I realize that I usually post one chapter a day, but I just wanted to get this done, soooo... Here's chapter two! I just want to point out this picture I found and I'm just wondering... Does anyone else like this picture? Before you get mad at me, I love Dex, he's one of my favorite characters, but for some reason I like this picture. Can someone explain?

Also, as you can see from the title, this has to do with dreams. Anything related to the dream will be italicized and have lines separating it from the non-dreams (or whatever you want to call them)  Enjoy!

PoV: Dex

I looked at the waving walls in the cabin. We had talked with Chrion, and he decided Fitz should go to the Iris cabin for now, and sent me to the Posiden cabin due to my fear of fire. Even being around Marella so long couldn't help ease my fear of flame from when I was kidnapped and when Sophie had to enter Fintain's  mind after I created the ability restrictor. 

It was weird, being in a cabin with just Percy, not knowing what Fitz was doing, if anything at all. Sure, I was used to working by myself, but this wasn't really "working", and Fitz was used to being with Sophie since they were "cognates" or whatever. If this was effecting me badly, it had to be worse for Fitz, considering Sophie had just broken up with him.

The darkness and sound of the sea on the beach slowly lulled me to sleep. As my eyes closed I tried to forget about all my worries and problems and have half decent dreams.

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 "Dex!"

 " Sophie?!? " Icalled out into the black.

"Dex, I'm sorry."

" What?! "

"I shouldn't have put you in danger."

" Sophie, I'm not in danger!! Where are you?! "

"It doesn't matter where I am. It's too late. "

"No! Sophie, they're so close! Just hold on!"

 " I'm sorry. "

 "Sophie, stop! Stop saying that! Just tell me where you are!!"

 " Who knows? It's too late. He's already so close to winning. "

 "Who?!?"

 The darkness changed into a place. A stone cell. Inside was Sophie and a pile of... bodies. All of our friends and family, they were laying right there. At first, I was worried, but then I found Fitz in the pile and knew it had to be fake. A different figure caught my attention, and I turned to see who it was.

It was me.

"What the-" I was cut off by Sophie.

"This is where I am, if it means anything to you, which I highly doubt it does, " her mouth wasn't moving, which meant she was transmitting. 

"Who's keeping you here?"

Sophie mentally shrugged, " Who knows?  Whoever they are, they like to make people afraid. They're really controling , though. They have me the key to the circulet inhabiting my abilities, and so far I haven't been able to reach anyone. Honestly, I'm highly certain you're a figment of my imagination. "

"But I'm not!" 

" Maybe. Anyways, the guy who out me in here can change form. It's weird. He also can gain your memories of fear from a person, in a way, but I don't totally understand it. "

I noticed the open cell door, "Why don't you just leave?"

Sophie chuckled, "Would you like to try?"

I shrugged and stepped towards the open door. I didn't even take a step out the door before the memory of being kidnapped came back to me at full force. I was frozen there until Sophie pulled me back. After she did so, she paused and say back down.

"Why did I just save you if you aren't actually here?" She asked .

"Maybe because somewhere inside you know this is fake." I tried.

" Perhaps. It's too late now-"

"Stop saying that!"

" - I'd be surprised if I survived all of tomorrow before I broke. "

I froze, "Wait, you're breaking? Sophie you can't break!!!"

" I guess I can. I'm sorry, Dex. "

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"Sophie no!" I exclaimed, jerking up in the bunk I was in. Cold sweat ran down my back and it felt like the burn on my chest had been reopened. I leaned back against the wall and sobbed, thinking about Sophie and hoping the others found her before she completely shattered.

When I finally calmed myself down, I looked over to where Percy said he slept, only to find his bed empty. I looked out the window and found him sitting on the bank near the water.

Quickly I threw in some clothes Percy lended to me and walked outside the sun was just peaking over the horizon, and it shone off the clear water. No one was out yet, and I took a seat next to Percy.

"Nightmares?" Percy asked after a quiet moment. I hesitated before bordering , " Yeah, me too. Common thing for me, actually. "

"Because of Tartarus?" I asked slowly, remembering what Annabeth had told me about her most recent quest.

"She told you about that?"

" Yeah. She had mentioned going on a quest recently, and I questioned. Her about it. It must've been rough for you guys. "

"It was. And, yeah,  you're right, I do get nightmares about that place sometimes. But, sometimes demigods get nightmares relating to prophecies. One of our amazing perks! "

I smiled . "And I guess having fragile minds is ours," I whispered.

 "Fragile minds?"

"Elves can't kill anything because of guilt. If a single elf has to much guilt, it could do irreversible damage and..."

" And? "

"And... Break their mind. Make them go into a state of insanity for the rest of their lives. "

Percy's eyes widened, "Woah, that seems... Way worse than petty nightmares!" He laughed grimly .

"I highly doubt that. I would much rather have a broken mind than relive that dream every night!"

 " What was is about? Sometimes sharing is the best solution. "

I sighed, "Well, it was basically me talking to Sophie, except she kept apologizing for something and wouldn't tell me who was keeping her wherever she was. Then she 'brought' me into the place she was in and tried to explain it to me with the notion that I wasn't real. When I asked why she didn't just leave, so she told me to try. It... It was horrible. I don't know how, but I think it shows you one of your worst memories, which meant she had to have seen... " I sighed again, "it doesn't matter. Anyways, she said she was sorry that she would probably break tomorrow and that we couldn't help. "

I tried to keep the tears from falling down my face as Percy looked at the sand. "That sounds horrible, even if I didn't know Sophie that well. "

"The worst part? I'm pretty sure that wasn't a dream. " I saw Percy look up at me from the corner of my eye, but I kept my eyes down, "Sophie is a telepath, so she can transmit thoughts and images to other people. I highly doubt that anything I saw was fake." I pulled my knees up to my chest and hurried my face in them, " What they did to her... It was horrible. It was even worse than when she first showed up, and as a witness I can say that with certainty. "

"What happened when she first showed up at the Post Cities?" Percy asked.

"Well, I was going to find Sophie because Fitz made her upset or something. He wanted me to talk to her, so I went to the cave we'd been studying in, since I knew she'd be there. When I arrived, I found Sophie being held by a guy in a black cloak, and they took me too. 

"It was awful. They threatened to burn Sophie if I did anything, and to prove their point they gave me this, " I lifted up my shirt to reveal the scar from all those years ago before letting it fall, "We were stuck there for who knows how long before someone broke us out and left us on the street in France. We had to find out own way back from there, and that's how we learned Sophie was also an inflictor and polyglot. "

Percy looked away and ran a hand through his hair, "That's awful, especially at that young of an age."

" What about you? " I asked.

 "what?"

"You said you had a nightmare too. Sometimes sharing is the best solution. "

Percy smiled, "You got me there! Well, it was basically just about the upcoming battle Annabeth warned us about. The worst part about having demigod dreams is that they always show the worst outcome. If we don't win... I don't know what I'll think of myself. "

I looked out at the rising sun, "It'll be okay, Percy. The others will rescue Sophie and Annabeth will get back safely. We just need to make sure no one gets in before then."

"I hope you're right."

Here's Chapter 2! Posted a day early! So, before anyone gets any ideas, no, Percy and Dex will never be a thing. I just thought they would be really good friends, considering what they've been through. Secondly, I will not be posting tomorrow since this is tomorrow's chapter. Thirdly, I am open to any suggestions you have, and I will try to use them. Have a great day/night!