The Demigod Files

‘Mrs White,’ I said, ‘can I go to the restroom? I feel like I’m going to puke.’ You know how teachers tell you the magic word is please? That’s not true. The magic word is puke. It will get you out of class faster than anything else.

anvil, quail (hops funnily, like him)

cow (motherly animal), lion

red poppy, barley

Forged by the Cyclopes, tempered in the heart of Mount Etna, cooled in the River Lethe. Famous past owners include Hercules himself. This weapon has seen some serious action in its time

Then a smart guy named Odysseus discovered that you could plug your ears with wax and sail right past the Sirens without hearing a thing

My brother, because I need to keep an eye on him.
Connor: My brother, because I don’t trust him.

‘Percy?’

‘Yeah?’

‘When you, uh, had that vision about your friends…’

‘You were one of them,’ I promised. ‘Just don’t tell anybody, okay? Or I’d have to kill you.’

A faint smile flickered across her face. ‘See you later.’

‘See you.’

‘They’re minor gods,’ she said. ‘Phobos is fear. Deimos is terror.’

‘What’s the difference?’

She frowned. ‘Deimos is bigger and uglier, I guess. He’s good at freaking out entire crowds. Phobos is more, like, personal. He can get inside your head.’

Phobos turned towards me. ‘How about you, Percy Jackson? What do you fear? I’ll find out, you know. I always do.’