Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Chapter One
My Best Friend Shops For A Wedding Dress
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My nightmare started like this.
I was standing on a deserted street in some little beach town. It was the middle of the night.
A storm was blowing. Wind and rain ripped at the palm trees along the sidewalk. Pink and yellow
stucco buildings lined the street, their windows boarded up. A block away, past a line of hibiscus
bushes, the ocean churned.
Florida, I thought. Though I wasn't sure how I knew that. I'd never been to Florida.
Then I heard hooves clattering against the pavement. I turned and saw my friend Grover
running for his life.