Percy Jackson and the Child of Victory (Annabeth Chase x Reader)

We Meet the Dragon of Eternal Bad Breath

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 "We will never make it," Zoe said. "We are moving too slow. But we cannot leave the Ophiotaurus." "Mooo," Bessie said. He swam next to us as we jogged along the waterfront. We'd left the shopping center pier far behind. We were heading toward the Golden Gate Bridge, but it was a lot farther than I'd realized. The sun was already dipping in the west.

"I don't get it," I said. "Why do we have to get there at sunset?" "The Hesperides are the nymphs of the sunset," Zoe said. "We can only enter their garden as day changes to night."

"What happens if we miss it?"
"Tomorrow is winter solstice. If we miss sunset tonight, we would have to wait until tomorrow evening. And by then, the Olympian Council will be over. We must free Lady Artemis tonight." Or Annabeth will be dead, I thought, but I didn't say that. If i did I probably would have cried. "We need a car," Thalia said. "....D-Do we really? I've already thrown up more times than I can could this quest" I was ignored. Rude.

"But what about Bessie?" Percy asked. Grover stopped in his tracks. "I've got an idea! The Ophiotaurus can appear in different bodies of water, right?" "Well, yeah," I said. "I mean, he was in Long Island Sound. Then he just popped into the water at Hoover Dam. And now he's here."

"So maybe we could coax him back to Long Island Sound," Grover said. "Then Chiron could help us get him to Olympus." "But he was following me" Percy said. "If I'm not there, would he know where he's going?" "Moo," Bessie said forlornly. "I... I can show him," Grover said. "I'll go with him." I stared at him. Grover was no fan of the water. He'd almost drowned last summer in the Sea of Monsters, and he couldn't swim very well with his goat hooves.

"I'm the only one who can talk to him," Grover said. "It makes sense." He bent down and said something in Bessie's ear. Bessie shivered, then made a contented, lowing sound. "The blessing of the Wild," Grover said. "That should help with safe passage. Percy, pray to your dad, too. See if he will grant us safe passage through the seas." I didn't understand how they could possibly swim back to Long Island from California. Then again, monsters didn't travel the same way as humans. I'd seen plenty evidence of that.

Percy tried to concentrate on the waves "Dad," he said. "Help us. Get the Ophiotaurus and Grover safely to camp. Protect them at sea." "A prayer like that needs a sacrifice," Thalia said. "Something big." Percy thought for a second. Then he took off his coat.

"Percy," Grover said. "Are you sure? That lion skin... that's really helpful. Hercules used it!" He looked at Zoe for a moment, like he just had a big realization "If I'm going to survive," I said, "it won't be because I've got a lion-skin cloak. I'm not Hercules." he threw the coat into the bay. It turned back into a golden lion skin, flashing in the light. Then, as it began to sink beneath the waves, it seemed to dissolve into sunlight on the water. The sea breeze picked up.

Grover took a deep breath. "Well, no time to lose." He jumped in the water and immediately began to sink. Bessie glided next to him and let Grover take hold of his neck. "Wait" I said, I flew above them and put the egg into Grovers hand "Be careful," I told them.

"We will," Grover said. "Okay, um... Bessie? We're going to Long Island. It's east. Over that way." "Moooo?" Bessie said. "Yes," Grover answered. "Long Island. It's this island. And... it's long. Oh, let's just start." "Mooo!"

Bessie lurched forward. He started to submerge and Grover said, "I can't breathe underwater! Just thought I'd mention—"Glub!" Under they went, and I hoped Percy's father's protection would extend to little things, like breathing.

"Well, that is one problem addressed," Zoe said. "But how can we get to my sisters' garden?" "Thalia's right," Percy said. "We need a car."
"Nooooooooooooo" I complained "But there's nobody to help us here. Unless we, uh, borrowed one." I thought for a moment "Wait, Fredrick!"