DISCLAIMER: I don't own Percy Jackson or Hunger Games.
"I seriously wish school would just randomly end. I hate homework," complained Thalia. She, Percy, Jason, and Annabeth were all driving to Half-Blood High in her car.
"Well after this year, I'm gone!" said Percy cheerfully. "And you guys have one more year!"
"Don't piss me off Jackson. I can do some pretty bad things to you," said Thalia.
Percy shut up for the rest of the ride to school. Once they reached there, they found an entire group of students standing in front of the main gates. Thalia shoved through the crowd to see what was up. When she got to the gate, she gasped. It was locked. And there was a note on the gate.
Thalia yanked the note off and shoved her way back to her friends. She showed them the note, and everyone became silent.
STUDENTS WILL REPORT TO GOODE HIGH SCHOOL EVERYDAY FROM NOW ON. THIS WILL BE FURTHER EXPLAINED AT SCHOOL. YOU ARE NOT TO ENTER THE HALF-BLOOD HIGH SCHOOL PREMISES FOR ANY REASON. ALL YOUR ITEMS HAVE BEEN MOVED. THANK YOU.
Percy turned around and began walking back to Thalia's car. Everyone stared at him.
"Uh, Percy?" asked Jason. "Where are you going?"
Percy turned his head and grinned. Then he replied, "Where else? We are going to Goode!"
"You mean we are going to hell…" muttered Thalia disapprovingly. None the less, the entire school followed.
At Goode, the Panem students were already listening to Principal Snow's speech in the auditorium.
"Sadly, the superintendent doesn't believe that the Games are good for a learning environment. She also thinks that Panem Academy and Half-Blood High aren't cooperating well. To fix this, she has decided to combine the schools into Goode High, which has enough room for both, until you guys get along. Personally, I don't agree with this, but I couldn't change her mind. Now a few words from your other principal so please pay attention."
Dionysus walked up to the podium, getting a weak round of applause.
"Well he pretty much covered all the boring stuff. All of your items have been moved, and you are no longer required to wear those dorky-I mean wonderful- uniforms. Your schedules will be given to you shortly, blah, blah, blah, any questions? No? Good. Bye now."
All the students stood up and walked around the campus.
"At least we don't need uniforms anymore, right?" said Peeta. Katniss smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, I guess. And we don't need to train since there are no Games."
Finnick pouted, "But I like swimming!"
"Then I guess you also like Coach Enobaria screaming in your face," said a voice. They turned to see Johanna Mason.
"Hi, Johanna, kill anyone important lately?" joked Gale, knowing that she somewhat enjoyed murderous thoughts. Johanna smirked.
"No, but I'd be glad to rip your throat out."
He gulped, knowing that she should be taken seriously.
"So are those Half-Bloods here yet?" she asked. Everyone shook their heads.
"I wonder if that boy Clove tried to kill will be there," said Finnick. Clove smacked his arm.
"I didn't try to kill him, geez."
"Only, you were trying to severely injure him, right?" asked Johanna. Clove rolled her eyes.
Soon, the Half-Bloods arrived on the school's campus. Snow and Dionysus were there to welcome them.
"Welcome to Goode High School!" said Snow, a twisted smile on his face. "I will be co-principal along with your principal here. My students are already walking around the campus. They will also be attending Goode with you."
"Wow," said Jason. "Thalia was right. Welcome to hell."
Surprisingly, it wasn't really that bad. The principals had come to an agreement that they wouldn't put students from different schools in the same classes. All the students just talked to their own classmates, and ignored the other students who were sharing the school with them. They even split the cafeteria in half, Half-Bloods on one side, Tributes on the other.
Percy, who usually talked to everyone, was avoiding Panem students too. It got worse when Luke came back from the hospital. They stopped ignoring each other.
"Oh wow, she really got you good," said Ethan staring at Luke's scar. It wasn't fully healed, but you could tell it was going to be there forever, as a constant reminder that he got that from a little knife-throwing Tribute girl.
"Don't talk about it," he muttered, walking towards his locker. As he passed by Panem students, they laughed at him, and he scowled. Why him? Why had she thrown the knife at him? He had no clue. Then he saw her talking to a girl with black hair.
Anger rose in him, and he pushed the black haired girl aside. Then he grabbed Clove's wrist and slammed her against the wall of lockers. She winced, but kept her expression fierce.
"What do you want?" she asked. People were watching them now, but they were too afraid to intervene.
"What was this for?" asked Luke, pointing to his face. The black haired girl coughed.
"Uh, the wound is on the other side…"
Luke moved his finger so it pointed to the other cheek, and tightened his grip on her wrist.
"You know what you did, Castellan. Don't make me say it."
He slammed her onto the wall again, but before she could say anything else, somebody came up behind Luke and grabbed his shoulder. Spinning around, Luke turned to find Clarisse La Rue.
"Not now, man. This is seriously not the place. Just go to class and leave the girl alone," muttered Clarisse.
Luke scowled.
"This scar isn't going away. Does it look like she regrets giving me this thing? I'm stuck like this for the rest of my life, and I don't even know what I freaking did!"
"Go away, Luke."
Clarisse's eyes were menacing. She wasn't always the nicest girl in school, and you definitely did not want to mess with her. Luke loosened his grip on Clove and began walking away, but not before whispering something to her.
"You'll pay."
Clove rubbed her wrist as Clarisse scattered the crowd. Her face was red, and she was scared. Why did she give him that scar? She didn't feel right.
"You okay?" asked Clarisse.
Clove smiled, and replied, "Yes, thank you."
"You're pretty polite for the girl who got Castellan with a knife. I don't even think I have the guts to do that. Or maybe I do, either way I have some respect for you. Don't let Luke get to you."
The corners of Clarisse's mouth twisted upward, but just barely. Then she walked away, in the opposite direction of Luke.
The next day, Superintendent Coin visited Goode to see how the students were cooperating. She didn't like what she saw.
"You will not go against my authority, do you understand?" began Coin, pacing in the office that was now shared by two principals.
"We did what you asked, and the students are getting along fine," said Snow, tapping his fingers on his desk. Dionysus was sitting in his swivel chair spinning around, not really paying attention to the conversation.
"I want all the students to mingle with one another, not to ignore the fact that others are there! You will change the schedules at once!"
So the schedules were changed, and during homeroom the next day, most students were surprised to be sitting in the same room as their destined rivals.
Strangely, by lunch they had gotten used to the idea and the cafeteria's two sides slowly merged together to create a good atmosphere. Not many Half-Bloods or Tributes talked to each other, but it was a start.
Percy was swimming laps in the school's pool. He was alone, and it could give him time to think. He let the water soothe him, and even though it looked like he was exercising, he was really taking a break. There wasn't anything that was really bothering him, it was just the normal day-to-day high school stress. Then he heard a voice.
"Finnick! Where are you? Finnick!"
Percy kept swimming, realizing it was probably Finnick's girlfriend or something. It was, in fact, Annie. She had been searching for her boyfriend for the past hour, but he wasn't answering her calls or texts. Then she assumed he would be swimming, since it was one of the only logical reasons.
"FINNICK!" she yelled again. She continued to walk towards the pool. Since Percy was on the other end (and the pool was large) she couldn't see who was swimming. Then she got too close.
She slipped.
Screaming, she fell into the water, hitting her head on the side of the wall. Percy heard the scream and splash and rushed to the other side. Seeing Annie, he quickly pulled her out of the water. She was unconscious.
Percy began trying to wake her up. He even tried screaming into her ears. Checking her pulse, he realized that she wasn't going to wake up any time soon. He began lifting her up when he noticed a red stain where her head was. He felt the back of Annie's head then looked at his hand. It was covered in blood.
He picked her up and began walking towards the hallways, not caring that people were staring at him. Few of them noticed that Annie had been injured, and Percy just continued walking quickly, trying not to increase the damage.
Then he saw Annabeth talking to Thalia. He rushed to them. Thalia's eyes widened when she saw Annie in his arms.
Annabeth turned around and rushed to the sleeping girl.
"We need to get her to a hospital, NOW."
She pulled out her phone and called an ambulance. By now the students had realized that Annie was hurt and were crowding around her.
"Get away, give her some room!" yelled Thalia. Everyone immediately backed up. Soon, the ambulance arrived and they took Annie with them. Thaila had decided to go with her, while Percy and Annabeth stayed.
"We should tell Finnick and her other friends. Where are they anyway?" asked Annabeth. Percy saw a cell phone on the floor, where he had set down Annie earlier. Assuming it was Annie's he picked it up and began scrolling through the contacts until her found Finnick Odair. Then he called.
"Annie? Where are you? Sorry about the missed calls, I was in the water. I thought you said you would meet us at the beach after you finished that English test. I told you I'd wait for you. Why didn't you let me? Hello?"
Percy gulped.
"Finnick?"
It was silent for a minute. Then Finnick recognized the voice.
"Percy? What are you doing with Annie's phone?"
"Annie fell into the pool. Her head got injured and her pulse is slow. She's on her way to the hospital right now."
A/N: Poor Annie, she didn't do anything wrong. But alas, the story must go on.
Anyways, I'm going to take a while to update this one (sorry) because I'm going to start a new story. I'm having a bit of a writer's block on 'When Schools Collide', but I think working on something else for a couple weeks will do me some good.
Reviews? You know how much I love them! :)