The Children of the Seven

Chapter 6: Dreams arn't Always Good in the Demigod World

|Bianca|

The whole time we were at the bonfire, Nico get giving me wary glances. It seems a bit weird that the guy dressed in black clothes is my Uncle. Also, that I was named after his sister. Oh she's dead too, which makes me feel so muck better! (Please note the sarcasm)

Once Chiron lead us all to the big house. He motioned us to sit on the couch.

"Children, I'm afraid your lives are going to be no easier than your parents'. That prophecy speaks of you. You are the ones to find them."

"But how? We don't even know how to fight." Charlie asked, holding a scared Luke's hand.

"Tomorrow," Chiron said, his eyes full of pity. "You will start your training. We will prepare for your quest and gather helpful information." With that he sent us to head back to the Hermes cabin for some sleep.

When we got there, all the other beds were full. We were left with the floor and sleeping bags.

"Goodnight." I whispered to the others. I don't know if they responded. I was already asleep and slipping into a dream.

I was in a dark cave. The only light source was from a small fire in the back.

"Leo! Can't you make the fire bigger?" I recognized that voice. It was a bit staticky, like I was listening through an old radio, but I'd heard that voice enough times to identify it. "Well I'm sorry Beauty Queen! I haven't used my powers in years, It's a bit tricky."

I knew it! It was Uncle Leo and Aunt Piper! They weren't technically my aunt and uncle, but they felt like it. I started floating in their direction.

"Pipes, give him a rest. We all are having trouble with our powers." It was Uncle Jason.

I looked around. I saw my parents huddled close to the fire, near Zoë's mom. My mom had a focused look on her face. I tried to call out to them, but voice didn't seem to be working. I had no choice but to watch.

"There must be a way to contact our kids, right?" It was Uncle Percy.

"Seaweed Brain! That was actually a good idea." Aunt Annabeth exclaimed, stepping out of the shadows. "What do you mean 'actually a good idea'?" She ignored him. "Hazel-"

"I'm already on it. If I can concentrate enough on the mist, I might be able to contact Bianca."

After a few quiet seconds, she spoke clearly, as if she was right next to me, whispering in my ear. "Bianca, if you can hear me, we're in the ancient lands. The enemy is stirring. Gather the others. Find us so we can defeat them. You must get here by July fifteenth. Tell the others. Please, help us."

I saw my mom collapse and everything went blank. I woke with a start, sweat smearing my face. I looked around to see the others asleep.

"Selena! Wake up!" I said, as quietly as I could. "Just a few more minutes." She grumbled. "It's about our parents." That got her up.
"Really?" I nodded. "Help me get everyone up."

After a few minutes of complaining, we were all up in a circle on the floor.

"You better have a good reason for getting us up so early, Bianca." Zoë said with a yawn.

I told them all about my dream.

"They're ok!" Luke said with joy. "Shh." I looked around. Luckily, the Hermes kids were heavy sleepers.

"We don't know that." Charlie said. "It could have just been a dream based on the events from yesterday. It's probably your mind trying to adjust to this new life." He sighed. "We don't need any false hope."

"He's right" Lily said. "Dreams don't mean anything." They both had good points. But then why did it seem so real?

Luke looked down in disappointment. "What do we do now?" He asked. "You heard Chiron." I said. "we wait for information and training." I glanced around the circle. Jake hadn't spoken a word, which was unusual for him. He noticed me staring and gave me a small, encouraging smile.

The day was pretty crazy. A few kids were claimed, we fought with real swords, and climbed a wall that spewed lava. To top it all off, the head of the camp turned out to be a grumpy, demigod hating, wine God.

In the afternoon, before dinner, Chiron called a councilor meeting, with us invited.

We got there a bit late, but no one seemed to notice with all the arguments. We sat down awkwardly when Chiron walked in.

He stomped his hove against the ground and everyone went silent. "Thank you."  He said. "This is Charlie, Zoe, James, Lily, Selena, Bianca, and Luke. They haven't had the pleasure of introducing themselves. Please, go ahead."

We stood hesitantly. "Umm... I'm Bianca. I'm the daughter of..." I didn't know if I should tell them, but Chiron nodded me on. "Of Hazel and Frank Zhang." There were many gasps and wide eyes, but I ignored them all and sat.

Next, was Zoë. "What's up? I'm Zoë, and my parents are Calypso and Leo Valdez. AKA the awesome parents!"
She smiled and sat next to me. Zoë may look like her mom, but she is her father's daughter.

The twins went next. "I'm Jake, and this is my little sis Lily." He shouldn't have said that. "I am not your 'little sis'! We're twins!"
"Yeah, but I was born first."
"Were not!"
"Were too!"
"Were not!"
"Were t-"
"Shut up!" Thalia yelled. "You sound like Artemis and Apollo." There were a few nods of agreement. "Sorry, as my idiotic brother was saying: our parents are Piper and Jason Grace." Lily and Jake sat.

That left the Jackson kids. "Uh, hi." Charlie said. "I'm Charles, but you can call me Charlie. This is my younger sister Selena, and are baby bro Luke." Luke gave him a scary glare for a seven year old. "I'm not a baby." Charlie just smirked. "Well, our parents are Percy and Annabeth Jackson." A lot of people were surprised with that one. To them, their parents were like legends. To me, they're family.

Everyone was still starring at us (with the exception of Nico and Thalia). Chiron cleared his throat. "Now that  we have that settled, none of you may tell this information to the others. I don't want the camp in chaos." He gave a look to the Aphrodite councilor. Even after one day, I knew how much of a gossip they could be.

"The truth is, the seven, along with Calypso of course, are missing, and we do not have a lead on their whereabouts. Normally the fates would share a dream or vision, but no such luck yet. You are all dismissed." As Chiron turned to leave, I was about to say something when Jake beat me to it.

"Wait! I had a dream."