I.-Chloe
Hey guys! This is my new book, and I hope you like it! Also, you might want to read my first book, Heart Broken (Percabeth), to get a brief idea of what I'm writing in here, as well as the title.
Today was not a good day. Chloe was on the bus, staring out the window. First of all, she had (unwillingly) joined band and had a concert tonight that she had to go to, and she had to go to the stupid hospital for a career field trip. The only good thing was that she was going with her friend and crush, Nico.
"Okay! Here we are. Everybody, wait until I signal you to let you guys off." Mr. Warrick said. Chloe didn't have him as a teacher, and although she had heard that he was the best science teacher in the 6th grade, she thought he was the weirdest teacher she'd ever met, apart from Mrs. McAfee.
Next to her, Nico groaned. "I don't want to go inside. I would much rather go to some restaurant for the field trip so I could eat some tiny pasta."
Chloe giggled. "Why are you so obsessed with tiny pasta? Every single day, you ask me for tiny pasta!" It was true. Every time she would pass by his locker, he would ask her if she had tiny pasta.
When they got off the bus, they were greeted by some of the nurses and doctors. They gave them an explanation of how a hospital works and gave them a tour of the hospital. They seperated the kids into groups of two . When Chloe and Nico were all by themselves, with a girl named Kelli, the girl showed them some of the rooms. She led them into a back room with lots of equiptment. Chloe thought her eyes were playing tricks with her until she found out that Nico was seeing the same things as her. The air suddenly smelled like bronze and animal fur mixed together. The equiptment suddenly looked like metal swords and axes, and there were blood stains everywhere. Worse, Kelli suddenly changed appearance, looking like a woman with flaming hair, white skin, red eyes, fangs, one bronze leg and one donkey leg.
"Now, my young demigods. I shall feast on your blood!" Kelli said triumphantly.
"Did she just call us demigods? What are demigods? And what or who is that?" Nico whispered to Chloe, as Kelli leisurely advanced on them.
"They're half-human, half-god. Think Greek Mythology- Hercules, Achilles, Perseus, Theseus, all those kind of people. That is an empousa. They're kind of like vampires, except a little more scary." Chloe whispered back.
Just then, a boy with black hair and green eyes, and a girl with blonde hair and grey eyes rushed in with swords. In an instant, they stabbed the empousa and it exploded into golden pieces of dust.
"Hello! I'm Annabeth and this is Percy!" she said, pointing at the boy. "We are fellow demigods. What are your names?" the girl asked.
The two middle schoolers were staring at them. "How'd you do that? Is greek mythology real?" Chloe asked.
"Yes. Greek mythology is don't we talk about this somewhere else, before someone finds us?" the girl asked.
"OK!" Chloe and Nico said.
When they got outside, the girl, who said her name was Annabeth, threw a gold coin onto the ground and shouted "Stethi, O harma diaboles!" Instead of clattering on the ground, the coin sunk into the road, and within thirty seconds, a gray car appeared that read Gray Sister's Taxi. "Hop in!" Annabeth said.
When the four were in the Taxi, Annabeth and Percy asked Chloe and Nico a few questions.
"How old are you?"
"12"
"Do you have ADHD and/or dyslexia?"
"Nico has both, and I only have ADHD. Where are we going?"
"You'll see."
"Oh."
They remained silent the rest of the ride. When they got of at their destination, Chloe asked why they were brought to a strawberry field. However, when they stepped inside Camp Half-Blood, Chloe was amazed at all the wonderful sights. "I love Greek Mythology! Do we learn how to speak Greek?"
"Yes, you will learn everything a demigod needs to know." a voice said behind us. Chloe turned around to find a dude riding a horse, or wait! No, a centaur! "I am Chiron, your activities director. I will teach you some of your most useful skills, as well as archery."
"Wait, are you the Chiron?" Chloe asked.
Chiron smiled. "I most certainly am. For now, Annabeth will take you on a tour around camp. Percy, you go with this young lad."
Chloe could tell that there was a special relationship between Annabeth and Percy. "Are you by any chance, dating Percy?" she blurted out.
Annabeth looked surprised. "How'd you know that?"
"I just felt like you two had a special relationship."
Annabeth told her about all the adventures she had with Percy. Chloe was amazed to hear that they'd fallen into Tartarus. Just then, a beautiful girl with brown hair and eyes that changed color constantly, followed by a boy with scraggly blond hair and cold, blue eyes came up.
"Sup Annabeth!" the girl said. The boy waved at her.
"This is Piper McLean, daughter of Tristan McLean and Aphrodite. And this is Jason Grace, son of Isabel Grace and Zeus. This is Chloe - er, what did you say your last name was?"
"Lusiasik." Chloe replied, eyeing Piper. "You don't look like a daughter of Aphrodite. I would imagine that daughters of her would have tons of makeup and dresses and all that nasty stuff."
"You're right. My sisters are like that, but I'm more of a tomboy, and you sound like one as well. Also, you're the first newcomer that didn't jump in surprise when they heard who my father is." Piper said.
"Well, I've seen him, but I don't really care that much about celebrities and all the gossip. I don't like attention." Chloe replied.
"You sound a lot like me." Piper proceeded to tell Chloe all about herself, Chloe interrupting her when she had something to relate to what she was saying. "What's the gender of your godly parent?" Piper asked.
"I don't really know, since I was adopted by both my parents." Chloe replied, shrugging.
Piper gave Chloe a tour of the whole entire camp. When they came across the Aphrodite cabin, Chloe gagged at the smell of expensive perfume, and when they crossed the Athena cabin, with all the books inside, Chloe wanted to read every single book in there, since she loved to read. When it was nearing the evening, a conch horn sounded. Piper lead Chloe to the mess hall for dinner. "You'll be sitting with the Hermes cabin, over there, until you get claimed." Piper said, pointing to the table.
Chloe was glad to see that Nico was there as well. She sat beside Nico. Nico started enthusiasticaly talking about all the fun things that would happen in camp. Chloe listened half-heartedly, as an Asian girl with lots of jewlery and makeup from the Aphrodite cabin was staring at her enviously. Chloe was now thinking that her mom might be Aphrodite. After all, everytime she wore a new outfit, Nico would always tell her that he liked it. She could tell that he also liked her caramel hair and green eyes that changed grey or blue depending on her moods.
The centaur, Chiron, rode in, holding a golden goblet. "Tonight, we thank the gods for supplying us with this glorious day, and for bringing us two new demigods." he said, gesturing towards Chloe and Nico. "Let us begin this meal!" He raised his cup. "To the gods!"
Connor Stoll, a member of the Hermes group told her that the plates and cups would magically produce food and drinks, as long as it was non-alcoholic. When everyone started to get up to go to a fire that was in the middle of the mess hall, Chloe asked Travis Stoll why they were going up there. Travis told her that they were going to sacrifice some food to the gods because they lived off the smell. Chloe commented that the gods were wierd. However, when she smelled the flames, she understood how the Olympians could live of the smell. When she came back to the table, she noticed that her wallet was gone. "Travis! Did you take my wallet?"
"No!" Travis protested. "Connor did!"
"No I didn't! You did!" Connor replied.
While the boys were arguing, Chloe managed to steal back her wallet. She couldn't wait until campfire so she could be claimed. She was dying of curiosity to find out who her parent was.
Okay guys! That was the first chapter and I'll try to update as soon as possible! Meanwhile, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE Review!
-Chloe