STORY BEHIND
Beginning
Percy Jackson, is a twelve year old boy diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, who has been expelled from every school he has ever attended. While he is in sixth grade on a field trip , his pre-algebra teacher, Mrs. Dodds, turns into a Fury, and tries to kill him. His other teacher, Mr. Brunner, charges in, and throws Percy a pen that changes into a sword when you uncap it (known as Riptide). Percy kills the Fury/Mrs.Dodds (Alecto) in self-defense. For the rest of the year, everyone thinks Mrs. Dodds, who is replaced with Ms.Kerr, never existed. As it turns out all of the students (and teachers) were manipulated by the Mist . On his way home, three very old ladies (who turn out to be the Fates) cut a line of string, and his friend Grover suggests this is worse than it really seems. As Grover suggested the Fates are cutting the Line of Death. Percy immediately thinks that it is his life getting cut.
Going to Camp
On a vacation trip to Montauk with his mother, Grover, (Percy's best friend) who turns out to be a satyr (a half human, half goat), urgently tells Percy's mother that Percy must go to a certain camp. They then decided to drive to camp using Gabe Ugliano's car. Inside the car, Percy discovers that his mother (Sally Jackson ) and Grover are familiar with one another, he also notices that Grover is a goat from waist down. As they travel closer to the camp, their entire car was attacked by a Minotaur. While trapped inside the car, Sally then tells Percy to escape and run for the tree but Percy disagrees and tells her that he isn't leaving her behind. Leaving her with no choice, Sally then helps Percy with Grover as they run for the pine tree. But soon, Percy's mom could no longer go further and continues to fight off the Minotaur, but it immediately grabs her. She dissolves into a golden shower of light. Seeing that, Percy grew angry and charged for the Minotaur to avoid further damaged. It did not go the way he planned but he was able to grab its horn. As the Minotaur head on closer he stabs it with the horn, and it dissolves into sand. Percy is unconscious for a few days and wakes up at Camp Half-Blood, a secretive training ground for demigods. Then Percy finds out everything he learned about Greek mythology class from Mr. Brunner is true. He's first shown around by Mr. Brunner, or Chiron then hands him over to a girl with blond hair and grey eyes named Annabeth. They were then interrupted by Clarisse, a girl from the Ares cabin, as she tries to shove his head in a toilet, but the water arcs over his head and onto her and her friends, pushing them out the bathroom.
Claiming
Percy gets used to his new life as a demigod. During a Capture the Flag game, Percy is attacked by five Ares campers, all wanting revenge. They fight and Clarisse stabs him with an electric spear but then he st
Getting Ready for a Quest
| “ | You shall go west, and face the god who has turned. You shall find what was stolen, and see it safely returned. You shall be betrayed by the one who calls you friend. And you shall fail to save what matters most in the end. | ” |
–The Prophecy, given for the quest. | ||
Percy is then granted a quest to find Zeus' master bolt which Chiron believes Hades has stolen. However, Zeus, who discovered Poseidon's broken oath, believes Poseidon had Percy steal the bolt. Percy, who has ten days before summer solstice to find the lightning bolt , is given magic shoes by Luke before leaving. However, Chiron tells him that it is a bad idea to use the shoes since Zeus might blast him out of the sky, so they are given to Grover. Chiron hands over a pen to Percy, informing him that it is a gift from his father. He was asked to uncap the pan which revealed a sword. It was called Riptide or Anaklusmos. Percy, accompanied by Annabeth and Grover, decides to travel to western Long Island leading them closer to the Underworld in Los Angeles.
Starting the Quest
After Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are driven into town, they take a bus into New Jersey. When they get on the bus, three old ladies get on with them. Percy recognizes one of them as Mrs. Dodds. The Furies, as they are called, attack and they fight before escape Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium. Aunty M asks for a picture, but tries to turn them to stone because she is Medusa. Percy cuts off her head, and they leave. They find a lost dog, return it, and get $200. They buy train tickets with that money. They get off at the Gateway Arch. When Percy is alone on the top, Echidna reveals herself, along with Chimera. Then Percy jumps into the Mississippi River, to get away and is on the news — in a bad way.
Going Further West
After Percy lands in the Mississippi River, a Nereid tells him to go to the ocean before he goes into the Underworld. They get back on the train, and take it to Denver. They get off, and go into a diner. Ares comes in,
Las Vegas
Once they reach Las Vegas, tired, a worker from the Lotus Hotel and Casino offers them to come in. Immediately, without even having to pay for anything, Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are given a luxurious room. After they have food, take a shower, and relax, they decide to go down to the arcade. After a while of playing, Percy finds a boy, Darrin, who thinks the year is 1977. Percy asks a couple more people year it is and they say 1985 and 1993. Percy finds Annabeth and Grover and immediately gets out of the hotel. According to the news paper, it is still the same year, only 5 days have already passed, with only one day to retrieve the lightning bolt.
Reaching the Underworld
They eventually make it to the ocean. Percy walks in, and gets a ride to the Nereid. She gives him three pearls saying to use them when they were in great need. Then they enter the Underworld. Percy bribes Charon into letting them in. Annabeth plays with Cerberus using a little red ball, giving Percy and Grover enough time to pass. They walk through the Fields of Asphodel, and walk along a path to the pit of Tartarus. As they approach Tartarus, Luke’s shoes try to pull Grover into it, but he manages to slip free. Percy confronts Hades who also believes Percy stole the Master Bolt as well as his Helm of Darkness. Percy realizes that Ares has tricked him when he discovers the Master Bolt is in his backpack. He uses the pearls to flee from the Underworld, forced to leave his mother.
Fighting Ares
When Percy used the pearls, they brought him back to the ocean. He went
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Percy reaches New York City to give the lightning bolt to Zeus on top of the Empire State Building, where Olympus is now located. Zeus accepts the bolt and Percy returns to camp, where he learns that his mother is alive. He meets Luke, who reveals that he stole the bolt and helm for Kronos. Luke calls out a poisonous scorpion which stings and nearly kills Percy. Percy is unconscious after the attempt to kill him. Luke manages to escape and
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