Jay Evermist and the Olympains

Book One: The Battle Begins

Chapter 7: I Realize in a Dream

After some time, Miki was the first out so Jacob and I finished 'Frankenstein' without her. I began to succumb to the softness of the sleeping bag and I could tell Jacob was struggling to stay awake. I got up to turn the lights out and when I had gotten back he was already sleeping. I shook my head and climbed in the bag. I rested my head on a pillow Tawny had given us and closed my eyes to the darkness.

I dreamed and when I first realized I was dreaming I wanted to stop. Chiron told us not to and I had a feeling it was something to do with the oracle prophecy he was going to tell us. I shook it off and began to take in my surrounds. It looked like I was in one of those old fashioned banks.

The walls were made of pure marble and it smelled of pine sol and lemon. But at the same time it smelled like whoever did live here, had lived here for a long time. You know how when you go to your grandmother's house it smells of moth balls, it was like that.

I heard noises and my instinct kicked in. I flew behind a pillar and watched around the corner to see if anyone was coming. It took about three minutes to realize the voices were coming from the room over.

As I crept along the wall of the hallway I couldn't help but wonder what brilliant mind went into creating this structure. Annabeth would have a heart attack if she were here. It was just so beautiful. The dimensions were fairly large and that was the only thing that struck me as odd. I moved forward and got to a new room.

I stood frozen when I saw other people. But the thing was, they weren't people exactly. They were Gods. Standing about 11 feet tall, three Gods stood bickering in the middle of the center room. I didn't know why they were in this form but I thanked them for not being in their true form. That would have been terrible.

I realized we were in the throne room and I quietly ran behind a potted plant located in the center of the room. It was as if they didn't see or hear me. But I didn't want to press my luck. I leaned up against the pot which was up to my shoulders and turned around to the Gods. I couldn't make out who they were from here but I did notice that two were men and the other one was female.

"Zeus! You can't leave this matter unhandled." A voice boomed through my ears and made them ring. So I was going out on a limb here, but I guessed Zeus was one of the men standing there.

"Calm down Ares, he's doing everything we can do. Hades agreed on this so it doesn't make sense that he's causing a fit now. And the timing is just terrible, right after the war." So Zeus and Ares were fighting, this could not end well. And that other voice, defiantly female. I would guess Hera but it was more smooth and calm. Athena, it had to be Athena.

I gasped as I realized what was going on. Hades and Zeus were arguing, not Zeus and Ares. That must have something to do with the Oracles prophecy. Now the only thing I had to do now was to get out alive. I turned at saw the Gods had stopped talking. Instead Athena had her hand up telling them to stop.

She whispered but I managed to make it out, "Did you hear that?" I was panic stricken when I thought about any noises I had just made. Right before they turned to me it went dark again.

I bolted upright from the sleeping bag in a sweat. I was breathing hard and my eyes had to readjust to the light in the room. Miki and Jacob's bags were pulled up and pushed into a corner and I got up to find them. I made a mental note to tell Chiron about my dream. He probably would want to know about it. It kept slipping from my memory but I held onto it as strong as possible.

"Hey sleepy head," Miki laughed as she poured three water bottles through the sink; seeing it reminded me of Chiron's worry in his voice. "Big day today huh?"

"What?" I asked.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. We aren't the first people to get lost during capture the flag, but the first to get blown to D.C." She smiled and handed me a bottle while heading back into the living room. I followed her in and took a swig of the water.

"You know where Jacob is? He always seems to go off." I asked curiously.

"I know right?" Miki pulled her violet red hair into a messy bun at the top of her head.

"Hey," I thought back to last night. "Was it just me or did Tawny call you Mickenzie?"

"Uh," Miki's face was now the color of her hair. She glanced at her Nike's. "Yeah, it's my name, but you can't tell anyone." She pleaded with me.

"Aw, why not. It's a cool name. Better than a guy's name."

"Come on, Jay's not that bad."

"Okay." I put my hands up in defense.

Miki changed subject rather quickly. "Hey you're probably freezing to death. How about I give you sweater? I have one in yellow, pink, orange, purple, red, and teal, blue, green, I think I got a black one but threw it away. I mean who likes the color black."

I raised my eyebrows and glanced at my black jeans and black Converse. "Oh," Miki said quietly.

"I'm fine, thanks though." I smiled and Jacob walked in from the bathroom. His eyes were encircled with a dark purple pattern that gave away the fact he hadn't slept last night. I wish I hadn't slept last night. I sighed.

"You ready for the shadow travel." My voice must have woken him from his trance, because he shook and mumbled 'yeah' under his breath. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yup, done this a hundred times." He smiled but it faltered until he frowned again.

"Its okay, what's the worst thing that can happen?" Miki piped in.

"Well let's just say, which part of your body do you prefer to keep the most?" I almost laughed but his face and tone showed no humor.

"Well, let's go."

After some crying, most of which was from Tawny, we embarked to the back yard until we reached the edge of Miki's property. We looked upon a fairly large forest for this land and Jacob found a good tree. When we got under it he held out either of his hands. I grabbed his right and Miki his left. After that it was a blur.

I don't recall him saying anything, or doing anything. Just without warning I felt like my face was being torn from my face. Like we were going a thousand miles an hour but staying at the same place at the same time. Darkness was all around me, but that might have been me with my eyes closed. And just as soon as it started, it ended.