We haven't even gotten to Trenton and we're wandering through a forest." He ranted slightly. "I didn't even know they had forests in New Jersey, but we've found one!" He sounded stressed. "So I would say that we're the opposite of fine." Annabeth responded stubbornly. "We were sent on a quest by the Oracle. By the gods. What'd you think, it would be easy?" Well no, but it would be nice to have a semblance that they were doing something right. "It's suppose to be hard." Annabeth insisted.

Annabeth was ranting how. Seemed like she and Percy had something in common after all. "That's why only certain people are chosen. If we call camp we're basically saying it was a mistake to choose us." She stressed this. Percy, seemed okay with that. "I am completely comfortable with that." He said. "Everyone makes mistakes." He muttered. More and more of this argument that went on, the more that Grover and Eurydice felt awkward. Things were already tense enough, and they were making it worse.

Annabeth glared at Percy questioningly. "Why are you so afraid of who you are?" She asked him. "What?" Percy sounded offended as they all stopped walking. Eurydice and Grover made awkwardly eye contact, she swallowed slightly as Grover nervously tried to defuse the situation. "You know, what's interesting about this particular satyr path is it's actually the one my Uncle Ferdinand took when he set out on his own quest." He rambled nervously.

Eurydice swallows as that only seemed to be making things worse. Oh gods. "What was that supposed to mean? Afraid of who I am? I'm not afraid!" Percy said to Annabeth, looking offended. "Yes. you are." Annabeth insisted with an emotionless look. "You aren't just a kid." She said harshly. "Just a kid doesn't do what you did to Clarisse back at camp." She informed him with hardness seeping through her voice. If she had been the one receiving those words she probably would have cried on the spot.

Eurydice quickly interrupted them. "Did you know that in 1973 William Afton and Henry Emily created Freddy Fazbear's pizza and in 1983 one their animatronics bit a kid's head off?" She didn't even register what she was saying until she said it. She blinked slightly as she realized what she just said. Her blurted out ramble had Grover staring at her in concern. "What?" He said to her in confusion. He looked like he wanted to put her in a physic hospital. In her defense she had just thought of the first thing that she could think of! And that was the fnaf timeline.

Percy and Annabeth weren't phased, despite Percy's odd mutter about the timeline not making sense. "Just a kid doesn't have Hades sending top lieutenants to retrieve them all dead or alive. Except his daughter who's coincidentally claimed the exact same day you got claimed." Percy glared at her at those last words. But she just kept on going. "You know. you are a part of something so much bigger than we can all understand right now. We have to move forward whether you like it or not. Whether you want to or not." She said intensely.

Percy scoffed. "You don't want to call camp fine. Then, at least let's calm your mom." He tried to compromise. She relaxed slightly, maybe this meant that their fight was over. She really hoped none of them would ask her about what she had said to attempt to distract them, explaining it would take a long time. Maybe her mom was right and the internet really was rotting her brain... Her internal monologue was interposed by Annabeth's annoyed voice. "Excuse me?" She sounded offended by Percy's response.

The blonde looked confused. "Athena? Your mother?" He said in confusion. "I'd call my father but we really aren't on speaking terms right now. You know, because of the lifelong neglect and all" He shrugged. Eurydice winced.  "We can't call mine because he's who we're trying to stop." Annabeth stared at her in sympathy for that. Percy nodded. "But you and your mother seem close. So, why don't we ask her for help?" He asked Annabeth cluelessly.

Annabeth stared at Grover. "Grover, will you explain to your friend that he needs to pull himself together." She said in frustration. Percy realized something. "You can't ask her, can you?" He blinked. "When was the last time she talked to you?" Annabeth looked frustrated, looking at Grover for help. "Grover." She muttered. Percy sounded frustrated now too. "I don't know why you keep pulling him into this. He's on my side!" He insisted angrily. Annabeth scoffed. "What makes you think that?" Percy answered like it was obvious. "He's my protector. It's his job." Annabeth glared at him even more. "He was my protector first!" She yelled at him.

Eurydice looked at Grover in shock. "Wait, really? Grover!" She couldn't believe that he didn't tell them that he was the satyr who was with Thalia, Luke and Annabeth when Thalia died. "First?" Percy tried to process this information as he stared at Grover. "What do you mean first?" The man of the hour laughed nervously. "Very exciting, getting to walk in Uncle Ferdinand's footsteps. Next best thing to getting to talk to him again." He smiles nervously, trying to deflect the situation.

"The bite of '87 was when mangle bite some guy's frontal lobe." Eurydice suddenly blurted out in the silence, covering her mouth in embarrassment. Percy stared at her in confusion. "Are you- are you okay?" He asked her worriedly. She nodded slightly. "Yeah, yeah. I'm- I'm okay." Even Annabeth looked concerned. "Are you sure?" She sighed deeply. "Yes, I'm sure." She muttered.

Percy's realization finally came. "Thalia, Luke and Annabeth had a satyr protector.." He trailed off. "That was you." He said. "Why didn't you tell me?" Percy asked him in frustration, one thing about Percy is that he hates being lied to. But instead of answering him, Grover sniffed. She thought he was going to cry for a second until he said. "Grover, I'm not kidding." He said seriously.

Grover shook his head at him. "No, neither am I. Just shush." He said insatiably. The satyr sniffled again as the three demigods stared at him in confusion and some concern. Grover blinked suddenly as he realized the smell. "Hamburgers." He said, walking towards the place where the smell was leading them too. She shrugged at Percy when he stared at her in confusion as they followed Grover through the forest.

It was significantly quiet, until Annabeth asked in confusion. "Grover- What are you doing—" She said in concern. "Somebody's making hamburgers!" Grover explained. "In the middle of nowhere on a satyr path." He muttered. "Whoever it is.." They came to more bushes and trees. "They're from our world." He assumed. "But what if it's a trap?" Eurydice muttered worriedly as they continued to follow the satyr. "Then we'll just have to see." He insisted as they continued walking along the path.

Suddenly they came across a clearing, with a bunch of monster statues situated around a strange building. "Oh come on." Annabeth said in worry. "What?" Grover said in confusion. "Aunty Em has a garden full of petrified stone folks. Yeah, this is someone from our world, all right." She crossed her arms slightly. Eurydice blinked in confusion. "Oh. I thought those were statues." She muttered as she took a better look at them. Maybe she really did need glasses.. Annabeth huffed. "Anyone wanna guess what 'Em' is short for?" She said with a shake of her head.

Grover suddenly realized just like she did. "Oh." He muttered dumbly. "Medusa." Eurydice muttered under her breath. Annabeth looked worriedly at them. "Let's get out of here please, while we still can." She insisted. Unfortunately for them, right at that moment. A fury had appeared behind them, Percy threw the shoebox he had been holding at Grover as he pulled out his pen. Eurydice quickly pulled her keychain out, her large black looking obsidian sword shining in the light.

She hadn't taken much of a closer look at her sword yet. But there it was, surprisingly it looked a lot scary than Percy's did. But that was a given now knowing her parentage. She held her sword out protectively in front of her as the fury spoke to them meaning. "You should have accepted my offer when you had the chance." The former Mrs. Dodds said. She was immediately confused by her words, she didn't remember being offered anything.

Percy held out his sword in front of him too, a more heroic looking sword compared to her own. "Offer? What offer is she talking about?" He said in confused. To which she nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I don't remember her offering anything to us. And if she had we wouldn't have agreed anyways." She muttered. There was a silence between their group for a second as a woman's warm voice was heard from behind them. "Not today friends. Not on my doorstep." Her voice sounded soft and gentle, reminding her of her mother's for a second.

She was pulled out of that perpetual thought as the footsteps of the woman of the hour approached. Annabeth immediately began to panic, searching through her bag for her dagger frantically as Grover kept his head down in order to not make eye contact with the woman. She blinked in confusion when she realized the woman was wearing a hat hiding her face, or more specifically her eyes. She blinked in confusion, immediately Percy pulled her down with him making sure she didn't look into the woman's eyes even though they were hidden.

She felt a pang of empathy for the woman. She remembered when her mother had taught her the myth of Medusa. She was horrified at the thought of her being punished for something a god did to her. In some of the myths her mother had taught her, Medusa's virginity had unfairly been taken away by Poseidon. When in others she had been manipulated into it by the guise of the sea god loving her. But in each instance of the story, Medusa was always given the same treatment. A curse. Her mother had taught her the story as a warning, that sometimes even when someone promises you something they might not do it.

She had also taught it to her as a testament to how women were treated by the gods. She wondered faintly if her mother had been treated like that by Hades. She felt a lump in her throat when she thought of that. But by assuming how Hades treated his real wife, she'd assume he treated her well until Eurydice was born. He had stayed for a few years until he left, she had met hers. Although she couldn't remember him, she did meet him. Which begged the question of, why? Why her out of all of the demigods he could have fathered.

The woman's voice had sounded sweet enough. She watched the footsteps of the woman in white as she stared intently on the ground. Percy's arm was wrapped around her shoulder protectively. She was always a slow reactor, but he was always a lot faster than her. Which worked in her favour most of the time. They heard the woman's footsteps grow closer. "If you have something to resolve, why not come inside and I'll help?" She offered, but she wasn't honestly sure if she really meant it. She wanted to believe in her, that she really did mean helping them.

The woman's warm voice continued to speak. "Alecto? Will you be joining us?" She asked her. The monster curled in on itself to protect herself too. Seemed like she didn't want to be caught in Medusa's kill count as much as they did. "No, well. I didn't think you would." She muttered as the monster didn't respond. "She won't bother you as long as you're with me." The woman said to them, as a sliver of hope built up in her. "But it isn't as though she'll leave either." She muttered.

Medusa hummed. "Not if it means reporting that she failed to retrieve the son of Poseidon and deliver the daughter of Hades safely back to her father." Eurydice jolted in confusion at this. Her father was trying to get his lieutenants to take her to the underworld, safely? And not hurt her? Percy stared at her in confusion. "How did you—" He finally looked up hesitantly.

The woman interrupted him. "Two forbidden children have been claimed. How long did you think that secret would keep?" She asked him with a pleasant smile on her face. "It's a pleasure to meet you. son of Poseidon. Daughter of Hades." She smiled at them gently, reminding her of a mother's smile for a moment. "I'm Medusa." She finished with a kind smile at her ruby red lips.

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Oooh, we left this one on a cliffhanger folks. I know you've all been wanting an update so here it is‼️ I hope you all enjoy this and genuinely thank you for all the comments and reads. I adore you all tremendously and reading your comments give me life and motivation. I've never had a fic get this popular before so I'm honestly really excited and pumped to write!

Medusa is one of my favourite greek myths. She is so sweet in the show and I'm really sad about what happened to her. Her story was told very respectfully in the show which is something that I love. I really hope you guys like my portrayal of her so far too! This was loads of fun to write and hope you all are excited for chapter 6! Where even more stuff are about to go down! This is the first half of episode four done. Only a few more to go!

I am feeling very inspired by the greek myths and stories rn. Especially Medusa's and the parallels between Orpheus and Eurydice's to other myths like Perseus's who end happily. It's been awesome to do this and I hope everyone has a great rest of their weekend! Next chapter will hopefully be up sometime next week!