Chapter 1.

[Percy]

I was in the midst of doing … wait, what was I doing? Oh yeah, I was doing my math homework. Or maybe it was science, I don't know. Then, something suddenly goes POOF! There was an explosion of pink dust and glitter and my room suddenly reeks of perfume. And you know that there's a god/goddess to meet you.

Or rather, a specific love goddess,-

"Aphrodite!" the winged cupid announces and Artemis walks out of the dust and glitter. Just kidding, Aphrodite walks out of the pink dust and glitter. Artemis would probably rather die than be caught around pink. You know, it would be really funny if Artemis wore pink. I can imagine her expression-

Oops. Sorry, ADHD. Short attention span, hehe.

If Annabeth was here she'd laugh and say 'Seaweed Brain' but unfortunately, she's on the other side of the country, so...yeah. I miss her.

Aphrodite smiled knowingly at me (which was really creepy, by the way) and she said,

"I need you to do me a favor"

I narrowed my eyes.

"Is it life-threatening, mentally disturbing, or could possibly hurt me in any way? If it is, I can't."

Aphrodite rolled her eyes and sighed.

"I wasn't asking honey. I was ordering."

She said with a sweet smile.

"Well then I refuse!" I said.

"Cute. But you know better than to refuse a god."

'Heck, I refused titans and giants before!' I thought, but out loud, I said

"Fine".

"I knew you would, honey. Now, I need you to find someone very special-"

"To me or to you?"

I interrupted.

"Both. But mostly you" She said with a knowing smile. Okay, now I was confused.

"What's his or her name?"

"Well, that's part of the job Percy! You have to figure it out on your own. But when you find that person, it will all make sense."

She said mysteriously.

"Okay, that leaves... Well, the only the whole world. Thank you for the details."

I said sarcastically.

"No, actually I'm sending you to another high school. You will find her there."

Aphrodite said as she pulled out her makeup and started to apply...something I don't know.

"Oh, so it's a she!" I said.

"Yup. Oh, BTW, I'm changing your appearance."

"Hey, you can't just do that!"

I said indignantly. I mean, who does she think she is? A goddess? Well, technically, she is, but not the point here!

"I refuse to do this 'favor'," I said, making air quotes. "It isn't fair!"

"All is fair in love and war." Aphrodite said.

"Okay, that makes no sense. What does your favor have to do with love and war?" I asked.

"Everything" Aphrodite smiled mysteriously.

Okay, now I'm really really confused..

"Alright, alright, just let me IM Annabeth and we'll be on our way."

"Oh, I forgot one more minor detail. You mustn't tell anyone, especially Annabeth."

"What the hell? What about my mom? She'll freak out. And Annabeth too, and I promised I would never disappear again. And I intend to keep that promise."

I said, determinedly.

"Oh, I'll take care of that. I promise."

The goddess said.

"This is for your own good, Percy." She said impatiently. But there was a glimmer of truth in her eyes.

"Fine. I'll start packing."

"Oh, no need for that" and just like that, my things all flew into my bag. And POOF! Another explosion of pink glitter, and I was at some fancy private school.

"The students here stay at dorms, and so will you. Your name is now Adrian Venegas. Now, good luck!"

She said and with that she disappeared. I sighed, and headed towards the front office. On the way, I passed a mirror.

"What the Zeus's name has she done with my appearance?" I asked myself aloud. I had light brown hair and brown eyes. Eww.

I registered, got my dorm keys, locker, locker combination and schedule, and headed towards my first class.

The rest of the day was the typical new guy in school kind of day, with introductions and all that stuff. It was boring, and surprisingly there weren't any monsters. I didn't expect that to last, though.

The whole ordeal was very tiring. I couldn't wait to find this person and get out this place and go home with Annabeth.

Speaking of Annabeth, I wondered how she was doing. I already missed her.

The next few days were very boring. It was just one day after another, with only 3 monsters, which didn't last very long. At least I was able to train. There were arenas with dummies, and since nobody really went there, I was able to train as usual. There were also a lot of swimming pools, so when I got bored I just walked over to the pool and swam. It seems like this school was very rich.

A few days later, I woke up and jogged a bit, then headed down to first period. I didn't really meet a lot of people yesterday, so I just sat down and fiddled with my phone. Then the bell rang and everyone stopped talking and sat down. Nah, I'm just kidding, as if teenagers would ever do that. They just kept talking and chatting with their friends until the teacher told them to shut up and sit down.

"We have another new student today." He announced.

Everybody paid absolutely no attention to him.

Then the new girl walked in. She was really pretty, with shoulder-length dark hair and blue eyes. All the guys stopped talking and looked over at her.

The girl's eyes scanned over the room. Her hand went to the side of her school uniform, as if there was something under it.

"Since Adrian here is new, too, he can show Sophia here around."

Wait, I still don't know this place very well! I got lost trying to find my way today! I thought.

"Sir, if you don't mind, I would like to take her around" This guy says with a smirk on his face.

"No, I insist Adrian shows her around. Since he is new too, he will know what being new here feels and will be able to help her better."

The teacher said.

"Now, go sit down in an empty seat."

He said, which was coincidently next to mine.

The teacher started to drone on about the lesson. I honestly tried to listen but something about the girl, Sophia, just… distracted me. She was all tense during the whole lesson. When the bell finally rang, she shot up from her seat and hurried out of the door.

I quickly chased after her.

"Wait!" I shouted after her. She just walked speedily away.

I was pretty fast from all the training I did, but she was faster and quickly got away.

'Dammit' I thought to myself. Tomorrow, I will talk to her.