Percy Jackson and the Wolf Warrior

Chapter 1- Why does it have to be 6th Graders?

Argyros's POV:

I've never had a good time at schools. They're boring and I learned everything they had to teach me a long time ago. Unfortunately, looking after my brother means that I have to go to school. Technically we're two years apart, but because I can't read English I got held back in school one year and was eventually sent to schools for the 'special kids.' Right now I'm attending Yancy Academy with my brother.

Mom sent me to Yancy not just to look after my brother, but also because no other school wants me at this point. I feel bad about it, but I have anger issues and they tend to get me removed from most schools. That and the fact that I can't pass anything because I can't understand what I'm supposed to be working on.

I'm laying in my bed, my notebook closed on my lap with a pencil in the metal ring that binds it together. My roommate is some rich guys daughter who thinks she can do whatever she wants. It's aggravating and takes all my self control to not punch her in the face. I'll fight anyone else, but my roommate is the one person that I can't. I tried threatening her once and she went crying to her father. If I'm kicked out in the middle of the year I'm screwed. No one else will take a screw up like me.

I put my notebook in my bag and use my lock to close all the pouches. I don't trust my roommate to not come snooping while I'm asleep. Usually I stay awake longer than her, but tomorrow I'm helping with a field trip for extra credit and I don't want to be exhausted around sixth graders, uhg. Probably the worst kids in the entire school. No self control, no manners, and they usually think they know everything.

I make sure my bow is secure on my head before I curl up and close my eyes to try and go to sleep. I can hear my roommate and her snotty friends in the other part of the room being as loud as they can playing truth or dare. This will be a long night.

Not twenty minutes after I finally get to sleep I get woken up by the sound of someone trying to sneak up on me. I call Sally and Percy my mom and brother, but really I live in the alley next to their apartment building. They can do everything but keep me in their house since they don't have the money to legally adopt me, so I've gotten very used to sleeping with one eye open per say. I wake up really easily whenever something happens around me.

I decide to scare the girl and keep my eyes closed until she's leaning over me. "Need something?" I ask and open up my eyes, looking straight at a short and thin girl that looks terrified. She looks like she's going to hyperventilate or pass out from being so scared. She shakes her head and scurries back to her friends in a circle. I sigh and sit up, fixing my bow before I walk over to my roommate and her group of friends. "Wake me up again and I'll make sure you're all in the nurse's office all day tomorrow." I threaten them all with a sharp glare. "Oh, and if you warn your dad that her precious daughter was scared again." I turn to my roommate and pause for effect. "I'll snap your arm." I tell them sharply. I don't care about what consequences I have to deal with. Besides, as long as I'm not actually hurting anyone it'll be illegal to expel me. I think.

I walk back to bed and lay down again, crawling back under the covers and closing my eyes. Quickly and easily, I fall back asleep. Another thing I've gotten used to, falling asleep quickly anywhere.

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I wake up in the morning to my alarm going off. I smile and sit up, turning it off. The girls didn't bother me the rest of the night thankfully. I feel rested and not so horrible about spending the day with a bunch of sixth graders.

I walk to the bathroom in my dorm and change into my comfiest clothes, a black hoodie with a grey shirt under it and normal brown cloth pants. I take off my bow and brush through my short hair before putting on a baseball cap. Usually I'm not allowed to wear it to classes, that's why I wear the dumb bow, but because I'm helping I get a privilege today.