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CHAPTER 2

Carter

(Come on, Sadie, you had the microphone last time!) Ah, there we go. Sadie can sometimes get too...umm...invested in the recording. (Oww! Don't pinch.) Anyways, the story. We walked on to the bus and saw no empty seats, so we all had to scatter and sit with new people. I went down the aisle and found a seat next to a girl with blond hair and stormy grey eyes, and a boy that had black hair and sea green eyes. "Excuse me, may I sit here?" I asked the boy. He looked up, and I stood there in shock. He sat in shock.

"Umm, Percy, what's wrong?" asked the girl.

"I, I know him…he's," then I said "Percy" at the same time he said, "The Curved Wand Guy". I am guessing he said that because of the hieroglyph I wrote on his palm.

"What?" The girl said.

Then the bus driver told us all to sit down.

"May I sit next to you?" I asked.

"Yes," she replied. "So, umm mind telling me…"

I sat down. "We met on Long Island while killing a crocodile. He tried to kill me at first…"

"No you tried to kill me," he corrected. "It was a mistake!" I said.

"Anyway, then we defeated the monster and went to get some cheeseburgers. We talked about some stuff and I gave him a way to contact me and we went our separate ways, until now." The bus stopped and we got off at Goode High School. "Hope I see you soon!" I said to Percy and the girl. (I never got her name.)

(OK it was rude, Sadie. It's not like you're polite. No punching!) I walked into the building and stood staring at my first high school.

Annabeth

I walked arm and arm with Percy, still shocked about what had happened on the bus. I saw Thalia out of the corner of my eye, walking along behind us talking to a weird girl. We walked into school and Thalia walked into the crowd with her new friend. We saw the students causing a racket talking to their friends and catching up on their summer activities. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a girl with red streaks down her hair, wearing camo boots. Now it was my time to freeze.

"Umm Annabeth, what's wrong?"

I shook myself out of my shock and said, "It's nothing, forget it."

"Ok wise girl," he said back playfully, but I could tell he was worried for me.

We went to the office and got our schedules. "First period, lunch, and PE together!" Percy said. The bell rang and we headed off to first period, but before we got there we met Percy's bus friend and the girl with the highlights in her hair and the camo boots. I looked at her and tried to walk past calmly, but no luck.

"Hey," she got up and walked toward me.

"Hi," I said turning around.

"You look familiar," she said.

"Yeah we've met before. Last summer...we defeated… something together."

"Oh, yeah, I remember now. The strange magician!" she recalled.

"What did you call me?" I asked, a little angry.

"Come on, Annabeth, we need to get to our class." Percy reminded me.

"Sadie!" said Carter, beside her. Sadie puffed and turned away. Percy's bus friend put his hand on my shoulder. "Hey, sorry for my sister."

"Is she always that infuriating?"

"Usually more, actually. My name's Carter Kane. We didn't introduce each other on the bus. I never got your name…"

"Annabeth," I said. "Annabeth Chase." Then I went to the next class with Percy.