Chapter 4
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"If anyone dares insults my mother they will receive the same treatment" taking the silence following his statement as acceptance Perseus continued "I will meet you at camp half-Blood" twirling Hríðríða at impossible speeds, Perseus shot through the air disappearing in a matter of seconds leaving thirteen stunned gods and one near-comatose war god stuck in ten foot of marble behind.
The silence was soon shattered by Hermes "what the fuck was that?!" shouted Hermes, eyes wide in shock
Grumbling Zeus ordered Apollo heal his idiot brother before dismissing the council.
Now for this week's exciting new chapter
Perseus bolted from Olympus his mind in turmoil.
"FUCK!" Perseus exclaimed in his mind, "father gave me one command, not to start any trouble and what did I do?! I almost made that damn war god faded. How could I have been so weak as to let myself be goaded into a confrontation with all the Olympians?! How could I disappoint and embarrass father like I did?!"
As he continued to fly around replaying the events on Olympus in his mind, he was suddenly brought out of his thoughts by a familiar bright light that consisted of the various colors of the rainbow.
"Shit!" Perseus exclaimed "I guess I'm really in trouble. I best not keep father waiting." Perseus said as he flew towards the place where the Bifrost landed.
Thirty minutes later
Zeus sat on his throne a serious expression on his face as he was contemplating the events of the past hour. "Who does that piss-ant of a prince think he is disrespecting the Olympian council like he did and then to make the situation even more uncomfortable he almost destroyed my so Ares for some light Joking concerning his dead mother." Thought Zeus
"Do we really need his help? I could kill him, Hades I should kill him (at the moment in the underworld Lord Hades sneezed). Damn, Asgardians think their better and more powerful than we Olympian's, I should show them the error of their ways." Zeus mumbled to himself
"Poseidon, Hades!" Zeus called out. Suddenly shadows filled the room and as they receded Hades stepped forward and said with a smirk on his face "Lord Grumpy you summoned me?"
Zeus's face turned red with rage and was about to reply to Hades when an army of bubbles appeared in the throne room which quickly joined together to form Poseidon said with a snicker "Lord Grumpy, Lord Sneezy.
Hades just laughed as Zeus's seemed to become even redder if that were possible.
"Will the two of you stop with those disrespectful names! We must leave for Camp Half-Blood to meet with that… that boy! " bellowed Zeus
"Careful Grumpy pants, that boy as you call him decimated one of your most powerful sons. I have no trouble believing that he could do the same to you… if… he so desired." Said a surprisingly cheerful Hades
"Ar…ar…are yo… are you… saying that you… believe him to be more powerful than me the KING OF THE GODS?!" Zeus said in a furious tone
"No, brother you misunderstand me. I do not believe that the young prince is stronger than you." Hades said as Zeus started to smile. "I know he is stronger than you."
Once Hades had completed that statement both he and Poseidon would swear on the river Styx that the top of Zeus's head took off like a mortal rocket ship.
"ENOUGH! I will no longer put up with this insubordination and disrespect!" Screamed Zeus "Let… us… go and meet… that insufferable Asgardian at Camp Half-Blood!"
At this, the three sons of Kronos flashed away to Camp Half-Blood.
Twenty-nine minutes and 35 seconds ago.
Perseus quickly made his way to where his father just appeared from out of the Bifrost.
As Perseus landed he suddenly fell to one knee and bowed his head bent and said in a sad tone. "Father, I am sorry. I have failed to follow your orders and have brought disrespect to our people."
"Perseus, stand you need not bow before your father." Said Odin "My son know this, you from the time I adopted you have done nothing but bring honor and respect to all Asgardians. You did not fail my son, everything played out as it was supposed to. Well except for Heimdall falling unconscious."
"Father, how can you say that? I almost lost control at what that war god said, I could have potentially destroyed the very planet we came to save." Said Perseus
"Perseus… Perseus look at me my soon." Odin says as his son looks up at him.
With a soft expression on his face, Odin asks "who am I, my son?"
"What? Father, I don't understand." Says a confused Perseus
"Who am I?" Odin asked once again
Perseus stood there for a moment before finally saying "you are Odin, the King of Asgard, the Allfather…"
"Aahhh… that is correct I am the All-father. My son, you know how and why I came to be the All-father, so did you not think that I would already know what would happen? Replied Odin
"By the Norns! How could I be so… so… arrrgggg! I can't even put a name to it" said an exasperated Perseus
Odin couldn't help but chuckle at his son. After a moment of contemplation Odin says "Perseus, I need you to understand what I'm about to tell. To your mother, your brother Thor, all of the Asgardian people, and myself you are a true Norse god. Let no-one tell you any different. However, you are also part Greek, I know you don't like to talk about or even acknowledge it but you must learn to accept it for what is to come. In the Olympian throne room, you acted the way you did because of he who shall not be named (AN: It's not Voldemort). As a son of the sea, you do not like to be restrained and your mood can change as quickly as that of the ocean. You must learn to temper this for when you do there will almost you cannot accomplish."
"I … I understand father. Thank you for believing in me. Wait! Did…did you say something happened to Heimdall? Was it an attack? Should I return to Asgard?" Perseus said as he started asking a number of questions quickly
"Calm yourself Perseus, Heimdall is fine… he… he just lost consciousness from laughing too much at your antics in the Olympian throne room." Said Odin as he was trying to keep from laughing at his son once again.
"Oh," said a red-faced Perseus
"Do not worry my son all of the footage of that incident has been destroyed." Said Odin
"Thank the Presence." Said Perseus "I'm surprised you didn't hide a copy in the vault room with the destroyer."
The expression on Odin's face turned to one of shock at the comment from his son. "uh… uhh… well, I had planned on doing that very thing until Tyr pointed out that for the safety of Asgard we should destroy all copies of the incident." Odin said timidly
"I'm confused, father if the footage is with the dreaded destroyer it could not be in safer hands." Perseus pointed out
"Yes… yes normally you would be correct but Tyr pointed out if your incident could incapacitate the entire Asgardian council, what chance would even the destroyer have against it." Replied Odin
Perseus couldn't help but laugh at the situation before saying "father was it really that bad?"
"Actually, it was that good my son. Even Tyr laughed at it and as you know Tyr doesn't laugh at shit." Odin said giggling at the memory of his stoic god of war laughing hysterically.
Quickly the father and son recomposed themselves and began talking once again.
"My son my time on Midgard is quickly coming to an end so we must hurry. I know you must be wondering why it was important that you display your power in such a way?" Odin said as Perseus nodded his head "A majority of the council believe themselves to be all-powerful. I have always made sure that you knew that here is always someone stronger, and this humility has served you well. This is a lesson that must be taught to those Olympians who believe they are stronger than they actually are. Do you not agree, Lord Hades?" Odin said
"I should have known that I could not hide my presence from you, Lord Odin," Hades said in a pleasant tone.
"Perseus, I must leave but before I do I ask you to listen to Lord Hades request. It could be beneficial to the both of you. Odin said as he gave his son a hug.
Odin then made his way over to where he landed and said loudly "Heimdall!" and the area was soon bathed in the colored lights of the Rainbow Bridge. Once the lights had receded the All-father was gone, having returned to Asgard.
Ten minutes before the events in the throne room.
"What can I do for you Lord Hades?" Perseus asked
"I'm surprised that you didn't call me Lord Sneezy." Said a surprised Hades
Perseus could only smile and chuckle at the god of the underworld before saying "Lord Hades, we both know that nothing I said to you during the meeting was derogatory or mean spirited."
"Yes I am aware of that Perseus, but we must hurry because if I know Lord Grumpy and believe me I do, he will be calling me back to Olympus very soon." Stated Hades
"Then please proceed Lord Hades" replied Perseus
Hades took a deep breath and sighed before saying "Perseus, I… I have two children that are attending a school in Maine. A satyr has called for a small team of demigods to come and extract them. I am hoping I could convince you to intervene and bring my children to me."
"I mean no disrespect Lord Hades but why not let the demigods collect your children?" Perseus asked
"My brother… I'm sure know of who I speak believes them to be dead, as he has already tried to kill them once. If they go with the demigods will surely kill them this time." Replied Hades
"And you thought after seeing my little slip-up in the throne room I would be the perfect person to retrieve them?" said a weary Percy
"To be honest with you…yes. Unlike most members of my family, I know that you only used a small percentage of your true power." Said a reluctant Hades
Percy sighed once again and said, "It stands to reason that you would notice. Do you think anyone else noticed?"
"Hestia noticed of that I am sure, but as for everyone else no they were too distracted by the… how do mortals say it… ah yes, ass whooping you gave Ares." Replied Hades who smiled at the memory.
"I would be honored to help you Lord Hades, but I have a few small problems that stand in my way." Said Perseus to a slightly confused Hades
Hades motioned for Perseus to continue
"I'm embarrassed to say this but I don't know how to get anywhere in this realm. That is why I am not at that camp now… I…got lost." Percy admitted "Plus I how would I get the children to you? Can I even enter your domain?"
Hades rubbed his forehead as he could not believe that the prince of Asgard just admitted to him that he was lost. Hades then looked up at Perseus and said "you are correct although the problems are small they will indeed keep you from our objective. Fortunate, for us I have a solution to both of our problems." Said Hades
"Then I will gladly help you out Lord Hades. No man, be he mortal immortal, or god should fear for the lives of his children due paranoid family members." Said Perseus
"Thank you Perseus, I shall not forget this." Said Hades before he let out a loud whistle.
Perseus waited for a minute and nothing seemed to be happening and was about to ask Hades about what he did when suddenly the shadows moved and leaped out at Perseus with a resounding "WOOF!
"Mrs. O'Leary heel," Hades said in a firm tone.
In a flash, the massive hellhound had spun around and bounced over to her master's side.
"Wha…wha… what the Hela is that!" exclaimed Perseus
"This Perseus is my hellhound, Mrs. O'Leary" replied Hades. "She will accompany you to rescue my children."
"I… I'm… I'm not going with that thing. What if she attacks me and I have to kill it?" asked Perseus
At the word kill the hellhound lay on the ground with its paws on its whimpering.
"Why did you have to go and frighten her?" asked Hades "Perseus, Mrs. O'Leary may not look like it but she is a very special hellhound. She is one of the very few that can be domesticated. She also possesses a tremendous sense of loyalty what better guide for the god of Loyalty to have."
"My apologies, I was taken by surprise. How is this… Mrs. O'Leary supposed to help me in retrieving your children?" asked Perseus
"As a hellhound, Mrs. O'Leary can shadow travel. If you tell her the destination she will shadow travel with you to that location. Then it is a small matter of gathering the children placing them on her back and saying Mrs. O'Leary home girl and she will bring the children to me." Said Hades like it was the easiest thing in the world.
"Here take this whistle, when you need her blow it and she will come." Said Hades
Perseus took the whistle and placed it in one of his pockets and then asked: "where are we going?"
"Climb on," Hades said
Once Perseus climb on the back of the hellhound Hades walked up to her and whispered something in her ear. Once hades had said what he needed to he slapped Mrs. O'Leary on her hind quarter and she took off like a bat out of hades for the nearest shadow. All the while Perseus was screaming for the hellhound to stop and let him off.
Perseus looked up and saw that they were running towards a gigantic tree… very fast at which Perseus yelled "FFFFUUUUCCCCCCKKKKK!" when they suddenly disappeared into the shadows.
Hades stood there and chuckled at the prince of Asgard when he heard the sound of Lord Grumpy's lightning bolt and whispered: "just in time." As he flashed out headed back to the throne room.
30 minutes since Perseus left the throne room
"ENOUGH! I will no longer put up with this insubordination and disrespect!" Screamed Zeus "Let… us… go and meet… that insufferable Asgardian at Camp Half-Blood!"
At this, the three sons of Kronos flashed away to Camp Half-Blood.
Camp Half-Blood 35 minutes after Perseus left the throne room
A flash of bright light and the Big Three arrived on the deck of the Big House at Camp Half-Blood.
Zeus immediately looked to Chiron who was quickly rising from his current position of playing cards with Dionysius so that he could properly greet the mighty Olympians.
Once Chiron had stood he bowed deeply while saying "Milords welcome to Camp Half-Blood, your presence is unexpected but always welcome."
"Yes… yes… thank you Chiron for that warm greeting" said a smug looking Zeus
Chiron quickly threw a look to Dionysus who grinned evilly and nodded his head. "It is the least we can do Lord Grumpy." Replied the centaur
"What!...What did you just call me?!" Zeus yelled
"Lord Grumpy, Milord," Chiron replied
"TELL ME CENTAUR WHY WOULD YOU RISK YOUR LIFE DISRESPECTING ME LIKE THIS?!" Asked and enraged Zeus
"B…bu… but Milord you told us too." Chiron said nervously
"I… did… no… such…thing!" Zeus said emphasizing each word as he spoke
"Mi… Milord…we…we received this official proclamation from Olympus" Chiron said as he pulled a scroll from his side bag, "and it says as of now that all Olympians shall be referred to by the names on this list. It says that you the king of the gods now formerly known as Zeus is to hereby renamed Lord Grumpy while Lord Hades is now named Lord Sneezy and Lord Poseidon is well … let's just leave it at that." Said the centaur
"Let me see that!" demanded Zeus who took the parchment from a shaking Chiron.
As he examined the parchment Zeus determined that Chiron was indeed correct this is written on official Olympus parchment and it is even stamped with the official seal of Olympus certifying as an official document of Olympus.
Zeus stood looking at the document thinking about how it came into existence when suddenly Chiron said "Ohhh…my"
"What is it centaur?" asked Zeus
"Milord, the parchment, something… something just appeared on the back of it." replied a nervous Chiron
Zeus turned the parchment over and immediately saw the now visible writing that said "you have just been pranked by the most awesome gods ever! Signed Apollo and Hermes."
Hades burst out in laughter as Poseidon stood snickering at his youngest brother who at the time was cursing at two of his sons.
"APOLLO! HERMES! I WILL SEND YOU TO TARTARUS FOR THIS! Zeus raged.
"Brother… brother, please peace we have forgotten why we came to camp." Said Hades
Zeus stood there red faced and breathing heavily as he considered his brother's words and said "fine but I will deal with those two later. Chiron, we have come here to meet with the Perseus the prince of Asgard."
"Lord Gru…. Zeus, my apologies Lord Zeus, but we not seen anyone new around camp." Said Chiron
"Damn that insufferable boy to Hades…" Zeus was saying before a sneeze could be heard
"AAAACCHHHOOOO! Sorry, someone must have used my name as a curse." Said a smiling Hades
"Asshole brothers.' Replied Zeus "ARTEMIS!" Zeus yelled out
A bright flash of silver light filled the area as Artemis flashed in.
"Yes, father?" said Artemis
"Artemis, that disrespectful cur from Asgard is not here. I want you to track him down and bring him here," demanded Zeus
"Yes, father I will do this glad… Artemis was saying until she received a mental summons "Milady! Help we are being overrun! Please help!" said the summons from her hunter.
"NOOO my hunters!" Artemis yelled as she suddenly flashed out.
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1 Minute after leaving Hades
"FFFFFUUUUUUCCCCCKKKK" yelled Perseus as he shadow traveled for the first time.
Suddenly Perseus could see lights again. Although it was still dark but he could see lights in some type of castle. He looked to his side at the hellhound and scowled, "I never want to travel like that again"
Mrs. O'Leary just looked at him and suddenly gave Perseus a big doggie kiss. "Yuck! What the Hela did you do that for Hell beast!" he exclaimed
"WOOOOOFFFF!" was the only reply the young prince would receive.
Before he could make a retort Perseus heard the sound of battle and quickly rushed towards it with the hellhound at his side.
Perseus quietly made his behind a giant boulder so that he could better study the situation.
As he studied the battle going on before him Perseus mumbled to himself "damn Greeks can't do anything the easy way. Isn't that right girl?"
After a second of silence, Mrs. O'Leary quietly began to growl.
"Quiet girl" ordered Perseus. However, the hellhound continued to grow with each growl increasing in volume.
"Girl, keep quiet, or they are going to find us," Perseus said turning back to look at the hellhound. It was then that he noticed Mrs. O'Leary was looking towards the forest. So Perseus looked towards the area Mrs. O'Leary was and observed some streaks of silver racing through the forest.
"Damn Greeks!" Perseus yelled in his head.
"I'll be right back girl you be ready ok?" Perseus said to Mrs. O'Leary
A quiet "woof" was the only reply he received.
Perseus stood and closed his eyes. He envisioned a river of gold flowing downstream. As he focused on the stream Perseus willed the stream to stop and remain still. Once the river stopped moving Perseus opened his eyes and everyone in the area was time-locked. Desperate to complete his mission for Hades, Perseus made his way over to the two children being held captive by some type of strange monster. Perseus quickly removed the children from behind the monster and made his way back to Mrs. O'Leary. Unfortunately, for Perseus, he failed to notice that the strange monster had started to move.
"What… what is happening?" asked Dr. Thorn better known as the Manticore
"THORN!" Kronos said psychically in Thorn's head "you fool, you were caught in a Chrono-status field. Essentially you and everyone in the area is trapped in time. I was able to release you. You must destroy whoever that is before he takes the demigods."
"Yes master" replied Thorn as he raised his tail to fire his tail thorns at an unsuspecting Perseus
Perseus was about to release the Chrono-status field on Mrs. O'Leary and two demigods when he was suddenly struck from behind.
"OW! What in Odin's beard was that?" Perseus asked as he quickly turned to see where the projectile had come from.
To his surprise, the strange monster had released itself from his Chrono-status field. Perseus understanding that a fight was about to happen dropped the Chrono-status field and called for Storm-breaker. As soon as Storm-breaker hit his hand, Perseus started spinning it creating a barrier of wind that stopped all of the momenta of the projectile like thorns.
"Wh… what… what's happening?" asked the two shocked demigods as the watched the unknown man with a hammer.
"Stay behind me!" Perseus exclaimed, "Mrs. O'Leary here girl!"
"WOOF!" replied the hellhound
"Climb on you two." Demanded Perseus
"What the hell is that? No way am I getting on that thing." Said the female demigod
"If you want to stay here and die fine but if you want to live and meet your father get your arse's on the hellhound!" replied Percy
Skeptically and nervously the two demigods climbed onto Mrs. O'Leary.
"Grab hold to her fur tight." Said Perseus "Mrs. O'Leary Home!"
Once again the hellhound ran towards the nearest shadow and disappeared, returning to Hades palace.
"Now, I have a monster to question," Perseus said as he started walking towards the Manticore.
As Perseus made his way to the monster he noticed that he was being watched the demigods from camp as well as the group of girls dressed all in silver.
The Manticore stopped firing the thorns from his tail once Perseus was within ten feet of him, as he did not want to be hit by a ricocheting thorn.
Perseus noticing that the monster was no longer throwing his tail thorns stopped five feet from the monster intending to question it.
"Who or what are you?" asked Dr. Thorn
"Who and what I am is no concern of yours monster, what is your concern is how your escaped my Chrono-status field." Replied Perseus
"My master released me you puny godling." Said a confident Dr. Thorn
"Ah… Kronos. I should have known." Said Perseus "Just know that by the time I'm finished with you, your definition of puny will have changed greatly." As Perseus suddenly brought Storm-breaker up and hit Thorn in the jaw sending him flying into some trees.
The three demigods looked on in awe at what they had just seen. Finally, one of them asked "who… who… are you?"
Before Perseus could answer, Thorn came stumbling out of the forest mumbling the word attack. And then as if from out of nowhere a small army of Cyclopes and something resembling mutated frost giants thought Perseus.
"No time for that now things just a lot more interesting." Said Perseus
Before another word could be spoken Perseus heard "hunters show these monsters and males why we are to be feared. Fire!" said a person who is now known as a hunter
Quickly, Perseus tackled the group of demigods to the ground so that they wouldn't become pincushions.
"What in Hela are you doing?!" Perseus yelled, "you almost hit these kids!"
"They are not our concern if they are too stupid to move out or our way then they deserve to die especially you males." Replied the hunter with volcanic black eyes and an upturned nose wearing a silver tiara.
"Oh, I know who you are now. Your Fiona's little group." Perseus said sarcastically
"Fool, we know no Fiona. We are the hunters of Artemis the bane of men and monsters." Said the hunter
"Like I said Fiona's little group." Replied Perseus
"You dare disrespect our Lady?" yelled the hunter "continue firing, especially at the male!"
"Me and my big mouth." Perseus thought to himself as he watched the arrows fired by the hunter with great interest. It seems as if the arrows passed through the monster bodies. Closing his eyes and concentrating Perseus reaches out with his senses and quickly opens his eyes.
"Fuck!" screamed Perseus "stop firing! Run it isn't working!"
"Foolish boy we are hunter we know what we are doing." Replied the hunter
"Then why haven't the monster's died yet?" asked the angry Perseus "They are in a Chrono-lock which means your arrows will just pass through them! Run!"
"Stay your ground hunters, we will defeat these monsters the same as we always do!" exclaimed the hunter
"Zoe! The arrows aren't working!" said another hunter
"Keep firing, they will work!" replied the hunter known as Zoe
Unknown to Zoe and Perseus hunter had just prayed to Artemis for help.
"You demigods, move your asses if you want to live run towards the hunters!" yelled Perseus
"What are you crazy? They're trying to kill us too." Said the blonde haired demigod
"Just do it!" Perseus replied
As the demigods ran towards the hunters position Perseus started to gather power. Once the demigods had gotten close to the hunters Perseus unleashed the power he had gathered and suddenly the hunters and demigods were transported a block back into the forest.
Perseus heard their screams of confusion and turned to face the monsters as a flash of light appeared next to him.
"You," said Artemis "What are you doing here?"
"I don't know if you've noticed but now is not the time for conversations." said Perseus as he threw Storm-breaker into the group of monsters.
"Then where are my hunters they can help destroy these monsters?" asked Artemis "Or are you just a foolish boy who believes he doesn't need the help of a woman?"
"Hey, Fiona if you can get off your moon chariot and take your head out of your daddy's ass you can see the hundreds of arrows laying around that didn't do shit against these monster." Spat Perseus "As I was telling your group of girl scouts these monsters are in a Chronolock."
"My hunters are not girl scouts and what the hell is a Chro… Chrono-wok?" Artemis asked in confusion
"Chronolock…lock not wok." Said Perseus "Basically, Kronos has used the power of the Infinity stone to place the monsters about 5 seconds out of normal time. When your hunters attack them with their arrows the basically have five extra seconds to get out of the way of the attack."
"You're a god of time can't you do anything about it?" Artemis asked Perseus
"Really, I'm a god of time I did not know that. Thank you for informing me of that Fiona. Yes, I can do something about it, however with you hunters and the demigods just running around like hœnsa (chicken) with their heads chopped off I could have fixed the problem." Stated the now irritated prince of Asgard.
"Quit being an ass and tell me what I can do to help?" asked Artemis
"I need a minute to counter Kronos's Chronolock, keep them off me. Use your symbol of power it will weaken the lock around them and by us the time I need." Replied Perseus
Artemis nodded and summoned her symbol of power which is a bow (not the bow she uses in the hunt, no this bow is extremely more powerful) and begins shooting the monsters. She observes Perseus closing his eyes and seems to be gathering power when suddenly Artemis hears a noise behind her. She quickly turns with an arrow notched in her bow to find that her hunters have returned.
"Milady!" shouted Zoe "Now we can destroy these monsters properly."
"No, Zoe. You would hold your fire until Perseus gives you the signal." Replied Artemis
"Bu…But Milady…" Zoe started to say
"But nothing Zoe did you not see your arrows were not having an effect on the monsters? At this moment, Perseus's plan is only we have that will succeed." Stated Artemis
"Artemis, get them ready!" exclaimed Perseus
"Hunters are your weapons!" yelled Artemis
"Close your eyes!" Perseus yelled as a bright light filled the area, "Fire, the Chronolock is gone, they can die now!"
"Fire my hunters show them no mercy!" screeched Artemis
The hunters opened fire destroying the monsters. After assumingly destroying all of the monsters the hunters canvased the area for arrows while looking for any straggling monsters.
As Perseus was about to approach Artemis one of the demigods with short black hair and electric blue eyes grabbed him by the arm and said "who the hell are you, where in my father's name are the two demigods we were rescuing and want in Hades name did you do so that the monsters could be destroyed?" (If one listened closely you could hear the subtle sound of a sneeze echoing throughout the night sky)
"You Greeks sure like to ask a lot of questions. Let me talk to Artemis for a moment and I will try and answer your questions alright." Said Perseus
"Fine," said Thalia in a huff. "Don't think I'm going to forget either Mister."
"Looking forward to it Sparky" replied Perseus as he continued walking towards Artemis.
Thalia turned to make her way back to her demigod's friends thinking about the cute guy she just spoke to. When suddenly the one monster everyone forgot about Dr. Thorn the Manticore dashed from his hiding place and grabbed the daughter of Zeus.
Annabeth a blonde haired, grey-eyed daughter of Athena watched as the presumed dead Manticore grabbed her best friend and jumped off the cliff as she could do nothing but yell "TTHHHAAALLLIIIAAA!"
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