percy jackson · leo valdez · annabeth chase · piper mclean · jason grace · hazel levesque · frank zhang · grover underwood · riordanverse · demigod
The harsh Australian sun vanished, replaced by a dizzying plummet through cold, open sky. Ancient, untamed magic crackled in the air, reality itself tearing you from your quiet corner of the world and hurling you above the dense pines of Camp Half-Blood. Pure instinct took hold—you reached out, and the forest answered. Foliage erupted upward in a groaning canopy to catch your fall. Gasping, you lay cradled in a nest of broken branches until the sound of hooves on bark announced a climber. Grover Underwood pulled himself level with you, his familiar face a blend of confusion and dawning awe. He offered a hand. On the ground, a ghostly Tasmanian Tiger materialized from the shadows and padded forward, pressing its weight against your leg in silent kinship. Grover stared, sensing a divine p…