We finally got Microsoft word one our computer! Say bye-bye to spelling mistakes and hello to annoying grammar mistakes! Not really. I'm usually pretty good with grammar. I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Welcome to Cyclops's island. It kinda reminded me of the camp's field trip to Florida. I could tell the sand would feel so good between my toes and there were tropical trees galore. I heard Harry huff angrily.
"I wish someone had told me this place was a tropical paradise! I would have brought my swim trunks!" He said throwing his hands in the air angrily.
I just rolled my eyes and Nate, Percy and Annabeth laughed. We looked around and saw sheep. There was something odd about them, but I couldn't put my finger on it.
"This is too easy." Percy said. I nodded in agreement.
"There's supposed to be a guardian. A dragon or…" Annabeth said before a deer emerging from the bushes cut her off.
I can't really say what happened next, because I blinked and missed it. One second there was deer grazing by the sheep, the next its skin was gone and it's bones fell in a pile on the ground.
"They're like piranhas!" Annabeth said.
"You mean the sheep did that!!" I asked, bewildered and getting weird looks from my companions.
Percy shook his head. "Piranhas with wool. How will we…"
"Percy!" Annabeth exclaimed grabbing his arm. "Look!"
I followed her eyes and I saw it too. Nate was looking around wildly. "What!? What's everyone looking at?" I grabbed the sides of his head and pointed his eyes in the right direction. "A life boat?"
Annabeth had convinced herself to go invisibly to get the fleece, but Percy came to the rescue and changed her mind.
Suddenly something came to mind that I hadn't even thought of before now. "Hey." I said leaning over to Annabeth. "Where's Tyson? Wasn't he with you when you left camp?"
Annabeth looked sad for a second and told me quickly what happened. "Don't mention it to Percy." She finished. I nodded.
"I understand."
We moored our ship on the sand and went down in a lifeboat to the rocks. Harry was looking at the nervously and I squeezed his arm reassuringly (though I probably bruised him in the process because of how nervous I was).
We started to climb up and I nearly fell off from laughing when Annabeth stepped on Percy's face. She apologized to him and we continued moving up. My arms felt like Jell-o and my hands like iron by the time we reached the top.
We all groaned in pain, then there was a growl that didn't come from any of us.
We all jumped about a foot and looked around but we couldn't see anyone. Annabeth put her hand over Percy's mouth as if she was afraid he'd call out to the person (or what I hoped was a person and not a monster).
Next we heard and all too recognizable voice. "Challenge me!" Clarisse yelled angrily. "Give me back my sword and I'll fight you!"
There wasn't enough room for us all to move to the edge so only Percy, Annabeth and Harry went to look since they were closest.
Nate smiled at me, but it seemed forced as if he had a lot of things one his mind. I smiled back but it probably looked more like a grimace. A monster laughed.
"Hmm." He said appearing to be thinking. "Eat loudmouth girl"-I nearly laughed out loud when he said this-"Or wait for wedding feast? What does bride think?"
That got me to freeze. Wedding? Who was he marrying? I saw the worried look on Percy's face and it hit me. The Cyclops was going to marry Grover!!
I had to slap my hand over my mouth to came from busting out laughing.
I nearly bust from kept in laughter when I heard Grover say: "Oh, um, I'm not hungry right now, dear. Perhaps-."
"Did you say bride!" Clarisse asked voicing my thoughts. "Who? Grover!?"
Annabeth murmured something I couldn't hear.
"What 'Grover'?" The monster asked.
"The satyr!"
"Oh!" I heard Grover yelp. "The poor thing's brain is boiling from the hot water. Pull her down, dear."
"What satyr?" The monster asked, obviously ignoring his bride-to-be. "Satyrs are good eaten. You bring me a satyr?"
"No you idiot! That satyr! The one in the wedding dress!"
At that point I wanted to jump over the edge and kill Clarisse myself. Big mouth Ares wannabe! She's gonna get us all killed!
There was silence for a minute, then the monster started talking. "I don't see very well. Not since many years ago when other hero poked my eye." After that I realized who the monster was. It was Polyphemus! "But YOU'RE- NO- LADY- CYCLOPS!!"
There was another yelp from Grover. "Stop! Don't eat me raw! I- I have a good recipe!"
I sighed quietly. The oldest trick in the book.
"Recipe?" Polyphemus asked. He actually fell for that?
"Y-yes!" He started listing off reasons not to eat him raw then mentioned Mangos. There was no way the Cyclops was gonna fall for that. Wrong again.
"Grilled satyr with mango chutney. You a satyr too?"
"No, you overgrown pile of dung! I'm a girl! The daughter of Ares! Now untie me so I can rip your arms off!"
"Rip my arms off?
"And shove them down your throat!"
"You got spunk."
"Let me down!"
"Have to go graze sheep now. Wedding postponed until tonight. Then we can have satyr for the main course."
"You're still getting married? Who's the bride."
There was a pause, then "Oh, no! You can't be serious. I'm not-."
"Make yourself comfortable. I come back at sundown for big event." He whistled and named off his sheep while they left the cave. "Mangos. He said absentmindedly. "What are mangos?"
With that he walked away and I finally got a chance to let out my laughter.