Sea Monster

A Twisting Tail

Chapter 5

Sea Monster

Percy and Jason were about to leave the Beachside when Piper,Hazel,and Annabeth dove off the docks.Jason stopped,starring at the spot where they had submerged.

“Dude,"Percy said,“Why do you keep following those girls?"

“Because there is something weird about them."Jason looked at Percy as if Percy should know that.“They first want my boat then give it back,mysteriously disappear whenever they get wet,now they dive off a dock for no reason.Isn't that strange to you?"

Percy shrugged.“Yeah,I guess,but it could just be a coincidence."

“When is anything that happens to us a coincidence?"Jason asked,almost sarcastically.

Percy sighed.Jason had a point.Still,it seemed Jason was taking this too far.

Jason walked over to his recently reclaimed speedboat and got to work untying it from the dock.“You coming?"

“Coming where?"Jason thought the girls were being weird?Did he not hear himself?

“You think I'm gonna follow them,don't you?"When Percy nodded,he laughed.“No,stupid!You make it sound like I'm stalking them."

“You kind of are,Jason."

“Shut up.You comin' or not?"

Percy shrugged and stepped into the boat.Jason followed and started the engine.

Hazel came to the surface,and took a deep breath.Piper surfaced behind her.“Where's Annabeth?"

Hazel shrugged just as the blond poked her head above the water.Hazel starred at Piper.“You have scales.On your neck."

Pale orange scales sprouted around Piper's neck like a collar.She gulped.“What is happening to us?"

“And why only you?"Hazel asked.

“She was tue first one in the pool,"Annabeth reminded her.

Hazel shuddered.“Why?It was WATER,people,stinkin' water!"

Annabeth,Piper,and Hazel starred at each other,none of them having answers.

A sound started behind them.Hazel looked up.“Guys,we have company."Annabeth and Piper turned and saw the boat kicking up spray.Immediately they all dove.

They had decided before that it would be dangerous to let anyone see them as...well...fish.But here came a boat.Just as Hazel went under,she saw the name on the side of the boat.Surprisingly,it was hard to read,but she understood anyway.

Jason.

To be continued.