"Please excuse Mr. D," Chiron said after the introductions. "He's a bit grumpy about being here. He was sent here unwillingly."

"Doesn't show," I said. I realized I still had my uniform on. "Do you have anything we can change into?"

"Yes, we do, but first I would like to show you where to two will be staying," he said and led us towards a small cabin that was the only one that looked like a regular camp cabin. Inside were a few bunks and a lot of sleeping bags.

Chiron gave each of us a pair of jeans and an orange camp T-shirt. Thankfully he also supplied us with sneakers, too. Soleil wanted to try out archery, so I tagged along to see how she did. She got a bull's eye almost every time. Chiron trotted over after a while. He asked us to go back to the Big House with him.

When we got there, we went inside. In the living room was a girl with blonde hair and stormy gray eyes. A familiar looking boy was sitting on the couch next to her. Chiron's head almost touched the ceiling because of his centaur height.

"These are two of our head counselors," he said, gesturing towards the two on the couch. "They are Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson. They will help you with any questions you have about camp."

"So which house am I in?" Soleil asked excitedly.

"This isn't Hogwarts, we don't have houses. They are cabins that symbolize who your parent is," the girl named Annabeth said. She sounded both annoyed and amused by the comment.

"Whatever. Am I in Apollo?"

"We don't know yet. First your godly parent must claim you," Chiron said.

"Claim her? What is she? A lost puppy?" I asked.

"Do not worry; it will not take that long for them to claim you. Annabeth and Percy were claimed by their parents within their first few weeks. She is the daughter of Athena and he is the son of Poseidon."

Not until then did it really hit me how absurd this whole thing was. The Greek gods are real? What kind of lunatics were these people?

"I can't believe you would kidnap us and bring us to this nuthouse, Mr. Brunner," I said to him and ran towards the door. "What kind of sick person are you?"

I ran out the door and towards the road. I realized I did not know how to get back to the city from here. I saw the lake and kayaks out of the corner of my eye. I veered slightly in their direction. I heard the screen door slam and Percy began to chase me. He yelled to a bunch of kids sitting on the docks. They got up and blocked the kayaks like a human barricade. The road it was.

Percy grabbed some kid who was about my age to help chase me down. From the one time I looked back I saw that the kid had short, straight silky black hair, but his bangs were a little long and slanted. He looked a little emo-ish with his all black clothes, but he was a fast runner. He was catching up with me. I could hear his feet behind me as I reached the top of the hill.

The second I crossed the tree the ground started to shake. I fell down. As I looked up I saw a giant coming towards me. I tried to run but the giant hit me into the air. I landed hard on the road. Did I mention it was not exactly a dirt road? The emo-ish kid came running over to my side as my vision became fuzzy. My head hurt a lot. He took off his sweatshirt, rolled it up, and put it under my head. Then he ran over to where Percy was fighting the giant. The last thing I saw was a blurry picture of two swords, one black and the other bronze, slashing through the air at the giant. Then everything went black.