Clayton Hemmingway stood at the end of his set, he smiled and raised his hand at the cheering drunks and those who just walked in. "G'night everybody!" He calls out and walks down from the stage, grinning at the bartender.
CLAY'S POV
Mr. Godfrey smiled as he slid me a bottle "you're underage, but hey, you bring me money." He says smiling as the old juke box starts up. "Thank ya sir, but I can't, got a lot to do." I say smiling and standing. School had been let out the day before and I was ready to keep a gig at Godfrey's bar and grill. I pull my hat down low and walk out to the dining area, walking around and seeing some people I know from school, sports, plays and such. I walk and stop when I see a ragtag team of people walk in slowly, one was a Native American girl, followed by a blonde guy, a blonde girl followed by a stick of a man with black hair, a frizzy haired girl followed by a big Chinese guy, and a scrawny Hispanic kid followed by a girl with auburn hair. I got Mr. Godfrey. "Mr. Godfrey!" I call and he walks over "what is it son?" he asks, his breath smelling like beer and cigars "Know anywhere a few people can stay free?" I smile, he sighs and shakes his head "If you weren't like a son to me I'd hit ya." He smiles and hands me a few room keys and I approach the table after seeing the waitress Lacie, a cheerleader, take their orders. I stand in front of the table "'Scuse me?" I say and they all turn, wearily looking at me "what?!" the blonde snaps and I see the black haired guy put his arm around her "Annabeth, it's okay, you're just tired." She nods and the boy smiles at me, all of them my age. I look over the table, the blonde boy flipping a gold coin…was that electric I smelt? No. I'm just crazy… but, the Hispanic kid snapped his fingers and I saw a fire spark "Earth to cowboy, come in cow boy!" he says and I shake my head "oh, um, I thought since you guys weren't lookin too good…I got y'all rooms, on the house…" I say and the blonde boy held his coin "should we?" he asked the black haired boy and he stood up. I clenched my jaw and he held out his hand "I'm Percy, that's Jason, Piper, Frank, Hazel, Leo, Calypso, and Annabeth." He says pointing everyone out and I relax and smile "oh, alright…I'm Clay, Clay Hemmingway." I smile and I hand out the keys "if y'all want I'll grab your tab, the owner won't mind." I smile and the Native American girl piped up "ummm, we can pick that up, you've done so much already, with the rooms and all…" she says and sits. I shrug "if y'all want, I can show ya around tomorrow morning…" I say and they all nod as the food comes and I leave them be.
I walk down at about 9, the dining area full of older people but I stretch and sit at the counter, ordering a coffee and spinning around and sip for a while. I hear the group come down and grin, everyone looks better and changed, at least they all look better, I thought to myself smiling as they walked over. I stood up, about the same height as Jason, and about as built as Frank, all thanks to football. I smiled "grab your coffee kids, we got a good day ahead." I say smiling and they all get their drinks and I lead them out. We walk around town for a while and I took them down to the cornfields that my dad left me after he died in a car crash. I go and sit by the river, smiling down at the water. Percy walks over and smiles "hey Clay, thanks for everything." He smiles and I nod, smiling "I always feel better by the water, feel stronger." I smile and he nods "I know what you mean, it has helped in more ways than one." He says looking down at the water and I smile. All of a sudden the ground rumbles and see a giant thing, half man, half bull charge out of the woods and head straight for me and Percy. I stand and look, the entire group materialize behind me, all with weapons. I stand and pull out my small pistol I keep in my boot "my dad left me this and I've never used it, good of time as any!" I say and aim down the sights and fire before it can charge another step, as I pull the trigger the revolver changes in my hands and I stand holding a crossbow, I can tell already that it's not right,, I look as the monster grapples at a bronze bolt in its forehead and it falls and dissolves and I look at the astonished faces. "How-wha-and you-HUH?!" were collective thing said by the group and Percy walked up to me "you see what you just hit?" he asks and I'm breathing heavily and in a cold sweat "wha-what's going on…?" I ask, but before I know it, my vision goes blurry and I feel someone catch me and I see what looks like a man riding a horse show up and my eyes shut.
