I slowly opened my eyes, all I saw was the bottom of a bridge. It was molded and had holes all in the stone it was built from, just my kinda place. I didn't want to get up, the soft dirt seemed comfortable for now, but I had to move. I sat up slightly and I looked around, I was glad to see no animal around me, last thing I want is to be some vulture's snack. I got up and brushed myself off, I then rolled up my sleeping bag and then I walked over to a bush where I kept my bag, so no one would steal it, but nobody would want to steal it though.

The fact I had to do this was terrible. You're probably wondering how I got here, it would take a while for me to tell you everything, but basically someone dropped me off at the foot of an orphanage when I was a baby and I lived there most my life. I didn't know who my parents were, no knowledge of them, all I had was a necklace around my neck. It was leather, but had a blue crystal on it, I never took it off. but a year ago I ran off, I wanted to be more than a poor orphan boy, now I'm a homeless poor orphan boy, what a change. But it was better than being if that god forsaken place, and the good thing is that no one remembered Nick Snow, so nobody worries that I wasn't there. I walked over to the bush and picked up my bag. Okay, it was really a drawstring bag with a few things in it but it was a bag nonetheless, and it was all that I had. I opened it and get out my socks, shoes, and windbreaker. I put on my socks, the left one had a big hole where my heel was and the right had a hole where my toe was. I then put my old loafers on, they were old and beaten up, I'm lucky I found them outside a goodwill, and the windbreaker, I've had it since I left the orphanage, it was to big then and now it fit just right. It was a light blue and super light, sometimes I barely felt it but it was nice to have on. And I swear I've gotten so many holes in it, it looks dirty, but no holes. I then reached in my bag and pulled out my toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste that I stole from a walgreens. I put toothpaste on the brush and brush my teeth, like every normal teen does. I then look for a place to spit it out. I see a small puddle near me, I go over and spit it out. I then saw my reflection.

I had a narrow face with a small nose, but I had piercing light blue eyes, I liked them a lot actually, and besides my eyes, I had a forgettable face, which worked in my favor. But my most notable feature is my hair, my hair was really long, it goes below my ears and goes just above my eyes. But that's not the main reason people always look at me funny, my hair is naturally white, like white as snow. I know what you're thinking, why didn't you just dye it? Well, I've tried a total of ten times, I dye it to like a dark brown, but literally minutes later it turns back to white, I don't even know, but hey, life just hates me. I hated it when people looked at me, so I grabbed the beanie out of my bag and put it on, stuffing my hair in with in. I slapped the water a bit, hated looking at my but a poor boy.

But, now I need to figure out where to go. Ever since I left the orphanage all I've done is move, I never stay in one place for to long. My orphanage is in New Jersey, now I'm somewhere in New York City. So I picked a direction and I went. I had some water bottles and protein bars in my bag so I shouldn't have to go anywhere or steal anything. So I started walking.

I ended up in a forest, it was beautiful actually, it was outside of New York City but I could still see the tall buildings in the city. After two hours of walking in the woods I found myself in a small area in the forest, I don't what it was but it had a concrete floor and a few wooden picnic tables surrounded by trees, it was maybe a rest stop for runners. I decided it was time for a break. I walk over to a table and sat down, I laid my head down and closed my eyes for a bit. It was good to relax. I then lift my head up and put my bag on the table and grab a water out of it. I twist the cap and take a sip, it was nice and cold, but I never understood how it was always so cold, must be weather. I look around where I was and I smiled, this is the dream, just drinking a nice cold bottle of water without a care in the world. There were a couple trash cans around and littered trash, which meant people still came here, that meant it was time for me to go.

But then I heard some movements in the bushes. My head quickly darts in that direction. "Who's there?" I ask carefully. Maybe it's just a dog. I think to myself. I stood up and grabbed a rock and had it in a throwing position. I then carefully walked over to the bush. Nothing happened. I leaned over and looked into it. It moved a little more. "Hello?" I ask scared. I then spread two branches apart with my hands. Then, two glowing dots appear, then another pair appears next to it. They were just staring at me, my eyes go wide. I back up and fall right on my butt. I'm in shock. I then heard a loud growl, but it wasn't the sound of a dog, more like a bear and a lion had a child. I quickly get up and run over to the bench I was sitting at. I shove the bottle of water I had in my bag and I sling it over my shoulders. Before I ran I looked behind me. To beasts jumped from the bushes. They looked like dogs, but they were the size of bulls, with black fur and foam from the mouth. They then turned there heads towards me. I then saw the sharp teeth and red eyes, no pupils. I darted to the woods.

I was pushing branches away and jumping over logs, I was terrified. I heard loud barks and growls from behind me. "SOMEBODY HELP ME! PLEASE?!" I screamed. No one answered. I just kept running. I look behind me to see one of them catching up to me. I had to do something fast, I had know time to think it through so I had to trust my gut. I had a crazy idea. I saw a small tree coming up. I jumped forward and grabbed it with both my hands and I spun around it. I scratched up my hands, enough to cause blood, but I didn't care. I spun and I kicked the "dog" back into the other one. I stand still in a monet of shock, but then I started running again. Is it over? I thought to myself. I look again and they were speeding up, it only pissed them off. Just my luck. But ahead, I saw a big sign, I couldn't tell, but all I saw was camp half, something else but I couldn't tell. "HEY, PLEASE HELP ME!" I screamed. I was almost to the gate. I heard people yelling. I was almost safe. But I felt a sharp pain in my leg, like burning knives sinking into my legs. "AGHHH!" I screamed. I then go in the air. I was flying back, it looked like one of the dogs got me. My back hits a tree and I fell to the ground.

I felt dizzy, my vision was blurry, all I felt was pain, my leg felt like it was burning. But then a sense of cold fell over me, and it was better. But that didn't stop the giant dog that was running towards me. Its mouth was open, I was going to die. It was five feet away, about to jump. But an arrow went through it's head and it turned into a pile of ashes and it was gone. The ashes fell on me. I brush it off, or I thought I did, my vision was blurry. I look over and see a bear jump on the other one and rip out it's throat, it too turned into a pile of ashes. "Frank, is the kid okay?" I heard a girl's voice say. The bear then lost it's fur and got shorter then it turned into a man. He was tall with short black hair, looked pretty strong, he was wearing a black fur jacket with jeans and boots. But he turned and ran towards me. He looked to be asian. "Hey hey, hey, are you okay?" I wanted to tell him: I'm perfectly fine, I just got attacked by giant dogs and then a bear killed them and now he's talking to me. But all I could get out was: "Please….help…" I couldn't move, much less talk. My vision was going black. "I don't know, did you say he got bit?" Frank said checking around me. "Yeah, in the leg, is he not bleeding?" I heard the voice say. Frank picks me up and puts his arm around my shoulder. "I don't know, but we need to get him inside." Frank said. I then felt something, and I fell to the ground. "Oh crap, I think he passed out." I was gone, my vision went dark.

"Agh!" I said as I sat up. I looked around, I was in a small room, I was on a bed, under the covers. I had on a fresh pair of athletic shorts on. I looked down to see I had no shirt on. I jumped out of the bed to see that I had nothing, except my necklace. I looked around trying to find my old clothes. The room was wood and looked old, there was a small table near me and a small couch in the front of the room, my windbreaker was folded over the couch with my beanie. "Oh thank god." I mutter to myself. I run over and I also see jeans, a pair of socks, an orange shirt, and a pair of converse shoes. "Weird." I tell myself. I put on the new jeans and shoes. I then slipped on my shirt. They seemed big when I was pulling them up but they fit just right when I zipped them up. The shoes were hard to put on but once they were on, but then they got super comfortable. I then put on my windbreaker and beanie. I looked around and see a door.

I walk over and stepped out. There was a long hallway which led to a big room there were some pictures on the wall, but the one I noticed was a picture of a kid, he looked to be 14, and he was holding a golden animal hide. He had black hair and sea green eyes, and there two people with him. One was a girl, with blonde hair and gray eyes, she had a dagger strapped to her side and a yankees hat in her hand. And then on the other side of the kid was a, well I don't know what he was. He was skinny with brown curly hair, but the weirdest part was that he had goat legs. What is going on here. I thought to myself.

There were a lot of pictures, but I didn't have time to look at all of them, I needed to leave. I slowly walked down the long hallway and over to the big room. But once I got there I stopped, There was a man, I think it was a man it least, he was in a wheelchair, just reading a book. I was very quiet, I once snuck behind a police officer, so this should be easy. I could tell where the supports were for the floor so I was careful not to make any squeaks. I reached the front door at the end of the room, almost out. I take a deep breath, then I reach for the doorknob. "As impressive as that was, I heard you the moment you opened that door." I heard his voice say. I was frozen. What Should I do? "You should come over here, come talk." He said as if he read my mind. I walked over to the big room again, with my hands in my pockets. This time he was facing me this time. "Come sit." He said motioning to a couch next to him. He looked at me carefully. He had a long scraggly beard and long messy hair, but deep eyes, he looked wise. I walked over and sat down. "Hi, my name is Chiron, it's wonderful meet you." Chiron says. "Hi, can I ask something?" I tell him. "Ugh, sure." Chiron asks confused. "Who are you, where am I, why am I here, and what was with those weird dog looking things?!" I tell him quickly.

"Now, you know about the greek myths, don't you?" Chiron asks me not answering my questions. Weird, of all things, why would he ask me that. I thought to myself. "I know of them, why do you ask?" I ask him trying to sound calm. He looked at me, trying to see what face I'll make. "Well, I'm not sure how you'll take all of this, but those aren't myths, there real and they're all around us." Chiron tells me. That's what it is, I'm in a mental institute and this guy is trying to convince me that greek myths are real. "Okay, thanks but stay away from me you crazy old man." I tell him as I get up. I turn to face the door but then he grabs my shoulder. "Have you ever heard of hellhounds?" He asks me. I think for a minute. "Giant dogs in greek mythology…." I said with the realization. I thought back to the dogs that attacked me. "Those were just big dogs." I tell him nervously. He then gets out of his wheelchair, but his legs were still in the chair. A horse body comes out of the chair leaving the wheelchair behind, he was a centaur. "Now what do you have to say." He asks me. I back up, falling on the ground. I then turn and run to the door. I just reached the door, I was gonna run, maybe I was crazy but I needed to go. I open the door and my fear was confirmed. I step outside and look around, people were practicing with swords and bow and arrows, tons of multi colored cabins, and there was a rock climbing wall with what looked to be lava, this is actually happening. "Welcome to Camp Half Blood." I heard Chiron say from behind me.