Percy POV
Agh. Where am I? I blinked my eyes open and everything was blurry. After a while, things came into focus more clearly. I was still in Kronos' study except that Kronos was gone. I had hoped that it was all a dream, nothing had really happened. I checked my hand for the golden scythe, sadly it was still there. I groaned. I needed to get out of here and get to a place where he won't be able to find me.
I suddenly remembered the off tune little satyr that was hanging around the woods earlier on. Is there a chance that he still might be in the woods? Better go check. I'll just ask the naiads if they heard any off tune songs around here. But how will I get rid of my maids again? Guess I'll drag them under the creek and just hold them there for a while. Hopefully it'll work. Probably not. Oh well, at least there's chance.
I stood up carefully, testing my legs. Ouch. My whole body was stiff, how long had I sat on that stool? I stepped out of the room, the sun already starting to set in a side window. I stepped lightly, trying not to make the floorboards creak. I couldn't see any of the maids, either they were hiding or they were acting like statues. I reached the bottom of the steps and glanced around. Better make a dash for it. I shot out the door and raced into the forest.
No one was following me, that was strange. Though I'm perfectly fine with that. I jogged to creek, hoping to get some information on the little satyr that passed by a while ago. Even before I got to the creek, I heard that horrible little tune again. Even if I was going to find him, I seriously didnot want to hear that tune. Either the little satyr had gotten worse at it or this was what it was really supposed to sound like. Guess I'm going to be going somewhere after all.
Credit to ArtemisApollo97 for coming up with this! Thanks!