Hey once again.

So in case you guys forgot what happened to Percy and annabeth in their last chapter, they were just about to start wandering into the desert. Now, there has been a little time lapse between then and now. In this chapter, night has already fallen.

So anyways, before I say anything else, let's just get on with the chapter. If it feels random in the beginning, it's because he's in a dream.

Percy's POV

It was dark. So dark.

And cold. So cold.

I couldn't see anything. I couldn't even tell if I was standing on solid ground or not. A strong breeze was present throughout the entire place I was in, wherever that was. I had no idea where I was. All I knew was that it was so dark and so cold.

A couple of minutes of standing in the frigid air made me start to shiver. I had gotten disoriented because of my eyes not being able to focus on anything in the darkness.

A while of standing and finally, something happened. It was very sudden and almost made me jump in surprise. Everything around was slowly turning to a bright green and in a matter of minutes, I saw a picture in front of me.

'Ok', I thought. 'Either I'm hallucinating or I've finally gone crazy.'

I was hoping it was neither.

I looked at the vision in wonder. It was an entire forest, buzzing with the sounds of animals and wildlife. Wildlife meant water. Wherever this place was, it had water.

Then, as quickly as the vision had come, it disappeared, and I was plunged into the everlasting darkness once again.

As I waited for something, anything else to happen, a strange, almost wispy voice that sounded like the wind echoed through the darkness.

"You will meet here with strangers and foes alike. In order to survive, you will need to join forces with the avengers, or else all will be lost. Search to gain or it will all be in vain."

The last word was lost in the wind, as if the darkness had swallowed the voice. As soon as I couldn't here an echo anymore, the ground I was standing on started to tremble and vibrate. I could feel hair like cracks appear beneath my feet as the trembling grew more ferocious. I tried to stay upright, but couldn't for long.

I soon lost my balance and fell to the ground.

Though, my body didn't touch ground as I fell. Instead, it was met with air as I tumbled into the darkness.

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I woke with a start. I bolted upright from my position on the sandy ground. My heart was eating a mile a minute and my breathing was laboured.

As I took time to calm down, I sighed in relief. It had all been a dream. I still felt cold though, as if it had actually been physically real.

I looked around. The first thing I noticed was that it was actually morning. The sun was in the sky, though I could tell that it hadn't been up there for a long time because it was still fairly cold.

The second thing I noticed was that Annabeth was awake. She was beside me, looking at me with a worried expression on her face.

"Dream?" she asked softly.

"Yeah."

She waited in brief silence for me to tell her the dream. I sighed and told her about it reluctantly, from the cold and darkness to the strange voice.

I told her, "The voice said that we should meet at a forest with those avengers. It also said that if we wanted any chance of survival, we have to join forces with them."

I looked over at Annabeth and noticed that she looked like she was deep in thought, so I continued.

"After that, the dream collapsed and I fell into darkness. Then I woke up."

Annabeth didn't say anything for a minute, deep in thought. After that, she finally spoke up.

"Did the voice tell you where exactly to meet?"

"No." I said regretfully.

A pause. "Do you think we should listen to it?"

"Well, considering that that might be the only place in this shithole that actually has water, I say that we don't exactly have much of a choice."

"But how do we get there?! It doesn't look like there's any forest around here!" Annabeth said, exasperated.

"I say we do what we did yesterday and just keep walking. Maybe that way we could eventually get to this place." I suggested.

"Fine. Whatever you say." Huffed Annabeth.

I smirked. "You think that that's a good idea, don't you."

Annabeth glared evilly at me.

"Hah, now I know you think that's a good plan. Score one for Percy Jackson." I fist pumped the air as mock victory.

"Yeah and that's like what, a one in a million chance for you?" Annabeth shot back.

"Whatever." I said, trying to sound hurt. It didn't work.

Annabeth smirked as she started to pick up our things.

Yesterday, we had walked for three hours until sunset, only taking one sip of water every hour. After it started to get dark, it had turned surprisingly cold, so it got a bit difficult to keep walking in the frigid air. That's why Annabeth and I had decided to set up "camp" with the few supplies we had. After we had done that, we snuggled together under the blanket and shared the pillow trying to save body heat. It had gotten considerably warmer after that. And that's when I had gotten the dream.

I got up and helped Annabeth pick up all of our supplies and shove it into my backpack. I checked in the pocket of my jumpsuit and found that my pen-riptide-was still there. Annabeth still had her knife in her hand while the rest of our food and water went into the backpack along with our blanket and pillow.

Annabeth slung the backpack over her shoulder.

"Come on," she said. "We should keep walking."

As Annabeth started to walk in the direction we had been going yesterday, I followed behind her.

"Let's do this." I muttered under my breath.

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It had been approximately two hours since we had started walking, and we were clearly nowhere near our destination. All around us was sand, sand, and more sand. I was sick of looking at the constant yellow of the sun and the sand. We had both finished one entire bottle of water, even though we had been trying to save it. The heat made both us more tired and thirsty than ever. We hadn't talked much during the journey because we had wanted to save as much energy as we could.

I took out a new water bottle from, the backpack that I was now carrying. I twisted it open and gulped down a tiny bit of water. I let it fill my mouth and slowly go down my throat, savouring the little water we had.

The cold water that we had taken from the cornucopia was no longer cold, but only semi cold. It was going to get really warm, really quick. I passed it over to Annabeth and she took a mouthful as well. She closed the cap and handed it over to me.

Just as I was about to put the water back into the backpack, a thought hit me. I, of course was the son of Poseidon, and I could therefore control water. Maybe I could summon water to come to us! That way we could get more water and we wouldn't have to worry about finding water.

How could I have not though about this earlier?! I stopped walking abruptly and opened the cap to the water bottle again.

Annabeth turned around and noticed that I had stopped walking.

"What are you doing?" she asked annoyed.

"I just got an idea. You know how I can control water?" I waited for a response.

"No, that's why they call you the son of Poseidon." She replied sarcastically.

I ignored her comment. "Well, I figured that I could use my powers to summon extra water!" I said excitedly.

Slowly, I could see Annabeth turning more exited.

"How could I have not thought of this before?" she asked to no one in particular and then paused. "Yeah…but remember the last time you called to the water inside of you?"

I remembered the horrible feeling it was when I couldn't make the water to stop coming. I shuddered.

"Yes, but I have to try." I said to Annabeth.

Annabeth didn't protest. She knew that there would be no stopping me now.

I dropped the backpack onto the sandy ground and held the water bottle out in my hand. I closed my eyes and concentrated on anything water related, just like what I had done the last time that I called upon the water inside of me. I raised my arms out in front of me and scrunched my eyes shut in deep concentration.

30 seconds later, my arms started to shake. A dull pounding started to knock away at my head just underneath my eyes.

And nothing happened. No water appeared.

I tried harder, concentrating on the water inside of me. I was one with the water and the water was one with me. And still nothing happened. I couldn't feel the familiar tug in my gut that I usually felt when I used my powers.

Nothing was happening and I didn't know why!

I let out a cry of frustration as I opened my eyes and relaxed my concentration. I saw Annabeth looking at me in concern.

"Nothing happened! It didn't work!" I said in anger. I was breathing heavily, as if I had run a marathon.

Annabeth walked over to me and put a hand on my shoulder. She smiled and said, "Hey. It's all right. Lets just figure out why its not happening."

I calmed down. "Ok." I said as I took in a deep breath.

"Well, let's see…try to swirl the water in the bottle around." Annabeth had her game face on now.

"Okay…" I said slowly as I concentrated on the water in the bottle, and it slowly started to swirl around.

"Well, at least I can do that much." I muttered under my breath.

"Well that means you're powers work," Annabeth said under her breath. "But that still means that you can't summon any extra water."

"Well at least my powers work, right?" I said, not believing myself.

"Yeah, that's good…" Annabeth trailed off. "If we find water that is."

"Well, the only we're going to have a chance at finding any water whatsoever is if we keep moving." I hinted.
"Yeah, let's keep moving." Annabeth replied.

I placed our water bottle back in the backpack I was holding and slung it over my shoulder once again. Annabeth started to walk into the desert and I tailed behind her as we made our way through the treacherous desert.

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Once again, we had been walking for seemed like hours and we were nowhere near our supposed destination. By now, we were really tired and almost on the verge of collapsing. Our second water bottle because we couldn't help ourselves to the powerful allure of the sweet water. Still, we had found nothing at all.

After ten minutes though, we did find something. Something big.

"Look over there!" Annabeth exclaimed in excitement as she pointed in the distance.

I looked to where she was pointing and saw a green outline stretching out as far as the eye could see in both directions. I looked closer and realized that it was actually a tree line. My eyes widened in shock. We were here. We had finally made it.

I almost collapsed onto the sand in relief, but I knew that we still had a long way to go. The green was way in the distance. It would take us a while to get there.

"Come on lets keep walking." I said, breathlessly.

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When I thought that it would take us a while to get there, I definitely did not think it would take an hour and a half. But an hour and a half it did take us until we were standing, facing the trees.

Annabeth and I stood, debating whether we should go in or not. What if this all was a trap? Well, considering the two options, stay in the desert and starve or dehydrate to death or go into the forest and face whatever monsters were lurking inside, I would rather take my chances with the monsters. If I was going to die, I would like to go out fighting.

Annabeth and I decided to go in, saying that we wouldn't last much longer in the heat and if the other half bloods arrived, we would meet them in the forest.

"That looks thick." Annabeth commented. "Thank you for stating the obvious, Annabeth." I said, while still looking at the trees.

She turned around to glare at me. I ignored it.

"Shall we go in?" I asked.

"Sure."

"Well, ladies first." I said, holding a beckoning hand towards the forest.

Annabeth gave me a dirty look as she crept into the trees. Once I saw that she was inside, I followed her and was soon swallowed by the thick forest trees.

Now, this is where the real fun starts!

Well, actually, the others have to get to the forest and…yeah… but then the fun will start for sure!

The next chapter will be Tony's POV, so stay tuned!
-Detective DG