(Percy Jackson fanfic) The Monster Tamer

Chapter 3 Dragon Egg

The funny thing is after last night I realized that it was kind of obvious Annabeth had been cheating on me. Always making lame excuses to leave me and to go somewhere else, which I now realized was that new Apollo camper Drake, I hadn't been the least suspicious because I was blinded by love. To make things worse she had been going to olympus way more than usual which just adds to my blindness.

Strangely though I didn't feel that sad, probably because I got the satisfaction of beating up Drake. Or it was just because I didn't love Annabeth as much as I thought I did. All these thoughts went through my head while I changed into a simple camp Half-Blood t-shirt and jeans.

I quickly turned my attention to the dragon egg on my nightstand. It was glowing a bit. I had no idea what that meant so I decided to ask Chiron. Then I mentally face palmed, Chiron didn't know I smuggled in a dragon egg. I tried to think of a good excuse about having it but came up with nothing. I decided to be blunt after all Mr. D wasn't here anymore. After the giant war he was freed from the camp punishment, which made everyone happy.

Grabbing the dragon egg, I walked into the hot summer day. Campers were off doing daily activities like archery, deadly rock climbing, canoeing, and sword fighting.

Whoops. Looked like I missed breakfast again. I looked at my watch, made by my cyclops half brother Tyson, 11:37. I decided to look for Chiron in the big house. Making my way there I noticed people pointing at me and the egg, and whispering as I walked by.

Not that it bothered me I was used to it. Usually happens to me anyways, then I spotted Leo. Leo had stayed at camp Half-Blood even after Jason and Piper left to camp Jupiter. He walked over to me looked at the dragon egg and asked," is that an egg?"

"Yes" I answered quickly as I walked to the big house.

"Why do you have an egg?"

"Because I found it after slaying its mother and I didn't want to leave it to die because of me."

"Wait is that a monster egg?!"

"Yes" I answered simply.

"Cool! What type of monster?"

"Dragon" I practically whispered. But he still heard me. He had stopped walking and was staring at the egg in wonder. Then he ran to catch up.

"So your telling me you have a dragon egg?" He asked after catching up to me.

"Yes."

"Sweet!" I mentally sighed leave it to Leo to think a potentially dangerous dragon to be "sweet".

"Look I'm going to the big house to ask Chiron if I can keep it. Catch up with you later to see the answer who knows you could help me raise it being resistant to fire and all."

"Ya that would be cool see ya later." He answered before running off.

I finally reached the big house porch to see Chiron sitting there in wheelchair form. He looked up as I walked closer noticing the egg he had a slight frown.

"What brings you here Percy and why do you have a dragon egg?" He asked in a kind tone.

"You see that's it sir the dragon egg I was in the woods, before I found Grover, and I was attacked by a huge dragon bigger than Peleus and slightly bigger than Festus. I killed it but found it was only protecting its egg."

"So you brought it here to see if you could raise it like Peleus was raised." He finished for me.

"Uh ya." Was my oh so intelligent reply.

"Perseus I believe it's safe to assume that it would be dangerous to raise a dragon especially of that size but like most beings if raised by birth correctly it should be tame."

"Is that a yes?"

"It is but first I need to teach you the basics in raising a dragon egg. After it hatches bring it to me to see what type of dragon it is then we will see from there." The egg was getting heavy so placed it on a nearby chair while I sat on the chair next to it.

"So you know about raising an egg?"

"Of course or else I wouldn't let you keep it. I am only allowing it because a dragon could be useful to us. But you see that glow on the egg that means its nearing its final step in the hatching progress. To make sure it comes out in the healthiest state in needs to be kept in the most heat possible."

"Wait does that mean a fire would work best."

"You practically read my mind but no by hottest I mean the hottest thing we could muster her at camp. Do you know what that is?"

I thought about it something hotter than fire then it hit me. "The lava from the rock climbing wall."

"Correct! But you need to watch the egg so ask Leo and the Hephaestus cabin to make a container that would hold the egg and lava. It will also absorb the lava so when the lava level lowers full it up again."

"Alright sir is that all?"

"No one last thing keep it in lava until it hatches and make sure your the first person he or she sees. It makes it easier for it to trust you that way. That is all you may go."

I quickly got up and walked to the egg picked it up and walked away. Thinking about raising the dragon from egg form. I was walking to the forges to find Leo. When I walked in I immediately started to sweat from the fires. I also noticed the egg grow a tad brighter, interesting. Then I saw him making some weapon.

"Leo!" I called out to him. He looked up at me and smiled and walked over.

"I see you still have the egg."

"Yup and I know how to raise it but i need you to make something with your cabin mates as quickly as possible."

"Sure what do you need?"

"I need to make a container for the egg to go in but it also has to be able to hold lava with it."

"Hm i'll have it done in an hour with the help of my cabin mates." I mentally cheered that wouldn't take long. "But why do you need it?"

"The egg needs to be kept in the hottest temperature possible." I explained. He nodded then smiled.

He turned around and called out to his cabin mates,"Hey we got to make a container for a dragon egg everyone. That's our project right now ill explain the details so get over her!"

He turned back to me and said,"two hours tops."