CHAPTER 1: FLAMINGO LEGS AND BOOMERANGS

I remember going to sleep in my bunk and having a horrible dreams, one of the worst I've had ever since we stopped Gaea.

I was in a small town, from what I could tell, that looked deserted, like a rock concert that just finished. There was trash on the street, and by that I mean it looked like the garbage trucks decided to throw up their delightful bellies of waste all over the street. The cars were the weirdest though, they had their lights on but there was no noise coming from any of them; sort of like a silent movie with that Charlie Champagne guy Leo told me to watch...something about his comedic genius? The buildings were mostly brick, some with flat roofs and others with no roof at all. It was only then did I realize that the whole street looked like a battleground, there was sand everywhere, which reminded me of the beach at Montauk; the place I learned Grover (my best friend) was a satyr. I looked closer and saw that some windows had ice on them, but the weather was clearly summer; unless I don't know my seasons. There was also bright colorful feathers on the ground, scattered around but it looked like a harpy had lost some feathers and trust me when I say this...you do not want to remove a harpy's feathers. By the time I saw the feathers I noticed that I was being forced to walk down the street. I tried to move my legs but they were stuck in motion, like someone glued my shoes to the conveyor belt they have at the airport.

The next thing I saw was probably the strangest thing I've ever seen...and that's saying something! It was a giant stone mass turned over on a car, the thing was mossy and had a line going through it like it was a plastic Easter egg. But this thing wasn't an Easter egg, it had tiny legs that looked like they belonged on a flamingo but shorter, on the side of it there was a oddly sculpted face that looked like it was saying, "I'm trying to sleep on this car, leave me alone or I'll kick you with my flamingo legs!" It was sort of blur after that as I was transported to a lake that was extremely clear, I could see the fish inside but they weren't moving at all. Well they were. But they weren't. They were swimming in place. I looked around and the lake was surrounded by a forest with gray leaves, I could see some light coming from the distance and guessed that it was the town I was just in. As I was taking in the scenery I heard a small laugh, one that immediately made me think it belonged to a typical villain you see in the movies. You know the one, the one that is sort of a mumble from a closed laugh while the villain thought "I have tied your beloved to the train tracks! MWA HA HA"

Then there was a guy, probably about 17 or 18, with white hair about as long as mine, a blue hoodie and extremely tight pants that ended at the top of his ankle. Those must be constricting. He had a long staff in his hand that ended in a slight curl at the top, it looked like it was a natural tree branch. Not sure any of the Dryads would like that. He was running towards the lake while looking over his shoulder, I tried to yell for him to watch out but my voice didn't work...typical. When he reached the lake he was still running over it, the lake was freezing under his feet so he could walk on it. Okay, I have got to try that when I wake up. Just then a blur came out of the forest and caught him in the leg, he went falling head first on the ice.

Then there was the bone chilling laugh again as it said, "I have to hand it to bunny...I do enjoy these.", I didn't have time to register what happened next as the guy on the lake was engulfed in what looked like black sand...I woke up to the sound of knocking on my door.

(A/N) I plan on working on the story later, just thought it would be interesting to have a sort of Prologue with Percy having a dream...if you didn't understand who was dreaming then you are a bit dense my friend. ANYWAYS, please review and tell me what you like/don't like. Should I keep describing in Percy's POV? Change POV's throughout the story? Should I keep my details short or the way I described the town in this chapter? Soon there will be a quest so let me know what demigods you want to join Percy (I should have a poll up by the time this is out, Annabeth will join no matter what). Any suggestions are welcome as I want to start writing a lot more to hold me over until R.R. finishes "House of Hades".