The reason I'm using the wrong format for sentences is because then people don't have to look at the whole sentence again to add exclamation. I may have a lack of knowledge, but I ask a lot of questions. Percy and Annabeth are the only ones who have the same first letter in their name as their god parents. Interesting. Not even Hazel because her father is Pluto.
Percy's POV (Is there in order there should be in I'm confused, and I confuse people.)
Baxie and I were packing some extra clothes stuff called Ambrosia and Nectar. Baxie pulled out two backpacks from her suitcase.
"What you think I wouldn't pack one for you?" Baxie asked.
"No I just thought you would have no room if you did." I said.
"You think I had a lot of room on the run, its not like a wore dresses and fur coats, those things are hot! And how do you expect to brush your teeth out there? Your going to fail, trust me." Baxie said.
"So you never did?" I asked.
"Correction, people never let me, they always stole my toothbrush." I said.
It was hard to believe since her teeth were very white now.
"Take it just in case." I said.
"If I lose another toothbrush, I will change all of your water to tap water mixed with toilet water. Why didn't you tell Chiron the whole prophecy? That was a bad idea, the part you didn't tell was the most important." Baxie said.
"Let's not discuss it, I just don't feel comfortable talking about it." I said. Baxie looked hurt when I said this.
"It's not with you it's just here is not the place." I said.
"Oh OK, that was not nice. Anyways where'd that paste go?" She said as I hid it in a drawer. (Yay Cliche Bonding Time! Oh and my original word was plate though.)
Between loans from the camp store and gifts from Chiron, we had everything we needed, including God money 'drachmas', and mortal money.
Annabeth packs her magic Yankees cap that her mom (Athena) gave her. It makes her invisible when she wears it. She also brings a bronze knife and a book to read on Ancient Greek architecture.
Grover brings his reed pipes (he's a big fan of Mozart and Hilary Duff songs), his rasta-style green cap, and lots of apples and scrap metal to munch on.
All of us meet our ride up on Thalia's hill. There, Argus, the head of camp security is waiting to chauffeur us to the nearest bus depot in Manhattan. Argus has eyeballs all over his body so that he can keep watch in every direction at all times.
Before we leave, Luke gives me a pair of magic sneakers with wings: flying sneakers! He wishes us well. I'm is totally touched by this gesture of kindness, especially coming from such a cool, older dude. But, when Luke leaves, I give my magic shoes to Grover. I can't be caught flying around – that's Zeus's territory remember? Chiron gives me a super important present: Anaklusmos, a.k.a. Riptide the sword I used to kill the fate. When it is capped, it looks like a ballpoint pen. (Which means no Nico it has no ink because you can't uncap without it becomes a sword, meaning there is no pen part. What would happen if you break the pen in half, can that happen?) When it is uncapped, it is a shimmering bronze sword with a double-edged blade, a leather-wrapped grip, and a flat hilt riveted with gold studs." It is a gift for me from Poseidon. If I ever lose it or drop it, all I have to do is wait a few seconds, and the sword (masked as a ballpoint pen) will reappear in my pocket. Chiron gives us a last-minute history lesson after Baxie asks if there was a time before the gods before I could.
"Four ages before them, actually. The Time of the Titans was the Fourth Age, sometimes called the Golden Age, which is definitely a misnomer. This, the time of Western civilization and the rule of Zeus, is the Fifth Age." He explains.
"What was it like? I asked.
"Even I am not old enough to remember that, child, but I know it was a time of darkness and savagery for mortals. Kronos, the lord of the Titans, called his reign the Golden Age because men lived innocent and free of all knowledge. But that was mere propaganda. The Titan king cared nothing for your kind, except as appetizers or a source of cheap entertainment." He said.
Baxie's POV
Chiron goes on to say that it wasn't until the invention of fire (via Prometheus) and the rule of Zeus that humans advanced at all. Chiron says that the Titans are still around, locked in torture chambers in Hades. (Every one asks this, but IN?)
"All we can do, child, is follow our destiny." He said.
Percy and Annabeth get into a bit of a tiff on the car ride to the bus station. Annabeth tells Percy that Athena and Poseidon don't get along. This could put a damper on the quest.
"Couldn't have said this before?" I asked.
Argus drops us off at a Greyhound station in Queens, NY (near Percy's house).Percy gets sad thinking about his mom, and Grover tells him that she married Smelly Gabe out of love for Percy. Smelly Gabe's stench was so strong, it masked Percy's smell from monsters.
"WHAT?!" Percy and I said in unison. We both kept looking at each other.
"I'm so confused, real smells mask half-blood smells?" I said.
"Yes." Grover said.
After waiting a while, we board a Greyhound bus. I probably look weird carrying an axe around but the driver somehow didn't mind. Who should appear? None other than Mrs. Dobbs and two other women who look exactly alike. They are dressed like grandmothers, but they glare at us viciously. Annabeth recognizes them right away. As the bus begins to zoom out of NYC, the grandmothers announce to the bus that they have to use the restroom.
Annabeth gives Percy her magic Yankees cap and he disappears down the aisle, just as the grandmothers are coming after him. They attack Annabeth, Grover and me. Invisible Percy tries to stop them from messing with the wheel of the bus. The bus driver is very confused it would have been funny if I wasn't playing tug of war with a grandma. Not soon after the bus departed the station, Invisible Percy manages to grab the emergency brake. The bus crashes into trees and spins around. Everyone evacuates the bus except for Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Mrs. Dobbs, and me. Mrs. Dobbs and her friends are Furies sent by Hades.
After some wrestling I got my axe back, and we manage to get rid of the Furies although I did dent the bus a couple...dozen times. We run out of the bus and it explodes right after we got out. A tourist snaps a picture of us and the explosion behind us. So we run into the woods as fast as we could.
Mrs. Dobbs will most likely send for more monsters from Hades, so we need to run away, pronto.