AN: I decided to rewrite this story because my writing has progressed and I felt I could improve my stories a bit. Please review... I would say they equal happiness but that's not very original. Anyway, I hope you like it!

Prologue

Sadie's POV

"But, Uncle Amos, you can't make me go to school!"

"Yes, I can. Being your guardian, I should make sure you have an education," he said, peering over the top of his newspaper at me. "Besides, you won't be going alone, Carter will be there."

"Oh, and that makes me feel so much better!" I said, rolling my eyes.

Carter walked up behind Uncle Amos, matching his expression. "Sadie, give it a rest. School actually sounds quite fun," he said.

"Says you, Mr. Wikipedia! I can barely get by on my D in Science!" I turned back to Amos. "Come on, school is no fun… can't I just –"

"Can't you just, what?" Amos asked.

"Truthfully, I had no idea where I was going with that," I smirked.

Amos glared at me, folded up his paper, and began walking to his room.

"Uncle Amos –"

"You're going, and that's final!" he yelled, stomping the rest of the way to his room.

He slammed his door in my face and I scowled. Man, he can be so immature. I'm the one who has to sacrifice my time.

To make it worse, Carter added, "Nice going, Sadie."

I matched Amos's actions by stomping to my room and slamming my door. I chuckled once the door was closed; hoping Amos realized I had been mocking him.

Nico's POV

"Percy, why do I have to go to school, Annabeth isn't my girlfriend?" I complained.

"D-do you think I'm going just because Annabeth is because… that- that's crazy?" he asked nervously.

"I didn't say that," I said.

His eyes darted around. "I knew that."

"Sure," I said sarcastically, immediately turning serious again. "Now answer my question."

"I think you should go to school, make some friends, and get out of that depressed stage of your life."

I stared at him, bursting into laughter. "T-that's the stupidest thing I-I ever heard!"

"If you wanted a better answer then why didn't you go to Annabeth? Look, school's more fun than it sounds, okay –"

"Percy, I've been to school before," I said flatly.

"Well, you're going and that's final!"

Without sparing me a glance, he turned and stomped into his cabin. I looked after him, chuckling. I swear that guy has made me laugh more in this short period of time than my whole life.

He's still awful bossy, though.