We finally reached a shallower part of the sea where the horse-fishes couldn't go in case they got stuck in the shallow waters. So we had to paddle the rest of the way to the beach. It had high dunes and you could just about see a beautiful valley over them. "Where are we?" I asked "Home" Miles replied. I looked at him puzzled a swear he'd been in England all his life. "Who are you people, why won't you answer my questions?!" I demanded. Thalia sighed "Chiron will explain" Chiron? Heracles' trainer?
We were about to climb over the dunes when a gigantic dog attacked me. Thalia drew a bow while I picked up a stick. Impressive eh? The stick had a bronze nail in. I pulled it out, it was pretty sharp, and drove it into the hound's neck; it yelped and disintegrated into dust. I stared at it shocked when another one came bounding towards me. I had no time to pick up the nail again so I jumped onto its back. The monster panicked and headed to a tree to try and knock me off. Just as I dived off, it lunged on me a clawed at my back. I howled in pain. Thalia seemed to have gotten bored of her bow and arrow and charged at the monster with a spear. She also drew a shield, it was no ordinary shield it had the medusa's face on it, the monster whimpered and cowered away before Thalia stabbed it with her spear and it exploded into dust.
It seemed that Miles had run to get help because he and some other teenagers appeared at the top of the dunes. They all carried spears, swords, daggers, bows etc. The weird thing was, Miles had hooves on his feet and furry goat legs. My brother is a goat? Am I a goat? Why are all these kids armed? What were those monsters? Most importantly why was there a centaur and front of the kids. Everything went blurry after I caught a 16-17 year old boy kneel beside me. He had sea green eyes like mine and dark black hair he smelt like the sea…paradise. My wound was making me feel really sick and dizzy. The world was spinning; my back felt like hell; the world was getting darker and darker. That's when everything went black.