WARNING: This is not a recording, and is not sent by Carter Kane or Sadie Kane. This is simply a fanfiction that is transcribed, and follows the short story The Son of Sobek. This story takes place before the House of Olympus series and after the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. The spells used in this book are fully made up, and there are usually small additions at a time to a chapter. Please feel free to leave reviews and corrections!
Carter
On my bumpy way back to the Brooklyn House in a flying boat carried by Freak, I kept debating whether this Percy guy really is what he claims to be. Believe me, I've seen enough fake magicians push a button and manage to get a wall of water to spray out of nowhere. I don't even get what's so spectacular about that, I mean, it's just so obvious that it's rigged. Then, I just remembered something right when we got back to the Brooklyn House. Amos once said something about other gods in Manhattan when Sadie and I first got here. He seemed reluctant to tell us about it, but I'm starting to think that those gods really exist. The moment I got off the boat, I ran into the library. Apparently, Freak wasn't happy about not getting any frozen turkeys for the tenth time this month. Well, I'll just feed him some frozen turkeys during dinner. Freak responded to my thought with a loud FREEEEEEEEEEAK!
The first thing I noticed when I walked into the library is that there is a coat of ice on the floor, and a bunch of penguins ice skating around. The second thing I noticed was that the door was open, and there were skate marks on the ground leading out of the library. I sighed, tired from the ride, and knocked on Felix's bedroom. "Hi, sorry about the penguins, I sent them back to Antarctica." Felix quickly said, as if he's hiding something. "Well, can you get rid of the ice on the floor? I've got some things to take care of other than melting a huge ice rink in the library." I replied. "Alright, I'm on it," Felix said, and quickly shut his door, as if he's concealing something in there, and sped down the stairs to the library. Well, so much for searching the library for greek gods. So, I did the next logical thing: go eat dinner.
I walked up to the roof where Freak is waiting impatiently for his food. FREEEEEEEEEEEAK! Well, Freak did deserve it, getting me out of that place. I walk up to a crate of frozen turkeys and speak a command word chi to lift the huge box. This command word is one of my favorites, because it's useful for throwing Sadie into the air to make her shut up. She gets so annoying sometimes [You know yourself that's right, Sadie. Hey, stop kicking me!] Then, I just seem to melt into my chair at the dining table and fill myself up. I don't know how, but I have this feeling I'll need this food later.
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I sleepily plop down on my bed, hoping for a night without my ba leaving my body once, but there's barely any chance of that happening. Once my eyes close, my ba decided to roam around some valley in Manhattan. At first, I thought it was just a strawberry farm. Then, as I float closer, I see it's a whole camp. I see Percy hanging out with this girl. Before I can question myself about what kind of place this is, I hear a huge rumble as a golden bronze dragon stomp into the camp, sending everybody into cabins with different designs. But that was the least of the problems I saw. Up ahead loomed a huge shadow, over at a tall pine tree. Turns out that black shadow spooked people more than the big fire breathing dragon machine. At that moment, I saw and heard Percy at the same time, shout out "Carter!", and I wake up sweating, my ba back in my body.
Sadie
I don't know what happened today, but Carter came back looking all sleepy and stuff. I mean, he just left Freak upstairs alone, screaming FREEEEEEEEEEEAK! so loud I can't concentrate on anything. I swore to get revenge on Carter later, but now, I just need to finish my report. My uncle, Amos, is expecting to receive an article on Greek gods, although I don't know why. Maybe I should tell Carter what I've been up to lately.
As I get up to go to the library, Felix comes running down the stairs. "Hey Felix, how's the cold spell I showed you coming along?" I ask. He just shakes his head and runs off. I have enough trouble to deal with already, without worrying about Felix. Just when I get to the library, I get mobbed by penguins on ice skates, and a blast of freezing cold air greets me as I slide into the library. No wonder Felix is running around. I pull out Doughboy, our shabti, and ask him where the scrolls with Greek gods are. He decides to lead me on a boring scroll tour that seems like miles before he made me walk back to the first shelf to pick out a scroll that says Greek Gods - Volume One in Egyptian hieroglyphs. "I'll rip your head off the next time you do that, Doughboy." I mutter. "Say what?" the shabti asks before he solidifies into wax again.
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So, here I am, reading up on Greek mythology in the middle of the night, with Carter screaming something like "Percy" over and over again. Wonder what's up with him? Anyways, I finished my report, and decided to get some sleep. Just when I climb into bed, I hear urgent knocking at my bedroom door. When I go see who it is, I see a sweating Carter shouting, "Hurry, we have to go!" I don't know what he's talking about, so I just stare at him, and he says, "I met this guy called Percy today, and he's related to Greek gods. There's a camp somewhere in a valley in Manhattan. That's what Amos told us when we first got here: Manhattan has other gods. They're Greek gods, and Percy's camp is in trouble!" Well, so much for my sleep. I curse under my breath and say, "I'll be out in a sec."
The night is cool and crisp, as we glide along with Freak still hungry for more frozen turkeys. Maybe I should start a turkey farm just for Freak. Just when I was thinking up a place to put the turkeys, we land roughly on the ground, near a tall pine tree. "There it is," Carter says. I look down into a valley, and I see a lot of strawberries, cabins, a lake, a forest, and a field. I can hear shouting from the cabins, and lights blink on and off from different places. "Percy!" I hear Carter shout next to me. Just then, a skinny boy with dark messy hair walks up the mountain to greet us, with a sleepy blond haired girl following him. "Who are they?" she asks. Percy answers, "Oh, I met Carter today while battling the crocodile. And this is ...?" "Sadie," I reply. "I'm Carter's sister." Percy nods with understanding. "Alright, so what's happening?" Carter asks. "Isn't there supposed to be some huge fight and a fire breathing machine or something?" Percy opens his mouth, and closes it, astonished he knows about the dragon. Well, having a ba that likes to wander to places while you sleep does help keep you informed on things. "Alright, we detected a lot of magical disturbance outside of our boundary, and we suspect it's Mother Earth, Gaea." Then, I blurted out, "Gaea? Isn't she supposed to be asleep?" I shouldn't have said that, because Carter grew suspicious. "Where did you learn that from?" I hesitantly tell him about my secret assignment about writing a report to Amos about Greek gods. Just then, another rumble sounded somewhere behind us, and Percy says, "Come on, let's meet in the Big House. I think Chiron might be interested in you guys." and then after muttering something about allowing, Carter, and I, a blue dome rippled across the valley, and then Percy pulled Carter into the valley. I was shoved into the valley by the blond haired girl, who said, "Come on, let's go, I want to get some sleep."