Annabeth pov
I was in my 4th period when one of my best friends came running up to me. Piper McLean, Daughter of Aphrodite, she stopped in front of me with an angry look on her face. "Um… is something wrong?"
She held up her phone to my face. I had to step back to get a better look at the screen. "You tell me." On the screen was an article in the local newspaper. It was talking about the house that was recently sold. It was a house that had been vacant for almost twenty years now. It was also Piper's dream house, we drove by it every so often on our way to the mall.
I looked away from the screen and put a hand on her shoulder. "Aww Piper I'm sorry. I knew how much you wanted that house."
She sat down in a desk and I sat down in the one next to it. "Yeah I guess it just wasn't meant to be." I gave her a small smile. I could see some of my friends around the room. Thalia, Frank, Luke, Beckendorf, Silena, Clarisse, Grover, and my not some much friend Drew. "Well I best be going. See ya in lunch." She got up and left the room
Just then the last bell rang and my history teacher, Ms. Wells walked in the door. "Good Morning class! I hear that we were supposed to have a new student today but I don't see any new faces. What a pity." She sigh and went on speaking. "Today we're going to have a small five minute pop quiz and we'll get into more exciting." She passed out the quiz and started the timer. I was done within a minute. My mind wondered to the new student. Today we were supposed to get four new students but none of them bothered to show up. One of them was supposed to be in all my previous classes. I wondered who would start school a month late. They must have been Legacies or Demigods of a minor god. My thoughts were interrupted by a knocking and just as it did a boy my age walked through the door. And damn was he hot. The boy had messy raven hair, tan skin and the most perfect green eyes.
"Um hi. I'm Percy Jackson. I'm the new student." The boy, Percy gave her a late slip.
"Late by three hours on your first day? Not a good start. But I glad you came anyway and at a good time. If you could have a seat behind Ms. Chase that would be great." He spotted me and I swear to the gods he also had the most perfect smile I have ever seen. When he walked past me I think I could smell the ocean. "Anyway, today we will be learning about the Atlantians." Yes! This was the subject I was dying to hear. "To start off let me ask some questions. Who were the Atlantians?"
My hand shot up and the teacher pointed to me. "They are aquatic beings created by the God of the Seas."
"Good. Does anyone know where Atlantis is? Annabeth."
"It is believed to be somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean."
"Yes. Final question. Why are we never allowed to be in contact with Atlantians or ever go near an ocean?" Even I didn't want to answer that. "No one? Fine then I'll tell you. As you all know Zeus is the God of the Sky and his brother Hades is Lord of the Underworld. Some of you may or may not know is that they had a brother. The God of the Seas, Poseidon. For the longest time they were known as 'The Big Three'. That all changed when Poseidon got jealous over Zeus and began a war. Poseidon and Zeus were evenly matched and there was no telling who could win the war. It wasn't until after many years of struggle did Hades finally picked a side; Zeus' side. With Hades by his side it was only a matter of time when Poseidon was defeated. Once the war was over, there was a vote and Poseidon was kicked out of the council and was sentence to never come back up to the mortal world. But this was not the end of it. Whenever someone stepped foot into the ocean they were either 1) captured by gods knows what, 2) killed, or 3) both. So everyone was forbidden to go anywhere near the ocean. That's why today we see fences, guards, walls, etc. to keep out people. In conclusion-"
The bell for lunch rang and everyone began to leave. From the corner of my eye to could see the new kid rush out of the room.