Hey guys! I've had this idea in my head for a couple of weeks now... had to write it down... Hope you like it!
DISCLAIMER: No PJO, HoO or HP characters feature in this chapter. Piper McLean and The Lost Hero are owned by Rick Riordan, as is Camp Half-Blood and its whereabouts.
"Okay, girls! I know you're all very excited for our upcoming trip to America!"
Of course I was excited. I was getting the chance to have my first real-life audition for a movie - Piper McLean in The Lost Hero! I knew I was probably nothing like the real-life Piper (I was sure she actually existed, no matter how hard my friends tried to convince me otherwise), but I wanted to give it a shot anyway.
"Now, today we're going to spend this period discussing exactly what we'll be doing there, such as the states and cities we'll visit, the national monuments and hotels we'll be staying in."
Ms Parkes drew a large calendar on the whiteboard. This calendar covered two months of time - April and May! The group of us going were highly lucky. A group of people in New Zealand had offered the chance for a group of teenagers to go to America to audition for movie roles. We all auditioned for the chance to go, and got chosen! Even better, they were paying most of the expenses! We just had to pay for the flights to and from America!
"Now," Ms Parkes began, "the first week is entirely audition phase one. We will be staying in a large house, four girls to a room. I will allow you to sort that out yourselves when we are done discussing this. The second week is the recalls, or, as they are sometimes called, callbacks. For those who do not get a recall, there will be activities planned at the house. We will, at one point, go to Washington DC. However, the other adults and I have agreed to keep most of what we are going to do a secret. However, at one point, we will have a day out in the country, walking, talking, having a picnic etc."
"Where in America will this be happening, Ms Parkes?" Of course. My lovely, but infuriating, cousin, India, who used to live in Canada, had come back to New Zealand (finally!) at the beginning of this year. She was nice, pretty, smart, and had a similar sense of humor to me - we were almost the same person, cloned, but with different bodies. Of course she'd be the one to ask.
"Long Island Sound."
My heart skipped a beat. This was my chance to find out if I was crazy or not. Ever since reading my now-favorite series, I had seen... things... everywhere I went. My friends all thought I was crazy. My not-so-close friends thought I should see a psychologist about my 'hallucinations.' My close friends just accepted me for who I was. My cousin, however, one day actually quietly admitted to me that she had been seeing things too. Then, a boy I dance with started looking over his shoulder everywhere he went. I knew something was up. I might have been crazy, but I wasn't dumb. Going to Long Island Sound would prove to me whether or not I was crazy - if I could see Camp Half-Blood, and my cousin could too, I wasn't crazy. If I could get in there... a dream come true.
"Billie." I heard a voice.
"Billie!" Startled, I looked up.
"Class just ended!" CJ, one of my best friends, was standing next to my desk. I realised I must have been daydreaming. I walked out of the classroom with CJ, India, Meg, Mickayla and Soph, with Camp Half-Blood and demigods still on the brain.
Hey! Sorry it was so short... I just wanted to see what people thought of the beginning. Most of the trip in America will not feature in the story. The auditions might, but I'm not sure. Definitely the cast list!
Camp Half-Blood will feature shortly, as will Harry Potter and Hogwarts.
Please review! Blue cookies to anyone who does!
