AN: Wow, Chapter 6 already! I honestly did not think I would be this far into the chapter for a week yet! I hope you enjoy chapter 6! Also, please review, those reviews I have been receiving make my day! Special mention to ReaperOfOaths as he has reviewed to every chapter so far! Thank you ReaperOfOaths!
Chapter 6- The hut of Zarcrix
Percy POV
I look at the spot the man had vanished at in disbelief. He said barely anything, and then just disappeared! I am now alone in the shadowy clearing, surrounded by dead Grimehooks. Sighing, I make my way into the forest in the direction I hoped the path was.
It has been hours of just wondering in the forest, searching for that blasted path. I decide to do some scouting around, getting the general layout of the forest in the hope of it giving me a hint in which I could use to get back to the path. The layout of the forest was quite ordinary, many trees that twisted in different directions and such. There were many patches of trees that had claw marks on them. Massive claw marks. They were bigger than a bear's claws, and looked twice as sharp, just by judging by the marks.
I slowly make my way back south, the only direction I had not tried yet. My feet were swollen and hurt from walking over rocks and sticks continuously for hours on end. I was tired, more tired than I had ever been in my life. I was more tired than when I had battled Gaia, more tired than when I fought Kronos. Something about this forest just wore me down. It was almost like I was a little kid again, crying about a monster under my bed.
The forest was huge. Larger than any other forest I had seen. The roots of the trees seemed to try and trip you, causing many bouts of jumping and turning around. This made my progression slow, as I needed to not let my guard down. I trip on another blasted tree root. I hastily get up and look at it, hoping it wasn't something else. It was. Sitting there, just waiting to be tripped on was a gigantic, scaly tail. I follow the tail with my eyes and see that it is connected to a massive body. It had massive scaly claws, sharp vampire like teeth sticking out of its large mouth. I see large, bat like wings folded on its shoulders.
I was lucky this beast was asleep, otherwise I would be in serious trouble. Suddenly, a rumble emits from the beast's throat and one of its eyes open. Uh oh. The giant monster looks at me. Its eyes shoot open and its tongue flicks out. It stands up and looks at me in annoyance.
It spreads its wings and flies up above me breathing down purple flames. I roll out of the way and the flames scorch the forest floor. I draw riptide and run the other way. The dragon like monster was chasing me from above. Suddenly, I sense water nearby. I rush in the direction of the water and soon found myself in front of a deep lake. The dragon like monster breaths fire overhead and leaves me with no choice but to jump into the lake.
I swim to the bottom and look around. It was very clear water at the bottom, and the lake was swimming with exotic fish and creatures. I even spot some mermaids and mermen. There was lots of exotic coral that lit up the bottom of the lake. The coral was glowing, like an underwater city.
I look up and see the dragon thing circling the lake, its yellow eyes were now a glowing red, and he was breathing purple flames constantly, steaming up the air above the lake. I sigh. I must fight this thing, otherwise this wonderful underwater city will be ruined. I slowly swim upwards until I was relatively close to the surface. Then I summon some water around me and shoot up on a watery tornado, dousing the dragon thing and giving me the opportunity to jump on its back.
I leap up onto its back and it immediately starts thrashing about. I grab onto one of its spines and hold on desperately as it thrashes about. I manage to draw riptide but I could not get a good strike because I would fall off if I did.
I could do nothing but hold on desperately. Finally, the dragon seemed to think I must have fallen off by now and started to relax. I grin and stab riptide into its neck. It doesn't even notice. Blood was coming out everywhere but the dragon thing just doesn't stop flying. I stab riptide again, and again, and again. Nothing. Blood was pouring out everywhere, but the dragon didn't notice.
Maybe it needed to be stabbed somewhere else. Finally, it came to me. It must need to be stabbed in the chest. I grab hold of a spine and swing myself down to the underside of the dragon and stab riptide into its chest. I missed the heart, and the dragon was now aware of me. It starts swiping its claws at me, and I desperately stab again. Bingo, the dragon thing disintegrates into golden dust. That was one thing I hadn't planned.
I fall towards the forest, unlucky that the dragon had been so high up. The trees neared and I prepared myself for impact. My arm hits the leaves of a tree and I begin falling, my arms, legs and torso whacking all the branches as I go down, ending up with me in a crumpled heap at the bottom. Slowly, I get up, and work out that my left leg was broken, and my right wrist fractured or broken. I hop over to the right and trip on a tree root, landing heavily on my broken wrist.
Wincing, I stand up and hop over the next tree root, and fall over onto the path! Luckily, I landed on my good wrist this time. I glance around, disbelieving that I had finally found the path. I hop down the path in hope that my new house may be down here somewhere.
Then I saw it. A rusty old gate. On the gate was a sticky note. It said:
Here is the hut of Zarcrix
People allowed entry:
Zarcix
Rose
Shael
Craotos
Assimovoi
Recara
Helix
Chaos
Nebular
Order
Percy Jackson
How he fit all that in one sticky note I will never know. I open the gate, it creaks as it opens. I start to hop down the driveway. As soon as I enter the property, the surrounding trees vanish, revealing a massive yard area. A training area was around the back. I hop inside, intending to rest somewhere while my leg and wrist healed. The door had a sticky note on it.
The Hut of Zarcrix
Was written on it. Man, why does he use so many sticky notes I think to myself. When I step in the doors, I found myself surrounded. By sticky notes. Hundreds of them. The sticky notes labelled EVERYTHING. Chuckling to myself, I sit down in an armchair and drift off.
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Camp Half-Blood (third person POV)
Craig walked down to the camp fire at camp half-blood. Apollo had healed his bruises, under the threat of Zeus. Craig was wondering to the camp fire, where all his fans rushed to him, asking if his mission was successful. He yelled happily, saying that that "Percy Jackson git" was now wanted for betraying them to Tartarus.
All the older campers who knew Percy knew the truth. They all rolled their eyes at Craig, as he turned camp into a bunch of hooligans that needed constant guidance by an idiot. They were all rolling their eyes at Zeus's stupidity.
They promptly went to bed.
The next morning, Craig was boasting again. Suddenly, one of the younger kids who believed Thalia and the rest of Percy's friends had enough. 6-year-old Isabella Matham rushed out of her cabin and up to Craig. Craig looked down at the little girl glaring up at him and laughed.
Isabella kicked him in the crotch. Tears flew to his eyes and his hands flew downwards. Isabella punched him in the stomach. This perked Craig's anger. His hand flew forward in the shape of a fist. Isabella ducked, and slapped him hard as he over balanced.
"Wow, a 19-year-old trying to punch a 6-year-old?!" Isabella says in a teasing voice.
Craig gets off the ground wincing, he takes one look at the six-year-old and runs away in terror. Thalia, Nico, Clarisse and everyone else supporting Percy cheered, even Chiron did!
AN: Thanks for Reading guys and girls! Thanks to ReaperOfOaths for the idea of Percy scouting the forest and getting a general layout! Thanks for reading and don't forget to leave a review with your thoughts on the story!