Curse of the Hero - Percy Jackson

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Percy instantly jolted awake, giving off a small groan, looking around the sorroundings, Percy's head was groggy, his throat was parched, his whole body was sore as hell. Percy gave off another groan, looking around, Percy widened his eyes, touching his throat, trying to speak, he was unable to, the seal prevented him from speaking, though it did allow grunts and groans, though it seemed useless for Percy.

Percy rubbed his eyes, his head shaking, having a small migraine. Percy stood up, looking around the area, there was nothing but trees and wildlife around him. Percy dusted the dust from his body, Percy remembered everything that happened, Percy clenched his fist, remembering what Zeus has done. Percy shook his head, ridding himself of the memories and trying to get to the task at hand, finding food.

Percy walked around, trying to find any sort of source of food, so far, searching for a hour on end, results weren't existent. Percy touched his throat, feeling his dehydration taking the best of him, including the fact that he couldn't talk was adding onto the stress he was receiving right now. Percy roamed the forest, eventually managing to leave the forest and arriving at some sort of plain, Percy smirked, a smile gracing his lips, there was a village.

There were multiple people roaming around the village, gathering food and collecting it, some were doing their daily routine, chopping down trees, mining some minerals, raising livestock, or simply collecting the food on the farms. Percy walked to the village, seeing a few guards on patrol, holding either a spear or sword, Percy turned towards them, the guards taking notice and raising their weapons.

"Halt." The guard said raising a spear, Percy raised his two hands, not trying to cause any harm.

"State your business." The guard stated, Percy tensed up, he didn't know how to react to that, having no voice was a completely different scenario, the guard was still waiting for an answer. Percy tried to speak, opening his mouth, nothing came out but wind, Percy touched his throat trying to signal his disability. The guard instantly took this as a threat and tried thrusting his sword.

A boy around the same age as Percy intervened, going to the guard and going in front of him, stopping the guard from almost killing Percy. The boy intervened, he was around the same age as Percy, around the age of eighteen, the guard raised an eyebrow, looking at the boy with a raised eyebrow. Percy too was confused at the sudden intervention of a person he didn't even know.

"Don't worry, leave him be, I can vouch for him." The boy said in an English accent. The guard raised an eyebrow, still clutching his spear, he sighed, releasing the pointed spear towards Percy, ultimately trusting the boy.

"Fine." The guard said.

"Besides, it's not our way to kill random travelers." The boy said, the guard nodded, going back to his patrol, the boy turned towards Percy, with a small sigh, a welcoming smile in his face.

"Welcome traveller, it's nice to meet you." The boy said extending a hand, Percy gladly accepted it, shaking it in return.

"Don't worry about him, it's his first day on the job." The boy explained, Percy nodded. The boy himself was wearing pretty normal clothes, he wore a brown tunic, his trousers the same as his tunic. Percy turned towards him, his eyebrow raised.

"Anyways, are you planning to stay, or to just visit?" The boy asked with a raised eyebrow, the village was pretty small one, a humble village to say the least, Percy only noted about three guards, it was probably cut away from most civilization. The village itself was right outside a forest, at some plains where there was nothing but flat grass as far as the eye can see. Percy turned towards the boy with a raised eyebrow