HEY. AMMABACK. WHAT A LONG HIATUS. HAHAHA I HAVE SOME THINGS TO SAY.
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I AM SOOOOOOOO SORRY FOR THE HIATUS. I REALLY AM. I DIDN'T MEAN TO LEAVE YOU GUYS LIKE THAT.
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IT'S BREAK SO I THINK I CAN UPDATE MORE OFTEN YEAH?
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CHAMPION IS AWESOME (SORRY COULDN'T STOP MYSELF FROM MENTIONING THAT)
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AFTER THE BREAK, I'LL BE UPDATING VEEERRY IRREGULARLY AGAAAAAIN. I AAAM SOOO SORRY TTTTTTTT_TTTTTTTT BUT SOMEWHERE AT THE END OF MARCH, I'LL BE UPDATING LIKE I FIRST USED TO. YEAH. HAHAHA
SO YEAH. SORRY.
Nico groaned. "Thalia, stop wriggling! We're in the Shadows for the gods' sake, we could be stuck here forever!"
Thalia let out a hmph. It's creepy in the Shadows. That and Nico's power grows tenfold here. It makes her uncomfortable. Any other place, Percy, Thalia, and Nico would be tied when it comes to power, but here, Nico reigns.
Thalia had no idea how many hours or days they've spent in the darkness until Nico said, "This is as good as any place. Ready Thals?" Nico asks. Thalia grunted a yes and he let go of her hand. Soon, the darkness crept over their being.
To Nico, it seemed like a new home. And he let out his energy and let it consume him along with the Shadow. To Thalia, it felt all the wrongs in the world. She too let out her energy and let it and the Shadows merge until both of them became part of the shadows. Until only a bit of their traces (auras) where left. If the scrolls essences where still somewhat reparable, their traces would be tugged towards them.
This'll take a while. Nico thought, and added. I wonder how much of our life force will be drained?
Thalia thought back Does it matter? We're immortals
Nico added before he gave up all resistance to the Shadows and focused only in looking for the essences, Yeah that, and not to mention Percy can reverse it.
"Interesting," B says. "I mean, I'm all for going back to be with them but why so sudden?" he mused aloud as he road on his Lion
two people wearing red cloaks flanked both of his side. "Dunno, but how in Hades are we going to find them this time? You know them, their even better than us at being discrete." C groaned.
"Of course they are, I mean their g- I mean, their them for the gods' sakes." M retorted.
"So how are we going to find them?" C asked again.
"Dunno" M says.
B thought for awhile. "How 'bout we sleep then?" he asks which throws the two of them off. "What?" Both of them pause before they got what B meant. "OOOooooh I geeet iiiit" M says chuckling. "Well, what are you waiting for? Let's go off and find a place to sleep!" C says. All three of them pulled over a curve and found a nearby forest to camp in. They got off of their lions and tigers. "Guard us" they command them. All three animals snapped their heads in a different directions and trotted away as if to tell them hmph! Guard your asses
They chuckled. In animal language, that meant yes.
They all comfied up. When they were all comfortable, all three prayed Oh Lord of Dreams. Oh Lord of Sleep. We humbly invoke your presence and ask for your help. By our right and our privileged as your Ally. We humbly bow to you in respect and ask to enter the realm of unknown, darkness, illusion, myth. Let your realms consume us and show us what we seek and in return, feed on what we give, what already belongs to your realm. Realm of Dreams! Realm of Sleep! We seek!
And the forest was quiet. Not a sound could be heard. Except.
Snores. The snores of the three echoed the place.
Aha. Nico felt something tug on the little presence he had left. He gripped Thalia's presence in return, and let that little tug bring them were it came from. Was it the scroll's presence? Was there really something left after we've destroyed it. Sigh. We'll find out in the end. Nico thought.
Meanwhile, Thalia just wanted to get it over with. Who knew seaweed brain was the cautious type? Maybe Annabeth had rubbed off on him long ago, after all.
Where am I? I looked around. I heard a scream.
I knew who that scream belonged to.
I quickly turn to the direction where it came from. And the moment I did, I knew exactly the cause of it and where it was. It wasn't hard. Any idiot could've seen the giant drakon further ahead. I run as fast as I can. This will not happen again. I will not let it happen. I run. Not again, not again, I repeated as I strain myself to run as fast as I could. If I was normal, my jaw would crack from the intensity I was clenching it as I chant not again. But I couldn't help it. I had sworn after all. On my soul. If I was ever worth something. Then it wouldn't happen again. Never Again.
After what seemed like a lifetime of running, I arrived. And like I thought, there she was. In that flying chariot. Wearing that armor, shouting and surging towards the drakon. With that sword. She charged.
"NO!" I rushed towards her but I was stopped by an invisible force.
You cannot interfere. A stern voice said.
"NO!" I screamed again. I had to get to her.
You may only witness. Interference is for the living
"I DON'T CARE!" I roared and tried to smash whatever invisible force was keeping me from her. Keeping me from keeping her alive.
This is fate. If you do not rest, I shall return you. And you will have to wait for her there.
I started crying. Guilt, self pity, hatred for my lacking, all those emotions consumed me. Guilt because I couldn't save her and some part of me was happy that she was joining me. and-
"AAAAH!" Her voice.
She is dead. Again.
Everything became dark.
...
Where am I? I look around. Giant ants surround me. "HELP!" Her voice.
And then I realized, Ah hell. It's not me, Morpheus? Fine. Feed from my nightmares.
I sigh. This is going to be painful. Knowing all my nightmares are about not saving her.
Where am I? I cannot breathe. Why? I open my eyes. The moment I do, it is stung. I am surrounded by water. I feel the pressure of it surging my skull. I have got to go up.
I try swimming, but a huge volcano erupts underwater, and I am at the mercy of the currents and tides. I am at the mercy of the hardening lava blocking me to the surface.
I. can't.
This. this is.
Help.
Please.
Air.
I-
Darkness.
...
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH"
Why am I screaming? And then I realize, I am falling from a collapsing bridge. I am falling with the buildings.
I am up high. I am scared of the huge chunks of the buildings threatening to smash me while I'm midair.
Wait. Wasn't I drowning? Wasn't all this backwards?
I realized.
Morpheus is feeding on my dreams. I see. I shall have to be tortured by the sea and sky.
All three boys woke up at the same time.
To of the boys were all sweaty and had fear stricken faces.
And the other one, well.
"OH MY GODS B! M! THAT WAS AMAZING! WAHAHAHAHA"
B and M groaned. Great. They had been making payment to Morpheus while C gets to have the dreams of their location in peace.
"Oh just tell us the location so we'd be on our way!" M says crankily.
"YOU. WILL. NEVER. BELIEVE. WHERE. THEY. ARE." C says.
"Where?!" B demands getting impatient.
"Someone woke up at the wrong side of the tree :P" C says
"For Hesita's Home, C, just tell us the location." M says.
"Hahahahaha I'm telling you. This is going to be harder than I thought" C says.
"Why? Where are they? Tartarus?" B kids. C shakes his head in negation.
"Ogigya"