Beginning
The story starts off on a school field trip for twelve year old Percy Jackson who is diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD. His chaperone/teacher Mrs. Dodds turns into a fury and starts attacking him and at the same time the other chaperone Mr. Brunner helps Percy by giving him a pen. The pen when clicked turns into a sword which Percy uses to kill the fury.
After the field trip Percy goes home to his mother where she is taking him on a trip to Long Island where they used to go when Percy was younger and Percy's friend Grover who is a Satyr and also Percy's guardian but Percy does not know that or the fact that Grover is a Satyr. While at Long Island Grover tells Percy that he is in Grave danger and tells Percy that he needs to go to this summer camp to be safe. As Grover is about to lead Percy into "Camp Half Blood" a Minotaur attacks them, Capturing Percy's Mother and makes her disappear in a flash. Thinking his mother is dead Percy kills the beast with its own horn.