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Hello everybody, I'm back with another update. Sorry it's so late. I've had the chapter for a while, but never got around to posting it. The location of the cave used in this chapter (as far as I know) doesn't actually exist. So just keep that in mind.
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The opening led to the end of an alleyway. I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face as I ran towards the street. I was sure that I was in New York. I was sure that I was finally home.
However, when I reached the sidewalk, I could tell instantly that I wasn't in the big apple. The buildings were too low and the streets too empty.
I groaned before taking a left and continuing down the street.
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It took a little while, but I finally figured out that we were in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Now, I still have no idea how I walked from Texas to Colorado in two days. There was defiantly something strange going on in that pathway.
Tyson and I had been walking around the city for about twenty minutes when we came to a park. Seeming I decided to go ahead and cut through, at least that why I wouldn't get so many looks from the citizens walking by. It wasn't even surprising when a few people turned tail and ran after seeing Tyson.
The path we were on, led through some trees before reaching a small opening that lead towards the river. The water was muddy and flowing at a pretty fast rate, but to me, it looked amazing. I could barely stop myself from jumping head first into the water long enough to tell Tyson that we should take a break.
I ran to the shore and dived into the rushing water. My body seemed to absorb energy from the water. All the aches and pains my muscles had developed in the journey here, were gone. It was then, that I realized that I had probably been under water for five minutes, and even I knew that wasn't normal. Soon after that, I realized that my close were dry. I let myself smile before thinking about how I was right, I was a son of Poseidon.
It was so relaxing that I didn't notice the monsters standing at the edge out the path till Tyson let out a stutters cry, "P-p-percy."
I looked up to see three eight-foot-tall giants with wild eyes, pointy teeth, and hairy arms tattooed with snakes, hula women, and Valentine hearts.
I jumped out of the water, still perfectly dry, and charged towards the giants. Now I know what you're thinking, 'He must have some type of plan because no one would be that stupid,' and looking back it was pretty stupid to just run in there, especially when the giants started throwing fireballs.
I tried to roll out of the way, like how they always do in action movies, but it didn't really work out. I had rolled away from on fireball, only to end up in line with another. It was about three feet away when a large hand grabbed the fireball out of the air and through it back towards the giants.
I felt so helpless. I just stood there trying not to be hit while Tyson attacked the monsters. I'm a son of Poseidon for gods' sake, I thought. I should be able to do more than just stand here. That's when it hit me. I was a son of Poseidon standing in front of a river filled with water.
I closed my eyes and fisted my hands in concentration, I was silently yelling at the water to move, to save Tyson. Nothing happened. A wave of despair hit me. Tyson and I were going to die, simply because I was too much of a wimp to move a bit of water. A fire inside me seemed to burn at the thought. I wasn't going down without a fight.
I charge towards one of the monster and jumped into the air. As I did so, I felt a tug in my gut, and suddenly there was water shooting past me. Gallons of water were hammering into the giant I had charged. It then exploded into a shower of golden dust. I turned around, ready to take on the nest giant, only to see that the other two were already dead. Tyson was standing there, watching me, with two boys who looked like twins standing next to him.
It took me a moment to realize that I had seen the boys before. It seemed like forever ago since I had gone on that field trip and seen them with the group that blow up the museum. Everyone just stood there for moment, before one of the brothers stepped forward, "Well, that was a pretty handy trick. Connor and I could have handled that Laistrygonian, but you seemed pretty intent on getting rid of it yourself. I couldn't help the blush that spread across my face at that. I must have looked pretty ridiculous charging that giant.
The other boy then stepped towards me, "Allow me to introduce myself, I am Connor Stoll, and this is my brother Travis Stoll, and we are sons of Hermes." They said the last part together before looking at me expectantly.
"Oh," I said as I realized that they wanted an introduction, "Percy Jackson."
Conner grinned before saying, "Well 'Percy Jackson' it seems like you need to come with us. Chiron will defiantly be interested in meeting you," he paused for a moment before glancing at Tyson and saying, "The Cyclops should probably come to."
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I was now sitting in the back seat of a jeep wrangler that the Stoll brothers had stolen. Travis said that we were lucky to have found such a good car to get to base camp. I didn't get what he meant till we got to the back road that headed off towards the base camp. The only road that headed there was dirt with lots of ditches and large rocks in the road. I couldn't imagine trying to get there in a minivan.
After about an hour of bouncing around in the jeep, Travis parked the car at the base of a trail head. The sign at the base of the trail read 'Wither Cave Overlook- 0.5 miles.' The Stolls got out of the jeep and started walking towards the trail head; I followed.
We were about half way up the trail when Travis stepped off the trail and pushed aside the leaves of a bush on the side off the trial; behind the bush was what looked like a game trial. The Stolls headed down the trail, and once again, I followed.
We soon arrived at what must have been the Wither Cave. It had a smallish opening, but once we got inside, in opened up into a large room. The floors had large mats placed on them and there were chairs scattered around the room. In the center, was a large fire pit that casted like across the entire cave.
There were about eight people standing around the room that all glance up when we walked. An extremely pretty girl with bright blue eyes and thick black hair was the first to speak, "Connor, Travis, who are the newbies?"
"Well, Silena, this here is Percy Jackson," said Travis as he put an arm around my shoulder. I quickly pushed him off. He got the message and walked over to where Tyson was, "And this is the Cyclops that was with when we found him."
The girl, Silena, pursed her lips before replying, "You better take them to Chiron. I think he's in the back with Annabeth."
Travis and Connor nodded and walked towards the back of the cave, I followed, but couldn't help but look back at the girl. I couldn't help but wonder if Silena was the Silena Beauregard that Beckendorf asked me to give that letter to. I quickly looked away, figuring that I'd find out soon enough.
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The Stolls lead Percy to a small pathway off of the main cave. It led to a small room that had a table and some chairs around it. At the head of the table was a middle-aged white centaur from the waist down with thinning brown hair, bushy eyebrows, intense brown eyes and a scruffy beard. There was no doubt in my mind that I was looking at the infamous centaur, Chiron, who was famous for teaching demigods.
The centaur looked over at us and smiled, "Travis, Connor, back from you're scouting trip already?" He then smiled at Tyson and I before saying, "I'm Chiron, trainer of Hero's. Welcome to Wither cave, base camp of the Rebellion."
"This is Percy Jackson and his err… Cyclops friend. We found them at the lake being attacked by some Laistrygonians," said Connor before I had time to respond. Chiron's eyes seemed to widen at the sound of name and one of the kids at the able looked up. It was the blonde girl, Annabeth, who seemed to be haunting my dreams the last few months.
"Well," said Chiron, "DO to these turn events, let's continue this meeting later."
Everyone walked out, till only Chiron, Tyson, Annabeth, and I were left. Tyson, who had been staring at Chiron since we got in the room, finally got up the nerve to talk, "Pony?" he said.
"My dear Cyclops," said Chiron, "I am a centaur."
Annabeth seemed to think that it was the right time to interrupt because she turned to me and held out her hand, "So you're the mysterious Percy Jackson I keep hearing about. Annabeth Chase."
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A/N-
Chapter complete. What did you guys think? I enjoyed writing this chapter; it was really fun because I feel like I'm getting close to the good stuff I have planned (no boring filler chapters). Now, that leads me into the next order of business. For the last few months, I've been planning to make this story be the first book in a series. However, after some thought, I realized that there was no way I would be able to get through four hole books on here. So instead I am combining the four parts I had planned. This means that this story will be really, really long. Like 52 chapters long. Due to this, I will be attempting to update four days a week for the rest of the summer. It would help me achieve this goal if you guys would get on me about not updating.
In case you didn't read the A/N at the beginning, I am looking for a beta. PM me if you're interested. Also, I really need some help with the cover art. I also mentioned the fact that I'm going to start a forum. PM me if you're interested in helping with any of those things. Thanks guys!
~ELM
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