The Daughter of Desire

Chapter 7: Aunty 'Em'

"Very exciting to get to walk in uncle Ferdinand's footsteps next beat thing to getting to meet him again."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Percy asked Grover

Grover started sniffing the air "do you smell that?"

"Smell what?" I asked

"Hamburgers" he said

"Grover who would be cooking hamburgers on a satyr path?"

He started walking away.

"Grover"

"Someone is cooking hamburgers in the middle of nowhere on a satyr path"

"Yeah I just said that"

"Whoever it is they're from our world" he said

Well no shit Sherlock.

We came out of the forest and were met by the road. We continued to a gas station. Then I saw it, a sign saying

"Aunty 'Em's' Statue Emporium"

"Oh come on" I said looking at the statues of monsters, humans, and other things.

"What?" Annabeth asked

"Aunty 'em' has a garden of petrified stone folk yea she's from our world. Anybody wanna guess what the M is short for? "

"Emily? Or Emma?" Percy said

"cet idiot"

"Hey!" He protected

"What?" I asked

"I heard idiot"

"Well you are one because the M is short for Medusa"

"Oh... Wait what!?"

"We should go" Annabeth said

"While we can" Grover finished

Then of course Alecto landed in front of us.

"Really?" I asked

"You should have taken my offer while you still had the chance"

"Offer? Annabeth what offer is she talking about?"

I looked at her and guessed.

"It's about the quest about you"

She stared at me wide eyed.
"How did you know that?"

"I don't know."

I held my hand out and summoned my spear. I pointed it at Alecto.

"Not today friends. Not on my doorstep."

I looked it was Medusa. Annabeth turned her head and so did Grover, then Percy turned but I didn't.

"You were always brave Adonis. Now if you have an issue why not come inside and I'll help. She won't bother you as long as I'm around but it isn't though she'll leave either. If it means reporting that she failed to retrieve the son of Poseidon."

"How did you-"

" A forbidden child has been claimed how long did you think that secret would keep."

She left and Percy like the Seaweed brain he was said.
"I think we can trust her"

"What!"
"Dude!"
"Idiot."

"My mom used to tell me her story"

"Yeah and I used to read Jack the Ripper stories before bed too and they were both murders"

Annabeth and Grover gave me a look that said 'really'

"What?"

"I trust my mom" Percy said and walked to the door

"Tu es sérieux, ce garçon sera ma mort. Ce fils de pute et pas sa maman non plus ! Connard! je vais mourir à cause de lui!" I shouted

(Are you serious the boy will be the death of me. This son of a bitch and not his mom either! Motherfucker! I am going to die because of him)