A/N:

We all know that Uncle Rick really likes to give our favorite characters a lot of trauma. And then he proceeds to completely ignore it. I wanted to change that, and explore the effects such amounts of trauma would do to someone. I'll start writing in Annabeth's POV, as she is the person whose trauma I'll be focusing on, But I'll probably also have some other POVs.

Also, I am by no means an expert on mental health or trauma, most of my info comes from YouTube, so I might get things wrong. However, writers tend to get traumatic disorders wrong a lot, so I'm hoping to be at least better than average. Anyways, let's get into the actual story.

Annabeth

It all started just before Gaia woke up, in the Tunnel below the acropolis. It's kind of funny, something about my brain being revealed to me below the city named after my mom, who was, in a way, the goddess of brains. Well, let me tell you what happened.

Like I said, we were in the tunnel going to the Athenian acropolis. Gaia was so strong here that I could hear, even feel her heart beating. Apparently, Percy must have felt it to, as he said to me: "It's like in Tartarus. Remember? …His heartbeat, when he appeared." I tried to figure out what he was talking about. I knew we had been there, just a few weeks ago, so why was having such a hard time remembering it? I was the daughter of wisdom, for Gods' sake. But then again, the few bits I remembered made Tartarus seem like a place I would not want to remember. I saw the world flickering around me, like when I was trying to see through the mist, and I knew that a flashback was coming. "No. Please, not" I don't know if I meant Percy or the flashback, probably the latter, but Percy appeared to assume the prior, as he quickly apologized.

I heard a voice next to me tell me. "Don't worry" I looked over to Percy, but he wasn't even looking at me. "I'm here for you". The world stopped fading and went clear again. Flashback avoided. I didn't know who had said that, but the voice was definitely coming from inside my head.

As I thought about it, I almost tripped. It felt like my legs had teleported to a different spot. Hadn't I just put down my left foot? Why was the right one the front one? I also felt like a good portion of Happy trails was missing. What was happening with my brain?

I tried to figure out where the voice came from. Had I consumed any pregnant females? (That actually was the reason my grandfather had been hearing voices) I was quite certain I hadn't (except maybe a tiny pregnant insect sitting on my food-wasn't there even a species that was already born pregnant?). I would have to ask the Others when we got back, there was probably a perfectly reasonable explanation. But now, it was time to fight some Giants.

A/N

Well, that was the first chapter. I know it's not very long, but I wanted to get it posted today, and I also didn't want to give away too much right of the bat. Tell me what you think so far. See you (hopefully) soon.