AN: This chapter's pretty short but essential. ahah Enjoy, rate and Review :D~
Oh and merry almost Christmas!
Chapter 17
"Should we wake them?"
"Don't...they had a tiring day...let them sleep." A gruff voice answered.
"What about breakfast?"
"There's still two hours before that..."
"I'll watch over them if that's okay with you guys." a twinkling voice sounded.
There was murmuring before the gruff voice answered. "Alright Alice...Thank you." There was shuffling noises before it became quiet again.
Jarred murmured in his sleep, turning over on his side as Aiden curled up next to him.
A quiet chuckle echoed through the cabin along with a little click.
He opened his eyes slightly. "Hm?"
"Hey sleepy head." the voice sounded.
"Hey Alice..." He mumbled recognizing her voice.
Alice's soft smiling face came into focus as she sat down at the edge of his bed. "Hey..."
"What are you doing here?" He said quietly still half asleep.
"I volunteered to watch over you three while your other siblings went ahead for some early training." she explained, brushing some hair out of his face. "You can still sleep if you want." she murmured.
He nodded and buried his head back into the pillow and soon was fast asleep again.
Jarred suddenly found himself in a small clearing in the forest of the camp. But the strange thing was that it was completely silent opposed to the small noises some creatures and trees would make.
He looked around and started walking. Looking down he saw that he was carrying Efialtis as he walked. However after a few minutes he suddenly found himself unable to move his feet.
"What's going on?" He looked around franticly. A feeling of fear coming over him.
Suddenly he could hear someone running through the bushes towards his direction followed by a loud growling.
He wanted to run but he was firmly planted in his spot.
Suddenly a familiar person burst through the tree line into the clearing. Jarred's blood ran cold when he saw that it was Alice. Her face was all cut up and her eyes were wild with fear. Jarred noticed that she didn't have any of her weapons with her. She only took a few steps into the clearing before a hellhound suddenly burst in and pounced on Alice, snarling.
"ALICE!" He wanted to shout but no sound followed.
Jarred tried to move to her but he could only watch as the hellhound caught Alice in its mouth and throw Alice around like a ragdoll. Alice's piercing scream echoed through the forest but was roughly cut off when the hellhound threw her against the rock wall.
He watched as Alice slide down the rock wall, tears streaming down her face. The hell hound caught her in its mouth again and threw Alice down on the forest floor and pinned her down using its large paw. Alice gasped for air as she tried reaching for a large branch that was just out of reach.
The hellhound snarled at her face before lunging towards her, its mouth wide.
"NO!" He screamed as he woke up. Fear still gripped him tightly.
"Jarred! Calm down. Shh...It's alright." A twinkling voice laced with worry sounded from beside him.
Jarred turned to see Alice, his large frightened eyes welled with tears and he sat up, wiping them away.
"Hey..." She murmured comfortingly as she pulled him into a hug. "It's alright...it's okay..."
He hugged her back, tears streaming down his face. 'It's just a dream, calm down, it's just a dream. But it felt so real, felt so real. Some dreams are like that, it's normal. But still...' Jarred closed his eyes tightly, blocking out the dream as best as he could.
"It's okay..." Alice kept murmuring, rubbing comforting circles on his back.
Jarred shook his head. "No." He said shakily. "No."
"Hey...Want to talk to Chiron about it? I know he could help." Alice murmured.
He nodded and got up. "I-I'll meet you outside...okay?"
Alice nodded. "I'll see you later alright? I'll just have a walk around."
A flash of wild fear came to his eyes again. He hesitated before answering. "Alright, but please don't go into the woods alone. I'll explain later alright?" He said franticly as he gathered up a pair of clothes.
Alice looked confused before nodding, seeing the fear in his eyes. "Alright." She said before walking out the door.
When Alice had gone he quickly got dressed and grabbed the staff resting against the wall. 'Have to protect her, this dream was too real, something is going to happen. And it's not going to be good.' Many thoughts ran through his mind as he bolted out the door to the Big House. His dream playing over and over in his mind. The more he thought about it, the more scared he got.
"Yo Jarred what's the hurry?" Pascal said as Jarred passed him.
"Can't talk I need to talk to Chiron." He said quickly before taking off again.
Jarred reached the Big House and pounded on the door, calling for Chiron. Soon, the door opened and the centaur looked out. Seeing Jarred's expression he quickly ushered the young demigod inside and sat him down on the old sofa.
"Jarred? What's wrong? What happened?" the centaur asked.
Jarred explained his dream as detailed as he could, trying to keep his voice study.
Chiron just watched him with calm eyes. When Jarred was finished, Chiron sighed. "One thing you should understand Jarred is that demigods do not have just normal dreams. Whatever you do dream is either happening right now or will happen in the future. A dream as vivid as yours will certainly happen any of those times." Chiron explained.
Jarred clenched his fists in his lap tightly. "How can we prevent it?" He said quietly.
Chiron shook his head. "We can only make sure that Alice is safe and well protected."
He nodded and stood up. "Should we let the others know?"
"Yes. That would be wise but I don't think that Alice should be told. Her innate fear of even the word 'hellhound' would reduce her to a nervous wreck although Pascal is already past that." Chiron said.
"Then who should we tell?"
"I suggest Pascal, Jake, Stephanie, Nate and Arcus. The twins are young but they are also vigilant so it will be okay to tell them. Just make sure they don't tell Alice."
"I'll get on that now..." He grabbed his staff and left.
"Good luck Jarred."