him, in all of his glory.

4. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳

My pillow was still wet from my tears, I hate nightmares.
I checked the clock next to me; 4:47 am. My Gods it was early. The only thing I could hear were some birds outside and of course the sea. That nightmare was awful. And that voice still sent shivers down my spine. Who was that and what does the nightmare mean? I kept thinking but slowly it started to hurt my brain. It was now 5:11 am. Well, sleep is probably not happening anytime soon. I started listening to the sea sounds around me, one of the many things I loved about the Poseidon cabin. I got up, put my camp halfblood shirt on and snuck out. A nice sunrise would do me good.

The walk to the beach wasn't long, and I already knew the pathway. Percy had shown me. Slowly light blue colors filled up the sky. It looked beautiful and I sat down on a sand dune. White fluffy clouds started to come out and I saw some small orange fill up the horizon. Ever since I had arrived at camp halfblood I hadn't taken a moment to just breathe. Every part of my day I was either training, or studying, or preparing for something. I needed to take everything in, and process. Because I still haven't even done that. It doesn't feel real because I still have no clue who my Godly parent is. Parts of me didn't even want to find out, after 17 years of being on my own, I could probably handle the rest on my own too. But parts of me did want to know, and also wanted to get to know my godly parent. I'd always assumed both my parents died, so this news was shocking. Whoever my mom or dad is, i'll hope I get to find out soon enough.

The sun slowly rose. It shimmered brightly on the sea. Rays of sunlight hit my skin, and I immediately felt better. It was charging me. I was caught off guard by a voice behind me, Percy.
"My Gods you scared me, I thought you left camp. Next time leave a note or something." He sat down next to me. And I could tell he was actually worried. "Good morning to you too Percy." I said to him sarcastically. He smiled.
"So what brings you out at 5 am in the morning?"
"It is kind of childish actually"
"What is it?"
"Nightmares.. I've been getting them ever since I arrived here, and they have only gotten worse."
Percy's face changed.
"That is not childish. And I'm sorry. Every demigod has them. They mostly hold meaning or some kind of importance. Wanna talk about it?" He looked over at me. I could tell he wasn't joking and he was genuinely interested and worried at the same time for what I was about to tell him.
I couldn't stop staring at those eyes though.
"Sure, I'll tell you, just don't make fun of me."
"I promise." He said while he gave me his pinky.
I told him about every detail. The old man and the visions, that cold voice, everyone at camp half blood becoming a zombie and eventually me being stuck in eternal darkness.
"Well that does sound like a lot. How did you get out?"
"Uhm i'm not completely sure. I felt hopeless and like everything was frozen. I couldn't get out. so I just started thinking about memories. I felt myself getting brighter and warmer. The darkness started to go away and I could feel the light. Then I just woke up from there. The feeling was so familiar though."
"I should have told you this sooner." Percy said all of the sudden.
"Told me what?"
"When we were attacked in New York a couple of days back, I was fighting lamia, and well I was kind of failing at it. I was mostly passed out but I remember feeling your warmth close to me. You were holding me"
I felt my face getting hot. I can't believe he was still awake.
"I couldn't move or do anything until the entire room just lit up. You were floating and light was all around you. Your eyes were golden. Lamia exploded because of that light you made. I don't know how you did it, but it drained most of your energy. I woke up and brought you to camp."
Now that Percy was telling me this, it did make a lot of sense. And also explained a lot.
"I figured it was just my imagination playing tricks on me. I thought I was dying and that was it. But now that you're telling me about your dream, I think it was real."
He was now observing me again. His deep sea green eyes piercing at me. I could even count his freckles. That's how close he was to my face.
"Percy I don't know what this all means but maybe we should tell Chiron?"
"That's a good idea, let's just do it tonight because it's summer solstice today so he's visiting olympus with most of the cabin counselors."
"Right, we'll tell him tonight."
"Do you have your music player with you?"
I grabbed it out of my pocket and we shared earphones. I laid my head down on his shoulder and I felt him relax.