Thank you for the 'review' Amphilyte (Zhen Jie) did I say that there is Mayan in Percy Jackson it is just related to the story in the next few chapters.

This is the second chapter. There are a few points of views in this story: one is my favorite and one of my main characters (Lyo), and his soon-to-be-girlfriend (Claire). So here you are Chapter 2:

Chapter 2 of The Quest: 2012: 9 Years later…

(3RD PERSON POV)

Lyo hated being sent to different schools every year. He has already been to his 4th new school even though he was only 12 years old. That wasn't the worst part, he had ADHD and dyslexia. Now in every school, in every country there are three groups of people: the rich and powerful (and sometimes the pretty ones) are ranked at the top. Then, the normal people and the problematic people are at the bottom of the ranking. Lyo looked around the class there were plenty of problematic ones like him, some normal ones. Then, there was this girl who could easily be placed in the first category. She nearly made Lyo's heart stop. She had long blonde hair and brown eyes. She was tanned and that made her look dangerous. But there was an aura in her that made her feel different from other girls, from other world for that even matter.

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(Claire's POV)

After three days of travel we finally arrived here. We moved all the way here just because of a fire that burned the town next to ours. And we finally arrived at this country. Janet chose this country as this is a small country where she thinks it would be safer to live in. But if you ask me running from country to country makes us easier to be caught by our enemy. You see if we keep running from place to place, the enemies just have to check for 'disappeared' people and they will know who we are and can catch up with us. I mentioned this to Janet a lot but she said that a lot of people disappear every day. So here I am in this school in this school. Then even before the first 10 minutes at school, there were already guys flirting with me. Then there was this large muscular guy whose skull must at least be 100 times thicker than any other normal people, making his brain a lot smaller too. That guy is a complete idiot and he is using violence and power to try to make me his. Seriously, if I wanted it, I could have thrown him to the next country. If he gets into a car I am sure I can outrun him and with a single punch, he would require the A&E. I am not even spared during lessons with boys starring at me. How in Lorien's name am I supposed to stay out of people's attention? Then, I felt myself tremble as I felt a piercing eyes staring at me. I turned around, hoping that those eyes weren't from my enemy and to my surprise and relief the piercing stare came from a boy from another corner of the classroom. He had these strange eyes that could make people shiver. Yet he looked perfectly innocent…and normal but yet different at the same time it made him seem evil yet good.

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(Lyo's point of view)

The girl turned around and looked at me, and I quickly turned back. There beside me was a guy on wheelchair. He grinned at me and introduced himself. Apparently, his name was Leonard. He seemed like a nice guy and was in my category as most category 1 and 2 people do not mix up with handicaps. Seeing me looking at his wheelchair he explained that his parents died in a car accident and that he was left as a handicap. I felt sorry for him and I can feel the pain of having no parents. I myself have no father and I already feel the pain in my heart. Having no parents is like having double the pain isn't it? I turned back to see Leonard only to see him take out an extremely thick book from his bag. The book was about Greek mythology. Do you know about the Greek gods? I thought for a second and replied "Zeus, erm…po…posai…posei-something and hay…Hades."

"Yeah, those are the big three: they are the 'head of the gods'. Zeus is the god of the skies, Poseidon is god of the sea, and Hades is god of the underworld. Do you know what they say about the underworld? Apparently it has a 'river' and there is a lot of people's hope in the 'river'. There is also the island of the blessed, the fields of punishment and Hades' 'castle'." said Leonard.

"Wow! You really know a lot! Did you memorize that book?" I jokingly asked.

"Well, somehow I find that Greek mythology is a part and parcel of my life." Leonard said.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked. But he just shook away the question. Seriously, this guy is strange but yet he is fun to be with. At least I have a friend to talk to next time.

This chapter is to introduce some of my related characters. In the next chapter, Lyo will find out about him being a demigod. Look out for it!