Sea Of Monsters And Love

Chapter Two

"Who is this?" I ask as Annabeth, Grover, and I slide into the bench across from Percy and the new kid. He must half god. He has a green eye like Percy and messy dirty-blonde hair that goes to his shoulders.

"You guys aren't allowed over here," Percy says. He sounds as though he is annoyed.

"Answer my question," I tell him. "And I don't care what Mr.D thinks."

"I'm Tyson," the new kid says. "I'm Percy's brother."

"Cool," I reply. "I'm Elizabeth, but I ho by Liz."

Annabeth and Grover introduce themselves. I can see Annabeth is a bit nervous around Tyson. I wonder why. Clarisse walks over.

"I see too have a brother," Clarisse says to Percy, "and he has his father's eyes. Well eye."

I strain myself from hitting her. I'm tired of her insulting my friends. And I have only been here a day. Tyson puts on a pair of sunglasses that covers his eye.

"Bull," Tyson says calmly to Clarisse. I laugh a little.

"Excuse me," Clarisse states.

"I smell bull," he says. The barrier starts to shake.

"Barrier action," I shout. Almost everyone jumped up at that second. We start rushing out of the patio. I notice a guy with short brown hair just sitting.

"You coming Chris," I ask him.

"No," he replies, "I don't feel like fighting."

Who ever his parent is, they better claim him. A lot of these campers need to be claimed. I take out my bobby pin and it transforms into a sword. I run to the barrier. In the corner of my eye, I see someone by Thalia's tree. I turn to be face to face with Luke.

"Hello sweetheart," he says to me. I raise my arm to slap him, only to get my arm caught by his hand. I drop my sword in shock. He stares sweetly at me. I grab his hand and flip him. He lands with a satisfying thud. I put my foot on his chest.

"I can't believe I fell for you," I tell him. I feel something hit the back of my head. The entire world around me seems to go dark. My head hits the ground.

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I see Luke striding around a room. I know this is a dream, because everyone walks right through me.

"I know your there Liz," he says after everyone had left.  How is that possible?

"Because people who have or had a connection can talk to each other in the dream if the one dreaming has the same gift as you do," he tells me as though he can read my mind. I walk out of the room to see he is on a ship. Before I could explore, the vision changes. I'm standing in Apollo's castle. The floor is gold like the sun. Rosy pink streams out, half way up the walls. Then the colors fade to sky blue. Music plays on the background. Apollo rises from his throne and walks over to me.

"Why did you pull me out of there when I could have done some spy work?" I yell at him.

"He knew about your gift and you could have got hurt," he tells me. I can hear the concern in his voice.

"That gift is more like a curse," I mumble. Then I speak louder. "And it would bother you, why?"

"Because I love you. And you are my end and my beginning," he says. He lifts my chin a little.

"You just quoted John Legend," I say to him. He leans closer to me until our lips are just inches apart.

"I know. I am the god of music," he replies. He kisses me softly. I wrap my arms around his neck. He pulls away.

"See you later," he tells me.

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I open my eyes. I'm laying in a cot. curtains are in either side out me. I'm in the infirmary again. I sit up and look around. All the cots are full. Annabeth walls up to me.

"What happened?" I ask her.

"A Colchis Bull attacked us. Luke set it up," she says.

"I was wondering what he was doing here," I say. She seems confused. "I fought Luke before I was knocked out."

"Percy said he saw a foot print on Luke's shirt," she says. "But on topic, Percy and Tyson destroyed the bull. After that, We found out Luke poisoned the tree. Then Will found you passed out."

"Yeah someone thought it was a good idea to knock me out," I tell her. An idea comes to my mind. "The Golden Fleece."

"What?" Annabeth asks.

"Look in about the Golden Fleece. It could help us."

"Thanks," she says. She walks away. I swing my legs over the side of the bed.

"You need to rest," Will tells me.

"Yeah yeah," I reply. I know as much medicine as he does. I walk out pig the infirmary. I'm Sun shines brightly. The rays warms me. I head to training. I take out my sword and start slicing off the dummies' heads.  Tyson walks over.

"You won't cut off my head, will you?" Tyson asks.

"If you don't get new angry," I joke. I can see fear in his face. "I'm joking around."

He loosens up. I toss him a sword.

"You know how to fight?" I ask him.

"I'm not that good with weapons," he informs me. "But I'm good at making things."

"Cool," I say. I grab the sword and put it away. Mine turns back into a bobby pin. "What do you want to do?"

"Build," he replies.

"The building you need is right behind Cabin Nine." I inform him. He thanks me and heads over to the building. I'm alone again. It seems me and my friends' friendship have faded. I hear someone walk up behind me. I turn around to see it's Percy. He has his hands behind his back.

"Hi," he says.

"What are you hiding?" I ask him.

"This is from Grover, Annabeth, and I," he says. "It's four your birthday. Sorry the rest ain't here to give it to you."

He hands me a picture frame. It's a picture of Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and I. It was taken after our mission last year.

"It's the best gift I ever got," I tell him. "Thanks."

I smile at him. I mean everything I said.

"Percy," Annabeth yells as she runs towards us. "There is a meeting soon."

She grabs mine and Percy's hand and drags us towards the camp fire area. We finally stop. Percy and I try our breath.