Helping Harry Out
Chapter 2
Harry
Harry could see cars tumbling through a hole in the roof. He could see sunlight and what looked to be a flying boat, hovering just above the hole in the roof. Chunks of tarmac as big as garage doors fell through the opening above him. A bright red car slammed into the floor and fell through it. Harry heard what sounded like a scream, coming from inside the pit that the car had just fallen down. He could see a girl. She looked pretty beat up, with a homemade cast around her foot and scratches all ovre her arms. The girl was pretty, even in her state. She had huge strands of sider silk attched to her body, as if she got caught in a giant human sized spider web. "Annabeth!" a voice said from the floating baot above harry's head. "Hear" the blonde girl sobbed. As the boat descended, Harry saw a boy who looked around his age. But looking the same age was not there only similaritie. The boy also had black hair and green eyes. But the black haired guy was more tanned than Harry, and he had more muscle. The girl edged closer to the side of the pit in the floor. The floating boat lowered a rope ladder and the same guy he'd seen before quickly climbed down it and was at Annabeth's side in a second. He turned her away from the pit and wrapped his arms around her. Annabeth buried her head into the guys chest and began to sob. "It's okay" he said "We're together". A bunch of kids had started climbing down the rope ladder and circled Annabeth and the mystery man. "Your leg" a girl with choppy brown hair said. She knelt down and examined the bubble wrapped cast. "Oh Annabeth, what happened?" Annabeth started to explain her adventure. When she had finished, everyone of them, including Harry, was slack jawed. "Gods of Olympus" A blonde haired guy said. "You did all that on your own. With a broken ankle."
"Well... some of it with a broken ankle."
"You made Arachne weave her own trap? I knew you were good but Holy Hera- Annabeth, you did it! Generations of Athena kidstried and failed. You found the Athena Parthenos!" Everyone gazed at the statue. Harry had only just realized it was there. This time a burly asian guy sopke up, "what do we do with it? She's huge!"
"we'll have to take her to greece with us" Annabeth said. "The statue is powerful, something about it will help us stop the giants."
"Giants bane stands gold and pale," one of the girls said "Won with pain from a woven jail" the girl looked at Annabeth with admiration. "It was Arachne's jail. You tricked her into weaving it." A boy that looked slightly like a latino elf raised his hands, as if taking measurements. "Well it might take some rearranging, but I think we can fit her through the bay doors in the stable. If she sticks out of the other end, I might have to wrap a flag around her feet or something."
"What about you guys?" Annabeth asked. "What happened with the giants?" The guy with black hair told her all about it. "So the mortal side is in epirus. At least we can get there." A guy who looked no older than 15 said "But the other side is the problem. Tartarus." The word seemed to echo around thye chamber. Harry wondered if what they were talking about was in the hole. Suddenly, the chamber groaned. The statue tilted to one side but it's head caught on some more giant spider webs. The marble foundation under the statue was starting to crumble. "secure it." Annabeth cried. Her friends understood immediately. "Zhang!" the latino cried. "Get me to the helm, quick!" The burly asian transformed into a giant eagle and carried him off to the ship. The blonde haired guy wrapped his arm around the choppy haired girl and soared towards the ship. "This floor won't last" one of the girls warned. "We should all get to the ladder." Plumes of dust and cobwebs blasted from holes in the floor. The girl who had just spoken lunged for the rope ladder and guestured for the others to follow. Harry watched as Annabeth went to take a step forward and gasped in pain. Part of a cobweb was still attchached to her makeshift cast. "What is it?" the boy next to her asked. He watched as her legs were pulled from under her and she fell on the ground. "Her ankle" a girl shouted from the ladder "Cut it! Cut it!" Both of them looked to dazed to realize what the girl was talking about. Just before she was pulled over the side of the pit, the guy with green eyes made a lunge for her. But that didn't stop them. Her legs were dangling over the pit. "No" the guy muttered "My sword" but Harry could see that he wouldn't be able to get his swrod in time (Even though he couldn't see it being a pen and all) Annabeth slipped over the edge and Percy went with her. There bodies slammed into the side of the pit and the guy managed to grab a tiny rock ledge, holding them both up. The younger boy leaned over the side of the pit and thrust out his hand. "No escape" said a voice, cackling in the darkness. "I go to Tartarus, you come to". Annabeth looked around desperately before looking up at the boy, "Percy, let me go" she croaked "You can't pull me up" Percy's face was white with effort. Harry could see in his eyes and knew that they both knew it was hopeless. "Never" his voice was strained. He looked up at the younger boy, fifteen feet above. "The other side, Nico! We'll see you there. Understand?" Nico's eyes widened "But-"
"Lead them there" Percy shouted "Promise me"
"I-I will" Below them, the voice laughed in the darkeness. "we're staying together" Percy promised.
"As long as we're together." Harry watched helplessly as Percy closed his eyes and let go of the ledge. Together they fell into the deep pit'
"Harry,Harry, wake up!" Harry sat up and bumped his head on Ron's, who was standing over him. "You bloody scared me mate, you were rolling around and moaning. Something like T-A-R-T-A-R-U-S. What the hell were you dreaming about?" Harry was a little disgruntled. He wasn't sure whether that was real or just an over active imagination. Either way he really didn't feal like sharing what he just saw.
"Don't worry about it Ron. I'm sure it was nothing" Ron gave Harry a doubtful look, but let it slide anyway.
"So, you excited to see Hermione again, Ron?" Harry teased
"Oh shut up Harry"
So I wrote 1500+ words for this chapter and then decided that I should make this Percy's worst day in his life. The other contender was when Percy lost Annabeth in The Titans Curse. Anyway, hope you enjoy.
I wont be updating till 10 reveiws. Bye.
-PoseidonsMostPowerfulSon