(Percy Jackson fanfic) The Monster Tamer

Chapter 5 Raising an Egg

Percy's Pov:

I saw Nico raise an eyebrow and I replied,"Leo flipped Annabeth off." Nico looked at me strangely and I realized he didn't know about the break up. I quickly added,"I broke up with her after finding out she had been cheating with me." Gesturing to her hand in Drakes.

By now Leo had reached us and he handed me the container and egg, which began to grow brightly. "Thanks Leo."

I turned to see Nico opening and closing his mouth, finally he said,"are you okay?"

"More or less this is keeping me occupied," gesturing to the egg.

"Well thank goodness for the potentially dangerous dragon egg that can grow up to kill us!" Leo and I just lost it, the look on his face said, even you can't be that stupid.

"It's all right Chiron told us how to raise it from an egg."

Speak of the devil, Chiron trotted right up to us and nodded approvingly at the container. "To keep the dragon egg healthy at this stage once a week your going to need to throw in a live small animal. Perhaps a chicken will be best."

"Thank you Chiron but where will we get the chicken?"

"Well maybe not chicken perhaps rabbits?"

Day 1 of raising a dragon.

This is boring Chiron thinks I should keep a journal on my attempts to raise a dragon "for future dragon raisin endeavors." I personally don't want to but I guess it could help.

Today after catching a rabbit in the woods, after getting attacked by a hellhound, I was a bit unwilling to throw it in. But eventually I did the egg seems to be glowing brighter. Leo and his siblings are building a fire resisting room connected to my cabin for the dragons early years. ---- Percy

Day 2

After feeding the egg today I noticed a change in size it seems to be growing bigger. It is also absorbing the lava which I find stupid because now I have to replenish it every twelve ours including the middle of the night. Annabeth is a pain and Nico refuses to say why he isn't allowed in the underworld.

Leo is helping but he gets cranky in the middle of the night when the container needs to be filled he says he's going to invent some lava proof gloves. ---- Percy

Day 3

Apparently every dragon has a different growth rate the egg is ready to hatch in a day. Cracks have been forming and it occasionally rattles. Mrs. O'Leary has been a help who knew she could catch wildlife so easy without killing them. Grover doesn't like me catching animals, oh well.

---- Percy

I had just walked into my cabin after another hellhound attack on the borders man Hades must be really mad. Earlier I could have swore Nico looked worried. "Man my life doesn't get easier does it," I said speaking to myself. Girls tend to flirt with me a lot more now and it's getting annoying.

I turned to see the container almost empty but the egg was nearly completely hatched. I sat down and grabbed my journal awaiting pencil ready to draw yet another picture after some writing.