This chapter is pretty long, so hopefully it'll make up for the time.
And sorry about that... we lost the charger to our computer, and our parents don't want us using theirs, so it may be a while before I update.
Oh! And we got snow! Like... about 2 weeks ago, but it's still snow. It's very rare for South Carolina to get snow, which is where I live.
Anyone else from SC?
The answer to my question last time: "I is the ninth letter in the alphabet."
Anyway... enjoy your chapter!
Percy
Percy had never seen a cat-goddess magically appear in his kitchen. It wasn't really on his really on his bucket list.
But if it was, he could cross it off.
Bast was really scary. She looked like an evil cat-turned-human. She had knives for fingernails- seriously, they were gleaming silver and very, very long. And even more scary looking.
She had cat eyes. They were a yellowish color. Her hair was jet black, long, and thick like... well..
cat's fur
It was pulled in a ponytail across the side of her head. She had on a skin-tight shiny yellow one piece with dangerous looking heels on. Percy knew that if her even took one step in those shoes he was done for.
She grinned mischievously at Carter an Sadie who looked both stunned and happy.
"So what have you been up to?" Bast asked, her eyes twinkling.
"Well, just got told about a save- the- world quest that involves Greek demigods, and we need to stop Setne, who has the Book of Thoth and could possibly destroy the world." Zia answered.
"So nothing much really." Sadie summed up.
"Mmmm. I think I heard something about that. Well if you're ready, we can go." Bast said.
"Wait a minute." Leo interrupted, making a time-out gesture with his hands."You appear out of nowhere with knives as fingernails,"
At this, Bast frowned at her hands. "and you want to take us somewhere?" Leo finished.
"And where exactly?" Annabeth asked. Percy could tell Bast somewhat unnerved her. Percy couldn't blame her. He was freaked out to. She looked like she was late for Halloween.
"Well, to the Duat, of course. Surely you didn't think you would go alone did you?" Bast answered.
Sadie frowned. "But I thought you weren't good at opening portals?"
Bast scoffed. "Oh, I'm not. You will be the one opening the portal, I'll just help guide you through."
Sadie sighed. "Of course. Leave me to do the hard stuff."
"Relax Sadie, I'll help. It shouldn't be too hard." Zia said.
"Well, portals going into the Duat are highly unstable. And even if we manage to make the portal, we could end up just getting sucked into and endless maze." Sadie explained.
After the Labyrinth, Percy didn't want anymore experiences with troubling mazes. "Let's not do that." he said.
"Yeah. It would really ruin our day." Jason commented.
"Well, no guarantees. We'll just have to-" Bast stopped abruptly, and started sniffing the air.
Percy discreetly leaned towards Annabeth. "What's she doing?" he whispered.
"How should I know. I don't even know who she is." Annabeth answered.
"Well, I figured you would know, being an all-knowing daughter of Athena." Percy answered.
"That doesn't mean I know everything." Annabeth whispered back.
"Well, take an educated guess." Percy suggested. Annabeth gave him a look and leaned away. Percy just smirked.
Bast's nose suddenly turned in Hazel's direction. "You." she said.
Suddenly, the room became very silent. All eyes were on Hazel. Percy noticed that she move closer to Frank slightly.
"There's an odd magic in you." Bast said, stepping toward her, and narrowing her eyes. "Something very... ancient. The blood of witches runs through your veins."
Eris, the goddess of strife, said the same thing to her some years ago when they were fighting Gaea. Hazel hadn't agreed with it, but that doesn't mean it's not true...
Hazel leaned away slowly as she was scrutinized under Bast's gaze. Then, she suddenly turned away.
"We'll worry about that later. For now, we need to make a portal." Bast looked around with her hands on her hips, and sighed.
"Do you mean now?" Sadie asked.
"Unless now all of a sudden doesn't mean now, then yes now!" Bast replied.
Percy sighed. No more stalling, it was time to go. He just didn't want to say goodbye to his mom. He almost hadn't come back from the Giant War. This thing with mixing two worlds who would be better off without knowing about each other...
well, there was no guarantee.
Annabeth, as if sensing his thoughts grabbed his hand, and intertwined her fingers in his. She didn't say anything, but she squeezed his hand gently. Percy looked into those swirling grey eyes he loved so much, and felt strength gather in himself.
He sighed and stood up, taking Annabeth with him. "Well, sorry mom. I won't be doing the dishes after this meal."
"What?" Sally replied from somewhere in the house.
Percy was about to reply, but Annabeth tugged his arm. "Come on Seaweed Brain." He sighed loudly, and trudged up the stairs lazily. Annabeth had to practically pull him up the stairs.
"Sally, looks like we'll be leaving a little early." Annabeth said, once she made it up the stairs.
"What? Why?" Sally asked, turning around abruptly.
"Well, a goddess formed in the kitchen, which I don't know how you didn't hear by the way, and said we need to leave. Like now." Percy answered.
There was a pause, in which Percy could his mother fighting tears. She didn't want her son to go- not again. He was gone for almost more than a year the last time, and he may not come back from this one.
Percy couldn't blame her. He wouldn't be able to stand it if he couldn't see his mom again. He let go of Annabeth's hand and stepped forward to wrap his mom in a hug. He squeezed tightly, wanting to tell her how much she meant to him, but couldn't speak past the lump in his throat.
"I love you mom." Percy whispered, almost inaudiable.
"I love you too baby." Sally replied, kissing him on the cheek. Percy pulled away, and Sally stepped around him and gave Annabeth a hug, too.
"Keep Percy out of trouble." Sally said.
Annabeth laughed a little. "I'll try, but you know trouble has a way of sneaking up on him. He attracts it like a magnet."
This made Sally laugh. "That is right." She pulled away and held Annabeth at arm's length. You have grown into a beautiful young woman." she said.
Percy smiled softly at that. Annabeth was like the daughter Sally never had, and he was glad to see Annabeth finally had someone to call mom.
This obviously meant a lot to Annabeth as well, because she started tearing up as well.
"You know mom, you could probably make a heartless sumo wrestler cry." Percy commented.
"It's just a gift I possess. Seemed to have skipped over you." she replied.
Percy laughed. "You're right it did."
"Percy, Annabeth you might wanna come down here. Bast is starting to make weapons out of silverware!" Percy heard Leo call.
"Well, I guess we'd better go. And I promise to do the dishes when we come back." Percy said, earning a laugh from his mother.
"They'll be waiting for you." she replied. "Be careful."
"A careful Percy is almost the biggest oxymoron I've ever heard." Annabeth said, as she walked past Percy to the stairs. Now, he was offended.
"I can be careful!" he said.
Annabeth just flipped him off over her shoulder. How rude. He was about to turn around and follow her, but his mother's hand stopped him.
Percy turned back to his mom. She was smiling fondly at them. "I take it you haven't asked her yet?" she asked.
"No, not yet." he replied smiling sheepishly.
"What are you waiting for? It's not like she'll turn you down." Sally said.
"The right time, I guess." he answered.
"Well, when you do, I want every detail mister." she stated.
Percy smiled. "You'll be first to know. After her of course." Then, a loud CLANG! interrupted the conversation, and voices yelled "Bast! Put the silverware down now!"
"You're not coming downstairs?" he asked.
His mother shook her head, "No. I don't want to see the mess, and I've seen enough goddesses in my day."
Percy scoffed. "You're telling me." It was then, he heard footsteps. He turned quickly, with his hand in his pocket, ready to whip out Riptide and start slashing when he realized who it was.
'You weren't gonna kill me were you Jackson?" Piper asked with Jason, Leo, Hazel, and Frank on her heels.
"Not today." he replied. "Are you guys ready to go?"
"Yeah, we were just waiting on you." Hazel said.
"One more thing." Piper said. She went over to Sally and gave her a big hug. Everyone else followed suit and soon it was a big group hug.
Sally laughed, and was almost knocked over.
"Thank you Sally." Hazel said. Percy's mother looked so happy, Percy almost wanted to frame her face.
"You're welcome, my little hens. Now go, shoo! You have a world to save." she said, pushing them away.
They all smiled and made their way downstairs. Percy hugged his mom one last time.
"Don't come back dead." his mother said.
"I make no promises." he replied. Sally hugged him harder.
"Tell Paul I said bye." Percy said.
"I will." Sally said, letting go of her son.
Percy turned, took a deep breath, and made his way down the stairs.
That was hard work.
Eat a cricket, walk on hot coals, and STAY AWAY FROM THE HANGING TREE!
What is the longest word in the dictionary?
Types of friends:
acqaunitances
buddies
friends
squad
family
Know which one's which.
