Reality Check

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Hazel
I woke up and felt like gold. I didn't know why, but I had never felt better. Then, I realized it was the first time in years that I slept without a single nightmare. I hadn't slept this well since I was a baby.
I stretched and yawned. Despite my nightmare-free sleep, I was still tired. I wanted to curl up like a diamond underground and be undisturbed for centuries. Alas, Dionysus came strolling into my room. "Nutella Lovestuck, wake up!" Dionysus said.
Normally, I would have wanted to throw some gold at him, but today I just shrugged it off and got up. Today, might be a good day after all. I changed into some black jeans and a golden blouse that matched my eyes. I brushed my curly hair and put it up in a ponytail.
I walked to the amphitheater and saw a new girl. She had fiery red locks that were even curlier than mine and was wearing paint-splattered jeans and a top. She waved at me and gave me a pearly-white smile. "Hi!" she said. "I'm Rachel Elizabeth Dare. I'm the Oracle of Delphi."
I gasped. She must of seen surprise splattered on my face because the next thing I knew she asked,"You don't believe me, do you?"
"No-I mean I'm not sure," I managed. "This whole experience has been so confusing. No one believes that I'm reincarnated, but I do. Frank believes he turns into other animals. The thing is, when you can't trust your own head, you can't trust anything."
"What's it like here?" Rachel asked.
"Well," I said. I didn't know what to say. "Okay here are a few starters: the kids here are fine, Dionysus can be annoying a lot, and don't ask about Grover's legs."
"Grover's legs?" Rachel said in a bewildered tone.
I almost laughed. "Dionysus cut them off and replaced them with goat legs," I explained.
Rachel laughed."you got to be kidding?" she asked.
I shook my head and smiled loudly. "I'm not joking at all."

Annabeth
Breakfast was totally normal. Dionysus called Percy "Peter Johnson" the whole time. Grover nabbed Dakota's Kool-Aid again. Clarisse almost punched Leo, but instead broke the table in half.
Everything became more normal when Dr. Chiron came to us to make an announcement. "Kids," he said. "Some people have donated clothes, books, and some toys to our hospital ward. In a few minutes, the things will be brought here and you can all choose out some clothes. The books and toys will shared."
Books? Maybe this hospital would finally start to realize how smart I was. It wasn't my fault some random guy had killed an innocent child and ended up dead. I was defending myself. No one knew how the gun went off. For all I knew, he had pulled the trigger. Not knowing this was driving me crazy.
Dr. Chiron came back with a bin of clothes and two men carrying a larger bin that I suspected contained the books and toys. The men opened the bins. "Okay, kids you can pick out some clothes," he said. "For the toys there are barbies and hot wheels."
He gave us a sad smile. Why did the people who donated toys assume we liked little kids' toys. I had never even played with barbies and I only played with hot wheels to get them apart and put them back together.
I got up and rummaged through the clothes. I chose a New York Yankees ball cap, a couple pairs of jeans that fit better than I expected, and a few t-shirts. My favorite read:"Keep Calm and Read On." For books, there were a couple dictionaries, some Spanish-English dictionaries, a couple encyclopedias, and a slew of children's books. I decided to read one of the dictionaries first. Wise Girl didn't want to read about Winnie Poo.

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