AN: First off thanks everyone for the support on the first chapter. 8 reviews, 59 follows and 37 favorites is crazy. Honestly didn't think I would get that response so thanks again. Anyway back to the story.

4 months earlier

Thalia, Luke and Annabeth were walking through the streets of the city. It was dark, with only small areas being illuminated by lights. It was silent except for the occasional car horn shattering it.

"Stop." Luke suddenly said.

Thalia, instantly on edge replied, "What is it?" Her weapon ready to be drawn at a moment's notice.

"Listen." Luke said. "There's a sound coming from that alley." He said pointing ahead to the alley.

"Should we see what it is?" Annabeth enquired.

"Yeah, but be careful. It could be a monster." After Luke said this each of them readied their weapons. Luke held his sword, Thalia took out her can of mace and released her spear while tapping her bracelet to show Aegis, her shield and Annabeth held a bronze knife in her hand.

They heard another bang coming from the alley and all slowly turned into it. The alley was almost pitch black, with only the glow emanating from the trio's weapons. They could faintly make out a humanoid shape which was standing over a garbage bin.

"Hey!" Luke called out. The person instantly world around while holding something in his hand. "It looks like a pen" Thalia thought to herself when she saw it.

Annabeth then proceeded to pull out a flashlight she had and aim it at them. They could see him clearly now. It was a boy, he looked to be around ten with jet black hair and swirling green eyes. He only had a pair of shoes and some ratty jeans on, barely looking better than rags and his eyes showed fear in them.

"What's your name?" Luke asked. The boy still looking scared, noticed the weapons they held and quickly masked his fear.

"Stay back." He warned without any trace of fear in his voice. He quickly pulled the cap off his pen and a beautiful three foot long blade sprung free. Thalia, Luke and Annabeth all looked in awe at the blade.

"We don't want to hurt you." Thalia said.

"That's what they all say before they attack." He replied.

Thalia thought about this for a second before she placed her spear and shield down and motioned for Luke and Annabeth to do so as well. Annabeth did so instantly, but Luke was more reluctant before Thalia glared at him and he also placed his sword down.

"See we just want to talk." Thalia stated.

The boy seemed to think about this for a second before he put the cap of his pen on his sword, causing it to shrink back into a pen which he placed in his pocket.

"What's your name?" Annabeth asked looking up at him.

"Percy." The boy quickly answered.

"I'm Annabeth, this is Thalia and this is Luke." Annabeth said.

"What are you doing here Percy?" Luke asked.

"Looking for food." Percy said.

"Why aren't you at home?" Thalia questioned.

"I don't have a home anymore. I ran away."

"Why?" Annabeth said.

A look of pain and anger flashed across his face at the question. He ignored the question and instead said, "So are you demigods as well?"

All three were surprised by the question, but they quickly recovered.

"Yeah. We also ran away." Luke said.

Throughout this time they had all been coming closer together and Thalia gasped as she noticed the scars that crisscrossed all across Percy's body. Percy, noticing what she was looking at tried to cover himself, but to no avail.

"What monster gave you those?" Thalia asked tentatively.

"Gabe." Stated Percy with so much venom and anger in his voice that Thalia took a step away, as did the other two. No one said anything for a minute before Luke stepped forward.

"Percy, do you want to join us?" Percy's eyes lit up at the question, before the light quickly went out an he slumped down.

"I can't. There are too many monsters after me and they could hurt you."

The were all shocked at this. This boy they had just cared more about endangering them than he did himself.

"Don't worry," Thalia said, "we've been doing this a while and we can protect ourselves."

"Are you sure?"

"Definitely, and anyway we can't just leave you alone."

Percy smiled at this and stood up. "Okay. I'll join you."

"Yay!" Annabeth excitedly exclaimed, before rushing forward and hugging the older boy. She didn't know why, but she already felt a connection to the boy and wanted him to be part of their family. They broke apart, with Annabeth smiling up at Percy.

"So Percy, what's your story?" Luke asked. Percy's eyes darkened at the question before he sighed and sat down. The other three all followed his example.

"These," he said gesturing to his scars, "were all done by Gabe, my step-dad. He was nice when we first met him, but as soon as him and my mom were married he became a monster. He was a drunk and he would beat me and torture me, while my mom worked three jobs to support us." All three were looking wide eyed at Percy as he continued. "He would say that if I ever told my mom about what he did then he would beat her, so I kept quiet. But then…" He took a deep breath at this and wiped away a stray tear that threatened to fall. "But then one day my mom came home early from work and saw him cutting me with a knife." Percy's voice was barely above a whisper at this point but the silence surrounding the group made them hear every single word. "She tried to call the police, but he got up and attacked her with the knife. I couldn't move. I was frozen." He paused. "Then I saw my mom on the floor in a pool of her blood lying still and I just lost it. I attacked Gabe with my fist and managed to beat him into unconsciousness before I went to check on my mom, but it was too late." At this Percy could no longer hold it in and began to cry.

He instantly felt someone envelope him in a hug and opened his eyes' to see Thalia holding him. He continued crying for a few minutes before he stopped. Percy wiped his eyes' and continued. "Once I had stopped I heard this voice in my head telling me to go to the sea. I left straight away and began to make my way towards the sea. I got chased by a couple of monsters on the way, but I escaped them. When I got to the sea the voice in my head told me to enter it so I did and there was a man there. My father."

Thalia gasped, realizing who his father was.

"Yes. My dad is Poseidon." They all looked at him in awe at this. "He told me that he was sorry that he couldn't help me against Gabe but he said if he did then his brother's would find out about me and try to kill me. He gave me my sword to defend myself and told me to head to the city and here I am."

There was silence as they all processed Percy's story. It was far worse than what any of the other three had experienced.

"So who are your parents'?" Percy asked, breaking the silence.

"Hermes." Luke stated.

"Athena." Annabeth quietly answered.

"Zeus." Thalia said worriedly, thinking that Percy would instantly hate her based on her father. Surprisingly, to Thalia, Percy just nodded his head at this. There was another uncomfortable silence for a few minutes before Luke spoke up.

"I think we could all do with some rest. I'll take first watch." They all nodded tiredly in response before taking out the sleeping bags they had a getting in them.

"Here." Luke said tossing Percy his sleeping bag. "You can use mine."

"Thanks Luke." Percy said warmly.

Annabeth was already asleep, but Thalia was shocked at Percy's attitude. To go through so much and be able to show glimpses of happiness at all was incredible to her. She already felt a connection to the boy and now was even more intrigued as she wanted to know what made him like this.

"Percy." Thalia whispered.

"Yeah." He said turning to face her.

"How are you still able to be happy after everything that happened to you?" Thalia was never one to hold back when she wanted to know something.

"My mom." Percy replied softly. Thalia motioned for him to elaborate. "She was the best person in the world. Even though she had to work three jobs, she always cared for me and was there when I needed her. She would never get angry at me or anyone. Even though I didn't know my dad, I didn't need to cause I had her and she was all the family I needed. But now she's gone." He whispered the last part so quietly and softly that if not for the silence around them, Thalia never would have heard.

"Percy. Don't worry. You'll always have a family in us from now on." Percy looked at Thalia with tears in his eyes. He quickly hugged her.

"Thank you Thalia." He didn't say anymore but Thalia could tell all she needed to from those three words.

"I'm not going to lose this family. I won't let anything happen to them. I promise." Percy thought to himself as he fell asleep that night.

Linebreak

It had been three months since Percy had met Thalia, Luke and Annabeth and he had never been happier. Luke was the older brother that he never had and Annabeth was his adorable little sister. Thalia was something else. They argued lots, but they would then have each other's back in an instant. They were best friends, but Percy felt something more towards the raven haired daughter of Zeus. Percy was too young to understand the feelings he felt towards Thalia, like when his heart would race when they touched or how his stomach would do flips when she smiled at him. He may only be ten but they had all had to grow up quickly while surviving so they were much more mature. However, Percy still did not know what to do about his feelings', so he pushed them to the side and ignored them.

Thalia was having a similar dilema to Percy, but also ignored it. The life they lived was too dangerous to focus on things like this. The only thing that they needed to focus on was surviving at all costs.

They were currently camped out in one of their hideouts in Virginia. It was a quiet night, the stars shone brightly in the sky. Percy was on watch duty, gazing up at the stars when he heard the snap of a twig near him. He instantly uncapped Riptide and stood ready. He could hear footsteps now making their way towards him. Percy tensed as they approached ready for whatever monster would attack this time, but to his surprise a boy stepped out in front of him. He looked to be about 12 years old with a rasta hat on, but the most surprising thing about him to Percy was that his entire lower half was covered in hair.

"Are you half donkey?" Percy asked, saying the first thing that came into his head. The boy bleated in indignation.

"Donkey! I'm a satyr, half goat."

"What's happening out there Perce?" Luke called coming out of the hideout. He stopped when he saw the Satyr and reached for his sword, but Percy stopped him.

"I don't think he's come to hurt us. What's your name?" Percy enquired.

"Grover and I've come to help you."

"We've been doing pretty well by ourselves." Said Luke. Percy gave him a pointed glare and Luke stopped.

"How can you help us?"

"You're all demigods. There is a safe place for people like you. I'm here to take you there."

"How do you know about us?" Luke questioned.

"I'm a Satyr. I can smell your scents and there are two of you with really strong scents. Do you guys know who your godly parents are?"

Percy, already trusting Grover, answered, "Luke is a son of Hermes, there is a seven year old with us called Annabeth who is a daughter of Athena, there's another girl called Thalia who is a daughter of Zeus and I am a son of Poseidon."

Grover's eyes almost burst out of his head hearing this. He had to take two children of the big three to Camp Half-Blood.

"Why should we go to this place with you?" Said Luke.

Grover shook himself out of his shock to answer. "Because it is the only place safe for you."

"We've been doing fine by ourselves for a while."

"Luke. You know that we can't keep this up. We are getting more and more monster attacks each day. You know that Hades is only going to keep sending them after me and Thalia unless we get somewhere safe." Percy said.

Luke looked at Percy in the eyes and realized the truth behind his words.

"Okay. I'll wake the other two and tell them we are leaving in the morning. Where are we going?"

"Camp Half-Blood. It's at Long Island New York."

"Luke nodded, "Okay, we should be able to reach there in under a month." He then entered the hideout to wake the girls and tell them the plan.

Percy had so many different thoughts running through his head, the prominent of which was that he and his family could finally be safe. They wouldn't have to be on the run anymore and they could relax. That thought alone excited Percy to no end, but he knew they still had a long journey before they reached safety.

Percy looked up at Grover, "Well Grover, looks like we have a long journey in front of us, so tell me about you."

The two of them talked for the rest of the night, exchanging stories and once morning rolled around and they were ready to leave after Thalia and Annabeth had met Grover, Percy felt like he had another member of his little family.