"Sistra calm down. We know you're not mad, so please, put the butter knife down."

My foster brother, Percival (commonly known as Percy) tries to calm me down. I'm apparently insane, but I know I'm not. I just have crazy ideas, and do them. I'm not crazy. But my foster family drives me crazy. I always consider running away, but I stay because I wait for the right time. It shall come, but my life seems like it died. But I didn't. I just float through the world, lost and confused.

"Percy, I know you think I'm crazy. I go to school to." My voice sounds like I'm about to sob, which I am.

"Sistra, I don't think you're crazy. Please, go to bed. Calm down. I'll be here, to listen to you. To protect you." The last part he said made me feel better. I walk upstairs, into my bedroom, and fall asleep.

"Come to my arms, my dearest child."

What? Who is this person?

"Who are you?"

"I am someone close to you. I am your mother." My mother?

"Mother! Where are we? Why are we here? What-"

"Not too many questions dear. You are sleeping, and we are in a forest. You'll come to this place a little later in your life."

Later in my life? The doctors say I won't live that long (how nice) and might even die.

"Mother, why are we talking now, of all days?"

"I forget that you're like me. You ask questions that I'll answer. Soon, you'll face the biggest challenge in your life."

"That doesn't scare me. I can handle it, like how I handle all the other stupid bullies."

"You see my child, this one will be different. But I cannot explain how. But when this happens, use your instincts. If you succeed though it doesn't matter but if you do succeed, I can contact you much more often."

"I refuse to let you down."

"It shan't matter. Be careful. Your ADHD doesn't matter. Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Trust no one."

"I already trust no one." "We shall meet again." "Wait mother-"But she disappeared, and all went black.

"Let's go! Sistra hurry!"

I rush downstairs to meet Percy and Sophia (commonly known as Sophie) and we walk to school. While they jabber away, I think about the talk I had with my mother. Weird as it is, she was hidden in a cloak, but I sensed it was her. Creepy. We enter school, and I hear giggling in the back. I don't turn, because I know they're talking about me and that's what they want.

"Hey, Sistra? Can I ask you something?"

I turn to find a new girl. She's dressed in all pink, and I have a horrible feeling she'll bully me.

"Yes, can I help you?"

"Yes, can you help me figure out why you're here?"

Her friends snort, but I shrug and say "To learn. Unlike you, who just floats around school, purposeless and stupid."

"Well, at least I'm not as stupid as you."

The bell rings, and she sits beside her new friends, and to my horror, they're all in pink.

"Hello class. Before we begin, I'd like to introduce a new student, Ivy Jackwaner."

The girl stands up, and I notice every boy is staring at her in awe. Of course. She must look gorgeous. I just ignore her for the whole school day, and then she finds my weakness. While I walk home (alone as usual) she followed me, trying to make me snap. This happens for about a week, then she finds out I'm an orphan.

"You're an orphan? Yet you call yourself a human? To me, orphans are like mutants. Probably your mother died looking at you, and your father ran away, crying in shame. Don't you think Lindsey and Stephanie?"

They all giggle (we're walking home) and I run home, sobbing. When I run into my room, that's when it hits me. Suicide. No, that's stupid. Then it hits me again, with a wave of sense. Run away. Yes, the time's right. I pack clothes, food, water, phone and charger, toothbrush and toothpaste, sweater, and money. All my savings that equal about $100 dollars. More or less, it's good enough for me. I leave, and I miss the most important thing I should've checked: weather. I can hear the news reporter, but I don't pay attention:

Right you are Claire. Now, for the weather. You wouldn't want to walk in this weather. Big storms and lightning are predicted. Go home, and be extra careful.

I walk into the deserted forest, when I hear the rumble, and flashes of lightning. I hide under a tree. When my instincts scream GET OUT! It's too late, and the tree gets hit by lightning, and I black out.

I have a weird dream. I'm in a blue dress that matches my eyes and am with some guy, and I somehow know his name. Jason. I ask

"Why are we here again?"

"You forgot? Silly girl, we're on a quest, remember? Leo and Piper are gone somewhere else, and we have to look for the new demigod. Remember?"

I stare at him, but the dream dissolves and the dream changes.

A girl with brown hair is in a cage and I'm wounded and in armour. I see a monster stirring a pot, and saying

"Mother will be so proud. Gaea was always proud of me."

I somehow know the name 'Gaea', the Mother of Earth. In other terms, Mother Nature. I reach for a shotgun, an Armscor, and the giant turns around. I almost scream, but then I wake up.

"How'd you get here?"

I blink, because there's so much light.

"Huh?"

"My name's Rachel and you fell from the sky. How'd you get here? Why've you come? Who are you?"

"Err…..give me a minute. First of all, where the heck am I?"

"You're in Camp Half-Blood."

"But I thought…never mind. Nice joke, I really liked it. No seriously, where am I?"

"I just told you, Camp Half-Blood."

I feel shocked, and answer "I'm Sistra. I really didn't choose to come here, and I have no idea how I got here. I'm not in Canada, am I?"

"You're from Canada? We're in the US. Relax, I've got some ambrosia with me…"

"Oh no, I can't have any. I'm no, err…. What are they called again... oh yes! Demigods! I'm no demigod, thank you very much."

"But you have to be. You're right inside of camp."

So this is no different from the old one, except this one is more spaced out and I've added a few words. :D