Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the characters associated with them. Note that, in this fanfiction, they are NOT demigods. There are no monsters, no Gods, no Titans. All the characters are completely human.


The sunlight streamed through the crevice of the maroon curtain, casting a glare upon Percy Jackson's face, causing the raven haired boy to let out a groggy groan. It couldn't have been time for school; he had only fallen asleep an hour or so ago. Or at least it felt that way. Peeling his face away from the pillow, he lifted up his head to look at the alarm clock by his bedside table. 7AM. Groaning, he rolled over, rubbing the sleep from his sea green eyes. Even if he had gone to bed early the night before, Percy still felt as tired as ever when he woke up. With a defeated sigh, Percy sat himself up in his bed; taking a look around his room. Percy's room was his favourite place; it was the once place he could be himself. He was never nagged at to clean his room, as the Jackson family believed that a person's bedroom was their own world, and one should never be told how to live in their own world. So, even if Percy's mother hated seeing the pile of clothes in the corner, or term papers strewn across the desk, she never said a word to her son, believing that if he wanted, he would clean it up himself. And Percy did try to keep his room clean. It was just that sometimes he tended to forget to put the freshly washed shirts away, or to throw the scraps of paper into the bin.

Hearing footsteps pad across the hallway on the other side of the mahogany door, Percy yawned and pulled the covers off himself, standing up from the bed to prepare himself for the day ahead. Grabbing a fresh pair of clean jeans and a white t-shirt, he left the confinements of his room, walking down the hallway towards the bathroom. Percy's morning routine was the same almost everyday; wake up, have a shower, have breakfast, head to school. Occasionally, however, he would have to wake up extra early for swimming practice. Thankfully, practice had been cancelled this month, and so Percy did not need to worry about waking up an extra two hours earlier.

After his shower, changed into neat and clean clothes, Percy joyfully descended down the stairs, taking them two at a time. He swaggered into the kitchen, right into the smell of cooking bacon in the air.

"Morning!" Percy greeted, as his mother, Sally, walked over to him, planting a kiss on his forehead with a warm smile.

"Morning, sweetheart," she replied, sliding the bacon from the pan onto the plate on the table, a plate that already housed two sunny side up eggs. Licking his lips, Percy sat down at his seat and began waffling down his breakfast. Just as Percy had finished his first strip of bacon, he heard more footsteps padding into the kitchen.

"Good morning Mum! Good morning Percy!" Percy's younger brother, Tyson, had a goofy grin on his face as he entered the kitchen, taking a seat opposite Percy as Sally slid his portion of bacon onto his plate, planting a kiss onto his forehead as she did so.

"Paul won't be home for dinner tonight, so what would you guys like me to make? Lasagne?" Sally leaned against the island, looking expectantly at her sons, her eyes full of love for them.

"Lasagne sounds good," Tyson said, through a mouthful of eggs. Swallowing, he chugged down his cup of milk before wiping his lips with the back of his hand.

"Well, Grover and them are coming over tonight, so why don't we have pizza? It'll be easier," Percy suggested, shrugging.

"Ah yes, I completely forgot it was a Friday!" Sally said, shaking her head at her own memory, "Pizza it is, then!"

There was this ritual amongst Percy and his friends - there were five of them; Grover Underwood, his best friend since kindergarten, Thalia Grace, Percy's enemy-turned-good-friend, Nico Di Angelo, who had helped Percy in a fight back in middle school (an action that solidified their friendship) and Rachel Dare, Percy's childhood family friend - would hang out together every Friday after school, and would either go to one of their houses or just hang out at the mall. Their parents knew of this ritual, it had gone on for years. Even if today had been the first day back of the year, they had all made plans to go to Percy's house.

"Yay, pizza!" Tyson said, grinning.

Percy laughed at his younger brother's enthusiasm over food before standing up, "Come on Ty, time for school." Grabbing his bag pack off the couch, Percy slung it over his shoulder and waited for his ten-year-old brother by the bottom of the stairs. When Tyson was done with his shoes, both boys headed out the door, with a loud "Have a nice day!" from Sally in the kitchen.

The drive to school was the same as ever; Percy had dropped off Tyson at his school, reminded him that he'd pick him up when it ended and had made his way to his high school. Driving into his school, Percy glanced around. There were a few students standing idly by their cars, and after what felt like hours, Percy finally found an empty parking space. The walk from the car park to the main school building took about five minutes, and when Percy reached his locker, the hallways were already starting to fill up with students.

"Percy!" After depositing his books into his locker, Percy glanced up the hallway, his grin appearing as he saw his friends walking towards him. Grover was the first to reach him; Grover was the same height as Percy, both boys standing at 6'0", but that was where the similarities ended. Grover was skinny, and had no visible muscle on him; he had curly brown hair and deep set brown eyes. "Please say you have Government first period."

Chuckling, Percy glanced at his timetable. "Nah, afraid not, I have Psych. With Mr Brunner." Grover let out a disappointed sigh, just as Nico and Thalia approached them. Nico and Thalia looked like twins; they both had jet black hair, and had somewhat pale skin. However, Nico was shorter, and he had eyes that matched the deepest of nights, while Thalia had eyes blue as lightning, a trait that often made people steer clear of her, she always gave off the vibe that she was trouble.

"Does he have Gov?" Nico asked, looking at Grover, who shook his head sadly. Both Nico and Thalia laughed harmoniously, before Thalia slapped Grover on the back in what was supposed to be a consolidation.

"So what, you have Mrs Dodds for Gov all alone," Thalia teased, "She loved you last year." It was then that Percy got the joke. Mrs Dodds was Grover's least favourite teacher, and she taught his least favourite subject, Government. And apparently, he was forced to endure her class all alone this year.

"What about Rachel?" Percy asked, trying to sound upbeat.

"She has… Art, I think, with Mr Fred," Nico said.

"And what do you two have?" Percy asked, looking to Nico and Thalia, taking note of the fact that Nico seemed to have blushed slightly at the mention of "you two". This made the corner of Percy's lip twitch upwards, a grin threatening to push through.

"We have Greek," Thalia said, "With Mr Chiron. Should be fun, huh, Nico?" She nudged him in the rib, to which he replied with a nod and small laugh.

"Ah, Mr Chiron hates being called Mr Chiron, remember?" Percy asked, "'Call me Chiron.'" He did the best impression of the Greek teacher, which cause his friends to laugh loudly. Just then, the shrill bell echoed down the hallway, signalling for students to head to class.

"Ah, I better be off," Grover said, sighed sadly, "See you guys at lunch!" Waving goodbye, he quickly jogged down the hallway.

"We better go to," Nico said, "Chiron would not like us being late on the first day. Have fun with Brunner, Percy!" With that, he and Thalia disappeared into the sea of students, leaving Percy alone. Walking towards his classroom, Percy tried his best to keep out of rushing students' way.

When he had reached his classroom, he was glad to see that the class was not yet full, which meant that Percy was free to pick his own seat. Taking a desk by the window, he dumped his books onto the table as students all shuffled in around him, some greeting him as they walked by. One of his friends, Charlie Beckendorf, sat behind Percy, with his girlfriend, Silena Beauregard beside him. Behind them, sat Thalia's twin brother Jason and his best friend, Leo Valdez. Soon, every place but the one next to Percy was occupied, and though he didn't mind being alone, he knew it was going to be a boring year. Burying himself with browsing through his bag, Percy jumped when he felt something drop on the desk next to him. Looking up, he felt his jaw drop slightly. Standing by the empty desk was a girl, a girl he had never seen in his four years at this high school. Her hair was blonde and tied into a tight braid that fell down the side of her shoulder, her skin was somewhat tanned, and her eyes… Her eyes, Percy thought to himself sheepishly, Wow. They were the colour of cloudy skies; grey and stormy. It felt as if she was thinking about a million different things at once.

"Can I sit here?" Snapping out of his thoughts, Percy nodded quickly, moving his bag aside to give her more space. She gave him a nod of thanks and sat down, immediately starting to pull out her books and stationery.

"Are you new here?" The question had come out before Percy could stop himself, and immediately he regretted it; the girl next to him was giving off the vibe that she was not one who spoke a lot.

"Yes. I just transferred for my senior year." She glanced sideways at him, as if assessing him, and suddenly, he felt self conscious. Was he hair alright? Did he have toothpaste in the corner of his lip? Instinctively, he brought up a hand to check the corners of his lips. Nothing there.

"Oh, welcome to Yancy Academy, then," Percy said cheerfully, "I'm Percy Jackson."

"Thank you. I'm Annabeth. Annabeth Chase."


Psych went by quickly, as did Percy's next few classes - he had English with Nico, Government with Rachel and Thalia, and Calculus with Grover. He never saw Annabeth again, a realization that made him somewhat disappointed. It wasn't that he had a crush on her; Percy felt as if she would be a cool person to hang out with, and since she was new, he regretted not talking to her more during class.

"Man, Calculus is such a horrible subject," Grover complained as the two boys made their way to the cafeteria, "I don't understand why it's compulsory."

"Me neither, G-man, me neither," Percy said, "When are we ever going to need to find something that doesn't exist in our lives?"

"You know the answer to that," Grover said, "Never."

When the two boys entered the cafeteria, Percy was still laughing, and because he had been occupied, he hadn't seen where he was going, and had bumped into someone, causing him to tumble backwards onto the floor.

"Watch where you're going, Jackson." Hearing the familiar voice, Percy's eyes immediately turned to slits as he pushed himself upwards. Standing across from him was Luke Castellan, Percy's biggest rival since they were in middle school. Luke wore his usual scowl, a scowl that was only reserved for the likes of Percy. "You're lucky I wasn't holding any food."

"Oh, you eat? I thought the football team had this stupid no-carb diet," Percy said, sarcasm dripping in his tone.

Luke's face changed from disgust to annoyance, and for a second, Percy could've sworn his eyes flashed red, though whether in anger or humiliation, he would never know. "You're not even worth it," Luke spat venomously, walking pass Percy and Grover, making it a point to shove both of them in the shoulder. As his group of friends followed suit, Percy took a step to the side to avoid being shoved.

"He's such an asshole," Grover grumbled as he loaded his tray with today's meal - tacos and mango pudding.

"Whatever," Percy said, shrugging, "I just love pissing him off." Both boys made their way towards their table, where Thalia, Nico and Rachel were seated, along with Jason, Leo, and Piper Mclean and Reyna Mazon, who were Leo's and Jason's girlfriends.

"Had another spat with Luke?" Nico asked as both boys took a seat at the table. Hearing Luke's name, Thalia briefly glanced upwards from the book she was reading, and when she saw Percy looking at her, she immediately dropped her gaze. Thalia and Luke had been together up until their junior year at high school, where Luke cheated on her with Clarisse La Rue.

"What? No," Grover said, "He was just being his usual douchebag self. I mean… you know, he was just being Luke."

"Whatever," Nico said, leaning back in his seat, just as Rachel leaned forward in hers, her red hair falling down the sides of her face.

"You guys have no idea who I have in my Chemistry class," she said, "She's a new girl, named Annabeth. And she is beyond smart. Like, she's such a genius - it's like she's some sort of prodigy. She got every single on Ms Athena's stupid pop quiz right, and half of the things we hadn't even learnt yet."

"Did you cheat off her?" Leo asked, grinning as he grabbed a grape from Piper's plate, throwing it into his mouth.

"No! I hardly even talked to her," Rachel said, "She doesn't really talk much."

"Yeah, she doesn't," Percy agreed, finishing the remains of his mango pudding, and when all eyes averted to him, he merely laughed, "She's in my Psych class - Leo, Jason, she was the one that sat next to me."

Understanding dawned on both Jason's and Leo's faces as their memory returned. "She's really pretty," Leo said, which caused a glare in his direction from Piper, "I mean, not like - in that way. I mean, she seems like the type of girl who would kick my ass if I told her that."

"She probably would," Percy said.

"Oh, there she is with -" There was a pause in Jason's sentence as his eyes flickered over to his twin; Thalia had once again glanced up from the book to shift her gaze to where Jason had indicated, as did everyone on that table. Standing by the entrance of the cafeteria, Annabeth was chatting animatedly with Luke Castellan.

"What do you think he's saying?" Reyna whispered.

"Probably telling her how much weights he lifted last night," Rachel said, losing interest quickly as she turned back to her food. Soon, everyone had forgotten about the conversation from earlier and had returned to their own little world.


A/N: The other chapters will probably not be as long as this one. But yeah, this was me just word vomiting. LOL. Please read and review, thanks!