Chapter 1:Lightning bolts.

Maya's POV

"MAYA!" I heard somebody scream. I instinctively bolted up from resting on the

table.

"I never wake you up!" I scolded sleepily. Oh, I guess I did it again. Mr Mathews

ooked at me expectantly. I realised that Riley was the one who had woken me up.

"My dad asked you if you knew who that person on the poster is." Riley whispered,

not looking up from her notebook. She was doodling on the back. I t was her sacred

notebook; the front was covered looped words and hearts. They repeated the words

'Riley and Lucas forever' over and over again. And the other side?

Well, I remember two years ago when Lucas didn't ask Riley to the dance straight

away because he assumed they were going together already. Her fatal flaw,

insecurity, had set in and Riley scribbled in tiny letters on the back of her notebook

' Riley and Lucas are just friends'.

I looked over at the poster. It was of a man in armour. He was strong and looked

menacing. There was a word in some other language on the bottom. I glanced at

the board; it read 'Ancient Greece'. I guessed this was one of the gods. I stared at

the poster blankly and then the Greek word jumbled its letters and I read the word

silently.

"Ares, the Greek god of war. He was born of Zeus and Hera. He loves Aphrodite." I

said. Then I went pail. How did I know that? I looked at riley in panic. She was

frowning in confusion. I continued. "Ares's symbols were a spear and a dog. He was

very unlikable so no Ancient Greek city wanted to have him as a patron."

"Yes, Maya. That's exactly right. Well done." Mr Mathews looked shocked, but not as

shocked as I felt. What was going on with me? A boy cleared his throat. I hadn't

recognized that he had been standing in the doorway. I guess he saw everything

that happened, but that was no explanation for why he was looking at me strangely.

I've never seen him around before so he must be new. That means he wouldn't

know that I don't usually know anything.

He was tall and had dark brown hair and greenish blue eyes. Like the ocean. He was

pretty handsome, the same build as Lucas.

"Hi," he said. "I'm the new kid, Percy Jackson."

Percy's POV

Chiron told me that there were three newfound demigods in this school. By what

I've just seen I guess I already found one. My first reaction was disbelief, finding

one demigod in a city within a month is standard. Two, tour really lucky, probably

related. But three? They had gravitated together somehow. They were special; the

gods had placed them in this area so that they would find each other for a reason.

One of them has to be the chosen one that Rachel was talking about.

It must be Poseidon's son,

Who brings to the camp, The Chosen One.

Two of the owl, one of the sea,

You shall be the first three.

Two sons from the Almighty Zeus, another two girls born of the god of war,

A Hermes child, claimed when the gods dropped a downpour.

Next the most recent two girls of beauty,

Born of Aphrodite.

Travel to the depths of Tartarus,

A quest where two shall leave us.

One will breathe their last breath, slayed by a monster,

The youngest son of Zeus shall despise the other, for he is a betrayer.

The fate of the world is in their hands,

If you fail there will be only one who stands,

The titan lord,

For you to succeed

Then you will need,

A weapon made with a certain 5 gods,

Only then, you will survive against all odds.

I recited the predicament in my head. Lucas was sent o Rachel one afternoon at

camp last summer. We have been preparing ever since he told us Rachel's

prediction. Luke is up to something. We've all been on the lookout for The Chosen

One, wondering what we'll find.

Lucas and Zay were sent here before me. Zay was the satyr who found Lucas in

Texas. I was meant to come with Grover but it would be too suspicious to have two

demigods of the big three and two satyrs. It would attract too many monsters. I'm

surprised no monsters have found them already. But they are now 15 so it's time to

take them to camp.

"Ah, yes," The fuzzy haired teacher said to me, gesturing towards the seat on

Lucas's left. I sat in it and took my books out. I hope I don't burn this school down

too. The teacher pulled out a poster of Aphrodite, good we were doing Ancient

Greek gods, at least I won't be completely lost.

"Riley, do you know who this is." He asked. A slim, gorgeous brunette in the front

row next to the blond demigod finally looked up from her notebook. Her face paled

and she gasped, looking frantically from her blonde friend to the poster.

Riley's POV

I shook my hand; it was really sore from writing all over my notebook. The new boy

seemed nice. I made a mental note to make him feel welcome to sit with us at

lunch. I looked up at the front of the class and I could feel the heat leaving my

body. The Greek letters on the bottom of the poster moved over the page and

shuffled. I read the word in my head. It said, Aphrodite. I looked desperately from

Maya to the poster of the beautiful woman on the poster.

"A-A-Aphrodite," I stuttered, completely in shock. "She's the goddess of love and

beauty. Her symbol is the Dove, although some of her other symbol are the seashell

and mirror She's married to Hephaestus, the god of fire and forgery. However, she is

in love with Ares. She was created from sea foam in the sea Paphos in Cyprus when

Cronus slayed his father Ouranos, and threw his remains in the sea. The name

'Aphrodite' in Greek means 'Arisen from the foam'."

How did I know that? What was happening to me. Maya gave me a look to reassure

me that I wasn't going crazy and the same thing had happened to her.

Percy's POV

Ok, its either this teacher is very scary and all his students are petrified of him, or

I've just found the second demigod. Riley…Riley…why was that name familiar? Now I

remember. Lucas had told me about her at camp last summer. Her dad was the

history teacher. Which means that the blond girl must be Maya. Lucas had

suspected Riley was daughter of Aphrodite. At first I thought that it was just

because he obviously liked her. He would non-stop talk about her. And he said

another boy, Fample, or some other abnormal name like that. Farkle! That was it.

Farkle's POV

I am very impressed with Maya's knowledge of the Ancient Greek gods. Of course

Riley is typically very intelligent so I am not surprised that she knew the information

on Aphrodite. Although I must say some of her knowledge did exceed my own.

"Yes, Riley. You girls are really in shape this lesson. Farkle, let's see if you can beat

them." Mr Mathews called on me. I sat up straighter and smiled.

Mr Mathew's POV

Something weird is going on. I knew something like this was going to happen. The

kids are getting their powers. I already know that Lucas is the son of Zeus and Zay

is his satyr protector. He promised me that he would keep Riley safe when I'm not

around. I suspect that Percy, Poseidon's son, is here to take them all to camp half

blood. I knew that Riley was demigod, and I have suspected Farkle as the son of

Athena for a while now. But Maya came as a pleasant surprise. The best person to

be there for Riley is Maya. I wonder what god or goddess is her parent. Probably a

god, since Katy is her definite mother and her father left. Maybe Hypnos, since she's always falling asleep everywhere.

I searched through my posters to see if I could find Athena. I found it and lifted it

up in front of Farkle. His face went pale, just as Maya and Riley's had.

Farkle's POV

I waited as Mr Mathews looked at me expectantly. My eyes grew wide and my

mouth felt dry when I saw the letters move. I could read it even though it was in

Ancient Greek. I felt everyone watching me so I tried to conceal my astonishment.

"That's the goddess Athena. She was the goddess of wisdom and battle strategies.

Her symbol is the owl, the wisest animal. She is incredible at weaving." I babbled, I

had only known half of these things before now. How had I known the other half?

Riley turned to look at me, I gave her a look that said, 'What's going on?' Her face

replied with a look that said "I don't know, us to!'. Riley tilted her head to Maya.

Riley's POV

The look on Farkle's face confirmed it. Something really weird was going on. I

wasn't going crazy; at least I don't think so. For now. My hands began to shake and

I dropped my pen. I turned back to pick it up. Oh, no. Lucas leaned forward to pick

it up for me too. What do I do? What if I fall over? What if I say something weird?

My heart was beating so fast I swear that Lucas could hear it. My hand touched his

and it lingered there for a moment. A very long moment. I looked up at him and

paused, entranced in his electric blue eyes. I don't know how long we were frozen

like this. It probably would have been a lot longer if Zay hadn't run off his mouth.

"Ooh, look at dat!" Zay exclaimed, raising his eyebrows playfully.

I let go of the pen and straightened up a bit. "Thanks," I whispered as Lucas passed me my pen.

He grinned at me, he is so perfect. "Your welcome, princess." He breathed.

I blushed and turned back to the front and began drawing in my notebook again. I

momentarily forgot about our Ancient Greek reading problem. I wonder how he got

such amazing eyes. They are so mesmerising, like lightning bolts.