Sadie pov
School was starting to get on my nerves. People are always telling us what to do. Blah blah blah. Me and Carter aren't so bossy as teachers. At least, I'm not. Carter, on the other hand...Anyway, I was just waiting for summer break, which was still a long way.
Walt, Carter and I were standing next to my locker, talking. That is, Carter kept talking about class and homework which I tuned out and stood there staring into Walt's deep eyes. "Hey Carter." Someone called. We turned around to see Percy and a grey-eyed girl walk towards us. "Hi Percy. Hi Annabeth." Carter greeted them. Annabeth? Well, that's a queer name. It had the sound of royalty. Like Lady Annabeth or Queen Annabeth. "So, what's your first class ?" Percy asked. "English." Carter replied. Percy and Annabeth looked at each other and grinned. "Same as us." Annabeth said. Just then, the bell rang. "See you later . " Carter said to me and Walt before walking of with Percy. I checked my time-table. Groan. First was history. I was not in the mood to sleep. So I decided to bunk. I waved to Walt before walking to a girl's bathroom. Once in there, I checked around to see if anyone was around. Then I called to Isis. Isis, I need a portal that will take me to that abandoned house outside school. I thought in my mind. Tsk, tsk. Ever thought of asking please? Isis spoke in my mind. Nope. Now can you please hurry. I replied. I heard her sigh before a portal opened before me .
I appeared in the basement of the house. Uh! I had to remember to say please to Isis next time. I climbed up the stairs to the house. In the hall, there were many dose bled pieces of furniture that were extremely dusty.
I then accidentally tripped on a tool and fell behind a sofa, the only furniture in the house that was in one piece. Before I could get up completely, something appeared out of nowhere. I quickly sat back behind the sofa. Then slowly, I sneaked a peek at what that was. I could hardly believe what I was seeing. There were four people . Well, 'people' isn't exactly the right word. The only normal person was a teenage boy with a rasta cap and freckles. The only thing weird about him was his goatee. I figured it was style. The others in the room was a goth boy who was about Carter's age but still scared the creeps out of me. The other was a big guy with messy hair and a brown eye. Yes, I did say eye. He had only one eye in the middle of his forehead . But what really scared me was their pet dog. If you can call a canine creature the size of a rhino a dog. That thing was huge. The goth boy was scratching its ear. Uhh!
"Good, Nico. No one saw us. See Grover, no worry." The one-eye said. "I still think we should have shadow travelled straight to his house." Said Grover."We want to surprise Percy, not scare his parents half to death." Said the goth boy, who I assumed was Nico.
Percy! These creeps were friends of Percy! How could they be? Then I remembered that Carter had said Percy was weird. What if he was an evil monster in disguise?
"I don't see why we had to bring Mrs. O Leary. "Said Grover. Despite the danger I was in, I had to bite my tongue from laughing. A giant dog named Mrs. O Leary? They can't be serious. "But Grover, Mrs. O Leary also misses Percy." Said one-eye.
He sounded like a six year old. "So here's the plan. As soon as Percy comes out of school, I bring him here. He can meet Mrs. O Leary, and then we'll tell him about the prophecy. Then I'll leave with Mrs. O Leary, while you guys can stay here a while longer. Alright?" Nico said. Prophecy? "Oh, he isn't going to like this." Grover said. The other two nodded. Then Grover and one-eye sat down on a piece of headboard while Nico mounted the...um...dog and went to sleep on his back.
One thing was for sure. These people were going to stay here till school ends. And I was stuck here till then. Just my luck!
Carter pov
As I entered class with Percy and Annabeth I saw a group of people standing around Emma's seat. She was crying. "It's alright, Emma . It wasn't your fault. Percy is just a jerk. "Said Tony. I looked at Percy and was shocked to see that he was smiling. He whispered something in Annabeth's ear, and she giggled.
All heads turned in our direction. I slowly walked to my seat and sat there before anyone could pull me into these school politics. Jason and his groups were glaring daggers at Percy. He seemed unaffected at this and went to the only empty seats. I saw that the seat had water on it. Prank alert! I wanted to warn Percy, but I didn't want to get beaten up by Jason and his gang. Percy and Annabeth took their seat. I waited to see anger or surprise on their faces, but I saw none. Annabeth's expression did not even change, and Percy was grinning widely. I didn't see what was so funny.
The teacher entered the classroom. I was sitting next to Tony, so I heard everything that Jason was saying to him. "Lover boy's acting strange. I mean, he should have noticed by now that the seat was not dry." Jason said. "Well, maybe he doesn't want to give us the satisfaction. I think he hopes it'll dry off till the end of the period and no one will notice." Said Tony. "We'll make sure that doesn't happen. "Jason smiled evilly. The teacher called the class to attention. "Ok class. Today we're going to start the novel "Merchant of Venice". I hope at least some of you are familiar with this story. I saw Annabeth nodding her head from the corner of my eye. "Can anyone come here and give us a short summary of this novel?" The teacher asked.
Annabeth's hand shot up instantly. "Yes, ." The teacher said.
Was she crazy? Why did she have to get up ? Percy's grin, if possible, just became wider. Why was he so happy. Was he also into Jason's prank? Did he too want to get Annabeth into trouble? Then why did Jason and his group seem to hate him so much? Nothing about Percy made sense to me.
Annabeth got up from her seat . Her pants were...completely dry. I couldn't believe this. I was pretty sure there was water on her seat. Jason's expression was priceless. I looked over to Percy and saw that he was trying not to laugh.
Annabeth finished her summary and went back to her seat. "Well done, . That was very good." The teacher said. Annabeth blushed. Percy said something to her which I couldn't hear. But by looking at her smug expression, he probably praised her. After a long boring class, the bell finally rang. Before anyone could move, Percy and Annabeth darted out of the classroom. Probably to avoid Emma and Jason. I sighed and looked at my time-table. I had Greek . Just great. I got up lazily and went to yet another boring class of Greek.
