Hellooooo, my lovelies! It is I, the writer of this fan fiction! I am so happy that people have already started reading this. It means a lot. Sorry it's so cliché. There will be some fluff in this chapter, as well as some new characters. Enjoy!
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Chapter 2: We're off to school!
Annabeth POV
The day was finally here: the day we go back to school. I personally couldn't wait; that's why I was so nervous. I was fidgeting, and messing with everything. It was early morning, and there was still awhile until I had to wake up. I didn't know what to do. Should I try to sleep, or just daydream? I decided to just lie awake. Even if I tried to sleep, I wouldn't succeed. Staying awake was my best, and pretty much only, option.
I had picked out my outfit last night: a gray shirt with sea green waves, jeans, and gray converse. My backpack was all set, with all my books, pens, pencils, paper, and blueprints. In another girl's life, it would be unusual, but for me, it was totally normal. Anybody who knew me wouldn't expect anything less, or give a second thought. But, the mortals at school might find it a little strange, for a blonde girl to be lugging blueprints, drawings, and books on architecture everywhere. I might have to be a little more secretive.
I was also worried about the two girls we were supposed to get information on. What would they be like? Would they be snobby, or nice and down to earth? I wondered what they would think of US. Nine kids, roaming a high school, trying to spy on two girls. I guess it would be weird for mortals, but judging from what Chiron said about them, they were most defiantly NOT mortal. I hoped Percy wouldn't be a Seaweed Brain in front of them.
I prayed to my mother, asking that the day would not result in death, pain, awkwardness, or embarrassing acts, and got up to take a shower. The cold water hit me, making me shiver as it gradually got warmer. I sighed in content, as I relaxed into the hot shower. It felt good to wash off the grime and dirt on my body. I appreciated every shower I got, because I didn't get to have one very often; I was running for my life so much these days.
I turned off the tap, and stepped out, silently cursing in Greek as I did so; I had nearly slipped on some water on the ground. I dressed quickly, and pulled my hair into a ponytail. I walked into Percy's room, and smiled at his sleeping form. He looked so sweet, so innocent. It would be a shame to, I don't know, wake him up, now would it?
I ran down stairs, and saw Sally making breakfast. She smiled at me while flipping bacon.
"Hi, sweetie. How are you?"
"Good, thank you."
"Where's Percy?"
I grinned, and said, "I was just about to wake him up."
She got a pranking look in her eye, and grinned back at me. We nodded, and silently counted down….
5...4….3….2…. BRING! BRING! BRINGGGGGG!
I had set off the fire alarm. Sally and I started laughing as we heard a high pitched scream, then a thud. Heavy footsteps thundered down the stairs, and Percy ran into the kitchen, looking for the danger. He took one look at our shaking bodies, and tears from laughing so hard, and immediately glared at us. He pouted, and we slowly calmed down to light giggles.
"You guys pranked me? That is so mean!"
"S-s-sorry, hon-e-ey. We couldn't re-re-resist." Sally couldn't contain her laughter.
"Sorry, Percy. It was just so funny!" I kept giggling.
He glared at us one more time, before stomping up the stairs back to his room. I sighed, and looked at Sally.
"I'll go talk to him." I said.
"Thanks, Annabeth. That was the most I've laughed in months. Be down soon, I'm almost done with breakfast."
"Ok. I'll be right back."
I walked back up the stairs, worried about what would happen. I got to his room, and knocked softly on the open door. He was packing his backpack.
"Percy? Are you mad at me?"
"No. It was actually kind of funny. I guess I deserved it, after spraying you with water yesterday."
"Yes, you did. And I'm still mad at you. Come on, we have to eat breakfast."
"Ok, Wise Girl, I'm ready."
We walked down, and ate our bacon, waffles, eggs, and smoothies (all blue, of course), quickly.
We ran out to the car. Percy sat in the driver's seat, and I sat next to him. We peeled out of the driveway, and drove to school. We held hands the whole way, and smiled at each other reassuringly every once in a while. When we pulled up into the parking lot, Jason, Piper, Frank, Hazel, Leo, Calypso, Thalia, and Nico were hanging out by the front steps. We hurried over, and chatted as we walked in the building together.
The halls were filled with high school students, and it seemed to vibrate from all the chatter, laughter, locker doors slamming, and doors opening. We all waited in one quiet, and empty corner of a hall.
"Ok, now that we're all here, let's get down to business." Thalia said.
"Ok, first things first, who are the girls we're supposed to spy on?" Frank asked.
"Here, it's a picture of each of them from their last school." Hazel said, handing a picture of one to Jason, and the other to Percy.
I looked at the one Percy had closely. She had red, curly hair, brown glasses, and was wearing a black shirt, and jeans. The other girl had dark brown, curly hair, and wore all black. For a minute, I was convinced the first girl was Rachel. I didn't know the other girl.
"Rachel? We have to spy on Rachel?" Percy asked, confused.
"It's not Rachel. I don't know her name, but our Rachel doesn't have glasses, and would never wear black. Plus, this girl is shorter than her." Nico said.
"Ok, so let's say she isn't Rachel. Where do we find them?" Leo asked.
"Well, the homeroom assignments on the wall say a teachers' name, then pictures of all the students in that homeroom. Let's go check now." Calypso said, and squeezed Leo's hand. They were so cute.
We ran to the wall with the homeroom assignments. Sure enough, both of the girls were in the same class. Piper and I were in their homeroom. What luck! We agreed to ask them to eat lunch with us, and to find out as much as we could about these girls. The bell rang, and we scurried off to class. Piper and I breathed deeply, then walked in Dr. McLaren's homeroom. We sat down in our assigned seats, and I began to study the teacher. She was short, and a tiny bit wide, with short, red hair. She looked all business. My kind of teacher.
I sighed, and was surprised when Piper elbowed me, and passed me a note under the desk. I unfolded it quietly, and read it discreetly. It said, "It's them! The girls from the pictures are sitting right in front of us!"
I bit back a gasp, and looked up. Sure enough, it was them. The brown haired girl was writing something down in a notebook. The red haired girl whispered something to her, she smiled, and they high fived quietly. These girls were a little strange. Dr. McLaren told everyone to be quiet, and then she left. Piper passed me another note. It read, Talk to them! If we don't, we won't learn anything about them!"
I nodded. I took a deep breath.
"Hi. I'm Annabeth Chase, and this is my friend, Piper McLean. Who are you guys?" I said.
They looked up, a look of surprise on both their faces.
"Are you talking to us?" The red-haired girl replied.
"Yes, I am."
"Well then, I'm Violet Richards, and this is my best friend, Mayura Jackson."
Huh?
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