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Chapter 5

Annabeth POV

"Sorry, we got carried away. We still don't know your names," I say. The brunette I now know as Hermione spoke up.

"Right, yes, sorry I'm Hermione Granger, and this is Ronald Weasley," she says and gestures to the red haired boy on her left, whose ears turn a bright shade of red.

"And this is Harry, Harry Potter." The three of them look confused when we don't react to the name, but I start to talk.

"Do you guys know about Greek mythology? Or do I have to start it the very beginning?"

Harry and Hermione both nod, but Ron shakes his head with a confused look.

I shrug, but go with it, "the Greek gods are deities that originated in Greece. You know where Greece is right? "

Ron pipes up and says, " it's near Rome right?"

Percy rolls his eyes but I look out the window and say, "um, sort of. It's east of there."

I continue. "There are twelve major gods and tons of other minor gods that the Greeks would pray to for every aspect of life. At the time of the Roman Empire, the center of power was in the Middle East, so that's where the gods were. Now, the center is in America, and all the monuments of Ancient Greece and Rome have positioned themselves all over the country. The gods often come to earth in their human forms, and, um, hook up with mortals. They would have children who are called demigods. Half god half human, or nymph or whatever. But Percy and I are demigods, and so are all the kids who get to go to your school this year. Percy's dad is Poseidon, the god of the sea. And my mom is Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle strategy. Our friend, will, is the son of Apollo. There are twelve major gods, called the Olympians, and Hestia, but a couple of them are virgins, like Artemis and Hera," I frown and glare out the window.

"It's not all fun and games though. Some of us do have powers, um, our friend Nico can summon the dead because he's a son of Hades, lord of the dead. Others just sort of inherit it. I'm ok in a battle and can work with statistics, but I don't have any physical powers. But back to the point, demigods give off an Aura, which attracts monsters. The more powerful the demigod, the more powerful the Aura. We demigods need a safe place to live and train to fight free from these monsters. That's our camp. Camp Half-Blood. We have cabins for each god and goddess for their children to live in. This year, we've been invited to your school for the Tri-Wizard Tournament, but it's not just wizards this year so it'll be called the Demi-Wizard tournament."

I sigh and look over at Percy, who had fallen asleep in the seat next to me, drooling as always. I elbowed him to wake him up. I look over at the three other people in the compartment. their eyes were wide, and Ron had his mouth slightly open. They were going to have questions.

I know everyone who's reading this should know all this... (because you should) but it'll get more interesting