Chapter 4 Thank you. I have been writing all day. It was -6 when I woke up and it didn't get above 0 all day It is -10 now. Except for a few trips outside to break the ice on my goat's water buckets, I've been curled up by the fire reading, writing, and watching The Fault in our Stars. Any way, I have a few contests out you might want to check them out.

Sarah's POV

The walk was great, but Sarah couldn't keep her mind off Percy and Annabeth. When they got back Percy and Annabeth were curled up on the couch watching The Fault in our Stars. Sarah had a feeling that was Annabeth's idea; Percy just didn't seem like the type to watch a movie about teenage romance. Once everyone was inside and seated in the living room Annabeth stood up.

"I just wanted to say I'm sorry for scaring you guys earlier. As Percy mentioned it was Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I'm taking medicine for it, but it doesn't work well. Because I know you guys are going to ask I'm going to tell you my story. Please don't interrupt. I guess I'll start from the beginning. I was born on July 12th 17 years ago. My mom and dad weren't married. My mom couldn't raise me because the place where she lived was no place for babies. So my dad raised me. He got married to Helen and had Bobby and Matthew. My mom has many enemies who are also my enemies. Most want to kill her. My mom lives with a whole bunch of people like her. When I was 7 years old My mom's enemies found me. I was scared. I tried asking Helen, but I think she was scared and she hates my mom so she forbade me from telling my dad."

"After a few weeks I ran away. All I had was my pajamas and a hammer I stole from the garage. For two weeks I ate out of trashcans. Then two other kids who were like me found me. Thalia and Luke's dads were like my mom. Thalia was 12 and Luke was 14. Thalia's mom was a drunk. Thalia thought that her mom had killed her 3-year-old brother making her run away. Turns out he wasn't dead, but that's another story. Luke's mom was mentally insane and his dad did nothing. We started toward a camp. This camp was for kids of people in my mom's group where we learn how to protect our selves and it is also a safe Haven."

"On the way there we were captured by a man he was going to kill us, but I managed to escape. I was terrified. Somehow I manages to stab him in the foot and set my friends free. We got to the camp but Thalia didn't make it. Long story. I stayed there for 5 years and never left. I have several half- brothers and sisters at the camp. When I was twelve somebody showed up at camp who I thought was going to drive me insane." Annabeth glared at Percy.

Percy smiled, "Admit it, you liked me from day one."

"Whatever Seaweed Brain. So, then Luke betrayed me and put his faith in the wrong person. He was mad at his father for leaving him with his insane mom. He kidnapped me and tried to get me to join him. I can't say I wasn't tempted after my mom had left me with Helen. Luke forced me to labor for him and I was scared I didn't think anyone would come for me. But Percy did. He also wanted to heal the rift between my father and me. So he asked my dad to help him rescue me. And they did. A few years later Luke realized what he did wrong, but it was to late. Luke was to far into the mess he made. He killed himself, as it was the only way. Then I fell for Percy hard. We were a happy couple for 4 months. Then he just disappeared. We knew he wasn't dead, that was about it. We later found out that Percy had his memory wiped and had been sent to another camp like ours to make peace with them. We were reunited after 7 long months. Those months were some of the hardest of my life."

"Also California is so much nicer when you know who the heck you are."

Annabeth smiled. "Anyway, my mom gave me a task. She told me I needed to do something only I could do. We also had to go to Greece to defeat our enemy at its source. But there was a problem. I was doing the task for my mother and I fell and broke my ankle. Percy came and rescues me but we fell in to a living hell. Basically when trying to escape we fell into our enemies underground base. It was a living hell. Percy almost died and lets just say I had my first PTSD attack the day after we got out. We managed to defeat our enemy but only after our friend Leo sacrificed himself to save all of us. I'm staying with Percy so that when I get my PTSD attacks I don't hurt anyone. Also Percy knows what I've gone through so it helps me calm down. So yeah. I'm a pretty odd kid. So, who wants to open presents."

Everyone in the room was silent. Sarah was so confused. She remembered what Percy had told her about Greek gods. He said it would make sense. Sarah was trying to figure it out when the silence was finally broken by Lily.

"Why don't we open presents?" She suggested. Everyone agreed and started to pass out presents. Sarah noticed that Annabeth only had one present from Aunt Leah who simply said, "I didn't know you were going to be here, but I brought a little something just in case."

Percy noticed Annabeth's single gift and quickly ran out to his car. He came back in side with three gifts and gave then to Annabeth. He held up the two smaller gifts. "These are from Reyna and Hazel." He held up a larger gift, "And this is from Malcolm, me and a few others at camp."

Everyone started to open their gifts, opening one gift at a time. Sarah got a few gift cards, some books and a really cool poster. Annabeth got some blueprints from someone named Reyna, "Are these from New Rome?" Percy nodded. " Oh my gosh. I've been trying to get a hold of these forever. Reyna's the best."

From Hazel she got a pair of silver owl earrings with red stones for eyes. "We all got one," Percy said pulling out his keys and showing a gold trident keychain inlayed with a green stone, "They're our birthstones."

Annabeth opened he last gift. Her eye lit up when she pulled out a laptop with a triangle on the top. "Is this-"

"Yup," Percy smiled.

"How-"

"Long story. Go put it up stairs. Your other gift will be here soon. Hurry up."

"What's my last gift?"

"Just hurry up and get your jacket, it'll be here any minute. I'm gonna leave soon; I'm not feeling to good. I'll call you tomorrow ok? Tyson and I are going to a water park in the afternoon. I haven't spent anytime with him since well, you know. Bye." They kissed but when Annabeth tried to hug him he pushed her off. Annabeth raced up the stairs.

Fredrick looked astonished. "You got Annabeth a laptop? You didn't have to do that. What's Annabeth's last gift?"

Percy smiled. "Actually it's Annabeth laptop, but she lost it and I found it and fixed it with help from Malcolm, her brother. As for her last gift, it's a surprise."

Sarah was puzzling over Annabeth's story. It made sense but it was missing an important part. Sarah knew it had something to do with her mom but Sarah couldn't put her finger on it.

Suddenly Annabeth came stomping down the stairs. "Percy what's my gift." Percy pulled out an envelope. Annabeth opened it. "Two tickets to the San Francisco Natural History Museum and their special exhibit on similarities between Greek and Roman Architecture. Percy this is amazing I can't believe you got us tickets."

"They're not for us, you're going with someone else." The doorbell rang and Annabeth answered it. It was a woman with brown hair and grey eyes like Annabeth's.

"Mom?" Annabeth gave her a hug. "Percy this is amazing. How-"

"Percy did me a little favor." Annabeth's mom looked at Annabeth's dad. "Fredrick."

Fredrick turned pink. "Athena"

Then everything in Sarah's head clicked. Annabeth's mom was Athena. THE Athena.

A/N Thanks for the 27 more favs and follows!