8 year old Percy Jackson is sitting in bet crying after arguing with 'Smelly Gabe' and getting beaten because of it. Gabe never thought he'd see the day. 'Every time I beat him, he never cries. He always accepts the beating and then goes to bed afterwards. I just want to hurt him so badly that he'll beg for mercy.' Gabe thought.

FLASHBACK

A woman was walking down the street hurriedly looking for the orphanage in town. She had a torch in one hand and a baby boy wrapped in swaddling clothes in the other hand. She finally found what she was looking for, the orphanage. She really didn't want to do this, but knew she had to for the sake of her child's safety. She knew that Zeus would try to kill her son if he ever found out that she had a child.

As she walked in, the person at the reception desk looked up with a rather ugly smile on his face. He was a bit heavy-weight, had an almost bald head, and looked as if he hadn't shaved in a few months. When she looked at the room, she shivered at the thought of her son staying here.

The place had popcorn strewn across the floor and smelled like beer. A few of the tables had people playing a game of poker and saw that a few of them had nasty scars running down the side of their faces. A few of the windows even had cracks in them.

"Hello Mr… Gabe Ugliano" she said as he glanced down at his nametag. "May I speak to the manager?"

Gabe smirked, "You're speaking to him. Are you putting your child in the orphanage, bitch? Also, if I may ask, what's your name?" He said as he pointed at the baby in her arms.

The woman slapped him hard across the face. "That's for calling me a 'bitch' and sadly, yes, I am putting my child in the orphanage. My name is Hestia. Now where's the paperwork?"

"How about you find it yourself?." Gabe yelled.

"How about I slap you across the face again? Or would you rather me consult with your manager? Oh wait, that's you!" Hestia said as she slapped Gabe hard across the face again. Her eyes were flaming but Gabe didn't notice.

Gabe's face was red with anger. Who does this lady think she is? I'm the manager of this place. She can't just walk up to me and slap me.

Gabe finally notices Hestia's eyes are flaming and he cowers back in fear. "Ok, the p-paperwork is r-right t-there" Gabe said whimpering in fear.

FLASHBACK OVER

Percy Jackson was thinking of his mother as he lay there crying into his friends' shoulders. His friends' names were Grover Underwood, and Annabeth Chase. Grover was a mixed kid with scraggly hair. He always wore jeans and some kind of nature t-shirt. He had brown eyes and loved peace. Annabeth on the other hand was in many ways, the exact opposite. She was a petite girl with blonde hair and also wore jeans. She was obviously a tomboy. But that wasn't what made her so different. What made her so different was her eyes.

They were stormy gray that looked like she was calculating different ways to take an opponent down. Which they most likely were if she was looking at Gabe or the workers who also loved to make her friends' lives miserable.

"Will I ever see her again? I mean, I don't even know if she's alive still." Percy whispered to his friend next to him. "I don't know Seaweed Brain" she said frowning. She hated not knowing things. Grover looked like he was going to say something but Annabeth held up a hand to silence him a continued, "But what I do know is that if you want to leave this wretched place, then we're coming with you." Percy looked up into Annabeth's stormy gray eyes and smiled. He was glad that his friends would follow him regardless of where it was. He looked to Grover who nodded in agreeance.

Percy was looking amused, no longer crying. "What?" Annabeth and Grover both said as they had their eyebrow's knitted in confusion. Percy laughed when he looked at them and leaned down to grab his backpack as he said, "Ok, I think I might just take you up on that offer." Annabeth and Grover still looked confused so he sighed and said, "Pack your bags, we're leaving this hellhole." Annabeth smiled and went to go get her backpack and her dagger while Grover just sat there completely shocked.

And then they were off, the trio walking through the orphanage doors at midnight. The guard looked at them with anger and a bit of confusion as he asked the trio, "Where do you think you're going punks?" Percy and Annabeth smirked while Grover was twiddling his thumbs nervously. "I'd say for you to go fuck yourself, but you've probably already done that… so… yea, we'll be on our merry way." As the trio walked through the door, Annabeth reached out and grabbed Percy and Grover's hands. Percy looked confused but didn't say anything because this is what he wanted. Someone he can depend upon and become family with. He smiled when he realized what he thought but then got an idea.

"Hey Annabeth, are we close enough to be considered family?" Percy asked.

"Of course Seaweed Brain. I thought that was a given when we cried into each other's shoulders." Annabeth teased. Percy's mood darkened and he tried to hide and put his face in his hands. But Annabeth noticed anyways, so she stopped walking and turned to face Grover.

"Hey Grover can you go get us something to eat? There's a McDonald's right over there." Annabeth asked, pointing behind Grover. He turned around starting walking towards the fast food restaurant as if in a trance. She turned back around after Grover left and saw Percy with his head in his hands still. She led him to a bench and they sat facing each other.

Annabeth looked like she was trying to figure out what to say when Percy took his hands away from his face and rested his hand on Annabeth's. "Hey. Wise Girl, I understand you were only messing around. It's ok, we're family now right?" Percy explained.

Annabeth turned to look straight ahead. "Yes Seaweed Brain. We're family now. Now you better not be like my younger brothers, Matthew and Bobby. They were annoying." she replied not even looking at him. Then he got an idea and joked, putting an arm around her and saying, "Yes, ma'am. Wait, which of our last names do we all go by now? Jackson, Chase, or Underwood?"

She punched his arm playfully, "Percy!" He frowned and rubbed his shoulder. "Ouch sis! What was that for?" Annabeth laughed while resting her head on his shoulder. "For being a Seaweed Brain." she replied with a bit of a blush beginning on her cheeks.

"Hey guys! What'd I miss?" Grover exclaimed walking towards them with three McDonald's happy meals in his arms. "Oh, did I... ruin... you... two's... moment... ?" Grover said in between laughs. Percy and Annabeth then turned beet red and scowled at Grover in unison.

Percy laughed and said, "We're all one big, happy, family. We have some fun times ahead of us." as he threw an arm around Grover and Annabeth. The latter smiled and kissed Percy's cheek making him blush again.

"Yes we do Percy. Now let's start by not annoying us." Annabeth joked.

"Hey!"