The Quest for the Magic Sword

Part 7: The Valley of Bones

The Vaaaaaaalley of Boooooones!!! Thanks for all the reviews, peeps!

"The Valley of Bones, eh?" Thalia said as she jumped onto one of Blackjack's friends. "And where is that located?" She looked down at Chiron.

"Near the Amazon rain forest. Er, somewhere over there at least."

My jaw dropped to the floor. "The Amazon??? And you don't even know where it is exactly!"

"Yes, yes I know oh look at the time you better set off hurry hurry!" Chiron gestured for Blackjack and the other pegasi to leave.

With a big whoosh, Blackjack's wings flapped up and then down and we set off on our adventure halfway across the world. The Amazon IS halfway across the world, right?

"Scared!" Thalia squealed as Blackjack went a few feet too high for her comfortable level.

"Blackjack, please get down lower!" I patted him on the head.

"No problem, Jack!"

"Blackjack, I know the first part of my last name is Jack and your name is Blackjack but please stop calling me that," I rolled my eyes, annoyed with the nickname Blackjack had given me.

"No problem, Perseus!"

"Dude I don't like Perseus either! Please call me PERCY!!!"

"No problem, PERCY!!!" Blackjack really liked to annoy me, didn't he.

Three days passed and we were running low on provisions when we came into site of a huge rain forest, and the air got mistier as we lowered to the ground before the Amazon Rain Forest.

A crystal clear stream lay next to us and we walked over to it and drank deeply. I splashed some of the refreshing freezing cold water on my face. Ready for the dangers that awaited us, Thalia, Grover, Annabeth, and I entered the Amazon Rain Forest while Blackjack and the other pegasus waited at the edge; they wouldn't need to worry about food because a conveniently placed bush with ripe berries on it stood next to the river.

"Okay, so we're in the Amazon and we have no idea where to go." Grover sighed. "Great."

"Let's just keep on walking and see what we can find," Annabeth cut through a bush with her big knife.

"Hey! Look at this!" Grover pointed at something that was white and shiny… And huge! I walked over to it and saw that the forest ended here and before us was a giant gate that was all white… and made out of BONES!

"Ew," Thalia pointed at a skull which had a spider crawling out of one of the nose holes.

We kept on walking along it to the right until we found a gap in the wall. I peered inside to see the Valley of Bones deserved its name.

Bones everywhere. The pile of bones where thicker and taller than any tree I had ever seen in my life, and they seemed to reach up into the sky.

"Woah," was all I could say. I looked over at Grover to see that he was trying to take a bone from a pile out of curiosity. "Don't touch anything! A big giant dude will come out of nowhere and massacre us, I know it!"

Grover put the bone back. "You're right, sorry."

Then I heard Annabeth say, "Um, guys, too late!" I looked over at her to see her pointing at a giant big cyclops- like monster with two giant butchers' knives sauntering over to us.

"Woah Percy I think you could cut it as a fortune teller, man!" Grover pulled out his blade. This was the only time I ever had a good chance to look at it, don't ask me why. The blade was nice and shiny, but it was red, an unusual color for a blade. The handle was delicately carved despite Tyson's big hands and the ends of the hilt curved upwards elegantly. All in all it was a magnificent sword. But looks are deceiving. That thing cut through metal like a knife through butter. It wasn't even celestial bronze though!!! I was kinda jealous, I had to admit it.

The giant slashed down with one of the knives and nearly cut my arm off. "Please don't say cut, Grover!" I dodged a kick from the giant.

"Blaaarghlblarrgblarg!!!" the giant shouted as Thalia embedded her spear into its side.

"Okay his breath really stinks," Annabeth pinched her nose, making a face.

I took my change while the giant was distracted and slashed at its head. Missing, I tried again and missed again. "I can't hit this thing!"

Now it was Grovers turn to slash and miss. But to my surprise, the metal of the blade cut through whatever was protecting the giant and made a huge gash across its chest.

"The giant must be protected against celestial bronze swords. Don't worry Percy; your accuracy isn't going bad." Thalia said as she swiped at the giant with a claw that she had created out of lighting. She hit her target and the giant blew up in bones.

"Okay…" I stepped across the pile of bones and then searched around to see if I could find the fifth shard. "No shard here, guys," I kept on walking and searching.

No other monsters attacked for a long time, and we soon got tired of searching. I slumped onto the ground, leaning against a pile of bones. "I can't find it, where is it?"

"Chiron could've been wrong about this place," Annabeth suggested.

"No, no he's never wrong." Thalia shook her head, frustrated.

Then my head bonked against something sharp. "Ow!" I rubbed my head and turned around to see a white shard cleverly hidden behind the bone pile I was leaning against. "I found it!!! Yes!!!"

"Good job, Percy!" Thalia and Annabeth said and Grover high- fived me.

I extracted it from the bones, careful not to disturb any and send another crazy monster at us, and put it in the bag that we kept the other shards in.

"Okay then let's go back to Camp Half- Blood!" Annabeth clapped her hands and started heading back the way we came.

We spent about ten minutes wandering around the Valley of Bones until we found the exit. We entered the forest once again and then a snake jumped onto my head.

"GETITOFFGETIFOFFGETIFOFF!!! AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" I screamed and clawed at my head at the snake.

"Aw don't worry Percy it's harmless." Thalia took the long snake off my head and set it upon the ground, where it then slid away.

"I HATE snakes!" I shuddered as we reached the end of the forest. "Hey wasup Blackj-" I stopped cold in my tracks. Blackjack wasn't there, and neither were his friends.

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