The five demigods watched TV until they all fell asleep on the couch. In the morning, they all slept in late, even Annabeth. As soon as she realized it, Annabeth jumped up from the couch and shook the rest of them awake.
"We're late!" she exclaimed and rushed to get ready. The others did the same.
"Ugh," Luke groaned as they walked out of their house. "I already graduated before I died. Why does this quest have to involve school?" Nobody disagreed. Clarisse and Chris didn't have to go to school. Why should Luke?
When they finally got to school, the first period was almost over. Luke got his schedule and he had the same classes as the rest of them except his elective was Marketing, which he was not happy about. They realized that none of them actually got to pick an elective. They figured it must have been their parents.
The five of them stepped into Mrs. Dodds's class and the entire class turned to look at them.
"Alecto?" Luke asked before he realized what he was saying. The Fury's eyes flashed a warning.
"Ah, you must be Luke Castellan," Mrs. Dodds paused. "Just because you are new does not mean you can be late. Don't let it happen again. Please take your seat." The five demigods hurried to their seats but the teacher stopped them.
"Now, honeys," she warned in her sweet voice. "You four are not new. That is detention tonight after school. You will be punished." They knew what was going to happen. And that did not make them excited.
They all rushed to their seats, ignoring the pitying looks from the other students.
"Now, Luke. Please come up here and introduce yourself. Quickly, please," Mrs. Dodds urged. Luke pulled himself out of his chair and made his way to the front of the class.
"Hi. My name is Luke Castellan and I'm from Los Angeles, California," he explained making half of the girls in the classroom swoon. Percy almost laughed at his comment. Luke had to say he was from LA, considering that was where the Underworld is. But Los Angles was about two hundred miles too far up. [I don't know how deep the underworld is so I guessed]
"How do you know the other Americans?" someone shouted from the back.
"Summer camp," Luke responded. The person who shouted grunted like they expected a better answer.
"Are you single?" one girl screeched. Luke looked repulsed but nodded. The girl gave him a strangled fangirl scream.
"Anything else?" Luke asked. No one said anything so Luke went to sit back down.
The demigods went through the rest of the day like normal, introducing Luke to their teachers. At lunch, they formally introduced Luke to the mermaids and their boyfriends.
"Another American?" Rikki pretended to be annoyed.
"Unfortunately," Luke grumbled.
"You look so much older than us and we're seniors. How old are you?" Emma questioned. Luke glanced at the other demigods. He would be around twenty-five now but he couldn't tell them that.
"Nineteen," Luke responded. Percy choked on his blue Coke (that he brought with him). Luke was nineteen when Percy first met him. That was almost six years ago!
"Were you held back or something?" Cleo asked.
"Or something," Luke said. The mermaids realized it had to do with the demigods' situation, so they left it alone. But their boyfriends wouldn't let it go that easy.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Zane asked, a little annoyed.
"Zane, just leave him alone," Rikki warned. He gave her a questioning look but backed off.
"So, why did you come later than the others?" Ash asked.
"I wasn't allowed to come until now."
"Why not?" Luke answered by giving Ash a glare. Ash backed off. The rest of the lunch, they were unusually quiet. When the bell finally rang, they were actually happy to go to class.
In gym class, they introduced Luke to Coach Hedge, who had Luke do the obstacle course from the day before by himself. He ended up having the fastest time out of anyone. Zane protested that it wasn't fair because he didn't have a team, but with one look from Coach Hedge, he shut up pretty quickly. At the end of class, the mermaids invited the demigods to the moon pool.
"We want to know his story," Rikki said.
"Ok. But first, we have detention," Annabeth sighed. The other three mermaids nodded and said they'd meet up after. Then Percy, Annabeth, Piper, and Jason trudged to Mrs. Dodds's classroom.
"I told you, honeys. If you messed up I would kill you. But alas, I cannot do it myself for I have a job to complete. But I will enjoy watching as my sisters tear you apart," Mrs. Dodds hissed at them from the other end of the classroom. Then the other two Furies appeared in front of them. Percy drew Riptide, Annabeth palmed her knife, Piper hefted her ice sword, and Jason flipped his coin. Percy and Annabeth took one, Piper and Jason took the other. Percy swung his sword a little too wide and the Fury's whip knocked Riptide out of his hands. He cursed and tackled the monster, accidentally grabbing her whip.
"Ah! Hot!" he exclaimed and jumped off of her. But she was stunned long enough for Annabeth to stab her in the stomach.
On the other side of the room, Piper was yelling at their Fury, "Fly!" She started flapping her wings but the ceiling wasn't high enough and she slammed her head into the panels. Jason flew up to her and, in her daze, sliced his sword through the Fury.
"Just remember, demigods," Mrs. Dodds warned. "This is just adding to my anger. I think you have been punished enough. You may go."