A.N.
1. I do NOT own any of this. The Percy Jackson characters (excluding my Egyptians) are the property of Mr. Riodan. HE is an amazing writer that I could never compare to.
2. This is the same as another story on PercyQuest (or something like that). It is OK! That account is from me. Neither this account or the one there is plagerizing.
Thank you and enjoy!
"What the hell is that?" Annebeth yelled as she ran, her sword banging at her hip.
"I don't know! Grover?" Percy answered as he ran.
"I don't know either! It's not Greek!" Grover bleated, running too.
The thing behind them roared. There was no way it was Greek. It had the head of a crocodile, the body of a hippo, and the tail of a lion. It was super fast. Faster than it should have been. The jaws snapped and Grover yelped. Percy stopped to protect his friend. The monster roared again and snapped at Percy's arm. Percy jumped back and cried out in surprise and pain. He looked at his arm and saw a trickle of blood slip down his arm. Nothing had been able to cut him for a while. He swiped at the monster. The monster swiped at the blade. And knocked it out of Percy's hand, unaffected by the Celestial Bronze.
"Oh Gods." Percy whispered.
The monster roared again and crouched to leap. Percy turned back and started sprinting.
"Run!" He yelled ahead.
"That's what we're doing!" Annebeth screamed.
They ran for a few more minutes before they heard the snapping of the jaws of the beast. The monster roared and snapped at them. Grover bleated in fear. Annebeth mouthed to Percy something he couldn't figure out. Then they heard hoof beats. Percy looked behind him in surprise.
Behind them was a gold chariot pulled by a galloping black stallion. The stallion's mane blew back as he threw his head to run faster. There were two people in the chariot, but Percy couldn't tell who. The horse and chariot were next to Percy and his friends in a moment. A tan hand shot down in front of Percy's face.
"Grab my hand!" The hand's owner yelled in a feminine voice.
Percy grabbed the hand and was surprised as he was pulled into the chariot. The hand quickly grabbed Grover as Percy grabbed Annebeth. They pulled them into the chariot. Grover bleated nervously while Annebeth held onto Percy's hand.
"Hold on." The voice said again.
Percy looked over at the owner of the voice. It was a girl, about 16. with long, thick, curly black hair that hung free to her waist. She was naturally tan with two thick gold armlets on each arm. She looked at Percy and he saw she had dark brown eyes, outlined in black eyeliner. She looked back at the other person in the chariot. It was a girl, about 10, that looked the same as the older girl, but she had a gold tipped spear and a silver quiver with her.
The older girl barked something in a different language. Percy looked to Grover and Grover shrugged. The older girl took the reins from the younger girl. The younger girl took an arrow out of the quiver and notched it in her bow. She drew it back and let the arrow free.
It hit the monster in the chest, close to the neck. The monster roared in fury and charged after them. The younger girl called to the older in the foreign language and the older snapped the reins over the stallion's back. The stallion whinnied and picked up speed. The wind roared through their hair as the stallion galloped down the beach parallel to New Jersey. The younger girl grinned at the older girl. Percy jumped when he heard the monster's roar again.
He looked back and saw the monster covering ground quickly. He looked at the girls and saw the younger grinning again. She hefted her spear and got ready. The monster roared again and hissed. As it got closer, the girl balanced the spear. It snapped at the chariot and the girl launched the spear. It twinkled and sparked in the sunlight before embedding itself in the monster's chest.
With a mournful hiss, the monster fell to the ground. The older girl swung the chariot around and the younger girl grabbed the end of the spear as they pasted. She moved back to the reins and the older girl leaned against the chariot side. She smiled to the others.
"We'll lose any tailers in Liberty Park." She told them in an exotically accented voice, "We will be there shortly."
Percy nodded then asked, "What are your names?"
The older girl smiled and answered, "All in due time, Perseus Jackson; Son of the Greek God Poseidon, Annebeth Chase, daughter of Athena, and Grover Underwood, satyr."
Percy looked at her oddly and she just smiled, showing her pearl white teeth. She said something to the younger girl and the younger girl laughed highly. She clucked to the stallion and he dropped to a lope. Within a few moments, the green pine trees of Liberty State Park were rising up. The younger girl's stance changed and the stallion dropped to a trot. When they were safely in the shadows of the trees, the stallion dropped to a walk and snorted. The younger girl said something in the other language and the horse stopped.
As they all jumped out of the chariot, the older girl walked to the stallion. She patted his neck and unhooked him from the chariot. As she pulled his bridle off, he trotted away and dropped to the ground. He rolled with a groan. The younger girl cleaned her spear point on her tunic. When the stallion popped up, it walked over to the older girl and rubbed his head on her shoulder. She smiled and rubbed his forehead. Annebeth broke the silence.
"Ok so, how do you know our names?" She asked, "We've never seen you before or even know who you are?"
The older girl looked at the younger. They started to converse quickly in the other language. The older girl cocked her head and said something softly. The younger stamped her foot and snapped something back. The older girl said something quickly and the younger snapped back again. The older girl rolled her eyes and shook back her hair. The younger girl snapped her foot again and her eyes flashed furiously.
"Go find them then. I'll be fine. Sundavar's with me. I'll be fine." The older girl told the younger.
The younger glared at her for a second before turning and running off. The older girl sighed before turning back to Percy and his friends. She rubbed the stallion's nose and cheek.
"Please excuse my friend. She doesn't like strangers." The older girl told them, "With good reason though. My name is Nefertiti Johansson. My mother is the Egyptian Goddess, Isis. My friend that just left is Marian Drew. Everyone calls my Titi, and most call her Mari. I don't know what Mari wants you to call her so it should be safe to call her Marian."
Percy glanced at Annebeth and Grover. They all looked as surprised as he was. Egyptian Gods and Goddesses? He had only heard of the Greeks. Now there were Egyptian's too? Percy felt a headache coming on from the thought of having to learn more Gods and Goddesses. He looked back at the girl, Nefertiti or Titi. Titi smiled pleasantly.
"I know it's hard to think of. But did you think the Greeks were the only Gods and Goddesses to survive and reproduce children? No. There are many others. The Greeks aren't the only ones. There are us Egyptians, a few Norse children, a few Aztec kids, and a couple Nehalem. And we suffer from the same as you." Titi explained.
The stallion rubbed his head on Titi's arm. Titi smiled and rubbed his nose.
"And this beautiful stallion is Sundavar. He is an Egyptian Arabian." Titi told them quickly.
Sundavar nickered his salute to them before turning his head to the rest of the woods. He whinnied to something in the woods. Titi looked over her shoulder and smiled. The younger girl, Marian, and three other girls appeared out of the trees. Titi patted Sundavar's shoulder and the stallion trotted over to the front of the chariot. Marian looked at Titi and the others before hooking up Sundavar. Titi looked back at Percy.
"These three are some more Egyptian demigods. Kanna, Cleopatra, and Masi. Goodbye Percy, Annebeth, Grover." Titi said quickly before hopping into the chariot.
Percy, Grover, and Annebeth watched in surprise as the chariot disappeared into the trees. They watched the dark heads of the girls, Egyptian demigods, disappear too. After a few moments, the hoof beats faded and they were left to find their own way home.