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Chapter 182: Zoë and Percy had a nightmare

The next morning, after breakfast, Drako went with Percy and Grover to talk a bit since he didn't have anything to do. They sat in the meadow, watching the satyrs chase the wood nymphs through the snow. The nymphs had promised to kiss the satyrs if they got caught, but they hardly ever did. Usually, the nymph would let the satyr get up a full head of steam, then she'd turn into a snow-covered tree, and the poor satyr would slam into it headfirst and get a pile of snow dumped on him.

"I have something to talk you about," Percy said.

"What is it?" Drako asked.

"I saw Annabeth… and Luke," Percy started. "He tricked her and now she is trapped."

"How?"

"It looked like… like a cave ceiling collapsed on her."

Grover started twirling his finger in his shaggy leg fur.

"A cave ceiling collapsed on her?" he asked.

"Yeah. What the heck does that mean?"

Grover shook his head. "I don't know. But after what Zoë dreamed—"

"Wait. What do you mean? Zoë had a dream like that?" Drako asked.

"I… I don't know. About three in the morning, she came to the Big House and demanded to talk to Chiron. She looked really panicked."

Something sounded strange to Drako.

"Wait, how do you know this?"

Grover blushed. "I was sort of camped outside the Artemis cabin."

"What for?"

"Just to be, you know, near them."

What the fuck?

"You're a fucking stalker," Drako said.

"A stalker with hooves," Percy agreed.

"I am not! Anyway, I followed her to the Big House and hid in a bush and watched the whole thing. She got really upset when Argus wouldn't let her in. It was kind of a dangerous scene."

Argus is a one hundred-eyed giant, who acts as a security guard who serves to the Olympians. He currently works at Camp Half-Blood, often riding the demigod heroes to quests. He does not talk much, for it is said that he has an eye on his tongue, and does not want to show it.

Argus was created by Hera and acted as her servant. His great service to the Olympians was to slay Echidna, the mother of monsters, as she slept in her cave. Hera's personal task for Argus was to guard the white heifer, Io, a mistress of Zeus, from him. He kept her chained to the sacred olive tree at Argive Heraion until Hermes (in some versions Pan or Apollo) sang or talked to him until he was drowsy and then touched all of his eyes, putting him in a deep sleep which allowed the god to free Io.

"What did she say?" Drako asked.

Grover grimaced. "Well, she starts talking really old-fashioned when she gets upset, so it was kind of hard to understand. But something about being in trouble and needing the Hunters. And then she called Argus a boil-brained lout… I think that's a bad thing. And then he called her—"

"Whoa, wait, stop it there. How could Artemis be in trouble?" Drako asked.

More important so, why wasn't he informed of that?

"I… well, finally Chiron came out in his pyjamas and his horsetail in curlers and—"

"He wears curlers in his tail?"

Drako tried very hard not to laugh. Just imagining the centaur with that was really funny, even in this situation.

"Sorry," Drako said. "Go on."

"Well, Zoë said she needed permission to leave camp immediately. Chiron refused. He reminded Zoë that the Hunters were supposed to stay here until they received orders from Artemis. And she said…" Grover gulped. "She said 'How are we to get orders from Artemis if Artemis is lost?'"

Drako was alarmed.

"What do you mean lost? Like she needs directions?" Percy asked.

This boy is kind of dumb.

"No. I think she meant gone. Taken. Kidnapped."

"Kidnapped?" Percy tried to get his mind around that idea. "How would you kidnap an immortal goddess? Is that even possible?"

"Well, yeah. I mean, it happened to Persephone."

"But she was like, the goddess of flowers."

Grover looked offended. "Springtime."

"Whatever. Artemis is a lot more powerful than that. Who could kidnap her? And why?"

Grover shook his head miserably. "I don't know. Kronos?"

"He can't be that powerful. Can he?"

Drako wasn't listening to the conversation between the two boys. He was thinking really hard right now.

Who has enough power to kidnap a powerful goddess like Artemis?

Drako knew that she was really powerful, at least 2 or 3 times stronger than a Maou. She could be even more powerful than that!

Even if she is fighting against someone stronger than her, she can scape easily with her abilities.

Drako didn't doubt that she was within the strongest 50 beings of this world.

If someone was going to kidnap her, it needed to be a very strong organization or a very powerful being. Maybe one of the top 20 or top 10, or even more than one.

The question is: Who wants to kidnap her? Who is the enemy of the Olympus right now?

The answer was easy to find since they currently have an obvious enemy.

Kronos and his army.

Now, Drako new that Kronos is still in the process of reviving. So, who has enough power on that army to kidnap Artemis?

Maybe his right hand? Maybe they lured her into a trap?

That answer was unknown.

But, Drako was not stupid. Percy had a nightmare the same night as Zoë, that wasn't a coincidence.

"Percy, both nightmares are obviously connected," Drako said. "You both have to talk about them."

Over in the frozen meadow, a satyr skidded on his hooves as he chased after a red-headed tree nymph. She giggled and held out her arms as he ran toward her. Pop! She turned into a Scotch pine, and he kissed the trunk at top speed, "Ah, love," Grover said dreamily.

"Yeah, I've got to talk to Zoë," Percy said.

"Um, before you do…" Grover took something out of his coat pocket. It was a three-fold display like a travel brochure. "You remember what you said—about how it was weird the Hunters just happened to show up at Westover Hall? I think they might've been scouting us."

"Scouting us? What do you mean?"

He gave Percy the brochure. It was about the Hunters of Artemis. The front read, A WISE CHOICE FOR YOUR FUTURE! Inside were pictures of young maidens doing hunter stuff, chasing monsters, shooting bows. There were captions like HEALTH BENEFITS: IMMORTALITY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU! And A BOY-FREE TOMORROW!

"Hey, that's no longer valid," Drako said, pointing towards the BOY-FREE stance.

"I found that in Annabeth's backpack," Grover said, ignoring Drako attempt to joke.

Percy stared at him. "I don't understand."

"Well, it seems to me… maybe Annabeth was thinking about joining."

Percy didn't look like he took the news well.

..................….

Drako didn't have anything to do, so he just went to visit the Camp Half-Blood.

There were different training fields in the camp, where the campers could train. For example, Drako saw Percy in the javelin-throwing class. That class was pretty boring for Drako, so he just went somewhere else.

Drako found something she had been looking for for a while, the Pegasus stable, but it seemed that two people were having an argument inside it.

Drako stepped inside the stable, but it seemed neither person was aware of their presence.

Two girls were arguing, and it was no surprise that one was a Hunter and the other a demigod.

Drako remembered this Hunter. She was one of the weakest in the group, even weaker than newcomer Bianca Di Angela. This was probably because she was a mortal turned into Hunter. She was also part of the group that hated Drako's presence within the Hunters' group.

He also recognized the other girl, although he didn't know her name or talk to her before. She was the leader of Aphrodite's descendants, Drako had seen her while they were dining the night before.

She had attracted Drako's attention as she was different from the rest of her siblings. While they were constantly looking for attention, she was a bit more reserved and calmer. That, in turn, gave her a special charm.

Drako stepped in when he saw that things were getting worse. "Hey, what's going on?"

The two girls went silent and turned to look at Drako. The Hunter let out a "Tch" and stormed out of the stable.

The other girl, Aphrodite's daughter, let a sigh out of her mouth while looking at the back of the Hunter.

She had long black hair and a pair of beautiful blue eyes. She was, without a doubt, a very beautiful girl. This was expected, as she is Aphrodite's daughter.

She turned to look at Drako again. "Thanks, we could have a fight here if you didn't stop it."

"Don't overthink it, I was just passing by."

"I get it, were you curious about the Pegasus?" She asked.

"Yeah, I've always been curious about it. I've liked the original Pegasus since I was a kid." Drako said.

The girl smiled a bit. She walked over to one of the winged horses and stroked its back.

"It's not really Pegasus, it's Pegasi. They're descendants of the original Pegasus." She explained.

"You seem to really like them."

"Yes, I love them." The girl said.

The two of them were silent for a few moments. Drako was simply admiring the horses while the girl looked at him curiously.

"I've seen you at the table with Thalia before, are you the son of Zeus?" She asked.

Drako turned to look at her. "No, I am not. My situation is a little special, you know? I'm one of the Hunters, and I'm not even human."

"What?"

Drako understood the girl's surprise. In the thousands of years of the Hunters' existence, no man had ever been part of them before. It was only natural they wouldn't believe it.

"That's right, I'm a dragon. Due to certain circumstances, Artemis has welcomed me into her group. But, as you can see, I'm not very welcome in the group."

"Yes, I've noticed," the girl smiled slightly.

"Why were you fighting?" Drako asked out of curiosity.

"Tch, those Hunters are always denying love and calling it useless," she said angrily.

As the daughter of Aphrodite, denying love was the same as denying her. Drako could understand why she was angry.

"I don't understand these girls. You can be against having relationships or whatever, but you can't deny what most people feel. I'm sure more than one of the people who disparaged him had been in love at some point in his life," Drako reflected.

The girl looked at Drako, surprised to hear his words.

"Weren't you one of the Hunters? Aren't you forbidden to fall in love?" she asked.

"The oath I took was literally 'I will turn my back on men'. I never swore anything about women," Drako winked at the girl who was looking at him with her mouth open.

Drako turned around and headed for the barn exit.

"Wait!"

Drako turned to look at the girl.

"My name is Silena, Silena Beauregard. What's your name?"

"Drako."

"Are we gonna talk like this again?" Silena asked hopefully.

"Sure! As long as the gods want."

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So, talking of another character in Percy Jackson novels.

Silena Beauregard.

She is, without a doubt, one of my favourites female characters of this novel along with Piper and Thalia. I can't say too much because of spoilers.

Even with what little she appears throughout the novels, the impact that she has is so strong that can only make me love her!


Chapter 183: Swear on the River Styx

That night, after dinner, they were preparing to the game of capture the flag between the Hunters and the campers. It was going to be a small game: only thirteen Hunters, including Bianca di Angelo, and about the same number of campers. Surprisingly, Drako and Thalia were going to play in the campers' team.

Zoë didn't want to let Drako play in the game, but they had an 'interesting' conversation, and she finally let him in.

We have to move back after the talk between Drako and Silena that afternoon.

After talking to Silena, Drako left the stable and walked with no objective in mind.

Down at the archery fields, Chiron was conducting target practice. Drako remembered that the centaur wanted to talk to him in private, and wondered when was going to be the best time for that. Obviously, right now wasn't the moment since he was teaching some of the demigods.

Drako sensed a familiar aura, the aura of a dragon. He looked at the top of Half-Blood Hill, where Dionysus and Argus were feeding a baby dragon that guarded the Golden Fleece.

Drako thought of approaching them but decided otherwise when he recalled the nasty personality of the God.

Finally, Drako decided to go to Artemis Cabin, where the Hunters were waiting.

Artemis' cabin is a silver building that glows at night as if reflecting the moon's rays. During the day, it looks like a regular cabin. It's decorated with the paintings and carvings of wild animals, mostly de stag.

Once he got there, Drako heard screams coming from inside.

Both voices were familiar to him, as they came from Thalia and Zoë. They were discussing the game that night.

"I said you can't!" Zoë shouted.

"If you do not let me fight with the other demigods, then this will not be considered a game, but a humiliation," Thalia replied.

"And what if we humiliate them? It's their fault for being so weak."

Drako put two and two together and understood what the main focus of the discussion was.

Apparently, Thalia understood the difference between the Hunters and the demigods, so she had asked to play on the opposing team. Obviously, Zoë had refused.

"Are you so blinded by your anger at Chiron for not letting you look for Artemis that you want to humiliate some children? Don't you have any shame inside your body? Not being able to help Artemis is tearing you apart inside?" Thalia slowly raised her voice. "Answer me, Zoë Nightshade!"

Slap!

Bang!

Drako rushed into the cabin when he heard someone has already raised her hand.

When he entered, he saw Thalia lying on the floor. She was very close to the wall, Drako had noticed that her body had hit the wall from the noise he had heard earlier. A few feet away was Zoë, watching her with eyes full of fury.

Drako understood her anger. Thalia's words had hit hard inside Zoë, she had been too cold to the lieutenant.

Thalia rose from the floor. On her face was the mark of Zoë's palm, and blood streamed from the corner of her lips.

"Bitch," Thalia cursed.

Zoë looked like she was going to hit her again.

"Stop it," Drako intervened. "Are you fools? What the hell are you doing, fighting each other at a time like this? Is this what Artemis taught you?"

Zoë hesitated a bit, but finally backed off. She then turned to look at Drako. "What are you doing here?"

"What's the matter? Can't I be with my mates?" Drako said with a smile.

Zoë gritted her teeth hard. It didn't seem that Drako's words had pleased her very much.

Drako wiped the smile off his face.

"I've come to talk about your nightmare," Drako said seriously.

Zoë frowned, "How do you know about that?"

Drako shrugged. "A goat told me."

Zoë raised an eyebrow, but then she stopped looking at Drako. "It's none of your business, get out of here."

"You're wrong," Drako folded his arms. "If Artemis is in danger, I want to help her as much as you do. Like it or not, we're both Hunters. Since I joined, I'm willing to risk my life for either of you, even if most of you hate my existence."

Zoë looked at Drako out of the corner of her eye. Drako understood instantly that Zoë did not believe his words. She must have been disappointed by some man in the past, causing her to be this way.

"Prove it," Zoë said. "You and Thalia will fight beside the demigods. If you beat us, then I will believe your words."

"What if we lose?" Drako asked. It wasn't going to be that easy.

"Leave the Hunters, and never come near us again."

Zoë seemed pretty sure of herself when she said this.

A light smile appeared on Drako's face.

"I accept, but I'm putting in two new conditions. First, you have to tell me about your dream. The second, you have to obey one of my orders, yes or yes."

Zoë hesitated for a single moment, but she finally nodded.

"Swear it for the River Styx," Zoë said.

Thalia and the rest of the Hunters were alarmed when they heard that.

"I swear on the River Styx that I'm going to leave the Hunters if I lose in the Capture de Flag," Drako didn't doubt at any moment.

"Now, is your turn."

"I swear on the River Styx that I'm going to trust Drako's words, I will tell him about my dream, and I will obey one of his orders."

They both took their oaths without hesitation. Now, there was no turning back.

Drako and Thalia left the cabin, there was no point in staying there any longer.

"What are you doing!" shouted Thalia.

Drako looked at her in confusion. "What? It's just an oath."

"No, it's not just an oath. It's an oath on the River Styx. The greatest oath that can be taken. Even the greatest gods won't be spared if they break it. What were you thinking?"

"What if I break the promise?"

"Something worse than death."

"Then I just have to win."

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Returning to that night.

Drako didn't think much of this promise. Just as Zoë did not doubt her victory, neither did Drako.

He was 200% certain he could defeat the slayer group with his strength alone. Besides, he had the help of Percy, Thalia, and ten other demigods.

Zoë looked really upset right now. She kept glancing resentfully at Chiron like she couldn't believe he was making her do this. The other Hunters didn't look too happy, either.

Unlike last night, they weren't laughing or joking around. They just huddled together in the dining pavilion, whispering nervously to each other as they strapped on their armour. Some of them even looked like they'd been crying. It seems Zoë had told them about her nightmare.

On Drako's team, they had three Hephaestus guys, a few from Ares cabin, the twin brothers and Nico from Hermes cabin, and a few Aphrodite kids. It was weird that the Aphrodite cabin wanted to play. Thalia explained to Drako that they usually sat on the sidelines, chattes, and checked their reflections in the river and stuff. Still, when they heard we were fighting the Hunter, they were raring to go.

And their leader wasn't other than that girl.

"I'll show them 'love is worthless,'" Silena Beauregard grumbled as she strapped on her armour. "I'll pulverize them!"

That left Percy, Thalia and Drako.

"I'll take the offence," Thalia volunteered. "You take defence."

"Oh."

Percy was hesitating.

"Don't you think with your shield and all, you'd be a better defence?"

Thalia already had the fake Aegis on her arm, and even their own teammates were giving her a wide berth, trying not to cower before the bronze head of Medusa.

"Well, I thought it would make better offence," Thalia said. "Besides, you've had more practice at defence."

Percy wasn't sure if Thalia was teasing him. He'd had some pretty bad experiences with the defence on capture de flag. In his first year, Annabeth had put him out as a bait, and he'd almost been gored to death with spears and killed by a hellhound.

"Yeah, no problem," He lied.

"Wait, wait," Drako stopped both them. "Why don't you go both on the offence? I can pretty much handle the defence alone."

"Oh, I thought that you can help me on the offence…" Thalia said. "But that is cool too."

Percy nodded with his head, smiling with gratitude.

Thalia turned to help some of the Aphrodite kids, who were having trouble suiting up their armour without breaking their nails.

Drako noted a little kid running towards him with a big grin on his face.

"Drako, this is awesome!" His blue-feathered bronze helmet was falling in his eyes, and his breastplate was about six sizes too big. Drako wondered if there was any way in which he looked more ridiculous.

By the way, Drako was still wearing the same outfit that he was using when he left home. He had obviously washed it, so there was no problem with it.

Nico lifted his sword with effort. "Do we get to kill the other team?"

"Well… no."

"But the Hunters are immortal, right?"

"That's only if they don't fall in battle. Besides—"

"It would be awesome if we just, like, resurrected as soon as we were killed, so we could keep fighting, and—"

"Nico, this is serious. Real swords. These can hurt."

He stared at Drako, a little disappointed, and he realized that he'd just sounded like a mother.

Drako patted Nico on the shoulder. "Hey, look at me later. I will show you something amazing. And remember, stay out of Zoë's way."

Chiron's hoof thundered on the pavilion floor.

"Heroes!" he called. "You know the rules! The creek is the boundary line. Blue team—Camp Half-Blood—shall take the west woods. Hunters of Artemis—red team—shall take the east woods. I will serve as the referee and the battlefield medic. No intentional maiming, please! All magic items are allowed. To your positions!"

"Sweet," Nico whispered next to Drako. "What kind of magic items? Do I get one?"

Drako was starting to lose patience when Thalia said, "Blue team! Follow me!"

In his insides, Drako was talking to Nico.

"Hey, Nico, I don't want my kids to be as annoying as you are."

At least, he had some conscience and didn't say that on his face.


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