Hey, everybody!
So, this is chapter two! I hope you enjoy this part of the story.
WARNING: This chapter may include maximum confusion and total epicness.
Enjoy!
Chapter 2
Jason
Jason woke up later and shivered. He crawled out of bed, changed into a pair of old jeans and a red t-shirt he got during a pit stop to refuel, and wandered into the dining hall.
He sat down next to Piper, who was eating a grapefruit that looked like it was sugar cured instead of salt, and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Good morning to you, too," Piper replied sweetly.
"Did you sleep well?" he asked, just trying to be a good boyfriend.
Her expression suddenly changed form happy to troubled, and she said, "No."
"Bad dream?" Jason asked.
She nodded.
"Tell me," Jason pushed.
"Well, I was on the deck with Reyna, and we were talking, and then she suddenly dropped a cage on me from out of nowhere, and turned into this…thing that I couldn't even see clearly, and then it reached for me through the bars, and I woke up." Piper said.
Jason went white as a sheet. Someone else with the same dream? This can't be a coincidence. Should I tell her?
Yes, Jason decided. Yes, I'll tell her.
"Piper, I-" Jason started, but them Leo wandered in with Coach Hedge and Jason reminded himself that it was Leo's business, too, and he should check with him first.
"What did the grapefruit do to you?" Leo asked, spying Piper's sugar coated fruit half.
"It's sour!" Piper protested. "Plus, this is the way my dad used to give it to me."
Leo decided to stay silent this time, and grabbed a box of Cheerios from a table. He shoved his hand in the box and Jason complained, "Dude, I was gonna eat that!"
Leo stuck the open part of the box toward him, and with a handful of Cheerios in his mouth he managed to say, "Want some?"
"Not anymore," Jason held up his hands and leaned away from the box as Leo shrugged and stuffed another handful into his mouth.
"Dang it!" Coach hedge grumbled by one of the tables. "You don't have any burgers!"
"For breakfast?" Piper asked while Leo said, "Sure we do!"
"No, I want the wax paper!" Coach groaned and dropped himself into the chair at the head of the table.
"Hey, Leo," Piper started, and Leo looked up at her. "Where's Archimedes's Sphere?"
"Oh!" Leo brightened up instantly and pushed the Cheerios box away.
He was about to do something, when Hazel, Frank and Nico walked in. Frank looked weird and wouldn't meet Leo's gaze, which made Jason think something was up, and Hazel yawned and grabbed a doughnut then sat down.
Nico had bags under his eyes that made him look like he'd been hit in the eyes.
"Okay, why are you all so tired?" Coach asked. "Were you sneaking out? Did you sneak out?!"
"Didn't sleep," Nico mumbled and sat down at the table and stared at it.
"Bad dream," Frank replied.
"Not enough sleep," Hazel murmured as she sat down beside Frank and handed him a doughnut.
"Mhm," Coach said. "Fine. I'll check with you guys later, see if you stick to the same story."
Jason slipped over to Frank and asked, "You too?"
Frank eyed him. "You had a bad dream?"
"What was yours like?" Jason asked.
"Leo put me in a cage and then he turned into something that I still don't know, and then I woke up," Frank whispered. "Don't tell him, okay? He'll think he has complete power over me if he knows I have nightmares about him."
"Okay, I'm not going to tell him, but I need to talk to Leo right now," Jason whispered.
"Swear?" Frank asked.
"Swear," Jason replied, and walked over to Leo.
"Dude, Piper and Frank had the same nightmare we did, only with different people," Jason whispered.
"Whoa. Really?" Leo asked.
Jason nodded.
"Something is definitely up. Who did they deal with?"
"Piper had Reyna," Jason said. He wasn't going to break his swear with Frank until he told Frank what was happening. "Should we tell people?"
"Absolutely. Wait," Leo said suddenly. "Let's see if Coach dreamed the same? He seems a little on edge today."
"Alright," Jason replied, and he walked away from Leo and his Cheerios.
He walked up to Coach Hedge. "Did you have trouble sleeping last night, Coach?"
"Well, I did have one weird dream," Coach said.
Please, don't be the same again. That would just be weird if I was sharing dreams with a goat…Jason thought.
"I was in candy land, and all these little thing…they looked like gum drops with bunny ears and feet…came up to me and jumped all around me.
"At first, I was going to bash their heads in with my club, but I didn't have it with me. Plus, my hands were peppermints, anyway.
"So, they took me to their queen, who happened to be a big roll of wax paper, and she let me eat some her if I'd agree to marry her. So, I agreed, and I ate half of her." Coach looked up at Jason.
Jason was very confused.
"That's the dream," Coach said, as if he was expecting some kind of reaction from Jason.
"You lost me at the Bunny Drops," Jason said, and he left, still very confused.
He walked past Leo and shook his head, and Leo took a hard swallow of Cheerios with a scowl on his face.
Had he wanted Coach to have that dream?
He walked up to Frank and whispered, "Three other people had a similar dream. I'm one of them. Piper and Leo, too."
Frank gulped. "Did he have…me?"
"We'll figure that out when I make the announcement. I can say it, right? Swear over?" Jason asked.
Frank nodded slowly. "Okay."
Jason smiled.
I finally have a lead! Maybe I can get Nico to trust me, and I can lead these guys! Jason thought eagerly as he stood at the table next to Piper and said, "Guys, listen up. I have alarming news."
Everyone but Nico looked at him, Leo's expression a little excited, when Coach groaned, "Does this have anything to do with the Queen of Candy Land?"
"No, and not the Bunny Drops, either," Jason reassured him, and Coach nodded and said, "Fine. Go on with your little speech."
Jason didn't know how to take that, but that was just how Coach was.
Jason cleared his throat and began, "I think I have a lead."
"On what?" Hazel asked.
"Well, I'm not quite sure, but it's important." Jason replied.
She nodded. "I trust you."
He nodded.
"Four of us have had very similar dreams," Jason said. "And it all had to do with some other person."
"And a cage?" Piper asked.
"And a shadow creature thing," Frank mumbled.
"So, Jason, me, Frank, and…" Piper looked around.
"Me," Leo said.
Piper nodded.
"So, I think that monster has something to do with this, but I also think that there is something else going on in this dream. The person you were with," Jason turned to Piper, "who was it again?"
"Reyna," Piper said.
"Okay, and Leo?" Jason turned to Leo.
"Frank," Leo spat through a thick wall of chewed up Cheerios.
"Leo." Frank whispered.
"I had Percy," Jason admitted.
"What does it mean?" Hazel asked.
"I don't mean to pry," Nico said for the first time in a while and picking his head up to look at everyone, "but based on what I've gathered just by being here so far, Frank and Leo don't particularly like each other. And now they appear as monsters in each other's dreams?"
"Reyna and I did a lot of fighting," Piper admitted. "Mostly about you, to be honest, Jason, but she really isn't all that nice of a person to me in general."
"And I guess Percy and I have always been in sort of a power struggle," Jason admitted slowly, "but I can't say I dislike him or distrust him."
"No, but you want to lead, he gets to lead, and you argue about decisions often. Am I correct so far?" Nico asked everyone.
Frank nodded, Hazel nodded, and Piper stood up and in an angry huff said, "I don't see how you accusing Jason has anything to do with this!" and she grabbed her grapefruit and left the room.
"What's her deal?" Hazel asked.
"PMS?" Leo suggested.
"Shut up," Jason said and looked at Nico. "But she's right."
"I'm not accusing anyone, I'm trying to get my facts straight," Nico said calmly, "But apparently the new guy isn't wanted anymore."
He stood up to leave, when Hazel stood up and said, "Let's all just stop being a bunch of drama queens and get things done. Jason, I'll go get Piper. Nico, stay here," and Hazel left.
So much for our group meeting, Jason thought sourly as he sat back down.
"We need to hurry and get to Camp," Nico sighed and slumped lower in his chair.
Jason perked up suddenly, and Leo said, "Wait, what?"
"We're stopping at Camp Half-Blood first to refuel, get more supplies, and he better prepared for Tartarus." Nico said. "Leo, how close are we?"
Before Leo could answer, Hazel brought Piper back and said, "Now, Jason, what was the rest of your big speech?"
"We're going to Camp Half-Blood?" is all he said.
"Yeah," Piper said, confused. "I thought you knew that."
"I'd better go change course," Leo said and left the room.
"Wait, where are we headed?" Hazel asked.
"We thought we were going straight to Greece," Jason said.
You see, when a team miss understands each other, everybody dies. They're really going to have to pull together to save Percy and Annabeth, their friends, and the people who were holding the team together. Besides Leo, maybe...he had some good jokes to calm people down...
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**HOLD UP MOMENT**
Me: Okay, I need to speak with all of you.
Hazel: Yeah? What's up?
Me: Well, Hazel this really has nothing to do with either you or Nico, so you two can go if you want to.
Nico: Cool. I'm gonna go do something. (Leaves)
Hazel: I'll stay.
Me: Okay. Well, everyone else...I'm not really believing you.
Jason: What? Are you serious?! I'm doing the perfect impression of a jealous leader!
Frank: And, I honestly don't have very many lines, so how is my character even going to be portrayed?
Me: Yeah, I have to get at that a little bit, but-
Percy: And how can we not be doing well? We haven't even shown up yet!
Annabeth: Yeah! I mean, come on Kimmie!
Me: Listen, I'm not talking about you either! You have to actually perform to have your performances judged. I know that.
Percy and Annabeth: Good!
Leo: You know, with me, I kind of understand what you mean. I should have been talking about Archimedes Sphere more. I'm supposed to obsessed with it and all.
Leo: But I do have a problem with the fact that I keep getting interupted by people walking in the door!
(And the talking goes on...)
Piper: You know what, Kimmie, I'm sick of you! I think you feel like jumping off a bridge into toxic waste now.
Me: Now don't you charmspeak me young lady, but you're very right, I do...
Everyone: We'll walk you.
Me: That's so sweet!
Me: (Gets to bridge, and stands over the huge vat of toxic waste) Do I really want to do this?
Piper: No, you don't.
Me: No, I don't! OH MY GODS, NO I DON'T!
Frank: (Sneaks up behind me. Pushes me off the bridge)
Me: (Screaming) WWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHYYY YYYYYYYYYYYYY?! (Splash)
Everyone: (Laughing)
Me: (Shrieking in pure agony as the toxic waste and filling with radiation and dying of skin cancer in less than a minute, silencing my screams)
Everyone: (Evapoartes into nothing)
You see, there was no author there to write them anymore, so they disappeared. :)
Moral of the story is, don't turn against the person who created you. Especially if your a book character.
**END OF HOLD UP**
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