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Chapter #1-

The "New and Improved"

Everything was perfect. I was sitting on a newly-mowed patch of sweet smelling grass. The sun embracing me without having to burn me. The smell of flowers filling my nose. Everything was perfect. Suddenly, darkness was coming to me instead of the sun. The sweet smelling grass turned to stone. The smell of compost and garbage filled my nose. What was going on? What was happening? Then, I saw it. The monster was coming toward me. I started running, running as fast as I could. But I wasn't fast enough. The monster caught me. I knew I was going to die. It could only come so soon th-

"ANNABETH! BREAKFAST'S READY!"

I instantly opened my eyes. Instead of grass or stone, I was laying down on my bed. The sunlight was coming through my windows. No monster. Just a dream. I got up out of bed and looked around for a minute. Everything seemed to be in the same shape it was before I went to sleep last night. Oh, crap, I thought to myself. I have to go shopping for school today. I lazily got out of bed and went downstairs. I went into the kitchen. My dad was making pancakes, sausage, and orange juice for breakfast. "Good morning Dad," I said in a half-asleep voice. He turned around, obviously startled. "Oh, good morning Annabeth. Have a nice sleep?" I yawned. "Kind of. I had another ba-" I stopped myself. I wasn't going to tell HIM I was having bad dreams. "I'm slept fine, Dad. I'm going to the mall today with Erin and Maddie." "Oh, okay. Well, I'm just going to be home today. Call me if you need me." "Thanks Dad," I said in my I'm-really-grateful tone. I ate my breakfast very fast so that I could get my shower out of the way.

As I was getting into my friends moms car, I slipped on a toy truck of my brother's and almost fell face-first into the concrete sidewalk. Thankfully, Maddie pulled me up and saved me. "You really shouldn't rearrange your face the day before school," she laughed. Maddie, Erin, and I met when I first moved in about 3 months ago. Maddie and Erin came and greeted me first. They lived on that street as well and wanted to be friends with me. We became close and started going places with each other. Maddie and Erin are sisters, but Maddie usually hangs out with me more than Erin because Erin is 14. Maddie and I are only 11 going on 12. Anyways, we got in the car and her mom drove us to the mall. We eventually went into a cute clothing store and Maddie said she's going to give my school wardrobe a makeover. Thankfully, the outfits there were only around $40, so I didn't have to spend much of my $100. I bought a bunch of tanks, a few skirts, some shorts, two pairs of ripped jeans, and a few other things. Maddie said that she had created the "new and improved me" and that I shouldn't change that. Ever. When I went to bed that night, I felt a little nervous. What would happen the next day? Would I make friends? Would no one like me? I eventually fell asleep, whether I liked it or not.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP! Ugh! I immediately shut off my alarm clock. Unfortunately, I slept for another 15 minutes and was late for school. I quickly brushed out my tangled hair, put on my clothes, and brushed my teeth. I didn't have time for any breakfast. I ran out of the house quickly so that I didn't miss my bus. Fortunately, I got to the bus on time. The bus driver was apparently named Miss. Hughes. She had long, silky brunette hair pulled into a rubber band. She looked to be in her 30's or 40's. I took an empty seat and pretended to look at my finger nails. I didn't know what to do. Should I say hello to someone? No, definitely not. Then, I saw them. One was a boy with brown hair and wearing a baseball hat. He had light brown eyes and was on crutches. Another was a girl with spiked black hair and electric blue eyes. By electric blue I mean electric blue. I don't think anyone's eyes could be like that. The last one was a boy with raven black hair and – wow – sea green eyes. His eyes were perfect. They were nothing compared to my dull, lifeless grey eyes. Suddenly, they all started laughing at a joke that the guy with brown hair said. I wondered what was so funny. I instantly looked their way and saw, to my surprise, they were laughing at me. What was so funny about me? We all just stared at each other until, finally, the girl with the spiked black hair came over to my seat and said, "Hi. I'm Thalia. Are you new here or something?" "Yes," I said in my best I'm-not-afraid-of-you voice. "Oh, well, that's Grover," she said while pointing to the boy with brown hair, "and that's Percy." She pointed to the other boy with raven black hair. "Oh," I said, "Nice to meet you. I'm Annabeth. I moved in a couple of months ago." She smiled. "I know," she said in an unnerving voice. We didn't talk the rest of the bus ride. Something in my brain said that we should be friends, but she is a little weird…

When we got to school, Thalia showed me around. The first period bell rang and we had to go our separate ways. "I'll see you in lunch. You can sit at my group table if you want. We won't bite," she said, smiling. I smiled, too. Maybe if I got to know her, she won't be so bad. "Okay, thanks. I'll see you at lunch," I said, walking to my first class. When I walked into my first class, I saw him. It was the boy with raven black hair, piercing green eyes, everything perfect – Percy.

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