𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑, ᵖᵉʳᶜʸ ʲᵃᶜᵏˢᵒⁿ

𝟎𝟏𝟐, 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝

                                  after the medusa incident, they decided to camp out in the woods, yards away from the main road. they repacked by taking thing from medusa. they didn't light a fire or damp their clothes, not wanting to bring any more attention to them, after they decided to sleep in shifts, and percy volunteered to take first watch.

annabeth and lila shrugged before sleeping, lila tried to sleep but she kept hearing grover and percy talk, " are you done? " lila asked glaring at the two, " sorry, grover's telling me about pam " percy looked at the blonde, " pan! " grover exclaimed, " P-A-N, what do you think i need a searcher license for? "

the three stood in awkwardness and the breeze brought the smell or berries and wildflowers, " tell us about it " lila smiled at the goat boy, grover looked at percy cautiously as if he was afraid percy was gonna make fun of him, " the god of wild places disappeared two thousand years ago, a sailor off the coast of ephesos heard a mysterious voice crying okay from the shore, ' tell them that the great pan has died ' when humans heard the news they beloved it, they've been pillaging pan's kingdom, ever since, but for satyrs, pan was our lord and master, he protected us and wild places of the earth. we refused to believe he died, im every generation, the bravest satyrs pledge theirs loves to finding pan, they search the earth exploring all the wildest places. hoping to find, where he is hidden and wake him up from his sleep "

" and you want to be a searcher? " percy asked, " it's my life dream, my father was a searcher, and my uncle ferdinand. . .the statue you saw back there— " grover rambled, " yeah " lila nodded, " uncle ferdinand knew the risk, so did my dad. but I'll succeed! ill be the first searcher to return alive "

" the first? " lila exclaimed, " no searcher has ever come back, once they set out. they disappeared, never seen alive again " grover explained, " not once in two thousand years? " percy asked, " no " grover replied, percy and lila looked at each other with shock, " and your dad, you don't know what happened to him? " percy brought up, " none. "

" wow, but you still wanna go " lila said in amazement, " wow? it's crazy " percy whispered but lila shushed him, " let him have this moment " she told him, " you really think you'll be the one to find pan? " percy asked, " i have to believe, percy. ever searcher does it's the only thing that keeps up from despair when we look at what humans have done to the world, i have to believe pan can still be awakened "

" how are we gonna get to the underworld? " percy asked looking up at the sky, lila eyes trailed his as she also looked up at the gorgeous sky, " i mean, what chance do we have against a god? " percy looked at the two, " i don't know, but back at medusa. while your were searching her office? annabeth was telling us— "

" oh, i forgot. annabeth will have a plan all figured out " percy scoffed, " don't be so hard on her, perce " lila shook her head no, " she's had a tough life, but she's a good person, after all she forgave me " his voice faltered, lila furrowed her eyebrows " forgave you for what? " lila asked

but suddenly grover was interested on playing notes on his pipes, lila thought about was he said, " wait a minute, your first keeper job was five years ago, annabeth has been at camp for five years. she wasn't. . .i mean your first assignment that went wrong— " percy told him

" i can't talk about it " grover quivered, he looked as if he was about to starts crying so lila decided to change the topic, " annie— " lila started, " great, you have a nickname for her " percy scoffed, " annabeth, grover and me back at medusa we agreed, that there's something strange going on with this quest " lila explained.

" well, duh. we are getting blamed for stealing a thunderbolt the hades took " percy spoke, as lila sighed at the boy, " that's not what we mean, the fur—the kindly ones were story of holding back, like mrs. dodds. . .why did she wait so long to try to kill you two " grover explained, " and it kept yelling at me ' where is it? where is it ' " lila remembered the memory