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Quote of the Day: [Fine, Sadie. Call me the Carter-headed chicken] – Carter, The Red Pyramid.
I do not own Percy Jackson or The Red Pyramid (Anyone notice that I swapped the book names around? ;P)
Night was almost dawning, and Camp Half Blood looked as peaceful as ever. The five of them walked towards the Big House to meet Chiron. None of the other campers seemed to bother with their arrival. Maybe it was the fact that the outside world wasn't as dangerous for demi-gods anymore. Once they had reached the porch of the house, Mr. D and Chiron stopped playing their card game.
"Welcome back," Chiron said in a low voice; he didn't want to wake up any of the sleeping campers.
"We've got the book," Annabeth whispered as she stuck her hand in Nico's bag, feeling around for the book.
She pulled it out, along with some skull patterned boxers. Nico's eyes widened as he noticed that they were his. Everyone laughed as Nico blushed. Everyone had seen his underwear, including Sadie.
"Nice boxers," Grover chuckled as he put the back in his bag.
"I'm urm..." Nico stammered, looking at the floor, "I'm gonna go see how Percy is."
And with that he walked off the porch to the infirmary.
"I best go call him back," Grover exclaimed.
He followed Nico's steps. Just as he was about to call him, he hands were pulled back.
"Grover!" Said a familiar voice.
He turned around to see his girlfriend. Naturally, the first thing he did was hug her.
"Grover I missed you so much," Juniper cried; still hugging him.
"Hey, well your G-man is back now," Grover told her.
She pulled away from him.
"Well, you could've visited the last time you came to camp!" Juniper yelled, anger filling her elvish face.
At this point Nico turned around to see what the commotion was. He smirked when he saw Grover getting told by his girlfriend.
"Yeah, Grover," Nico joined in, "How could you not visit her?"
Grover scowled at him.
"But Percy was in need, I had to help him!" Grover explained.
Juniper's expression softened, "I was only a couple of trees away."
She walked off.
"I need to go after her," Grover told Nico, "Go back to the Big House."
Grover followed his upset girlfriend into the forest. Nico forced himself to go back to the house. Surely, they'd had forgotten about his pants by now. When he reached the house, Annabeth, Carter and Sadie were flicking through the book.
"M. N. O. P!" Annabeth exclaimed as she flicked through the pages.
She slid her finger down the page muttering names out loud. It may have not looked like it, but Mr.D was listening hard to these names. Pierre, Pedro, Peter, these names he had already called Percy.
"Percy Jackson!" Sadie exclaimed, "I found it!"
They looked at where Sadie had her finger.
"And his secret name is?" Chiron asked.
"Of the Sea," Carter read aloud, "Clever."
"Come on let's go see Percy," Nico said from the doorframe.
They all agreed and made their way to the infirmary. Sadie and Carter how no clue of how to release Percy's soul. They would just have to think of something on the spot. Annabeth was dreading, but yet at the same time looking forward to see Percy. She wanted to see him, but not as an unconscious body. Once they had entered the infirmary, Annabeth ran to the side of her boyfriend. Tears spilled from her eyes, she didn't even try keeping them in. She turned to Carter and Sadie.
"Release his soul then," she said.
"Urm... I don't really know how to but I'll try," Sadie admitted.
She pulled out her wand and took a deep breath.
"Of the Sea," Sadie started, with a loud, strong voice, "I release you from the Duat."
Moments passed and Percy lay lifeless on the bed.
"Why isn't it working?" Annabeth cried.
"I don't know how to do it," Sadie replied; she was really frustrated. They all had gone on the quest to save Percy, and the one time Sadie had to do something important. She couldn't even do it right.
"Don't worry," Chiron comforted, placing a hand on Annabeth's shoulder, "Sleep on it, maybe you'll think of something."
Everyone except Annabeth left the infirmary. Annabeth went to sleep, sitting at Percy's bedside. It was late, so the rest of them went to their cabins to get some long earned rest.
Darkness filled the beach and it looked more beautiful than ever. Sadie stood there, wondering why she had whiskers. It was a ba vision, but last time she couldn't remember having whiskers. Maybe it was because she was too angry at Anubis at the time to notice.
"You've got a tail," Someone from behind her said, "A mouse tail."
She turned to see Carter, well Carter with wings.
"How come you're here?" Sadie asked, "This is my ba vision."
"It's mine isn't it?" Carter questioned.
"And how come you're still a bird and I'm a mouse?"
"I think I'm an owl," Carter smiled, proudly.
"A mouse is one of Apollo's sacred animals," Another voice spoke.
They both turned to see whose voice it was. The blonde girl had wings like Carter. Her grey eyes reflected the moonlight. There was no doubt that it was Annabeth.
"How are you here?" Carter asked; quite confused.
"This is my dream, what are you talking about?" Annabeth exclaimed.
"How are we all having the same dream?" Sadie questioned.
"Remember what Chiron said. Sleep on it. This probably how we can save Percy," Carter explained.
"BOO!" A new voice yelled.
The rest of them screamed, when they saw the talking skeleton.
"How did it get here?" Sadie yelled.
"Calm down," the skeleton spoke, "It's me. Nico."
They all stared at him. Sadie picked the tip of one of Nico's bony fingers, examining it.
"Ok stop doing that, it's freaking me out!" Nico exclaimed.
They were amazed at how a skeleton could talk without lips. All of them stood there on the beach, admiring the beauty of it.
"Ok," Carter broke the silence, "Let's find Percy."
They all nodded and searched the beach. In the distance by the coast was a crouching figure. It looked as if it were holding a heavy weight. They ran closer, but slowed their pace at a reasonable distance. They weren't too sure whether it was a monster or not. As they got even closer, they saw unruly black hair waving in the wind. Green eyes turned to them as if analysing whether they were friend or foe. Annabeth step closer than the others.
"We've come to help you," she said in a calm voice; swallowing her tears. All this time, Percy had been suffering.
"Annabeth?" He strained to say.
She ran over to him and the others followed close behind.
"Oh Percy," Annabeth touched his cheek, "Are you alright?"
"I'm holding something really heavy on my back and I can't get it off," he explained.
They looked at his back, but there was nothing there.
"He's holding up his weight in the real world," Carter thought aloud, "We're in the Duat. And I'm guessing Percy is holding the weight of his own life, well body anyway."
"I'm that heavy?" Percy strained a laugh.
"Release his soul now," Carter told Sadie.
"What was his name again?" Sadie asked; trying to remember, "Seaweed Brain?"
Percy scowled.
Annabeth chuckled, "No, it's Of the Sea."
Sadie took her wand and raised it high.
"Of the Sea," Sadie spoke in the same tone as before, "I release you from your trap."
A burst of yellow light came from her wand and swirled around Percy. Moments later, Percy managed to stand up. The weight was no longer on his back. The earth shook.
"What the Hades was that?" Percy questioned; awestruck at what Sadie's spell, "And whose the skeleton?" He laughed.
"Shut up!" Nico yelled, "Have you seen yourself? You've got gills on your neck."
"Huh?" Percy touched his neck and sure enough, he had gills.
Percy was so confused but Annabeth told him to ask questions later, once he had gotten rest.
"We've got to wake up now, before we get stuck here forever," Sadie explained.
"And how do we do that?" Nico asked.
Sadie didn't answer his question. Instead, she pinched his bone for an arm; his skeleton disappeared. Percy and Annabeth didn't bother asking any questions and pinched each other. Sadie pinched Carter and she swore she heard Carter scream like a girl as he disappeared. Finally, she took one last look at the serene waters and then pinched herself to wake up.
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