Hello! I'm really sorry it took me a few extra days to update! I've been really busy and it's been crazy! This chapter is in Annabeth's POV. In case you guys don't know my usual update schedule, I try to update every week!

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Annabeth:

School was going to start tomorrow! School is one of the greatest parts of my life. It's something I loving doing and I'm good at. Summer was so long! I'm ready to go back to school. We got our schedules last week:

First Period: Orchestra
Second Period: Science
Third Period: P.E.
Lunch
Fourth Period: History
Fifth Period: English (reading)
Six Period: Technology
Seventh Period: English (writing)
Eighth Period: Math

I loved my schedule! It's so much better than last year. I especially liked that I had P.E. before lunch! Last year I had P.E. five minutes after lunch. Do you know how hard it is to run three miles when you just finished eating literally, five minutes ago! It was horrible!

You guys are probably wondering about my first, so I'll explain. I have always wanted to play an instrument. In my old school if you wanted to play an instrument, you would have to buy it. Do you really think my dad my would ever buy me an instrument? Anyways, in Goode High School you can borrow an instrument from the school, so why not? At first, I wasn't sure which instrument I wanted to play, so I asked Thalia, and he told me to chose the instrument that best suits me and start by eliminating the instruments I don't like, and that is exactly what I did.

I don't really enjoy loud things, so I eliminated instruments like the tuba, trumpet, French horn, etc. I don't have strong lungs so I eliminated the instruments that required blowing clarinet, flute, oboes etc. I have nothing against band; I just don't think I want to in it. It doesn't really fit me. Since, I had already decided against wind instruments, Orchestra left me with string instruments. I wasn't sure which one I wanted to play violin, viola, cello, bass, and harp.

Let's start with the harp. The harp is a beautiful instrument, but it is very expensive and large. It would be very hard to move from place to place due to its size. It's so expensive, I'm so afraid that I'll break it. Moving on, the bass, in case you don't know what that is, it's basically a giant violin. It's way too big. Next, the cello, which is also too big. The viola and the violin were the last two options, which I debated over for a very long time. Viola has a cooler name. Violin is more common. Viola is a little deeper. Violin is a little higher. I think one reason why I was debating with myself was because of how similar they are!

I asked Thalia and she said the Viola, but when I asked Percy, he said the violin! Uggghhhh! They did not help at all!

I remembered that I had a friend and she played the violin very well. She really liked it and it always seemed to calm me to hear her play it, and I wanted to learn it so badly. Purely because of that memory and the fact that I'm more familiar with it, I chose the violin. I'll see how it works.

I really like that I have Orchestra for my first period. You get to start your day with beautiful music! What's better than that?

Overall, I especially like my schedule!

XXX

Later that day, I talked to Thalia to see if we had any classes together.

"Can I see your schedule?" I asked Thaila.

She pulled her schedule out of a drawer, and handed it to me.

I skimmed through it. Yes! "We have both English classes together!" I said excitingly.

"Are you nervous for school?" Thalia asked me.

"More excited than nervous!" I replied.

"You'll like Goode. It's a really good school," Thalia told me as I handed her back her schedule.

"How long have you been going to Goode?" I asked Thalia.

"This is my second year. Last year was the greatest year ever! The school is pretty awesome!"

That response made me more excited. I loved going to school, even when I went to a bad school.

I looked at the time. It's 2:00 p.m. I still have like 18 hours until school starts! Ugghh! I can't wait any longer! I know I sound kind of weird being so excited for school, but I don't care. School is my thing. I'm good at it and its very important.

"I'll see you at school tomorrow!" I told her as she waved to me.

Now that I know Thalia's schedule, I went to go see Percy. I wondered if he had any classes with me. I'd really like to have a class with him. I know, I spend enough time with him because, well, we kind of live together, in the same house, but it would still be nice to have a class with him! Percy told me that he always gets in trouble at school, and he really does. He has been expelled like a dozen times! That's ridiculous! How can someone possibly get in so much trouble, and Percy really doesn't seem like a troublemaker, so it really confuses me. He says things just happen to him. Percy has been at Goode for one year just like Thalia. He said the only reason that he hasn't been expelled from Good is because he is really close with the principal, Paul Blofis.

Once I reached his room, I knocked on his door.

"Come in," I heard Percy say.

I came in, "What's up?" I asked him.

"Nothing much," Percy replied while staring at his computer screen.

I walked over to what he was looking at. He was on the school website.

"What are you doing?" I asked standing behind him.

"Reading about our teachers"

He stood up out of his chair, pulled Grover's chair out, and pushed it next to his chair, and sat back down. "Have a seat."

I sat down in Grover's chair and read the description of the teachers along with Percy.

"Where's the orchestra teacher?"

Percy pulled up another page, "Here"

I read her profile:

Hello! My name is Mrs. Wilson! I have been playing the violin for 17 years and have been an orchestra teacher for five! I currently play in The World Globe Orchestra of Manhattan. I'm the orchestra instructor Liberty High School and Goode High School! I'm really excited to start the year and meet all the amazing musicians!

"She sounds nice," Percy said.

"Yeah," I defiantly agreed. She sounded experienced.

Percy and I continued to read the rest of the profiles. All the teachers sounded experienced and educated.

Suddenly, I remembered why I came here.

"Let me see your schedule," I said to Percy.

He pulled a piece of paper off his top shelf and handed it to me. I scanned the paper and held my schedule next to it to compare.

"We had science and PE together," I said.

Percy nodded, "Those are the fun classes."

I smiled. Even though, I thought every class was fun...

XXX

I went to bed at 8:45 p.m. I always go to bed really early on the night before the first day of school. You always want to be fresh for the first day of school! I couldn't fall asleep, though. It's 11:00 p.m. and I'm still awake! I'm too anxious and excited. Remember when you were kid and you could never sleep on the night of Christmas Eve because you couldn't wait till Christmas? That's exactly how I feel. Actually, I might be even more excited.

"Sleep, sleep, sleep..." I said to myself repeatedly. I have to wake up at 6:00 a.m! I need to fall asleep or I'll be tired for the first day of school.

As another twenty minutes passed, I was still wide awake! I tried everything, counting sheep, counting backwards, and even drinking warm milk! This was getting pretty ridicules.

After about another twenty minutes passed, I started getting sleepy. I started drifting asleep very glad that I'm finally falling asleep...

"Annabeth!" I heard outside of my door.

"WHAT!?" I screamed. Are you serious?! REALLY?!

I got out of bed, angrily walked to the door, and opened it and saw Percy, "What the heck!" I shouted as I hit his arm.

"Good to see you, too"

"What do you want?!"

"Sorry, I didn't think that you were going to bed, yet," Percy said. "You usually go to bed pretty late."
"Well, today is special! What do you want?!" I repeated.

"I was going to give you the school supplies that finally came, but I see you don't want it, so I guess I'll be on my way..."

"Wait!"I called out.

"Yeah, I didn't think you wanted to go to school without any supplies," Percy said handing the bag to me.

"Where did you get the supplies?"

"Chiron provides them," Percy told me.

"Wow. That's nice," Chiron is treating us as if we are his own kids and that really touched me.

"Yeah, it is," Percy agreed. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight, "I replied.

I went back to my bed. Great! Now, how was I going to fall asleep!

XXX

"RING! RING!" My alarm went off waking me up.

I hopped out of bed and quickly turned it off. It was really early and I didn't want to wake anyone up, except one person... He woke me up when it took me like five hundred hours to fall asleep, and now I want revenge.

I went into Percy's room and shouted, "WAKE UP!"

"Annabeth!" Percy said.

"WAKE UP! I shout louder.

"Okay...Mom!"

Percy got up and looked to see if Grover is angry because they share a room and I probably woke him up too, but Grover was still asleep!

I laughed, "Get ready! We have a long day ahead of us!"

How was this chapter? Tell me how it was! THREE DAYS UNTIL MoA! I'm dying! If you have any questions feel free to ask! Next chapter will be in Percy's POV. The next chapter will also be the tenth chapter! *Cheers* I'll have to do something special for the next chapter! Leave suggestions in your review! Please review, follow, and favorite! Thanks for reading!

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