CHAPTER 1:

ANNABETH'S POV:

There was only one day until we had our mid-term break. My school was awful. They had a horrible sense of architecture, its academics were terrible, and I don't know why I was even here.

I had planned a visit to Camp, and I was really excited. I missed everyone so much, Grover, Thalia, Piper, Rachel, and even Clarisse (not really). But I mostly missed my Percy, my seaweed brain. It had been months since I had last seen him. After we had gotten out from Tartarus and defeated Gaea, it was heartbreaking for us to be separated. But my father had insisted. At least I was in New York, just miles away.

Walking to my last class of the day, I couldn't help but have these thoughts flood my mind. On my way there, I saw a couple flirty glances my way and I just rolled my eyes. Teenagers these days.

Suddenly I felt a lazy arm fling over my shoulder, I immediately tensed and my reflexes turned on. Thankfully, my brain stopped me from judo-flipping him and the only thing I did was yank the arm off. I turned around and came face to face with the most disgusting human being on the planet. Nick Martins. The football player, the jerk, the player, the annoying guy that would NEVER leave me alone!

"Hey babe, I was wondering if you wanted to get some coffee with me tonight. You know, before we get into the main event so you can be energized enough to go all the way!" He smirked and my hand came up, and before I knew it, my hand had hit him across the face. Resulting in a large, "SMACK" and a red handprint on his cheek. I quickly walked off to my class.

School had finally ended. THANK THE GODS! I was so happy to be going back to camp, words could not describe it. I just didn't feel at home in the mortal world.

Argus was picking me up and I could hear the loud honk outside of my window. I threw on my orange camp t-shirt and some jeans, and tucked my blonde hair into a baseball cap. Eh, will do.

I stepped into the bus, greeted by a few Apollo campers. We made small talk, but all I could think about was Percy. I wish he was here with me, making annoying comments next to my ear. I wish he was here with me, so I could smell his fresh ocean scent- what?! Oh my gods. I'm turning into an Aphrodite love freak. Did I really just say I wanted to smell his scent?! I flushed and when the car stopped, I rushed out.

"ANNABETH!" I heard Thalia's voice screeched. My face broke into a grin and I rushed to the girl that had spoken my name. We tackled each other with bone breaking hugs, but I didn't care.

"Hey Thals. I missed you!" I said into her neck and we pulled apart. She grinned at me.

"Hey! I missed you too! Let's get you to meet some-"

"ANNABETH!" Grover clopped over and we hugged. I sure was getting a lot of hugs today. And I was right, I was tackled in hugs by Piper, Katie, Rachel and a few awkward hugs from Jason, Leo and Nico. Travis and Conner just grinned at me, but then turned into a gulp when I glared at them.

"Hey guys!" I said when everyone finished hugging me. They said hi back. We decided to go to the beach and hang out for a little while. There was only one thing missing from my side, Percy. The ocean reminded me of him and it just drove me insane.

"So... How's Percy?" I finally said and everyone turned to me. They started laughing and my cheeks turned bright red.

"Aw... Annabeth, Percy's doing fine! He really misses you, I bet." Piper said and they all kept laughing. I kept my head down low and we moved onto other topics.

"So... when does school start for you Annabeth?" Grover asked me and I replied, saying I had about a couple weeks. I told them how my school sucked and everyone had no appreciation for knowledge and architecture. And no-one would believe my boyfriend that I met from camp. We had a few laughs, before I asked Grover a question.

"How about you? You going to a new school this year Grover?" I asked him, tucking a strand of loose blonde hair behind my ear. He nodded, "Yeah, I'm starting to go to this school called... Goode? Yeah. Goode." He said and both Rachel and I's mouths fell open.

"You're going to GOODE?" I screamed and he seemed taken aback. He nodded slowly. "Thats... That's where Percy goes!" I said.

Grover seemed surprised by this piece of information, it was obvious he didn't know this before. "Really? Oh, I didn't know that! Wow. I guess I'll be seeing your boyfriend this year!" He half smiled half smirked at me and I rolled my eyes, wishing I could be there with Grover to surprise Percy. Wait- that's it! I could go to Goode High!

"Hey Grover! What if I came to Goode with you?" I looked at him and he frowned. "Yes, but... I guess... but..."

"Yeah! Me too! I wanna go too!" Thalia shrieked. Soon everyone there was yelling in Grover's ear that they wanted to go to Goode high with them. Grover was probably on the edge of a panic attack (A/N GET IT? From the battle of the Labyrinth? PAN! Grover's PANIC SOUND? Ugh. Whatever)

"HEY! SHUSH! GIVE ME A BREAK OKAY?" Grover screamed and our screaming all died down. "I just, think that with what... 11 demigods in one school going to attract a LOT of monsters? And we haven't even included Percy. What- we've got all 3 children of the big three, no- 4 children of the big three! We can't do that!" Grover argued and we all sulked.

"You're right Grover, but did you know that Goode is a monster-protected zone?" Chiron's deep voice said behind us. We all turned around. "What?" Grover asked.

"You've heard of DMZ's yes?" I quickly nodded but others looked confused. "It is de-militarized zones, used for peaceful negotiations and whatnot during wars and stuff like that." I explained and they nodded.

"Goode is one of the many de-monsterized zones in New York. It is also acronymed to be DMZs." Chiron explained, I've never heard of a de-monsterized zone. "I do think this is a good idea, all of you trying the mortal experience. Grover, is it possible for us to get 10 demigods into this school?" Chiron asked. I was quite shocked, this could actually become a reality!

"Make that 12!" I turned to see Chris, dragging a grumbling Clarisse behind him. All of our jaws dropped.

"I guess I could, I mean- the principal is a satyr. His name is Principal Faun." Grover said and we all snickered at his quite obvious name, even though it was a Roman term.

It was all arranged, but one other thing was on my mind. I had to inform my father! So I decided to Iris message him. I got a drachma and created some mist using a water hose.

"O, Iris, goddess of the rainbow, show me Frederick Chase, New York." It quickly turned into a picture of a room, my father was there, reading a book. Next to him was Helen, my stepmother.

"Dad!" I said. He jerked up and looked around frantically, his glasses nearly flying off of his face. He finally noticed me and his face showed relief.

"Hi Annabeth! What is it?" I quickly explained the situation to him. About transferring to Goode. At first he was very reluctant, but to my surprise, it was Helen who convinced him. At the end, he agreed to it and told me that he would pack up my stuff and ship it over. It was quite a miracle.

I couldn't believe that the next day, I would be heading off to Percy's school with all of my friends. I had a feeling it was going to a really good year.

Oh boy, how I was wrong.

A/N Sorry this chapter isn't as eventful. It was just a beginning. Don't worry, it'll definitely get more exciting! We have yet to see Percy! It'll get better from there. I promise.