Summary: The Gods of Olympus were defeated long before Percy was born and since then the planet has been under the evil and terrifying rule of Kronos. While Percy lives on the streets with his Mother and Grover there is a secret, underground force called HBO. He is fine until he learns about the existence of his father and about a secret underground rebellion called HBO and worse yet, the Minotaur kidnaps his mother. He then sets forth on a journey to reunite with her…but along the way he meets other…unexpected people.

PAIRINGS: PercyxAnnabeth, JasonxPiper, SilenaxCharlie PoseidonxSally and other pairings…deciding whom Nico or maybe even Leo should be with…

To Authors (FUDGEBALLS! I really didn't think this story would be that much of a hit! I have to write every spare second of the day! And believe me, this chapter was posted AS SOON AS I COULD!)

Okay, I'm not going to lie to you. There is going to be NO action this chapter but the next chapter will be better, I PROMISE! These first few chapters are just opening filler's…thee rest of the story will be action filled!

PS: This chapter will be short too, but the next one will be over 3,500 words, I PROMISE! And you know by the rushed updates that i keep my promises.

Enjoy!

Chapter 3: Nightmare

Percy Pov

Dream

I was staring at my feet, or shoes, whatever. I was standing on what looked to be cement rock with chips and pieces all around it. Despite me wearing my worn out shoes I could feel the warmth of the ground underneath it, so much it was almost melting the rubber off my shoes.

Since the ground was hot it was only natural that I also felt hot to. Like there was a harsh, burning wind going against my face while it also blew against the rest of my body with the feeling of sandpaper. It was a very uncomfortable and rather miserable feeling. It was like I was in the hottest place on the planet, a sort of barren of water wasteland type feeling.

I looked up at face level and was momentarily blinded. There was light all around me, bright and blinding sunlight. I looked up and saw there were, more than two hundred feet above, windows that let in the sun's light into the strange looking room. I could barely see around me and for a moment I wondered if I was in a desert outside of this stone made room.

It was then I heard the sound of panting and harsh breathing. I looked around wildly, a bit blinded by the light still. That was until my eyes fell on the figure that was making the tortured sounded breathing.

"Hello," Said the girl I recognized to be the ghost girl from before, except now she had auburn colored hair instead of silver. Her eyes were the same moon colored orbs as before, a yellowish silver grow. But the glow was fainter and almost non visible in this light setting. A stonewall was behind her.

It was then I saw I was in some sort of rock cell, with no doors or windows beside the ones above more than two hundred free above so that was no way to get out. I looked back at the girl and felt my eyes widened. How could I have not noticed before?

The girl, was kneeling, her knees on the cement floor, and her hands… her hands… were chained up and her body…her body was bloodied from obvious torture

I gasped and she smiled weakly at me from my reaction. "Yes, Perseus, not the best thing to dream about is it? I am sorry that you must spend you're precious resting hours like this, but it was important."

"You-You are the one that I-I saw yesterday! The ghost girl!"

She smiled again, though a bit of annoyance this time in her face. (She must have finally gotten tired of me interrupting her.) "Yes Percy, though ghost girl isn't my name. My name is Artemis, former goddess of maidens and the moon."

My jaw dropped but I believed it. I didn't know why but I believed her to be the Goddess Artemis, twin sister of Apollo. "How'd you end up here? Like…Like this?"

Artemis frowned but nodded understanding my question. Though I knew the answer, I wanted to know if what my father said was true.

"My Grandfather, the evil Titan Kronos, captured my family and I when the war ended, took our items of powers, my own precious Silver Crescent Bow*1*, and used them against us. Then he locked each of us away in our own prison and punishment and was rendered powerless. I, Goddess of the night and moon, was put in a place where it was always hot, sunny, and usually daytime. Likewise, my twin brother Apollo, God of day and the sun, was put in a cold and dark place. All of the Olympians placed under arrest, locked away for eternity."

I nodded. It was exactly the way that my father told my mother who told me. So at least that part of my father wasn't a lie. But why was I here right now?

"Why am I here right now?" I asked hers and she sighed in relief. Probably relieved that I wasn't asking her any more questions. Well questions that were off topic anyway. She looked pretty weak and talking looked like a great burden to her anyway.

"Yes Perseus. The reason why I have you here right now is because I need your help. You need to come to the place I am and free me."

A second ago I had just told myself that I wouldn't annoy or ask anymore questions to Artemis but I felt that goal quickly fading.

"What?" I asked dumbly, unable to say anything else. Despite the millions of questions that had just popped into my head that's all I said. And what about my father? I should be asking about my father not saying "What?" I watched her for her reply.

Surprisingly, and to my moral depleting, she laughed. She laughed heartily and long as if she hadn't laughed in years (Which probably was true.) and I could imagine that if she had her hand free she would have been wiping a tear from her eye in amusement. Amusement at me for my dumbness I realized and blushed.

"Sorry young one." Said Artemis after she stopped laughing for a few moments. Wait wasn't I the older one? Oh! She's just appearing to be twelve she's not really one! Stupid Percy!

"But," She continued. "It has been very long since I last laughed, in fact almost fourteen years, when I was last with my annoying twin brother Apollo." She said wistfully and a bit sadly. I couldn't help feel bad for her, it wasn't fair for any of the Olympians to be trapped, locked up, and tortured like this! I wanted to do something but what could I do…?

"You doubt your importance, don't worry, Percy you are very special, even if you, and I, do not know who your father is exactly." She said as if reading my mind.

I looked at her surprised and voiced it to her. "You can read my mind?" I asked bewildered and a bit.

She smiled again and looked as if she was going to laugh again, but then she turned serious.

"No I cannot read your mind but I can tell what your thinking. I have been along mortals for a very long time to at least know what they're thinking." She said wisely. "But now is not the time, I just said that I am in need of your help Percy."

I noticed that she stopped calling me "Perseus" and was a bit glad for it. I wasn't familiar enough, or familiar at all, with her to call me that. Maybe later, but now I preferred just Percy. Then I realized that she said that she needed my help, and I wanted to help her. Anyway if it was possible that I actually could help Artemis I wanted to!

"How can I help?" I ask determinedly and she smiled as if this was what she was waiting for.

"You must find me, I can't tell you where I am," I frown; this wasn't starting out as the easiest rescue mission. "But I can make sure you are sent my way by a friend of my brother's."

"How can I do anything?" I ask again feeling very low self-confidence. If it took the Titan Kronos HIMSELF to capture Artemis like this, how could a mere powerless (A/N heh heh heh) mortal like me do anything?

"You doubt your worth again. Don't worry, I'm sure that you'll find the power, and friends, to free me."

She suddenly turned sad and I wondered if I did anything wrong. She spoke more softly than before.

"And…after you wake up…I'm sorry for what's about to happen."

I didn't know what she meant but I felt myself waking up, the light surrounding me and then… terror.

I felt immeasurable terror like something was about to kill me. Like I was about to die.

I was about to die!

My eyes shot open to the sound of…

"AHHHEnchilada's!"

I heard Grover's sayings of "Food" and "Enchilada's" in his room?

I sighed in relief and wiped the sweat off my brow, everything was normal and fine. Everything was the same as when I went to bed for the second time that night after dinnertime. That really had been some dream. Completely unbelievable…then why did I feel so nervous?

I sat up on my mattress and put my face in my hands. My hair was dripping with sweat but unlike other times when I was covered with water, it felt horrible. I felt horrible. It was because of that dream…no, not a dream. More like a vision or something, of Artemis. She said that she needed my help, but seriously, what could I do?

Then those words she said at the last second….What did she mean that she was sorry? Probably sorry for the same reason as before, for waking me up and stuff.

Then again what was that horrible feeling at the end of the dream and right now? Why did I feel so horrible, and not from last nights exhaustion, but from the dream or nightmare alone was making me feel this way. I groaned and hit my head my hands, I didn't understand any of this.

"Percy! Grover!" Yelled my mom's voice making my ears perk up a bit. "Time for breakfast! And do not go back to sleep!"

I laughed, the horrible feeling still there but not as bad, even just hearing my mother's voice made feel so much better. At the same time my stomach growled and I laughed again, perfect timing, I was starving!

I, feeling much better than before, stood up quickly and left my room while following the smell of sizzling meat and bacon. It smelled godly.

I walked into the kitchen and saw my mom smiling brightly, and holding a metal pan over the gas stove. (A/N Gas stove…THAT'LL BE VERY IMPORTANT! REMEMBER) Inside the pan were a bunch of pieces of the turkey pack, two for each of us, and a two eggs for each of us, I had very luckily found three carton of eggs a week ago and we still had some eggs left. On the counter was a piece of warm toast with a bit of butter for each of us, and we were almost out of milk but each of us had half full glass of milk in broken or chipped cups.

She saw me and smiled even brighter, it seemed seeing me had made her day better also. She set the pan down on the stove and walked over to me, she didn't have to lean down to hug me since I was almost as tall as her. I hugged her back, taking in her comforting presence. She released me and kissed me on the cheek.

"How did you sleep?" She asked me and I immediately remembered the horrible presence and identification of the goddess.

I faked a smile, I hated lying to her but there was no reason to concern her. "Fine, didn't really dream."

She nodded and smiled again making me feel guilty for lying. But if I had told her my dream she would be worried all day. She had enough to worry about without me telling her a probably bad luck dream.

"Sit down Percy." She said gesturing to barely standing wooden seat at an equally as bad shape table. But it was all he had ever known as home. All he probably would ever know as his home.

He sat down in the rickety chair and resigned himself to smelling the breakfast smells in peace. He heard the sound of Grover, walking funny as he usually did, come in and sit down at a chair across from me. I sighed, not unhappy or disappointed that he had just come in, but because I had wanted a few minutes of peace. It was okay, though, talking to Grover would take my mind of that horrible dream.

"Hey Grover." I said lazily and opening my eyes to look at him.

"Morning Percy." Said Grover with a glum look.

He was a strange teenager indeed. He had long, curly reddish brown hair and a beard despite his age, I think my around my own or so, with equally brown eyes.

He wore a silver cowbell around his neck, never told me why, a worn out blue shirt with an orange circle on it, and was wearing a different shaded, orange beenie-type hat.

"What's wrong Grover?" I asked a bit concerned, he was usually really happy and stuff.

He looked nervous, like he wanted to tell me but couldn't.

I nodded, understanding that there was something he couldn't tell me, he probably just had an embarrassing bad dream and he didn't wanted to tell me. That would make sense.

But, subconsciously, I knew that that wasn't it. That wasn't it at all.

My mom came over and set down a plate in front of each of us. Blue eggs, blue turkey pieces, a half of a cup of blue milk, and blue butter on blue toast. Why would anyone want Dr. Seuss's green eggs and ham when you have my mom's blue food?

I wanted to dig in right away, I dived my chipped, plastic fork into my blue food and picked up a piece of turkey piece. I picked up the fork to put the food into my mouth and then into my starving stomach, not even bothering to watch Grover almost inhale all of the food on his plate in one breath.

The fork approached my mouth-

BOOM! BANG! BOOM!

I guess I wouldn't be able to eat after all…

*1* Silver Crescent Bow- Artemis weapon of power, the reason I didn't mention I t before or say that Luke stole it was because with only the Big Three weapons of power he didn't need the other Olympians powers.

Like Apollo will have the Golden Quarter Sun Bow-GQSB (A/n I love acronyms)

Anyone who can guess what HBO means gets the next chapter dedicated to them!

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Alexandra Annie Aquvrat ate apples and auspiciously acted abnormal after an atrocious alleyway attempt. (A/N I.D.K. I don't know.)