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Percy P.O.V

I can't believe it.  Chiron is making us demigods go to high school!!!  Why, Chiron, WHY????????  We just came back from a war.  I would rather fight any monster than go to *shudder* school.  First day is tomorrow.  Jolly good fun. 

------------VERY DRAMATIC FLASHBACK---------

Chiron called all the cabin counselors for a meeting at da big house.  I wonder what for....  oh well.  Ill find out .   it's not about a new threat rising again.  That would be a new record.  A week after the war.  Maybe there will be blue food at the meeting...

"Welcome heroes."  Chiron comes in, in centaur form.  "I know you are all wondering what I called you in for." A bunch of the campers mutter in agreement.  "I also know a lot of you are hoping it's not another threat rising.  And luckily, it's not." We all sigh, relieved.  I don't care what it is as long as it's not that.  "I have called you in to inform you, that you young Demigods will be going to high school."  Everyone chatters angrily.  I agree with them.  High school is a nightmare, even without ADHD and dyslexia, but that just makes it worse.  What would I even tell the kids at school?  I've been gone for a while.  What would they say if I suddenly showed up?  Normally, we could've used the mist to cover up my absence.  But a certain dirt face, *cough* Gaea *cough* pulled one last trick before we defeated her, and destroyed the mist.  Great.  Just great.

"But why Chiron?" Clarisse yells, "We just came out of a war, and try to live a normalish life, and now we have to go to school?!  We have ADHD and dyslexia.  This is pointless and dumb ." That's the clarisse we all know and loathe (in a loving way )

Chiron just smiles. "Well Ms.La Rue, if you are trying to have a normal life, you would go to high school, Just like every other teenager." Oooh burn.  Clarisse looks like she wants to say something, but she smartly keeps her mouth shut.  "You children need an education, and this will give you a chance to find any Demigods there too.  You leave tomorrow morning." Then he turns and walks out.  This is gonna be an interesting year.

----------VERY DRAMATIC FLASHBACK END--------

I sigh remembering yesterday's meeting.  Then I look up at my high school and walk in.  Since I haven't been here for over a year, luckily it's only the first week of school, so I don't have to start in the middle of the year. I have to go to the office and get a schedule and stuff.  I still know my way around, so I navigate my way around the mob of teenagers to the office.

"State your name and purpose." Mrs.Heck, the Secretary asks, not even looking up from her computer. 

"Umm... Percy Jackson.  I'm new here." She looks up, looking uninterested.  Wow.  I feel so loved.

"I was informed that you were coming.  Wait here for a minute while I print out your schedule." She types some stuff on the computer for a few minutes.  I start tapping my fingers on her desk.  Blame the ADHD people.  She looks up and raises her eyebrows.

"Sorry." I stop tapping my fingers and start humming under the sea.  Mrs.Heck face palms.  Then she hands me my schedule.

"You are in Mr. Sheppard's homeroom, and your locker is 314.  Your combination is on the post it note." She says, still typing as she says all this.  "Have a good day." Ya, right.

While I'm heading to my locker, I see a bunch of people staring at me, then turning to their friends and whisper.  Some girls wink at me.  I sigh and ignore them.  After what seems like eternity, I arrive at locker 314.  I type in the combination, 30-6-48.  I take off my backpack, and see a sticky note with someone's number on it.  I groan, crumple it into a ball, and throw it away.  I see a familiar face at the locker next to mine.  Then I realize, it's my old friend Aiden.  And next to him, is my friend Ava.  They're talking with a few people I don't recognize.  We met in our freshmen year, in detention.  Apparently, sleeping in math class is a no no.  They probably doesn't remember me anyways. 

I'm wrong though, because Ava starts walking towards me with an angry look on her face.

"PERCY JACKSON!" She yells.  It gets a bit quieter in the hallway.  Ava has a voice that makes everyone listen.  "WHERE WERE YOU THE PAST YEARS?  YOU DONT JUST DISAPPEAR FROM ONE OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS WITHOUT TELLING HER WHERE OR WHY!!" She come over and kicks me in the shin.  Woah could that girl kick.

I do a nervous laugh.  "Ummm... it's nice to see you too?"

"THATS ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY?!" Ava looks like she's about to explode. 

Then Aiden puts a hand on her shoulder.  "What she means, is that it's nice to see you again man." There's someone missing.  Oh... it's Darin we were friends in 9th grade. 

"Wheres Darin?" I ask Aiden, still afraid to talk to Ava.

"Hes been ignoring us for a while." Aiden replies with a sour expression.  There must be more to it, but I just nod.  The people Aiden and Ava were talking to come over.

"Who's this?" A girl with curly black hair, and dark brown eyes, asks gesturing towards me.

"Oh.  This is Percy Jackson.  Percy, meet Catie, Ellen, and Leon.  They've become friends with us recently." Oh.  That explains it.

-------homeroom-------

"So, where were you?" Aiden asks. 

I move uncomfortably in my chair. "Family issues." I wasn't lying.

"What kind of issues?" Aiden asks skeptically

"Well, my evil aunt erased my memories, I went on a trip with my friends to Alaska, and along the way, met scary women with weapons, gambled with my evil old step brother,  And a few other things.  Then in Alaska, I met a big evil dude, and we had a fight, but me and my friends won." Aiden stands there with his mouth hanging open.  "But that's not all folks!  Then me and 6 other people went on a trip to Greece, and one of my friends was captured and living off pomegranate seeds, my girlfriend threw a spider in a hole, then me and my girlfriend went to a REALLY bad place for a while, but we got out.  Then mother earth almost destroyed civilization, but we killed dirt lady."

Aiden looks confused. "What?"

I sigh, "never mind"

Then Darin comes over.

Darin P.O.V

I loathe Percy Jackson.  He and I used to be best friends in our freshmen year, but then he disappeared.  While he was gone, Aiden and Ava added some new people into out little group.  They always left me out, and we're always talking about Percy and where he could be.  I don't even think Aiden and Ava were really friends with me in the first place.  They just go along with Percy.  How do I know?  I heard them talking about it.  About how I was self absorbed, etc. I don't get what's so great about Percy anyways.  He gets all the attention.  No one ever pays attention to me.  I hate that attention sucker.

So when he returned, I saw it as the perfect opportunity. 

I walk over to him in homeroom.  He's in the middle of talking to Aiden, who looks confused.  I catch a few things like, "Gambling with evil old step brother" and "killing dirt lady"  huh weird. 

"Hey Jackson" I smirk

Percy's gives me his famous lopsided grin that all the girls love.  "Hey Darin, haven't seen you in a while.  How's life?"

"Better with you outside of it." I smile cruelly. "Why don't you just stay gone?"

"Its not like I had a choice Darin." He says still keeping his cool.  Ugh I have to get him to get angry.

"How bout I take you to the hospital so you don't have to come to school?  But you'll need an excuse to get out of school." I try to punch him in the jaw.  But he catches my fist

"Ill pass Darin.  I have enough injuries for a lifetime."  Then he walks away. 

-------Swim team tryout day-------

I'm a swimmer.  Everyone knows that.  The best in the school.  No doubt ill be captain this year.  Everyone who's trying out goes to the locker room change.  I head in and find a locker. Jackson plops his stuff down in the locker next to mine. 

"Last one available." He explains.

"You shouldn't have bothered coming Jackson.  We all know you're not gonna make it."

"Well we'll see about that." He says smiling.  He just stands there for a while, as if waiting for everyone to clear out.

"Take your shirt off Jackson." I command, "the sooner I see you fail, the better."

"I don't t take my shirt off in public." He says, looking worried.

"What do you plan to swim with loser?"

He pulls out a swim shirt.  "This."

"Come on you wimp.  Get changed."  He shakes his head, and starts to walk out with his shirt on.  I pull it over his head, and I'm in shock.  His body is littered with scars.  Big ones, small ones. Everyone is staring.  He puts his swim shirt on, and walks away.

"Line up." Coach Bob orders.  We line up.  "I'm gonna pair you up, and you're gonna race.  Got that?  It'll help me see your abilities.  Then we'll do laps." I'm gonna win my race for sure.  He pairs people up.  I wait for my last name.  "Johnson, and Jackson." Yes... me and Percy.  Ill crush him.  And everyone else knows it to, because they start to snicker.  "Be a good sport. if you lose to someone who has been doing this for years, learn from the mistakes." He looks at Percy when he says that.  But Percy still looks confident.

I wait through everyone else's turns, than ours comes up.  Percy in one lane, me I. Another.  Coach Bob blows his whistle.  And we swim.  Percy doesn't go up for a single breath of air, and he is swimming perfectly, and really fast.  He beats me by a lot.  When he gets out, he looks perfectly dry.  Then 5 seconds later, he's soaking wet.

"Jackson... that was AMAZING!" Coach Bob exclaimed

The rest of tryouts, Percy finishes first in everything, and becomes captain!  How did he do thAt??? I will solve the mystery that is Percy Jackson.

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This is a prequel to my Career day chap.
By the way, HAPPY 2016!!!!!
Today's question: in which book does Annabeth first kiss Percy?

Stay cool Demigods,

- Shark