Chapter 1
xxPercyxx
It was the first day of Middle School and already I was late. I didn't mean to over-sleep, honest, it just happened. After grabbing a quick breakfast and saying good-bye to my mother, I rushed down the front steps of our two story house. Ok, let me explain the house. When I was younger, my father left my mom. So she married this horrible pig of a man, named Gabe Ugliano. Long story short, last year she kicked Gabe out, and we moved to a better place in New York. Now she is sending me to Yancy Academy, a school for kids who have 'learning differences'. So I was already late getting to school to meet my friends, Nico and Grover. I was running onto the sidewalk, and collided into someone.
"Whoa!" I exclaimed, grabbing her shoulders to keep her from landing in the street. "Didn't anyone tell you to pay attention when walking?" I snapped.
"If you hadn't run out so quickly, this wouldn't have happened!" the girl shot back, moving my hands off of her shoulders.
"Sorry," I said sarcastically, "No need to be rude about it."
"Humph." Was all she said before burying her nose back into her book, and walking down the sidewalk.
Sticking my hands back into my pockets, I trudged down the street. A while later I reached the front of my new school. Sitting on the steps waiting for me, were Grover and Nico.
"Hey guys," I shouted to them, "How was your summer?"
"Eh. Thalia came over a lot. Our dads almost blew up the house, again." Nico answered.
"That sounds better than my summer," Grover complained. "I had to go see my grandmother in Florida."
"And how is that bad?" I asked.
"All she ever does is…"
But Grover didn't get to finish his sentence, because the bell rang, signaling that school had finally started.
"And now, summer is officially gone!" Nico whined.
"C'mon, we're gonna be late!" I said, grabbing their arms, and pulling them through the front doors.
We ran into our homeroom, right as the first period bell sounded. "Percy!" someone whispered. I turned around to see my friend Thalia Grace smirking at me.
"Jackson, why didn't you tell me you had Ms. Dodds for homeroom?" she asked.
"I didn't know you were here Thals." I replied.
Naturally, she ignored me and went back to talking to the girl sitting next to her. I looked over at the girl she was talking to, and something clicked in my brain.