Hey, guys! It's been almost a month since I updated. And, well, this sore throat is not helping my creativity. Or my focus. Enough about me! Back to the story :)

The next couple days or so were much different from the way they used to be.

First, there was a skeleton cooking spaghetti at dinner every night. It was pretty good, and actually made Percy feel a little better.

Second, that fish monster (What was the name? Unlyde? Undyne? Yeah, Undyne) was now teaching a small group of demigods to use magic. That did not turn out so well.

Third, the chubby skeleton Sans was always at the border, claiming to be on nap duty (Percy saw him acting as a sentry sometimes). It made it difficult to get in/out of camp to visit friends and family without have to hear bad puns.

And Finally, The goat adults were always making pies at dessert. They actually made some pretty good pies. Just… not snail pies. Percy tried it once.

Then, about two weeks after the monsters arrived, something weird started happening.

He kept seeing this skeleton without legs, just goop for a lower body. He was tall, and had two cracks in his narrow skull; one branching upwards from his left eye, and the other downwards on his left eye. Percy would see him for half a second, then he would turn blue and disappear.

One night during desert, he was enjoying some butterscotch-cinnamon pie, when, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the skeleton watching them. He beckoned to Percy, then slunk into the shadows.

Nico di Angelo, who happened to notice, whispered to Percy. "Who the Hades is that guy?"

Percy blinked. "What guy?"

"Oh, uh, I don't know. Possibly the guy who just beckoned you?"

"Okay. Do you know him?"

"No. But let's find out what he wants."

Percy went to the posiedon bunker, grabbed Riptide, and, with the company of Nico di Angelo, pursued the skeleton."

Nico was the first one to speak. "Who are you and what do you want with us?"

The skeleton frowned. "?¬ワᄀ ✌?¬リワ ✋? ✌?¬ント ❅? ✡ ✌❅ ✌ ✋ ❅ ✌❄ ?¬ワフ ❅?¬タン

Percy frowned as well. "Any idea what he just said?"

Nico looked at him. "He says his name is Gaster. And we are all in great danger."

Honestly, you guys have no idea how long it took me to translate that all. I hope you appreciate it.