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I can't believe it. They gave us a test in math. Just because we had a new student. They didn't think it was fair for one person to take a test, and the rest of us not. they wanted to see what blondie knows and how much the rest of us learned over the year. It shouldn't be legal. But, now comes the best period of the day. Any guesses...? It's LUNCH! I get to relax and not take any tests. Total awesomness.

I head to my locker and grab my wallet and phone. Huh. Saige tried to call me. She knows that I don't have my phone in the morning. Whatever. She probably just forgot. She always has her phone.

I close my locker and head to the cafeteria. Miles, Grover, and Chris are already at our table.

"Yo! Perc!" says Chris when I sit down.

"Hey." says Grover.

Miles just waves.

Grover comes with me to grab some lunch. He grabs an apple, slice of pizza, and a can of soda. I grab a slice of pizza, and a gatorade.

We pay and head back to our table. but, things could get a little heated up because YoYo and Blondie start walking in the cafeteria. Oh boy.

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Pandora meets me by my locker before lunch, then we walk to the cafeteria. We both brought lunch so we don't get in line for lunch.

We walk in and I see Percy looking straight at me. He sits at a table in the way back with some boys I don't know. The worst part, Pandora starts walking towards the table. I do not move from my spot in the doorway.

Pandora turns around and asks, "Are you coming?' I nod and start walking. I was kinda nervous. I didn't really want to get in another fight with Percy. Well, I'm already at the table,so, no turning back now.

"So..." started Pandora. "Percy this is Annabeth Chase. Annabeth this is Percy Jackson. And as you both know, I am Pandora Thomas. Also known as YoYo."

"YoYo?" I questioned Pandora.

"Yes. I collect all different kinds of yoyo's. I have since I got my very first one when I was five years old. I was fascinated with them ever since." said Pandora. "Anyways, Saige went home sick, so you can meet her tomorrow. This is Grover, Chris and Miles." I waved and smiled at them.

So, I ate my lunch quietly and talked to Pandora. Percy talked to his friends and sometimes Pandora. But, Percy completely ignored me. I don't care though. I really hate that guy. the bell rung, signaling the end of lunch. The same thing happened. Pandora led me to each of my classes. Apperently, we had the same schedule. Ironic. I'm starting to wonder if she bribed somebody.

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Ugh. Why do I have to sit in detention. I mean, it's better than staying after school for detention but, come on. I barely did anything wrong. In reality, it's Lukes fault.

"So, what i'm wondering, Percy, is that, are you cheating on Saige with the new girl?" taunted Luke. He's such a jerk. "Looks like Percy really is a playboy. Ooo, I can't wait to tell Saige. She'll come running to me. I'll be her hero." Luke smirked.

"She would never believe you. Plus, I would never do that and she knows that." I sneered at him. "I love her." I really do.

"Sure you do. You probably only want her for her looks." He sneered back. His friends snickered. That is when I lost it. I would never just date a girl for her looks. I'm not that shallow.

I lunged at him and tackled him. I punched him in the face and in the gut. A teacher came and ripped me off of him. Luke had a bloody face. His friends helped him to the nurse and I was sent to the office. They gave me twelfth period detention for two weeks.

Now, here I am. Waiting for the bell to ring, signaling the end of the day. Two minutes until I get out of this prison. Yay.

"Ding! Ding! Ding!" I opened the door and headed out. I stopped at my locker and grabbed my backpack and helmet. I went to YoYo's locker and waited for her. I had to get into her house to get Neptune. And, I, of course, didn't have a key. She was walking with Annabeth. Of course she was. YoYo said bye to Annabeth and came to her locker,

"Hey Perc." said YoYo.

"Yo, YoYo" I grinned, She rolled her eyes. She usually walks to school so, she got to ride on my motorcycle. Luckily, I have one extra helmet.

We hopped on and rode to her house. She loves riding on my bike.

I pulled in her driveway. She hopped off and bounced toward her front door.

"You coming?" she asked with a smile. That girl never stops smiling.

I got off and followed her. When we entere, she took her boots off and pointed at my boots.

"Oh, come on, YoYo." I made a pouty face.

"Off, Percy." said YoYo.

I did as she asked and then we headed into the living room. There, on the couch was a big lump. Saige was bunndled in a blanket and she was cuddling with Neptune.

"Hey. " she croaked. I walked over to her. Neptune looked up at me.

"Arf. Arf-Arf!" barked Neptune. Saige sat up and handed Neptune to me. I took him from her.

"You okay, Saige?" I asked.

"Yes. I'll be fine. Take Neptune home. I'll see you tomorrow. I would kiss you, but I don't want to get you sick." Saige smiled her pretty smile.

"Bye. Bye YoYo!" I said. I closed the door behind me. I placed Neptune in the small satchel I had on my bike. He knows not to jump out. I'm lucky I have a small dog. Neptune is a beagle. Right now, his white fur is blue. My younger brother, Tyson, thouht it would be fun to dye his white hair blue. I was so mad at him when I found him like this. My mother is gonna make him scrub the blue off. Haha Tyson.

I sped off down the street toward my house.

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"Ahhhh." I breathed in the sweet spring air. I am walking home. I love walking home. I get to have time to myself. No annoying younger brothers or anyone bothering me. Yes, I, Annabeh Chase, loves spring. And walking home.

I am almost to my house. Right now, I was passing a house with two pitbulls outside of it. They are such beautiful dogs. I wanted one, but my parents said no. Such a shame. I was looking at the dogs and didn't pay attention to where I was going. I tripped on a crack in the sidewak. my head hit someting hard. Pain shoots into my head. I lifted my head up for a second and saw red stuff on the sidewalk. Blood. The churning colors of dark red in the middle and a lighter red on the outside.

My head was getting dizzy. Violet, aqua, green, and black spots danced on my vision. The last thing I saw was one of the pitbulls. Then, the world was black.

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I couldn't wait to get home. I was hungry.I was almost to my house. Me and my family live in a one story light blue house with white trim. My mom always plants flowers outside of our house. She loves the way they smell. So, she usually opens the windows if the air conditioning isn't running. The smell drifts through the open windows.

Right now I am passing a brown house. I always liked this house. It had pitbulls. They were usually out when I was coming home. They were today. But today, they were on the sidewalk. One of them was sniffing a lump on the sidewalk. The other was barking at me. A distressed bark. I stopped my bike and went over to the two dogs and the lump. I realized the lump was a person. It had blonde hair covering her face. I went over and pushed the hair aside. I gasped. It was Annabeth. She had a nasty cut on her forehead. There was blood on her face and around her face. I couldn't just leave her here. I picked her up and put her on my bike. i drove as quick as I could to my house. She couldn't keep bleeding.

I arrived and pulled into the driveway. I picked up Annabeth and carried her inside. I put her on the couch. I had to ask mom where the medical kit was. She was pobably in the kitchen.

"Oooooo! Percy brought a girl home!" yelled Tyson.

I ignored him and went to the kitchen. Sure enough, there was mom.

"Mom. I need to know where the medical kit is or can you possibly help me with something?" I asked. She looked at me with her motherly stare.

"Percy. What is going on? Is Tyson oka-"

"MOM! " Tyson came baraling into the kitchen, crying. "M-Mom. P-Per-Percy brought ho-home a blo-bloody girl!"

She bent down to Tysons level and hugged him. Then, she looked at me. She slowly stood up and asked, "Percy. What. Did. You. Do." she asked.

I started walking away and waved for her to follow. She picked up Tyson and brought him with her.

She turned on the TV for him and set him on the floor. Then, she came over to the couch.

"Oh my gosh!" she exclaimed. "Get a wet towel and wash her face. I'll get the first aid kit." my mom started to walk away. I headed to the bathroom.

I grabbed a gray towel from the shelf and placed part of it in the sink. I turned on the water and made sure it was cold. I grabbed another dry towel to place under her head. I turned off the water and grabbed the towel from the sink. I headed back to the living room. I lifted her bloody head up and placed the towel under her. I looked at the wet blood on her face before I washed it. Red. All I could see was red. Dark red. Light red. Such dark red that it was almost black. All these shades of red made a storm. A storm that was churning. Churning and waiting to realese its rage.

I couldn't stand to look at it. I wiped the blood from her head. First her forehead. Then her temples. Then her cheeks and chin. Her hed was still lightly bleeding, so I used a clean part of the towel and put it on her head. Annabeth was a very pale color. From seeing her earlier. I knew she was usually tan. I stared at the blonde in front of me. I really didn't like her. She was annoying and she clearly wants to kill me. But here, now, she looks so defensless. I hope that she will at least say thanks. That is... if she's alive. I never checked her pulse. I NEVER CHECKED HER PULSE! I quickly grabbed her wrist and tried to find her pulse. Whoo. Its there. Okay, I'm not saying I needed her alive. But Pandora definatley did. trust me, you do not want to deal with an angry or sad Pandora. And her family probably wanted her home for dinner. And alive. Her family. They could be wondering where she was. We have to call them. Who am I kidding. I don't know her parents phone number. Heck, I don't even know her number.

Just then, mom came into the living room. She was carrying a white box with red trim.

"Okay, Percy, I need you to hold all her hair back. And take the towel off her head." said mom.

"Will do. But, when we are done, we have to call her parents. You know, what would you do if I didn't come home one day?" I asked.

"Percy! This is not the time to be messing around. I will call her parents in one moment. Now, hold her hair back please." said my annoyed mother. I grabbed her hair and held it back as my mom put some type of cream on her head. Next, she put some band-aids on it. Then, she wrapped her had in medical tape. She put alot of layers on it.

"Okay. That cut will be okay for at least the night." said my mother. "Now. Can you please tell me who this is!?"

"Mom, this is Annabeth Chase. She is a new student. She's annoying and mean. I hate her. But, even I know she couldn't just lay there." I said.

"I know you couldn't. You did the right thing. I will call her parents. Does she have a phone? Maybe...here?" she looked in Annabeths pocket on her shorts. And there, she pulled out an iphone. "Here we go. I'll be right back."

My mom left. I'm guessing that I'm supposed to be watching Annabeth. Yay. I get the fun job.

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The very first thing I saw when I woke up was big brown and black eyes. This thing had a wet, black nose and a patch of black fur around his right eye. The peculiar thing about it was its blue fur. Most of its face, except for his nose and ears, was blue. How strange. I picked the puppy up. I placed him next to me. He started sniffing my shoulder.

I have a massive headache. I sat up, groaned and then laid back down. I heard a shuffle and then a pair of sea-green eyes looked at me.

"How's your head?" asked Percy. I quickly looked around. Percy Jackson. I was in stupid Percy Jacksons house. I, Annabeth Chase , was laying on his couch with a towel underneath my head, and a blue dog next to me. No, not weird at all.

"It is throbbing." I replied in a croaky voice. I looked at the blue puppy next to me. "And who is this cutie?" I started petting the puppy.

"This is Neptune. He's my beagle. My brother dyed his white fur blue.." said Percy with a shrug. " I'll be right back." he got up and walked away. I stroked Neptunes head. He licked my face. Ew. Gross, but cute.

"Annabeth!" exclaimed a brown haired woman. She looked about fourty. "Nice to meet you. I'm Percy's mother. Please, call me Sally." she had a sweet smile. A smile that has lasted through good and bad. Through pain. A smile that has lasted a thousand years.

"Hi." I smiled at Sally. "Nice to meet you too. I'm Annabeth Chase, as you somehow seem to already know."

"Yes. percy told me. Your parents are on their way. I hope you don't mind that I used your phone to call your parents." Of course I didn't mind.

"I don't mind at all Sally. And thank you for helping me. I don't know what happened." I responded. I honestly didn't. I remember something about pitbulls, though.

"Ding-Dong! Ding-Dong!" sounded the doorbell. Sally went to answer the door. Percy came over and helped me sit up.

"Thanks." I said.

"So, Annabeth your mother is here." said Sally. Sure enough, Helen came in after Sally.

Helen came over to me. "Annabeth, I think we should head home. You need some rest." she said.

"Bye, Percy. Bye sally. And thank you for helping me." I smiled and Helen helped me to the car. We pulled out of the driveway and onto the street. I looked back at Percy's house. I thought of Neptune and Percy helping me. You know, he isn't that bad. I still hate him, believe me, I do. But, he would be a nice friend to have. Just, maybe.

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Authors Note: OMG! I am so happy to be done with this chapter finally. It took me all day to finish. As you can see, this is where it really starts. Next chapter, you'll get to meet Annabeths family! Yay! :) Thank you for reading and staying for this long. (BTW: if you write a review and you see one from myself, I meant to post it on a diferent story. Woops.)

This is DemigodDaughterofArtemis, signing off.

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