The edited version. We changed Chapter 1, but he rest of the story is still the same. Sorry for the changes.

Leah POV

Everything was fine. Life was normal - for Leah and Seth's life, which basically wasn't normal. Seth, Leah's annoying younger twin brother was picking on his Cheerios as usual while Leah was munching on her wholemeal bread. Seth and Leah's mother was checking mail and grumbling over bills. Leah heard her gasp and she glanced up from pulling the crust off the wholemeal bread. Her mother was holding a blue envelope with a trident on it. She opened it slowly, read the greenish slip of paper inside, and her eyes grew wider and wider, until they were freakishly large like when the dwarf chef in Ratatouille read the letter. Her mother re-read the peice of paper a few times before crumpling it into as ball and throwing both the envelope and the letter at the floor, but before Leah could pick it up to read what scared her mother so much, it disappeared.

"Yo, mama! What magic trick was that! Tell me man!" Seth pestered, annoying as usual. Strange, Leah thought, conveniently ignoring her younger twin. Something was bothering her mother. Something important.

"Mum...what's wrong?" Leah asked worriedly.

Mum blinked and stared at Leah, as if she just noticed her presence. "Nothing...nothing darling. Just go to school." Mum said, trying to keep the obvious worry out of her voice. Leah raised her eyebrow but nodded. She knew better than to question her mother when Mum was in this mood.

"Mu-um...wait!" Seth whined as he continued counting his Cheerios (he was on number 327). Immature, Leah thought, as she pulled him out of his seat and dragged him out of the door. Seth mumbled something about how people don't appreciate numbers and cereal, then both of them walked mutely to school. Leah was thinking about her mother. Usually her mother was calm, cool and collected, the best poker face you could ever see. This time, however, something caused her to lose her cool. Could it be?...No...not possible...Leah thought, my father? Leah was always looking at the letters, hoping that at least one of them were from him. But they never were. She was fifteen already, and should have known better than to keep wishing and hoping. But she hoped on anyway.

Leah never knew her father. Her mother never liked to talk about him. Conversation about her dad goes like this:

Leah: Mum, can you tell us about dad?

Mum: No.

Seth: Please?

Mum: No.

(repeats ten thousand times)

End of Conversation.

Now that her mum was behaving so strangely...

(Change of Scene) In School. Take 1. Action!

Second Period. Maths. Mrs Stiller droned on and on about Algebra, but no one is listening, as usual. So far, school has been...well, school. But Leah was filled with tension, her eyes darting around, the hair at the back of her neck prickling with anticipation. Leah shook herself. Idiot, she thought, you're delusional. Yet, Leah knew something was going to happen, really soon. Something like-

"CRASH!" The window beside Leah shattered into a million pieces. Mrs Stiller screamed. The entire class screamed. Seth shouted, "Awesome!" Leah stared. A dark haired, tall, muscular( not in the bodybuilder way. More like the fit, lean way) cute, handsome (fine, Leah admitted, totally gorgeous. The hottest boy she has seen ever) guy jumped through the window with a bow and quiver.

"Leah and Seth Stansfield? We need you here RIGHT NOW!" He shouted. Ooh, he sounded reeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaalllllll hot. Even with a flustered red face and a barking voice. He blinked at Leah and hesitated. Leah shyly put a strand of hair behind her ear and whispered, "I'm Leah..."

The hot guy continued staring at Leah as he answered, "I'm Will. Will Solace-"

"AND I'M SETH!" Seth yelled as he plonked in between Leah and Will. Leah glared at Seth. Seth ignored her and asked, "So, Will, what's upppp dude?"

Will jumped, blinked at Leah (did I spill wholemeal crumbs on my sweater? Leah thought nervously and wiped away an imaginary spot from her clothes) and looked at Seth as if he were pissed at him (who wouldn't be?).

"You guys...Chiron said your dad sent a letter (I knew it! Leah thought) to your mum to come over immediately. What are you guys doing here? Didn't your mother receive the letter?" Before Seth could say something like, "Yeah, she ignored it!", Leah interrupted, "Maybe. I don't know. Where do you have to bring us anyway?"

Will looked around wildly. Before Leah could ask sweetly,do you need anything? He scowled in a mega hawt way, "Camp Half-Blood! Now! Before-"

There was a roar and shrieks were heard. Leah scanned the room, but her classmates seemed to be staring right through her. She realised that it was Seth letting out girly, high-pitched screams and she promptly smacked the back of his head, shutting him up. He did so, but wordlessly pointed. Leah turned and gasped as she saw before her eyes, Mrs Stiller transforming. Fur sprouted all over her body and her teeth became sharp and pointy. "Mrs Stiller" looked a cross between a bear and a wolf, on all fours, drool dripping all over the floor. Leah fought down a scream as she scrambled out of her seat, grabbing Seth's arm.

Will groaned softly, cursing under his breath. "Okay, time to go!" He put an arm over Leah and Seth, diving out of the window. Everything happened in alow motion, and to her surprise, her classmates faces were blissfully happy as they looked on. In fact, they were all clapping and waving! As they fell from the window, Leah could hear Seth screaming,"Not coooooooollll!"

Out of the blue, a golden chariot swooped underneath, catching them just in time. Will, Leah and Seth fell into it, but Seth kept screaming with his eyes screwed shut until Leah curtly smacked the back of his head again, causing him to open his eyes, realise that they were perfectly fine, aand stop shrieking.

"Soooo, these are the newbies. Don't look like anything much." A girl' voice sneered and Leah straightened up to find herself cowering until the piercing gaze of a dark haired girl with well-muscled arms and scars all over them. Leah gulped. "Clarisse, lay off." Will intervened.

"Mrs Stiller"'s front body went through the window pane, but the monster-like creature skidded to a halt and the far drop below. It snarled and snapped its jaws as Clarisse whooped, steering the chariot away. Will began shooting arrows at the creature, and Leah admired his precision dreamily. Will finally stopped as they were far away. "Look, I know you guys are freaking out, but I promise, I'll explain everything while we fly to our destination. Clarisse, to Camp-Half Blood!" Clarisse nodded, smirking, and the chariot shot away at full speed, far far away from New York.