I was in standing beside my dad, he is Poseidon the god of the sea. He was standing before his palace. It looked like the White house but you know underwater. Dolphins, and sharks swam around it. Schools of fish darted left and right. Even a giant whale floated by.
"Triton" my dad said looking behind me. I turned. It was a merman.
"Father." Triton said nodding his head. I was stunned, so I guess this dude was one of my other half-brothers, I'm used to seeing monsters but a merman! For a half-brother! That doesn't happen to just anyone. "Don't worry about Percy's quest, father, he will most likely succeed."
My dad smiled "I'm well aware of that, my boy, but what I'm worried about is how Zeus will react. He made Lealaps into a constellation."
Triton cocked his head. "Father would you please tell the the story of Lealaps again?" My dad nodded his head and looked right at me and winked.
"Lealaps was a magical dog always destined to catch her prey. She was the gift of Zeus to Europa of Krete. The dog got handed along to different people until she was owned by Kephalos of Athens. He wanted to catch the Teumessian Fox. But it was destined never to be caught. So Zeus made them into constellations because neither would win. But rumor has it Lealaps mated with a monster, we don't know which, and had Orson. He is immortal, and catches almost all his prey."
Triton nodded but was focused on a dolphin. Then my dream changed, I was in a forest. A group of monsters were running around. Hellhounds that reminded me of Mrs. O' Leary. Telehines dashed back and forth. A evil laugh came from a dracaena. "The godssssss are sssssso gullible!" He was staring at Artemis through a one way mirror. They were laughing at her as she called her bother's name.
It was all a trick. They had faked Apollo's distress call. When Artemis came to help him they caught her in their trap!
"See your little goddess friend. she is beyond saving!" Said a emousai behind me.
I sat up so quickly I got dizzy. Grover was standing over me. "Percy, come on we are leaving." He said.
Still shaken I got dressed and packed up my stuff which is pretty much only my clothes and Riptide. I climbed out of the tent after that. Thalia was helping pack up a tent. I rushed over to her.
"We need to talk." I said. She looked at me with annoyance.
"I'm busy, Percy." She said tersely. I gave her a look that said it was urgent. Reluctantly she got to her feet and dusted off her hands. She was dressed like a hunter her bow still slung over her shoulder and her silver arrows in her quiver.
I lead her over to a private spot. Then explained about my dream of Artemis. She had a look of horror and rage on her face when I was done.
"If your dream was right then Artemis is in really bad danger. But, we will find her!" Thalia nodded confidently. "Don't worry about it. Leave it to us." I nodded and thanked her. She walked away and was still angry about Artemis being captured.
We waved goodbye to the hunters until we couldn't see them any longer. We walked through the lush forest. Birds chirped and Grover went on about how he was going on and on about Pan. The god of the wild and how he would find him.
We were making progress when something hit me hard in the side of my head. I fell down into the mud. A bump was on my head and I was light-headed. Annabeth helped me up and I inspected the bushes.
"Oh man!" I said with and exasperated sigh. Some dung was lying in a patch of grass. It didn't smell like flowers either. I continued on a little ways and found some rocks. Well over sized pebbles. Tracks were leading away from it. Monster tracks. Before I could progress what I was seeing someone yelped a warning. I whipped around,that's when all Hades broke loose.