Dont even bother to ask. I wouldnt be here if I owned the characters. Rick Riordan owns them.

Teaching Kids Bullfighting:

"Chiron!" the demigods cheered.

Sure enough, the wise old centaur was standing in the doorway, his kindly voice still bouncing off of the walls. Next to him, stood a middle-aged mortal that the eldest Greeks recognized.

Sally glanced around the room, until her gaze finally rested on Poseidon, and she blushed to the tips of her hair. "Poseidon!" she squeaked. She glanced at the boy sitting across from the Sea God. "And Percy! Um… I can explain, Percy…"

Annabeth rushed over and quietly explained to the two what they were doing and what had happened so far. When she finished, the three headed over to join the group, Annabeth returning to her spot by Percy, Sally sitting down on her son's other side. Chiron kneeled down between Annabeth and Thalia, and Grover passed him the book.

"Chapter four: My Mother Teaches Me Bullfighting" He glanced worriedly at Poseidon and the Jacksons before continuing.

We tore through ... foot on the gas.

Ares nodded at Sally in approval, "That's the bestway to drive."

Hephaestus tapped his chin thoughtfully. " That explains why your chariot's in my forges so often…" There was some chuckling, but it quickly died down at Ares' glare.

Every time there ... shag-carpet pants.

Travis grinned and opened his mouth. But before he could say anything, Katie cut him off. " No.You are notgetting shag-carpet pants."

Travis and Connor pouted.

But, no, ... each other?"

"Way to break the ice, Percy," Rachel chuckled.

Grover's eyes flitted ... I was watching you."

Travis smirked. "That kind of makes Grover sound like a stalker."

"Watching me?... am your friend."

"Yep." Leo nodded. "You completely sound like a stalker."

"Um .... is a donkey-"

"Ooh," Nico grimaced. "Grover isn't going to like that… Satyrs hate to be addressed like that."

"How do you know?" Hazeo asked.

"On my first night at Camp, I called a satyr donkey-man... Got a hoof-print on my butt." Nico winced.

Grover let out ... an irritated bleat.

Several people chuckled.

"Goat!" he cried... the waist down."

Thalia chuckled. "You just said it didn't matter."

"You ... matter."

Thalia paled. Then she turned to glare at Percy. "If anyone asks, you think like me, alright?"

Percy raised an eyebrow, but he nodded.

"Blaa-ha-ha! ... Mr. Brunner's myths?"

"Not exactly mymyths Percy." Chiron chuckled.

"Wait," Leo spoke up. "So Mr. Brunner isChiron?" Several older Greeks nodded.

"Were those ... a Mrs. Dodds!"

"What does thathave to do with anything!" Thalia cried out in exasperation. "You're missing the point!"

Percy stuck his tongue out at her. "I probably wanted to make sure I wasn't going crazy."

"Of course.... what do you mean?"

"Grover," Annabeth sighed. "You're just confusing him more!"

The weird ... on our trail.

Everyone leaned in, enchanted by the story.

"Percy," my mom said,... blood-thirstiest minions."

"Grover!" Annabeth yelled.

"Grover!"

Annabeth and Sally flushed.

"Sorry, Mrs. Jackson. ... something this weird.

"And yet," Jason chuckled, "you can come up with Magic Mushrooms."

"When you say 'Magic Mushrooms,' he sounds like Mario…"Travis laughed.

My mom made ... white picket fences.

"You're almost there," Poseidon pleaded. "Hurry, hurry, hurry…"

"Where are we ... to send you."

Sally sighed. She had known that this was coming.

"The place you ... ladies cut yarn."

"Well, when you put it that way," Leo chuckled. "It sounds ridiculous."

"Those weren't old ... When someone's about to die."

"Grover!" The demigods yelled at the slip-up. Grover blushed.

Percy, Sally, Poseidon, and Annabeth paled considerably, and Annabeth pulled Percy closer.

"Whoa. You said '... Not you, you."

"Wait," Ares tilted his head to the side, trying to understand using his tiny brain. "What?"

"Boys!" my mom said.

"Thank you!" Hera called in exasperation.

She pulled the ... Please. Please. Please."

"Please. Please. Please." Annabeth and Poseidon took up the chant under their breath.

I didn't know ... us to arrive.

The ten-year old Percy did the same thing.

Outside, nothing ... meant to kill me.

"No shit, Sherlock," Thalia muttered.

Much to everyone's surprise, Percy retorted with, "Screw you, Watson." The cousins glared at each other, ignoring the laughter all around them.

Then I thought ... our car exploded.

Everyone in the room held their breath in anticipation.

I remember feeling ...

Lightning.

"ZEUS!" Poseidon screamed. "If they die, you are going to pay dearly!" Zeus shifted uncomfortably in his seat.

That was ... "Grover!"

"Oh, no," Sally whispered.

He was slumped ... you to die!

Artemis blinked. "He's extremely loyalfor a boy. Very unusual compared to most boys I've met."

"Yes," Athena nodded in agreement. "But there issuch a thing as being tooloyal. For a possible hero of a prophecy, that is a very dangerous trait to have…"

Then he ... knew there was hope.

A chuckle rose up around the fire, and Grover flushed.

"Percy," my mother said... he had horns.

A gasp rang out throughout the room, and Poseidon stood up, glaring at Hades. "You sent the Minotaurafter my SON?" It took several minutes and multiple pleads from god and demigod alike to get the Sea God to settle down, but he eventually did, and motioned for Chiron to continue.

I swallowed hard... crest of the nearest hill.

"Oh, look," Thalia smiled wryly. "I'm mentioned."

All of those who didn't know the story stared at her like she was crazy, but she just waved it off. "It should be explained at somepoint. Chiron, you'd better just keep going."

"That's the property line," ... you're coming too."

Hestia sighed sadly, "She can't, young hero." Percy's eyes widened, and he stared at his mother in fear.

Her face was pale, ... Help me carry Grover. "

Hera smiled, "Loyal to his friends and his mother." She glared at Ares and Hephaestus indignantly, "Why can't yoube like that?"

Hephaestus rolled his eyes. "I'll let you know the next time you decide to throw me off Olympus."

Hera didn't have an answer to that one.

"Food!" Grover moaned, ... looked like horns ...

All through this paragraph, Poseidon sank lower and lower into his chair, and Percy began to shiver with fear. Annabeth pulled him closer and kissed the top of his head. Percy's fists clenched in his lap, and he bowed his head so the others couldn't see his expression. Sally ran her fingers comfortingly through his hair.

"He doesn't want ... Grover the goat,

Travis snickered, then turned to smirk at the satyr. "Can I call you that from now on?"

"… No."

at the thing ... waist- high grass.

"You should really mow that, Dionysus," Demeter sighed. "It's going to get half-bloods killed."

Dionysus gave her an indignant expression, sighed when she glared at him, nodded his head, then went back to reading a magazine.

Glancing back, ... clothes except underwear-

Leo and the Stolls burst out laughing. Jason raised his eyebrows. "Is he serious?"

I mean, bright white Fruit of the Looms-

More laughter. Conner fell over, clutching his sides.

which would've ... an electric sharpener.

The room laughed again, and Piper smirked with amusement at the book. "He certainly has a funny way of describing things…"

I recognized the monster, ... mother said.

Athena nodded in approval. "Don't say his name."

"I wish I'd known ... "Names have power."

Athena smiled at Sally. "You're quite an intelligent woman, Ms. Jackson."

Sally flushed at the goddess' praise, and smiled shyly.

The pine tree ... fifty feet away.

"He can't see," Annabeth whispered.

"Food?" Grover moaned.... gas tank exploded.

"Yeah!" Travis cheered.

Not a scratch, ...

Oops.

The group burst into hysterics at Percy's thoughts.

"Percy," my mom said. "... you near me. "

Artemis shook her head. "You couldn't possiblybe selfish. From what I've heard so far, your upbringing has taught this boy a lot. It is goodthat he stayed with you." Athena and Hera nodded in agreement.

"Keeping me near you? ... on top of us.

The only sound that could be heard throughout the room was the slow trickling of the water feature.

My mother must've ... to the side.

A sigh of relief echoed along the walls.

The bull-man ... down in the grass.

Percy caught his breath, and Poseidon turned frantically toward Sally.

We'd reached the crest ... We'd never make it.

At this point, Percy had begun to hyperventilate. He buried his face in Sally's arm, shivering violently.

The bull-man grunted, ... away from Grover.

"No…" Percy's muffled voice was flooded with fear. "No. No. No."

"Run, Percy!" ... pummeling the air.

Percy's heavy breathing quickened, and his terrified chanting grew slightly louder. "No. No. No. No. No…"

"Mom! ... Gone.

"NO!" Percy and Poseidon shrieked. A rumbling shook the throne room, and the water feature exploded. The earthquake grew, shattering the windows, and the Gods fell out of their seats. Annabeth and the other demigods toppled backwards, and Sally and Rachel crashed into the wall.

"Poseidon!" Zeus called. "Stop this!"

"It's not me! It's Percy!"

The gods' jaws dropped, and they turned to watch the shaking boy, now so vulnerable, cause as much damage as his father could. Jason, Leo, and Piper gawked at how powerful Percy already was at ten, when the Percy that they were waiting to meet was twicethat age.

The destruction grew stronger and stronger, enticing fear in all those who weren't immortal. Finally, Annabeth stumbled over to Percy and pulled him into her. She whispered urgently in his ear, and, gradually, the rumbling and the explosions died down. When everything stilled, Percy's fists clenched Annabeth's shirt, and he began to cry. He then stumbled towards his mother.

As an ten-year old, it was to be expected. Annabeth couldn't blame him for being terrified of the damage he'd caused. Even herPercy was wary of his own powers.

Sally hurried over and, when Annabeth finished repeating her message, Sally pulled Percy into her arms, and his cries died down to shivers. Annabeth gave her message to Poseidon, and they all settled back down.

Zeus glanced from the shivering Percy to Annabeth's tear-stained shirt, almost in awe. "What did you tell him?"

"The only thing I cantell any of you: that Sally is alive and well in our time." Poseidon nodded gratefully, and snapped his fingers. Instantly, Annabeth's shirt dried, and she motioned for Chiron to continue.

"She shimmered and faded with a golden light... That's metamorphosis." Athena noticed.

Percy scowled at Hades. So Hades had taken his mom. Hades just shrugged. He still didn't know why he would do that.

"No!"

Anger replaced ... Mrs. Dodds grew talons.

"Cue Ass-kicking Percy!" Conner cheered. Percy gave a small, muffled chuckle, and he stopped shivering. He sat back up, and Annabeth ran her fingers comfortingly through his hair.

The bull-man ...

I had an idea-

"Fingers crossed it's a stupididea," Nico muttered. When he noticed Piper's, Leo's and Jason's incredulous looks, he chuckled. "Percy's goodideas never work at all, whereas his stupidideas work out in the end, though not the way he originally planned it."

a stupid idea,

"We're safe!" the Stolls cried.

but better than no idea at all.

Jason shrugged. "Touché."

I put my back ... at the last moment.

"That won't work, punk." Clarisse shook her head.

But it didn't happen ... landing on his neck.

Silence. It was finally broken by Hazel, who asked. "How did he do that?"

No one had an answer.

How did I do that? ... my teeth out.

"I actually felt that." Thalia winced. "Sorry?" Percy asked her. Thalia just shook her head and smiled.

The bull-man ... burned my nostrils.

Aphrodite wrinkled her nose. "Ew."

The monster shook ... only one gear: forward.

"Well," Athena muttered. "At least he was smart enough to realize that…"

Meanwhile, ... high-octane fuel.

"Cue pissed offAss-kicking Percy!" Travis echoed his brother's previous comment.

I got both hands ... all my might.

Ares shook his head, "Not gonna happen, kid. Only mykids can do that."

The monster tensed, ... -snap!

The room burst into hysterics at Ares' slack-jawed expression.

The bull-man ... size of a knife.

"So that'show that happened," Nico said to himself.

The monster charged.

... furry rib cage.

"You killed the monster." Artemis said with disbelief.

The bull-man ... .monster was gone.

Jason's eyebrows rose. "If he fights like thatwith notraining… I think that he'll do fineat the Roman camp."

Frank chuckled. "You should have seen him during the War Games… He fought like a Demon."

Jason grinned. "How well does he fight?"

"He took out most of the third, fourth and fifth cohorts during war games, and he wasn't even fighting seriously. It was like he was having fun, just toyingwith them."

Annabeth smiled. "That's Percy for you."

The rain had stopped. ... needing my help,

Hestia nodded approvingly, "He throws his own misery away for the sake of others. I like this boy." The other gods couldn't help smiling. Hestia's opinion of a person was worth a million drachmas.

so I managed to haul ... curled like a princess's.

Hermes turned to Aphrodite, "One of yours?"

Aphrodite giggled and leaned forward. "Maybe." Then she frowned. Most of her girls usually wore their makeup. No makeup was mentioned in the description.

The gods were too preoccupied with the story, so only Sally, Rachel, Grover, and the demigods noticed Annabeth's face flush a deep crimson at the word "pretty." Percy glanced around at the smirks, and his face turned the same color as Annabeth's.

They both looked ... He must be."

"Oh, ishe?" Thalia raised an eyebrow and smirked knowingly at Annabeth, who's face turned an even darker shade of red.

"Silence, ... Bring him inside. "

For a moment, there was silence amongst the gods. Then, Aphrodite squealed, "He thinks you're pretty!"

Athena eyed Percy warily, and he ducked his head, face red.

Chiron stood up. "May I suggest we take a break?"

Poseidon nodded. "Good idea Chiron."

But before anyone could move, there was a flash of light behind them.

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5 chapters done! If you are still with me... I was hoping if you could also tell your fellow friends to read my book...? Please...? I would be really thankful.

And I think it gets even better after this chapter... I promise it gets better towards the middle of the book.

Question of the chapter: Your favorite Rick Riordan book ?