ALEX FIERRO

I bet you guys totally understand my current situation. You know, the typical situation where Person A dies, gets into a world where heroes train for doomsday. . . blah blah blah. You get it right? Y̶e̶a̶h̶ ̶I̶ ̶d̶i̶d̶n̶'t ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶s̶o̶.̶

Anyway! I was just minding my own business, risking my life being out in the "real" world in the city, when from out of nowhere, this girl started cursing at the sky. I guessed she was 13, maybe 14. Her hair had streaks of faded color, with caramel hair being the base. Her clothes were worn out, seeming like it hadn't been washed for a while. But she was cursing at the sky. I figured it was interesting enough to grab my attention.

I walked over and bent my knees so I was about her height. "Um, what's wrong?" I mean, I didn't really care, but you never know.

"Stupid lousy," She looked at me. "Monkeys."

"What?"

"Stupid. Dirty. Giant. Monkeys."

"That's. . . great. . ." I scratched my chin. "Would you mind telling me what you mean by that?" Okay, I was being really polite, but this girl wasn't even looking at me. I was losing my patience.

"You wouldn't understand," The girl rolled her eyes.

I burst out, "Oh yeah? Try me!" Listen, I was dead. D-E-A-D. I was worn out, and I was tired of this girl thinking she was so superior to me. She didn't even have a clue about the gods! (Post production note. I was sort of right. She didn't know about the Norse gods.)

The girl sighed, "Sadie Kane." She stuck out her hand. I glared at her. She let the hand drop. "Like I said. Monkeys. Well, baboons."

"I think I heard 'giant', when you were so helpfully describing these baboons."

Sadie nodded, "You seem awfully calm about this, um. . ."

"Alex. Alex Fierro. And I'm calm about this because I've experienced much worse than you."

Sadie laughed, "Yeah. Sure. Ever heard of the gods?"

I backed away a little. "Maybe."

"Well it seems as if one of them hates me." Sadie scoffed. "Well I knew that. But more so today."

"Which?"

"Babi."

"Who?"

Sadie crossed her arms. "I thought you knew about the gods. Wait. Are you one of those Greek demigods Annabeth told me about?"

Annabeth! That demigod with that boyfriend named Percy! She helped us out when we went on that quest!

"You know Annabeth?" I asked, "Are you a demigod?"

"Nah. I'm a magician."

"A what now?"

"It doesn't matter!" Sadie pushed me from the back, really hard.

I turned on her, ready to yell, when I saw that she pushed me away from a. . . Monkey? No, a baboon. Wait, three baboons. Oh no, three giant baboons. It seemed that she was telling the truth after all.