Percy Jackson And Sadie Kane: A Forbidden Love

chapter 36

Percy pov

While cuddling on the shore with Sadie, I had dozed off. It was morning when I woke up. My brain slowly started registering and deciphering the information my eyes gave it. Trees, blue clear sky, chirping birds, soft sand, no Sadie.

I sat up suddenly. NO SADIE. Oh, great. It hasn't even been a complete day since I promised to keep her safe.

My head swirled around one eighty, then I jumped up and did a three sixty. She was not there. I started to panic. Where was she? Where could she have gone? Then my eyes fell on footsteps which obviously weren't mine.

With one hand in my pocket where the presence of Riptide gave me a sense of security, I ventured deeper into the island. Once the grass and vegetation started, I totally lost tract of where to go. So I did the natural thing. ( a/n -Hey, GO BACK AND READ THE A/N at the top if you haven't already. NOW SOLDIER!)

"Sadie!" I called. Yeah, so clever of me. Surprisingly, I got a reply at the very first call.

"Percy! Get over here!" I sighed in relief as she just sounded excited, not scared or hurt. I ran towards the direction of her voice then stopped abruptly. Wait, that direction...I knew what was there. No...oh gods no.

My footsteps became very heavy as I trudged slowly towards the canopy of trees. I moved them and my heart stopped when I found her standing in the middle of Calypso's garden, right outside her little home.

Sadie looked elated. She twirled around, her eyes practically glowing as she took in her surroundings. When she saw me, she ran up to me and practically threw herself on me.

"Percy, Percy we're saved! Someone lives here Percy. They might have a way to get off this island. I'm so glad Percy." She said. I froze. What was I supposed to do?

She pulled away from me and began to look around, searching for the residents of the island.

"Hello? Anyone here?" She called out, cupping her hands to her mouth. Then she went inside Calypso's house and came out a few minutes later. All the while I just stood frozen in my place.

"Percy, the furniture in there is unbelievable. It's so beautifully crafted. I've got to meet these people." She said. Then she must have noticed my unresponsive behavior, and her eyebrows furrowed cutely.

"What's wrong? Aren't you excited? We can go back now. Cmon, help me out here. We need to find whoever is living here." She said, tugging at my sleeve. Something came over me, and I wrapped my hand around her wrist and pulled her close to me.

"Sadie, there's no one here." I said. She seemed a little surprised at my sudden show of physical strength.

"But there has to be someone in this bloody island. I mean, the furniture is so clean and polished. No dust collected anywhere. I mean, this all means they couldn't possibly have abandoned this place, right? Cmon Percy, this is our only hope." She said.

"Sadie, no one is here. Let's go." I repeated. I was panicking. What if after Calypso left something more hostile had taken over the place, some OCD monster obsessed with keeping the furniture clean. I couldn't let Sadie get hurt.

"Well, not here here. But somewhere around here." She said.

"Sadie let's get back." I said, now tugging at her wrist.