Chapter 8:
"You know my dad?" Lauren asked. I tried to remember and said "I know him but I don't know from where." Hazel was still stunned but managed to talk. "How come he said you where the hero that saved us all?" I shrugged and answered honestly. "I don't know. Just like everything I forgot. I really wish I knew though, maybe I would remember something else too." After I finished I turned to look at Lauren and saw the way she looked at her guitar. I thought I would make my friend happy and said "Hey why don't you play something for us?" This made Lauren smile and look at me. "Sure, dad left me a song with the guitar. I can play it." And with that she began.
The boy with his memory lost.
Shall be secure at all costs.
His acceptance will be the only way
This important quest will prevail.
6 demigods and the porter of Pan.
Save us from a giant can.
Your way shown by the wisest son.
By the twins embrace this shall be done.
When she was done we were all speechless. "What's the name of the song?" Hazel asked trembling. Lauren scanned the paper. "It's the Quest by the Oracle of Delphi." I was the next one to speak. "Lauren do you know what this means? What a quest is or something?" As I had expected she didn't know. Hazel spoke up next "It's already past curfew I can explain it to you Lauren, at the cabin. We seriously have to go. Bye Percy." She gave me a forced smile and started to walk off. "Bye Percy. See you tomorrow." She gave me a kiss in the cheek and left with Hazel. I walked towards the Mercury cabin and the prophecy played in my head. Just then did I hear growling. Shoot, what happens after curfew? To my answer I found three hellhounds but to they didn't even pay attention to me.
There was something trembling in the middle of them and it was about to scream when it saw me. "Percy! Help me!"he said to me. Just then did I realize he was half human and half goat. It's a satyr, but do I know him? Without hesitating I ran to his aid. Since they were the camp's guards, I couldn't kill the dogs. So, I distracted the Hellhounds long enough for him to take out some pipes. What is he going to do with that? He started to play and some vines that weren't there before started to go around the hellhound's paws. They could not move any longer and they looked at me growling. Something pulled me towards the cabins I turned to see the satyr pulling me and saying "Common Percy, that won't hold them forever." He led the way to a cabin that had a trident on the top.
We got in and the satyr took a deep breath. He was about to say something but I interrupted it. "Why are we here? I don't think we are allowed to enter the cabin of a God that isn't your parent. And by the way who are you? You seem very familiar." The satyr looked confused but said anyways. "I'm Grover, your best friend. Your parent is Poseidon the God of the seas that's why I assumed this was your cabin. Percy what's going on?" I looked at him and something told me he was telling the truth. I explained it to him. "Well I woke up this morning and I couldn't remember anything. There was a girl telling me we were friends and then two hellhounds attacked us and some people brought me to this camp but I feel like I shouldn't be here." Realization crossed his face and he said, "You went missing three days ago and I hadn't felt you through the empathy link till this morning so I felt you here and came. You come from another camp and we went on quests together. Don't you remember anything at all?" I was about to tell him they sounded familiar but just then we heard a voice: "This young hero shall not be found until the time is right. You can't go back to the other camp." With that the voice was gone and Grover had a stern look on his face. "Well Annabeth is going to kill me for not telling her."
I didn't know what to do. I was with Grover, my apparent best friend, and everyone would think I was eaten by hellhounds. "Do you think you can get to the forest without being noticed by the hellhounds? I have to go to my assigned cabin. Maybe I will sleep here tomorrow." The last part I said it to myself.