Chapter Three
Kylee
My dream wasn't really much of a dream. It was more like some type of vision. I was standing in a cave filled with monsters, who were surrounding something on the tavern floor. I stood frozen with fear as a monster, a cyclops with one blood-red eye in the center of his forehead, walked over to me. He didn't seem to notice I was there. In fact, he walked right through me. I relaxed a little. Okay, so this is just a dream. I'm not really here, I thought. Cool. I walked over to where the crowd of monsters were standing, trying to get a closer look at what they were gawking at. Whatever it was, they seemed to be yelling at it. "C'mon oracle," one jeered. "Tell us what it means!" All the other monsters yelled in agreement. "AAARRRGGGHHH!"
When I finally saw what all the commotion was about, I gasped in horror. A girl who looked about eighteen, with long, frizzy red hair, was standing in the center of the crowd. She wore a tattered white t-shirt and jeans. She was covered in multiple bruises and cuts, and was bleeding badly from a deep wound in her leg. Her expression was brave, but her eyes were wide and full of fear. She spoke to the giants in such a harsh tone she could have scared away professional wrestlers. "As I said before," she growled. "I only tell prophecies, I don't interpret them. I bet if you all weren't so stupid you would have picked that up the first time I told you." It took the monsters a minute to register what she had just said. I was in both shock and admiration of the girl. I wish I was that brave, if I were ever put in a situation like she was in I would probably just curl up in a ball on the floor. A woman with snakes for hair and tusks like an elephant's sprouting from the corners of her mouth emerged forward, apparently the first to get the message. The monster raked her talons across the girl's chest. She doubled over in pain. "NO!" I screamed. I ran over to the girl, wanting to help her, but I just ran right through her as if I were made of vapor. The monsters were still oblivious to my presence. The cyclopes grunted in frustration. "You!" he bellowed, pointing to a horrible monster, who seemed to be made of different parts of animals, with large fangs and… a cheerleader's outfit? "Kelli! Recite the prophecy!" The monster named Kelli's mouth opened, and ancient words began flowing from it.
"Vengeance will hit mount Olympus with flames,
four half bloods will play in the sky lord's games,
twins of the mist will unite,
son of Apollo will ignite,
daughter of the sea learns her power,
and they will watch as Olympus becomes a crumbling tower."
I wanted to learn more, to figure out what all this means. But as soon as the prophecy left the monster Kelli's lips, the cave began dissolving around me. I woke up to a pain like fire, searing through my heart.