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CARLY SHAY

It seemed like my life was weird enough until I got a knock on our door. I opened it, and before me stood Sam, with a Fat Cake in hand, and a bucket of fried chicken in the other. Typical day for me. Until we went to Groovey Smoothie, that is. As Sam and I ordered our smoothies, T-Bo did something really weird. He growled. And as he growled he started to grow until he was smushed against the roof. "Grrrrrr!" it yelled. It was now either a really small jumbo gorilla, or a really big black lab.

"Sam, uh I think it's time to leave." We turned and ran until Sam stopped and turned back to get her fried chicken and smoothie. "Sam!" she stopped short and came back, "You owe me a bucket of fried chicken." We ran towards the apartment, but then our day just got weirder. Spencer burst out of the ground, riding something that resembled an electric horse, or a science project gone wrong. "Spencer?" I asked, half yelled. He shouted, "Get to the portal, and take these!" he tossed us two things, a dog tag with my mom's name on it; this was the one that Dad had made for her before he was on tour again. Before I saw the other item that Sam had caught, the dog tag shimmered, and the inscription said 'Carly'. I looked at Sam's item. They were two small, yellow discs that almost radiated electricity. Strangely, both Sam and I were drawn to it. "Carlay! Get to the airport! Freddie will meet you there! Look for the chauffeur with the sign that says Delphi Strawberry Farm. Don't forget, I love you, and I always will. Oh, by the way, feed Marvin- ah!" I had the worst day in my life that day.

A stupid dog T-Bo had killed Spencer. I was so mad, that everything turned to red. Crrrrack! I opened my eyes and saw nothing but a black dust, and it smelled like electricity had just hit the lawn by us. I suddenly felt really weak, and I was about to fall over, when Sam urged, "Carls, come on! We have to get to the airport! It's a block away!" I used all my strength to follow Sam to the airport. She half carried me over to the chauffeur with the sign saying, DELPHI STRAWBERRY FARM. Freddie was already there, and he ushered us onto a private jet. Cool, I always wanted a private jet…

I had a better chance to look at the chauffeur guy. He was about six feet, and had a beard. Want to know what the weird thing I noticed as he went to speak to the pilot was? He was a horse dude. "Whoah, you've got a hooves…"

"Carls, don't be wacky. You doing LSD?" Sam must've forgotten about the horse dude, 'cuz she was digging in on a huge bucket of chicken brought by the air attendants. For some reason, they wore really weird outfits, and acted like we were gods that could vaporize them if we wanted to.

Then I remembered Spencer. "Sam! No! Oh, my God, Spencer… He's dead." I got Sam's attention then. She looked at me. To my surprise, instead of me just bursting out in sobs, both of us did.

"Carly, he was like the dad I never had. You're really lucky." We just cried for a while. Then the horse dude came in, and that got Sam's "WTF?" face on. "Whoah, Carly, you were right. He's a horse!"

Horse dude smiled, and sat down. How he did that, I do not know. "Hello, Carly, Sam, Freddie. My name is Chiron. I am very sorry about Spencer, but we have little time to discuss more important matters. Think about history in your school. Remember those myths about the Greek gods, like Apollo, or Zeus, or Poseidon, or Hades?" We nodded. "Well, those are true. Carly, Sam, we have had reason to believe that your godly parentage is that of Lord Zeus," thunder rumbled, "and Freddie's parentage is still unknown. Trust, my boy, we will find it out soon. Now, back to the bad part. I'm afraid that a force still believing in Kronos' rise is out to get you. Either to kill, or persuade you to join their fight. Do not listen to them, for they will only kill you once your purpose is used. But, if you come with us we will give you the proper training in our headquarters for training all demigods, like you, and getting them ready to fight for the gods, not against them. It's called Camp Half Blood. We have a bag packed for each of you. We will have to confirm each of yours godly parentage, soon, though, as Kronos has rerisen."

He continued, "So, first, Samantha…" Sam gave him, 'call me that again, you'll be running with three legs' look. "Sam, when Spencer tossed you the two yellow discs, did you keep them?" "Yeah, why?" Chiron asked,"Can I see them? I merely need to check if that is a weapon of Zeus' forges."

Sam handed over the two discs. Instead of holding them, he grabbed a rubber plate and motioned for her to set them on there. I thought for a minute. Wasn't rubber an insulator? "Ah, yes. This is a sure sign of your father being Zeus." Sam looked happy. "So you're saying my dad wasn't a crack head and wasn't executed for murder?"

"Yes, that was a cover story. Carly, can I see the dog tag? Set it on this again." He studied it and gave it back to me. "Yes, you are another child of Zeus. Due to such sureness you will be housed at the Zeus cabin, as I have a feeling that you will be claimed withing a day or two's of your arrival at Camp."

"Claimed?" I asked, confused. "What?"

"All in time Carly Shay."

Then I wondered how my father was a god when I he was overseas in the Army. "Wait, how is that possible? My dad is in the military." I asked.

"My dear, you are adopted. Spencer is your blood brother, but otherwise, your bloodline to your father is separated. Your mortal father knew you were a demigod, and sent Spencer to camp too. When he left to raise you, he promised he would send you to camp when you were ready. Sensing that the abyss of hell is rising again, we must train and prepare you. After arriving at camp, Thalia will explain everything to you." "Who's Thalia?" I asked,

"You'll see. All in time, my dear, just wait."

It took a minute to sink in. Right now, I was too shaken to even worry about the whole, adopted thing. We were landing. It felt as the higher I went, the stronger I got. So now I felt like crap.

Freddie and Chiron were trying random items to see if they had any effect, but none so far. I guess they'd figure out his dad or mom later. Then I realized something. Sam and I were half-sisters. I turned to her and said excitedly,

"Sam, we're half sisters!" we both smiled. Chiron put in, "You'll have one more, Thalia. She's nice though. Don't worry."

After landing, we left the plane and were led to a car. After a long drive, we finally ended up at this, Camp Half Blood.

Wow, this is gonna be soooo much fun to write. Enjoy!

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