1. Look, I didn't want to be
a half-blood.Copy !req
2. Being a half-blood is dangerous.
It's scary.Copy !req
3. Most of the time it gets you killed,
in painful, nasty ways.Copy !req
4. If you think you might be one of us,
my advice isCopy !req
5. turn away while you still can,Copy !req
6. because once you know what you are...Copy !req
7. they'll sense it too
and they'll come for you.Copy !req
8. Don't say I didn't warn you.Copy !req
9. My name is Percy Jackson.
I'm twelve years old.Copy !req
10. Am I a troubled kid?Copy !req
11. Yeah, you could say that.Copy !req
12. Bad grades, bullies, all the normal stuff.Copy !req
13. And then there's some other stuff.Copy !req
14. Some stuff
that's... maybe not so normal.Copy !req
15. That's me, back in second grade.
Why was I up there?Copy !req
16. I saw something.Copy !req
17. At least... I could have sworn
I saw something.Copy !req
18. When you say
you something like that,Copy !req
19. you wind up in this guy's office.Copy !req
20. Good news, he's saying
there's nothing to worry about.Copy !req
21. It's all in my imagination,Copy !req
22. but if it happens again,
make sure to tell someone.Copy !req
23. It happened again.Copy !req
24. These impossible things
that felt like they walkedCopy !req
25. right out of the stories
my mom always told me.Copy !req
26. So real one minute, and then the next...Copy !req
27. What a loser.Copy !req
28. Hey, fellas, wanna come hear
about the imaginary stuff I see?Copy !req
29. It's not a thing
you wanna be saying, to anyone,Copy !req
30. so I didn't.Copy !req
31. Then... something changed.Copy !req
32. I met Grover.Copy !req
33. We had a lot in common.Copy !req
34. - Only he—Copy !req
35. Mm-mm.Copy !req
36. And not just because we were both
at the bottom of the food chain.Copy !req
37. And you know what?Copy !req
38. It felt good to talk about these things
with Grover.Copy !req
39. I could almost believe
they were imaginary.Copy !req
40. Weird, but harmless.Copy !req
41. Until the day that changed, too.Copy !req
42. Until the day one of them decided
to come for me.Copy !req
43. What you see here,
they are not fictions.Copy !req
44. They are not fantasies.Copy !req
45. What you see here are the truest
and deepest parts of yourselves.Copy !req
46. Friends...Copy !req
47. the gods...Copy !req
48. the monsters, the heroesCopy !req
49. you see here in this roomCopy !req
50. are reminders of what we are capable of.Copy !req
51. Now, on your worksheets,Copy !req
52. I want you to choose one of the subjects
you see hereCopy !req
53. and describe it.Copy !req
54. Not just how it looks...Copy !req
55. but how it makes you feel.Copy !req
56. Hmm? Okay, come on.Copy !req
57. What do you see?Copy !req
58. Perseus...Copy !req
59. that's me.Copy !req
60. Mm-hmm,
that's who you're named after.Copy !req
61. Is that why you named me after him?Copy !req
62. Because he was a hero?Copy !req
63. What makes you think he was a hero?Copy !req
64. Because he kills monsters.Copy !req
65. And what makes you think
that she was a monster?Copy !req
66. Mom...Copy !req
67. Not everyone
who looks like a hero is a hero,Copy !req
68. and not everyone who looks
like a monster is a monster.Copy !req
69. I named you after him
because when he was a very little boy,Copy !req
70. he and his mother were placed
in a wooden chestCopy !req
71. and cast out into the sea
by a very angry king.Copy !req
72. Alone, afraid. And at night, his mother
would whisper in his ear,Copy !req
73. "Hold fast, Perseus."Copy !req
74. "Brave the storm that was made
to break us for we are unbreakableCopy !req
75. "as long as we have each other."Copy !req
76. And against all odds,Copy !req
77. he managed to find his way
to a happy ending.Copy !req
78. - Percy?Copy !req
79. - Mom?Copy !req
80. - I'm right here, sweetie! Mommy's here!Copy !req
81. Mr. Jackson,Copy !req
82. you will learn to control yourself,
do you understand me?Copy !req
83. - Me?
- Do you understand me?Copy !req
84. He can't help it, Mrs. Dodds.
Percy's special.Copy !req
85. - That's enough.Copy !req
86. Pay them no mind.Copy !req
87. When you're ready to hearCopy !req
88. what the gods have in store for you,
they'll tell you.Copy !req
89. I believe in you.Copy !req
90. And I believe you'll be needing this.Copy !req
91. - Hmm?Copy !req
92. Hang on to that.Copy !req
93. 'Tis a mighty instrument.Copy !req
94. There are all sorts of schools of thought
about what drives that kind of bullying.Copy !req
95. Childhood trauma,
feelings of inadequacy...Copy !req
96. Look, I get that Nancy has issues,Copy !req
97. I'm just getting tired
of her taking them out on me.Copy !req
98. I feel like... maybe it's time
to do something about it.Copy !req
99. You could make an appointment
to see Mr. Kane.Copy !req
100. - He's really good at talking—
- I was thinking more like shoving NancyCopy !req
101. in the nearest dumpster.Copy !req
102. - Oh.Copy !req
103. - Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.Copy !req
104. No, if there's one thing
I know about bullies,Copy !req
105. it is that you should never,
ever stand up to them.Copy !req
106. That doesn't sound right.Copy !req
107. Look...Copy !req
108. I know this place is hard
for people like us.Copy !req
109. But we're not gonna be here forever.Copy !req
110. There are better places out there.Copy !req
111. - Oops.Copy !req
112. Percy...Copy !req
113. - No, don't!Copy !req
114. Percy pushed me!Copy !req
115. - Nancy, are you okay?
- He just pushed Nancy!Copy !req
116. There you are.Copy !req
117. We're not fools, Percy Jackson.Copy !req
118. Mrs. Dodds, you okay?Copy !req
119. It was only a matter of time
before we found you.Copy !req
120. Where is it, half-blood?Copy !req
121. Where is it?Copy !req
122. - Is he okay?
- Is he dead?Copy !req
123. - Give him some room, please.Copy !req
124. What happened?Copy !req
125. Where's Mrs. Dodds?Copy !req
126. I didn't do anything to him!Copy !req
127. - He pushed me.
- Everyone, go back to your lunches.Copy !req
128. It's all right.
Percy just needs a moment, that's all.Copy !req
129. I don't understand.
Didn't anyone just see that?Copy !req
130. - Where's Mrs. Dodds?Copy !req
131. Percy, there's no one here by that name.Copy !req
132. All right, class, let's move along.
Let's go. Finish your lunch.Copy !req
133. The truth...
can be so very hard to determine...Copy !req
134. but in this case,
the truth seems very hard to deny.Copy !req
135. Mr. Jackson,Copy !req
136. a number of your classmates saw you
and Mr. UnderwoodCopy !req
137. arguing with Ms. Bobofit,Copy !req
138. yet you have offered no explanation
for how she ended up in that fountain,Copy !req
139. other than, uh...Copy !req
140. "I didn't touch Nancy."Copy !req
141. Now, isn't there anything else
you'd like to say for yourself?Copy !req
142. I didn't touch Nancy.Copy !req
143. Okay.Copy !req
144. Mr. Underwood?
Do you have anything to add?Copy !req
145. Yes.Copy !req
146. I do.Copy !req
147. - Go on.Copy !req
148. Percy had told me earlier in the day
that he wanted to get back at NancyCopy !req
149. - for all she'd done to us.
- Grover?Copy !req
150. And he isn't being truthful
about what happened at the fountain.Copy !req
151. - Grover!
- Excuse me.Copy !req
152. Are you saying you saw
Mr. Jackson assault Ms. Bobofit?Copy !req
153. Yes,Copy !req
154. I did.Copy !req
155. None of this is easy.Copy !req
156. Not for you,Copy !req
157. not for any of us.Copy !req
158. I'm very concerned about you, Percy.Copy !req
159. I saw what happened at the museum.Copy !req
160. I didn't touch Nancy.Copy !req
161. I know you didn't.Copy !req
162. At least, I know you think you didn't.Copy !req
163. Do you want to tell me
what you think did happen?Copy !req
164. - You can tell me. I might just understand.Copy !req
165. You wanna bet?Copy !req
166. Percy...Copy !req
167. I've seen a lot of young people
go through this sort of thing in my time,Copy !req
168. but of all of them, I suspect that...Copy !req
169. you might have the most difficult journey.Copy !req
170. I suspect you are special.Copy !req
171. - So much more so than you know.
- Just... stop.Copy !req
172. Okay? I don't need any more storiesCopy !req
173. - about how special I don't realize I am.Copy !req
174. They aren't helping.Copy !req
175. - This is my ride. I'm going home.Copy !req
176. There's nothing wrong
with the plumbing in this building.Copy !req
177. Maybe you should see a doctor.Copy !req
178. How do you know
I'm not a doctor, huh?Copy !req
179. Have you considered
eating more fruit?Copy !req
180. Hey! I eat plenty of fruit.
Have you considered eating more fruit?Copy !req
181. Oh! Hello, Percy.Copy !req
182. Hey, Eddie, sorry about that.Copy !req
183. I'm walking out, you're walking in.
I should be apologizing to you.Copy !req
184. - W— Hell, hello.Copy !req
185. Welcome home, genius.Copy !req
186. Is my mom home from work?Copy !req
187. Oh, is that all you got to say to me? Huh?Copy !req
188. - After failing out of school?
- I didn't fail out of school.Copy !req
189. Your principal called,
and that's what he said.Copy !req
190. He said you got kicked out.Copy !req
191. They called Mom's cell.Copy !req
192. - You answer Mom's cell?
- I answer whatever's ringing.Copy !req
193. So, what'd you get kicked out for, hmm?Copy !req
194. He said I attacked a kid
on a field trip.Copy !req
195. Okay.Copy !req
196. All right, if... But still,
if you're gonna live under my roof,Copy !req
197. - you gotta live by my rules.
- Your roof?Copy !req
198. - My mom is the only one employed here.
- Excuse me?Copy !req
199. I have a job. What does it look like
I'm doing right now?Copy !req
200. Losing at imaginary poker.Copy !req
201. You would think that
because you're a child,Copy !req
202. - and you don't understand things like—
- Where's my mom?Copy !req
203. I don't know.Copy !req
204. I don't know where your mom is.
I'm not Nostradamus.Copy !req
205. What are we doing, Percy? Every time!Copy !req
206. Wow! Wow!Copy !req
207. - Mom...Copy !req
208. I'm really sorry. I tried this time.
You know how hard I've been trying,Copy !req
209. but this time, it really wasn't my fault.
It really wasn't my fault.Copy !req
210. I'm all wet now.Copy !req
211. I'm sorry.
I'm just very glad to see you.Copy !req
212. I found Gabe on the phone
with the headmaster,Copy !req
213. he told me what he thinks happened
with Nancy Bobofit.Copy !req
214. I told him I believe my kid.
It was a real short call.Copy !req
215. Hey, all that matters
is that you're here, okay?Copy !req
216. And that I had enough time...Copy !req
217. to pick up your welcome home gift.Copy !req
218. Mr. Brunner called me, too.
He told me about Grover.Copy !req
219. Do you wanna talk about it?Copy !req
220. Is there something else
you wanna talk about?Copy !req
221. Something happened to me.
Something has been happening to me.Copy !req
222. More than just my mind wandering
and it got worse and...Copy !req
223. I'm scared.Copy !req
224. - Gabe?
- Mom?Copy !req
225. I don't know how anyone expects meCopy !req
226. - to get any work done—
- Percy and I are leaving for Montauk.Copy !req
227. I'll... I'll have the car back
by Sunday morning.Copy !req
228. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Since when are you going to Montauk?Copy !req
229. I called to reserve the place
as soon as I got off the phone with Yancy.Copy !req
230. Who's Yancy?Copy !req
231. The school.Copy !req
232. Okay.Copy !req
233. - And why exactly am I okay with this?
- Because on my way home on Sunday,Copy !req
234. I'm gonna stop at D'Angelo's
and pick up sandwiches in time for tipoff,Copy !req
235. but if you make this miserable,
I'm gonna go anywayCopy !req
236. and then I'm gonna eat my sandwich
and yours while I listen to the gameCopy !req
237. - on the radio.
- You know I hate watchingCopy !req
238. - the Knicks alone.
- So do I!Copy !req
239. W— Make sure they put the hot peppers
on my sandwich, please?Copy !req
240. - Not if you're gonna ask like that.
- I said, "Please."Copy !req
241. Please, could you have themCopy !req
242. - put the peppers on my sandwich?
- You got it.Copy !req
243. Take your shoes off
before you get in my car.Copy !req
244. You understand me?Copy !req
245. We have a lot to talk about,
but uh, that storm out there,Copy !req
246. it's getting angrier,
so let's get ahead of it.Copy !req
247. We'll talk at the beach, okay?
Pack your bag. Let's go.Copy !req
248. Who are you?Copy !req
249. So weak. So scared.Copy !req
250. So sad.Copy !req
251. Run away, little hero,
before you get hurt.Copy !req
252. We're here.Copy !req
253. On three?Copy !req
254. Ready?Copy !req
255. One, two... ... three!Copy !req
256. I found the good marshmallows.
Ones that don't burn so easy.Copy !req
257. I don't think it was ever
the marshmallows' faultCopy !req
258. I wasn't paying attention.Copy !req
259. Mom...Copy !req
260. I need to talk to you about something.Copy !req
261. I'm used to feeling weird.
I'm used to the world feeling weird to me.Copy !req
262. Like a puzzle with half the wrong pieces.Copy !req
263. I try to pay attention. I really try, but...Copy !req
264. then I'm daydreaming. I can't help it.Copy !req
265. But lately...Copy !req
266. it hasn't felt like daydreaming.
It's felt...Copy !req
267. I don't know. More real, maybe?Copy !req
268. And then we were at the museum and...Copy !req
269. You saw something.Copy !req
270. Something that felt real to you,
but no one else could see?Copy !req
271. What did she say to you?Copy !req
272. She? How did you know it was a she?Copy !req
273. Do you know why we come
to this cabin every year?Copy !req
274. Because it's near the septic tanks,
so it's cheap.Copy !req
275. Mom, how did you know
about that thing I saw?Copy !req
276. We come to this place every year
because this is the placeCopy !req
277. I met your father.Copy !req
278. My dad? What does my dad
have to do with this?Copy !req
279. A long time ago, I...Copy !req
280. met a man, here on the beach.Copy !req
281. He was wise and brave
and kind and... noble.Copy !req
282. From the moment I first saw him,
I knew that...Copy !req
283. that I had never met a man
like him before.Copy !req
284. And then I realized he was unlike
any man I had ever met before...Copy !req
285. because h... he wasn't a man at all.
He was a god.Copy !req
286. You fell in love with God? Like...Copy !req
287. Like— like Jesus?Copy !req
288. Not God. A god. Percy...Copy !req
289. the stories...Copy !req
290. that I have told you about Greek gods
and heroes and monsters, they are real.Copy !req
291. - Mom—
- In those stories, I have told youCopy !req
292. about how gods and mortalsCopy !req
293. - would sometimes have children together...
- Mom, please, stop.Copy !req
294. - ... children called demigods...
- Mom!Copy !req
295. and sometimes they are known
as half-bloods.Copy !req
296. That's what the monster called me.
Mom, what's happening?Copy !req
297. You are a half-blood.Copy !req
298. And half-bloods are not safe in the world.Copy !req
299. Once they reach a certain age
and they begin...Copy !req
300. to understand what they are,
terrible forces are drawn to them,Copy !req
301. driven to harm them before they can become
strong enough to fight back.Copy !req
302. That is what you have been feeling.Copy !req
303. It has always been a part of who you are,
it was always coming, I just—Copy !req
304. Why are you telling me this?Copy !req
305. Percy, I know that this
is hard to understand,Copy !req
306. but you have to believe me
that this is real.Copy !req
307. No, this is crazy. Okay? I am not a god.
There is something wrong with my brain.Copy !req
308. I understand that I'm weird,
believe me, I get it,Copy !req
309. but I'm afraid something
may be really broken now.Copy !req
310. - Oh, baby, no—
- And— and now you're telling me stories,Copy !req
311. like it's gonna make it okay?Copy !req
312. Well, I'm not a baby!
I know there's no such thing as monsters,Copy !req
313. I know there's no such thing as gods,
and I know for certainCopy !req
314. that there is no such things as demigods.Copy !req
315. - Who's there?Copy !req
316. - Mrs. Jackson? It's Grover.
- Grover?Copy !req
317. This is a little time sensitive.
Could someone maybe open the door?Copy !req
318. What is he doing here?
I don't wanna see him. Wait, Mom—Copy !req
319. I asked to have the night, you said
we could all leave in the morning.Copy !req
320. Sorry, I'm early,
but I didn't have any choice.Copy !req
321. Things have changed,
this is all developing a lot fasterCopy !req
322. - than we anticipated.
- Early?Copy !req
323. You should have asked me before you—
Whatever it is you're gonna say,Copy !req
324. I don't wanna... hear it. Grover?Copy !req
325. Percy.Copy !req
326. - Okay, so something's coming...
- Grover.Copy !req
327. - ... and I know that sounds really bad...
- Grover?Copy !req
328. but the important thing
is not to panic.Copy !req
329. I'm not panicking.Copy !req
330. - Grover!
- Great! I'm also definitely not panicking.Copy !req
331. I feel very good about
how we're doing so far—Copy !req
332. - Grover!
- What?Copy !req
333. Grover, why is there half a goat
in your pants?Copy !req
334. Oh, it's...Copy !req
335. Oh! Oh, boy, she didn't tell you about...Copy !req
336. - You didn't tell him about me?
- You're early.Copy !req
337. So the important thing is not to panic.Copy !req
338. We'll continue this in the car.
Let's go.Copy !req
339. My job has been to guide you
to this moment.Copy !req
340. It's always an emotional rollercoaster
for a young demigod,Copy !req
341. - so providing a support system is really—
- Who are you?Copy !req
342. - I'm Grover. I'm your best friend and—
- What are you?Copy !req
343. - I'm a satyr. And I'm your Protector.
- You're my Protector?Copy !req
344. If I hadn't gotten you
kicked out of school,Copy !req
345. you'd have never survived the night.Copy !req
346. And what's chasing us now
would have found you there easily.Copy !req
347. I'm sorry.Copy !req
348. Usually, I can sense danger coming
a mile away, but this time...Copy !req
349. Well, none of us saw Dodds coming.Copy !req
350. So you knew.Copy !req
351. That thing that Dodds turned into,
you saw it happen?Copy !req
352. - Why didn't you say anything?
- I saw some of it.Copy !req
353. The Mist kept her hidden even from us
until it was too late.Copy !req
354. Mist? What's a mist?Copy !req
355. The Mist. It's the veil that hides
the magical world from the human world.Copy !req
356. My legs. Dodds' wings.
Even Dodds' absence,Copy !req
357. but it isn't supposed to hide things
from me. That never happens.Copy !req
358. Something powerful is at work here.Copy !req
359. The sooner we get you to camp,
the better off you're...Copy !req
360. - You told him about camp, right?
- Not yet, no.Copy !req
361. Camp is a sanctuary
for half-bloods.Copy !req
362. A safe space where you can learnCopy !req
363. who you are and what the world is like
on the other side of the Mist.Copy !req
364. Uh, it's not far, actually,
just a little ways past the bend up there.Copy !req
365. Mom, what else haven't we talked about?Copy !req
366. What else haven't you told me?Copy !req
367. Is that the Minotaur?Copy !req
368. Once the attacks start, they never let up.
Okay? Dodds was just the beginning.Copy !req
369. He is next. He— he is brutal.
He is relentless.Copy !req
370. He is still wearing underpants.Copy !req
371. The Mythomagic cards were training.Copy !req
372. Everything has been training
for what's still ahead of you.Copy !req
373. What's ahead of me?Copy !req
374. - Boys.
- Yeah?Copy !req
375. - I'm actually 24.
- Hold on, please.Copy !req
376. Is everyone okay?Copy !req
377. - Yeah, I'm okay.
- Okay.Copy !req
378. This way!Copy !req
379. We're here. That's the boundary.
No monsters can cross it.Copy !req
380. Percy will be safe on the other side.Copy !req
381. "Percy will be..."
But won't all of us be safe?Copy !req
382. Grover, I am entrusting you
to protect my son, my only child.Copy !req
383. Don't worry, Mrs. Jackson,
Percy will be totally safe at camp—Copy !req
384. Swear it.Copy !req
385. - What's happening?
- Swear it, Grover!Copy !req
386. Keep him safe from anyone
or anything that comes for him,Copy !req
387. that wants to do harm,
that looks at him the wrong way.Copy !req
388. - Do you understand me?
- I swear!Copy !req
389. - I gotta go now, sweetheart.
- Go? What do you mean go?Copy !req
390. I can't go with you.Copy !req
391. - Why can't you?
- She's human.Copy !req
392. You're gonna need to be brave now.Copy !req
393. Remember what I taught you.
Remember the stories I told you.Copy !req
394. - Especially the stories, they will tell...
- No.Copy !req
395. - ... you everything...
- No way! Mom, I'm not leaving you!Copy !req
396. Perseus! Listen to me.Copy !req
397. You...Copy !req
398. are not broken.Copy !req
399. You are singular.Copy !req
400. You're a miracle.Copy !req
401. And you are my son.Copy !req
402. Hold fast.Copy !req
403. Brave the storm.Copy !req
404. I love you.Copy !req
405. - We need to move.Copy !req
406. - Give me your coat.
- Why? What are you gonna do?Copy !req
407. He smells half-blood,
that's what he's tracking, yeah?Copy !req
408. - That's right.
- So if he smells youCopy !req
409. in two directions at once,
maybe I can confuse him,Copy !req
410. buy us both a little time to get away.Copy !req
411. - Mom, please, don't—
- Hey!Copy !req
412. It'll be okay.Copy !req
413. Go! Now!Copy !req
414. - Hey! Look!Copy !req
415. Come on. Come on.Copy !req
416. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no—Copy !req
417. - Mom!Copy !req
418. - Mom!Copy !req
419. - Per— Percy! Percy, no!Copy !req
420. - Is he okay?Copy !req
421. - Alone?
- How is that possible?Copy !req
422. - Yeah.
- Yeah, he's okay.Copy !req
423. He must be the one.Copy !req
424. Hush, Annabeth.Copy !req
425. He's waking. Everyone,
give him some space, please.Copy !req
426. Welcome to camp, Percy Jackson.Copy !req
427. We've been expecting you.Copy !req
428. Let the games begin!Copy !req
429. It was so important I get here
'cause my father's a god.Copy !req
430. So, I'm gonna go find him.Copy !req