Percy's POV I woke up in a bed with blue sheets. Oh great, how did I get here? All I remember is going to bed in my cabin after kissing Annabeth goodnight, and suddenly…BAM! I sit up in the bed, and feel my pocket for Riptide. Thank gods it followed me to this place. I throw the sheets off of me and get out of bed. I walk out of the bedroom and into a kitchen. "Hello?" I call out. My voice echoes through the empty house. So I'm alone. Hopefully there aren't guards or monsters that've captured me. I walk around the house and eventually go outside. It's late morning, and there are people walking around the streets, buying food. I see a lake and people fishing and swimming. Well, actually, everyone is leaving the lake now. I wonder why they're doing that. I notice people are starting to go back to their houses. An adult looks at me and says "You'd better get ready for the reaping, unless you want the Peacekeepers to kill you." I didn't like the sound of that, so I rushed to the house I'd woken up in and put on a plain blue long sleeve shirt and jeans. I found them in the dresser. Making sure I still had Riptide, I walked outside. There was a crowd walking down the street, so I decided to follow them. I decide not to ask about the reaping, because everyone would act like I'm really stupid. I follow the crowd until we get to a big area, which I guess is the town square. I go to a table and get in line. When I get to the front, they prick my finger and draw some blood. "Next." I move on and stand with a group of boys my age. After waiting for a while, a lady with blue hair in a very strange hairdo, a sea green dress, and a LOT of jewelry and makeup, walks onstage and says "Welcome to the reaping of the 74th Annual Hunger Games!" She shows a video of a war, though it doesn't look like any war I've heard about. Definitely not a Greek war. After that, she says "Ladies first" and reaches into a bowl with slips of paper in it. "Jennifer Hanoley!" she announces with a smile. Jennifer walks proudly on stage with a smile on her face. "Now for the males!" she says with a preppy voice. "Percy Jackson!" Wait…did I just hear that right? Me? I don't even know where on Earth I am! I walk towards the stage nervously. I'm not even really sure what I'm supposed to do in these games. Me and Jennifer shake hands, and the crowd claps. "Will anyone be visiting you?" she asks us. "Um, no…" I answer. "No, I'm an orphan," Jennifer tells her. "Well, off to the train then!"
