5✔︎

                                    

                                          
I sat shocked. It was a baby bird. I looked above me in the tree to see a snake in the chicks nest, eating the baby's siblings."Oh, no." I said, picking up the chick and checking for injuries.
                          
"Looks like a bluejay." Annabeth said.
                          
"We can't put him back in the nest. The snake will eat him." I said, holding the baby delicately in my hand
                          
."Come on. Im sure we can help it." Annabeth said, standing up and walking back to camp. I followed.
                          
The next morning I checked on the bird. No one knows about him other than annabeth. I was scared Chiron wouldn't allow me too keep him so i just sat him in a makeshift nest out of blankets on the desk in my cabin. I had a lamp over the baby for heat."I think ill name you.....moose." I said to him, while I looked at him in his nest.I know what you're thinking "who would name a bird moose?" Well i have an imagination, ok? 
I found some earth worms near a mud puddle in the woods and was feeding them to moose when i heard a voice behind me
                          
."What are you doing?"
                          
I turned to see annabeth. 
                          
"Oh, its you. I thought it might be Chiron. " i said.......wait a second how did she get in here? "I thought I locked my door?"
                          
Annabeth shrugged "you did." And then she walked over to Moose. "He looks ok!"
                          
'Did annabeth pick my lock?'
                          
I nodded "yeah, I gave him some earth worms and he seems to be ok. Not hungry anymore." I said
                          
."Did you use your fingers to feed him?" Annabeth said.
                          
I shook my head. "No. I used tweezers." I said, holding up the tweezers. "If we have any hope of releasing him back out to the wild, we dont want him to think he's dependent on humans." I said.
                          
Annabeth looked at me shocked "hmm.....thats smart. You're good at this." She said
                          
."Back in the city, I would help take care of animals at the vets office. I had a internship there." I said.
                          
"I didn't know that. Thats cool." She said
                          
."Yeah. I wanted to be a vet." I said. I don't know if it will ever happen now
                          
."I want to be a architect!" Annabeth said, dreamily. "I want to build the most fantastic tribute to the gods the worlds ever seen!"
                          
I smiled "you'll be an amazing architect, Annabeth."
                          
Our conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door. "LYRA!! Annabeth!!" A voice said..a voice i instantly recognized
                          
."Its Grover." I told annabeth and walked over and opened the door
                          
."Lyra? Do you have a bird in here?" Grover asked.
                          
My eyes went wide but i quickly tried to cover it up. "Whaaaatt? Phff no." I said. I suck at lying.
                          
Grover rolled his eyes and smiled"you're an awful at telling lies" he walked past me over to Moose's bed (yes i call it his bed)
                          
"Ok. Come on in...." i said to myself and shut the door and followed Grover. 
                          
Grover had Moose in his hands and seemed to be......talking to him?
                          
"Really?" Grover said to moose. He smiled and his eyes flickered to me and then back to grover. "Hmmm....thats good"
                          
"Grovers talking — is he?" I asked, confused.
                          
Annabeth smirked "Grover can speak to animals." She said
                          
."REALLY?!" I asked. "Thats so cool!"
                          
Grover nodded and blushed a bit. "Moose said he likes his name." Grover said. 
                          
I smiled (see it wasn't a dumb name after all) "really?"
                          
Grover nodded "he said he wants to thank you for feeding him and saving him." Grover said, a smile on his face
                          
."Ask him what happened to his family?" I asked.
                          
Grover did and his smile faded to a sad face. "He said that he was looking out over the side of the nest, looking out for his mom to come back when a snake came and its tail hit him and he lost his balance and fell over and landed in your lap." Grover said
                          
."Poor guy" i said.Grover nodded and sat moose back down on his bed. "He also says he's tired and wants to sleep."I laughed slightly and we walked out of the cabin, leaving moose to sleep. <>*<>*<>*<>A/N: did i make a entire chapter about a bird? Yes, yes i did. I thought it was cute.  IdkXoxo Kendra