deathbydiangelo:

i feel like we forget that percy, annabeth, and grover were literally wanted criminals for a while in the lightning thief, until, after percy’s battle with ares, he told everyone that ares had kidnapped them and taken them all over the country until percy heroically stole a gun from him and battled him on the beach. afterward which tourists raised enough money for them to catch a flight to new york and percy went on national TV and told everyone that gabe was giving away free appliances from his store