Chapter 1

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It's Springtime in Upstate New York.  The air is filled with the fragrance of cherry blossoms. A boy is sitting on a chair at a desk in the classroom at the main building of Liberty High Middle School in New York City.
Charlotte, Brelynn and I along with the boys were walking by a classroom in the main building, when we see a new kid sitting in what would be Bre's chair.  I sit down in a seat close by and Charlotte sits by me. Bre just stands next to him trying to get the guy's attention. I don't know why, but I felt like I should know this new guy. He reminded me of my father for some crazy reason. Was it his eyes or his attitude? Either way I had to know.
Bre speaks to him in a robotic voice "Hello, I am Brelynn. Welcome to planet Earth." A couple more kids came into the classroom to see what was happening. I just sat in my chair, wondering who he was and having a very familiar but bad feeling in my stomach.
"Hi, I'm Percy." he whispered. "As you can probably tell, I'm new here. Can you show me around? It would help me out a lot." the new kid asked Bre.
I just couldn't put my finger on it, but I felt the urgency to talk to him. I hope on my fathers life that I won't get into trouble with the new kid on his first day. With my past experiences, I'd get us both expelled on his first eight hours of his arrival to our school.
     By now, more kids had gathered around so see what we were up to. "Sure. Me and the welcome committee will help you 'til you don't need it." says Brelynn.  "The people in the committee are Rockell Jones, Charlotte Dixon, Ryan Tawe, Joseph Donald and Gordon Fisher, and of course me Brelynn Hanson." she pointed to everyone as she listed the committee. The six of us are the most popular kids in school with the exception of me, because we've been here the longest and know the most about the school.
I watch the "Percy" kid and I'm getting more suspicious about him. Gordon, with his quick and stern voice started to ask him the regular questions. "Do you have a girlfriend? What are your hobbies? Have you ever been expelled from school? Do you have-"
"Woah. Calm down." Percy barked back at him. Watching him squirm in his seat, this Percy kid was getting on my nerves faster than a cheetah runs in an African desert.
He speaks with a smart alec attitude:  "One, yes I do have a girlfriend. Her name is Annabeth. Two, I like anything having to do with water. Three, yes I have been expelled from three school districts." Then ends with "You may continue, if you have any more questions." Percy sneered back to all of us.   
"Yes, I have more questions." I responded for G-man, aka Gordon. "Do you have anything wrong with you? Any weird family history? Do you have any siblings?" I asked. He was silent for a while. I knew I had hit his soft spot. I needed to talk to him alone. My gut was telling me something and it wasn't good.
"What do you mean wrong with me? Like dyslexia or somthing like that? Yeah, I do. Do you?" Percy countered. Everyone stared at me. I blushed and hoped that this feeling I had would get over soon.
Just then, the school bell rang and Bre said  "Five minutes to class time!"  We quickly left the classroom and gathered in the hallway by our lockers. Again Bre spoke up. "Who is taking Percy to his correct class?" 
Somehow the words flew out of my mouth before I could think. "I will."  I heard myself saying, even though I had no idea which class he was really headed for.
While the group was talking about meeting up later, I tuned out and was trying to deal with my current feelings. I don't understand it - I wanted to punch this kid so badly in the nose and make sure he was bleeding good. But then I realized I would get into serious trouble, so I didn't.
The teachers were starting to gather around us and we saw the principal coming our way. I didn't want to get in any more trouble so I said  "Come on guys, lets just get Percy to his first class" I looked around to the group with my 'The principle is coming and I can't get into trouble again' look. They got it, and agreed so we disbursed, and just in time too! The principal saw that we were leaving for class so he turned around and went to his office as he whistled a happy tune no one knew but him.
On our way to his classroom, I ask "Hey, Percy. Can I talk to you?" I ask whim with my puppy dog eyes.
"Yeah, sure." he sneered. "I also want to talk to you about something. Do you want to meet somewhere later?" Percy asked. I was surprised and slightly fearful when he said that he needed to tell me something. I hope its about him knowing me. Maybe the two of us can figure this all out.
I was trying to think of a good place; one where no one would bother us and we could speak freely. "How about the roof and how about right now? It's really pretty up there, and I think I'm the only one who knows the way. Is that ok?" Right now? What am I saying? If I get caught skipping class, I'll be in trouble with the teachers for sure.  But he must have felt the same urgency because he responded almost instantly, "Yea. Where do we go?"
I looked around to see if anyone was watching us. "It's by the janitor's closet which is down the hall and on the right. Ok? Oh rats!  I forgot something! Let me run get it quick and I'll meet you by the door." He shrugged as I skipped away.
I got to my locker and turned the combination lock to open it. I get the necklace my mom gave to me when I was very young. It is a big pink diamond heart with green waves behind it on a gold chain. It has a lot of power and I was going to tell Percy my secret about it. I felt like I could trust him. I put on the necklace, slammed my locker shut and briskly went to the closet at the end of the hallway.
Whew! He was sitting on the floor waiting for me.  "Hey, sorry if I took too long." I say, giving him a hand helping him up when suddenly I had to pull away! My hand was burning! His too! "What was that?" He sparked back to me.  "I don't know." I replied a little bewildered. 
"It's ok. Listen, the thing I need to tell you is going to take me awhile. So, can we get going?" he asked. "Yea. Can I go up first?" I ask, pointing to the door. "Oh, sure." he moved out of the way.

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