Percy Jackson- Shots

Goat Boy

"Percy! Come here now!"

The voice of Leo Valdez filled the air. I exchanged a look with Annabeth, who was standing in front of me.

"Percy!" Leo yelled louder.

I took Annabeth by the hand and we ran in the direction of the voice. I found the curly-haired demigod standing at the edge of his massive ship. There was a circle of water mist in the air, and in that circle showed a face.

It was the face of a boy- a boy with one eye. I recognized him immediately.

"Tyson!" I said, running up beside Leo. As I got closer, I noticed that he was crying. Tyson usually never cries anymore, so I was kind of worried.

"Tyson...?" Annabeth whispered, coming up behind me.

"Hey, hey," I said. "Come on, big guy, what's wrong?"

But the my half-brother kept crying, huge tears coming out of his brown eye.

"Tyson, please. Tell me what's wrong. Why are you crying?"

"He... He's... Not..." Tyson started, but he was crying too much.

"Who?" I asked in a soft voice.

"Goat boy..."

Goat boy.

Grover.

My heartbeat quickened.

"Yeah? What about him?" I asked.

"Goat boy is... Dead."

Thump.

That was the sound of the whole world collapsing on me. The sound of my heart dropping down to my feet.

A lump formed in my throat, and I found it hard to breathe.

Beside me, Annabeth had started to cry as well. She turned and pressed herself to my chest.

But I did not move. I didn't hug her back, I didn't comfort her.

My whole body felt numb. I couldn't move.

Tears formed in my eyes. They fell down my face, but I wasn't crying.

I took deep breaths, but I stood completely still.

My best friend.

Dead.