Chapter 1: Surprise
Okay the day my life changed completely started like this. Well it was my first day of the eighth grade. It felt awesome because I usually had lots of accidents and got
kicked out of school. No one but my mom believed me when I told them I saw monsters and that they tried to attack me. Each time this happened my mom would
move me to a new school. I've been in this school since the sixth grade and I've seen no monsters. I almost forgot about them but something happened that day to
make me remember. I had a new schedule and my homeroom was now on the third floor. I'd also been traveling with the same group of people, but I only had two
friends, Melissa Dandorf and Sean Withers. Melissa was the greatest friend anyone could ever ask for she always stood up for me when the mean group of popular girls
would tease me about my ADHD and dyslexia. Sean would do the same thing it's just that he got this weird crush on me last year so it's awkward around him now.
When I went to home room I didn't see Melissa just Sean. I walked up to him nonetheless. Sean's face lit up when he saw me. "Hey Tyra I haven't heard from you all
summer. What's up?" Sean said. "Oh nothing interesting happened just stayed around the house and went to the beach with my mom sometimes" "Right I forgot you
lived close to the beach haven't been to your house in months." As if he knew I was desperate to change the subject of my conversation with Sean, my homeroom
teacher Mr. Smith started doing attendance. "Josh Arshall here, Anna Barcison absent, Tyra Carchail" I raised my hand for him to mark me here. "Melissa Dandorf abse-
" Mr. Smith stopped mid sentence because just then Melissa burst through the door. "Late" Mr. Smith corrected himself and kept on going. "Uuugh, just when I thought
we'd have one less loser in our class," said the source of all evil Claire Ranters. " Put a sock in it wannabee." I practically spat at her. "Whatever loser" Claire spat back.
Melissa sat in the seat in front of me. "Thanks" Melissa said "No prob, you always have my back and I have yours" All my classes went by quickly after that. Before I
knew it school was over. That's when the trouble started. I was about three blocks away from my house when I saw a house burning . I heard screams but there was
no one in sight besides Melissa and I. Melissa pulled out her cell phone and called 911 but I knew the house and everyone in it would be burned to ashes before the fire
department got here. Then I spotted a fire hydrant. I felt a tug in my gut then out of nowhere the fire hydrant exploded and water shot towards the house. In about a
minute the flames were gone. I had this strange feeling inside of me because that's exactly what I wanted to happen. That's when I fainted. I could hear Melissa
screaming my name in the back round before I blacked out completely. I woke up in a hospital bed with my mom sitting next to me and Sean asleep in a seat in a
corner. What in the world was he doing here? I asked my mom and she told me that Melissa told him that I was in the hospital and that he'd been there for two hours
waiting for me to wake up. I felt flattered, embarrassed, and a little creeped out all at the same time. I told my mom about the fire and the strange feeling I had. She
then got a weird look in her eyes and pulled out her phone. She then started talking on it "Hello Chiron it's time yes, please send a satyr to collect her and please, please
take care of her" my mom said then she hung up the phone. "Mom who's Chiron, what's going on, who's collecting me, why won't tell me what's going on?" I said
"Sweetie you'll find out soon enough everything is going to be fine you're going to a special camp" mom said "What it's freaking fall mom you're not making any sense"
I said "It will honey it will everything will be explained later" Just then a guy with a straggly goatee came in. "Hello Maria oh and hi you must be Tyra." The guy said.
"How do you know our names who are you mom someone tell me something." "Oh well my name is Grover and I was sent here to take you to Camp Half Blood we
must get going please say your goodbyes so we can leave." I was pretty sure I had tears in my eyes and that most of them were streaming down the side of my face.
"Mom I don't wanna go I wanna stay here with you, and my friends, and our house by the beach and-"My mom had cut me off by putting her fingers on my lips her
eyes were filled with tears too. She gave me a long hug and finally pointed to the door as a signal for Grover and me to go. When we left Grover threw a gold coin into
the street and yelled "Stethi, O harma diaboles" and a gray taxi appeared out of nowhere. When we got in there were three ancient women in the front who were
arguing about which got an eye I thought they were crazy at first but then I saw they only had one eye between the three of them. Weird, right. Grover then told them
to take us to Camp Half Blood. The ride was..well let's just say I'm just happy I'm alive to tell you this story. We nearly ran into about fifty cars and I threw up quite a
bit when we got to the camp but when I was done I saw how beautiful the scenery was when I got out of the cab. I was on the top of a hill that I later learned was
called Half Blood Hill I also saw a man in a wheel chair so I'm thinking a man in a tuxedo is about to come out and say you have now entered the twilight zone but now I
think I would've rathered that much more. Grover went up to the man in the wheelchair and told him the mission was a success though he was surprised no monsters
attacked because I had a strong scent or something. I went up to the man he looked like he was in his late forties. "Um are you Chiron, and is this the camp my mom
sent me to in the middle of fall? Please tell me something I'm literally having a mental breakdown right now!" "Well would you like to be told in person or watch a
video?" Chiron asked me. "Uh in person." I said. "Okay, well let me debrief you. This is a camp for half bloods/demigods like you your dad was an Olympian god." I
looked at Chiron as if he was wrapped in a straight jacket. "Prove it." "Ok, Grover would you mind showing Tyra…" Grover was no where in sight but before he left I
heard him mumbling something about a Juniper or something. Chiron sighed "Fine I'll show you he then started to stand up but he no longer had legs he had the lower
body f a white stallion. I'm not gonna lie to you I thought the hospital put me on some loopy drugs or something but it was all true. Ok I believe you." "Good. Well when
you turn thirteen you godly parent will send you a sign and claim you. How old are you now?" Chiron asked me. "Thirteen and no one has claimed me so I am obviously
not your girl!" "But you are your scent proves it and all your other signs." I began to walk away but he continued speaking. " Your ADHA and dyslexia that's not a
coincidence your brain is programmed for ancient greek. When he said this a blue-green glowing trident appeared over my head. Holy crap I thought to myself
something was wrong with me, very wrong. Grover was back and started laughing I glared at him but he kept on laughing. "What is soo hilarious about this?" I asked
furiously. "Sorry Tyra it's just that you're brother is gonna love this" "My brother, what I don't have a brother I'm an only child." I shrieked. "Well Percy, is your half-
brother." I stopped having hysterics for a moment and thought about what they just told me. So Percy was my half brother from the same godly parent not mom and
that I was a demigod. "So who's my dad?" I asked. Chiron and Grover replied at the same time "Poseidon." The scenery at camp half blood is beautiful there were two
different fields with different sets of cabins. Grover walked me toward the first field and the first cabin on the left. Outside of the cabin made completely out of sea stone
I saw a guy with slick jet black hair and sea green eyes just like mine. "Hi are you new to camp?" But then the guy got a huge grin on his face. "Hey Grover what's up"
"Oh nothing just thought you'd like to meet your little sister." "Oh hey I've been expecting a new sibling so hi my name is Percy Jackson and welcome to Poseidon
cabin. When I walked in I knew Percy had a serious neat problem clothes were strewn everywhere over all the beds on a minotaur horn, and the floor. "So uh would
you mind explaining some of this demigod stuff to me I don't really get all of it." I asked Percy. "Oh yeah no prob hey what are big brothers for? So well how much do
you know about Greek mythology?" "Well I know about the three sons of Kronos Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon. I also know about the other gods and goddesses like
Hera, Demeter, Hephaestus, Ares, Athena, and so on." He told me that our camp director was Dionysus and that he was forced to be here by his father, my uncle Zeus.
When Percy was done telling me about Greek mythology we went out to eat dinner Percy and I sat alone at the Poseidon and I saw a blond girl with startling grey eyes
smiling at Percy and he was smiling back. Aww that must have been Annabeth Chase, Percy's girlfriend. Grover told me that they'd been dating for a few months now
and that they were the cutest couple at camp. While I was thinking about Percabeth I saw a goth looking boy with a long black bang covering his eyes. He also had
black clothes and he looked so sad. I walked up to him and sat at his table. He looked startled but then he blushed a little. "Hi I'm Tyra Percy's new little sister." I said.
"Oh hi I'm Nico Di Angelo uh you might wanna move before Dionysus catches you" "What do you mean, you can't switch tables" I asked confused. "Exactly they have
all types of stupid rules like that like no two campers from different godly parents can be in the same cabin at the same time." "Wow, but I don't wanna just leave you
here I can tell you're not the type of person to just walk up to people and start conversation" He laughed and I smiled. I started talking about a crazy thing that had
happened to me when I was little because of my over friendliness and he was laughing nonstop now I glanced over my shoulder and noticed for the first time that
everyone was looking at us and Percy had this strange look of annoyance in his eyes. "Yeah I think I should go back to my table, I think I'm causing a scene" I said.
"Yeah, nice talking to you." Nico said as I walked away. "Ditto." When I sat back at my table Percy was glancing back and forth between me and Nico. "What." I
demanded. "You like Nico and due to the fact he didn't ignore you the whole half hour you were over there I'd say that he likes you too." Percy said smugly. "I don't like
Nico I just met him and I was being friendly, and I was only over there for a couple of minutes" Percy smiled and just said "Whatever". Big brothers are so annoying but
it is awesome to have one. Nico went to throw out my tray and passed my table. "Uh Tyra." Nico asked. "Yeah" I said. "Uh do you like the beach" "Yeah I love it why is
there a beach here?" "Yeah and I was wondering if in like half an hour you'd meet me there so we could talk" "Yeah that sounds cool should I bring like a bathing suit?"
"Oh yeah" "Okay so it's a date." I said he blushed and then said okay. So I had thirty minutes to find a cute bathing suit. Too bad I had no luggage no anything but then
I found ten dollars in my jeans and decided to go to the camp store. They had five bathing suits and five pairs of sandals and three shorts and four camp half blood t-
shirts. I took two bathing suits, all of the shorts and all of the t-shirts. When I find out the price of everything I'll pay them back but no one was there and I was
desperate. I was gonna change in my cabin but Percy might come in so I went to change in the bathroom. When I was done I had my bathing suit under a t-shirt and
shorts. I went back to the cabin to drop my other clothes off but Percy was there. Dang. "Beach time already?" he asked suspiciously. "How did you know about-" Then
I remembered he was there when Nico asked me out. The idea made me blush but luckily Percy didn't notice. "I'll be back soon so you can relax, who knew you could
be so overprotective you just became my older brother sheesh" I said smiling. I said bye and was walking out the door and Percy called out saying smugly "Tell Nico I
say hi" " I will." When I got to the beach Nico was already there in a black hoodie, sandals, and swimming trunks with skulls on them. "Hey" "Hey Nico so are you
swimming in a hoodie?" "Of course not are you swimming in a t-shirt and shorts" he asked. "Of course not" I answered. I took off my t-shirt and shorts and he took off
his hoodie. Okay not to be weird or anything but he was kinda had nice abs. Not that I stared or something but you can't like not see them. "Let's play a game" I said.
"Okay, what" Nico asked. "Tag" I yelled as I dove into the water. I swam and hid behind seaweed but I started giggling and Nico caught me. When we were done with
tag Nico and I sat on the beach and watched the moon it was really romantic and he still had no shirton, which made me blush. But even though the breeze wasn't
bothering him a bit I was freezing. I think he started to see me shiver because he wrapped his hoodie around me. Our faces were inches apart, we were about to kiss
when a big wave splashed us. Unbelievable. Nico and I decided it was late and to try this again tomorrow because it was so fun. Nico even let me go back to the cabin
with his sweater. I was still freaking out inside because of our "almost" kiss. Too bad. But it was still an awesome night I understood Nico and I think he understood me.
When I went to the cabin Percy was asleep, thank the gods and I fell asleep as soon as I lied down. My dream was that I was in a palace. My dad's underwater one I
was sitting next to him. Oh my gods he summoned me.
hey so thanks everyone who helped me because i had a mishap with my doc manager again well now i'm starting to get the hang of things. sorry for NicoxOOC and for Tyra falling into the mary sue category that will change. also thanks for the flames and the forum posted on my story.
