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Chapter 13: My Sister Gets Crushed

When we got back to the Big House, Chiron told us that we could have a more relaxing afternoon because we had done so well against the monsters. He also said that at dinner there would be a special treat and when I asked him what it was he just smiled and said,

"You will find out at dinner, child."

For the rest of the day we played basketball with the tree nymphs and just relaxed and had fun and I have to admit that I was happy here. One thing bothered me though, I kept worrying about Bianca even though I was sure that Percy would protect her but st...

When dinner came I was really surprised. In the center of the pavillion was the treat that Chiron had mentioned. It was a special table of food just for tonight and it was piled high with every food that you could imagine, sausages, pork shop, pies filled with all kinds of topping and of course the usual camp barbecue. I mean I love barbecue but you really do need a change once in a while and the food looked amazing.

"Wow." I said because I couldn't think of any other words to discribe it.

"Heroes," said Chiron, "The usual sacrifices to the gods will still take place but after that please enjoy!"

Everyone cheered and began to eat.

Later that night I was woken by a high-pitched ringing in my ears. I sat up startled and suddenly I saw a terrible vision in my mind.

Percy and Bianca and the three others on the quest were being attacked by a massive giant which seemed to be made completely of bronze with half of its face melted. There was no sound in the vision but I could tell that they were all shouting and in great danger.

I saw that Percy and Bianca seemed to be in some sort of argument which envolved a lot of pointing and shaking of heads.

Then the worst happened. Bianca walked towards the giant while it was distracted and then she stepped under his foot and disappeared.

The vision vanished and the ringing in my ears went deadly silent. I knew in my heart that my sister, the only person I had in the world and the only family that I could remember was gone and would never return.

I also now knew what the god Hades had meant about not being able to trust Percy.

I knew that he'd betrayed me and I could never forgive him. I decided to check for certain, just in case the vision was false so I grabbed a nearby torch and turned on the light.

I found a golden drachma and picked up a crystal which made a faint rainbow in the light. Travis and Connor had taught me how to do an Iris Message but I hadn't tried it myself yet.

"Oh Iris," I said "Goddess of the rainbow, except my offering." I tossed the drachma into the rainbow and it shimmered and disappeared.

"Show me Bianca di Angelo." I said and the colours shimmered. I waited with bated breath but Bianca didn't appear instead I saw an image of Percy, Zoae, Thalia and Grover searching through the ruins of the giant. They kept calling Bianca's name and after a while they stopped and Zoae sat down and cried.

"It's nearly sunrise." Percy said in a hollow voice "We'll find her."

"No we won't." said Grover miserably, "It happened just like it was supposed to."

At first I didn't understand what Grover was talking about and then I saw that they were in the desert and a line of the prophecy came back to me: one shall be lost in the land without rain. I thrust my hand through the rainbow and broke the connection. I knew for certain now that Bianca was dead and I was completely alone.