AN: No offense to anyone named Brittany but this character is a brat. Oh and Annabeth may be a little OC.  This one may be a little longer too. Don't own PJO.

Annabeth POV: 

I closed my locker and made my way to my next and final class, Science. I heard the click clack of heels and walked a little faster. Then a perfectly manicured hand grabbed my  shoulder. I bit my lip as that person spun me around. That person? Brittany Lewis. Gods, I hate her. I know hate is a strong word but I 100% despise her. She has waist length blonde hair, blue eyes, and tan face with freckles dotted on her nose. You would think she'd wear inappropriate outfits and makeup right? Yeah, she doesn't. She wears mascara, not a lot, and usually jeans and a fancy shirt with white heels. She looks like a really nice person and around adults she is. But when there's no teacher or other adults around she's a brat. I saw her true colors a little after I first came to this school in New York. I've been going to this school for about two years now. Two years of torture with Brittany. Let me tell you how our rivalry came to be. But first let me tell you I have never done anything back to her. I know, surprises me too. I'll also tell how I met one of my best friends, Mady. Here we go.

Flashback:

After the Second Titan War I decided to stay in New York to be closer to Camp, Olympus, and my new boyfriend at the time, Percy. I enrolled in New York High. Second best high school in New York after Goode High where Percy goes. Yes, I live with Percy but we go to different schools. Anyway I was walking up the steps on my first day when I already heard the whispers.

"Uh-Oh. Brittany's next rival."

"She's going to have a tough time here."

"She's really pretty."

"Yeah which is why Brittany will try to literally kill her!" My eyes widened at that one, but I decided to ignore it and think that they were just trying to scare me on my first day. 'I mean it's second best school. What could go wrong?' Is what I kept telling myself. Ignoring them? Yeah one of my biggest mistakes of my life. They were trying to warn me.

I walked into the school and went towards the office. 

"Hi. My names Annabeth Chase. Can I get my schedule?" I politely asked. The lady at the desk turned around and I gasped.

"Aphrodite? What are you doing here?" I hissed.

"Why hello, Annie! Suck a wonderful surprise." She got out of her chair and hugged me. "I'm subbing for the principal for a few hours." She said in her annoying cheery voice.

"Yeah Yeah. Can I have my stuff now?" 

"Oh yes. Here you go." She said giving me my schedule. I thanked her then found my locker. I looked around and saw this one girl with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a freckled face looking at me. She looked friendly. She started walking over to me. 

"Hello, my name's Brittany Lewis." She said with a kind smile. She was the same height as me and I smiled back.

"Hi, my name's Annabeth Chase." I said. I shook her outstretched hand. 

"Well Annabeth, what's your first class?" She asked.

"Math."

"Okay that's right at the end of the hallway to your left." She pointed down the hallway. "oh and sit with my friends ad I at lunch today."

"Thanks and okay." I turned away and started walking towards that direction. I glanced back to see her leaning on her left leg so her right hip was popping out, arms crossed, and an evil smirk played on her lips. Again I decided to ignore it. Again. BIG mistake.

Line Break

After many classes, which I had with Brittany, of answering questions and Brittany's smirks it was lunch. I walked into the lunch room and looked for Brittany. I spotted her waving me over and I grabbed my lunch, which was weird looking pasta and water, and made my way over. As I walked towards her I heard this one girl whisper, "Bad idea girl." I ignored it. Again. Bad mistake. Again. I sat down next to her.

"Ladies this is Annabeth Chase." She said winking at them as she smirked at me. "Annabeth these girls are my friends, Hannah, Nia, and Kate." She introduced. I waved and hey waved back. 

"Oops. Dropped my fork. Better go get it." Nia said. Nia had black hair and green eyes. She went under the table. I failed to notice how long she was down there and that she was untying my shoe lace, of my black converse, on my right foot. She got out from under the table and winked at Brittany. Then the lunch bell rang signalling the end of lunch. I started to get up when Brittany lifted my lunch tray from under me and dumped my un-eaten pasta all over my shirt. Then she pushed the tray into my arms and Hannah pushed me forward to go throw it away. I was mad and disappointed that Brittany did that because I thought she could be a good friend but it could have been an accident. Again thinking that was a mistake.  I started to walk towards the trash can when I tripped on my shoe lace and fell. I felt my face heat up as I got up off the ground and picked up my tray. I turned around to go to the bathroom when I slipped on some Water that Kate 'accidentally' spilled. Something burned in my eyes. Everyone in the cafeteria was looking at me and most were laughing and filming. I turned away and ran to the bathroom. I locked my self in a stall and sat on the floor as tears slowly rolled down my face. I was so embarrassed. 'get a grip, Annabeth. You're the daughter of the goddess of war!' But nothing helped.

I heard someone walking in and knock on my stall.  I unlocked the stall door and the person walked in and sat across from me. 

"I told you it was a bad Idea. Don't let her looks fool you. She looks like a sweetheart but when there's no adults around she's a monster." I looked up from my knees and saw a girl with short brown hair and brown eyes.  "Trust me. I've been through it. Lasts for about a couple months with me. I don't know how long it will last for you. She got bored with me because I never broke."

"I-I usually don't break either..." I said looking at her.

"Well you look like someone who bottles everything up and has barely ever opened up." She said. I stared at her.

"how'd you know?" I asked. She shrugged.

"Good at reading people I guess." She held out her hand. "Names Mady." 

I hesitantly shook her hand. "Annabeth." 

"Love that name. Anyway, lets get to know each other better. My life story is, I was born on July 16 to Mary and Landon Jones. I grew up in Virginia and moved here about four years ago. Nothing that interesting." She said. "What's yours? If you don't mind me asking."

"It's  fine. I was born on July 12 to Frederick Chase. I-" 

"Wait. Mom?" She asked.

"I'll get there." I laughed. "Okay, well my mom gave me to my dad because she couldn't take care of me because she's a very busy woman. He tried to send me back numerous of times so my mom named me. Well eventually he took me in. He's a professor so he didn't have a lot of time for me. So I learned to take care of myself. When I was four my dad married this woman named Helen Davis now Chase. She was a nice stepmom until I turned five. Helen-"

"You don't call her mom?"

"Oh gods no!" I exclaimed. " Anyway, she got pregnant with twins, my step brothers, Bobby and Matthew. I loved them even though I couldn't hang around or play with them that much. I can't really tell you anything more unless you promise not to tell anyone. You're also going to think I'm crazy."

"Probably not." She said.

"Well the Greek gods are real." I said.

"Oh, yeah, I know. My friends a satyr. I'm clear sighted." Mady said. I blinked.

"Okay, cool. Anyway when I was five and six, at night spiders would crawl out of my closet. I would scream for help because there were so many of them. I have extreme Arachnophobia. My stepmom would come in and yell at me saying I was going to wake up my poor brothers. She would leave and the spiders would come back and bite me all night. I'd wake up and have bites all over me. I would go to tell my dad and stepmom but by the time I got downstairs they would be gone. That happened almost every night. Then monsters started attacking me. After about three attacks I wasn't even allowed to be in the same room in my brothers much less talk to them. So when I was seven, My dad wouldn't talk to me, Helen would scream at me, my brothers well I never saw them. Long story short I ran away, never saw any missing reports for me, met my friend Thalia and Luke. Luke and Thalia were also runaway. We made it to a safe place for demigods and Thalia died, came back to life, Luke died and is still dead. So yeah there's not even half of my life story." I finished. I looked at Mady and saw her eyes wide and mouth slightly open. 

"I am so sorry." She said. I shrugged.

"Eh. I went back when I was twelve when my best friend, Percy, who is now my boyfriend convinced me to. It worked out until I was 14. Then I ran away... again. Haven't gone back." I stood u and she stood with me. 

"Well, lets get you cleaned up." I nodded.

Line Break

I got cleaned up and finished the school day. I was walking down the steps when I ran into someone. "Oh, sorry!" I said.

"Oh, hey. It's fine." Brittany said. Uh oh. Sh looked up and saw it was me. "Oh hey, Nerdabeth."

"Nerdabeth?"I asked. 

"Yeah. Your nicknames. Wanna here the other ones?" I nodded. "Nerdabeth, Jerkabeth, Uglybeth, Anniebelle, Dumb Blonde. Etc." She said hen walked away. I ran down the steps and saw Percy's car. I ran up to it and wiped any trace of tears from my eyes and knocked on the window. He rolled it down and smiled at me.

"Hey Wise Girl! How was your first day?" He asked. I smiled and hopped in the car.

"Um, okay, I guess..." I said looking out the window. Percy placed a hand on my thigh, right above my knee.

"Hey, talk to me. Oh, and why is there red stuff in your hair? Is it blood?" He asked. I shook my head. "W-were you crying?" He asked. I shook my head as tears filled my eyes. "Annabeth..."

"Fine! Yes, I was!" I snapped. I wiped my eyes and leaned my head against the window. 

"What happened?" He said. So I told him and he gripped the steering wheel so tight his knuckles turned white. 

"Hey, I'm okay. Just don't do anything about it. I can take care of myself okay? He nodded.

End of flashback.

So yeah that's how we ended up here.

PART 2 COMING