Her mother cleared her throat awkwardly. "To be clear, you don't have the same dad." She patted her on the shoulder. She slumped her shoulders. "Oh thank god. I thought we were the second comings of jesus for a second..." She muttered quietly to herself. Her mother gave her a exasperated look as she looked at Sally apologetically.
The other woman sighed deeply. "Alison, you're early." Sally told her with a sigh. Her mother blanked out for a second. "Oh! Right. I'm sorry. Let's justโ go into the other room, sweetheart." She ushered Eurydice out of the room quickly. While Percy's eyes never left hers as she was ushered out of the room.
She could barely make out Percy questioning his mother on why she and her mom were here as they left the room. She stared at her mother in confusion as they stepped into a hallway. "Mom, seriously. What is going on!" She whispered to her, tired of being completely kept in the dark about all of this. It was getting frustrating that she had no idea how or why Percy and her were involved in all of this. Not to mention what Sally had mentioned to her mother about being early.
Alison sighed, a deeply conflicting look on her face. "Eurydice. Honey, you are a half-blood. Half god, half man." She stared at her in confusion, but before she could say anything her mother stopped her. "The stories I've taught you. About greek myths and the demigods. They are real. And half-bloods are not safe in this world. This world isn't safe for you." She wanted to make it clear to her how serious she was being. She was still in complete shock, attempting to even process everything she was being told.
It was all too overwhelming that it felt like it was choking her. She didn't understand any of this! Her mother continued with tears in her eyes. "Once half-bloods reach a certain age they begin to understand what they are, terrible forces. Monsters, are drawn to them. Driven to harm you before you can become strong enough to fight back." There was a grief stricken look on her mother's face as she said this.
In all of her shock and confusion, she watched her mother break down right in front of her. Her voice broke as she spoke the next few words. "I'm scared that I haven't prepared you enough. That I haven't done enough for you." She sounded so terrified that she was pulled out of her shock, for that feeling to be turned into a horrifying sense of mortality. If what she was saying was true... her life would never be back to how it was ever again. And she wanted to believe her mom, but nothing about any of this made sense.
Despite her doubt, she believed her. "What? Mom, you've done your best-" Her voice shook slightly as she spoke, she felt sick at the thought of her mother being right about all of this. Maybe her dad really was a god. If he was, then who would he be? If he was truly a god, why didn't he do anything to stay with them? If he was a god, high and mighty he should be able to do anything he wanted.
Then why didn't he stay? That thought haunted her. Apart of her wants to believe that he did it for a reason, but she knows that's not true. He left on his own no matter how much her brain wants to make excuses for him, she just can't bring herself to accept that it was for the better. What was the reason of leaving her without a father? Her mother was quiet then, as if she knew what she was thinking. She always has been able to see right through her like it was nothing.
Her mother looked like she wanted to say more, but they were interrupted by a loud knock at the door. She curiously walked down the hallway, her mother following her worriedly as they heard the knocks grow louder. Her eyes went wide as she saw a familiar face through the window. "Grover?" She whispered in surprise, before it was replaced with her crossing her arms. What was he doing here? Seriously, how far is she out of the loop?
Sally called out towards the knocker. "Who's there?" She sounded a little worried. Grover yelled from the outside. "Mrs. Jackson? It's Grover." He sounded anxious for some reason. But she couldn't come up with a reason why he would be. She heard Percy mutter just as confused as she has been. "Grover?" She saw Grover waving at her mother. "Oh, also hi Mrs. Ramirez. This is a little time sensitive, could someone maybe open the door?" He asked nervously.
Percy frowned. "What is he doing here. I don't wanna see him." He said stubbornly. Sally sighed and went to go open the door. "Waitโ Mom-" Percy tried to protest Eurydice walked over to him while his mom opened the door. Sally looked like she was stressed out as she stared at Grover. "We asked to have the night, you said we could all leave in the morning." She muttered stressfully. Grover winced apologetically. "Sorry, I'm early, but I didn't have any choice. Things have changed. This is all developing a lot faster than we anticipated." He rambled slightly.
Grover stepped into the cabin as Percy sounded like he was about to rant. "You should have asked me before youโ Whatever it is you're gonna say. I don't wanna... hear itโ" He looked down at Grover's feet. "Grover?" He muttered in confusion. Eurydice's eyes went wide as she stared at Grover's bottom torso. "Grover?!" She muttered in disbelief, staring at his feet in shock. She thought she was done freaking out, but maybe she isn't.
Grover nodded at her and Percy. "Eurydice, Percy." She and Percy exchanged stunned looks. "Grover." Percy repeated again. "Okay, so something's coming.." Grover started to explain to their parents. "Grover." Eurydice repeated this time, freaking out while Grover didn't seem to notice them spiralling. "And I know that sounds really bad..." The curly haired boy tried to continue. "But the important thing is to not panic!" He nervously reassured the parents.
"Grover!" Percy yelled at the boy again. Sally looked done with him at this point. "I'm not panicking." She muttered to Grover. "I am." Her mother whispered under her breath shakily. Grover laughed nervously. "Great! I am also not definitely not panicking. I feel very good about how we're doing so farโ" Percy yelled at him one last time. "Grover!" This time he finally answered. "What?" He said in confusion as he stamped on of his... goat feet.
Percy shouted in confusion. "Grover, why is there half a goat in your pants?" Eurydice who stared down at his feet stunned. "Who turned you into a goat Grover?!" She yelled in confusion. Grover looked down at his feet. "Oh. it'sโ" He trailed off. "Oh! Oh, boy. They didn't tell you about.. You didn't tell them about me?" He turned over to their two parents.
Sally looked tired. "You're early." She repeated. Alison crossed her arms at the boy. "I was getting there, until you came in." She muttered as Grover turned to look at the two of them. Grover smiled at them nervously. "So the important thing is not to panic." Eurydice ran her fingers through her hair stressfully. "I am panicking Grover!" She yelled at him, sounding completely overwhelmed. "I'm sorry!" Grover yelled back at her, freaking out as much as she was.
Percy just kept the shocked expression on his face as his mother looked at the two of them. "We'll continue this in the car. Let's go." She commanded the group as she walked out the door. Grover shrugged at them as her mother followed behind Sally. "Oh my god.." She whispered to herself shakily as she walked outside with Percy and Grover in tow.
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THERE WERE A LOT OF things that Eurydice was prepared for in life. And this was not one of them. She sat in Sally Jackson's car beside Grover and Percy in the backseat with her bags clutched tightly in her hands. Grover ended the silence with an explanation about what he was. "My job has been to guide you two towards this moment. It's always an emotional rollercoaster for a young demigod so providing a support system is reallyโ" His words were interrupted by a very conflicted looking Percy. "Who are you?" He asked him in confusion.
Grover swallowed. "I'm Grover. One of your best friends." Percy shook his head at him. "What are you." He corrected himself. Grover then took his hat off. "I'm a satyr. And I'm the protector of the two of you." Once he took his hat off, he revealed two tiny horns on his head.
She gasped in shock. A excited look on her face. "Those are so cute! Grover, can I touch them?" She reached out her hand over to him impulsively. Grover laughed nervously. "Uhm, maybe some other time Eurydice..." He muttered out awkwardly to her as he pushed her hand away gently. Percy narrowed his eyes at Grover. "You're our protector." He said with a look of suspicion on his face. Grover held in a sigh. "If I hadn't gotten you two kicked out of school you would have never survived the night." He defended himself.
Eurydice stared at Grover curiously as he continued. "And what's causing us now would have found you there easily." He finished. Percy shot him a glare, moving closer to Eurydice's side of the car. Grover saw his actions and looked down into his lap. "I'm sorry." He apologized quickly at Percy's rejection. She frowned in sympathy for the two of them. Now that they were together again, she didn't want them to waste it by fighting.
Grover cleared his throat. "Usually, I can sense danger coming smile away, but this time..." He trailed off. "Well, none of us saw Dodds coming." Eurydice's head shot up in confusion. "Wait, so what I saw happen. That was real?" She muttered in complete shock. "Mrs. Dodds really did turn into a gargoyle and get stabbed by Percy?" She gaped in shock, still trying to process that information.
Percy looked even more upset at Grover now. "So you knew. That thing that Mrs. Dodds turned into you saw it happen? Why didn't you say anything!" He glared even more intensely at Grover. The other boy winced. "I saw some of it." He corrected him. "The Mist kept her hidden even from us. Until it was too late." She stared at Grover in confusion. "The Mist? That sounds like a bathroom spray commercial..." She muttered in thought. "Mist? What's a mist?" Percy asked in confusion.
Grover shook his head at the two of them. "The Mist. It's the veil that hides the magical world from the human world." He explained. "My legs, Dodds' wings. Even Dodds' absence." She smiled at Percy. "So we weren't crazy after all." She looked at him relieved, she saw him let out a small smile before it was replaced with a frown.
Grover continued. "But it isn't supposed to hide things from me. That never happens. Something powerful is at work here." He informed them, and she couldn't help but feel more nervous at that. "The sooner we get you to camp, the better of you'reโ" Grover started, before he stopped speaking when the two of them stared at him in confusion. "You told them about camp, right?" He looked at the two adults in the front seat.
Sally looked distracted by the wheel. "Not yet, no." Grover looked over at her mother next. "Sorry, I didn't either. I was trying to get her to understand the whole god thing first.." She went quiet. Grover sighed slightly. "Camp is a sanctuary for half-bloods." He began to explain. "A safe place where you can learn who you are and what the world is like on the other side of the mist." He finished explaining.
This was way too much information at once, and Eurydice looked just as overwhelmed as Percy did. It was daunting to think that neither of them had known about this but everyone else in the car had. How could any of this had come up in normal conversation though? It arguably could have been worse than the current situation they are in right now. Grover pointed at the road ahead. "Uh. it's not far actually. Just a little ways past the bend up there." He informed Sally.
Percy looked at his mom. "Mom, what else haven't we talked about?" Sally's silence was louder than words. "What else haven't you told me?" He stared at her. Before they could talk anymore, there was a large gust of wind coming from out behind them. Right in a burst of light the greek Minotaur appeared, a loud rumbling noise was heard as the monster thumped hard onto the ground.
Eurydice poked her head out to look at the monster. "HOLY SHโ" Grover covered her yell with his hand. Percy's eyes went wide in disbelief. "Is that the Minotaur?" His voice cracked fearfully. The monster started to run after them as Sally shakily attempted to drive faster. This version of the Minotaur looked exactly like the one she'd seen in Mythomagic. Right down to his underpants, which was probably the weirdest thing she had ever seen in her entire life.
Maybe she'd have to get used to these weird things. Grover shakily spoke as fast as he could to warn them of the monster's power. "Once the attacks start, they never let up. Okay? Dodds was just the beginning." He looked back at them and then at the Minotaur again. "He is next! He- he is brutal. He is relentless." Percy interrupted him. "He is still wearing underpants." He blurted out.
Grover turned to them again as the monster started to gain on them. "The Mythomagic cards were training. Everything has been grinding for what's still ahead of you." He explained nervously. "What's ahead of me?" Percy muttered in confusion. "Oh god, are you telling me there's more of these guys?" She asked Grover her eyes looking at him and Percy wide and terrified.
Sally interrupted them. "Kids-" She started to say. "Yeah?" Percy asked. "I'm actually twenty-four." Grover muttered casually. "WHAT?" Eurydice yelled in utter shock. Percy glanced over at the apparently older boy, a silent look of confusion on his face. Sally winced. "Hold on, please." She told the three of them desperately.
Her mom yelled at them. "Seatbelts! Please, and hurry!" She quickly put her seatbelt on, her hands fumbling around for the buckle. She tried to ignore Percy's hand brushing hers as they clicked their seatbelts in at the same time. That thought was forgotten as the Minotaur's roar had gotten louder.
Her heart sank when she realized that the monster was getting closer. She wasn't sure how close exactly, but horrifying close. She heard Grover scream loudly as the monster's roars began to her louder. Eurydice breathed in shakily as she watched the Monster continue to run after them. There were a million thoughts in her head all at the same time, it was horrifying to think that this could be the way that she died.
Sometimes she didn't think that death would be so bad. It was strangely familiar in a way to her that she couldn't explain. It was like the company of death comforted her. But now was the first time that it hadn't. This would be a horrible way to die! He barely processed Percy's shaking hands grabbing onto hers tightly, like either of them could be dead any second.
Her breathing quickened as the roars only got louder and closer. All she felt was panic in her heart, clutching harder onto Percy's hand like a lifeline. The Minotaur had crashed into them as Sally pushed the car up against the huge monster in an attempt to temporarily weaken it. Sally grunted as she swerved around to hit the monster. But as soon as she did so, in a second the glass in all of the car windows had shattered. Leaving glass flying everywhere as the car began to trip over itself.
All she could hear was the screams of her two best friends as she tensed up in pain as she felt some of the glass hit her skin. In the battle against the monster, the car wouldn't survive. By some miracle Sally had managed to continued to attempt to get the monster off them. But as soon as she got the monster off, there was a bright light of another vehicle blinding them as the car crashed.
All she could register was the stabbing pain of glass in her skin and the hand holding onto hers for dear life. There was the loud sound of a horn as the world crumbled around them. It was like she was watching it all happen in slow motion, thinking about everything that had ever happened in her life up until now. The relief she felt when it stopped was gratifying.
Her happiness was stopped by the pain she felt in her body as she attempted to move. Grover had managed to get out the car first, pulling Percy out as he forced the other side of the door open. She breathed in shakily as the two boys helped her out of the car. She had to hold onto the two of them to stand up straight. Her mother and Sally had gotten out of the car holding onto each other to keep themselves steady. "Is everyone okay?" Sally asked the group in worry.
Percy nodded. "Yeah. I'm okay. Butโ" He looked over at Eurydice who was slightly limping. She shook her head at him, standing up straight even if it hurt her to. "I'm fine." She insisted. Her mother let out a sigh of relief as she walked over to hug her tightly. Sally winced in pain as she stood up without the help of her mother. The group quickly walked out of the ditch and into the forest as fast as they could.
The car lights were still visible as they all slowly limped towards the forest. "This way!" Sally yelled as they walked closer to the forest. Grover walked up ahead and stared out at the forest in front of them. "We're here." He muttered, her gaze going to the large forest in the middle of the storm. "We're here. That's the boundary. No monsters can cross it." Grover told them as she stared up out into the distance to see a large tree off in the distance. That must have been the boundary he was talking about.
Grover turned to Sally and her mom. "They'll be safe on the other side." He told them, like they wouldn't be coming with them. She raised her eyebrow in confusion. "We?" She muttered out softly, still in pain from the car crash. "We'll be safe... But won't all of us be safe?" Percy asked the two adults in confusion. Sally didn't answer him as she walked towards Grover.
The two mother's shared a look. "Grover, we are entrusting you to protect our children. My son, my only child." Her mother chimed in shakily. "My little girl." She said softly, like it was a goodbye. She stared at her mom in worry. "Mom? Her voice sounded shaky as she looked at her, trying to blink away the tears building up in her eyes.
Grover looked at the two mothers with a reassuring smile. "Don't worry Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Ramirez. Percy and Eurydice will be totally safe at camp-" Sally interrupted him. "Swear it." She muttered to him. "What's happening?" Percy blurted out in confusion. She swallowed down the lump in her throat as she stared at the two mothers. She knew what was happening.
Sally only ignored her son's confusion. "Keep him safe from anyone or anything that comes for him, that wants to do harm. That looks at him the wrong way. Do you understand me?" She said intensely to Grover. He turned to look at Alison who shakily murmured. "Please. Just take care of her. All I want is for her to come back to me in one piece by the end of the summer. I can't loose my little girl." She sounded like she was holding back tears as she said this. Grover nodded at the two women in solidarity. "I swear."
She almost wanted to cry as she saw the look on her mother's face. Sally finally turned to look at Percy. "We have to go now sweetheart." Sally tried to look reassuringly, but Percy only looked even more upset. "Why can't you?" He asked her in confusion. "She's human. They both are." Grover muttered to them as she swallows the bile building up in her throat. "So I was right..." She muttered as she stared at her mother.
She saw tears running down her mother's face as she looked at her.
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