Previously in Half Blood High~~

Then the bell rang and doors opened. The sound of sneakers and gossiping filled the halls within the seconds. Waves of kids rushed past them and Percy looked to Annabeth in confusion.

"Where are they all going— Annabeth? Wait! Where are you?" Dear lord.

"Hey check it! New meat." A shrill voice from a tall girl appeared behind Percy.

Slowly, Percy turned around and came into face with a chest. Swallowing, he looked up to see a big brunette girl with thin lips, almond eyes and a sharp nose. She looked like she could be on a heavy metal magazine with her chains and leather jacket. Her ripped jeans were tucked inside steel-toed combat boots.

Percy knew this couldn't be good.

"Wata ya doin here, new kid?" The girl and three cronies sized up against Percy.

Percy tried to act calm and cool.

"Uh….um….hey…ah…wel…."

It didn't work.

"I said! What. Are. You. Doing. Here." She grabbed Percy by the neck of his t-shirt and pushed him against the wall.

"I'm just looking around the school! Let go of me you big ugly brute!" Percy shoved the girl back and she toppled over her friends.

"What. Did. You. Just. Call. Me? Freak!" The girl got up immediately, glaring hard at Percy. Then, one of her friends murmured something to the girl and she dropped the fist she was holding.

"You aren't worth my time, new kid. Watch yourself, or you won't be as lucky next time." The girl spat.

"The name is Percy. Percy Jackson."

"Whatever, Prissy." The girl stepped forward.

"Percy." Percy took a step closer too.

Then, a door down the hall opened, revealing an old wrinkly lady. Grover scuttled out there with a horrified expression. 'She must be Mrs. Dodds.' Percy thought.

"Clarisse LaRue. Get in here for your makeup test. Right now. You are late." Mr. Dodds cackled. "I will see you afterschool Mr. Underwood… and I expect you to be on time to class tomorrow."

The heavy metal girl walked towards the room. So she's Clarisse. But before she got to the door, she turned around and showed Percy a finger.

"Welcome to Half-Blood High, idiot."

"See you later Clarisse! Lookin' forward to it." Percy shot her a grin and a thumbs up.

Rolling her eyes and snarling profanity, she turned and stomped into Mrs. Dodds' room.

"Oh my gods…Percy." Annabeth called from the other side of the hall. She stood there with her mouth slightly ajar.

Ah… There she is! Percy walked towards her. "Yeah?"

"That. Was. Awesome." Annabeth smirked. "Not many people can stand up to Clarisse, especially the first time they meet her."

Percy shrugged.

Later, in the cafeteria, Annabeth and Percy and Grover were holding trays after paying for their lunch. It was almost $15 for the meal, but Percy had to say, it was pretty worth it. The food looked good. There were burgers, steak, grilled salmon and even sushi!

"I cannot believe they don't have enchiladas today." Grover moaned, rolling his head back while balancing a tray with a long apple sitting in the middle. Annabeth and Percy flanked him, watching out just in case he tripped over his clumsy feet.

"So anyway, Percy, just follow us and you'll meet more people." Annabeth said, nodding over at some waving people. She sure was popular… Even Clarisse gave her a small wave… until she saw Percy though.

As they walked past tables, Annabeth and Grover named the cliques to Percy. First they pointed at a group of pretty kids who as they passed, smelt like a cloud of perfumes and colognes. Apparently they were the school gossips. All of them looked like they could work in Hollywood… Two girls waved at their direction.

"That's Silena. She's dating out friend Beckondorf." Annabeth smiled and waved back at the girl with the bright green eyes and dark hair. Her smile was friendly and genuine. But the second girl... "The other one is Drew. She's a slut." Drew had hazel eyes, covered with eyeliner and mascara. Her pink lips shimmered in it's pout and her black hair was streaked with neon pink. It worked for her.

"That's the Glee club… I think they're pretty self explanatory." Grover said looking over at a table with crying kids, screaming kids… in general, they were the dramatic bunch.

Then Percy looked over at the corner and saw a table of kids all dressed in green with headbands or colorful bandannas. He looked at Grover again just to see him blush.

"Haha! Grover's crush is there, Juniper. She's pretttttyyyyyy and sweeeeeeeettttt and into nature and all that stuff Grover is. Basically, she's the love of his life." Annabeth whispered to Percy. They saw a cute strawberry blonde haired girl with awkward green highlights and a freckled smile. Her pink cheeks and white bandanna gave her a cherubic aura.

"H-h-hey!" Grover stammered.

"Hiiiiii Groverrrrrr! See you afterschool today?" Juniper's voice was as sweet as honeydew.

Grover blushed again and nodded. "Um, an Eco Club meeting. We try to keep the school environmentally friendly. It actually works, so that's good." He stole a glance at Juniper.

"They like each other." Percy smirked. Annabeth gave an identical one right back, her eyes shinning.

"Anyway, so that was the Eco Club… over there are the punks… um… those guys there… be careful around them because they are master pick-pockets. But they are funny people. Jokers… you know." Annabeth and Grover pointed the groups out. "You already know of Clarisse… um over there are the nerds. But they are cool nerd…Oh! Over there is our table."

"Annabeth!" A guy with a scar under his eye called. His sandy blonde hair was tousled and his light blue eyes sparkled with something Percy couldn't quite put his foot on. He seemed like the kind of guy all the girls fawned over.

"Oh! Um. Hi Luke…" Annabeth was blushing. Hard. Percy could tell she probably liked him. A lot. "Luke, this is Percy Jackson. Percy, this is Luke Castellan. Luke and I came to this school at the same time 7 years ago."

Percy raised an eyebrow but shook Luke's hand. His arm was veiny and rather muscular… but not beefily buff.

"Sup, Jackson. I see you've met Grey Eyes here. She's a good person to know around here." Luke grinned, pulling Annabeth under his arm. Grover sat down next to a pair of blonde haired, mischievous looking twins boys, nervously biting his apple, looking around the cafeteria. "What sports do you do?"

Annabeth, Luke and Percy took their seats. Percy was next to Annabeth and one of the twins.

"Um, I'm a swimmer."

"He's best in the country!" Annabeth pointed out, smiling at Percy.

"And I play some basketball… But mostly swimming and football." That seemed to get Luke's attention.

"What position?"

"Wide receiver."

"Oh nice! Me too. I guess we're just fast runners." Luke took a giant bite out of a sandwich.

"Cool." Percy replied. He then awkwardly looked around…

"Oh yeah, Percy, those two are the twins… as you can clearly see." Annabeth pointed a french fry at the two wide-grinning boys.

"I'm Travis."

"And I'm Connor. Or I'm Travis."

"Or I'm Connor.

Annabeth rolled her eyes and pointed at the twin with the dimples. "That's Travis. He's dating Katie Gardener. She's over at the Eco-club table for lunch today. " She nodded over to a brunette with dark brown eyes and tan skin. "She's part of the track team, like me. And the dimple-less one is Connor. I think he has a thing for Drew."

"Oh I do not!" Connor explained.

"You sure love her attention though." Travis said.

"Well, what can I say? I'm the better looking twin anyway." Connor said with a grin.

"Might I remind you that I have a girlfriend and you don't?" The twins went on bickering.

"Anywayyyy, I'm Beckondorf." The big black guy in front of Percy said. His smile was warm and genuine. "Quarterback. You should try out for the team. We're state champions." Percy liked Beckondorf already. He was confident but not cocky.

The table was also occupied by this kid named Will Solace, a cool kid who wore a leather jacket and ray bans all the time, apparently. There were the other football players and some girls. The girls included Amanda, who sang a lot, Felicity, who was into art and Margo. Margo was quiet and shy. But she blushed every time Percy tried to make a conversation with her. And also, Katie was usually here, just not on Mondays and Thursdays.

Everyone here seemed friendly enough. Percy could see himself liking this place.

Right now I'm still introducing characters but in the next chapter you will see more Percabeth action blooming... baby steps okay (;

And PS I'll be adding Thalia, Rachel, Nico and the three new heroes soon...I think. We're taking baby steps remember 3

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