Owen pov

Now I've seen a lot in the last few months from demigods getting their bodies healed up from some magic potion that looks like some asian herbal medicine. To having casual conversations of which is harder to kill sea monsters or the minotaur. However having a goddess appear in your apartment when you're eating is a new one. As I was eating cereal (demeter would be proud) a bright light went through the room and a blonde woman appeared. It wasn't hard to guess who it was.

"Lady Athena"

"You recognise me?"

I shrugged "you remind me of your daughter"

"Anyway i'm sure you're looking for your daughter or percy bu"

"Actually i'm not, i'm here to speak with you"

I raised my eyebrows and laughed bitterly "why do i think i know the topic of conversation" i sighed then.

"Well i think this is going to take a while so want a drink? Tea? Coffee?"

"No that's fine this shouldn't take that long"

"All right what do you know and what do you need to know?"

"I know that at around January of this year you were kidnapped by unknown men and women along with 4 other children. They then experimented on you and the other children until the Navy Seals assaulted the warehouse that they were in and killed all of the men and women involved. It was presumed that they were satanic cultists being crazy believing that they were calling some demons into the children."

"Well then looks like they know what they were talking about huh, one thing wrong with that story. It wasn't all the children that were tortured, just me. After I woke up after the kidnapping they asked us all to volunteer for the torture or they'd pick someone. I took the offer, I didn't have a future as far as I was concerned. I took it every day, everything they asked of me I did no matter how bad torture got I kept taking it."

"Why?"

I looked at Athena then with a look of almost amusement.

"They had futures, I didn't. I was abandoned by my family and homeless practically suicidal. It felt that the longer I held out, the more I was I was saving those kids."

Athena stared hard at me calculating something. Her eyes widened then, she spoke quietly "That wasn't the only thing they did was it?"

I looked up then with a look of resignation. "Figures out the Goddess of Wisdom would figure out my big secret. Yes, they did to something else. I was not only be their monkey but their entertainment as well"

Athena looked at him in pity, "Why'd you let them do that"

I looked hard at her "because it was that or let 10 year old girls take it. It was a very easy choice" I said that angrily.

"Now are you done?"

"Yes."

"Before you leave, speak this information to none unless you have to. I won't get you to swear on the styx because it might be important later. Also one more thing" He took of his shirt, and showed Athena his back. "If you find anything on what these mean please tell me"

Athena nodded "Of course, it would be harmful for my daughter if you didn't know you were a threat or not." Athena then flashed out.

"The Olympians taking an interest in me, either a blessing or my luck for cheating death is running out" I thought.

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Well school was interesting, the others kept me up on what we were doing so I wasn't all that behind on what was up. Mainly Annabeth as she felt it was important. Didn't mind really, gave me something to do. What was interesting today was the the projects we were given. In classics class we had to do a project on a important military leader's career from Alexander the Great to the fall of Rome. I was paired with Reyna, could be worse, could have gotten Amy. I know it's going to be good, Reyna a military Rome encyclopedia so we have a lot of options. We ended up choosing Hannibal's battles against Rome. I put that idea out as a joke but then she said that it was a great idea. Needless to say I was shocked. In modern history we had to do a project on a military leader from the industrial revolution onwards. I chose Michael Collins, the Irish military leader who was instrumental in gaining Irish independence and the writer of the blueprint for modern Guerilla warfare. I was definitely getting back into the swing of things and enjoying myself, or at least as much as I could in the last couple of weeks have been rough. I know Reyna wants me to talk about my scars, how I got them and everything else but I can't do that right now. I'm still worried about those swords, what if those people actually did something to me that was evil? What if I'm a ticking time bomb that could be the reason I could lose everything again. These were some of the thoughts that were going through my head when I was in bed trying to sleep. Seeing as success in this endeavour was unlikely I decided to just get up and get a drink. It was when I was in the kitchen when I heard a small sound of screams coming from Percy's room. I walk over concerned and walk in, I see Percy tossing and turning and hear him muttering something about Annabeth. Damn, what did this guy get into…. After trying unsuccessfully to get Percy to wake up and with Percy's parents having no luck either I call Annabeth.

"Hey Annabeth I need your help"

"Ugh… Owen what is it i was sleeping"

"It's Percy… he's having a nightmare and we can't get him to wake up since you know the best…"

"Oh god all right i'll be over now"

She wasn't kidding when she did that not 2 mins later I heard a knock on the door and there she was. A heavily disheveled Annabeth Chase stood in the doorway still in her Lord of the Rings pyjamas.

"Damn you weren't kidding"

"Yeah I ran, where is he"

"In his room now"

She ran into to his room and after a few mins Percy's struggling stopped. I headed into my room and got some sleeping tablets I've been using to try to sleep better, it's kind of worked for me anyways.

"Here Annabeth might help you and him sleep" as I handed them to her she looked at me confused.

"Owen…. why do you have these"

I ignored her at first.

"You should probably sleep with him from now on make it easier for you two to sleep" As I walked out from the room I said

"You two aren't the only ones with nightmares"

Thank you for reading everyone! How do you think this story is going to go? I have some ideas but I would like your guys imput on how you think this story should develop. Hope you guys enjoy :)