"Hypnos!" I called out desperately. "Hypnos I don't know where I am!" I shouted. Nobody was there to reply to me though. Everything was pitch black, like the dream I had back in Camp Half-Blood. Anxiety and fear rose up within me and I had to dig my nails into the flesh of my palms to try to gain some grip on reality. I had to find a way back to my friends.
Changing dreams was easy, hoping through them was a lot harder, especially since I didn't know what I was doing or if I was getting any closer to anyone or anything. Sometimes, if I concentrated hard enough, the black would become gray or have a bit of white in it but it was mostly the dark, the black.
"Come on." I whispered. "Come on." It sounded like an explosion in my mind it nothing probably happened in the dream world. I opened my eyes to a world of color. Blues and greens and I sighed in relief to realize I was underwater.
"I'm so glad you could join me sister." I turned swiftly to find Percy behind me but it wasn't my brother, not really anyways. He looked like he did when he fell into the River Acheron. His skin was blue and his eyes pure white.
"Percy?" I asked, fear gripping my chest.
"Drown with me." He held out his hand in the Darth Vader chocking motion and my lungs immediately filled with water. I was gasping for air, struggling to breathe and he just laughed and laughed and laughed.
It didn't take long for me to realize I was running through my worst nightmares. There we were falling into Tartarus, being ripped apart by the Arai and all of my nightmares from before I found out I was a demi-god. Everything dark and dangerous screaming at me. I tried not to scream, I tried not to cry but it was hard because it didn't stop and these were my friends and they were dying.
"Go away. Go away." I whispered, covering my eyes and ears. The laughter rang out almost as loud as Nico screaming my name, asking for help.
"Violet." A calm voice whispered nearby. I jumped and spun around, away from the torture scene in front of me.
"Hypnos!" I screamed. "Hypnos please help!" Someone grabbed my wrist and I yanked me upwards. It felt like I was being pulled back into the light.
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"Thank the gods! Violet, hey Violet wake up." Percy said. I groaned, touching my hand to my head.
"She may be a bit disoriented. Violet, remain calm. You're safe now." Hypnos said in a soothing voice.
"How long was I asleep?" I murmured opening my eyes and sitting up slowly.
"Do you remember anything?" Hazel asked. I groaned again and rubbed my eyes.
"Not really. I mean, I remember Nico banishing us from the dream. I wandered around for a bit looking for Hypnos and got caught up in some nightmares. How long have I been out? A couple of hours?" The three of them exchanged uneasy looks.
"Is that what it felt like?" Axel asked, frowning.
"Yeah, how long was it really?" They were quiet.
"You've been asleep for three days." Axel said slowly.
"I what?" I demanded.
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Chaos Descends
Fiksi Penggemar*Sequel to Shrouded In Darkness* "Oh come on Nico! Just get in the water." I complained as Percy pushed the current around me. Nico arched a dark eyebrow at me but didn't remove his sunglasses or make any move to get in the water. "He'll burn up in...
