The Red-Headed Nightmare

Chapter Two

Public Service Warning:

I'm scared. There's these type of people that are trying to kill me. They torture me by killing people I love right before my eyes. It might be the most painful thing someone can go though in their life. It takes your breath away when you know those loved ones are dead. These types of people are coming after you. Chances are, you've already met some of them. You need to hide from them. They are trying to hurt you. They are worse than every monster, death eater, or career combined. You know why? They made those creations. The name of this species is called "authors." Stay aware.

Thank you for that eye-opening warning. I'm sure we will all stay aware.

NOW ON TO THE STORY!!

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"Percy wouldn't let her go-"

"And then they both fell-"

No. Nope. Nuh-uh. False. Fake. Not real. They didn't fall. They didn't. They couldn't. The Seven were just pulling a prank. Yeah, that's it. Just a silly, mindless prank. Uh-uh, that's what it is. The dreams are false. The dreams are lying. Heck, even The Seven, are lying. Because without those two, their quest will go downhill. Fast.

And this quest won't fail.

It can't fail.

As you can tell, Rachel was in shock.

No, that's not a strong enough word.

Let's try that again. Rachel was going crazy.

Yes, that's much more accurate.

Racing into her cave, Rachel didn't even know she was crying until she reached up to swipe her hair out of her eyes.

Turning to her paintings, she picked up a paint brush. Art always made her feel better, it would now, right?

She didn't even believe herself.

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Octavian was fuming. After learning that RED was indeed his "buddy," some Greek came over to explain who she was.

She was a mortal.

A mortal!

A mere mortal, in a demigod camp, disgraceful. These Greeks are crazy.

And on too of that, the vision Venus had showed him was coming true.

And he would not allow that to happen.

Nope, not this guy.

"Octavian," A Greek said, his name was Terry? Trevor? No, Travis, said, "Go get Rachel! We need a prophecy!"

Scowling, Octavian snapped back, "Why me? I don't even know where she is! Make someone else go."

"Nope!" The annoyingly cheerful Greek replied, "You go! She's in the cave on the top if that hill."

So now he's in a Greek camp, walking up a giant hill, to find a possessed mortal, that randomly spits out death sentences, and, the Quest Of The Seven was failing. Oh, how he loved his life.

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Long story short, painting doesn't help. You see, when Rachel starts painting, sometimes the spirit takes her over and and has her paint pictures of the future, important people, the gods, or anything else the green-spirit-that-possessed-her thinks she needs to know.

So, yeah, it didn't work very well.

The first painting was of Percy. On one side of the picture, he was smiling and laughing with everyone. But, on the opposite side he was standing on the top of The Empire State Building watching the Titan War with Riptide hanging out of his hand.

Not that pretty.

The next picture was the Romans. The faces were all blurred, but all had swords drawn and ready to use.

The third picture was the Final Battle. The Seven were all there with the Argo || in the background. Once again, the faces and details were blurred.

The last picture was of Venus and Octavian. She couldn't tell what exact was going on, but Octavian looked pretty upset.

And that concludes RED's gallery of amazingly-creepy-paintings-that-can-tell-the-future-and-basically-creep-everyone-out. Come again soon!

Rachel was just about to put the paintings with the rest (what? Did you think this was the first time?) when the curtain covering the opening of her cave was thrown open.

Whipping around, she saw one of the subjects of her very last picture.

Octavian.

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Well?? What do you think??

I know, I know, I update this story faster than my other one, but in my defense, this story comes really easily!! For the other one I have to sit down and stare at the screen for a while, but for this one I can have a chapter done in a half hour! (Which is quick, for me!)

Anyway, comment ideas/things you want to happen, or even chapters!! *gasp* I'll put TWO OC characters in, but chances are they'll be bad. (I have some plans! *evil grin*)

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