Percy Jackson: The Wolf Curse

Chapter 17: A Friend? of A Different Kind

[Percy's POV:]

We were in the middle of nowhere and the trip had been relatively quiet for the past 5 hours, against my will.. But that was about to change. I had something to say. Ehem.

"Did you know butterflies will drink your blood, sweat, and tears? Acanthis told me one time" what? Thought it was going to be important? Think again!

"CAN YOU NOT STAY QUIET FOR 5 MINUETS" so maybe an hour was a little bit of a stretch.. But what can you expect this car has one spot to sit in and no room to move around. I'm not allowed to slobber other car windshields, what a game that was should've seen their faces! Best 10 mins of this dam ride. Dam I love saying dam, I need a collar that says 'best dam wolf praetor' now that I'd wear. why? No dam clue.

"No, no I can not, I had hoped you'd have figured that out by now." a bit of sass goes a long way plus this was revenge for her word vomits back at camp.

"Ugh I can't take anymore of this... thank the gods we need to refuel, we will pull over in a few minutes. Just please be quiet until then!" that was so not gonna happen. I still had to talk about how male seahorses give birth and how Frogs use their eyeballs to swallow, that one had me opening my mouth like a fish possessed cause I'm pretty sure frogs are too if that one was true.

[Smol time skip brought to you by Frogs using their eyeballs to swallow]

"You know that was actually kinda interesting Damian, where did you even learn that?" I don't actually know the answer to that one since I put over half of my useless knowledge down to pre-memory me since pre-memory me was awesome.

"I have no idea, at all.. Wow this station looks nice! Old but nice" I had a weird sense of deja vu but was pretty sure i'd never been here. Probably another Percy thing. The building was a simple shack but painted in a brilliant fresh white that gave the building character that challenged the age of the wood it partially hid. There was a single fuel pump and whether it even worked was in debate.

"Ooooh they have a café, I wonder if they sell any meat I'm so hungry" truth be told I wasn't all that hungry there was plenty of food in the car, I just really didn't wanna be in that car again and i was sure Reyna didn't either.

"Hmm I could eat, sure let's go in'' as usual she left without checking that I was following. The building was named "Med's food and fuel" which made no sense at all, why would a medic serve food and fuel?

Inside was a classy set of tables but absolutely no people in sight which I expected since we literally were in the middle of nowhere and I don't think this place even exists on the map.

"Ahh customers, what brings you to my café today? Can I get you something to eat? Drink or just fuel for the road?" weirdly, the first thought I had was that she looks different and not like a different weird, more like compared to something kind of different, but I had no idea what I had compared her to.

She wore near pitch black shades with plaited weirdly flowing green tinted black hair, why was it moving without any wind? Superhero logic?!? Sweet. She looked young, not much older than me if at all. How wrong I was there.

"Umm yes please, would it be alright if my dog came in as well? He does no harm and is very clean... mostly.." She whispered the last bit, but I still heard it and I'll have you know I am a very clean wolf.. Ok most of the time is accurate. Also..

"WHO is a dog!?! I AM NO DOG, canine I'll accept, but NOT a dog" I do not like being called a dog, it's like calling a lion a small cat they have their territory, we have ours. Don't mix 'em.. It wasn't until this very important thought finished that I realised I had just spoken in front of a mortal as a wolf. Great going me.