The Legacy

Chapter 7: The Dream- and The Memorial

Zoe's POV:

At first it was black, then I began to dream... Gods, I hate dreams!

‘I’m standing alone, in a dark place. It wasn’t pitch black, just gloomy. There is a red tinge to the atmosphere, and smoke fills the air. I turn, and I see the camp. It is a base, with tents, and cages, big enough to hold demigods. They are made of Stygian Iron, I can tell. There are monsters everywhere.
Then I see them! Two tall men, seemingly in charge of the others, talking at the edge of a dark, almost bottomless pit. I walk over to them, and then I recognise him. The Crusty dude, the one that helped take my parents! Procrustes! That was his name. I don’t know the other man, but he has a black and red aura surrounding him.
They are talking about a plan, but I can barely hear them. I don’t know why, but then they notice me. The two men turn around, and I reach for Riptide, temporarily forgetting that it’s a dream
‘Ah!’ Procrustes sighs ‘Young Jackson, Anaklusmos can do no harm here. You are at the edge of Tartarus, and this…’ He gestures to his companion ‘Is its master!’
Gods… no, this can’t be Tartarus himself. I hear a scream, so I turn and see my mum being tortured! “NO! MUM!” I scream, but the men just laugh. Then I turn back around to see Tartarus raising a sword over me, and he cuts into my arm!’

I wake up, screaming in pain! Will and Chiron must have been talking outside- because they run in immediately! I take in my surroundings: I’m in the infirmary, there’s a table next to me with ambrosia and unicorn draught on it; My rucksack lies on one side of the bed- Chiron must have brought it in. Then I see the Nectar IV on my arm. I pull it off, then I realised that Will is shouting at me!

“ZOE!” He is almost screaming at this point, and Nico has walked in “What in Hades are you doing! I’m talking to you. Gods, just listen. I still don’t know why you collapsed, and why were you screaming. Oh dear...” He looks at my arm, where Tartarus cut me “You’re bleeding, what, why are you bleeding, I stopped your shoulder wound- but this is new.”

“Zoe,” Nico and Chiron said at the same time “Why were you screaming?” Nico asked “Just a dream.” I responded and he nodded “And, child,” Chiron continued “Do you know why you were bleeding?” I freeze, but then slowly shake my head. He knows I’m lying. I can tell.

“Do you want to talk about your dream?” Will asked, his voice softer than before “No, I shake my head quickly, and they all collectively sigh

~A 30-minute time skip- sponsored by the Infirmary~

Tommy's POV:

I heard my parents talking about the new girl. Zoe Jackson. Dad told me stories about his adventures with Percy Jackson, (son of Poseidon) and his girlfriend: Annabeth Chase (Daughter of Athena). I don’t think anyone knew they had a kid though.

I think she’s my age- so I got Max and Olivia to come visit her with me. We walked into her room in the Infirmary, and saw her trying to pull out her IV. “Hey,” I blurted out. “Do you want some help with that?!” She turned around, shocked. Probably expecting Will to be standing behind me, she let out a sigh of relief when she saw us. “If you don’t mind, I hate hospitals- they’re too clean! And Will is trying to mother me! Gods he’s annoying.” I laughed, and helped her take out the IV.

“I’m Tommy, by the way.” I added “Tommy Zhang, and this is Olivia Valdez.” I pointed to Olivia, and then out the door- where Max was standing, as lookout “And that’s her brother, Max.”

“Your parents told me about you, on the way back from Olympus,” She grinned “All Clear, but we should go show her now, before Will does his late morning rounds!” Max concluded, scanning the halls. “Okay,” I turned to Zoe “Come on, I don’t think your- or you parents- will have seen the memorial. It was put up after they left.”

She nodded, and followed us out of the infirmary. Soon after, we arrived in the huge clearing, and the memorial stood strong, as always. She gasped in awe. That was my reaction when I first saw it too!