter yet. Who were those people? Why was the earth rippling? Why did Dionysus call Vince Vladimir? Why am I talking? All these questions shall be answered sooner or later!
-cpcboy123
