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Chapter 6: First Day of School

Dawn glared at the page she was supposed to be reading. The words looked muddled and confusing as she tried to turn the jumble of letters into words she could identify. It had been awhile since she had been forced to read in English, and the lack of practice had made it hard for her to understand what she was reading.

The teacher seemed to notice her distress and walked over to her and whisper in her ear.

"Something wrong, Dawn?" Her teacher Ms. Vera asked.

Dawn bit her lip wanting nothing more than to shake her head and deny that anything was wrong, but she was the daughter of Apollo, her father would be furious if she lied, especially about something so trivial.

"I'm dyslexic, I'm having trouble reading the assigned work" Dawn whispered so the other students wouldn't hear. It didn't work. A couple of the girls behind her heard her and started to giggle.

The teacher turned around and glared at the two girls laughing at her before turning to look at Dawn for a moment her, face unreadable, before she spoke. "Dawn, please see me during recess." Ms. Vera said before heading back to her desk.

"OOOhh" A girl from behind said before breaking out into whispered giggles with her friend.

Dawn didn't even bother to turn around to yell at them. She was too busy trying not show how scared she was as worse case scenarios ran through her head.

Shoot I left my arrows at home! Dawn thought anxiously running her hand to her pocket she breathed a sigh of relief and her anxiousness abated if only a little at least I still have my pocket knife made of celestial bronze.

It took all of her willpower to stay in her seat till the bell rang.

Calm down Dawn, you fought in a war, for crying out loud. She told herself. You'll be fine.

Dawn stayed in her seat as the final kid left the room, fear gripping her tightly as she walked toward the desk to speak to her teacher.

"Dawn, I'm sorry I had forgotten you were dyslexic." The teacher Mrs. Vera said to Dawn.

Dawn exhaled a sigh of relief. She had heard stories of teachers actually being monsters from Tartarus in an attempt to capture young demigods. In fact that had been what led to Percy Jackson figuring out he was a Demi-god - or so the stories said.

"I can assign you a tutor to help you with your readings if you would like, I know a couple of teachers here who have been trained to help deal with children with dyslexia." Ms. Vera told the young student. Dawn wrinkled her nose at that. She hated receive extra help but nodded when the teacher looked as though she was going to push further. It wasn't like she had a choice in the matter anyway.

Vera nodded and started to skim through a large brown folder and looked back up the next two sentences bring Dawn's anxiety back at full force.

"It also says in your file that your also ADHD, and I've noticed you being quite distracted and agitated during class. Do you have you any interest in taking medication? It may help you keep focus during class."

Dawn's eyes widened as words of one of her older half-brothers came back to her. "Monsters want us medicated, we're easier to take down when we're on them."

Dawn had of course relayed this information to her mother shortly after she returned home and as a result her mother had conceded that it would be best if she stayed off the Ritalin.

"NO!" Dawn screamed. The Teacher leaned back in shock at how loud Dawn had screamed. Then the teachers eyes narrowed.

Dawn panicked when she realized she had done. Nice going moron, now if the teacher truly is a monster, she'll know for sure that you're a demigod.

She waited for a full a panicked minute when the teacher spoke again, the teachers voice cool. "It was merely a suggestion Dawn, you may have been able to act this wherever you were for the last three years but I assure you I will not tolerate your behavior, like I will your grades. Yell at me again, and you will receive detention every day after school for the next 3 months – understood?"

Dawn started to breathe deeply and nodded her head quickly. "Yes Ms. Vera, I'm sorry" She said.

Ms. Vera narrowed her eyes at Dawn before sighing. "Believe it or not Dawn, I know what it's like to return home after being away for a time, I know how jarring it can be, but that does not mean I will allow you to treat me rudely." Ms. Vera said. Dawn nodded at her teacher thankful that her outburst hadn't caused worse consequences.

"Yes Ms. Vera" Dawn said. "I apologize"

Vera nodded "Very well, you may go"

Dawn nodded and left the room feeling Ms. Vera's eyes on her as she walked down the hallway and out the room.

Dawn had hoped that the rest of the day would pass by quickly for her. That if she just kept her head down she would go by unseen by everyone in her class.

It half worked anytime she past by her brother in the hallway (the school went from kindergarten to grade 8) he would just ignore her. Which was fine she had pretty much expected that to happen ever since he had ignored her back when he first realized he had come back.

Besides the less interest he had in her the more protected he was.

Unfortunately there was a good amount of students who enjoyed teasing her. They teased her over running away, over not being able to sit still, over not being able to sit still.

They were nothing. She had been through a lot worse than what these girls could dish out.

So when Crystal Larson, a girl she had known before she ran away,who had never been nice and had always found something about Dawn to criticize, always ending up with the Dawn running home crying to her mother, made fun of the fact that after 3 years away she still couldn't read - something that years ago would have made her cry - Dawn just walked on, her eyes focused on the classroom ahead.

A couple of girls who went by the names of Becky and Jessica, that she had known back before she ran away tried to talk to her, but after everything she had been through... she just walked on ignoring them, leaving them behind.

It might have been mean and cruel, but it was the only thing she could think of. Apollo may have convinced her to come home after the Battle of Manhattan in the hopes it would help, but that did not mean she had to become friends with anyone.

Besides it was safer for everyone if she spent as little time with the human's as possible - less of a chance of people getting hurt that way.

A/N Whooo next chapter done! Hope you enjoyed that. Please leave a review in the comments and hopefully I shall continue.

For those wondering about Percy making an appearance - I don't have any current plans to have him appear in the story any time soon, though maybe he will. Depends on where this story goes.