Percy Jackson and The Ghost Girl

Chapter Four: The Second Day

Being in Tartarus is different from dreaming of it.

Because in dreams it can get wild. My nightmare of the night had been of Tartarus and a tortured girl. I don't know who. I couldn't see or hear her properly.

My senses came back, like yesterday.

I hear some footsteps and talking.

"He wasn't dreaming. Are you sure he didn't lie for you not to worry?" I hear Hazel ask, nervously.

They must've been talking all the way here.

"Hazel, he looked confused. He was really out of it. I don't think he think properly, because of it." Piper added.

Where's Annabeth?

I feel something touch my hand. "Piper's right. He-"

She stops, because of me jumping out my skin and sitting up breathing heavily.

"Percy, what did you dream about?" Annabeth asked, immediately.

I must have a confused and disbelief expression, because she rolls her eyes and answer. "You jumped and you're breathing is heavy."

"That's because you scared me." I said, calming down and laying back down, trying to ease my beating heart.

"I scared you?" Annabeth asks, confused.

"Yes. I was waking up and I didn't feel a hand. So, when you spoke up, it scared me." I still haven't opened my eyes.

"How you feeling?" Hazel asked.

I open my eyes and look at her. "I'm fine, Hazel." I smile. Then it fell. "But, what I want to know is, how is Leo alive?" I stare at him.

Leo started getting uncomfortable, and he wasn't the only one. Frank, Hazel, Piper, Jason, and Annabeth were looking a little guilty.

I just look at them trying to see why they were guilty.

It seemed like they wouldn't answer. I kept thinking of the girl from last night. I don't understand who she was, and my nightmare last night, I don't get either.

"Well, I went back to Calypso." Leo blurted out, looking a little sheepish.

I stare at him. "That's it?" I asked, confused.

Leo's head snaps up. "What do you mean 'that's it'?" He asked, more confused than me.

I shrug, I really wanted to be alone and find out what my dream meant... And, not deal with this. "Leo, I get why she did it. And, Annabeth doesn't look angry, so something happened and I wasn't there." I stated, not expressing my true feelings.

You may ask what feelings? At the time I didn't know. It wasn't until I learned that there was a-

Right. I don't want to spoil it.

"You're fine with it?" Leo asked cautiously.

In that moment, I should have expressed my true feelings. I regret it. The events that happen, wouldn't of happened. But, another part of me did want it to happen. It was a learning curve/experience.

I nodded. "I'm perfectly fine with it. It's your life Leo."

Those words are what I regret most. Because it sent everything spiraling out of control.

Leo jumps up and down with unconfined excitement. He's literally hopping around.

It was good to laugh with everyone. Although, Piper shouldn't have tried stopping him. Key word: try.

I was sitting up and laughing. I was actually wondering when I was getting out of the infirmary.

But, what I didn't know was that was only the beginning.