LUNACY; percy jackson

05.4

[act five; chapter four     -     the curse of achilles]

Now, Donnie knew something was up the moment he realised Percy hadn't come back from the sword arena. He knew this because he had gone to practise himself, but found both Percy Jackson and Mrs. O'Leary were long gone.

So, what do you do when a friend of yours goes missing? You go to their house.

Yes, he knows you must be thinking, "Donnie, that sounds like a terrible idea." Yes, it most definitely is, but he can guarantee you that Percy's idea is probably much worse.

So he showed up at Sally Jackson's door with a gentle knock, only to be greeted by one of the sweetest people ever. Sally immediately pulled him into a hug and asked why he was there, only for Donnie to reply with, "Your idiot son is missing and I think I know why."

Great word choice, right?

Suddenly, there was a loud thud from the hallway, followed by Paul's muffled voice. "Who put this wall of fur in the doorway?"

"Percy?" his mom called out. "Are you here? Are you all right?"

"I'm here!" Percy shouted back.

"WOOF!" Mrs O'Leary tried to turn in a circle to find his mom, knocking all the pictures off the walls. She's only met his mom once before (long story), but she loves her.

It took a few minutes, but they finally got things worked out. After destroying most of the furniture in the living room and probably making our neighbours really mad, they got Percy's parents out of the bedroom and into the kitchen, where they sat around the kitchen table. Percy was surprised to see Donnie there as well, but Nico wasn't, like he had been expecting him to show up.