Hey readers! So this is my first story. I (sadly) own nothing. Oh and just a heads up I have slight dyslexia so when I first read LT I hought it said Annabeth had brown hair, so when she comes into the story she has brown hair. If you don't like that just pretend it says blond. She not comming in until the fith chapter so no worries until then. Now enjoy! :)

Rhea PVO

Jamie and I are almost to the river.

Not again, I thought. This was the third time I'd had the dream that week. I look over my shoulder; the dracaenae are gaining.

No, stop. I don't want to see what happens next, but it happens anyways. Jaime falls. I see the blood staining his shirt.

"No!" I hear myself scream. Anger and grief swell inside me.

"No!" I woke up yelling.

"Rhea! Are you alright?" my friend Sonya shook me.

"Wha-" I started, but then I realized where I was. My dorm room at Mackrow Academy. "Sorry, Sonya," I apologized to my roommate, "Bad dream."

"I'll say," she replied. "That's, what, the third time this week? Are you sure you don't want to talk about it?"

Yeah, like she'd believe my older cousin was killed by monsters. "No, I'm fine."

She looked at me skeptically, but didn't push it. Of course I'd given the same excuse for the last semester so she knew I wouldn't say anything even if she did.

"Well now that we're up let's get ready. We have to meet Lucas and Grover to study for our Latin mid-term," Sonya said, going to her closet.

"You mean I'm going to tutor you guys in Greek mythology and hope with all my heart you pass?" I teased, brushing my long, black hair out of my eyes.

"Hey! I'm better than the boys!" she said, glaring angrily at me.

"Okay, you're the only one with a hope of passing," I laugh.

"Thank you. Now hurry up and get ready," she said.

"Alright, alright."

Now before we meet everyone else, let me tell you a little about us. We go to Mackrow Academy right outside New York City. It's full of geeks, freaks and wannabe's. (Prize to anyone who gets what I'm referencing) Me and my friends fall under the 'freaks' section. (Well I guess I'm a geek in Greek mythology but I'm a half-blood. So, I kinda studied up a long time ago.) But we are all freaks, no doubt about it.

Sonya has strait strawberry blond hair that comes to her shoulderswith multi color streaks in it; normally found in a French braid. She has kaleidoscope eyes that can't seem to pick a color. She has dyslexia and most likely OCD, but that hasn't be confirmed. She lives with her dad in New Hampshire. He's a painter. Last year he did a painting of the concrete sculpture in Soho gallery called 'The Poker Player'.

Lucas is a dirty blond with blue eyes. He has ADHD. His parents got together in collage but both died in a car crash when he was only three months old. He was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Parines when he was eleven months old.

Grover is sixteen (so he tells us). We know him because he is Lucas's roommate and is in our Latin class. He always wears a green hat and walks with a limp. He's held back because most of his classes aren't at eleventh grade level (Mackrow goes from sixth to twelfth grade).

Back to me. My name is Rhea Doria Rivers. I love to read. But all my books are in Greek. I have wavy black hair that comes to my waist. Also my eyes are dark blue like a stormy sea. I currently live with Martha, my foster mom. She deals with the troubled cases. Like me, the kid on the run for three years.

See, freaks.

Sorry the chapter is so short. Prizes to anyone who can guess their parents before they get claimed. Review please!