Percy Jackson and the Olympians - I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher -12-year-old Percy Jackson is on a field trip to Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he is given a sword named "Riptide" in the form of a ball-point pen by Mr. Brunner, his Latin teacher. Percy accidentally pushes his class bully Nancy Bobofit into a water fountain, catching the attention of algebra teacher Mrs. Dodds, who reveals herself as a Fury. Percy strikes Dodds with Riptide, and later finds that no one else seemingly remembers Dodds' existence. Percy returns home to his stepfather Gabe Ugliano and mother Sally Jackson. Percy and Sally head to their cabin in Montauk, New York, where Sally tells her son that Greek gods and monsters are real. Percy's class friend Grover Underwood, inadvertently revealing himself as a satyr, arrives and tells Sally to move Percy to Camp Half-Blood. The three are attacked by a Minotaur on their way, where the Minotaur seemingly kills Sally, which causes Percy to kill it in anger. He collapses upon reaching camp, and is greeted by Chiron after he wakes.