I Find Out Grandmas Can Look Young Too

You know the feeling that whatever you're about to do can kill you, or everyone else, but you do it anyway, that what I did. We all ran to the huge window. Outside was a huge lion. Its pelt was glistening in the sun and hit anything that came in its path.

"The Nemean Lion!" Cece shrieked. I didn't need a history background on this one, it was obvious, it a loin, that's where I was wrong. "I have to go after him." I told Chiron and began to run out. "I'm right behind you!" Cece said, followed by Beckendorf, Clarisse, the Stoll brothers, and the Apollo cabin counselors.

Cece was the first thing the animal charged at. She stood there, like a statue, as the animal approached. "Look out, freak!" one person cried out. She seemed to have not been able figure out where anything was. Once the loin sprung to attack, she commanded her bow to take its form and threw about five at once, straight into the animals shoulder. It roared in agony. She went another way to help out the other injured campers.

Suddenly, the animal turned to me. He sprung towards me. I took Riptide out and it transformed into it true transformation. I struck the beast in its paw. He limped back and headed for the woods, and I followed. After a while, all I saw was a bunch of branches. Though I lost him from my sight, I still chased after him. Suddenly, I saw a figure. I ran out for it and yelled. The figured turned. "Percy?"

It was Cece. I stopped in place, confused. How did she get here? "I was helping the injured when I saw the monster and chased after him." Well, that made sense, and was uncomfortable, there was something different about her, but I couldn't tell. "I lost the beast, but I found a clue. Come see."

Something was telling me not to go, but this was Cece, what could she do. I began to walk her way. She started to form her urgent smile. Suddenly, I heard a voice from behind me.

"Percy! Stop! What are you doing?" a girl's voice said from behind me, suddenly, I saw Cece, or at least it looked like Cece. She kneeled on the ground with a baby leopard by her side, Sonic, Chiron on the others between us.

"What the heck are you-" She stopped suddenly. She began to shiver. She looked more frighten than ever.

"Oh my-" She didn't finish. "Percy, don't move! The Loin is tricking you! He's making you see me!"

I inched closer.

"Stop!"

I inched closer.

"What are you doing?"

I took a full step.

"Percy, I swear to the gods, if you move any closer, I'm going to cut your-"

Chiron didn't move an inch, but Cece sighed and contemplated. "I'm going to let you choose, Percy. It's your life. Choose."

That made me uncomfortable with my decision. "Percy, don't fall under the lion's spell. You know who I am. Choose me!"

I looked at Chiron for advice. He face gave no expression. He just looked at me, like he believed in me, but looked back up into space with the same look. Grover was chewing on a water pipe, which didn't help me at all, because I just remembered I had to use the hero's room.

I began to walk towards the first Cece slowly, my eyes looked on the one with the baby leopard. She sighed.

"Percy? Before you die, can you tell me, what is the color of my eyes?"

That was the most random thing anyone could have asked at a moment like this. Then, it clicked. I turned around to looked at the other. I remembered Cece's eyes looked completely white from the distance the one with the leopard said, but, even though I was closer to the first one, her eyes were still white, just white. I turned Riptide on her. She gave a very evil grin.

"Congrats, Perceus Jackson." It said. The voice was deep like it was possessed. The creature jumped at me, still in Cece's form. I tried to slash it with Riptide, but it jumped on me first. Then, there was a blackout.

I was suddenly in the injured cabin. Not too many people were patients, but it was plenty to say it was a pretty decent battle. I had a straw to my mouth. I sat up a bit to see Brenna, Thalia, Zoë, and Cece on my bed. Brenna put the cup on the stand. "How are you feeling, little brother?"

It felt weird for her to call me her little brother, mostly because she was stuck in a younger age, maybe a year under, so thirteen. "I'm Fine, just sore."

Thalia laughed out loud. "You're a liar! You were totally pounded out there, Seaweed Brain. Juiced, Milked, pwned. I have never heard anyone scream like that! You were all like-" She let out a high pitch, but quiet scream, so she wouldn't wake the others. She put her hands above her chest and started twitching her body, especially her left eye.

Zoë punched me in the arm, and it stung, but she just shrugged and began talking. "We leave for one hunt, just one, and you are almost killed, how do you not know who Cece is, fool? You could have got killed!"

"Well," Brenna said. "You were almost killed. Though it was gruesome and the scariest thing ever, it was pretty hilarious!"

They all stared to laugh. I looked at Cece. She was holding a baby cub. It was a yellow-orange cub, couldn't be too old, maybe about the age of a one-year-old human baby, but in it own years. It was swinging his little paw at blue butterfly. Cece, must have noticed that I was a little frightened to see her holding a baby, whatever.

"Percy, this is my… um, true pet, Delila.'

"What is it?"

"Oh, it's Egyptian for Gentle. See I choose it after I got her and I learned she'll be eternally young, so since-"

"No, not it name origin. What is it?"

"Oh! She's an African Leopard, from Mr., because I don't care for a lifetime of free grapes."

We were silent for a moment. I guessed the girls were thinking what I was thinking, life with only grapes would be terrible.

"Can I ask you a few questions?" I asked her.

"Shoot."

"This whole pet thing, what's up?"

She contemplated for a long moment. "My sister and I have messenger pets and then fun pets. I have Sonic and Delila. Palla has Bambi and Lupii."

I had a feeling I knew what pets she had. "Ok, I had this dream the other day."

Her head shot so fast, I swore she broke her neck. If she did, she was hiding the pain real good. "What was it about?" She tried to sound calm, but see seemed worried and tensed.

I told her about the toddler twin dream.

She had their less than blank facial expression on her face. I stared at her, I could tell I had to say something first. "Cece, How old are you?"

She sighed. She began to calculate in her head adding invisible numbers in mid air. "About four thousand fourteen years old, I think, that's what I calculated."

"And you're still alive?"

"Lotus Hotel"

"I see."

Suddenly, Chiron came in. "Time to visit the Oracle, Cece to receive your prophesy."

She smiled at me, kissed my cheek and walked off.

Suddenly, out of nowhere I felt a sharp pain I screamed, shot up, and passed out.

QUESTION?!?!?!?!

What do you think happened to Percy?

Should the girls have two pets?

The next chapter will be from Palla's view. What do you want to know more about?

(e.g.- Her pets, her plots, her life on the cruise, etc. ) Anything that you can think of!!

If I was a published author, would you buy my books?

If you had to add something, what or who would it is?

Sate an opinion on the book so far and something you want to see! Constructive criticism is welcomed and recommendations are also.

p.s.- the name, Lupii is pronounced Lup-I like I in Island.