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In English class that day...

"Please stand for the pledge." The principal's nasal tone said over the speaker. I made a mental note to check him for a tail later. And maybe the vice principal too, just to be safe.

I stood up and faced the flag "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under THE GODS, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Everyone sat back down and listened to announcements. I started making pro/cons lists in my head.

Good things about being a half-blood:

-The powers. Duh.

-Like, weapons!

-Camp half-blood

Bad things about being a half-blood:

-Monsters. Ick. Not pretty.

-No cell phones.

I stopped my list momentarily, just in time to hear the teacher say, "I'd like you to write an in-class essay to start off the year."

Everyone groaned.

He handed out slips of paper with prompts on them.

WRITING PROMPT: People of the world all have different personalities, but some are similar in nature. Not only do your actions reveal a lot about you, but your friends reveal just as much. Think of two friends who have different personalities and write an essay comparing and contrasting their personality traits. Be sure to be realistic and give examples.

I picked up my pencil and started writing. At the end of the class period, this is what I had written:

Personalities

By Diana Smith

Different people have different personalities, but sometimes there are similarities. My friends Annabeth and Thalia are both alike and different. They fear different things, and Annabeth is mostly level headed and calm, while Thalia has a hot temper and is impulsive. However, both of them had a rough past.

Both Thalia and Annabeth have deep fears. Thalia is scared of heights, which was evident the time she almost crashed the sun, also known as Apollo's sun chariot. Annabeth is scared of spiders. This is because her mother, Athena, once turned a girl named Arachne into a spider. Ever since, Arachne's descendants have taken revenge on Athena's descendants.

Annabeth is a lot calmer than Thalia. When someone angers Thalia, she usually zaps them with her electrical powers. For example, one of my other friends, Percy, was playing Capture the Flag at Camp Half-blood with her. When they lost, they started blaming each other. Thalia gave him an electric shock and Percy doused her with water. On the other hand, Annabeth takes time to think things over and plot against her enemies. Also, in emergency situations, without a second thought, Thalia will tap her bracelet, transforming it into her shield, Aegis, and charge straight into battle with her spear. Annabeth will be very rational and plan things out, sometimes in the face of death. For example, when she was on the Tunnel of Love ride at Waterland, Eros (Cupid) statues lining the edges fired strings across, forming a net. Percy, who she was with at the time, made the water burst out of pipes, whipping their raft down the tunnel. That should have been good, but the gates at the end of the ride were chained shut. Annabeth calculated when they should jump using force and trajectory angles. I find that very impressive.

Both Annabeth and Thalia have rough pasts. They are demigods, half mortal and half Greek god. Annabeth ran away from home when she was seven because she felt unaccepted by her mortal family. She later joined up with Thalia and Luke, another demigod. Thalia doesn't talk much about why she left home, but her mortal mother was an alcoholic, and that might have something to do with it.

Annabeth is calmer than Thalia and they have different fears. They both had a hard life when they were young. Even though Annabeth and Thalia have their similarities and differences, they're the best of friends.

I stapled the papers together and turned it in.

I can't believe I wrote an essay. Without being asked. In my free time. Just another reason I'm insane.

It's a bit longer, as promised. So review!

P.S. Feel free to give suggestions, or tell me the crazy PJO fan things you've done. I might include in it the story!