Friday, June 25, 2010

With difficulty, I stood. The stone floor was freezing under my feet. I turned and found myself staring into a polished bronze mirror.

Percy Jackson The Battle of the Labyrinth

There was a fireplace built into the cave wall, and a pot bubbling over the flames. It smelled great, like beef stew.

Percy Jackson The Battle of the Labyrinth

"New lesson, class," I announced. "Most monsters will vaporize when sliced with a celestial bronze sword. This change is perfectly normal, and will happen to you right now if you don't BACK OFF

Percy Jackson The Battle of the Labyrinth

We came over a hill, and Annabeth gasped."Hippalektryons? I thought they were extinct!"

Percy Jackson The Battle of the Labyrinth

"Don't break the rules," Eurytion warned as we walked up the steps to the front porch. "No fighting. No drawing weapons. And don't make any comments about the boss's appearence."

Percy Jackson The Battle of the Labyrinth

The cow mooed, put one hoove tentatively on the bars, then backed away.

Percy Jackson The Battle of the Labyrinth

Briares just shook his head. "I cannot, demigod. I do not have a finger gun to win this game." To prove his point, he made one hundred finger guns.

Percy Jackson The Battle of the Labyrinth

We walked over to the rocks, where Tyson and Grover were waiting. I stared at the crack between the boulders-the entrance that was about to swallow us.

Percy Jackson The Battle of the Labyrinth

"He killed the water fountain last night," Tyson confided.

Percy Jackson The Battle of the Labyrinth

Tyson was snoring in the next bunk. The sound calmed me done a little

Percy Jackson The Battle of the Labyrinth

I left her there, staring at maps that led from nowhere to nowhere; but I couldn't shake the feeling that one of us wasn't going to come back from this quest alive.

Percy Jackson The Battle of the Labyrinth

Nobody cheered. I mean, we all liked Annabeth, and we wanted her to have a quest, but this one seemed insanely dangerous. After what I'd seen of Chris Rodriguez, I didn't even want to think about Annabeth descending into that wierd maze again.