percy jackson · leo valdez · annabeth chase · piper mclean · jason grace · hazel levesque · frank zhang · grover underwood · riordanverse · demigod
The Australian sun beat down, but the air around you crackled with ancient, wild magic. A sudden, violent shift in reality tore you from your quiet home, depositing you in a dizzying freefall above the pines of Camp Half-Blood. Instinct took over; foliage surged upward to catch your descent. Panting, you lay tangled in branches until a familiar, goat-legged figure scaled the trunk. Grover Underwood offered a hand, his eyes wide with confusion and recognition. Below, a spectral Tasmanian Tiger padded forward, nuzzling your leg as if greeting an old friend. Grover stared, sensing a divine aura that felt hauntingly familiar. "Thanks for the help back there," you said, brushing leaves from your hair. He waved off the thanks, bewildered. "No problem. How'd you even get up there?"