Warning: This is a short chapter!
Percy hadn't completely adjusted to living a normal life yet. In fact, he was dreading it. Yeah, he had just defeated Gaea and her 12 giants with the help of the Seven. Yeah, he now could finally live a monster free life with his girlfriend Annabeth back at Camp Half Blood.
But it was the school he was worried about. In about 2 weeks, Percy would return to Goode High School for his senior year. The only upside was that he would attend it with Annabeth, then they would move to Camp Jupiter and start college there. Other than that, it was one more year in the mortal hell hole they call high school.
Percy shuffled around in his bed and threw a pillow over his head in an attempt to drown out these thoughts. Morning light spilled in through the window and cast shadows across his room. He could hear most of the campers coming back from breakfast and running to their first lesson of the day. He didn't feel like attending. Percy felt that because he saved the world twice, he deserved a few extra privileges regular campers didn't. These included exemption from archery class, a lifetime supply of blue jelly beans and the honor to punch Clarisse La Rue at will. Chiron agreed to the archery one (probably because Percy hit innocent bystanders more often than he came within 5 ft of the target), but would not budge for the last two.
"Percy! Wake up!" a voice yelled from his cabin door. Percy mumbled something and threw a pillow at the door, hoping whoever it was would give up pestering him.
"Perseus Jackson! Did you just throw a pillow at me!"
Schist. Recognizing the voice, Percy immediately flew out of bed and answered the door.
"Yeah?" he asked
In front of him stood a girl with soft and curly, blonde hair, an orange Camp Half Blood T shirt over her tan skin, storm grey eyes, and a quizzical expression plastered on her face.
"Percy! It's 11 am, you're waking up 4 hours late!" she said in a hurried but worried tone.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry Annabeth." he replied grinning, while running his hand through his ruffled jet black hair.
Annabeth rolled her eyes
"Just go to the Big House, Chiron wants to talk to you." she said as she walked off. "And don't be late!"
Whatever Chiron wanted, it probably wasn't good, Percy thought as he brushed his teeth. Maybe it was a revisit on Percy's privilege proposal. He hoped so.
Once he finished showering, getting dressed and whatnot, he grudgingly made his way to the Big House. People were already starting to walk towards the lunch pavilion and he could smell the food being cooked from all the way here. Just the thought of it made his stomach growl in rebellion. That's another thing he would miss about CHB. The food. In a few weeks, he would have to somehow adapt to the plastic Goode serves that made him ponder what people could and couldn't legally call food.
He reached the Big House and already there were a few people inside it. Annabeth, Piper, Leo, Jason, Nico and in the middle stood Chiron.
Jason and Annabeth were in mid conversation
"All I'm saying is that we should some sort of basketball court or something here. Volleyball is lame." Jason argued, putting his hands in the air defensively.
"Yeah, but that would take away from the funds for the temple I was trying convince Chiron to build here for years!" Annabeth countered.
Leo was talking to Piper in a hushed voice, as if they were trying to hide something important. Percy sometimes envied their bromance, wishing he could have an older sister type friend like that. Annabeth was cool and all, but she was his girlfriend.
Calypso and Nico chatted off in a far corner of the room. Huh, what a weird pairing. Percy never expected them to hit it off.
Chiron cleared his throat and the demigods looked at him and glanced at Percy.
"Well now that Percy has been so kind to have finally joined us, I think we can finally begin this meeting." Chiron said. "It has come to the attention of the gods that some of the demigods here at camp are... how do I say this... lacking in their education and ability to live and coincide with regular mortals of their age. As you know, you can't stay at Camp forever..."
He looked directly at us, as if apologizing for the next few words
"So now the gods have decided, as an experiment of a sort, to send you to Percy's Goode High School for a year."
At this point, the only people who were not protesting were Annabeth and Percy, who already knew they were going there.
"However," he continued patiently. "There will be a few accommodations to make this year long experience as comfortable as possible for you nine. Housing and tuition fees have all been paid-"
"Housing? Leo and Jason asked in unison.
"Yes, Leo and Jason, The gods have found you guys a nice penthouse in upperstate New York, and even bought a two cars for Percy and Annabeth. Though I can't imagine why you would be needing them, considering the short distance between your house and the school, and New York traffic."
There was another uproar from the rest of the table.
"How come only they get a car?"
"Not fair!"
"Why doesn't our dad trust us with one, huh?"
"No, Piper, remember when you stole that Prius for that poor guy at the dealership?"
"I wasn't going to keep it, Jason. Besides, what does that have to do with my driving skills?"
"SILENCE!" Chiron shouted over all complaints. Everybody instantly fell quiet as Chiron never raised his voice or lost his patience.
"The decision has been made," he said, returning to his calm and normal demeanor. "I'd much rather have some of you stay here and help out with the younger campers, however your parents have made up their mind. Therefore, I suggest you do not get to overworked on it. There is simply nothing you can do."
A collective groan filled the room and one by one the demigods began to file out
AN: Ok, this chapter wasn't supposed to be this short, but I was really lazy today and stuff. It was like 100 degrees today, feel me? But I promise that next chapter will be longer!
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