༄ ✩ 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘆 𝗷𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 ▬▬▬▬
❝ 𝘎𝘌𝘛 𝘑𝘐𝘕𝘟𝘌𝘋 ❞
in which percy jackson meets
the 'insane' daughter of eris,
and is determined to be her
friend, despite what everyone
else says.
⬪ the lightn...
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𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞: i realize, i'm hypnotized ( la seine and i - vanessa paradis & sean ono lennon )
❝ pass me your dagger ❞
Grover shook Percy's shoulder.. “The truck’s stopped,” he said. “We think they’re coming to check on the animals.”
“Hide!” Annabeth hissed.
She had it easy. She just put on her magic cap and disappeared. The three of them had to dive behind feed sacks and hope they looked like turnips. The trailer doors creaked open. Sunlight and heat poured in.
“Man!” one of the truckers said, waving his hand in front of his ugly nose. “I wish I hauled appliances.” He climbed inside and poured some water from a jug into the animals’ dishes.
“You hot, big boy?” he asked the lion, then splashed the rest of the bucket right in the lion’s face. The lion roared in indignation. “Yeah, yeah, yeah,” the man said.
Next to them, under the turnip sacks, Grover tensed. For a peace-loving herbivore, he looked downright murderous.
The trucker threw the antelope a squashed-looking Happy Meal bag. He smirked at the zebra. “How ya doin’, Stripes? Least we’ll be getting rid of you this stop. You like magic shows? You’re gonna love this one. They’re gonna saw you in half!”
The zebra, wild-eyed with fear, looked straight at Percy. There was no sound, but as clear as day, he heard it say: Free me, lord. Please. He was too stunned to react.
There was a loud knock, knock, knock on the side of the trailer. The trucker inside with them yelled, “What do you want, Eddie?
A voice outside—it must’ve been Eddie’s—shouted back, “Maurice? What’d ya say?”
“What are you banging for?”
Knock, knock, knock.
Outside, Eddie yelled, “What banging?” Maurice rolled his eyes and went back outside, cursing at Eddie for being an idiot.
A second later, Annabeth appeared next to them. She must’ve done the banging to get Maurice out of the trailer. She said, “This transport business can’t be legal.”
“No kidding,” Grover said. He paused, as if listening. “The lion says these guys are animal smugglers!”
That’s right, the zebra’s voice said in Percy's mind.
