Sup. This is my first ever fanfic so please bear with me. I've been reading for about a year now and i finally got the courage to write one of my own. If you guys have any advice, tips, or knock-knock jokes feel free to share them. Good or bad i don't care. So here it is the first chapter of my first ever fanfic: The Inner Circle.

Disclaimer: I own none of the characters. Just the storyline.

I woke up with a jolt. Looking around I frantically searched for what caused it. With a sigh I realized it was just the alarm going off. I reached over and hit the off button. Groaning I hurried to get out of bed and get to the showers before my brothers could get a chance. Luckily Bobby and Matthew were fighting in front of the door and I quickly squeezed into the bathroom. While they protested outside the locked door I quickly stripped and entered the shower. After 10 minutes I exited the bathroom and narrowly avoided getting run over by the twins. Rushing down the stairs I quickly grabbed my school bag with all my supplies already packed. Today I would be attending Goode High and I didn't want to be late the first day.

My name is Annabeth Chase. I'm sixteen and have two younger twin brothers: Bobby and Matthew, my dad Frederick and his wife, my step mom, Susan. I have blond curly hair that makes it impossible to do anything with and unlike my other family members I have grey eyes. Susan calls them intimidating but I don't see how. We moved back to New York from San Francisco about a month ago when my dad changed jobs. Bobby and Matthew didn't mind the move but moving meant I'd have to start all over again making friends. Admittedly it's not that bad. I had friends in NY before we moved and we live in the same general area as before.

I grabbed the doorknob before Susan called out "Annabeth are you leaving?" I yelled back "Yeah" and quickly left before she asked me to walk the boys to school. My bag was relatively light since I didn't know exactly what I'd need. I had only packed a few notebooks, sketching books, an architecture book and a handful of pencils. I jogged the half mile it took to get to school. In big letters on an arch way were the words: Goode High School. I walked through the hallway into the school. I was transferring into Goode and people probably knew that. The year was halfway over so by now everyone pretty much knew everybody else at this point. A stranger like me obviously caught everyone's attention.

I walked into the front office or at least that's what the sign said it was. The receptionist looked up and then went back to looking at her screen. I was slightly irritated by that but decided to let it go. I walked up to the desk and waited. The receptionist sighed and looked up. "I just transferred in and I need my schedule." I informed her. She pulled open a draw near her and pulled out a stack of papers. She handed me the stack of papers and said "Here, search through them and find your name." I took the stack and sat down in one of the chairs that were lined up against the wall. I sighed through my nose and started looking at the names. It took me a while to find it since I had Dyslexia and on top of that I had ADHD. When I did find it I folded it and stuck it in my pocket. I took the rest of the stack back to the receptionist and walked out the door. At least I had tried to walk out the door.

When I had tried to get through the door someone had run by and accidentally slammed into me sending us both to the ground. I groaned while holding my head in one hand and using the other to stand up. The students in the hallway looked at the scene with an interest that suggested things were about to be bad. "Hey!" I heard someone yell. I looked over and saw a guy maybe my age with messy black hair and green eyes. At first I thought he had yelled at me but then I realized he was talking the security guard holding him in a choke hold. He was thrashing around trying to get loose and the security guy seemed to be enjoying the situation. "Hey! I'll tell my dad if you don't let me go!" he threatened. I didn't think it was that big of a threat but you could see the guard turn pale. He gently let go of the boy then apologized and walked away without a word. The students started whispering but I didn't pay attention. I was busy picking up my bag and checking to make sure everything was still there. I had zoned out while checking so I didn't notice that everyone was staring at me. I looked around and everyone seemed to be expecting something.

"Hey!" the boy called this time actually addressing me. I looked at him and waited. He seemed to be doing the same thing. I sighed through my nose again and took out my schedule. I needed to figure out how to get to class. Students started whispering again so I just picked a random hallway and started to walk towards it. Green Eyes stepped in front of me. "Don't you have something to say to me?" he asked annoyed. Realizing he wanted me to apologized I readjusted my backpack and glared at him. I saw something flash through his eyes. Fear maybe? Susan's words came back to me. She had said my eyes were intimidating. Maybe I intimidate him? He was still waiting so I told him what I thought I should say to him. "Move." I said and with that I walked by him bumping shoulders and continued down the hall.

Once I was a safe distance away from that end of the hallway I reached in my pocket and pulled out my schedule. Looking at it I saw that I had Literature first. I inwardly groaned. I loved reading but my dyslexia made it hard for me to read and my ADHD made it hard for me to stay focused. Looking at the numbers on the doors I was passing told me I had chosen the right hallway after all. I walked up to room 1-110 and opened the door. The bell had yet to ring so no one was inside thankfully. I didn't want to deal with the whole introduce myself just yet. I chose a desk towards the backs but not in the back row. I used this tactic to make it seem like I was going to actually make an attempt at trying. Sitting down I pulled out my architecture book and started studying the structures. I made sure I paid attention to the students entering the room so I wouldn't have an incident like in the hallway. Unfortunately it seemed like someone up there had it out for me.

One of the girls that walked in stopped by the desk I was sitting in. I looked up from my book and looked at the girl. She had black ripped jeans with a shirt that said Death over Barbies. She also had a leather jacket and short black spiky hair and it seemed like the only thing that wasn't black were her eyes. They were an electric blue. She stared at me and I stared right back. She put her hands in her pockets and said "You're in my seat." I looked down and lifted my book. I searched the surface of the desk and then bent over to check the underside. I stood up and made a show of checking the chair. Satisfied with my search I sat down and looked at the girl. "I didn't see any names anywhere." I informed her. She raised her eyebrows which either meant she was surprised I talked back to her or she admired that I had the guts to do so. She smirked and sat on top of the desk next to me. She was leaning forward with her arms resting on her legs. "Thalia." She said still smirking. I looked at her and gave a small smile. "Annabeth." I told her. Her smirk turned into a smile and she told me "I like you Annabeth. You got guts." I didn't exactly know how to respond to that so I just nodded. Thalia sat down and the teacher began his lesson.

It was only 1st period and I already had one potential enemy and one potential friend. So far things seemed to be going wonderfully.

Yeah, right.

There you have it. Hope you liked it and will review giving any tips or tricks. Thanks.

~TheUnwantedDaughterOfArtemis ~