Charlie
Well where do I begin. Today I found out everything there is to know about, wait for it… GREEK MYTHOLOGY! Its real and it all started when a monster started to chase me on my way home from school. The last thing my mom said to me was "IT WILL ALL MAKE SENCE WHEN YOU GET TO THE CAMP!" she was yelling after me as I was driven away by my friend "Selena" from school. Oh and before I forget my name is Charlie and I… am a half blood.
When I got to the camp called "camp half-blood" they told me everything. A girl named Annabeth joined Selena and I at the camp. I had so many questions running through my mind I don't even want to go into that. Oh but one thing I will always remember is when Selena took her shoes off. I think you know what happens next.
How about I begin when I was on my tour. I saw this girl. She was over by a climbing wall. The lava was what caught my eye but I had been through so much that day I ignored it. But it's when I saw her that I would like to talk about.
She had beautiful black hair, and I think I made out that she had lightning blue eyes. Gorgeous. Also she didn't care about beauty so much. Sure I could tell she might have a little makeup on, but she wasn't going above and beyond (like on those stupid insurance commercials). She was a true girl. I could also tell she didn't care so much about what others thought about her. She had on sweats and a t-shirt
"Charlie I have to go now my brother Grover is waiting for me." Announced Selena. But I was too busy staring at the other girl to realize she was talking to me.
"Charlie snap out of it!" She yelled. Again I was too deep into a trance. She snapped her fingers in front of my ear and that got my attention.
"WOW, WAIT, WHAT!" I was extremely surprised.
"You were off in La La land." She and Annabeth gave each other a smug grin.
"Cya later Charlie." She giggled.
"She's leaving?" I asked Annabeth.
"I'll tell you later" she chuckled. I didn't get what the big deal was. When I looked over at the girl again she was looking at me. I realized I had on my stupid baseball shirt and ripped up jeans. My tangled brown hair was a mess. If I wanted to impress this girl I was striking out big time.
"Well Charlie tonight we will be having a bonfire and we can introduce you. Since Percy…" her voice trailed off and I could tell her and Percy (whoever this guy was) had known each other.
"Ya?" I asked.
"Oh I'm sorry. Since Percy beat the Titans in the Titan war last year the Gods have agreed to claim their children at the bonfire. You will probably be claimed tonight by your Godly parent." She explained.
I don't even wanna know about the Titan war. Whatever it was sounded dangerous and I wanted to wait to hear about it maybe when I didn't have so much on my plate already.
Wow, I thought. Tonight I might actually know who my Father is. That gave me excitement and nervesnous at the same time.
I looked over at the girl again."What's her name?" I asked Annabeth. I pointed over to her.
"Oh that's Carter. Her Father is Hephaestus she had a pretty tough life. Her mother was never around because she was busy working. Eventually Carter was put in a foster home because her mother couldn't pay for her anymore. She actually came here shortly after I did. We have been friends for five years."
I immediately felt bad for Carter. My life had been so easy going in Texas with my mother. She had said my dad had to leave. I thought he had left me because he didn't want me. I realized that my whole life was starting to fit together. Now I was wondering things about Carter. What is she like? What does she like to do? What's her last name?
"Why do you want to know?" questioned Annabeth.
"Know what?" I replied
"Know who Carter is." She said. I had been so busy day dreaming I didn't even realize she was talking.
"Oh, um, just wondering. This is all so new to me." I said hurried. I didn't want her to suspect me. After all I just got here. I can't just go hitting on girls I didn't know like an idiot.
"Well let's move on then." She suggested. "Over here Charlie, is the Pegasus stables. When I looked over at Carter one last time she was looking at me again. She looked so cute I was breathless. Just then she called over Annabeth .
"Go on into the big house over there. Chiron will meet you there. I have to see what Carter wants." She explained
"Ok" I replied but she was already gone, striding to the archery area where Carter was now located.
"Well… "I said aloud to myself. "First day to a new life and I already have a crush… well sort of"
As I walked off to the big house I looked into the woods and I could swear I saw a tree smiling at me.
