The dreams that blessed my subconscious state were pleasant this time. No nightmares which was a bonus as of lately. Instead they were just peaceful dreams, mostly about fun things I did with Grover and Percy at Yancy. Like pranking some of the girls, without getting caught. Oh they didn't know what hit them when we made it rain pudding. But they deserved it after picking on us.
My mind was slowly drifting into the world of consciousness by the edge of the bed sinking down. Almost like deja vu, except I didn't react quite as irrationally this time. And my eyes connected with the familiar green ones that I've come to find peace in.
"Hey Mimi, how are you feeling?" His voice felt distant in my slightly groggy state and he helped me sit up. He was pretty banged up still, given the events that now replayed in my mind. Meaning everything was real, and had actually went down.
"I helped you take down a mega evolved Taurus, how do you think I'm doing?" I retort causing him to chuckle, tucking a strand of disheveled hair behind my ear. The action made me become flustered but I waved it off as just my grogginess.
"Well Taurus doesn't mega evolve, but sarcasm is always a good sign there Stilinski," he joked handing me a glass of this honey colored liquid. With some questioning looks I hesitantly took it. Taking a sip of it, eyes widening at the taste. It surely didn't look like it would taste like a strawberry milkshake but that's the flavor that hit my tastebuds.
"Don't you hit me with teen wolf jokes. What were you thinking rushing that thing? You could've died! We could've died!" I exclaimed gently swatting him upside the head.
"Ow, alright smacky thats enough," he says taking my glass and setting it on a night stand. Not knowing what came over me, I flung my arms around his neck. Holding on for dear life, his natural scent filling my senses, calming me down. Despite living in Manhattan, he always smelled like the ocean, but it was rather soothing.
"Alright lovebirds, moments over. It's time to talk with Chiron. Also you drool in your sleep," a blonde girl says walking into the room. I'm pretty sure she directed that last sentence to Percy, who looked appalled by the statement. It was only now that I took in my surroundings, it appeared to be an infirmary. It was cozy. By the door was this tall man who was covered in eyes. I shook my head not wanting to cause a scene.
"Maybe he was dreaming of blue cookies. I'd drool too they were fucking delicious," I retort as Grover came into the room. He rushed forward as Percy and I stood up. Pulling us into a quick hug. It was then I noticed that the furry pants he was wearing, were in fact his legs.
"Now I understand why you had such mad respect for Mr Tumnus when we watched Narnia," I joked causing him to bleat, a blush dusted his cheeks.
He then lead us out to the porch, Percy and I clung to eachother for balance, still a bit wobbly from our monster hunting expedition. There was a table placed out, and two men were already sitting there about to start a card game. Looking down I noticed something clutched in Percy's other hand, it was the horn from the Minotaur.
"It didn't disintegrate like the rest of the monster!" I voiced looking back up at him and he shook his head sadly. Most definitely thinking about Sally.
"I guess you can say it's our spoil of war," he replied, a tone of sadness in his voice. I stopped walking, turning to face him I placed my hands on his cheeks. Making him look at me.
"She's not gone, I can't explain it but she's still alive. We'll find her. This I promise," I reassured earning a smile from him. A coughing sound caused us to drift apart, startled by the sudden noise. The two men were looking over at us.
The first one was this pudgey dude who kind of reminded me of a cherub that decided to grow up. He wore this ridiculous looking leopard print shirt, and his hair was dark and curly. The other man was a kind man, that was familiar.
"Perce, Mimi. This is Mr D, Annabeth and Chiron who you already know," Grover introduced us to the men along with the girl who came to bring us outside.
"Mr Brunner??" We blurted out very confused by this whole ordeal. Out of the corner of my eye I swore I saw a flying horse.
"Annabeth is the one who nursed you both back to health. Annabeth would you mind checking to see if their beds are set up. I've placed them in Hermes cabin for the time being," Brunner asked the girl who nodded her head.
"Sure thing Chiron," she states before walking away, that left the five of us on the porch. We were asked to sit down, since there wasn't enough chairs I just sat on the arm of Grover's. He was looking hungrily at the pudgy guys diet coke can.
Percy and Brunner began talking, whilst Mr D had tried explaining the rules of pinochle to the raven haired boy. I hadn't the slightest idea how to play but it sort of reminded me of 45s which my mom taught me how to play. I felt sad thinking about her, hopefully she got home safe.
Chiron went on to explain that he had personally attended Yancy to watch over us. Trying to see if we were what Grover claimed us to be. Demigods that is, but if he came personally to watch over us, did that mean we were both very powerful? He also had to explain to Percy why we were here, since he was having a harder time grasping things. To me however, the longer I saw things the more I believed. I could recall certain moments from my childhood where I'd seen things not easily explained.
"I'm still not grasping what your trying to say," Percy says scratching his head as Mr D shouted out joyfully as he won the hand. Then proceeded to count his points.
"I'm sorry about him, sometimes I think there's kelp growing up there," I replied knocking my knuckles gently on the boys head. Grover tried covering up his laugh with no luck. "What he's saying is that our fathers are Greek deities like from the legends we learned in Latin. Meaning we're demigods, or half mortal half god," I put it in better terms so he could understand. Now I know he's not stupid but sometimes dumbing things down is more effective.
He then went on say that they were all just stories. And proceeded to throw names around all Willy nilly. I swear the sky rumbled when he mentioned Zeus. But we also discovered that Mr D is Dionysus, god of wine. Which made sense.
Chiron explained to us both that as western civilization moved so did the gods. Which was now in America, and that Olympus was located on top of the empire state building, now that I heard that I'd always thought I could see something floating high above it. Guess I really did. Our discussion ended when Annabeth had come back and now we were about to head to our new cabin.
Great time to meet more strangers....
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