Hi guys, i'm back. For those who are reading i know it's been a while, but i'm back!

This is the 3rd chapter, it's a little bit longer and it took me a while to finish, but it's here.

There might be some slight errors and if i find them i will fix them, but if you catch some please tell me.

I realize that the major characters in the story will be OOC and i'm sorry if you don't like that, but i wanted to add some pizazz to it if you know what i mean ;)

Last thing: These books, the characters, and everything in them belong to the oh so wonderful... Rick Riordan *applause*.

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Stepping out into the cold stark air, Annabeth grabbed the sweatshirt wrapped around her and pulled it closer to her shivering body. Her hair was dripping a trail of water down her back and uncontrollably swirling around her face from the wind. Why today, why now? She just wanted it to be a normal year, she deserved normal, didn't she? But when shit already starts to hit the fan on the very first day of school, that's a pretty good indication that you're screwed.

She told Thalia not to do it.

She was warned about what would happen.

Thalia didn't listen, as usual.

Annabeth turned as students were being pushed out of the school in groups by the firemen filing, each one more saturated than the first. They were pushing and shoving past everyone to get out; the slightly blue-ish fog following closely behind them. She watched as some of the girls waddled out looking like half drowned cats, their flip-flops making odd noises against the concrete pavement. She could feel the anger radiating off of them with an equal force, their eyes staring daggers at her. Annabeth just rolled her eyes, they cared way too much about their looks, the good soaking they just got was making them look better anyway.

A group of boys, who could have been confused as members of the Blue Man Group, came around and stood a few feet away from her. They must have been in her class at the time of the incident, because they were just as covered in the colored smoke as she was.

"I swear, chicks these days," Murmurs Smurf 1, "They will do anything for attention."

Smurf 2 gazed at him in confusion,

"What you mean?" Annabeth could bet that his head was about as vacant as the look on his face at that moment. "The Bimbo and The Goth did it on purpose, girls do those kinds of things for attention. No wonder Jason's with her." Annabeth cringed, sure part of it was her fault -mostly Thalia's, but they, especially had no right to call her that, she probably had more intelligence in her pinky nail alone then the three of them combined.

She shook her head and started to walk away, she just needed to go find Thalia and leave. Their day was already over. Pushing past people, Annabeth entered the school once again and was greeted with a cloud of her foul smelling accident. She pinched her nose as she made her way to the back of the school towards the principal's office. That was most likely where Thalia would be. As soon as the principal got on the loud speaker instructing us to exit the school in an "orderly fashion", Thalia was dragged away like a prisoner to some unknown location. Knowing Thalia she took the fall for the whole thing, even though Annabeth told her not to.

Lesson #1: Thaila never listens.

Annabeth looked around as she weaved in and out of the hallways, they were going to be in lots of trouble. The foggy blue smoke had started bleeding in with the cheap off-white paint the walls had previously been painted and had started creating a dirty teal color on every inch of the building's interior. She'd always felt that the school needed a makeover, but she was pretty sure this wasn't the best way to do it.

She sighed as she walked into the dark office, mumbled a silent hello to the lady at the front desk and sat down on one of the uncomfortable stools in the front. She would have to wait there until they were done interrogating Thalia, but after that, she was getting the hell out and going home because by now her mother had probably already been contacted about the "incident".

*flashback*

"See, i told you," Thalia started as she finished chewing the last last bite of her burrito, "Taco Bell is always the way to go, i would marry that place if it was legal and everything." Annabeth snorted, "Since when do you care about the legality of anything?" She rolled her eyes, "Shut-up with your big words and let me marry Taco Bell," Thalia said as she leaned her head against the driver's side window. Annabeth rolled her eyes, "Yeah, and i'll watch you waste away 'til you're 40, own 73 cats and can't even fit through the doorway." Annabeth mumbled as she fished for a tomato lost in her shirt. Thalia raised her drink and bumped it with Annabeth's in a toast, "Well then, here here, to elderlies and overly large cat ladies!" She exclaimed with a cheeky smile. "So chick, what are you going to be doing in the next..." -Thalia glances at her watch- "10 minutes." Annabeth grinned, "I'll be with you Thals, we've got science next, I think." The punk girl yawned and ran a hand through her dark hair, "Yeah well i'll see you then 'cuz i gotta piss." Annabeth cringed, "Don't say piss it's-." "Whatever," Thalia cut her off while climbing out of the car. She leaned in, reached over and pat Annabeth's head affectionately, "See you later Annie." She skipped back to the entrance of the school.

Annabeth stared out of the window and sighed. Today hadn't become unbearable, but she wasn't very enthusiastic about going back in yet. The day had practically just started for her and it was only 4th period, she still had a little longer to go.

She sat there and gazed through the frost covered window, deep in thought when something caught her attention. To left of the school building there was a old park that used to belong to apartment building next to it. The park had started deteriorating and rusting from the lack of use and was now getting ready to be removed. There were already construction workers on site and they looked like they would start at any moment. Annabeth remembered that park, she used to play on it when she was little. She would go there every weekend with her father, they would swing and play on the monkey bars and go up and down the slides... those were happier times. Now it's being torn down and nobody seemed to know or care. Hell, she had no clue anything was happening up until now.

Not many things in her life were ever constant, never permanent and this was just a reminder. Annabeth had never really thought about that park until now, it just never crossed her mind. Its funny how that happens, you never really pay much attention to things while they're here, but when it's time for them to go you wish you could have done things differently instead of taking them for granted.

But she could think about all of this later, it wasn't the time or place for melancholy thoughts. She still had to get through the day in one piece.

Annabeth had started backing up her books and things in her bag when a fist shot out and slammed against the window.

*End of flashback*

"Annabeth... Annabeth... Annabeth!"

Annabeth shot up with narrowed eyes to someone shaking her, only to be met with the bright blue eyes of her bestfriend. "Jesus, Annabeth get the hell up! We need to leave before they start looking for you." She rolled her tired eyes and stood

up to stretch her back, she had been sitting down for a while. Thalia had started shuffling around, gathering Annabeth's things and throwing them into her backpack, "Don't be so dramatic, i just fell asleep. Where were you?" She leaned down to touch her toes. "Principal's office. Interrogation. We need to go." Annabeth shot her a puzzled look, "They're done with you so why are you trying to rush me?" She wined as she snatched the book Thalia was trying to shove in her bag away from her. "'Cuz they want to talk to you now and I don't feel like staying here any longer than i have to. Okay, all your stuff is in your bag c'mon." Thalia grabbed Annabeth's hand and pulled her through the door.

Annabeth screamed and reached for the switchblade she knew Thalia hid under the drivers seat in her car and held it in front of herself. She was ready to shank anybody at this point. The door swung open and she took her chance to lunge. "Whoa whoa! What the hell are you doing?" She peeked around the door and sighed at the dark haired figure in front of her, "Damn you, you almost gave me a heart attack!" The emo boy just laughed as if that was the funniest thing he'd ever heard. "Well well Braniac. That's twice today I hear, maybe you should start paying more attention to your surroundings." Annabeth just stared, "Jason?" She asks bluntly. Nico shrugs, "Of course. Why are you in Thalia's car?" She points to the stray piece of lettuce on the dashboard with a raised eyebrow. He nods, "Taco Bell? Got it. How's your first day been?" He knit his dark eyebrows together and stared her down. Annabeth laughed out loud, "Fine before you decided to pop up on me like a lunatic." He shook his head, "Well maybe you should be a little more prepared in the future 'cuz this," he held up the discarded switchblade, "is not gonna get you anywhere. But seriously, how are you doing?" "Nico thank you, really, but you're crazy, worst than Thalia actually. Don't worry about me, I'm fine. I haven't had a mental breakdown yet." He nods, "Good, call me if you need anything. Wait, where did she go?"

"Bathroom." He smiles, "Thanks Braniac. I'm not sorry for scaring you."

He winks and leaves. She stared at the back of him as he walked away, he and Thalia were too much alike for their own good and one Thalia alone was enough for an entire lifetime.

Annabeth sighed as she gathered her things knowing 5th period would start any moment now and she needed to get back inside before she froze to death.

"So what did they talk to you about?" Annabeth started out of breath, as she tried to keep up with Thalia. "Nothing really. Just how i was being "reckless" and "a danger to others", turns out they just wanted me to pay for the damage and they needed an excuse to keep me in there for 4 hours." Annabeth's heart starts pounding, "I was asleep for four hours? That's it, my mom is going to kill me. I. Am. Dead." Thaila sighs, "She wont, if she does then she will have to face me." She rolled her eyes, "For what it's worth, i'm glad I had the satisfaction of embarrassing our fellow classmates before my time is over." Thalia laughed, "Ha! Did you see their faces? They looked like they wanted to kill us."

"They did want to kill us, there was no question there." There was a brief silence before them. "Hey Thals," Annabeth started thoughtfully while she skimmed the walls, "What exactly do they want you to pay for? Like the walls and the paint or the lockers and-." She was interrupted by Thalia's call, "Annabeth move!" But it was too late she face-planted straight into the wall.

Except it wasn't a wall. It was a person, a very angry person now.

Hands shot out to stabilize her before she fell on floor and a harsh voice spoke down to her, "What the hell. Watch where you're going!" Annabeth backed up and pinched her nose. Looking up at the stranger she squinted even harder.

It was Percy Jackson.

And he was shirtless.

And wet.

And boy was he attractive.

But that didn't matter, he was still an ass.

Annabeth scoffed and looked him in the eye, "Well excuse me Mr. Dickhead, but maybe if you were paying attention you would have seen me walking." She hears Thalia choking back a laugh. Percy narrows his darkening eyes, "I'm not sure if you know who you think you're talking to, but i suggest, for your sake, that you reel it in real quick." She glared, how dare he, she didn't do anything wrong and he was being a total and complete ass hat. "What the hell is your problem, dude? I bumped into you, on accident might i add, and you're acting like i killed your God damn cat! So back the fuck up man 'cuz i'm not in the mood." He chuckled darkly, "And you think i am? You think i wanna deal with you?" He jabs his finger at the two of them, "Haven't the two of you done enough shit today?" Thalia crossed her arms next to Annabeth and narrowed her eyes as she continued confused, "What are you talking about?" Percy's narrowed eyes turned playful and gave her a smirk, "Don't act dumb i was in class when your fart bomb went off, everyone knows it was you. You would think you had enough brain cells to pull a prank, well, you know, not in front of the entire school." Annabeth froze and narrowed her eyes hoping that she looked as intimidating as she felt, "That was accident and everyone knows it and do you think you could refrain from making comments concerning my brain cells when you clearly haven't had all of your since the first time you were dropped as a baby." Annabeth mentally patted herself on the back for that one when Thalia chuckled behind her. Percy smiled menacingly and tugged on one of her curls, "I would tell you to shut your mouth, but you know what they say about blonds. Can't keep their mouths closed, can't stop what goes in them," he said with a wink.

Annabeth saw red. She felt her entire body warm up with heat and her muscles tense up with adrenaline. The last thing she heard was Thalia's enraged gasp before she lunged.

At his face.

Walking into the classroom, Annabeth was met with the stares of her classmates and her teacher. They looked like they had been here for a while. The teacher narrowed her eyes and looked down at the clipboard in her hands. "Ms. Chase, you are 2 minutes late on the very first day of school. What do you think that says about you and how the rest of this year will go?" Annabeth felt her eyes widen slightly, oh she was that kind of teacher. She opened her mouth, ready to apologize when the teacher cut her off. "That question was not rhetorical Ms. Chase, I don't want a response just go find an empty lab table and start your work," she said with a flick of her hand. Annabeth almost rolled her eyes, but looked across the room for a seat. She spotted one next to a girl with large curly hair. She tried to sit down as gently as possible so she wouldn't attract the girl's attention, but the odds are never in her favor. The girl looked up startled, "Oh, hi." She said nicely, her voice trailing off. Annabeth shot her an apologetic look,"I'm sorry, there was no where else to sit," she said as she started gathering her things to leave. The girls hand shot out and grabbed her arm, "No, don't. I was just a little frazzled, i'm sorry. You can sit here and help me with our assignment, it's quite hard actually. Oh wait, only help if you want, it's fine if you don't know the material though. I wouldn't wanna make you do stuff you don't want to," she held out her hand, "I'm Calypso by the way." She finished on a single breath. Annabeth felt her jaw slacken slightly as she gripped the hyper girl's hand, "Annabeth chase." Calypso nods, "I'm acting strange aren't I? I've had to much coffee and my caffeine levels are just through the roof. Trust me i'll be normal in a few days. Being a senior will take some getting used to and now, its quite stressful." Annabeth nodded, she understood her completely, well not any of the other crazy stuff she was saying, but she knew how hard it was to change everything and start over every year, stressful indeed. Calypso cleared her throat as she looked around the table at the papers scattered around her and looked back up at Annabeth, her bronze hair flailing around her like a hurricane. She sighed, "Okay. Lets do this."

After about 5 minutes of explanation from Calypso, Annabeth finally got it. She stared through her microscope hoping to find the squishy pink mass she would have to use later and mix with whatever Calypso found. Annabeth grabbed her tongs ready to grab the specimen and make sure she was still so she wouldn't drop it when the chair next to her shifted and something brushed her arm. Annabeth froze, "Ah. Nothing like spending all your time looking at odd misshapen blobs of chemicals in their natural habitat," she started. Annabeth sighed without bothering to look up, "Are you using your impressive "big-girl" words for my benefit, or do you just like feeling smarter?" She heard Thalia sigh, "I'm not really sure." Annabeth looked up at her friend who had a withering look plasterd on her face, "Where are you sitting? I tried looking for you, but there was only one seat anyway." That was a lie, but she figured it was why her friend was in a crappy mood. Thalia pointed to the other side of the room with her thumb, rolling her eyes. When she didnt say anything else Annabeth figured she'd better talk, "Who are you doing the project with?" She asked as Thalia reached across her to grab the slide under the microscope. "I wonder what happens to this in water," she said completly ignoring her question. Annabeth shook her head, "Thats not what we're doing, we mix the two blobs together." Thalia shrugged, "Please, we dont need all of it." She looked over at Annabeth with bright eyes, "It would cheer me up..." Annabeth sighed, Thalia always did this. Tried to inflict pity on her so she would do what she wanted, but Annabeth knew, she probably wasnt even mad, just sleepy or tired. Thalia frequently confused the two.

"No Thals, stop it. If you don't want to do it and get a bad grade, that's all on you, but i'm not." She briefly saw a flicker of a frown when Calypso tapped her shoulder, "I'm sorry to interupt, i just wanted to tell you that my half of the project is done. Is that yours?" She asked as she pointed to the microscope slide in Thalia's fingers. Thalia answered for her, "Yup, we're droppin' this sucker in some water!" Thalia reached for her backpack, "We need that we aren't throwing it away just for you to-," she got cut off. "Ooh look even better," Annabeth watched as the most stubborn girl in the world pulled out a bottle of Dr. Pepper. She opened her mouth to yell at her friend for being so selfish and hard-headed when someone cut her off once again. Calypso's voice was soft and strained as Thalia popped the cap off, "You really shouldnt do that. I've done some research a while back and i believe that the chemical we are working with is very reactive, especially with oxygen based liquids and soda is filled with carbonation so-," Thalia cupped her hand over Calypso's mouth smothering her words, "You both need to lighten up a bit, what's the worse that can happen."

And she dropped the blob into the soda.

There was dead slience.

"Oh my gosh! Thalia i swear i'm gonna kill you! That was half of our work just down the drain!" Thalia laughed, "Down the bottle to be specific." She said with a wink. She looked over and saw Annabeth's glare and her smiled drooped, "Dude, you need to calm down, look," she pointed at the bottle, "nothing even happened."

And then it exploded.

She heard her teachers screech as the blue smog rushed out of the bottle that lay cracked open and discarded on the ground. The smog surrounded them first and Thalia tried and failed miserably to swat it away like a fly, "Oh my God it smells like rotten ass!" Annabeth glared as yhe classroom filled up with smoke, "Thank you Thalia, because we really needed to hear that right now. Especially from you!" Annabeth screamed as she tried to push Calpso's thin frame out of the line of blue.

A few seconds later the sprinklers came on and all the classrooms were momentarily filled with the cries of soaked girls.

"Out out! Everybody out! This stuff could be deadly so mive faster!" Blared the principal as he made his way through the classrooms pushing students in the direction of the doors. "You!" He yelled as he jabbed a finger in Annabeth's face, "Young lady your coming with me!" Annabeth felt the blood drain from her face, he thought she did it. Oh she was in so much trouble. Thalia stepped in front of her with a bored look on her face, "Oh stop it with your cliché threats, it was me, i did it." Annabeth shook her head, Thalia was always in enough trouble as it is, she didnt need more on her plate. "No, it was-," Thalia held her hand up and murmured in her hear, "Shut up, i did it, i'm taking the blame." Annabeth sighed, "No Thalia its your first day of school." Thaila turned and looked her in the eye, "It's yours too. Have fun." She said as she turned towards the principal who's head looked like a tomato as he looked at the damage to the walls. "C'mon old man. Take me to your chambers," Thalia said as she walked passed the principal to the office she had been to so many times before.

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~ Tutu