Chapter 9

Percy's POV

Grover had Iris-Messaged his scout, and we walked around until we were spotted. The guards seemed nervous, and Grover had told me it was because so many people had gotten lost around here in a single day. We were led in, and this old man came in, introducing himself as Mac. "I know that Chiron sent you here," he said, not nervous like the guards but calm like Chiron when he had been aiming an arrow at Kronos: a little bit freaked, but not showing. "He has been my friend for a long time. I am the chairman here, but I cannot just let Albert and Sophia go with you; the Prime Minister and all that will be curious. We cannot even let them know about you-that's why you'll have to pretend that you weren't discovered in the forest-and you have to pass the entry test."