Searching for the Truth

First day

"Selene get up it's time for school," my mom yelled. "Ugh, another year of torture," I said to myself. I got up and put on my glasses. I walked to my dresser to grab some clothes for school. I grabbed a white shirt that said DONE and a pair of light blue jean capris. Next I went to my closest and grabbed my purple converse. I dressed quickly and dashed downstairs to the kitchen. "Hey Selene you ready for your first day of high school?" Mom asked. "No," I grumbled under my breath. "It won't be that bad," Mom said. I just rolled my eyes. I looked at the clock and said, "We better get going or I'll be late." "Okay go get in the car I will be there in a second I just need to get my bag," she replied.
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"We're here," Mom said. I climbed out of the car, grabbed my book bag and said "Bye Mom." I watched her leave then looked at the school building before walking in. I looked at the schedule that I had been mailed to find my locker 194 and put in the combination, 13-32-33. That combination felt familiar for some reason, but I brushed it off. I opened the locker and put my school books in. I kept my personal books in my bag. Then I looked at my schedule again this time looking at my classes. My schedule was:
1st period- Physics- Mr. Valdez
2nd period- Calculus- Mrs. Jackson
3rd period- History- Mr. Kane
4th period- English- Mr. Zhang
Lunch
5th period- Latin- Mr. Grace
6th period- Mythology- Mrs.Grace, Mr.Jackson, Mrs.Zhang, Ms.Kane, Mrs.Kane
7th period- Gym- Coach Hedge
8th period- Study/Free
I liked my schedule a lot. The only thing that bothered me was the names. As I walked from my locker to physics an older boy pushed me down then laughed at me. I got up and brushed myself off. Then walked away calmly but when I turned the corner, I ran to class. When I walked in I saw the teacher but otherwise the room was empty so I just sat in the front corner of the class and took out my textbook. "Oh you won't need that today," I heard Mr. Valdez say. "Okay, thanks for telling me," I responded. I then took out my copy of Lost Hero by Rick Riordan. I started reading it as the rest of the class filled up. I was on the fifth chapter(Leo's POV) when Mr. Valdez said to put away our books and other things. Then he said " Hi my name is Mr. Valdez and I'm going to tell you a bit about myself. I'm from Houston Texas but I lived in a bunch of places when I was a kid including a school in Armpit, Nevada, Long Island, New York and here, beautiful Manhattan. I have a wife named Calypso and a 5 year old daughter named Zoë after Calypso's sister. That's enough about me, now I want all of you to say two things about yourself. One at a time please." I went first and said, "My name is Selene and I love any type of mythology." After I went I zoned out, but you can't blame me because I had ADHD, anyway I only caught bits and pieces of information about other students. One kid said that she had just moved here from Indiana, another said they just wanted a date this year and everyone laughed at that. When the bell rang I nearly ran out of there. In calculus it was basically the same. Mrs. Jackson told us about her husband and two kids, Charlie and Selina. She said they were named after friends of theirs that had died. Mr. Kane's class was the same except he told us about his sister as well as his wife and kids. Mr. Zhang was the first teacher to tell us his full name and when he did I nearly passed out because his name was Frank Zhang. For the other teachers I was trying to pretend that it was a coincidence but with him saying his full name I couldn't pretend. "Selene do you need to go to the nurse?" Mr. Zhang asked quite concerned. "No, I'm fine really," I said. When it was time for lunch I wasn't hungry so I wandered to the library. I went to the mythology section and found someone I didn't expect. "Mrs. Jackson," I said. "Oh hi Selene I didn't expect to see anyone else in here," she said. "Um Mrs. Jackson before you go can you tell me your first name?" I asked politely. "Sure it's Annabeth," she said kindly. I was freaking out inside but to Mrs. Jackson I just said thanks. After she left I asked the librarian how many books I could check out at once and she said no more than 5. I brought out my Rick Riordan books, the entire Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the first three Heroes of Olympus series , the entire Kane Chronicles and the first two Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard books. I found the three I was missing and checked them out. I had Latin next and I was pretty sure I had Jason Grace. I needed to look for the scar on his lip. I heard the bell ring and ran towards Latin class and a boy ran into me again. Ugh! He was getting on my nerves. I entered class and looked at the teacher and saw the scar. I freaked. "Hi," I said, " My name is Selene." "Oh like the Greek goddess of the moon?" Mr. Grace asked. "Yeah, exactly. How did you know that?" I asked. "Oh, um I just love mythology," Mr. Grace responded quickly. I sat at my desk and started reading my book on Ancient Greece. Class passed in a blur and so did mythology. In gym class we had to get changed even though it was the first day. Coach Hedge made us run laps around the gymnasium before lecturing us on the rules in gym. When my mom arrived I practically leaped into the car. "Bad first day?" Mom asked. "Just the opposite," I said,then saw she was going to ask and quickly said, "but I don't want to talk about it."

End of my first chapter. I hope you liked it. Please keep reading even though it's crappy.
-Alyssa-