Chapter Six

Disclaimer: I do not own the PJO or HoO series by Rick Riodan.

James' POV

"James!" someone shouts.

I stop walking and turn around to see Adrienne running over to me, a huge smile on her face.

"Guess what!" she says.

"Uhm, you saw a tree nymph?" I ask, scratching my head.

"Nope. I just got claimed!" she says.

"Really? Who was it?" I ask.

"Hades." she says.

"Well, that's pretty cool. C'mon, let's go eat dinner." I say, putting my hand on her back and pushing her forward.

That night at the campfire, I convinced Sam and Lydia to do the sing-along. I could tell Adrienne wasn't quite ready to be by herself yet, so I told her she could sit with me and some of my friends.

When we got there and she saw the flames of the campfires, her mouth nearly dropped to the ground. Her eyes grew to the size of dinner plates and she just stood there and stared at the bright yellow and green flames.

I smile and shake my head, remembering my reaction to the campfires the first time I saw them. It was petty much the same as Adrienne's, except I had shouted, "Dude! The fire looks like a rainbow!"

I push her forward so we wouldn't cause a blockage with the oncoming campers.

I lead the way to the seats my friends and I had had last year, grabbing a couple of s'mores along the way.

"James, this is amazing!" Addie exclaims, still ogling at the campfires.

"They change color and size almost every night." I say, biting into one of the sugary treats.

"Really?" she asks.

I nod and, if possible, her eyes got even bigger.

"Dude, no way!" she says.

"I'm serious. If you don't believe me, ask someone else." I say.

Apparently she believed me, because she stayed seated. That or she was too nervous to go and ask someone.

"Oh yes. She'll pay for making her forget me. They'll all pay." a voice says. It was a guy, that was for sure. His voice was deep and he sort of sounded like he had a New York accent.

"But, sir, they don't even know you exist." someone else says. This person was a girl. She was soft-spoken, sounding like she was talking to someone in a baby's room and trying not to wake it.

"That's what'll make it easy. They won't fight back quite as hard if they don't know who I am." he says.

"Oh, good point, master. I didn't even think about that." she says.

"Oh course you didn't; you're a fucking imbecile!" he yells.

"Yes, yes. I apologize." she says.

"Well, apologizing isn't enough." he snarls.

I hear a smack and a cry of pain, then a slight weeping.

"Now, think about what you say before you say it." he growls.

I wake with a jolt. I look out the window and see the sky starting to get hints of pink and orange in them. It almost looked like the sun was chasing the moon away.

I chuckle, thinking of Apollo chasing Artemis around in his red sports car. She wouldn't stand for that, but it's a funny picture in your mind.

I sit up, running my fingers through my straight, chocolate brown hair. I look around and see that everyone else was still asleep, as I had expected.

I throw the blankets off of myself and get out of bed. As I grab a fresh set of clothes, I think about the dream I had had. Whoever that guy had been, he obviously held a grudge against someone. I really didn't understand why he slapped the girl that had been with him, she had just been pointing out that the person he wanted revenge on didn't know who he was. Something about it bothered me though. Why was I the one to have that dream? Usually when demigods have troubling dreams, the people or things in the dream have something to do with the demigod.

I shake my head, trying to drive away the troubling thoughts. I close my trunk and make my way to the bathroom. It's always nice getting up early and getting the shower first. Sam tended to take forever getting ready in the morning.

A/N:

Mostly a filler up until the dream, huh? Who do you think that guy was and who do you think he wans revenge on? Why do you think James had a dream about him?

Oh man, I'm soooo tired. I stayed up til about 12:30 last night and then my mom got me up at 7:15 so I could get ready for the show today. I did alright, but for some reason, the local paper didn't advertise it, even though the lady who organized the thing payed for an ad. I'm looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow though :3

How was everyone's Halloween? I had fun, though a couple of 30-something year old guys who were dressed as Vector and Gru from Despicable Me stopped in their car beside me and my two friends...One of my friends was dressed as Vector and the driver (Gru) wanted to know if he could get his picture with him. So me and my other friend let them get the picture, while very cautiously watching him. Then after they left us, I leaned over to my friend and said, "That wasn't just the slightest bit creepy, was it?"

M/A:

Today's song is Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas. I mean, holy fuck, that song is so awesome!

XOXO,

Mrs-diAngelo25