Percy is my best friend, and if he got into trouble, he'd be expelled. Again. He had told me about how he had been expelled from six other schools in six years. He told me that even with all of that, he didn't want to disappoint his mom. And since I don't want him to get into trouble...
"I did it!"I said. Percy and Mrs. Dodds looked at me. She then mad a weird face, as if she was smelling something bad."No, Percy did it!"Nancy protested."Wait!" Grover yelped,"It was me. I pushed her."I was surprised. Grover was scared of Mrs. Dodds.
"I don't think so, Mr. Underwood."Mrs. Dodds said."But-"Grover started, but Mrs. Dodds interrupted him."You-will-stay-here." She commanded. She then turned to me and Percy."As for you two, since I'm not a hundred percent sure on who did it, both of you !"
Nancy snickered. I glared at her and looked away. Percy shook his head, and when we looked at the building, Mrs. Dodds was at the top of the steps, tapping her foot.
"How did she..."I mumbled, mystified."Why did you stick up for me twice today?" Percy asked as we walked up the steps."Well, because I don't want you to get into any trouble and get expelled. Again. And besides, you'd do the same thing, right?"I asked, giving him a smile.
He blushed slightly and nodded, then rubbed the back of his neck."Of course I would, Daphne."I nodded, still smiling."Thanks for trying, anyways."I shrugged, then stopped."What's wrong?"Percy asked.
"We're leaving Grover with Nancy."I said. We both looked back, from Grover to Mr. Brunner. Grover seemed turned back around and Mrs. Dodds wasn't on the top of the steps, but at the end of the hall. "How does she do that?"I wondered aloud. Percy shrugged."Don't know. But maybe she's just gonna make us buy Nancy a new shirt."
"I didn't know that they made shirts whale size here,"I mumbled, making Percy My gut feeling was telling me to run far away- danger, danger! Maybe I was just being paranoid, but my whole body was tingling. I sighed."We'll be ok, I promise," Percy said. I chuckled,"You're gonna protect me from the big bad teacher?"I joked.
"Oh yeah. Of course I'll protect you," Percy said, a small hint of a smile coming across his lips. His words were sincere, and they made me smile. We walked further into the museum, and when we got to where Mr. Brunner had talked about the grave markers. There was an eerie silence, and the only real sound came from the heels of our shoes hitting the floor.
Besides us, the hallway was completely empty. With a fierce look on her face, Mrs. Dodds stands next a big marble frieze of the Greek gods. She stood with her arms crosses, a weird sound emitting from her. Was she really growling? I was now really nervous, and not just because Mrs. Dodds looks like she's going to kill us.
All because Nancy's shirt got wet? And then with her looking like she was going to smash the frieze with her bare hands? Creepy."You've been giving us problems," she stated. I glanced at Percy, who had his eyes locked on Mrs. Dodds."Yes, ma'am," he said, taking the safe road.
She looked from him to me."Yes ma'am."I said simply. There was an evil sparkle in her eyes, and it creeped me out more than I already was. I had to admit it- I was scared."I'll-I'll try harder, ma' both will." Percy said, sounding as scared as I felt.
Suddenly, it felt as if an earthquake hit us. Thunder shook the whole building."We are not fools," Mrs. Dodds said."It was only a matter of time before we found you out. Confess, and you will suffer less pain." Ok, what kind of drugs is she on? Or did she just want to freak us out; maybe that was the punishment. Sort of a weird one, but a punishment nonetheless.
"Well?" Dodds demanded."Ma'am, we don't know-" "Your time is up!" She hissed. She stepped back slightly, and my insides starting churning. Her eyes began to glow like coals and her fingers stretched, turning into long, yellow talons. Her jacket just seemed to melt into her skin, then folded out into large leathery wings. My suspicions were correct; Mrs. Dodds wasn't human.
She was a wrinkly crone with huge wings like a bat, claws, and a mouthful of hideous yellow fangs. She started coming towards us, her black eyes glowering with anger. Then Mr. Brunner wheeled into the room, a gold pen in his hand."What ho, Percy!" Brunner yelled, throwing the pen to Percy.
What was a freaking pen going to do? The saying,' the pen is mightier than the sword.' is just an expression! Mrs. Dodds the. Lunged at Percy. I grabbed his arm to pull him out of the way, but I was pushed away from him by Mrs. Dodds swinging her talons at us. Then another weird thing happened.
That gold pen? Well, it's no pen anymore. It's a beautiful bronze sword with letters engraved on the side. I recognized it from Mr. Brunner's Latin class. Mrs. Dodds totally ignored Mr. Brunner, and her eyes were locked on Percy. I felt completely defenseless, and insane."Die, honey!" She yelled, flying straight at Percy. Another surprise. Percy swung the sword, slicing Mrs. Dodds in half with a hiss of the blade.
She evaporated into yellow powder, leaving nothing but her scream echoing through my ears. I stared at the spot where she was and fell to my knees. No! I am NOT going crazy! I am not going to start seeing these... These strange and unnatural creatures again.
"Daphne..."Percy said, kneeling down next to me. He hugged me, to my surprise. But my eyes never left that spot as memories flooded my mind. Bad ones; ones where those things invaded my dreams; where I saw them everyday..."C'mon Daphne, please don't cry..." I was crying? Percy wiped the tears off of my face and helped me up. I started to look for reasons behind this.
"Maybe there was some magic mushrooms o-or angel dust put in our food. Yeah, that explains it..." In the back of my head, I heard,"Think harder,"But I ignored it and started rambling again; just as I normally do when I'm upset or shook his head and looked away, to the spot where SHE was."We gotta go," Percy said as he came out of his trance and picked up the sword.