Fire and Metal: Chapter 7

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A Dangerous Prediction: Lance's POV
I had been at camp for two days. Two days since I had come here, three since I had last seem my mother. I had woken up this morning in my new home, the Hephaestus Cabin, from a terrible dream.

''I saw two shadowy figures entering a building. The building was my house. A woman was sitting on a couch, reading. Hearing the intruders, she turned around and screamed. It was my mother. I cried out, but I watched helplessly as she was dragged away.''

Shuddering, I got up. I pushed back the curtain that hid my bunk from view, and went to my sister's bunk. She was already awake. "Did you also have that dream?" She gasped.

Nodding, I asked, "Was it real, What should we do?"

"It was real, I don't like it, but I'm sure of it. Let's go ask Chiron."

I waited for her outside. Before long, she came out the door. Together, we walked to the Big House, where Chiron was playing pinochle with several satyrs. He looked up, "Has something happened?"

We described our dream to him, and he said, "Curious. After breakfast today, you two ought to go to the Oracle, but for now, go back to your cabins and pack your belongings."

So we headed back. As we walked, I thought, Why was she taken, and why, why, WHY couldn't Hephaestus have protected her? I kicked open the door angrily and packed up my stuff. During breakfast, Chiron trotted up to our table and handed us a pouch full of golden coins called drachma, a therrmos full of nectar, and a baggie of ambrosia squares. "Pack these too." His visit attracted several curious stares from the rest of the campers. After breakfast, we

To Be continued