17. PREY
The castle shown with different hues of gold, the light added to the look. It seemed astonishing. Percy would be the first child to see their father's kingdom. What would he say to his father?
The rest of the group was catching up slowly behind him. They also were awestruck by the appearance of the castle. It was a massive castle with many windows that overlooked the sea. The towers all seemed to be proudly standing and greeting them. The exterior of it was covered in elaborate sea shells. That engraved their designs on them and make the castle gleam and shine. When they got to the front door the trident symbol on percy's wrist began to glow and the doors opened. "Where to now, we have to see if the others made it here." So they continued to walk down the hall and into the main room. It was huge and all the rooms seemed to have a window to the sea.
A girl came running down the hall with a big tray of food. She wasn't watching where he was going and she ran into Percy. "I'm so sorry let me-Percy what are you doing here?..." It was percy's friend, Alice who was a demigod and was a good friend. She had also been left unclaimed by her father and Poseidon took her in.
"We're here to see my father, and find our friends."
"Oh, I can take you...please follow me." She took them down a corridor and into the mass hall. There they found the rest of the group and then ounce they were all together, she lead them down another set of stairs to the throne room.
"Should we really go through here," Gerard asked. Alice went along and opened the door. Then stepped inside the room and came back a moment later. She said that it was fine to enter, and with that she excused herself and left.
"Thank you Alice."
"I think that Percy should go first, said Luna.
"We should all go in together so they did. The throne room was unlike anything they had ever seen. It was, just like the rest of the castle, made of the same gold. But it was brighter and more spectacular in the room. It was filled with many fish just swimming around as if they were in a fish tank.
Finally, Poseidon's throne was the most elaborate of all. It was tinted gold, with a simple design which made it easily stand out. Then around it there were pieces of coral. Beside his throne there was a place for his powerful trident. It was guarded by electric eels.
They asked Poseidon for help and he agreed to help them with one thing. He could get to the ridge faster. He also promised they would be safe. They he gave them gifts.