The New Camper

by auscal

Rin hates school, studying, and most of all, her father. The only things that keep her going is her best friend and sister. She loses them when she finds out that she's a daughter of a goddess in Greek mythology. Will she last at Camp Half Blood and go on a Quest? If I can put a disclaimer in a summary.. I don't own Percy Jackson, the wonderful Rick Riordan does.

1. Chapter 1 : The Beach

A/N This is my first fan fiction.. Sorry if it's the worst thing you've ever read.

I was walking along the beach when I thought I heard someone yell my name. I looked around. There was no one. I must be imagining things. I kept walking when I heard someone again. "Rin! ... Rin!" I turned around and saw my best friend panting and running towards me.

I'm so embarrassed. Telling my own story and not even bothering to introduce myself? ..Terrible manners. My name is Ricadonna, but everyone calls me Rin. I'm twelve years old and pretty rash about making decisions. When I was younger, I really liked the name "Rin" and hated the name "Ricadonna", so being the annoying girl I am, I shouted to everyone, "If you call me Ricadonna, I'm going to bite your foot off!" I don't know if I looked intimidating or ridiculous - probably the latter. Once, one of my cousins came up and called me an "ugly and fat pig". But that wasn't what got to me. He had called me an ugly and fat Ricadonna pig. So can you guess what I did? I guess I'll leave it to your imagination. Anyways, I guess the nickname stuck after a while. Honestly, I think "Rin" sounds much better than "Ricadonna" so I'm satisfied with it.

I've been expelled from tons of schools. I can't tell you the exact number since even I lost count. I hate school. Helen and Janice are the only reasons why I got up every morning to go to school. Helen is my little sister. She's eight years old, but she's much more mature for her age. She's like the complete opposite of me - calm, graceful, and logical. She was one of those lovable girls. You know, the ones who you can't hate even if you try again and again? Yeah, my little sister's one of them. I also look nothing like her. She has blonde hair and blue eyes, while I have maroon hair and brown eyes. Janice Thelm is my best friend. Yeah, she's the girl who one who was screaming my name at the beach. She's always been next to me. Without her, I don't know how I would survive this cruel world.

Yesterday was the last day of school. I usually just hang around in my room during the summer since whenever I go into the living room, my dad yells at me to get out. Outside of the house, I go play basketball or soccer or whatever with Janice. Helen usually comes along with a book and reads. Today, I just came to the beach to cool off. I had just gotten myself into a major argument with my dad. I can't stand him. Now back to the story.

Janice was followed by a girl and a guy, not much older than a year or two than me. Who are they? Janice managed to calm herself and stop panting. "These people just stormed into my house, demanding where you were." Now that made no sense. I don't really have visitors, considering that the only friend I had ever made in my life was Janice. Well, I did have a faint memory of a guy with blonde hair that I had befriended in 2nd grade.. What was his name again? Jacob? My thoughts were interrupted by the girl with blonde hair and gray eyes. "We don't have much time left, okay? So just come with us and we'll explain everything." Does she think I'm crazy? I wasn't going to just walk with random strangers to some strange place. I guess the look on my face explained everything because the guy sighed. "We're not dangerous or anything.." Then he faced the girl. "But honestly Annabeth, it did sound a little scary." Maybe they did have some brains.

Janice just looked annoyed. I knew if they didn't start explaining now, she would explode. Trust me, you DO NOT want to see Janice mad. She gets as red as a tomato and as loud as a lawnmower. It's not a good combination. So I decided to keep that from happening, although, it would have been funny to see what would have happened. "Look, I don't know who you two are or why you don't have time or whatever, but I don't just follow strangers around. I would rather you explain what you're trying to say to me right now, then let me make some sense of it." The girl stared at me. I suppose I was pretty scared. Who wouldn't be? She had these stormy gray eyes that stared into your soul. She started murmuring for a while and after what seemed to be a thousand years, said, "You're a demigod."