"James, you have to go to school now! You have to go with Grace!" James' mom yelled. Grace was James' friend at school. James sighed, "All right, bye Mom!" James ran out the door and to the bus stop. There, he saw Grace, waiting impatiently.

"Hello, Grace," James said, walking towards his friend.

"James, you're late!" Grace yelled.

"Nice greeting," James muttered. Then, the bus came.

"Hurry up, kids! School's 'bout to start!" called the driver. Grace and James got in the bus and sat down next to each other.

"Hey James, are you going out with Grace?" a girl named Elizabeth teased.

"Shut up!" Grace and James yelled together. The girl giggled and went back to her seat.

After a few minutes passed, James and Grace arrive at the school. They entered the school building and went to their classroom.

"Well children, today we go to gym," announced Miss Carter. "Line up!" Everyone got in line and marched to the gymnasium. They all sat down on the floor. When they got there, the gym teacher was deciding what to do.

"Well kids, uh... DO FIFTY PUSH–UPS," yelled the gym teacher. Everyone moaned and started doing push–ups. But, James heard loud pounding on the walls.

"Do you hear that?" James asked Grace. Grace nodded, "Yeah, what is it?" James reached into his pocket. He felt his old dagger lying there. All of a sudden, the wall exploded. Then, dracaena, hellhounds, Laistrogonian giants, and many other monsters poured into the gymnasium. James leaped up and took out his dagger. He rubbed the dragon and a blade emerged from it. The mortals were screaming their heads off.

"James, what are you doing?" Grace asked nervously. "And what are those…things?"

"What do you see, Grace?" James asked calmly.

"I see a snake–woman, giants, and dogs and other monsters. Why?" Grace replied, about to run.

"All right, follow me," James ordered, slashing a hellhound. He grabbed her hand and started to run to the nearest exit. But the exit door burst open and out came another hundred monsters. James turned around to see the other monsters. They were surrounded.

"Charge!" a dracaena hissed. The monsters charged. A hellhound bit Grace in the arm and an arrow shot her leg. She screamed in pain and fell to the ground.

"Grace!" James yelled. He stabbed a hellhound in the mouth and slashed a dracaena. James took out a walkie–talkie and shouted in it, "Percy, are you there?!"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Percy asked. James slashed a giant in the leg.

"I need help. I'm being attacked by monsters. My friend is hurt and I'm surrounded. Can you come and help me?" James yelled.

"Well, how can I get there quickly. It takes a long time to get to your school from my school," Percy answered. "Just…hold on. I'll try to get there."

"Thanks," James replied. He put his walkie–talkie away and slashed and stabbed. I don't think I'm going to survive that long. James thought. And neither will Grace. Then, a javelin stabbed James' shoulder. He took the javelin out and stabbed a hellhound with it. Yes, I'm not going to survive. My prediction was correct. James thought. All of a sudden, a volley of arrows shot the monsters. The remaining monsters ran away. James turned around and saw his sister, Jennie and some other Apollo kids.

"You're welcome, brother," Jennie said with a smile.

"Thanks…" James muttered. "How did you know I was attacked?"

"Percy told me," Jennie answered. James nodded and said, "Well, we have to get to camp. My friend's injured." Jennie looked at Grace and nodded.

"Well, I got a car," Jennie said. "C'mon." James picked Grace up and followed Jennie. They got in Jennie's car (which was, by the way, a red Camero) and Jennie turned the car on. She pressed the gas pedal and they off they went.

After a couple minutes passed, they arrived at Camp Half-Blood. (James' school was close to camp). James hopped out of the car and ran to the Big House.

"Chiron, Chiron!" James yelled. "We got an injured half-blood." Chiron, the centaur galloped over.

"Hmm… I will take care of her. Go to your cabin, child," Chiron ordered. James exited the Big House and on his way to his cabin, he met Katie.

"James!" she yelled. She ran over and hugged James. "I missed you." James chuckled, "It's only been two months." James kissed her on the forehead and said, "I have to go now. See you later."

"Bye," Katie said. James entered his cabin. He sat down but then, pain shot through his arm. He remembered being stabbed by a javelin in the shoulder. Jennie, who was already in the cabin, noticed that James had a wound.

"James, what happened?" she asked, getting some ambrosia and some bandages.

"Nothing, I'm fine," James said quickly, covering his wound. Jennie walked over and said, "No, you're not okay. Here." She wrapped the bandages around his shoulder and gave him some ambrosia. James ate it and said, "Well, I'm going to sleep now. Good night." He hopped onto his bed and immediately fell asleep.