Liam Hoffman was always the silent kid who didn't have any friends. He only had one! Liam's friend walked towards him as Madison High School's bell rang,signaling the end of the day.

 Christen Todgers was short and skinny with wispy blond hair and cheerful chocolate brown eyes. Christen,or Chris,had been Liam's friend since fourth grade. One time Chris had persuaded Liam to be taught singing lessons by him. Let's just say,Liam was not the singing type.

 Liam nodded in acknowledgment,which,of course,Chris took as a que to let out all the words he kept over the day.

 "Did you hear that Layla says that Natasha thinks you're cute?!"

 "You're starting to gossip again,"Liam grumbled,though he was secretly glad for the company.

 "Well,have a good weekend!" Chris said.

 "Chris,remember that we're going on vacation together to the beach?" Liam shook his head.

 "Oh,right!" Chris exclaimed in his hyper voice. Chris started drumming his fingers on one of his legs.

 See,Chris had ADHD. Liam did too,but Chris had a far more severe case.

 -____________- WHALE  

 Christen Todgers was having a good day. That is,until he got stabbed in the leg.

 Chris was buckling the seatbelt on in Ms. Hoffman's car. Liam's mother had his same dark brown hair and light brown skin. Instead of mud brown eyes,like her son,Ms. Hoffman had large gray eyes,like an owl's.

 "Are you two excited for the trip?" She asked them.

 "Yep,yep,yeppity,yep!" Answered Chris.

 "Uh-huh,"was all that Liam had to say about it.

 "Ms. Hoffman,can we listen to the radio?" Chris asked.

 "Of course!"

 She turned on the radio. The only sounds in the car was the radio and Chris singing to Blackbird. In his defense,his father was a huge Beatles fan.

 It all started to go downhill when they went on a deserted road with no houses close. Suddenly,Chris heard a bark.

 Ms. Hoffman immediately slammed on the brake and the  car lurched forward. Chris opened the door to see what was wrong. There was two scary looking people with copperish swords and a huge black dog with red eyes.

 Chris closed the door.

 "What the freakin' guacamole was that!?!?" Chris asked.

 Liam looked over Chris's shoulder and his eyes grew big.

 "M-mom,what is that!?!?"

 "What are you two talking about? Would you like to pet that cute dog?"

 "Umm..no thanks!" Chris opened Liam's door and ran out with Liam close behind.

 "And if you walk for about seven minutes,you should reach the beach. I just remembered that I forgot to bring my suitcase. Call me if you need anything while I'm gone!" And with that,Ms. Hoffman drove away.

 The two sword-wielding people and their huge evil looking dog followed them. The dog knocked Chris over on his side,while the two sword people shoved Liam to the ground. He realized that the people were one girl and one boy.

 "Hunter,stay. We may need these two. They obviously have the aura of demigods," the girl said to the boy.

 "Demigods? I'm not that religious,so I don't really deal with types of gods so...what are they?" Chris asked.

 "Silence!" The boy commanded. Chris shut his mouth,though it might not hold for long.

 "Yes,Quinn,that would be wise."

  Chris started running away and so did Liam. The girl stabbed Chris it the leg with her sword. It hurt more than anything Chris had experienced before. It hurt more than that one time Chris broke two of his bones when his friends dared him to jump off a swing.

 Chris continued to run. He was pretty fast. But these kids were in shape. Chris saw that they were close to the beach. Well,no harm now.

 Chris jumped into the freezing cold water. Somehow,he continued swimming to a little island. This island was a place that Chris and Liam had found when they were little.

 Because they went there a couple times a year,Chris and Liam were used to the water.

 The other people were not.