The Hero's Past

I'm Not Scared . . . I'm Terrified

I had to show you guys this photo. This never happened! I never said that! Wasn't it Reyna who said it?! Also, I'm having a hard time finding Nadeen, my editor, so if you see any mistakes I'm sorry! With dyslexia and all, it's hard! And then my ADHD pops up out of nowhere and yeah. So, sorry in advance (that's how you say it, right?)! Um . . . Onward?

I was sent into the future—again—and Percy was sitting on his bed, trying to read it. I figured that he was in fifth grade. 

He sighed in frustration and threw the book on his desk. He laid his head back on the wall. "Stupid dyslexia," Percy muttered. 

I sat next to him, only for him to sit on the chair by the desk. He pulled a pencil from a drawer and started—sorry, continued—writing in a notebook. It looked like this:

Pᴀᴘᴇʀ Tᴏᴡᴇʟs 

     Pᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴡᴇʟ ɪs ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴ ʜᴏᴜsᴇʜᴏʟᴅ ᴄʟᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ɪᴛᴇᴍ ɪɴ ᴀʟᴍᴏsᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ʜᴏᴜsᴇ. Tʜᴇʏ ᴄʟᴇᴀɴ ᴜᴘ sᴘɪʟʟs ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴇssᴇs. Iᴛ ɪs ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ qᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ ᴘᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴡᴇʟ sᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴄʟᴇᴀɴ ᴜᴘ ᴍᴇssʏ sᴘɪʟʟs ᴇᴀsɪʟʏ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴀ ʜᴀssʟᴇ. Tʜᴇʏ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ sᴛᴀʏ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ꜰᴀʟʟ ᴀᴘᴀʀᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ sʜʀᴇᴅs. 

     Pᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴡᴇʟs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ɪɴᴠᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ Aʀᴛʜᴜʀ Sᴄᴏᴛᴛ. Hᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇᴅ ɪɴ Pʜɪʟᴀᴅᴇʟᴘʜɪᴀ, Pᴇɴɴsʏʟᴠᴀɴɪᴀ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ɪɴᴠᴇɴᴛɪɴɢ ɪᴛ. Hᴇ ɪɴᴠᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴘᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴡᴇʟs ɪɴ 1931. Aʀᴛʜᴜʀ Sᴄᴏᴛᴛ ɪɴᴠᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴇᴠᴇɴᴛ ᴛʜᴇ sᴘʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴏꜰ ɪʟʟɴᴇssᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴇʀᴍs sɪɴᴄᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏs ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴜsᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ 1 ᴄʟᴏᴛʜ ɪɴ ᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ ʀᴇsᴛʀᴏᴏᴍ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴜsᴇ. 

     Wʜɪʟᴇ I ᴡᴀs ʀᴇsᴇᴀʀᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇʀᴄɪᴀʟs I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪɴ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ's ᴛᴇsᴛs ɪs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʙᴏᴜɴᴛʏ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴀʙsᴏʀʙᴇɴᴛ ᴘᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴡᴇʟ. Tʜᴇ ꜰɪʙᴇʀs ɪɴ ᴘᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴡᴇʟ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀʙsᴏʀʙᴇɴᴛ. Tʜᴇ ᴛʜɪᴄᴋᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴡᴏᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴡᴇʟ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʟɪqᴜɪᴅ ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀʙsᴏʀʙ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʀᴀᴘ. Aʟʟ ᴘᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴡᴇʟs ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀɪʀ ᴘᴏᴄᴋᴇᴛs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪqᴜɪᴅ ᴡɪʟʟ ɢᴏ ɪɴ ᴏʀᴅᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀʙsᴏʀʙᴇᴅ. Aɪʀ ᴘᴏᴄᴋᴇᴛs ɢᴇᴛ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴇᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ꜰᴀᴄᴛᴏʀɪᴇs sᴛᴀᴍᴘ sʜᴀᴘᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴡᴇʟ ᴛᴏ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɪᴛ ᴀ qᴜɪʟᴛᴇᴅ ʟᴏᴏᴋ. 

After a couple of minutes he got one more paragraph:

     Wʜᴇɴ ᴘᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴡᴇʟ ɢᴇᴛs ᴡᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪqᴜɪᴅ sᴛɪᴄᴋs ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴇʟʟᴜʟᴏsᴇ ꜰɪʙᴇʀs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴡᴇʟ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀʙsᴏʀʙ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪqᴜɪᴅ. Tʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴡʜʏ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴘᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴡᴇʟ ɪs ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀʙsᴏʀʙᴇɴᴛ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs—ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄᴇʟʟᴜʟᴏsᴇ.