All righty, here goes! (Let's see how this turns out) I guess you could think of this as a prologue...:)
Yours truly,
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Disclaimer: I Don't I repeat DON'T own PJO!
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Davis
Davis hated school. He hated middle school even more.
Which was the reason why he had to go crazy on the bus to the Bronx Zoo, for their Seventh Grade's end – of – the – year field trip.
That was also the answer to his homeroom teacher, Mr. Alexander's demands.
And also the reason he was asked to stay on the bus a little after they arrived in the Zoo parking lot. Of course.
But as the rest of the two other homerooms exited, Mr. Alexander asked some other kids to stay too. Jace Bolivar (Gamer, yet still good at sports), Cameron and Camilla Martin (twins who were pretty normal, didn't know why they had to stay), and Serena Cheng (Extremely quiet, smart, and obsessed with reading…).
Why did these guys have to stay on the bus? Davis knew he'd caused trouble, but he didn't want them to get it to.
"Okay, guys, I know you think you're all in trouble. Well, you are." Mr. Alexander said. Wow, straight – forward, aren't you? Davis thought. "How old are y'all? 13?" Mr. Alexander asked. Well, they were in seventh grade. Davis was pretty sure everyone there had turned 13 already. Wasn't that enough to know? Apparently not. Suddenly the bus began to roll forward.
"Umm, excuse me? Mr. Bus Driver? Where are we going? Because I really want to get on the trip, already, and this is not-" Davis was interrupted mid sentence.
"It's all right, Davis. That's Butch, a demigod. Son of Iris, excellent with horses," Mr. Alexander said. Demi – what now?
"I have grave news," he continued. Great. Grave news. Go on. "You children are all demigods, or half – bloods, children of Greek gods. I need to get you to Camp Half – Blood soon, because there is a monster on our track, and if I don't get you to camp safely, well you don't want to know what'll happen." That was a lot to think about, considering the fact that he was now a son of a Greek god. Impossible! Davis thought. And he said so.
"Impossible!"
"But it is! Butch and I are taking you to camp right now," Mr. Alexander promised, "I am your protector, all five of you, and I am a satyr." Mr. Alexander starting pulling his pants down, but Jace held up his hand.
"Okay, dude. I know it's really hot in here and all, but you don't need to go around pulling pants down, you know? It's a little disturbing, and I am not in the mood to see my homeroom teacher pantsless. Especially not now, we've got a lot to cope with, and we don't need to see, well anyway, but please!"
By now, Mr. Alexander looked thoroughly offended, and his pants were already on the bus floor. The sight was extremely weird. At least in Davis's opinion. Mr. Alexander had the hairiest legs ever, and his feet were – well they weren't feet, they were hooves. Basically, Mr. Alexander was a goat.
"Wait, you're a goat? But that doesn't make any sense." Camilla cried out.
"I knew this would happen. Everyone says it does. Okay kiddos, I am not a goat; I am a satyr, your protector, at your service. Half man, half goat. Clear?" Sure. Why not?
"We're here!" Butch yelled. Butch turned around and grinned, then Davis noticed the tattoo. Of a rainbow. Just ignore it, Davis a voice said in his head, You are hallucinating. You are hallucinating. You are hallucinating. You are hallucinating. You are hallucinating. You are hallucinating. You are –
"All right I get it!" Davis shouted to the voice.
"What?" Camilla asked. Serena squinted at him.
"What? Oh, nothing. Yeah. Everything's cool," Davis said. Camilla nodded and turned around to her brother and whispered something into his ear. Cameron shrugged. They both still looked freaked about the half demi thing, like Davis. Jace was still frozen in horror at seeing Mr. Alexander without pants. The only one who looked fine with everything was Serena. She was still reading.
"Hey, Serena, aren't you a little creeped out about this whole thing?" Davis asked her.
"Actually, no. I always thought something like this would be possible. There are already so many stories about fantastical creatures, so why can't it be real?" Then she turned back to her book. Davis sat back in his seat and thought about that as the bus stopped. Outside was a huge green forest, filled with probably millions of trees.
"Where are we?" Camilla whispered.
"I already told you, sweet, Camp Half – Blood, the only safe place for demigods and half – bloods like you kids. And we better get in soon because I think – "Mr. Andrews couldn't finish.
The bus was already turned on its side and landed with a crash. Through the other sides window, Davis spotted a monster outside. It had a lion head, goat feet, and a tail with a snakehead. The monster was coming closer and closer until it smashed open one of the windows. Glass shattered at the bottom.
"A chimera," Mr. Alexander said quietly, "You get the kiddos to the camp, Butch, I can handle this guy."
"Oh, no you won't Butch! We are not about to leave you as fast food for the chimera thing!" Camilla yelled.
"Come on now, girl. He can do it!" Butch lifted Camilla over his shoulders.
"No! Put me down! Are you crazy? We have to help him!" she screamed.
Suddenly something bonked off of Davis's head. He bent down and picked it up. It was a shiny gold bouncy ball.
"Hey look, guys! I found a bouncy ball!"
"Davis. This isn't exactly the time to play with a toy worth like 25 cents. Hold it for now," Jace said.
"Awww, come on! Let me just bounce it once!" Without waiting, Davis bounced the gold ball. There was a huge cracking sound, and suddenly in his hand there was not a ball, but a golden dagger. "Um."
"Here, boy, throw it to me!" Mr. Alexander called from across the bus. Davis willingly tossed the knife to him (very well thrown in fact); the satyr caught it, and jumped outside. "Stay inside!"
Mr. Alexander battled with the chimera, the snakehead in his left hand, while slashing at the body with the knife. By now, Butch had safely gotten Camilla, Cameron, and Jace into the camp. Serena and Davis were still left.
"Well, we have to help him out, don't we?" Serena yelled. Davis didn't know she was capable of yelling so loud, especially not in his ear.
"Uhh, okay, let's get out!" Davis suggested. They both jumped out, but once they were actually out, the monster was gone. Mr. Alexander was panting and holding three knives. Three knives? An older girl, probably 16, maybe 17 was standing there too. She was blonde, with gray eyes and had even more knives with her.
"Annabeth Chase, to the rescue!" Mr. Alexander smiled. They walked to the entrance of the camp where the others greeted them.
"Mr. Alexander, you were amazing! I didn't know an old man like you could freaking' fight like that!" Jace exclaimed. Mr. Alexander shot him a look. "Sorry! Not an old man!"
"Well, welcome to Camp Half – Blood! Safe place for children of the gods, where you can also learn what you need to know." Annabeth said.
Davis looked around. It looked pretty much like a normal camp, except for the teenagers shooting arrows at each other, the various satyrs walking around, and the fact that lots of kids were fighting with spears and nobody was stopping them.
Fun.
Sorry that this chapter got basically nowhere. I am trying, but I had to set the scene first, you know? So I apologize. Next chapter up soon I hope. Nah, probably tomorrow or something like that...well bye! Please review!
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