A 12 year old demigod named Percy
Jackson lives in New York with his mother, Sally Jackson. During a field trip
to a museum, Percy is attacked by a "Fury" disguised as his
Pre-Algebra teacher, Mrs. Dodds, and he vaporises her with a sword given to him
by Mr. Brunner, his Latin teacher. After Mrs. Dodds is killed, no one in his
school remembers knowing her. The rest of the school year passes with strange
weather. When Percy gets frustrated from studying for his Latin exam (Percy, as
a demigod, has both ADHD and dyslexia), he goes to Mr. Brunner for help, and
overhears a conversation between Mr. Brunner and his best friend, Grover. The
two are discussing Percy's safety at his school, and when Percy accidentally
drops his book and retreats into an empty classroom, he notices that the shadow
of the creature searching for him is much larger than either his teacher or his
friend. At the end of the school year, Percy attempts to leave for his home
when Grover insists on seeing him to his destination. During the bus ride, the
bus breaks down, and as the passengers get off the bus while the driver
attempts to fix it, Percy notices three old ladies across the highway that cut
a strand of electric blue yarn. The duo board the bus once more, and after
Grover starts acting weird from witnessing the cutting of the string, Percy
ditches him at the bus station and takes a taxi up to his mother's apartment.
His mother, Sally, reveals that the two of them are going to spend time at a
cabin in Montauk, a beach Percy went to when he was a little boy. The two leave
for the cabin, and that night Percy has a strange dream of a horse and an eagle
attempting to kill each other while a dark voice from underneath him urges them
on. Percy is awoken by the arrival of Grover, who reveals himself to be a satyr
(half goat, half man), and a hurricane. Percy tells Grover and his mother about
Mrs. Dodds while his mom races them to Camp Half-Blood, a safe haven for
demigods like Percy. While heading to the camp, the storm continues to rampage,
and they are attacked by the Minotaur, a monster that is half man, half bull
also known as "Pasiphae's son." While the Minotaur is, at first,
unable to catch up to the trio, a blast of lightning knocks the car they are
travelling off the road, knocking out Grover in the process. Percy's mother and
Percy make it out of the car and start carrying Grover to the border of Camp
Half-Blood as the Minotaur destroys the car. Eventually they reach the border,
but Sally is unable to cross and is taken by the Minotaur. She turns into a shimmer
of gold and is believed to be dead. Fueled by his anger, Percy manages to break
one of the Minotaur's horns off and kill the beast with it just before passing
out from exhaustion. When he wakes, he finds himself at Camp Half-Blood. He
sees his former Latin teacher, Mr. Brunner, who turns out to be Chiron (a
centaur), along with Annabeth Chase (Daughter of Athena). Percy is soon claimed
by his Olympian parent, Poseidon(God of the Sea). But Poseidon only claims him
because Percy was accused of stealing Zeus' master lighting bolt. Although
Percy insists that he didn't do it, Zeus (King Of The Gods and Lord of the Sky)
doesn't believe him. If Percy doesn't prove Zeus wrong, there will be another
civil war between the gods. Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are given a quest to
retrieve Zeus' stolen lightning bolt as Zeus believes Percy stole it. After
they get the quest, the trio initially believes Hades (God Of The Underworld)
to be the thief, and they travel across the United States to Los Angeles, the
entrance to the Underworld, while facing numerous mythological monsters,
including Medusa, Echidna, and the Furies. The trio come face to face with
Hades, who accidentally reveals that his Helm of Darkness has also been stolen.
The three then escape the Underworld, and Percy fights Ares (God Of War) and
retrieves the stolen items. In the end, they learn the real thief was Luke
Castellan (Son of Hermes), a camper who'd befriended Percy when he first
arrived at Camp Half-Blood. Luke stole the bolt to allow Kronos (the king of
the Titans, the Titan Lord, or the Lord of Time) the chance to rise again. In
the end, Luke tries to kill Percy by releasing deadly scorpions on him while
they are in the woods.
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