Percy pov

Since Chiron sent us on this quest, and the Gods probably had something to do with it, we had no choice but to say yes. Mac assured us that no one except him and anyone we choose to tell will know of our heritage, but he warned us to try to prevent people from finding out. He told us basic training would start in a week and to prepare ourselves. Then he gave us blue shirts and sent us to have lunch.

The minute we stepped into the lunch room, all conversations stopped. They were all staring at us and whispering. Probably at how fit we were for blue shirts. Mac had told us of the colour coding system. Red was for those under ten years old, blue was for those in training, grey was for when you passed training, navy was for an excellent job on a mission, black was for excellent jobs on many missions, and white was for staff and retired agents. One of the tables had the guys (and girl) we beat in the entrance tests. They beckoned us over, so we sat with them. They started telling us how basic training was hell. I really don't think it'll be hell, 'cause I've been there and back with Annabeth. I think Nico also went at one point.

"You'll always be cold" James said. Leo smirked. In his mind he was probably thinking 'Riiiiiiiiiiiiight"

"You'll never be dry" Kerry continued. Uh-huh, cause it's not like I'm waterproof or anything

"You practice fighting all the time, and it's always painful" said Bruce. Eh, we fight all the time. It's part of being a demigod.

"If you get injured bad enough, you have to drop out and restart next time." Note to self: bring ambrosia

"And you're always hungry." Maybe we could bring the cornucopia, or Leo's tool belt and get Hazel to manipulate the mist

"Mr. Large can't be persuaded by anything" We all looked at Piper and smirked.

"Sometimes you wish you could just fly to the top of the climb in the assault course" Frank's hand turned into a wing for a second and Jason smiled

"And then the big end of training trip. I swear on mine, the water creatures were out to get me" I smiled. I hope we go somewhere with lots of water.

We ate as other kids told us stories of how horrible it is, before a buzzer went and everyone rushed off to classes, with the occasional kid muttering about scrubbing toilets because he forgot an essay or something.

We looked at the schedules Mac gave us, and we were supposed to head to a doctors office on the 5th floor. When we got there, there was a guy with a very thick Russian accent waiting for us.

"ah yes, ze newbies. I vill take you one at a time. You there" he said pointing to me "I vill take you, and my assistant vill take ze blondie" he said, motioning to Annabeth "Ze rest of you vait here"

The Russian guy took my into a room with a treadmill and a table with a couple of needles and doctor-y

stuff. He motioned for me to get on the treadmill. I stepped on and he attached something to my tempel and my neck.

"I vill start you off easy, zen ve vill get faster" he said. I nodded. He didn't need to start me off easy. Just say Zeus is trying to kill me and I'm off running. But he started me at a jog anyway.

After a while, he looked down at a little device in his hand and nodded. He wrote something down on his clip board and pressed a button to increase the speed. This happened a couple more times before decreasing the speed. Then the treadmill stopped and he nodded in approval.

"excellent, you are of appropriate fitness levels. Now for ze second test, I need you to take off your shirt" he said. I wonder how the girls will fare with this test. I took off my shirt, and heard the doctor gasp. Probably my scars, but hey, when you go through two wars and Tartarus, you're bound to come out with some scars.

"My, my" he muttered "vat have you gone through"

"uh, I've was um... I've had some tough times with my grandpa and great grandma. They uh, sent some stuff after me and, uh, we fought" well, I guess Kronos was Poseidon's dad, and Gaea was Poseidon's grandma, so that makes them my grandpa and great grandma.

"Ahh, Mac told me zat you had family... trouble" He responded. I froze. Did he know?

"I heard zat you father died tragically" I guess not "On ozer topics, you are very fit" he said smacking my abs. "You may now go" I left, and he got Jason

"How did he react to your scars" I asked to the group.

"um, loud gasps" replied Piper

"Vat 'av you gone through, dear boy" Frank said, imitating the German guy's accent. We all laughed

"And your cover story?"

"grandpa and great Grandma abuse" I replied

"got beat up by old folks, well done Percy" said Jason. I stuck my tongue out at him.

"Well, let's get to the dentist" said Hazel. We followed Annabeth there

My mouth was in a lot of pain after that visit. Nothing worse than when Jason punched me in the face. Now that hurt.

TIME SKIP-TIME SKIP-TIME SKIP-TIME SKIP

Today we started basic training. At four am, we all woke up, as we had to be at the basic training spot at 5. We all had breakfast and when we finished, we had 15 minutes to go. So we started walking down to the basic training course, while sparring on the way. When we got there, we were the only ones. Mr. Large introduced himself (in a way that reminded me much of Coach Hedge, then made us do push ups until the rest arrived. He looked disappointed when we did them without complaint and with ease. Almost everyone did normal push ups, but Jason and I got a bit (see:very) competitive. We did normal, claps between, someone sitting on us, one handed, and Jason even controlled the wind to do no handed. That was unfair, but Mr. Large was probably seeing something else through the mist. Finally everyone else arrived, and he started talking.

"I am Mr. Large, and I'm the head of basic training. Those two are Mr. Pike and Mrs. Speaks. You cupcakes get to enjoy our company for the next hundred days." he said. Mac told us already. He basically gave us the speech we were getting now. Naturally, I zoned out.

I started looking at the other trainees. There was us nine and 3 more. There was a chubby, pink cheeked, blonde boy who would probably quit in the first week, a black haired Latino girl with a feirce look in her eyes and an Asian boy who was very muscular. I started day dreaming, when mr. Large rudely cut in.

"care to say, mr. Jackson?" He said

"uh, four" I said, giving a wild guess. From the disappointed look on his face, I assumed I guessed right.

After he finished his lecture, he put us by a bed and a pile of clothes. We were told to put them on and stand by our beds, so we did. We were given a spare pair of pants and blue shirt, as well as another pair of socks, boots, and a jersey-like shirt with a number on it. I was number 5. Nico was number 1, Thalia was 2, Piper was 3, Jason was 4, I was 5, Annabeth was 6, Frank was 7, Hazel was 8, Leo was 9, the Latino girl was 10, the Asian boy was 11, and the chubby kid was 12.

"alright cupcakes,let's get moving" mr. Large said when we were done. He brought us outside and to an obstacle course in the forest.

"This is the assault course. You're to run it three times before lunch. Go"

hey guys! Here's the next chapter. Please ignore any spelling mistakes, I was typing this on my iPod at 10:30 pm. Thanks to all my lovely reviewers!😄