A Second Chance

𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒆𝒏

Rachel

I ran to the Hades cabin where Nico would be and knocked on the door. 

No answer.

I knocked again and waited.

No answer still.

I began to get worried, so I threw open the door to find Nico sprawled across the floor, unconscious.

I ran back to the infirmary where Will was.

"Will! Nico, the Hades cabin." I panted, out of breath.

He seemed to get it.

He ran back the way I had just come from.

I tried to remember details I had in my dream. They had been flying on Festus, but where? They had to have been somewhere near camp. And who was the girl?

I was deep in thought so I didn't notice Percy when I bumped into him.

"Oh um sorry." I muttered.

"Rachel? You okay?" He asked.

"Yeah why wouldn't I be?" 

"Well, you fell unconscious last night when we were talking."

"Yeah, I guess the Oracle took over for a minute, I had a dream-" I suddenly remembered why the three people in the cages looked familiar. I had met them before.

Luke, Ethan was the other one and the centaur... oh no.

"Rachel?"

"Percy, where is Chiron?" I asked hurriedly.

"Last I saw him he left for that secret meeting he wouldn't tell anyone about. I tried to get him to spill, trust me."

"He's not at the meeting." I muttered.

"What?"

"He's not at the meeting." I said louder this time.

I started walking again, faster. To where, I didn't know.

"Rachel, wait up!" Percy yelled and walked up to me. "What do you mean he's not at the meeting? Where else would he be?"

"I- I had a dream." 

He waited. "And?"

"Leo-"

"Wait so Leo is alive?"

"Yeah how do you-?"

"The prophecy yesterday, it said something about the seven half-bloods continuing their quest. You told us the prophecy."

"Oh yeah." I said remembering. "Anyway, I saw Leo and this- this girl riding on Festus-"

At the mention of a girl Percy stopped walking. "Wait, how did she look?"

"Well," I said wondering if he knew who I was talking about. "She had almond eyes and caramel-color hair braided over one shoulder. She was... fifteen? Sixteen? It was hard to tell."

Percy stumbled backwards.

"Percy? What's wrong?"

"N- nothing." He stuttered. "So what were you saying about Chiron?"

"Chiron got captured when he left camp, I saw him in my dream with Luke-"

I was cut off when a noise came from the left of us, followed by a blast of fire.

I looked closer, trying to figure out what it was in the sky.

Then, it became clear. Festus?

I was writing this chapter about 3AM in the morning sorry if it's cringy