A.N.: I really hope you like this chapter! I'm making this start in 2013, so they're juniors this year and are turning 17.
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dust shadows: Thank you for reviewing and helping me notice some problems. I fixed it at the beginning of the story saying who was who and how old. I made Percy except it so soon because I was going to go right onto this chapter with him being 16, so I did it faster. Sorry for the confusion.
*Percy's P.O.V.*
About 4 years later...
I awoke to someone banging on Grover and my door loudly. "Come on guys! Breakfast starts in a half hour! Get your asses up!" It was Jason. He was always the one who woke us up in the mornings for some reason and was wide awake. I groaned and got out of bed. Grover was still asleep and I smiled a little. I grabbed my pillow and walked over to him. I hit him on the head with it and he shot up moaning something about food. I chuckled and walked over to my dresser. I grabbed a white t-shirt, some new underwear, a pair of black Nike shorts, and my shower stuff.
I hurried down the steps and to the bathrooms. Leo was banging on the one on the right where I figured Beckendorf was in. Jason was usually the only one who gets up early enough to be able to get a good amount of time in the shower.
"Come on Beck. You've been in there for 15 minutes already." Leo shouted while he kept banging on the door.
"I know, I get another 5." Beckendorf shouted back while turning off the shower.
I turned to the bathroom on the right where I heard the door open slightly and saw Travis sneaking out with a thumbs up sign. I silently laughed and went in the bathroom, shutting the door loudly and turning on the shower.
I heard Leo run over to my bathroom and yelled, "Percy! I know that was you!"
"I can't hear you! I'm showering!" I yelled back. I smiled and took a shower. I changed into my clothes after drying off and brushing my teeth. I tried to dry my hair and even brush it, but it wasn't really working.
I sighed and brought my dirty clothes and my shower stuff out of the bathroom and with me back up stairs. I threw my dirty clothes in my hamper where it would be taken later to be washed and cleaned. I grabbed some black long socks from out of my dresser and slipped then on along with my regular running shoes. It was already 8:00, so breakfast had started already and I was late as usual.
I jogged down into the woods on the path and showed up right when Chiron started to talk. Leo and Grover were trying to catch up with me, well, Grover was trying as best as he could with crutches. I made it up there with Grover and Leo right behind me now.
"Ah, what a surprise. Good morning Percy, Leo, and Grover. I was just explaining the day." Chiron said.
I smiled and sat down at the 2nd closest table where Jason, Nico, Beckendorf, Travis, and Conner already were grinning at us. I smiled and said, "Good morning Chiron. Sorry we were late."
I sat down next to Jason and Grover went to my left and Leo across from me. I looked over at the table across from us and noticed Annabeth. She was laughing and smiling at me. I winked at her and she started to laugh even more and I smiled at that. Annabeth had become one of my best friends over the few years that I had been there. We had gotten to do a few missions with each other, but nothing really serious. I was close with all of the kids my age both boys and girls. We had to do pretty much everything together, so we all became good friends.
After Chiron finished his regular speech, Leo, Grover, and I shot out of our seats and went up to grab our food. Everybody else already had their food like usual because we were supposed to get it before Chiron started to talk. I got French Toast and some sausage with a glass of milk. I sat back down at the table and ate my food. After breakfast, I had free time for a half an hour until I had to start training. I usually used this time to take a nap or just hang out, but today I was planning on asking Chiron if I could help out around the Academy.
I headed to the big house and told Jason I would hang out with him later. I waved to a few people who were either heading to school or getting an early start in the gym or shooting range. I walked up the familiar wooden steps and headed in through the back door. Chiron was usually in his office after breakfast, so I headed down the hall and to the left to a small room. I was about to knock on the door when I heard voices, "I don't know if the deaths were accidents."
"Yes, yes. I know. It is very strange. All of the 16 year olds." I heard Chiron's voice.
What? 16 year olds? Do they mean our parents? I continued to listen, but I heard someone get up and move towards the door. I scrambled away from the door and back down the hall. I opened the back door and hid on the other side of it. I waited a second before looking back through the window on the door. I didn't see anyone, so I headed back down the stairs and towards the woods.
On the way to the gym, I just kept thinking. What does he mean that they weren't accidents? Did Chiron mean that all of our Parents death's weren't accidents? I shook the thoughts out of my head as I went up to the side of the gym and out to the back, to the shooting range.
I was 10 minutes early to the shooting range class. I entered the building and said "Hi." to some of the girls from house #8 who were already there getting ready. I walked over to Annabeth who was among them.
"Hey." I said to her when I got to her. She smiled and said, "Hey."
I cleared my throat and said, "Can I talk to you?" she looked at me like saying go on and I continued, "Privately."
Annabeth nodded and Thalia, Jason's older sister, just smiled at us like she knew something I didn't. Annabeth turned to her and said, "Tell Mr. Matthews that we'll be back, if we're late." Thalia just kept on smiling and I took that as a yes and dragged Annabeth outside and all the way over to the library.
Malcolm wasn't there anymore, having left early when he was 18, so he could go to college. Annabeth had decided to stay, but if she ever wanted, she would be allowed to live with Malcolm. I opened the door to find no one there like usual. The library wasn't supposed to open until 2 in the afternoon, but they usually left it unlocked. I brought her in and she made me sit down with her at one of the tables.
"Percy what's wrong?" She asked looking at me worriedly.
"Well, you know how I told you I was going to ask Chiron for a job." I asked.
"Yeah, you told me on Friday." She said.
"Yeah, well, I went up to the big house and to Chiron's office and I heard people in there, so I was about to leave when I heard..." I couldn't say it.
Annabeth took my hand and said, "What did you hear?"
"I heard them say, that-that maybe our parents deaths were supposed to happen, maybe they were accidents." I said looking up at her.
She pursed her lips and asked, "Are you sure he meant our parents?"
"Yeah, he said all of the 16 year olds." I said.
Annabeth's mouth fell open and she just stared at me like she was going to throw up. I mean I did just open up a pretty much healed wound. She stood up and started to pace. She started to ramble about things that didn't make any since and then stopped suddenly and said, "We need to talk to Chiron."
"But, what if I'm wrong?" I asked.
"You know what you heard and what if your right?" she countered back.
I sighed and got up. I opened the door for her and we headed out and to the big house. Once we got there, Argus, the main chauffer and caretaker here, looked at us like we were doing something wrong because we weren't at the shooting range where our age should be. We walked past him as he was fixing a gutter that had gotten loose on the side of the house. I waved at him, but Annabeth was in too much of a hurry to do and opened the door.
We walked down the hall, took a left, and Annabeth knocked on Chiron's door. We heard shuffling and then the door opening. Chiron smiled at us and motioned us to go in. Annabeth went in first and sat down in on the wooden chairs in front of his desk. I took the other and Chiron sat down in his chair behind his desk. "So what can I do for you two?"
I looked at Annabeth and she nodded with a sad smile. Chiron was looking at us and sounded mad, "Percy what did you do?"
I was about to answer by Annabeth beat me to it, she was blushing and I had no idea what was going on. "No, no. Percy didn't do anything. Um, he overheard you talking about something."
"Oh, no. I thought I heard something outside." He muttered to himself. He looked glumly up at us and asked, "What exactly did you hear, Percy?"
"Um, that you were talking with someone and they said...something about...that maybe the deaths of our parent's weren't accidents...and then you agreed and said all of the 16 year olds." I said.
Chiron sighed and ran a hand threw his hair. Annabeth couldn't wait any longer and said, "Well, is it true?"
Chiron didn't look at us and said, "Yes, I think it is, we've gone over the deaths and they don't make since why all of your parents died in some strange way. I have been wondering since your parents died, Annabeth, something just doesn't seem right."
"That's what I've always thought." Annabeth said quietly.
"So what are we going to do?" I asked.
Chiron sighed again and said, "Well, I had been planning on sending someone to-"
Annabeth cut him off, "Send us! We can do it."
"Now, Annabeth, I don't know. This would be getting you guys into serious stuff, worse than last year." Chiron said.
I grimaced at the thought and so did Annabeth. Last year was one of our hardest missions, one of our friends, who was two years older than us, ended up dying because of this guy who kept her captive and tricked us. She was one of Annabeth's friends and Annabeth was heartbroken when we found her body. We eventually got the guy, but Annabeth had to shoot him on the spot because he tried to get away. Annabeth had been having a bad time dealing with it, but lately she has seemed to be getting better.
Chiron tapped his fingers his desk a few times and said, "Okay, okay. I think you guys would be able to do this, but we are going to have to tell the others. After dinner, I would like to talk to all of you, so please tell your roommates beforehand."
We both nodded. "You two better get back to class." Chiron said.
We both nodded again and I opened the door again for Annabeth. She Just kept on walking after that, like she was really mad about something. She pushed open the back door, almost making it slam me in the face. She turned to me angry and sad tears going down her face. "How can you be so quiet?!" She yells at me.
"What do you mean?" I asked confused.
"Chiron, just told us that our parents were murdered and you act like you don't care." She yelled again.
Now that got me mad, "You think this is easy for me?! I watched my parents die, Annabeth! You weren't even home and I was in the back seat and was lucky enough to be alive!" I yelled back. I was somehow in front of her now. Her face softened and looked guilty. I sighed and pulled her close to me. I put a hand on her back pushing her up to hug me. She put her arms around my neck and hugged me back tightly. She put her head in the crook of my neck and muttered an, "I'm sorry."
I just chuckled and kissed the top of her head. I let go of her and said, "It's fine. I sort of just got better and... I'm not about to cry in front of you." I said while lifting her chin up lightly to look at me.
She smiled a little and said, "It's okay if you cry in front of me. I won't think anything less of you and plus you already have."
I nodded glumly and she sighed wiping the tears from her eyes and pinched her cheeks lightly trying to make it seem like she wasn't crying. She smiled lightly at me and said, "Let's go. We're already late as it is." I nodded and followed her down the steps and we headed to the shooting range.
As I followed behind Annabeth I thought about what she had said. Why wasn't I as of upset? Don't get me wrong I loved my parents, but when I heard, I felt like it wasn't new news, that I somehow already knew this. Like it made sense, after Chiron told me, I mean who drives down a road on the opposite side, unless you're from London or if you were drunk, then I wouldn't understand. After the accident happened, they wouldn't let me know any specific details as to what happened exactly because I was just a little kid and they didn't want to scare me. I shook the thoughts out of my head as we came got to the shooting range entrance and walked in with Annabeth.
It was dinner already time and I had gotten there early, wanting to get it over with, so I wouldn't feel guilty about knowing and not saying anything to anyone. I shared a glance with Annabeth and she gave me a small smile, as we were in the lines to get food. I grabbed a sub sandwich, a bag of BBQ chips, and a blue Gatorade.
I sat down next to Travis on my right and Grover to my left. Jason and Leo were across from me arguing about a video game. Nico was to Jason's right and was quiet as usually, barely touching his food. Conner and Travis were talking in whispers next to me, most likely planning some prank on one of the girls. I figured Katie because Travis had the biggest crush on her and Conner just thought it was fun to do it to her because they saved all of their best ones for her.
Once everyone was seated, Chiron started to talk. He did his usual talking about the day and if there was any new stuff going on in the agency. At the end of his speech he looked at me and added on, "...oh and I would like it if the 16 year olds would please stay after dinner. That is all."
I looked down at my food and ate a few bites while the others talked about what they thought Chiron was going to talk to us about. Most were thinking Conner and Travis had done something and a few were thinking that we were going to get something special.
I sat quietly threw dinner and barely ate. I threw my stuff away, when Grover did and sat back down with everyone. Slowly everyone, but us guy and the girl left, even the staff. It was just us and Chiron now. The girls and guys facing the forest turned around, so they were now facing Chiron.
Chiron stood in the middle of the aisle between the tables in front of us, and started to talk. "Now, you all probably wondering why you are here."
Most of us nodded, but a few just waited patiently wanting him to get to the point. Chiron cleared his throat and continued, "Well, it's not easy to say, but we have been wondering this for awhile now." Chiron took a deep breath and said, "It has to do with your parents. All of them."
That got everyone to pay attention. Heads snapped his way and they had their ears open to hear what the man had to say. Our parents were only ever mentioned when you chose to speak about them or with Dr. Jacobs, our "counselor" sort of person, he mostly talked us though our rough times with what happened before joining.
Chiron sighed and ran a hand threw his hand and continued, "Well, we've been wondering for a long time about your parents death's. Recently something's have brought our attention back to all of your parents deaths." I sucked in a shaky breath and waited for him to say it. He continued, "We have realized that maybe... your parents death's weren't accidents..."
"What are you talking about? Is this some kind of sick joke?" I heard someone ask.
I looked over to where I heard the voice. It was Nico. I was surprised because he barely ever talked. Nobody besides Chiron and Dr. Jacobs knew what happened to his parents. He looked furious and like he was going to cry at the same time.
"No, Nico it's not. I'm sorry." Chiron said.
I took the time of silence to look up at everyone else. The guys were holding it in, but I could tell that some were wanting to cry, it didn't matter that they were 16, it still hurt. I looked over at the girls and saw some crying others holding it in trying to be tough. I looked at Annabeth particularly, she let one tear flow down her face and wiped it away quickly and acted as though nothing happened, but I caught her eye and she knew I saw it.
I saw Chiron shift around on his feet and said, "I think, tonight was enough talk and tomorrow morning we can all meet in the debriefing room after breakfast."
Nobody said anything, but we all got up and I heard a few of the girls stumble and sniffle getting down. I went straight over to Annabeth and hugged her. She fell into my arms and I felt my shirt get wet by where her face was. I held her for a moment and she let go, trying to regain her composure. I wiped the tears from her face with my hands. She didn't smile or say anything. She just looked up at me with blood shot eyes and stared. I looked away after a few seconds and brought her down the steps of the pavilion and towards the woods.
Annabeth clung onto my arm while we walked back to the houses. I stopped at the front of hers. I hugged her tightly and then let go slightly and pulled her back, so I could see her face. I moved a piece of hair behind her ear and said, "It's okay, it will be okay. We'll figure this out."
She nodded lightly and hugged me again. I looked back at her sad face and knew that I would give anything to not make her look like this. I sighed and kissed her forehead goodbye and headed across the way back to my house. I turned to watch her go inside before I did.
I entered the house and was surprised to see Nico with Thalia on the couch. She was rubbing his back as he hugged her. I looked over at her and she smiled lightly at me, fresh tear tracks on her face and some brimming her eye lids. I nodded at her and headed up stairs. I walked past some of the rooms and found most of the guys in their beds face down. I went into my room and found Grover the same way.
I sighed and changed my clothes. I turned the light off and climbed into my bed. I stuffed my face into my pillow and knew that I wasn't going to be going to sleep tonight.
The next morning, I didn't awake to Jason's knocking or yelling. I awoke all by myself and on time too, surprisingly. I grabbed some clothes and shower stuff and headed to the shower. No one was yelling or pounding on the door to get in. Beckendorf was in the shower like usual with Leo waiting outside the door, just like yesterday, when everything was normal. I figured Travis was in the other like yesterday and I was right when he came out a few minutes later and I let Leo go ahead in that one while I waited for Beckendorf to come out.
I waited for another 10 minutes until Beckendorf finally came out and I headed in. I took a long shower and just stood in there for a while knowing that if I got out that I would have to get dressed, go to breakfast, and then realize that everything that had happened yesterday was real. I decided to get out after 10 minutes later after feeling the water get cold.
I dried myself off and changed into black shirt, some shorts, and my regular Nike shoes. I took all of my shower stuff back up to my room and made Grover get up because he was still asleep. He woke up with blood shot eyes and nodded at what I was saying and got out of bed.
I headed down to the pavilion early because I didn't feel like waiting for anyone because it wasn't like I was going to talk to them. There were already a few people there, so I sat down at my table and set my head down. I waited for awhile until I heard more people coming.
I sat quietly until breakfast was over. I played with a lose string on the end of my shirt the whole time. No one talked to anyone at my table. We all either ate or sat quietly the whole way through breakfast. Few people noticed us being quiet, they probably thought we got into trouble last night, when we were told to stay.
Once everyone finished eating and left to go to their daily activities or class, Chiron led us towards the gym. The briefing room was to the right of the gym and hasn't been used in a month or so. The building was only a one story and had only a few windows with two big black double glass doors in the front. The building was relatively small, compared to most of the others. It only had 3 rooms. The front where you walked in, debriefing room A, and debriefing room B.
Chiron opened the doors for debriefing room A and we all shuffled in, boys on the left, girls on the right. I sat somewhere in the middle with Jason on my left and Grover on my right. Chiron stood at the front of the table and waited for everyone to sit.
Chiron shuffled on his feet and began to talk, "Now since most of you are probably wonder why I didn't mention anything before." Some nodded and he continued, "Well, that is because I wasn't sure if what I was thinking was just me being paranoid or if I was actually right and now that I have good enough evidence, I know that this isn't some coincidence. I think it was planned."
He moved over to the right of the board that was behind him and grabbed a little remote to turn it on. It popped up with pictures of our parents, well the one or ones that went here. Chiron began to talk again, "These, "He motioned to the pictures, "are all of your parents. They all went here and were some of our best agents. They, as you all know died in some tragic way, whether it be a fire or a car accident or a blow to the head. We believe that we know who has been doing this." Chiron clicked a button on the remote and a man who looked in his late 50's or early 60's popped up. He wasn't looking at the camera and it looked like her was in a city downtown. He had on a regular green button-up shirt, a pair of slacks, and some nice leather shoes. His black hair was slicked back without a hair out of place. He had on a few rings and a nice pricey watch. He looked like a typical older man who was in one of the higher places of work. He didn't look like much of a threat, but most of our targets look like a normal person. "This is Kronus or K as we have called him in the past."
Jason was the first to speak up out of all of us, "What do you mean by the past?"
"Well, all of your parents worked together at one point or another to try and stop him. He has done a lot of stuff that has even put him on watch lists in many countries. He has given us a lot of trouble over the years and at one point around 4 years ago he vanished. He popped back up last year when one of the older kids were doing a drug bust. K almost killed the kid, but he got away, barely, one of the few who did." Chiron said shaking his head.
"So you're saying this guy killed our parents because they messed with him?" Thalia asked.
"Not exactly, a few years after we started to chase after him, his wife ended up dying in a big explosion on his land and he blamed it on all of your parents thinking that was revenge for everything else. He's been looking for the right time for revenge ever since and slowly killing all of your parents did it for him. "
All of us looked around at each other and then Grover spoke up, "Well, what are we going to do?"
"I've found out that K had been recruiting some people to his side, younger kids, your age. They go to a school here in New York. I want a few of you going in and try to get information out of them."
Jason looked over at him skeptically, "What do you mean by a few of us?"
Chiron sighed and said, "Well, I can't have 16 of you all being new students at one time and somehow know each other."
"Look I can have 6 at the most, 3 girls and 3 boys, that's it. I need the other 10 here helping me figure out his next moves."
"Uh, I think I'll stay." Grover said, "I'm good with computers..."
"Me too." Juniper said smiling at Grover.
"Well, I would like for Reyna, Lou, Lacy, and Katie to stay back with both Travis and Conner." Chiron said looking at them.
They nodded solemnly because they knew if they were going to fight back they wouldn't win. Reyna looked especially mad, but she couldn't really go, she had a broken arm.
"So that leaves Silena, Beckendorf, Nico, Jason, Annabeth, Percy, Piper, and Thalia." Chiron said.
"I think I should sit this one out with Silena." Beckendorf said looking at Silena for approval. She nodded and Chiron looked back at us with sad eyes.
The next thing I knew, there was only Annabeth, Nico, Thalia, Jason, Piper, and I left in the room with Chiron. The rest of them were taken into room B with Mr. Henderson. Mr. Henderson is the main person in charge behind the mission, he usually does all of the background stuff and helping the sneaking around to figure out information.
Chiron cleared his voice after a moment and then started to pass out manila folders, so we could see who our targets are that we have to befriend.
"Now Annabeth, Piper, Percy, and Jason I have given you four people that you have to befriend, Christopher Rodriguez, Lucas Castellan, Lillian Straus, and Kayla Fletcher. They are all good friends and I want you all to gain their trust. You need them to trust you and believe that you don't know anything." Chiron instructed.
"What about us?" Thalia asked motioning to herself and Nico.
"Well, you two are going to be seniors instead of juniors, like them. You two will have Ethan Nakamura, Lillian's step brother, and Julia Henson. They are also working with K. Julia will befriend you, Thalia easily. Nico, you will need to get Ethan to trust you, he doesn't do that easily."
Next Chiron handed all of us a manila folder with papers in it. It also had a drivers license in it. It had a picture of me, but I had bright blue eyes and dark brown hair. It was a driver's license that said:
New York
Townsend
Austin Allen
11935 Parkway Drive
Brooklyn, NY 10457
Birthdate
03-25-97
Male
5'10
135lbs.
Blue eyes
It was almost nothing like my regular license. The only things that was the same was my height, gender, and weight. It was weird looking at myself with a different color hair and eyes. I looked over at Annabeth and she had this weird look on her face, her nose was scrunched up like she had a bad taste in her mouth. Her license was on the table, so she was probably looking at her interests and other information. She scowled at something on the paper and looked over at Chiron, but he was too engrossed in explaining something to Piper.
I looked back down at my paper. I moved my license out of the way and checked the papers under it. First, it showed a paper on me. It explained how I got here, I moved out here with my grandma from Long Island, New York. I like football and swimming. I am supposed to like parties and drinking, but I'm not allowed to drink, Chiron's orders. I get into trouble, I'm supposed to hang out with Luke and Chris whenever I can and I can't mention anything about knowing Piper, Jason, Annabeth, Thalia, or Nico.
The next papers showed pictures of our targets. The first paper showed a picture of a blonde haired and blue eyed boy. His name was Lucas "Luke" Castellan, he was also 16. He had a fait scar on his face and a natural smirk. It showed pretty much everything about him, his interests, his family, medical records, police records, etc.
He was an only child, his mom was entered into a mental institution when he was 6, and he hadn't heard from his dad in over 5 years. He was left with a big sum of money from his father, in his trust fun, but he isn't allowed to get it until he is 18, so he is living with his aunt. It shows that she has been arrested on multiple occasions, so he was most likely alone a lot which would explain the police records, drunk driving, under-age drinking, and so on. He played football and basketball. He was team captain on the basketball team and running back in football. He got average grades and was looking into going to California University. I was surprised that he would want to go all the way down to California, but it showed that his dad had gone there and I figured that was why.
I moved onto the next page, it showed Kayla Fletcher. She was pretty with long brown curly hair and green eyes. Her record was pretty much clean besides one time getting a ticket. From her friends and her activities she seemed like she was one of those rich snotty girls who got away with everything, but I was wrong. She had a perfect 4.0 and she wasn't rich at all she was only at Goode Private School because of a Academic Scholarship, she apparently had to keep a clean record at school and good grades or she would be kicked out. She had an older brother who was a senior and a younger sister who was in middle school. She was a cheerleader and on the varsity soccer team. They went to state last year and she was voted as the M.P.V. of the whole championship, they ended up getting second, but she was still named it. She was brought up in New York by her mother. Her mother worked at a fancy restaurant nearby and at the local hospital part time as a nurse. Kayla never knew her father, he left them when she was only 4 and left them on their own. She was planning on going to Florida State, but only if she could get a scholarship.
The next page showed a boy named Christopher "Chris" Rodriguez. He had short light brown hair and brown eyes. He had a bad record just like Luke. He had less than average grades and it showed that he skipped school a lot. He had been caught smoking at school before and has been in detention more than 10 times within the two years he had already been going there. The only reason he was still going there was because his father has contributed a lot of money to the school. He was on the football team, but as a cornerback, I was surprised that he was still on the team, but he apparently always showed up for practice and games. His mother had died giving birth to him and he had been brought to the hospital many time because of attempt of suicide. He never talked about why he did it, but it was apparent that it had something to do with his mother.
The last page was of a girl who had long black straight
hair and light brown eyes. Her name was Lillian "Lily" Straus. She had minimal makeup on, but she didn't really need it. Her record was clean as I figured because her dad was a very important man, he was the co-owner of a big company and could get her out of anything. She had average grades and didn't get into much trouble. She was a cheerleader and was in some of the plays. She has been planning on going to Florida with Kayla.
After I finished reading over everything, Chiron started to talk again. "Okay, now that everyone's done reading, we are going to introduce ourselves."
We nodded and Piper went first, "Okay. My name is Victoria Baker. My friends call me Tori and I'm 16 years old. I moved from Miami, Florida. I like cheerleading and plays. My birthday is on July 8, 1997."
Chiron nodded and said, "Good. Annabeth?"
Annabeth sighed and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear, "Uh, my name is Alyssa Barret. I'm 16 years old and I moved here from San Francisco, California. I like Cheerleading and I am here under an academic scholarship. My birthday is on December 13, 1996."
We all looked at Thalia and she started, "Um, my name is Nicole Taylor. I go by Nikki and I moved from Boston, Massachusetts. I'm 17 years old. I like playing volleyball and listening to music. My birthday is on April 19, 1995."
It was now Nico's turn, " My name is Sam Rhodes. I play baseball and basketball. I'm 17 years old and I am from Denver, Colorado and my birthday is on November 15, 1994."
Everyone turned towards me and I started to talk, "My name is Austin Townsend. I have lived in New York all my life, I moved from Long Island. Um, I play football and I like to swim and my birthday is on March 23, 1997."
Jason was last and he cleared his throat and then said, "My name is Daniel Westgate. I go by Dan and I moved here from Richmond, Virginia. I play basketball and football and my birthday is on February 10, 1997."
Chiron smiled and said, "Good. Now some of you have noticed the changes in your pictures with either hair or eye color or both. Tomorrow we will talk about that and get you on your way to Brooklyn because school starts in a week. Please read the folders and be ready to start packing tomorrow."
We all nodded and got up, I took my folder with me and walked out of the room. I took my phone out of my pocket and checked the time, 4:26. I headed back to my house and waited for dinner.
