A/N ~ Quick heads up: this is an edited chapter. Anyway, good day/night/afternoon.

Annabeth's POV

I'm lying on something soft and warm. I don't know how I got here but I know I'm in danger, so I get up.

All around me I see trees. Nothing else, just trees for miles and miles. The thing I was lying on was mud. Ew.

I turn around, having no idea where I am. Then I see light in the distance. It's faint, but I can see it. I start to run to it.

At first, when I get too close to it, it gets even further away from me. But then it stops and I stop with it, wondering why it did so.

That's when I notice something behind the ball of light. I squint to see better what's behind it. Then I see a hand reach for the light. It got a little closer to the light, so I could see it clearly now. It was a person. And this person had the same face as me.

I had just enough time to see her face before she touched the light and everything went black.

I woke up feeling sweat all over my face. Thank god, It was only just a dream. 

I got up slowly, feeling dizzy. That's normal for me. I picked out an outfit for my first day in the new school. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. Mostly nervous.

Things didn't go well with my last school...or any school for that matter.

But I'm gonna try my best to fit in and keep my head down and if that doesn't work, I always have a plan B.

I get dressed and go downstairs to eat breakfast.

My dad is already there, looking into the fridge. He looks up and sees me.

"Hey, kiddo! Up already?" He says. "Thought you'd sleep in a little longer. It's only 6 am."

"Well, guess I was too excited to sleep. What about you? Don't you need you're beauty sleep, 'The great history professor Fredrick Chase'?" I tease him.

"Ha ha. For your information I was finishing up some work left yesterday." he says defensively. "So, what do you want for breakfast?"

*     Time Skip   *

I'm sitting in my dad's car, just outside the school doors, fiddling with my ring and I would do anything other than go through those doors.

I wave and say goodbye to my dad as I get out of the car. I walk a few steps before I reach the stairs, shaking the whole way.

My first day at my new school. Here I go. I push open the doors. 

The first thing I see is people walking down the halls, all of them chatting with each other.

I take out the schedule that my dad gave me out of my bag and look at it.

First Period - English/Room 101

I walk up to the nearest person, tap them on the shoulder and ask "Excuse me, but can you tell me where room 101 is?".

He turns around and laughs, like what I said was the funniest thing he ever heard.

When he calms down a little, he tells me "Oh. You're serious. Yeah. It's down the hall called nania...nania business!".

laughter erupts from the guys behind him. Ah. So these guys are the jocks of the school. A.K.A. school bullies, A.K.A. a bunch of idiots.

I was about to fire a come back, but before I could even get one word out, someone called out from afar.

"Come on, James, Be nice." A guy with brown hair says, squeezing out of the herd of morons. "Sorry about James. Hi, My name is Bryce Lawrence. What's your name?"

"Annabeth Chase" I say.

"Nice to meet you, Annabeth. What period do you have first?"

"English. But do you know where the room 101 is?"

"It's right down the hall, last room to the right. And as a matter of fact, I have English as well, so we're in the same class." he says, with a little smile on his face. "Do you want me to walk you to class?"

"No thanks. I think I can go on my own, Thanks." I say, trying to be as polite as I can. I don't want any more attention than I have to get for being the new kid and I think If I walk into my first lesson with a guy, that'll attract some attention.

I start to walk down the hall Bryce pointed to and get to my class.

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"This is Annabeth chase, our new student. Say hello everyone." the teacher says, while I'm standing next to her, very uncomfortable with all the eyes looking at me.

"Hello" everyone says in unison.

I catch a glimpse of Bryce with his football friends, no doubt, before the teacher asks me to take a seat. I only see one empty seat, between a brown haired girl and a jet black haired boy.

As soon as I sit down the girl turns around. "Hey, Annabeth, my name's Piper. Nice to meet you" She says. I look her in the eyes and I can't decide what color they are.

"Piper...?"

"McLean. Piper McLean." she says glancing down. McLean...I've heard that name somewhere.

"Anyway, what do you think about the school?" She asks, trying to change the subject. That's a weird question, since I've only been in the school for 5 minutes.

"I guess It's ok. Everyone seems nice...well, maybe except for that guy, James?" I say.

"Oh. You already met him? Actually, he's a little nicer than the others. The worst guy is Bryce. He's a manipulative little -" She was cut of by the teacher calling her name.

"Piper, you and Annabeth can talk later after class. But for now listen please."

Piper nods and mouths: later.

The rest of the lesson, we all sit and listen while our teacher explains our topic for today.

After the first lesson, me and Piper walk to the next while talking about what my classmates are like.

"So you said that Bryce is the worst of the jocks. Why? he seemed ok when he talked to me." I say confused, because he seemed kind of nice.

"He manipulated you, like he does with everyone. He's a snake. Don't go anywhere near him. That's my first advice to you." She says with so much hate, I wouldn't ever think a person could have that much.

"Okaay. I'll stay away. Anyone else I should be worried about?" I ask sarcastically.

"Actually, Yes. Octavian. He's even worse than Bryce. He actually has brains; that's his power in this school. He's the vice president but acts as if he were the president of the entire world." She says bitterly.

"Ok. Got it. No Bryce, No octopus." I say.

She bursts out laughing. "Oh my god! I can't believe no one thought of that here. I think your the first one to call him that. EVER." Piper says between laughs, because, apparently, that was the funniest thing she heard all day.

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The day went by pretty quickly. Me and Piper spent the whole day going to classes, filling me in on the gossip of the school and walking the corridors. I had a great time, the best in all the schools I've been in.

After, my dad came and picked me up. I told him everything that happened today and kept talking until we got to the house.

"We're here." my dad says.

"Already? It felt like 2 minutes." I say happily.

"I take it you liked the school?" he says smiling.

"What gave you that idea?" I say sarcastically. 

"Oh, Just a hunch." he says, playing along. "So, what do you want for dinner?" he says as we walk into the house.

"Maybe some mac and cheese?" I say, secretly starving.

"One mac and cheese comin' up" He says as he gets ready to cook the dinner.