THEY WERE DOING OKAY UNTIL THEY HIT THE TREE ROOTS.
The spider raced alongand they were keeping up, but then they spotted a tunnel off to the side that was
dug from raw earth, and wrapped in thick roots. Grover stopped dead in histracks.
"What is it?" Viviene said.
He didn't move. He stared open mouthed into the dark tunnel. His curlyhair rustled in the breeze.
"Come on!" Annabeth said. "We have to keep moving."
"This is the way," Grover muttered in awe. "This is it."
"What way?" Percy asked. "You mean...to Pan?"
Grover looked at Tyson. "Don't you smell it?"
"Dirt," Tyson said. "And plants."
"Yes! This is the way. I'm sure of it!"
Up ahead, the spider was getting farther down the stone corridor. A fewmore seconds and they'd lose it.
"Well come back," Annabeth promised. "On our way back to Hephaestus."
"The tunnel will be gone by then," Grover said. "I have to follow it. Adoor like this won't stay open!"
"But we can't," Annabeth said. "The forges!"
Grover looked at her sadly. "I have to, Annabeth. Don't you understand?"
She looked desperate, like she didn't understand at all. The spider wasalmost out of sight.
"We'll split up,"Percy said.
"No!" Viviene said, sending Percy a glare. "That's way too dangerous. How will we ever find each other again? And Grover can't go alone."
Tyson put his hand on Grover's shoulder. "I-I will go with him."
"Tyson, are you sure?" Viviene asked, a worried expression on her face.
The big guy nodded. "Goat boy needs help. We will find the god person. Iam not like Hephaestus. I trust friends."
Grover took a deep breath. "Viviene, we'll find each other again. Percy and I still have the empathy link. I just...have to."
She couldn't blame him. This was his life's goal. If he didn't find Pan on this journey, the council would never give him another chance.
"I hope you're right," Percy spoke up when Viviene looked down at her shoes, taking his hand and squeezing it.
"I know I am." Viviene had never heard him sound so confident about anything,except maybe that cheese enchiladas were better than chicken enchiladas.
"Be careful," Viviene told him, finally lookin g up. Then she looked at Tyson. He gulped back a sob and gave Percy and her a hug that just about squeezed their eyes out of their sockets.
Then he and Grover disappeared through the tunnel of tree roots and were lost in the darkness.
"This is bad," Annabeth said.
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THE PROPHECY ² / Percy Jackson !
FanfictionViviene Smith finally has it all- she's in a happy relationship with her soulmate, she's moved on from Holden, she's learned to control her powers- it seems like her life turned to perfection. That is until her insecurities come to the surface when...
