God, you guys must hate me. Sorry, but I was suffering writer's block for so long that I actually forgot about my stories! I'm back though! SORRY!
Nina
That day was the weirdest day of my life. Enough said. Well, then again, I suppose I have to tell you about the demons and the Hydra…
So after Percy wielded his sword/pen/thingamabob, Annabeth said darkly, "We have to get them to Camp Half-Blood." Percy nodded, staring at us as if we were the ones talking in riddles and having magic items.
Annabeth bit her lip, thinking so hard I could see the gears turning. "Where can you make a rainbow here?" She finally asked. "Um, you could always do a spray bottle and asphalt," Joy said after a few beats of silence. "Right. Percy, you'll have to come with me. Everyone else, stay put and under any circumstances, DO NOT leave." "Wait, what about Trudy? And our bags?" Amber asked. "Tell Trudy that we are going out to a party, and if you have to, bring some stuff," Annabeth said, not really paying that much attention. "But what if-" Annabeth cut her off by walking out the door.
"Okay, what do we do?" Alfie asked right as soon as they left. "What do you mean?" Mara asked innocently. "It's obvious we just can't go with them. They're completely mad!" Jerome pointed out. "I don't know. I mean, Percy has a sword!" Mara input. "Okay, guys, let's-" Patricia was cut off by a roar. "Wha…what was that?" Amber asked timidly. Another roar pierced the air. I gulped. "I think that Percy and Annabeth are telling the truth," I whispered.
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We did the natural thing: We screamed and ran. Amber dashed upstairs, while Alfie bolted for the bathroom. Mara took cover in the broom closet, and Patricia just pretended to suddenly forget something in the common room, dragging Eddie with her. Fabian and Mick deserted me for their room, and Jerome ran for the end of the hall. I stood, lone and paralyzed with fear, in the foyer.
Another roar shook the house. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAH!" I screeched, fear seizing my mind. I fell to the floor, my hands slapping the wood and making me jump more. I was so scared that my mind was just blank as my whole body shook, and I realized vaguely that I was having a panic attack.
Then, miraculously, a steely calm feeling crept into my mind. Adrenaline surged through my veins, and I could feel myself standing up. Let me take control, Horus urged. He did the stupidest thing possible, though: He marched me RIGHT OUT THE DOOR.
The creature stood about a hundred yards away. It had huge, ugly brown scaled feet, which led up to the largest, scariest, worst thing I had ever seen.
It was twenty feet tall, easy, and had scales that looked as tough as titanium that led up to a huge, long neck, which sprouted not one, BUT FIVE HEADS. All of them were huge, and had dagger-like teeth that were gross and green, dripping poison. It breathed fire, burning most of the trees up. The monster's eyes glowed yellow, paralyzing me right as I looked at it.
I felt like running for my life. I felt like curling up in a ball and sobbing my heart out. I felt like begging for mercy. Instead, Horus made me dart straight for it. Okay, I'm NOT going to fight that…thing! I told Horus. Well, how else is it going to go away? He asked stupidly. "Nina, what the hell are you doing?!" a voice called from the backside of the monster. Percy darted out, looking at me like I had three heads. "J-just w-wanted to s-see this thing up c-close," I stuttered. "RARRR!" the thing said, snapping at me. I bolted out of the way, as Percy tried attacking the chinks in its scales with that bronze sword. But why wasn't he lopping off its heads?
I tried thinking. A monster with five heads, it seemed familiar somehow. Then I realized, I had read a book with it in it. Hercules's twelve tasks! One of them was to defeat a thing like this! But…the Hydra was just a myth.
Well, it's not a myth now, Horus cursed in my head. "Right, ah, hello, Hydra, I don't want to hurt—AAH!" I screamed as it blew fire into my face. I ducked and rolled, ending up side-by-side Percy. "ARE YOU STUPID?!" He yelled as he slashed at the Hydra's body. "Yes! Do you have any fire?" I asked, staring at the beast. "What do you think?!" he asked as we dodged another attack. "Right…I need a flamethrower," I decided. I can help, Horus thought grumpily, obviously angry that I had refused his help. Now would be a good time, I thought, running into a tree stump as I tried to get away. I winced as the pain bloomed in my ankle. I dove behind it, and hid.
Reach into the Duat, He said like 'duh'. What the heck is a Duat?I thought furiously. Oh, I forgot that you are new to this. Well, the Duat is sort of a magic stream for Egyptians, ancient and forever, with many different—I yelled as the Hydra tried to bit my head off. QUICKLY! I yelled at Horus. Just imagine you're opening a locker, and I'll help you from there! He said. I doubted that would work, but I pretended that there was this very large locker containing a flamethrower. I shoved my hand into empty space, and…grabbed a metal handle?
I pulled out a nozzle that was attached to a container that looked like a fire extinguisher. The container had a strap on it, and I threw it over my shoulder like it was a very heavy backpack. "Here goes nothing," I said, trying not to freak out that I just produced a freaking flamethrower out of nothing. I limped out as I saw Percy make another attempt to hurt it, but I could tell he was distracted because he was trying to lead the monster away from both me and the house. "Percy, chop his heads off!" I yelled, charging the thing even though I felt like my leg was being bathed in acid. "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?!" He yelled at me as he dodged both a head snapping and another breathing fire in his face. The other three were staring at me the way a tiger would before pouncing on an innocent gazelle.
"SOMETHING VERY STUPID! JUST DO IT!" I shouted. He shook his head but sliced off a head. It hit the ground with a sickening plop. Before two heads could take its place, I broke out the flamethrower and pulled the trigger. White hot flames burst out of the nozzle, dousing the stump in fiery tongues. The other four heads screamed in pain, flailing as the neck became charred and unusable. "Where did you get that?" Percy asked as he cut another head. "Doesn't matter! How the heck do we kill this thing?!" I screamed, allowing fear to come back into my system. "Just keep flaming it!" He yelled, rolling onto his side as one of the only three heads left attacked him.
I did as I was told, and as I reduced the last head into nothing, it started crumbling, as if it was a sand castle. No, it was actually turning into sand. I gasped as the whole thing turned into dirt and was swept away by the wind. "W—am I dreaming?" I asked, backing up from the black haired guy. Before he could answer, Annabeth came running around the corner. "Okay, Chiron's sending some pegasi our way—hey, what happened?" She asked as she took in my hurt leg and our charred clothes. "Hydra," Percy said, as if that explained everything.
Apparently it did, because Annabeth cursed, then asked, "Wait, how'd you defeat it?" "Ask her," her," Percy said, pointing to me. "Ah…we have to get back to the others," I said, dashing up the hill to Anubis house.
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When I reached the house, people were still cowering, except for Fabian who was running around, trying to find me. When the door opened and I came in, Fabian sighed and ran over to me. "Sorry, I got scared," he apologized sheepishly. "Of course you did. Don't worry, it's fine!" I kissed his cheek and he sighed, obviously relieved. That is, until he smelled the smoke coming off our clothes.
"What happened?!" he yelled, taking the flamethrower and my burns and cuts. "Er, you wouldn't believe it," I said reluctantly. "Wha-" was all he got out before I yelled in alarm. "WHAT IS THAT?"
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