Sorry I didn't update for a while. I wasn't feeling the best and didn't want to write a chapter in a bad mood.

hermes child awesomness- But then again, Mr. D's really lazy and probably doesn't care very much anyway.

A regular demigod- Thanks! ^.^

ICECREAMROCKS don't dis me- Thank you. I'm glad it wasn't too OOC.

Switch Blade14- Yus. DUN DUN DUN! XD

Also Nico might be OOC again... His cheery character (or when Bianca was alive character) is actually kind of hard for me to write... ._. Yeah.

I decided to start by asking the librarian.

"Uh, excuse me?" I said.

"Yes, would you like something?" a man said, looking up from a black book with a flower on it.

"Does Annabeth Chase visit here often?" I asked.

"Yes, she does," he said.

"What section does she usually go to?"

He scrolled down the library computer. "She usually wanders around all the sections, but looks like she likes Greek mythology."

"Okay. Thank you," I said.

I rushed over to the mythology section and looked at the books. What book would Annabeth be interested in?

The Iliad? Maybe. Ares? Definitely not. Artemis? Perhaps. Athena?

I thought about it, and it made sense. She was like Athena in so many ways. She has gray eyes and she's really smart. I smiled. If Annabeth was a demigod, I was sure that she'd be a daughter of Athena. But there were so many books about Athena! How would I search them all? And maybe this wasn't the clue Rachel had meant.

I started looking through the books anyway. I flipped pages, and put them back in if there wasn't anything. I went through at least thirty books about Athena until the librarian said, "Time to close up! Out!"

I sighed and left. The librarian left and turned off the lights. I grinned. There was no door to the library, and no one was here at night.

"Did you find out about my hint?" Rachel whispered as she came to sit next to me.

Chiron had convinced Mr. D to let us eat outside as a treat since our cafeteria was trashed. Mr. D gave me a dirty look when he agreed.

"I think so. I'm not completely sure though," I said.

"Huh. I guess you do have some brain in there," she smiled and tapped my head.

"Hey!"

"Well, you two are looking friendly," Juniper teased.

I choked on my pizza and Rachel slapped my back. Hard. "Thanks," I croaked.

"I cancel what I just said," Rachel said rolling her eyes.

"And besides, you and Grover are looking friendly too," I said.

She blushed and looked down at her food.

"Is everyone like in love here?" Annabeth snapped, sitting across from me.

"Um, no," I said weakly.

Grover started picking at his food. I nudged him. He didn't react, and I let out a sigh.

"Hey, I'm going to go see if Bianca and Nico are doing okay," I said. "Be right back. Juniper, Rachel, want to come?"

Rachel met Juniper's eyes and nodded. "Sure," they said.

"Won't be long," I promised.

We walked away from our table, and Juniper asked, "What was that about?"

"Grover needs to get over his fear," I said.

"Bunnies?"

I gave her a weird look. "He's scared of bunnies?"

"Whoops. I wasn't supposed to say that."

We sat at Bianca's table where Nico and this other girl were sitting.

"Hey," I said. "Just wanted to check up on you."

"Thanks, Percy," she said. "This is Zoë."

Zoë rolled her eyes and muttered, "Great. More boys."

"As you can see, she doesn't like boys," Bianca added.

"And she's trying to recruit Bianca into their sexist all-girls club," Nico muttered.

"Sorry, what was that?" Bianca asked with a forced smile.

"Nothing."

"What do you have against boys?" I asked. "And it's just one more, and one of them is Bianca's brother."

"Thou do not need to know," Zoë said. She had an accent, but I couldn't tell which accent.

"But what do you get from joining?" I asked.

"Well, to start off," she said, "we do not need to be with boys like thee."

"You can't just go on ignoring boys for your whole life, you know."

Zoë huffed. "Which is why I don't have to explain to thee."

"So, Bianca," I said. "Are you going to join?"

Bianca smiled sadly. "I told her that I'd consider it. But—"

"Bianca!" Nico said. "You're just going to leave me like that?"

"It doesn't mean I'm going to go on ignoring my brother," she sighed.

"I bet you're going to join anyway, aren't you?" he said. "And leave me alone again?"

"Nico, wait—"

Nico stormed back to his dorm.

"This is why I don't like boys," Zoë sighed.

"Why don't you go apologize and calm him down later?" Rachel suggested. "No offense to you, Zoë, but I think Bianca should wait on the decision for a while. I sense that… that it wouldn't be wise and cause some more trouble." Her green eyes sparkled.

Bianca nodded absently. "Nico is a bit troublesome sometimes. I worry about him. But then again, it's partly my fault for trying to avoid him so much."

Rachel patted her shoulder. "You can fix that. You can change many things during the short time you have. You just have to try and do it."

"Thanks," Bianca said. "You're Rachel right?"

Rachel nodded. "And that's Juniper."

"I've heard a lot about you," Bianca smiled. "They find you weird, but you're great."

"Thanks."

Bianca stood up. "I think I'll go visit Nico now. Don't tell anyone that I'm going to the boys' dorms."

"Sure thing," I said.

"Thank you," she said. "Zoë, I'll see you later!"

She ran off.

"Let's go back to Grover and Annabeth," Juniper suggested. "It looks like they're having a fun time."

I looked back and saw Grover and Annabeth laughing their heads off. "Yeah, sure."

Rachel smiled and we walked back.

"You two having fun?" Juniper asked.

Grover nodded, his eyes watering. "I missed her."

"Same to you," Annabeth smiled and gave him a hug.

"But what happened to that new kid? We saw him crying," Grover said.

"Nico?" I asked. "Oh, um…"

"A little spat with his sister," Juniper said quickly. "You know, siblings?"

"Rachel," I whispered. "They know."

Rachel nodded. "I'll tell her."

"Okay, you little brats!" Mr. D yelled. "Dinner's over. Back to your dorms!"

Everyone shuffled around, giving final greetings and gathering their things.

"Rachel," I said. "Can you give me one more hint?"

She thought about it. "I hope you can read in another language."

She gave me one last grin and ran to catch up with Annabeth.

I frowned. I could hardly read in English, how would I be able to read in another language?

"Percy!" Grover said. "There you are!"

"You finally talked to Annabeth," I said. "Good job, man."

He smiled. "I'm glad that she doesn't hate me. She-she was best friends with Thalia."

"She wouldn't hate you," I said. "It wasn't your fault."

He nodded half-heartedly. "Thanks, Perce."

When we went to our dorm, I could still hear Bianca in Nico's room. "Nico, you're right. I'm sorry. You're all I have, and I'm all that you have. We don't have anyone else."

"Bianca, I'm sorry too. I'm just being selfish like always," Nico said. "I just want you to be happy."

"I want the same for you," she said. "Nico… I'm going to try to get us out of this. I don't know how, but I'm going to try. No matter what it takes."

"Thanks, Bianca," Nico sniffed. "You know, I miss the time when we were all together with Mom and Dad."

"I know," Bianca said. "Me too. It seems so long ago, doesn't it?"

I knocked on the door. It was open.

"Um, Bianca?" I said, peeking through the door. She was sitting on the bed, hugging a crying Nico and patting his back.

"Oh, Percy!" she said. "What time is it right now?"

"Dinner's over. Everyone went back to the dorms," I said.

"Okay. Thanks," she said. She stood up. "I'll see you in the morning Nico."

She gave him a light kiss on the cheek and left. I closed the door and sat next to Nico.

"Hey, you okay?" I said gently.

Nico nodded. "I don't deserve to have a sister like Bianca. She's so nice and caring, and I'm just being selfish and trying to have her for myself. She tries to do anything that'll make me happy, no matter what'll happen. Like when she stole some money from the bank to buy my favorite snack for me even though she was starving."

"She sounds like very nice sister," I said. "And don't say that she doesn't deserve you. From what I've heard, you're all she has left of your family. She loves you a lot."

"But I don't give her anything in return," Nico said.

"Seeing you happy probably makes her happy," I said. It was something my mom always said to me when we lived with Smelly Gabe. Small things that rebelled against Gabe, like blue food.

He wiped away his tears that started to fall again. "Percy, can you promise me something?"

"Depends on what it is."

"Protect my sister. I don't want her getting hurt or… killed. Just for me," Nico said.

"I'll try my best," I said. "I don't know much either, but I'll try."

"Promise."

I sighed. "Alright. I promise to keep your sister safe, as much as I can."

He gave me a small smile. "Thanks. Don't break the promise."

I nodded and ruffled his hair. "Well, bedtime for you now."

"I'm not a kid," Nico said.

"To me, you still are," I said.

"You're just like my sister," he said, and plopped back down on his bed.

I stood up to leave. "Wait, Nico. You know how you said Bianca stole some money from the bank right? Is that why you two got sent here?"

Nico nodded. "At least, I think so. We got tracked down, and Bianca took the blame, but they sent me here too. They didn't clearly explain why we were here, but I'm guessing that's the reason."

"Okay. Thanks," I said. "Good night, Nico."

"'Night," he said.

I smiled and went back to my room.

I sat at my desk looking at the clock. 12:39. Should I go out now? There still might be students sneaking out for midnight snacks from the store since the cafeteria was closed off. I stifled a yawn. I couldn't be tired now. I had to go look in the library.

I waited until the clock showed 1:24. I pulled on an extra sweatshirt and sneaked out. I got out of the dormitories and saw the school store still open. The students must've forgotten to lock it again.

I looked around the dark and finally found what I wanted. A flashlight.

I switched it on and went to the other building. I went up the stairs, wincing at every squeak I made. I heard a thump right when I finished climbing the stairs. I ran to the library, not wanting to know what that thump was.

In my defense, the school was pretty scary at night. There were a lot of big shadows because of the walls that blocked us out. And there were some weird noises, probably from the third floor of the dormitories. I wondered if there was a third floor in this building too.

But that dog incident was pretty scary. You think you're getting used to life at a criminal school, and BOOM! No chance. A big black dog comes out of nowhere to attack you.

I sighed as I scrolled through the titles. Rachel said a different language. Most of these were in English. My flashlight passed over a title that definitely didn't seem English. I pulled it out. It was pretty dusty, like no one really looked at it much.

I put light over the title. Of course they wouldn't read this. It was in Greek! Αθηνάς Παρθένου. I smiled. I wasn't the best at Greek, but I could read some. My mom tried to teach me when I was younger. Was this the only one?

I heard footsteps, and quickly turned off my flashlight. I flipped through the pages, ignoring the dust that was flying into my face. The book slowed down, and I saw a piece of paper slipped in the pages.

I took it out and tried to read it. Unfortunately, it was in English. It was already hard enough with my dyslexia, and now in the dark!

I scowled as I tried to read it. The footsteps were coming closer.

To whoever is reading this:

This school isn't normal. I'm still finding out more myself. There's people who get detention and don't come back. And those who do, sometimes they've gone mad. They can't talk properly, and they seem scared of everything, at least the few that I saw. And then they disappear, or in a few cases, released and sent to a mental hospital.

They only seem to give detention to certain people. There are people that they don't give detention to, no matter what they do. I'm one of them. I even threw a chair at a teacher to see if I would get detention. I didn't. There are people who get detention for not doing anything! I've seen people get detention because their shirt wasn't tucked in.

Then there are those weird blood tests that they give you when you enter the school. I don't know what they are, but there's something not normal about it. I got one of those weird blood tests too. It was weird. I'm not sure what it did, but I'm pretty sure it's not those regular blood tests like the one you get at hospitals. I'd explain more, but I don't remember it clearly.

Whatever you do, be careful in this school. You don't want to get on their bad side. And one favor: place this note in a different book. It can be anything.

-Ath. C.

P.S. The next note will be in one of my favorite books by J.A.

And actually, forget that initial. I don't care if the staff finds this note. What are they going to do to me anyway? I'm Annabeth Chase, and I'm not ashamed of what I'm doing right now.

I gulped and fumbled with the book. I quickly put it back in its place. I grabbed the Iliad and was about to put the note in it, when someone flashed their light in my eyes.

"And what do you think you're doing?"