Percy's Point of View

It was finally Friday! I just had to get through one more school day, then. . . FREEDOM!!!!!! But that meant I had to get through a whole day's worth of classes. My enthusiasm immediately faded once I realized.

My first class period was mythology with my mythology teacher, Mr. Mercury. I had always wondered why he was named after a planet. He wasn't really hot-headed which was ironic. Get it? Since Mercury is the closet planet to the sun, so-you know what? Just forget it. I'm rubbing off Annabeth, and I'm not sure whether it's a good thing or not. Anyways, Mr. Mercury assigned us each groups to work together for a project.

"Alright! Group number three includes Grover Underwood, Nico Di Angelo, and- and Percy Jackson," he shouted.

I looked around for my group members. I did not recognize any of those names. A boy came up to me slowly as if nervous.

"I'm- I'm Grover Underwood. You know- the guy who is in your group?" he said.

I nodded,"Cool. I'm Percy Jackson. Do you where this "Nico" guy is?"

"Here."

I jumped out of my seat, startled.

"When did you get here?"

"I was here the whole time, watching your exchange."

I eyed him up and down,"Aren't you a little young for this class-"

"Yes, I am. If you were paying attention, you'd know that many people from different grade levels are here in this class."

He seemed to have a dark and mysterious aura surrounding him. It was like his presence melted into the shadows, making him unnoticeable. His skin had a pale tinge to it, almost as if he did not go in the sun a lot. Its natural color was "olive" colored skin. He was basically wearing all black clothing. In a nut shell, he was one of those kids you'd steer away from because off the aura he gave off.

"Okay... So, what are we supposed to do for this group project-thingy?" I asked.

Nico rolled his eyes,"We are supposed to do our project on a Greek Mythological character."

"Well, we're obviously doing Poseidon,so-"

"Uh-uh! You don't get to decide what character we are doing, and it should be Hades!"

"You just said-"

"I don't know about you guys, but I was thinking about doing Pan," Grover interrupted. "He would be a great remodel for the other students on how to take care of nature's environment!"

Mr. Mercury decided that that moment was the most convenient time to walk past our table and say,"That's a great idea, Grover! I look forward to seeing your project."

Then, the bell rang, and Nico stalked off, mumbling something about "stupid Pan." I put my face in my hands and groaned.

"C'mon Grover! Couldn't we have done something cooler?"I asked.

Grover shrugged,"Pan is cool." He handed me his phone number.

"Um- why do I need this?"

"To contact each other to work on the project."

"Oh. I knew that."

Grover waved goodbye as he walked to his next class. After I had dissected a frog in science class (I was traumatized!), made a beautiful portrait in art class (It was really a stick figure.), probably got an A+ for my pop quiz in math class (I had no idea what the questions were asking me to do.), payed absolute attention to history class (I zoned out.), played a beautiful solo in music class (I embarrassed myself.), and managed to keep up with the front people as we were running two miles (This is the only part that is true.). (A/N: This was the longest sentence I have ever written!)

It was now lunch time. As I began to walk to my usual seat, I saw Grover sitting by himself, mournfully chewing on something- wait a second was that metal???!!!! I practically zoomed and knocked people over as I went to Grover and ripped the thing out of his hands.

"Grover! Didn't your mother teach you to eat your vegetables?" I asked still shocked.

Grover nodded as he reached for his 'snack,' "Tin cans are vegetables."

I took a seat next to him,"Do you want to sit with me and my friends?"

He straightened up,"Really?"

"Yes, really! Let's go, G-man."

He didn't seem to mind the nickname.

I stopped at my table,"Hey everyone! This is my new friend,Grover! Do you mind if he sits with us?"

They just grinned.

~Time skip~

I screamed in my favorite blue pillow.

Grover, Nico, and I had been working on our project for the past three hours. Grover was the only one who was really excited to do the project. Nico made himself comfortable on my couch. He stretched his arms and yawned.

"With new friends, comes a great need to take a nap. Wake me up later."

I started to protest, "Wait! Don't go to sleep! My mom-"

Sally walked through the door.

"Heyyyyyyyy Mom. . ."