Okay, so at this stage I will be counting every vote, but I will only reply to reviews that aren't just voting because of how many I'm getting- I love it don't get me wrong but the chapter would be like ninety percent reply at this stage.
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Ryan Fowler: soon enough Percy and Sadie will be besties and they'll blow up everything together and it shall be fun.
Seaweedbrain760: Thank you, I'm really glad you're enjoying it, I love getting reviews and responding as much as I can.
Undeath9078: Yep, it's only a start, Sadie still has some issues to work through but she's getting there slowly.
Kat: I appreciate the review and I've added your votes- though I will say that Carter and Jason is a no no, Carter is five years older than Percy, he'd be like twenty before even meeting Jason and Jason would be fifteen/sixteen so it's a big no for me.
Uni: To be honest I hadn't even considered it, but I've counted your vote.
Guest: Thank you, and I have a lot of ideas for it that I'm excited to get to and your vote is counted.
Guest: I get what you're saying- Poor Percy has a lot of pressure on her, neither of them have much choice but it's still not fair, and honestly, Percy just loves the Donkey curse because- well, it's kinda ridiculous and that's something she loves.
TheGrimSwashbuc: Thank you so much, I try to keep a balance because Percy is strong, incredibly so but- I do want to make it clear that she's a freaking child right now, which means it's getting the balance between her powers and maturity levels- I don't want her to be grown up, I want her to be a kid who is smart, brave, funny and also struggling with it all because that's a part of her character.

Poll
Pipercabeth: 52
Percy/Apollo: 41
Perlia: 12
Percabeth: 10
Pipercy: 8
Percy/Bianca: 8
Perlianca: 8
Percy/Lou Ellen: 6
Pereynabeth: 5
Pereyna: 3
Perachelbeth: 2
Pereylia: 2
Perlissse: 1
Pereyna: 1
Percy/Ares: 1
Perachel: 0
Other: (Say who)

Percy grinned as she leaned forward to watch as Carter pulled out a lump of white wax. "This is wax."

"Fascinating." Sadie's voice was filled with sarcasm as she picked up a little wooden stylus and a palette with small indentations in its surface for ink, then a few glass jars of the ink itself—black, red, and gold. "And a prehistoric painting set."

"That's for spells." Percy declared-and Carter was already pulling out several lengths of brown twine, a small ebony cat statue, and a thick roll of papyrus.

Finally Sadie picked up a wax figurine and Percy ducked her head, lips twitching as she tried not to giggle.

The figurine was of a tiny man, crudely fashioned, as if the maker had been in a hurry. His arms were crossed over his chest, his mouth was open, and his legs were cut off at the knees. A lock of human hair was wrapped round his waist.

Muffin jumped on the table and sniffed the little man. She seemed to think him quite interesting. Percy couldn't blame her,

"There's nothing here," Carter said.

"What do you want?" Sadie snorted, "We've got wax, some toilet papyrus-"

"Toilet papyrus-" Percy blurted out with a giggle but Sadie kept talking.

"an ugly statue."

"Something to explain what happened to dad. How do we get him back and who was that firey man he summoned?" Carters eyes flicked to Percy, "You know right?"

"She seems to be a font of knowledge." Sadie agreed, giving Percy a look.

"I know some stuff but I dunno everything."

"See," Sadie looked at the wax man, "You heard him, warty little troll. Tell us what you know-" and Percy couldn't hold back her giggles when Doughboy came to life and shook himself.

"I answer the call."

Of course the funny part was Sadie's high pitch scream as she dropped him on his head.

"Ow!" the shabati yelped the word, and then he was batting at Muffin's nose-since she'd wandered towards him and was sniffing him- and he cursed loudly in Egyptian before screeching, "Go away! I'm not a mouse." which prompted Sadie to scoop up Muffin and put her on the floor- and Percy's laughter drew Doughboy's attention to her.

"Oh." he pulled a face, "You again- didn't the master tell you you weren't allowed to activate me!"

"Yeah, but I didn't activate you." Percy poked her tongue out at the wax man.

"What are you?" Carter demanded suddenly.

"I'm a shabti, of course!" The figurine rubbed his dented head. He still looked quite lumpish, only now he was a living lump. "Master calls me Doughboy, though I find the name insulting. You may call me Supreme-Force-Who-Crushes-His-Enemies!"

"Or you could call him Squishy."

"Why you-" Doughboy glowered at her, "I still have the fingerprints you brat!"

"In my defence I was like six!"

"Alright alright!" Carter held up his hands placatingly, "Okay then Doughboy." that earned Carter a scowl from the shabati.

"You weren't supposed to trigger me. Only the master is supposed to do that- and she's not allowed to-" he pointed towards Percy.

"You scared me! You tried to bite me! Of course I tried to squish you."

"The master- that means dad right?" Sadie directed that to Percy and Doughboy, and Percy nodded as Doughboy pulled a face.

"That's him. Are we done yet? Have I fulfilled my service."

"Not until we say you have- be careful or I'll squish you again-"

"So Doughboy-" Sadie was clearly trying to hide how amused she was, "You were triggered when I picked you up and gave you a direct order: Tell us what you know. Is that correct?"

Doughboy crossed his stubby arms. "You're just toying with me now. Of course that's correct. Only the master is supposed to trigger me, by the way, I assume you're his brats like her-" he nodded at Percy, "But he has rules, he'll blast you to pieces when he finds out."

Carter cleared his throat, "Doughboy the master is missing." he said slowly, "He's been magically sent away somehow and we need your help-"

"Master is gone?" Doughboy smiled so widely, it almost looked like his wax face would split open. "Free at last! See you, suckers!"

He lunged for the end of the table but forgot he had no feet. He landed on his face, then began crawling toward the edge, dragging himself with his hands. "Free! Free!"

He fell off the table and onto the floor with a thud, but that didn't seem to discourage him. "Free! Free!"

He made it another centimeter or two before Sadie picked him up and threw him in Dad's magic box. Doughboy tried to get out, but the box was just tall enough that he couldn't reach the rim.

"Trapped!" he wailed. "Trapped!"

"Oh, shut up," Sadie ordered. "I'm the mistress now. And you'll answer my questions."

Carter raised his eyebrow. "How come you get to be in charge?"

"Because I was smart enough to activate him."

"You were just joking around!"

"She did wake him up." Percy grinned, "I thought it'd be funny if one of you activated him on accident-"

"Oh real funny." Doughboy gave her a dirty look, "You little brat-"

"Oh shush Doughboy." Percy blew a raspberry at him and Carter let out a groan.

"Percy can you please stop bickering with the shabati."

"Do you even know what a shabati is?"

"I-" Carter paused and Sadie grinned.

"Well there's one easy way to find out without asking you Percy. Doughboy, what's a shabati-"

"Why are you asking me when she knows." he pointed at Percy.

"Because she's like, basically a baby and she's too busy mocking you."

"I am not a baby-"

"Uh huh, shut up baby-"

"Okay okay-" Carter shook his head, "Now's not the time for bickering you guys."

"Right." Sadie's gaze swung back to Doughboy. "Come on then, answer my question."

"Will you let me out of the box if I tell you?"

"You have to tell me," Sadie sounded rather smug, "And no, I won't."

He sighed. "Shabti means answerer, as even the stupidest slave could tell you."

Carter snapped his fingers. "I remember now! The Egyptians made models out of wax or clay—servants to do every kind of job they could imagine in the afterlife. They were supposed to come to life when their master called, so the deceased person could, like, kick back and relax and let the shabti do all his work for eternity."

"First," Doughboy snipped, "that is typical of humans! Lazing around while we do all the work. Second, afterlife work is only one function of shabti. We are also used by magicians for a great number of things in this life, because magicians would be total incompetents without us. Third, if you know so much, why are you asking me? You're wasting my time-"

"Why did Dad cut off your legs," Sadie's voice was light, as if she was just voicing a passing thought, "and leave you with a mouth?"

"I—" Doughboy clapped his little hands over his mouth. "Oh, very funny. Threaten the wax statue. Big bully! He cut my legs off so I wouldn't run away or come to life in perfect form and try to kill him, naturally. Magicians are very mean. They maim statues to control them. They are afraid of us!"

"Would you come to life and try to kill him, had he made you perfectly?"

"He totally would." Percy declared, "'Cause he's a dumb meanie-"

"This coming from the girl who threatens to squish me every five minutes-"

"You'd look much better squished and you know it!" Percy jabbed her finger at the Shabati, "You're more annoying than you are helpful. But if you do know anything that can help us find dad then you're gonna tell us. 'Cause I only know so much and you might know more. I dunno."

"There's probably blind dumb and deaf people who know more than you you halfbreed-"

"Hey!" Sadie flicked Doughboy's head, "Don't call her that-"

"It's what she is, she's one of the Greek's lot-"

"Be mean to our baby sister again and I'll be the one who squishes you." Carter declared- and Percy felt a rush of warmth- Carter defending her was to be expected- he always did but- well, Sadie had just defended her too. That- that meant a lot more than she'd be willing to admit.

"Now Percy's right. You're going to tell us what happened to our dad." Doughboy shrugged. "How should I know? But I see his wand and staff aren't in the box."

"No," Carter said. "The staff—the thing that turned into a snake—it got incinerated. And the wand...is that the boomerang thing?"

"The boomerang thing?" Doughboy said. "Gods of Eternal Egypt, you're dense. Of course that's his wand."

"It got shattered."

"Tell me how," Doughboy demanded.

Before Percy could speak up Carter explained, telling the shabati the whole story- and she saw the flash of realisation on the little asses face, and he looked very smug when he met her gaze.

"This is wonderful!" Doughboy cried.

"Why?" Sadie's expression turned almost hopeful, "Is Dad still alive?"

"No!" Doughboy said. "He's almost certainly dead. The five gods of the Demon Days released? Wonderful! And anyone who duels with the Red Lord—"

"Wait, I order you to tell me what happened."

"Ha!" Doughboy said. "I only have to tell you what I know. Making educated guesses is a completely different task. I declare my service fulfilled!"

With that, he turned back to lifeless wax.

"Wait!" Sadie picked him up again and shook him. "Tell me your educated guesses!"

Nothing happened.

"Maybe he's got a timer," Carter said. "Like only once a day. Or maybe you broke him."

"Carter, make a helpful suggestion! What do we do now?" Sadie turned her gaze to Percy, "Can you tell us what you know?"

"I-" Percy took a deep breath, "The firey man was Set." she felt Carter stiffen next to her.

"Wait- wasn't Set-"

"The god who basically killed Osiris in the story." Percy's voice was quiet, "Dad told me it the night before the museum because I couldn't sleep-"

"Percy-" Carter's voice was hesitant, "Do you know why dad did all this? Amos seemed to think something changed-"

"I-" Percy's voice cracked slightly. "Dad's been worried about something for a really long time-" she paused, voice catching when she felt Muffin curling around her feet, the silent gesture one of reassurance. "He thinks that something really bad is coming and we'll have to work with the gods to stop it." she bent down, scooping up Muffin, who butted her cheek gently.

"But Amos seemed to think that he wasn't worried about.. whatever this threat was for a while-" Sadie paused, "Percy what aren't you telling us?"

"I'm a demigod." Percy's voice was barely even a whisper, "And demigods have been known to get prophetic dreams sometimes. And- and a couple of weeks ago I had a nightmare about the threat-" there was fear in her voice, and Muffin hissed- Percy couldn't blame her- not when she knew what the cat was. "It was bad. Really bad- I was really scared and I told dad and- that was when things changed-"

"Oh god." Carter's expression was horrified, "Percy-"

"I shouldn't have told him." Percy shook her head, eyes filling with tears, "If I hadn't told him- if I hadn't told him he wouldn't have tried to summon Osiris and he wouldn't have accidentally summoned Set too- and Set wouldn't have trapped him in a coffin just like he did to Osiris in the story and- and he'd be here and he'd know what to do-"

She was cut off by Carter's arms wrapping tightly around her, and Percy pressed her face into her big brothers shoulder as she sobbed.

"Percy- Percy this wasn't your fault none of this is your fault- you did what you thought was right and dad- dad did what he thought was right-" Carter glanced back to Sadie- a helpless look on his face- and Sadie looked just as stunned as he was.

"Uh- Carter- he's not wrong. For once. You uh- I don't think you did anything wrong really. It's not your fault if you had a dream." she shifted uncomfortably, and Percy couldn't blame her for that- Sadie probably didn't have any experience with kids Percy's age, especially not crying kids Percy's age.

"Sadie uh." Carter took a deep breath, "You see if there's anymore shabati or something, I'll look after Percy."