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Chapter 7

PERCY

The rusty-coated wolf led Percy into a big log cabin. The interior of the cabin was inviting and warm. It smelt strangely like cookies, Percy noticed. He had the deviating desire to eat blue food. He followed the timeworn wolf into a living room. A fireplace danced ablaze, it's flames flickering various colors; blue, green, purple, black.

"Sit down, child," the she-wolf ordered, gently. Percy took a seat on a couch. The wolf preferred to sit on the floor.

"What was it that you wanted to speak to me about?" Percy asked. His being uncomfortable with the wolf caused his hands to sweat. He dried his hands by nonverbal command.

"As you probably might not recall, your greek camp has a fortuneteller. The Oracle of Delphi, yes?" Percy thought for a moment. The Oracle of Delphi? That rang a bell.

"Yeah, I think I've heard about the Oracle before," Percy paused to think. "Yep, it seems familiar. The strange thing is that everytime I think of an Oracle, I visualize some weird mummy lady with glowing eyes encased in some coffin thing."

Lupa stared at her paws with interest. "Delphi is indeed ancient, her spirit wandering from host to host. The Legion camp does not rely on such future seeking abilities." The wolf inspected her somewhat trimmed nails. "Many centuries ago, Romans took control of the sanctuary of Delphi. The Oracle lost its significance and it's visions' influential capabilities had waned. Our Roman camp has invented another way of predicting the future."

Percy tilted his head, mystified. "Yeah? If it's not the Oracle, then do you send letters to Apollo and beg him to tell you guys the future?" He snorted at his own unrealistic idea. Lupa did not seem amused.

"Incomprehensible boy, we do not do such a thing," Lupa sniffed at the air. "Somnus, the Roman god of sleep, and Apollo transfer messages regarding events in the future to various campers in their sleep; depending on whether the vision involves them or not."

"Oh, cool. Is it like watching a youtube video in your dreams?" Percy grinned. 'Cause that'd be way too awesome.

"No, child. It sometimes involves memories of one's past. Often, I have the Legion campers claiming that gods can reach out to you in your dreams."

Uh-oh. Percy wiped his once again dampened hands onto his pants without willing them to dry. What did my last dream mean?, he thought. He remembered two blondes, a guy and a girl, the goddess of marriage, Hera, and this intruding creepy muddy lady person. The list went on for describing the disturbing mud-faced woman.

"What seems to be bothering you, boy?" The she-wolf inquired. "Perhaps you have had an experience similar to what I have described?"

Darn, she's good at reading minds. "I think so." Percy recalled his dream, explaining the strange events that took place.

Lupa had a look of urgency in her sharp eyes. "The time is near. You, Reyna, Bobby and Gwendolyn must travel east. New York, perhaps. Gaea is rising, child, and so are her sons, the giants."

"You mean that mud lady? That's Mother Earth? Woah. She didn't look the way I thought she'd look."

"There is no time to discuss that. We will have to plan out how you four will travel."

"And... why did you choose those three?"

"They were all faced with similar encounters of Lady Gaea in their dreams. Dreams are more powerful than you believe, child. They all have meaning and purpose."

"Yeah? So my dreaming of blue cakes and sweets is completely sensible?" Percy arched his brow.

"Yes, child. Things are not always what they seem. That is all, boy. You are dismissed," Lupa turned away from Percy, granting him permission to leave the cabin.

What was that conversation all about? Percy scrunched up his face, perplexed. He spotted Reyna, Bobby and Gwendolyn talking in the distance; sitting on the porch of the Minerva cabin. Squatting behind a bush, he eavesdropped into their discussions.

"I can't believe that Lupa treated that Percy kid so kindly. I mean, we weren't as welcome when we got here," Bobby's voice rang out loud and clear, unaware of Percy's presence. "I remember we had to scale walls and climb ropes when we just arrived at the camp."

"Hey, the kid has potential. I can't believe he beat you, Reyna. You're like the best swordsman around. Well, swordswoman if there is such a term," Gwendolyn said.

"I wasn't ready. I could've beat him if I tried," Reyna protested.

"Haha, sure. Percy was epic. When our team took your flag, I saw you lying on the ground. Out cold, Rey," Bobby laughed.

"Yeah? I bet you cared," Reyna teased. Percy imagined that Bobby flushed at her comment.

"So," Gwendolyn began, changing the subject, "You and Jason weren't exactly a couple when he disappeared, right?"

"Well... we had our moments together. I really cared for him. But then again, he wasn't exactly my boyfriend. I just hope he's okay..." Reyna's voice trailed off. Percy admired her strong and caring personality. I just hope that someone cares for me like Reyna does for this Jason.

"Oh."

There was a disturbing silence between the three, despite all the busy campers going along with their afternoon activities. Miraculously, Percy managed to continue squatting behind the bush. Shifting his position to get more comfortable, Percy stumbled onto a few twigs, some of them breaking under his weight.

"Hey, did you hear something?" Bobby's suspicious voice inquired.

"Yeah, I think it came from that shrub over there," Reyna said. Uh-oh.

"What the heck? I see some black hair. Is that Percy?" Gwendolyn came into view, leading Bobby and Reyna to Percy's hiding place.

"Uh, hey guys..." Percy called out, awkwardly. Busted.

"Were you listening to us?" Reyna narrowed her eyes suspiciously at the emerald-eyed boy.

"Uh, well..."

"Spit it out."

"Sort of..."

Reyna sighed. "What did you hear?"

"Things, of course," Percy replied, avoiding her question.

"What kinds of things specifically?"

"Look, it was nothing important. I just talked to Lupa and she said something about the four of us going on some quest-mission-thingy. I'm definitely not James Bond, but I have the feeling that this is an important adventure."

Reyna crossed her arms, disgruntled. "Why are you coming with us?"

"I'm guessing that we all had dreams of Gaea," Percy responded, "and her little sons." Large, actually.

Reyna stiffened. After a long pause of contemplation, she recomposed herself. "Well, then. Start packing. We have a long journey to embark on."

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EDIT - Author's Note: My computer for uploading documents has just crashed due to playing MapleStory too much. LOL. :D Sorry guys, I might not be able to put up Chapter 8 until next week maybe? I'll try my best to fix my computer. PROMISE. :)

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