Annabeth's POV

"Sure thing dad."

Annabeth glanced again at the girl she was sharing a seat with. She was already 10 minutes into the hour bus ride to Goode Boarding School, and the girl hadn't stop talking to her dad. Annabeth wouldn't have minded so much if the girl hadn't been talking so loudly. She hadn't even bothered to introduce herself to Annabeth, which she found extremely rude. The girl's name tag said

Rachel Elizabeth Dare

in bright, red letters. Annabeth wondered why someone would write their full name on a name tag. She thought name tags usually implied a first name, and maybe a last initial. But no one had bothered to tell Rachel that. Finally the girl hung up the phone and turned to Annabeth.

"Hi. I'm Rachel Elizabeth Dare." She stuck out a hand, which was splattered in specks of different colored paint. Annabeth tentively took the girl's hand.

"I'm Annabeth Chase."

Rachel had the greenest eyes Annabeth had ever seen, and her hair was bright red. Like Ariel's. It was curly, and just barely reached her shoulder blades. She was pretty sure the curls were natural, because they were super frizzy too. Her skin was creamy, and it would have been completely bare of any blemishes, except for her numerous freckles. She was tall and skinny, definitely not an athlete. She had on dark wash jeans, that were ripped around the knees. There were doodles all over her jeans, and paint on them as well. She was wearing a plain black V-neck tee, and white converse.

"Sooooo Annabeth, where are you from?" Rachel drew out her words slowly, like testing them out.

"Arizona. What about you?"

"Ummm, I've lived everywhere. New York, California, Kansas, North Dakota, even for a brief time in Paris."

"You've lived in Paris? Thats amazing! I've always wanted to visit the Eiffel Tower. I'm really into architecture, and buildings."

Rachel grinned. "I love drawing buildings! When I lived in Paris, I'd go to Eiffel Tower every morning at 4am, before there were herds of tourists, and just sketch it out."

Rachel then bent down, and pulled up a dark blue backpack, and took out a notebook.

"These are just the sketches of the Eiffel Tower if you to see."

Annabeth took the notebook from Rachel. It was rough and thick, obviously worn. When she opened it, Annabeth caught her breath. Rachel had captured every angle of the tower, in so many different ways. She gave life to it, and each of her drawings seemed to reflect a personality of the Eiffel Tower.

"These are amazing!"

Rachel blushed.

"Thanks."

Percy's POV

Percy sighed grumpily as he stared out the window, watching the miles of nothingness continue. His mom had finally shipped him off to boarding school. After getting kicked out of so many schools he lost count, his mom's boyfriend, Paul Blofis, and recommended Goode Boarding School, which Paul just so happened to the Principal of. His "bus buddy," (or thats what Paul Blofis a.k.a Mr. Blofis had called the person you sat next to on the way to the boarding school) was staring down at his hands. Percy thought his name was Grover, or something like that, but the kid didn't have a name tag. He had brown eyes and short brown hair. He was super wiry, ad pretty tall. He guessed the kid was 5'8 or 5'9, but he wasn't sure.

Finally the kid turned to look at him.

"Hi. I'm Grover Underwood." Grover laughed nervously. "I kinda ate my name tag.."

Okay...

"I'm Percy Jackson." Grover stuck out his hand to shake mine. It was cold and clammy.

We sat in awkward silence for a little while longer, until Grover pulled a packet of sunflower seeds from his jeans pocket.

"Want some?" Grover held the seeds out.

"No thanks."He hated sunflower seeds. He had a philisophy that any kind of nut or seed, was bird food. Or squirrel food.

And that was it. They sat in silence for the rest of the way to school, and that was fine by him.

Annabeth's POV

"All right everyone, welcome to Goode boarding school! My name is Mr. Blofis, and I'm the princpal here. You've all been assigned a bus buddy, which is the person your sitting next to. You will be in a dorm together, along with one other pair of bus buddies. Our gods are based off the twleve Olympian gods, just for fun! I'll be calling the boy's first.

In the Poesiden Dorm, we have Percy Jackson and Grover Underwood, with Luke Castellan and Nico Di Angelo."

Two of the four guys that stood up caught my attention. The first guy was tall, probably almost 6'0, with messy black hair and green eyes that reminded me a little of Rachel's eyes. He had a strong build, a took in his surroundings quickly, almost like he was preparing for a battle.

The other guy was even taller then the first, with neat sandy blond hair, and bright blue eyes. He had a very muscular build, and walked tall and proud, almost arrogantly. He had on a small smirk, and didn't stop to glance at anyone as he walked out of the bus.

As the four boys walked out, Mr. Blofis handed them a map and pointed them in the direction of their dorm.

"In the Apollo Dorm, we have Jason Grace and Leo Valdez, with Ethan Nakamura and Frank Zhang."

The principal continued to call out a couple more dorms, and I couldn't really remember all the names. Finally, all the boys were gone, and Mr . Blofis moved onto the girls.

"In the Aphrodite Dorm, we have Drew Tanaka, and Silena Beauregard, with Piper McLean and Hazel Levesque."

"In the Artemis Dorm, we have Thalia Grace, and Zoe Nightshade, with Bianca Di Angelo and Phoebe Kylser."

"In the Hera Dorm, we have Rachel Elizabeth Dare, and Annabeth Chase, with Calypso Baer and Reyna Avila Ramirez-Arellano."

Annabeth stood up, and followed Rachel out of the bus. Once they reached the front, Mr. Blofis handed them a map, and told them to go to the left, and they'd find the girls dorms. Theirs was the one that said Hera on it.

The two other girls didn't say much as they walked together. The two girls, Calypso and Reyna, were both beautiful. Reyna (The only way Annabeth knew who was who was the nametags) was shorter, maybe 5'4 or 5'5. She had wavy dark brown hair that reached to the middle of her back, Her skin was ever so slightly tanned, and had a slim, muscular build. She had an elegant oval face, and her eyes were calculating and dark, but kind at the same time. She had an regal expression with arched eyebrows and perfect nose.

The other girl, Calypso, was just as pretty, but in a different way. Her complexion was a darker golden color, and her caramel hair was in a side braid that reached the middle of her stomach. Her face was more heart shaped, and her nose was a tiny button nose. She had dark oval eyes, with long lashes.

They were both wearing light wash skinny jeans. Calypso had on a light, breezy black tantop with white daisies on it. She had white flipflops on, and her toes were painted a bright pink.

Reyna had on a white crop top, with open toed sandals.

Finally Rachel broke the silence.

"Hi! I'm Rachel Elizabeth Dare, and that's Annabeth Chase."

"Hello." Calypso gave Rachel and a small smile, and the nodded at Annabeth.

"Um hi." Annabeth gave a little wave, and felt awkward. She hated being by strangers.

Finally they reached the dorms. They were 4 buildings, almost like mini cabins, lined up side by side.

The dorms went in alphabetical order, Aphrodite, Artemis, Athena, and Hera.

Annabeth had to keep herself fro, running over to the dorms. All the excitement she had felt when she had been excepted to Goode Boarding School flooded back.

She swung open the door.

"Wow."

There were 4 beds, each in a different corner of the room. They all had light blue bedspreads. By each bed was a small wooden desk, with a chair. In the middle of the room was a coffee table on a rug. Near the front of the room was a mini fridge, a sink, and a microwave on a small counter.

There was a flat screen TV, with a couch and some blankets at the back of the room.

"Nice place." Rachel grinned.