"Chance!" yelled Mrs. Blofis from downstairs."Are you ready to go?" We were go to the store. Mrs. Blofis adopted me a year ago and I was grateful ever since. She always preferred I call her Sally, but I occasionally call her mom. She already has a son, his name is Percy. I have seen a couple pictures of him and her, but I have never met him in person.

"Yeah," I said "be down in a minute." I hoped off my bed and and walked down stairs. She was already outside and getting in the car. I ran out, closing the door behind me, and hoped in the passenger seat."Where's Paul?" I asked her while she was turning on the car.

"He has to work late." she said in a sigh. She pulled out of the driveway of the apartment complex.

"So, where are we shopping today?" I asked.

"Actually we are going a different way." she said smiling at me.

"Where?" I asked didn't answer so I just stayed quiet.

"Are you excited about your birthday?" she asked happily. I'm 12 and turning 13 in a week. My birthday is June 24th.

I nodded, "Yeah!" I said.

"What kind of cake do you want?" she asked.

"Ohhh, Triple Chocolate Fudge!" I said enthusiastically. Triple Chocolate Fudge is a chocolate cake with chocolate fudge icing and chocolate candies and cookies.

"I can arrange that."

We were riding down an abandoned highway by a forest.

"Where are-" I started before being cut off by a loud POP.

"Oh no, not him too," Sally said looking horrified. "how is he one." She got out the car and examined the automobile. She looked at me worriedly. "Get out the car, quick"

I got out and looked at the side of the car and there was a big gash on the side.

"What would've done that?" I asked. I heard clawing behind me. I looked back and saw a pitch black dog the size of a pickup truck. It snarled and stared dead at me.

" Chance run in those woods behind me. Go straight through and you'll see a lit house go straight there." she said in a hushed tone.

"But mom I'm no-" I said.

" Chance just GO!" she yelled. "It won't hurt me." she looked at me with worry in her eyes. I turned and bolted for the woods. Trees slapped my face but I could hop over all the branches and weeds sticking out the ground. I saw a light in the distance and ran towards it. I was almost there when there was a loud bark behind me. A stinging pain appeared in my back and I fell to the ground in pain.

"Help...Somebody Help!" I yelled as loud as I could. I lifted my hand and touched my back. There was a big gash from my shoulder blade to the middle of my back. I crawled forward and the pain took over. Black dots danced across my vision. I looked back at the dog. It pounced but when it was halfway in lunge it bounced back like an invisible giant kicked it. It tried again but it was the same result. It suddenly just turned and bolted away.

I looked back where the house was. A girl with blonde hair and blue eyes was running towards me. Before she could reach me I blacked out.

I woke up and was in a bed with a blonde girl sitting beside me. She wasn't the girl from earlier, the one earlier had straight blonde hair, this one had curly blonde hair. She had a orange drink in her hand, it was half gone.

"Well we will just have to wait until he wakes up for us to ask him." she said.

"That's right now." someone said. I looked around to see the speaker, It was a guy with jet black hair and green eyes. He had on jeans and an orange t-shirt that said CAMP HALF-BLOOD. "I'll go tell Chiron he's awake." He left the room and I turned back to the girl. She was looking at me now, her gray eyes were scary. Like she was looking into the depths of my soul.

"Are those color contacts?" she asked.

"What?" I asked.

"Are those color contacts?" she repeated.

"No." I said awkwardly.

"So, how do you have silver eyes?" she asked.

"I don't know." I said. Why was she asking these questions?

"Sorry, my name is Annebeth." she said smiling.

"Chance Blofis," I said, "nice to meet you." Her got a confused look when I said my name.

"What did you say your last name was." she said. I thought about saying my old name 'Chance Seth Daren' but I just repeated stared at me like I was crazy.

"Where am I?" I asked.

"Camp Half-Blood, it's a cam-" she said.

"I already know." I said.

"How?" she asked.

"I listened to my mom talk to her son about this camp over the phone or something." I told her.

"Why did you call the guy 'her son' and not brother?" she asked.

"I'm adopted." I said quietly. But the moment of silence told me she heard me.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't bother you about this." she said.

"It's fine." I said.

"So you believe in the greek gods?" she asked. I thought of what to say, I am actually christian but who knows what would happen if they found out. The conversation was cut short by the guy that was here before.

"Chiron would like to speak to you. Of course if your're feeling better." he said to me and then looked at Annebeth. "Did you tell him?"

"He already knows." she replied. "Oh, Chance meet Percy, Percy this is Chance." Where have I heard that name before? I got up off the bed and saw the bandages that went all around my chest and back and over my shoulder. I went over and shook his hand. We walked out of room.

"So, what's your last name." he asked.

"Blofit." I said. He stopped in his track and his eyes widend.

"Is your mom's name Sally?" he asked. When he said her name my heart dropped, I didn't even know if she was alive. I wish people would stop asking about family. Wait, how did he know her name.

"Yeah." I said cautiously.