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(Charlie POV)
Some days he hated the fact that his mother was as smart as she was since it always got him in trouble. His dad claimed it was one of the things he loved most about her but Charlie was very much on the fence about it.
During Capture the Flag when they were defending it and Charlie had blasted Phoebe with water he hadn't even thought about what he was doing, Charlie just saw Silena with a sword pointed at her and reacted. He didn't think about anyone seeing him do it since all the hunters were in the know about who they were. He should have since when he turned his head to check on Lily and Zack, his heart dropped to his feet when Charlie caught a flash of blonde hair and furious grey eyes and immediately knew they were screwed.
Subtly watching his mother eat dinner, Charlie wondered when she was going to come over to him and confront them about what she saw. After all it's not exactly normal for an alleged son of Athena to be throwing around water all willy-nilly like.
Charlie had thought she would pull him aside after the post game meeting/celebration ended but she just disappeared, taking Thalia with her, to what Charlie assumed was an interrogation that was unsuccessful when they appeared two hours later; Annabeth with an angry and disgruntled look on her face while Thalia had adopted an anxious one.
Sighing in defeat he thought over what to do, on one hand Charlie could leave it alone and let her come to him or he could man up, go over there and see if she would let him explain before doing anything drastic.
Sighing once again this time in resignation, Charlie stood up and walked over to Annabeth and cleared his throat. "Excuse me but could I have a word with you? Alone?"
Annabeth turned to look at him and scrutinized him for a few seconds causing Charlie to shuffle his feet, feeling uncomfortable. Deliberating for a few more seconds she nodded and stood up.
"Follow me." She ordered
Nodding, Charlie began walking after her noticing Silena trying to catch his eye. Looking at her, she gave him a look that said 'Are you telling her?' and he gave her one back 'Yep, make sure the brats don't interrupt.'
Silena gave a small nod and gestured to Ethan a few tables away meaning that she would get him to tag team them with her.
Giving a final nod Charlie turned back to his mother, looking at her back as he followed her, reassured that the two of them would be able to control their less responsible cousins.
Realizing that Annabeth was taking the two of them to the Poseidon cabin to have their 'Chat' made him nervous, it also however gave him hope that his mom was on the right track of figuring out who he really was, not that he expected her to figure it out seeing as the actual answer to who Charlie was, was an insane conclusion to come to.
Seeing as while he was stressing in his mind they had come to stand in front of the Poseidon cabin, Charlie let out a breath walked to the door and pushed it open, the cabin feeling that he had the blood of Poseidon in him and welcoming him.
Turning in the middle of the door way Charlie gestured to his mother, who was standing there in shock.
"Are you coming in or what?"
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Staring at his mom as she stared back at him, the both of them sitting on Percy's bunk waiting for the other to talk, Charlie remembered why his dad always complained that the two of them were so alike and that he must have pissed someone off for having to deal with it. Of course he would always ruffle Charlie's hair and kiss Annabeth on the cheek so they both knew he was kidding.
Snapping back to reality as his mom huffed "Well are you going to explain or not?"
He swallowed and nodded, biting the inside of his lip. Thinking, Charlie asked "Do you want to ask questions and I answer or do you want me to just tell the story?"
Tilting her head, she studied him for a few seconds before telling him "Tell the story I'll ask questions after."
Nodding, Charlie took a deep breath and began "This is a long story so please don't interrupt."
She nodded and motioned for him to continue.
"When the Seven go on the quest, on the tail end of it Gaia did something to Tartarus we don't know what but it caused monsters to never dissolve and Giants and Titans to come back. Even Chronos came back, luckily da" Charlie cut himself off, getting a look from Annabeth.
"Percy managed to defeat him again with help from the rest of the Seven. I don't know how he did it no one ever told me but all I remember was them coming back looking utterly exhausted and beat-up."
Taking another deep breath he continued "Now after the war ended no one knew that the Giants and Titans were coming back, everyone just assumed that monsters regeneration almost instantly was just the aftermath of the war, no one realized that the war was still going on and that the only thing we did was cutoff the head, Gaia had already accomplished her mission of destroying the world it was just going to take longer than she had anticipated."
"The moment everyone realized that the war was still going on was when Camp Jupiter was destroyed. According to reports I read a couple of Giants and Titans teamed up and destroyed it, the reports also said only about a third of Camp Jupiter made it out with they're lives. I was seven when this happened and the only thing I remember from that day was Nico shadowtraveling to and from Camp coming back with the most injured people he could find and taking them to the Apollo cabin. The less injured ones and anybody who could showed up hours later by Pegasus, the Iris cabin having gone to help them, telling everybody who would listen about what happened."
"It took us a year and a half to get everybody settled, to build new cabins and shore our defenses up. Over the years we learned to never venture out of camp, that got you killed, and that there was no way to kill monsters anymore they just instantly regenerated. Almost six years after Camp Jupiter was destroyed the gods found a way to save us; six of us would go back in time and fix whatever Gaia did to Tartarus before it became permanent. I was thirteen when I was told I would be one of those six."
"The others were Silena, Emily, Lily, Zack, and Ethan and the reason that only the six of us were going was because there was no chance of us running into or past selves seeing as we weren't even thought of yet so there was no chance for any paradoxes to come about. We trained for fifteen months before the Giants finally broke through our wards causing us to do the spell early, resulting in us appearing out of nowhere today."
Ending his tale explaining why they were here, Charlie could see the absolute shock on her face as she absorbed what he told her. Shaking her head in disbelief she asked "Why in the name of the gods should I believe anything you just told me?"
Gathering his courage, Charlie said "Because I'm yours and Percy's son, and because why the HELL would I lie to you about this?"
She continued to shake her head in disbelief "This is crazy, you're crazy, I mean time travel? That's insane Charlie!"
Heart hurting, Charlie begged "Please believe me, please I promise I'm telling the truth! Mom, please believe me."
Not even realizing he said the word mom until she stared at him in shock once again. The two of stared at each other for a few minutes, Charlie trying not to cry and her wondering if she should believe him.
With a determined look on her face, Annabeth let out a soft "I believe you, I don't know why but I believe you."
That caused him to burst into tears, the emotions of the past ten minutes catching up with him. Looking for comfort, Charlie pitched himself into her arms, feeling her hesitate for a second before wrapping him up in a strong hug, caressing his hair and murmuring "I got you, just let it out; I've got you, nothing's going to happen to you here."
Charlie sobbed harder, thankful she believed him. As he sat there in his mother's arms, soaking in her presence, he wondered how they were going to tell the other parents and if it would be this stressful for his cousins too.
Charlie knew the answer to that already though; the entirety of the family was going to need therapy after all was said and done. It was good thing they all had each other as this was going to be the most confusing, heart wrenching months their family would ever have.
Well they were all crazy anyway so it's not like it mattered anyway right?
Wow that was interesting! I wonder how Annabeth is going to react when she gets over her shock and realizes that she had five nieces and nephews and that they along with her son were on a quest potentially more dangerous than the one she's about to go on?
Find out next time on Fated to Save!
EspeonAruaGirl55 – I looked up the game! It seems cool so thanks for comparing it to my story! And the reason CHB finally won is because Ethan and Emily are the best out of the six at stealth and thievery and were also banking on the hunters underestimating them. Which they did. Thanks for the review!
Didi (guest) – Thanks for your review! I'm so happy that this is one of your top 5 favorites! I hope you continue to like the story!
RosettaQueen20 – Thank you! I hate it when Authors only update like once a month so I don't want to do that to you guys, that's why for my schedule I'm going to TRY to update twice a week I'm not making any promises though. I hope you continue to like the story and pace that I'm going for!
