Half-Blood High

Chapter 1

POV: Percy

I walked into gym class just like I did everyday. It reeked of sweaty socks and old sneakers and it always makes my ears pop.

"Can you believe it's still August?" Justin sighed miserably.

"No way!"

"Yup, it's August 29th to be exact." Justin says smirking.

All of a sudden the bell rang. Coach always paired Me with Tyler when we played kickball. "It's like Coach does it on purpose, I mean he hates... he has to hate me, Tyler has one leg." I thought to myself. It's like Tyler heard me because he was giving me the stink eye. Coach blowed his whistle, everyone got in a single file line behind the back exit in the gym. Coach pushed open the door as we all followed him to the practice field that's behind the school.

"You know who you're paired up with, now get with them. All of you know how we play two on two." Coach demanded.

"Yes sir!" Justin sarcastically mumbled, loud enough to be heard.. Barely that is, and started a riot of laughter.

"Don't get smart with me kid. I'll have your ass expelled before you can say 'See ya next year'!"

Justin's face turned bright red much like the t-shirt he's wearing. I could feel my heart beating, I was scared coach was going to send my one and only friend home... for good. I wiped the sweat off my forehead. I hated playing on the practice field, especially when it's hot out.

"LET'S PLAY BALL!" Coach screamed.

Of course it was two on two, so some 9th graders had to fill in on the bases. Which made me even more nervous, because I'm one of those people who cares what everyone else thinks. Tyler and I are up first. Tyler is in a wheelchair because of his missing leg, and with one leg he still plays better than me. Tyler rolls up to home plate, and kicks the soccer ball, the ball flys all the way over to left field. I'm in shock along with everyone else, considering Tyler usually only manages to hit it as far as the pitchers mount. Now it's my turn, my heart dropped to my stomach.

"PERCY PLAYS BALL LIKE A GIRL!" I hear someone yell in the distance as I walk up to the plate.

Daniel was pitching, he was an 8th grader like me. I'm getting sweaty and starting to itch, between the heat and my nerves I feel like I'm going to faint. Daniel was getting ready to roll the ball, but the ground starts to tremble and shake and with a loud thunder-like sound the ground cracks beneath Daniel! He falls into a hole that was now there, when I looked up there was a creature.. Something like a wolf. Everyone was running away grabbing their gym bags running off in every direction screaming "Earthquake!!"
But that's not what I was focused on,
Staring at the wolf type creature I thought to myself it couldn't be, but I would recognize those ugly orange gym shorts anywhere. It was Tyler I was certain of it. It doesn't make sense "Am I going crazy?" I think, Tyler + Wolf = Me committed to an insane asylum or something.

There's no way. How is it possible, Why didn't anyone stop Tyler? And did Tyler crack the ground? It's obviously not an earthquake. My mind is consumed with confusion of what's going on...

"PERCY, RUN!!" Justin yells.

Why is he still here, wait why am I still here? Snapping out of it I run with Justin. "Grab what you need and hurry!" Justin says looking around the field to see if we're safe.

"What's going on?" I ask.

"I'll explain on the way to your house..." He stops
"No we can't go to your house, that's the first place they'll look for you and your mom.. Oh God your mom! Call her now tell her it's time, she'll know what you mean. Tell her to meet us a few blocks over on Clover Street by our school." He tells me as if he's been preparing for this to happen, like it was some kind of normal emergency like a fire, or a tornado.

"Now! What are you waiting for?" He Screams.

"Dude, chill. You're tripping, and I think I'm going crazy too. Because I just saw wolf Tyler kill Daniel." I say surprisingly calm.

"Did you just say 'Wolf Tyler' Percy?.. Wait, what? Tyler killed Daniel?" Justin says, taking a minute for him to realize what I had said.

"Yeah! Did you see it too?" I was hoping he had.

"No. But no one else did either, thank the gods for the mist!" He says with relief.

"The mist?" I say, looking at Justin with a raised eyebrow.

"N-Nothing. Call your mom now Percy!" He stutters.

"She's at work. So I texted her."

"Why are you so calm right now? It amazes me. You just seen your classmate get killed by your one legged teammate that turned into a wolf." He says confused and slightly terrified.

"Ha! So you did see it." I say with excitement in my voice and a little relieved.. "I'm not crazy am I?"

"You have no idea." Justin whispered under his breath.

"Here we are." He says looking at the time on his phone. "Where's your mom Percy?"

I just couldn't get the sight of Daniel falling into the hole in the ground, or the sight of Wolf Tyler killing him. I've only known Tyler for a month but he didn't seem like a psycho. I guess stranger things have happened... I take that back nothing this strange has happened.

"Finally! It's your mom!" Justin screams.

I don't think I've ever seen my mom drive that fast in my life..
Bringing the car to a screeching halt "GET IN!" My mother screams.