Chapter 2- POV change I: Percy
I wake up from my wonderful dream with someone quite special. It's a secret…for now. "Percy! Time for school!" mom called from the kitchen. "I'm up!" I answered. "Alright but hurry, Perce. It's the first day!" she replied. I sighed then started to fix myself. After a few minutes, I'm going to our kitchen wearing a blue shirt, black jeans and converse. I already brushed my teeth and took a quick shower. Hoping the sea smell I naturally have wouldn't be too noticeable.
"Come on, honey, eat breakfast." Mom said with her smile. "Yeah, mom. Thanks." After breakfast, I get my bag from my room. "Bye, mom." "Bye, honey." I step outside our apartment then looked around. I sighed. First day of school….I don't care about my studies. I only thing I care about this moment is to find Annabeth. You're probably wondering why. Well because ummmm… she's uhhhhhh….missing. I'm not sure where she is. Grover and Tyson are in San Francisco. They'll look for her there. I'm here in New York; I decided to look for her here. I've got no choice, really. Mom enrolled me at Goode High, Paul's school. So I've got to study still.
"Hey, Percy!" someone called. I stopped and looked for the caller. I realized it was Rachel dare. Waving at me and coming over. I waved back and smiled. It's been a long time since I saw her again. "Hey, Rachel. What're you doing here?" "I go here, remember?" she smacked me gently. "Owww." I said dramatically. She laughs. "How's Annabeth?" she asks, turning my happy face to a sad one. She notices it immediately. "Oh…I'm sorry. She was a nice friend…" I took note of 'was'. "Oh no, Rachel. She's just missing. Not dead. I've got a quest to find her with Grover and Tyson. They're in San Francisco." I said quickly, noticing her looking for the other two. "Oh. Ok. See you, Perce." She gave me one last affectionate smile then walked away. I walked inside to grab my schedule…
"Here you go, Mr. Jackson." "Thank you, ma'am."She smiled. "New here?" she asks. I shook my head. "Oh. Maybe I-uhh-no...Uhhh…okay. Welcome back, dear." I walked out the room and read my schedule. I could only make out the words because of my dyslexia. But I managed to read it anyways. First period: Homeroom at room 403. Second: Mythology. Third: Gym Class. Break. Fourth: Free Period. Fifth: History. Sixth: History. Double History?! "Oh, Zeus!" I exclaimed, far from the school, thunder bellowed. "Oops. Sorry." I said. I went to my locker. It's #816. Combination: 16 5 21 6 3. If you want to know why those numbers, it's just numbers from the PJO series. I opened it and cleaned my locker a bit. After, I left my books not needed 'til after break. Now to room 403.
Just because it's my second year here doesn't mean I know where everything is. And I don't know where room 403 is. I walk through the corridors, looking at the rooms' number. I think I'm going the right way. While walking, I was thinking about my quest. How would we find Annabeth? She may be in another side of the world and I assigned Grover and Tyson to San Francisco. Maybe we'll never find her… maybe… she'll forget Camp Half-Blood completely….
I was still thinking and was about to start walking when something made me move further than I intentionally did. Thinking it was an attack, I made a grab for Riptide while turning around…..
But there was no monster…instead a girl, wearing a blue dress (same shade as mine) and black leggings, and converse, was sitting on the floor. "Why the HADES?!" she exclaimed. I got nervous. Monsters may be coming this way to me at this very moment. I quickly said "I'm sorry but don't use names like that around me, k?" Then suddenly she looked up…
My heart beats even faster because…
My search is over…
I have found Annabeth Chase…
"Oh, fuck."