━━ ❝ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 cassiopeia bradbury is a star, destined to collapse and shine ❞
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[ i. NOT EDITED, going to be re-written
ii. extended summary inside
iii. percy jackson x fem!oc
iv. previously called evermo...
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THE SPHINX bared her claws, which gleamed like stainless steel.
She pounced at the podium.
"No!" Tyson charged.
He tackled the Sphinx midair and they crashed sideways into a pile of bones. This gave Annabeth just enough time to gather her wits and draw her knife.
Tyson got up, his shirt clawed to shreds.
The Sphinx growled, looking for an opening.
Cassie and Percy looked at each other before pulling their respective swords.
"Annie! Turn invisible!" Cassie told her.
"I can fight!"
"No." Percy said. "The Sphinx is after you. Let us get it."
As if to prove his point, the Sphinx knocked Tyson aside and tried to charge past Cassie.
Grover poked her in the eye with somebody's leg bone. She screeched in pain. Annabeth put on her cap and vanished.
The Sphinx pounced right where she'd been standing, but came up with empty paws.
"No fair!" the Sphinx wailed. "Cheater!"
With Annabeth no longer in sight, the Sphinx turned on Cassie, who was the closest person.
Cassie raised her sword but, before she could strike, Tyson ripped the monster's grading machine out of the floor and threw it at the monster's head, ruining her hair bun. It landed in pieces all around her.
Cassie stared at the monster. "Thanks Ty."
"Uh welcome."
"My grading machine!" The Sphynx cried. "I can't be exemplary without my test scores!"
The bars lifted from the exits. They all dashed for the far tunnel. Cassie could only hope Annabeth was doing the same.
The Sphinx started to follow, but Cassie focussed on her hear beat, it sounded like mechanical tap dancing. But slowly she slowed her heartbeat, enough for the monster to stop chasing them.
Tyson pulled Grover into the tunnel, and the bars slammed shut behind them.
Annabeth took away her cap. "I'm here."
Cassie stopped running for a second, doing the heartbeat thing always took a toll on her.
"Cassie?" Asked Percy, evidently worried.
Her friends looked at her.
"I'm fine, just a sec," Cassie inhaled deep, "let's go."
Percy didn't seem to buy it, "are you really okay?" He whispered.
"Yeah, I just get dizzy, I'll be fine."
They ran through the dark tunnels, listening to the roar of the Sphinx behind them as she complained about all the tests she would have to grade by hand.
