you gave me this curse, this burden ----- I didn't ask for the wolf, nor the god
book one in the wolf series
apollo x oc ( x ethan nakamura )
the lightning thief ----- the last olympian
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THE SUN WAS SINKING BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS BY THE TIME THEY FOUND THE WATER PARK. Judging from the sign, it once had been called WATERLAND, but now some of the letters were smashed out, so it read WATRAD.
The main gate was padlocked and topped with barbed wire. Inside, huge dry waterslides and tubes and pipes curled everywhere, leading to empty pools. Old tickets and advertisements fluttered around the asphalt. With night coming on, the place looked sad and creepy.
"If Ares brings his girlfriend here for a date," percy said, staring up at the barbed wire, "I'd hate to see what she looks like." "Percy," Annabeth warned. "Be more respectful." "Why? I thought you hated Ares." "He's still a god. And his girlfriend is very temperamental." "You don't want to insult her looks," Grover added. "Who is she? Echidna?" "No, Aphrodite," Grover said, a little dreamily. "Goddess of love." "I thought she was married to somebody," percy said. "Hephaestus."
"yeah, she is." bowie said, "how do we get into this place?"
"Maia!" Grover's shoes sprouted wings. He flew over the fence, did an unintended somersault in midair, then stumbled to a landing on the opposite side. He dusted off his jeans, as if he'd planned the whole thing. "You guys coming?"
annabeth, bowie and percy had to climb the old - fashioned way, holding down the barbed wire for each other as they crawled over the top.
The shadows grew long as they walked through the park, checking out the attractions. There was Ankle Biter Island, Head Over Wedgie, and Dude, Where's My Swimsuit? bowie kept grabbing onto percy, trying to drag him to check out a ride with her but each time he refused to go with. apparently, the rides were too old and unsafe looking. in other words, he was just boring.
They found a souvenir shop that had been left open. Merchandise still lined the shelves: snow globes, pencils, postcards, and racks of -----
"Clothes," Annabeth said. "Fresh clothes." "Yeah," percy said. "But you can't just ------ " "Watch me."
She snatched an entire row of stuff of the racks nd disappeared into the changing room. A few minutes later she came out in Waterland flower - print shorts, a big red Waterland T-shirt, and commemorative Waterland surf shoes. A Waterland backpack was slung over her shoulder, obviously stuffed with more goodies.
"What the heck." Grover shrugged. Soon, all four of them were decked out like walking advertisements for the defunct theme park.
