Summary

Chapter 19

In the Underworld the heroes learn about the fields of Ashphodel, and Elysium (the isle of the blessed). Before they can be too curious about anything, the winged sneakers that Grover has put on start acting strangely. They start flying without Grover's direction and start pulling him away from the group. They follow along attempting to hold him down long enough to pull the shoes off. It is no good. The shoes pull Grover into a cave that opens into a very wide cavern. One of the shoes comes off of Grover's feet and shoots down into the cavern while Grover holds on for dear life to the sides of the cave. Both Annabeth and Percy manage to get the other shoe off and they get to safety. Once outside of the cave Percy tells the others that the backpack that he's...