The Lightning Thief Chapter 10-12 Review

Quest Supplies

• Percy carries a change of clothes, toothbrush, $100, 20 golden drachmas, canteen of nectar, and a bag of ambrosia squares.
• Annabeth brings a magic Yankees cap, a book on classical architecture, and a long bronze knife.
• Grover takes fake feet, pants, scrap metal, apples, and reed pipes.
• Luke gifts Percy a pair of winged sneakers.
• Chiron provides a magical pen that transforms into a sword and is never lost.

Personal Backgrounds

• Annabeth dislikes Percy due to their parents being rivals; Poseidon disrespected Athena by taking a girlfriend in her temple, leading to their competition for Athens' patronage.
• Percy's mother married Gabe to disguise her son’s demigod scent, keeping monsters at bay. Gabe's repulsive smell served as a protective measure.
• Percy’s true quest motivation is to rescue his mother from the Underworld, rather than retrieving the stolen lightning bolt.

Encounters and Challenges

• The trio encounters three Furies disguised as old women on a bus.
• Percy cleverly uses Annabeth's magic hat to turn invisible and evade the Furies.
• Furies appear as leathery, brown hag-like figures with bat wings and claw-like hands, wielding handbags that transform into whips.
• Percy hijacks the bus, causing it to slam into a tunnel and hit the emergency brake.

Confrontations

• Upon removing the invisibility hat, Percy faces a Fury, Mrs. Dodds, who threatens him with death for offending the gods.
• Percy uses his sword, Riptide, to fight off the monsters, which culminates in the bus exploding from a lightning strike.

Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium

• Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are drawn to the emporium by the smell of food.
• Grover feels uneasy at Aunty Em's due to the eerie atmosphere and signs of monsters.
• Aunty Em is depicted as wearing a black gown with her eyes obscured, contributing to the unsettling vibe.
• Grover hears a hissing noise, which Aunty Em claims is from the fryer, heightening his discomfort.

Aunty Em's True Identity

• Aunty Em is revealed to be Medusa, cursed by Athena.
• Medusa harbors hatred for Annabeth since her mother caused Medusa's transformation.
• Percy cleverly defeats Medusa by using a glass gazing ball for reflection to avoid her deadly gaze, successfully beheading her with Riptide.
• He sends Medusa's head to the gods with a mail package, showcasing his resourcefulness.

Grover's Aspirations

• While camping, Grover expresses frustration over pollution and trash, and the environmental degradation affecting star visibility.
• His dream is to become a searcher to find Pan, the deity of wild places, believed by satyrs to be alive despite rumors of his death.
• The bravest satyrs engage in the quest to find Pan, with many never returning.

Grover's Unique Ability

• Grover possesses the special ability to communicate with animals.
• A runaway pink poodle, Gladiola, offers a potential solution; returning the poodle yields a $200 reward, which can finance further travel for Percy and his friends.