Heroes of Olympus: The Untold Story

Hi. My name is Alyssa. Alyssa Jackson to be precise. I'm sure all of you have heard the story of my friends Jason Grace, Piper McLean, Leo Valdez, Percy Jackson, Annabeth chase and etc. but I am here to tell you the FULL story.

However I would like to start off with telling you a little about myself....

First off my full name is Alyssa Grace Jackson. I am now 16 and I have dark brown, kind of wavy hair. I also have greenish blue eyes. I started coming to Camp Half Blood when I was twelve and I was adopted by Sally Jackson when I was thirteen. That is why my last name is Jackson.....

My childhood best friend is Leo Valdez. We have known each other since we were five. After our moms got killed in a fire, we stayed together no matter what. No matter how many orphan homes and schools we had to change, we always had each other.... We were shuffled around all over the place and then one day when we were twelve, there was this man...maybe in his forties...possibly older....who came and took me away, against my will. He told me it was "for my own good" whatever that meant I wasn't sure... He let me say goodbye to Leo and gather my things. Leo gave me a nut from the first successful thing we had ever built together and said, "Something to remember me by. Please don't forget about me." He playfully punched me in the arm and I knew he was trying to stay cool and calm. I took the nut from his hands, hugged him tight and said, "I will NEVER forget you Leo..." I was trying with all my strength not to cry and I left, but as soon as I got away from him, I let the tears fall....

It was a rather long and tiring, but finally we arrived at this camp...the sign read: 'CAMP HALF BLOOD'. The look of the camp with all its beautiful architecture, and the gigantic lake made me feel jittery and excited despite the fact that I am seriously ADHD....

I found out that the man, who I had been traveling with, wasn't actually a man at all. From his torso down was a horse's body and his name was Chiron. Next I met a grumpy fellow with a potbelly, Mr. D or Dionysus, which I figured out rather quickly....I was an A+ student in mythology even if I didn't ever make it through the whole school year....

They put me in the Hermes cabin since I hadn't been claimed yet. The Hermes kids seemed disappointed that I wasn't one of their own, but they still were very kind.

I put the only possessions I had on the floor, where my pallet would be and I immediately started fiddling with some random pieces I found around the cabin. I jimmy rigged a transporting zip-line that went all over the cabin. They could now transport items with ease. Nobody seemed to care, but it felt good to be doing something familiar....and looking out the window at the glistening lake  gave me the urge to go jump in the lake....sorry for being random....anyway....

A little later the blond headed leader of the Hermes cabin brought in a dark haired, scrawny kid, who I paid little attention to until he came over and plopped down on the floor next to me. We got to talking, I found out his name was Percy, and we became pretty good friends. Later I met a pretty, blond girl named Annabeth...she kept calling Percy 'Seaweed brain', but I liked her.

As time went on everyone was absolutely positive I was a Hephaestus kid. I had all sorts of characteristics and skills that matched the description...boy were they surprised when Percy and I were claimed by Poseidon. In time they learned that I was more like Poseidon than Hephaestus, so it made sense that I was claimed by Poseidon...sort of....they still didn't know why I had Hephaestus skills and characteristics when I wasn't his child....we still don't know.

I had a lot of adventures over the course of those first 3-4 years at camp, and I made some really good friends as well....Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Nico, and Rachel.