Disclaimer- I do not own PJATO. Rick Riordan does. However i do own Alex, Jess and Beck.

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION

Life Sucks.

I already knew that, but today it really hit me how my life is total crap. I'm Alexandra Night. But you can call me Alex. Actually you can only call me Alex. If you address me by my full name, the next day you'll wake up in the hospital with no clue of what had happened to you at all.

I'm a sporty, black haired, blue eyed, fifteen year old girl who hates pink with a burning passion. And that also means girly girls. Why?Because-

Pink= Annoyed Alex

Pink = Girly girls

Therefore, Girly girls = Annoyed Alex

There you go, see? I'm no genius, but that sounds like an alright equation.

Anyways, I live in a girls hostel with my roomie and one of my best friend, Jessica Jones. Jess for short. She's got silky blonde hair and light brown eyes. My other best friend is Beck and he's also Jess's brother. Yep. They're twins. And that means a hell lot of bickering 24 hours a day. Luckily, Beck doesn't stay with us (thank god). It's the only time when I get some peace. They're not that bad when you're just with one of them. They told me it's their 'twins' thing, when I pointed it out.

It was the fourth saturday, and as every month our school- Heritage High, took our class for a field trip. This time, it was to the 'Science City'.Obviously it was a boring trip for us as we've got dyslexia. In simple words, our attention spans are way ,(when I say way i mean it in the extreme sense) shorter than that of a normal person. We tend to zone out a lot. To top it off, we've also got ADHD. Not the best combination I tell you.

Anyways, it was a three hour ride to the Science City and I was wedged on the bus seat between Jess and Beck. Not a good position to be in for a ride that long. As usual they were arguing over which band is better. It's always mostly about something related to music.

"Paramore's like ten times better than Linkin Park!"said Jess.

"You wish. Linkin park has more albums then all of Paramore's songs."Beck countered.

"Of course they have. They've been in the music industry for decades. It's about time they retire. Paramore's got more hits on their debut album than the 'oldies'."

"Do you have any idea about how famous linkin park is? The singer's got throat cancer. Still that dude rocks the stage like a rockstar!"

"He's a singer in a 'rock' band!" said Jess, air-quoting the word rock.

"So?"

"He is a rockstar!"

"Your point?"

"Ugh!"

So that's how it went for all the way on the bus. Once in a while they'd get me into their arguements. But I didn't mind. Actually I did. I minded it very much.

But I knew that behind all of this, they really care for each other. Like once a boy was flirting with Jess, too much for Beck's liking. Let's just say that the dude was not able to look at any girl for a while without saying 'ow'. I don't have any siblings, but I do have awesome parents. But sometimes it just feels too lonely, you know?

"You sound like a walrus."Jess stated(where does she get these comparisons from?).Guess they're not done yet.

"Oh no I don't!"

"Um, yes you do."

"No. You sound like a walrus."

"No I don't!"

"Yes you do."

"No I don't, but you sure do!"

"N-O!"

"You sound like walrus! I don't!Ughhhh! Alex!" both of them yelled in harmony.

Did I mention that I hate it when they do that?Oh, now I've mentioned it. That's just out right creepy. Its another of their 'twins' thing.

"Cut it out, guys! We're there."I said.

I didn't like the trip in the science city,as we'd expected, it was extremely boring. Who would? Like come on, all you do in school is study and on a free day who the hell would enjoy a visit to a place full of educational instruments?

"Oh my gods! That was so much fun!"Jess exclaimed.

Right. Jess would. Beck and I looked at her like she was nuts.

"At least it's over." Beck said.

"Yep" I said, as we walked over to the water fountain outside the science city, waiting for our bus to arrive. It was gonna take a while(it always did) so we got our selves settled on the lawn near the hedges.

We were just discussing about our English assignment ( I hate studying but that doesn't mean I don't do it.), when we heard a deep growl behind us.

Grrrrrrrrrrr

I could feel Beck and Jess get tense beside me.

"Did you guys hear that?" I asked. I felt really dumb. Of course they'd heard that.

Suddenly a giant monster with two horns appeared in front of us. Holy chiz!

Jess and Beck got up and took a fighting stance. And they had swords in their ! Where the heck did they get those weapons from?

Both of them went straight for the monster, attacking it simultaneously with their swords. I just stood there and stared. I was still not over the fact that my friggin best friends were fighting with a freaking monster with a flippin sword!In short, I was shocked. Oh lord.

I was so wrapped up in my thoughts that I didn't notice the monster lashing at Jess.I however did notice it when she hit the fountain and splashed in the water. Ouch.

I started running towards her. Suddenly something blunt hit me on my head. Hit me hard. I doubled over on the ground and started to get very dizzy.

"NO ONE HURTS MY LITTLE SIS OR MY BEST FRIEND!" I heard Beck yell to the monster in the distance. I don't really think the monster could have understood Beck.

And so I knew I was blacking out. But before I blacked out, I heard someone scream. I think...it was me.

Uh oh.