Percy Jackson: The Blue Eyes Master

The Duel Meeting with Pegasus Part 1: Percy POV

I was fighting for my life.

Monsters surrounded me and Annabeth, while Bob the Titan was holding his own against Tartarus as best as he can. His sabre-toothed cat pounced and slashed at any monster that came close to killing Bob, its fangs dripping with golden ichor when he bit into Tartarus's leg.

"Percy, behind you!" Annabeth screamed as she slashed a cyclops with her drakon bone sword.

I ducked and swung my sword in a wide arc, taking the head of a hellhound clean off its shoulders. "Thanks, Wise Girl!"

"Perseus Jackson, you will not escape!" Tartarus roared in rage as he smacked Bob to the side.

I let out a guttural scream of rage, and my vision went red...
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"AHH!" I shot up awake with a cry of terror.

I looked wildly around the room, panting hard and sweating like mad, the rough hard heat of Tartarus still lingering in the air even if it were a dream. I pressed my head into my arms, groaning in pain and frustration after having the same nightmare again. It's the same nightmare I had for the past few years, ever since me and Annabeth escaped Tartarus. It was a side effect that still lingered in my head constantly.

I looked at my hands, seeing that they were glowing a small mint blue aura. I sighed in annoyance, since they always do that every time I had the same nightmare.

I shook my head, getting out of bed and standing up, trying to get rid of the sense of dread that I was still feeling. I could still see the flashes of that hellhole, seeing Bob and our other giant friend give their lives up for me and Annabeth. I was still guilty about them being left there for dead.

I heard a slight knock on the spare room door, making me jump a little. The door opened and I saw Yugi look at me in concern. He wore loose PJ's and his hair was a massive mess.

"Percy, what's wrong?" he asked in a panic. "I heard you scream from the other room. What's up?"

I leaned on the bedside table, hunched over. "Just a bad dream, that's all."

Yugi looked at me with one eyebrow raised. I sighed - he didn't believe me. "Just a bad dream? I find that very hard to believe."

I sighed. "For the past seven years of my life, I've been having the same nightmare over and over again. It never leaves me alone. And worst of all - it always shows that place. The one place I try to forget."

Yugi frowned, before a look of realisation crossed his face. "You mean Tartarus?"

I snapped my head towards his direction, looking at him wide-eyed. "How the heck do you know about that place?"

"Nico told me about it," the King of Games answered. "He told that it's a realm where you don't want to find yourself in. He didn't tell me what it was. In fact, he looked very hesitant to talk about it."

"I don't blame him," I muttered, sitting down on my bed. "Tartarus is the Greek version of hell. Named after it's Primordial namesake. Nico was dragged into that place. I've been in there as well, with Annabeth dragged into it. The place was killing us, little by little. We could barely breathe in it - the air was just-just sulphur in our noses and mouths. The ground was littered with broken black glass and fire; monsters were constantly roaming all over the place; you had to drink from the River of Fire in order to heal yourself... It just constantly haunts me in my sleep. Even now I can still see the landscape - it just flashes in my eyes."

Yugi looked appalled by what I told him. He leaned on the door frame. "It must've been hard for you to go through that. I know for a fact that I wouldn't survive that. I just hope for your sake that you won't dream about that place again."