Hi, guys, this is my first story so sorry if it's horrible. Also, I stayed up late so excuse me if I spelled something wrong. If you notice anything wrong please tell me. Please feel free to give advice to, it would mean a lot to me.

Hi, my name is Ava Olsen and I'm 15 years old. My mom left me when I was born and I live with my dad in an RV by the California coast. Life has been hard for the both of us for the past years. Ever since my mom left us we've been moving all over the place, but we stopped right here in California where my dad finally found a job to provide for our small family. My dad has been fired from jobs everywhere and now he works at a fancy restaurant by the beach. We might be even able to afford a house if he works extra hours.

My life has been hard especially. I've had to transfer schools a lot and I have never made an actual friend. I usually go to a random school that my dad drops me in and at least a quarter through the school year we leave. Everyone I meet just becomes an acquaintance. But finally, I made my first friend. Liam Halls. We're nothing more than friends so don't get any ideas.

I'm treated like human scum at my school, but Liam was the only person who made high school enjoyable. He treats like I'm special and needed for some reason. I'm pretty clever compared to most people in my classes. My dad says I'm just like my mom. Intelligent. I just don't get why he won't tell me who my mom's name is, but whenever I ask he just looks at me and says "You'll found out." I wish he wasn't so stubborn.

June 9, the last day of our Freshman year

I ride the bus home with Liam every day. We're the last people off the bus and Liam is dropped off at the RV village with me to visit and he walks home on his own. My dad doesn't get home till 6:30 so he doesn't really care how long he stays. Which is strange since he would never really let anyone come over for partner projects and he would never let me go out to anyone's house.

"So how about when we get home we make some dinner for dad to surprise him," I said with enthusiasm.

"Whatever makes you happy." He seemed tense as he said that. Like something bad was about to happen.

"Is something wrong?" I said with concern. He started to sniff the air like he could smell something dead.

"Uh-oh. This bus needs to stop right no-"

Liam was cut off by a loud thump on the side of the bus that caused it to flip.

I woke up with Liam slightly shaking me and saying "Please don't be dead, Please don't be dead! Chiron will be very cross if you are." At least that's what I thought he was saying, my head was throbbing horribly and it felt like I had a giant bump on my forehead. Surprisingly I was alive. I must have hit my head really hard because it looked like Liam had horns and goat legs.

I sat up holding the side of my head and managed to mumble,"Liam are those goat horns you're wearing... and goat legs?" He gave me a smirk that said: I'll tell you later. I decided not to argue about the subject. Liam helped me to my feet and my ankle shot with pain as if it were on fire. I yelped and instantly knew it was broken.

There was a loud screech outside of the bus. Liam helped me walk to the exit at the end of the bus, which didn't seem to be the best idea since I did not want to find out what the screeching sound is. The loud creature was banging the side of the bus trying to get in. Luckily the creature didn't notice us as we finally got through the back exit. I saw my dad's truck speeding towards us.

"Is that my dad?" What was he doing here, it wasn't even 6:30 yet.

"Well, I called him when you were unconscious on the bus." He blushed a little like he was embarrassed.

"How did you get his number? You barely see him."

"Well he wanted me to watch over you because... well...I-I", he started to stutter,"I'll tell you later."

As my dad pulled up, the creature still didn't notice a thing. I guess it was too caught up on denting the bus to notice us. Must have been pretty stupid.

My dad pulled up on the opposite side of the bus and made a hand gesture saying: Hop in. We got in the back seat as fast we could. He backed up the truck, turned right around to the other side to the bus where the creature was and rammed the creature right in the side. It rolled onto the hood of the car. My dad hit the pedal and we sped away as the creature rolled off the car.

"Are you alright Ava? I saw you limping is your ankle broken?"

"I'm fine, dad, but what was that?!" I yelled. I was really starting to get agitated. What were Liam and my dad not telling me?

"A fury", Liam said in such a grim voice it almost scared me.

"A what?" What in the world is a fury?

"Let's just say they're giant chicken ladies, ok?" Dad said.

I had so many questions spinning in my head, I started getting dizzy, "Why is Liam a goat? Why was that fury trying to kill us? Why do you need to watch over me, Liam? Wha-"

My dad cut me off me rudely,"I know you have lots of questions, honey, but Liam can explain. Right, Liam?"

Liam turned towards me,"Okay, first of all, I'm not a goat I'm a satyr. You're a demigod aka a daughter of a god/goddess. The-"

"Wait, my dad is a god?"

"What no..., but your mom is." He said it in such an enthusiastic voice I wanted to slap that smile right off of his face. Did he expect me to believe him?!

"Is this a joke?" I really hoped this was a joke, but I had a feeling that they weren't pulling my leg, but just to make sure...

"No this is not a- Ow!" I started tugging at Liam's strangely rough horns to see if they were fake, but they wouldn't budge.

He pushed my arms away,"Um ow! My horns are sensitive! Please do not touch, Ava. Anyway, your mother is a goddess so that makes you a demigod. That fury was trying to kill you because well, that's what monsters do. I'm here to protect you because I'm a satyr and I can smell monsters," that explains why he was so tense on the bus," So now we're taking you to Camp Half-Blood, where you'll be safe and sound with no monsters to hurt you and you can train too."

"Camp Half-blood? What am training for?" I was so confused I wanted to scream.

Liam sighed,"Camp Half-blood is a camp where demigods go so they train and don't have to fight monsters every thirty minutes. Demigods, like you, have a scent that attracts monsters and the camp has a barrier around it that only demigods can go through."

My heart started to race and I looked at my dad,"Dad, are you coming with me?"

He started to tear up,"I'm afraid not sweetie. Only demigods can stay there. I'm not a demigod. You'll have to go there without me, Avocado." Avocado was my nickname when I was a kid. He hasn't called me that since I was six years old.

"B-but dad? I don't want to leave you."

"I know, sweetie, but this is the way it has to be." I could tell in his voice he didn't want to do this at all.

Liam was about to speak when something landed on the hood of the truck and punched its giant claw into the hood continually until it finally broke through, almost pulverizing me.