Chapter 1:

How would you like it if one day your mom and dad just decided to tell you that Greek and Roman mythology was real? That it played a major part in our lives? And that their mother or father was a god? You wouldn't be too happy right? Well that's how I get to feel right now.

My name is Skyler Jackson. I am the daughter of Percy and Annabeth Jackson. My mom says that I look like a mixture of both of my parents. I have curly blond hair and vivid green eyes. I have the brains of my mom( and grandma's apparently), and the "powers" of my dad. I'm not even sure that I have these "powers", but my parents are. Here's how it all started.

"Skyler," my mom called from somewhere downstairs.

"Yeah?"

"Can you come down? Your father and I want to talk to you."

When I got downstairs, my dad looked stressed and my mom looked a little worried. I could hear them whispering.

"Should we tell her?" my dad asked.

"She is twelve, and she will have to go to camp soon," my mom responded.

My mind was bursting with questions. What camp? Tell me what? Why do I have to be twelve?

"We need to tell you something very important," my dad started. "We need you to be serious about it. Remember, we would never lie to you."

My dad looked like he was trying to speak, but before he could say anything, I cut him off by saying "If you're going to explain what's going on, could you please get on with it?"

My parents looked at each other and nodded.

"It is time." They said in a creepy voice.

When they finished explaining everything, I was pretty ticked off. I mean, after twelve years, now they explain that they were the son or daughter of a greek god/ goddess? And all of the weird animals I see, that they are actually monsters! It's just not fair! The worst part of the whole thing is that I was planning on having a relaxing summer. Go to the pool, visit a few libraries. And now I have to go to some stupid summer camp and learn about greek myths. NOT COOL!

"Calm down Skyler," my dad tells me. "Camp Half- Blood isn't that bad. You go rock-climbing, do archery, sword- fighting, canoeing, Pegasus riding, and other fun stuff."

Now it's starting to sound better. I'm an adventure girl. I love high risk stuff.

"All right, I'll go."

"Good, we're leaving tonight."

Tonight? Yikes. I didn't realize that we would be leaving so soon.