Hey everyone, I've been working on this story for awhile, and I finally decided to post it. Please review and tell me what you think of it!

Summary: It's a peaceful day at Camp Half-blood, until Chiron gives Percy a new quest! He has to voyage into the future, compete in the Hunger Games, and find the "ultimate demi-god" before he (or she) is killed!

Annabeth sliced her sword through the air, nearly missing my hand, and then into her sheath. Holding her hands up and sweat dripping from her head, she said, "Enough, Percy, give me a break." I chuckle and cap Riptide, and then grab her hand. We walk back towards the cabins, and she goes into the Athena one.

"See you at dinner, 'kay?" she says. I nod in response, and then go to the Poseidon cabin. I rinse off in the shower, and then dress in my favorite blue shirt (a gift from Annabeth), jeans, and Converses. Annabeth had practically begged me to help her in sword fighting. I found it funny that she could kill me when we were twelve, and now I'm teaching her how to not get killed. She was already amazing with her sword, but over the years I had gotten much, much better. And when she lost the first time in a fight with Clarisse, she freaked out and made me give her lessons. We practiced every day in the arena, right before dinner, and I was really enjoying it. I was so busy at camp nowadays that I didn't get to spend enough quality time with my girlfriend.

I leave my cabin, and see Annabeth waiting by our statue. We say it's our statue because this is both our favorite, and we always meet up here. There's two, large, marble horses with ruby eyes pulling a chariot with golden accents. In the chariot is a beautiful girl with long hair holding a bow, ready with arrow, and a quiver slung around her shoulder. She has a gem-incrusted, silver tiara on her head, and a fierce look on her face. The inscription on the base of the statue says, "The Victor of a Future Land." We don't know who it's supposed to be, but we liked the fact that there's a chariot, which is one of the only things that our parents had worked together over. Annabeth takes my hand, and we walk together to the dining hall.

I walk over to the Poseidon table and sit down. I really wish Tyson were here; he goes and works in the forges most of the summer. Chiron makes a quick announcement, and then the feast begins. Steak, lobster, buttered bread, mashed potatoes, summer squash, and Diet Coke appear on the table in front of me. I pick up the golden plate, and go to the fire pit. I take most of the summer squash and a piece of lobster, and throw them into the flames. To Aphrodite. Thanks a lot for the great relationship with Annabeth; we're really in love and I'm grateful for all your help with it. I think in my head. Ever since Aphrodite said my love life was going to be hard, I've been thanking her a lot for getting me with Annabeth. If I don't she'll probably start making it so much more complicated than it needs to be. I go and sit back down at my table, and start eating my dinner.

"Attention all campers!" Chiron's voice rings out, "There will be a fireworks display over the water tonight, complementary of the Hephaestus cabin and some sons of Athena, and I want to see all campers on the beach. All must attend, since this is a special beginning-of-camp show. It will start in exactly fifteen minutes, so spend your time wisely." With that all the food disappears, and everyone starts to leave the mess hall. Annabeth happily skips up to me, hooks my arm in hers, and we leave together.

We find a good spot on the beach, away from most of the people, and sit down. Its right near the water, and Cory, a son of Hephaestus, promised me that we would be able to see all of the fireworks from here. Annabeth lays out a blue and green beach towel from my cabin and we sit next to each other. She tucks her knees in, and rests her head against my shoulder. "The water looks beautiful tonight." She says. I look out at Long Island sound, where the moon is shining perfectly and reflecting itself, and then say, "Yes, but you're a million times more beautiful." She giggles and lightly elbows me. And then the fireworks start. The first one says WELCOME CAMPERS! Then the words swirl around and form a large, brown centaur. It gallops around the sky, shooting arrows at stars. And then it fades and goes out. Everyone starts clapping, but Chiron's are the loudest. Another firework shoots up into the air, and it forms several green trees. I'm wondering where this will lead when little girls spring up from behind them. The trees fade away, and the nymphs dance around, leaving green sparks behind them. They prance in the sky for a bit more, and then also fade. Next, the Minotaur appears. He makes his hands into fists and growls, and then another firework is shot up into the sky. It forms a young boy, who immediately starts to fight with the monster. In the end, the boy rips off one of the Minotaur's horns and the monster falls to the ground. Annabeth starts screaming and clapping like mad, jumping up and down on the sand yelling "Go Percy!" I laugh and pull her back down next to me, and she hugs me and kisses my cheek.

"Okay, how did you get them to do it?" I ask. She looks back up at the sky and smiles. "Do what?"

"Come on, how did you get them to shoot up a firework of me?"

She starts laughing and then replies, "I didn't convince them of anything. I simply suggested that they make a firework of you and the Minotaur, and they said it sounded cool. But I think that Cory kid may have a soft spot for me, so that could have contributed." I jerk my head up and look over at her. She meets my eyes and goes into another giggling fit. She falls on her back, and then once she's finished she sits back up and says, "You're so gullible Seaweed Brain." I smile and wrap my arm around her shoulders, and pull her to my side. We missed a firework through all our talking and Annabeth's laughing, and now another one is appearing in the sky. It's a beautiful mermaid sitting on a rock, with a shining green tail and long blond hair. She's playing a graceful instrument, plucking strings on a golden surface, and it makes a heavenly noise. I hear several people "oohing" and "ahhing" since the mermaid is very enchanting. She giggles and then springs off the rock and into the bright blue water below, and then dissipates. Everyone starts clapping, and then more fireworks are shot up into the sky.

An hour later, after the last firework faded away, everyone began to leave the beach. I stood up and then took Annabeth's hands and pulled her up. She rolled up my towel, and we walked back to the cabins.

"I had lots of fun watching the fireworks." She says, "I liked the mermaid a lot. Which one was your favorite?" I think back to all the fireworks we saw, and then remember the one that stuck out.

"The white owl, because it reminded me of you." I tell her. Her smile grows wider and then we arrive at the Athena cabin. "I'll see you tomorrow." She says. I kiss her, and then I say, "I can't wait. I love you." Her eyes grow brighter, and she says she loves me too. She goes into the cabin, and I walk back to mine.

Once I'm dressed for bed I lay down on a bottom bunk and try to fall asleep. I don't look forward to night, because I know I'll have those bad dreams. My dreams usually relate to something going on in my life, so usually they're about Annabeth. But these past few nights they changed. I'm always in some sort of arena, with a different terrain. The first time I was in a forest, and another time a desert, and in the most recent dream I was in a jungle. I'm always running away from something, and there's someone running with me, but in front of me. I pretty sure it's a girl, because the person has long blonde hair and a very thin body. We always make it to a certain point when I stumble and fall. Before she realizes I fell I'm attacked by whatever is chasing us, and then she notices. She turns around, and then right before I can see her face, I wake up. I've been trying to stay asleep just long enough so that I can see her face, but I've never been able to do it. I turn onto my side, and close my eyes, and silently pray in my head that I won't have the dream again so I won't have to become even more obsessed with finding out who the girl is. I at first thought it was Annabeth, but the hair isn't the same shade and they move differently, and there's just something telling me it isn't her. I realize my eyes are open again, staring at the far side of my cabin, and I jam them shut. Sleep, sleep, sleep, just go to…sleep.

I'm running faster than I ever have. Jumping over boulders, dodging long sheets of plants, trying not to get caught in curling vines extending from frightening looking trees, while trying to keep up with Blondie who is, once again, running in front of me.

"Wait!" I yell. Wow, I must really progressing in this dream state, because now I can talk. I hear her heavy panting, and then she says,

"You wanna get killed? Hurry up!" I almost stop dead in my tracks, but I know that I have to keep moving so I don't. But if I wasn't being pursued by something that wanted to deeply kill me, I would have, because she has the most beautiful voice I've ever heard. I don't know how to describe it, but it's simply lovely. When you hear it, you feel happy, like there's nothing bad that can happen to you. I grin and run even faster. I will see her face tonight; this has gotten too important. I move my legs faster, kicking up dirt and leaves. I'm so close, but she suddenly takes a sharp turn to the right. I barely make it between the two trees she just ran through, and then desperately try to follow her. We're in a different type of forest. Tall, winding trees are everywhere, their gnarled, knotted roots covering the forest floor. Plus, wide branches extending from the stocky trunks cover the sky and make it impossible for sunlight to come in. Why did Blondie have to come through here? It's like she's made it her personal mission for me to trip every time. Sure enough, my foot gets caught and I land with a loud smack! The wind is knocked out of me, and if I could get any breath in my lungs, I would gasp loudly. I can feel the pain coursing through my body. This has gotten so weird and surreal. I didn't think it was possible for you to feel anything in a dream. But something's telling me that this is not your average dream. Something is much different. But I don't have any time to think about this, because I'm desperately scrambling to my feet, trying to get up and follow the girl. But as always, I'm knocked over by my pursuers, and I wake up.

Something is definitely wrong. It doesn't feel like my other, normal dreams. Could it be Grover, communicating with me through our empathy link? But that seems unlikely, since the last time he did, he was in my dreams, and I was watching him like a movie. This time, I'm in it and I can feel pain. There's nothing I can really do about it now, but I'll make sure to ask Chiron tomorrow. He'll probably know what's up and be able to help me.

So what is happening to Percy? All shall be revealed in the next chapter (well, not all...). Please review and tell me what you thought, and what you think is happening to Percy. Thanks!