Chapter 6: Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium
We have been in the woods for a night now with absolutely no food. I'm really annoyed, why couldn't we have made it out of the bus without our supplies being burnt in the process? Suddenly a smell of food fills my nose.
"Guys I smell food" I say my mouth watering. Annabeth takes a sniff and her eyes widen. We immediately take off following the smell. After running for 5 minutes we end up in front of a building that says Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium. Percy, Annabeth, and I start to walk into the building but Grover stops us.
"Guys I smell monsters here" Grover says nervously. Seriously? Monsters over here? You know what? I don't care anymore. If I don't get food now I think I'm going to die of starvation.
"Oh shut up Grover! All I smell is food!" I snap. I walk inside the building and the others follow me. As soon as we go inside a lady greets us. She is wearing a black cap on her head and sunglasses. I find that really weird. Doesn't it get hot in there?
"What are you doing here, children?" asks the lady.
"We got lost from our circus caravan and wandered over here. We were wondering if you would give us food" Percy pipes up.
"Of course. I'll go to the back and get some food. Meanwhile seat yourself at the table" says the lady brightly. The lady goes to the back and comes back with a tray of French Fries and Chicken Nuggets. I grin. These are my two favorite foods. As soon as the lady sets the tray down at our table we dig into the food. Suddenly we hear a hissing noise. What was that?
"Oh don't worry, my two sisters are feeding their pet snakes in the back" assures the lady. We nod and go back to eating. Wait a minute! Pet snakes? Two sisters? Hissing? That's Medusa! I look at Annabeth. I can tell she realized it too.
"Before you leave can I take a picture of you?" asks the lady A.K.A Medusa.
"Sure" Percy answers. Medusa takes a camera out and asks us all to pose.
"I can't really see you all, I'm going to take off my sunglasses." As quick as a whip Medusa takes her cap and sunglasses off. But it's still a lot of time for us to shout don't look. After we close our eyes we all start running in different directions except for me. I stay put.
"I hear you'll save someone from another world. All the better to turn you into stone" Medusa hisses. Right then I hear a noise and I slowly open my eyes. Medusa had fallen and her head was lying on the ground by itself. I look up and see Percy standing behind the head.