Warnings: Mentions of Rape, Pregnancy, Mentions of Abuse, and Lemons in Later Chapters

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The Party Where Everything Began

Artemis had been dating Orion for a month now as of today. Yes, Percy kept track, he was being overprotective apparently. He denied it of course. Tonight since it was Friday Artemis was going to a party with Orion, and since Percy hadn't been invited he couldn't come, he needless to say was worried to no ends.

Percy grumbled in annoyance as he attempted to towel dry his hair with little success. Practice had just ended about twenty minutes ago. He had gotten changed into his clothes not bothering to shower his he normally did when he got home. Walking outside he stretched softly and grinned waving to Artemis as he walked over, she had just gotten out of Archery practice.

"Percy, you smell like the pool." Artemis muttered wiggling her nose. The male in return rolled his eyes.

"Of course, I'm on the swim team. Wouldn't be much use if I didn't go in the water. At least I don't smell like sweat." He pointed out grinning as he ran away from her attempts to either punch or whack him over the head with her backpack. After he had managed to calm her down and get in the car without being whacked in the face with some random item she was so good at pulling out of thin air.

Driving home they talked and sung loudly with the radio, on purpose though, but they always erupted in laughter. She stayed at his house where the completely any homework and played video games until she left to get ready. He knew she was excited about the party but it didn't help the feeling of dread that had settled in his chest. He struggled to ignore it but the feeling only seemed to grow.

The ringing of his phone jerked him awake and with a blurry focus he turned his head to the clock where he groaned at two fifty am came into view. Sluggish he reached over grabbing the device he hit receive call.

"Hello?" He mumbled rubbing his eyes not bothering to look at the I.D.

"P-Percy?..." He snapped to full alertness.

"Artemis? What's wrong?" He asked rolling over and sitting up, all sleepiness had left him as soon as he heard the terrified sound of her voice

"C-can you c-come pick m-me up?" She sobbed into the phone, he clicked the volume up pulled on a pair of pants and tugging his shoes on before grabbing his keys and walking out to his car, phone in hand.

"I'm heading over now. What happened?" He asked pulling into the street a few minutes later. Stopping at the curb he got out of the car snapping the phone shut as Artemis ran over to him. Thin arms wrapped around his torso as she sobbed into his shoulder, her thin form shaking. She was exhausted he could tell easily. Lifting her up easily as if she were a bride although at the moment she was more like a dismal in distress, he carried her to the car placing her inside and helping her buckle in. Tucking the blanket he kept in the back seat around her after he got into the driver's seat he drove back to their houses. He held her hand gently the entire way.

"T-There w-was a d-drug...i-in my d-drink...I-I c-couldn't m-move or s-scream...h-he r-raped m-me." She shuddered gripping the blanket around her and curling up into the seat. He froze in pure shock turning his head to look into her haunted tear filled eyes hoping it was some kind of sick joke. It wasn't he could tell, her clothes were crinkled, the shirt inside out, her pants were backward, shoes on the wrong feet, her make-up, which she only wore on special outings and occasions, was smeared the black mascara in streams from her tears down her cheeks, her hair tangled and messed up not in the neat way it normally was. Her eyes were red and puffy, there were bite marks and hickeys on her neck and arms, he had no doubt there were more all over her body. Her hands were shaking and she was very jumpy.

"Who?" He asked slowly already having guessed the answer.

"O-Orion." She shuddered muffling her sobs into the blanket.

"That bastard." He growled green eyes turning cold and dark with anger and hate.

"P-Percy...c-can I-I s-stay a-at y-your h-house? I-I'm s-scared..." She sniffled softly.

He nodded pulling into the driveway and parked his car carefully. Sliding out he opened her door and scooped her fragile form into his arms making sure her arms were secure around his neck before he shut the door and walked up the steps. Unlocking the front door her walked upstairs to his room. He could feel her shaking and pressing against him, muffling her sobs into his shoulder, he could smell cologne, sweat, and semen sticking to her, it was disgusting.

He set her down on his bed pulling the blanket around her before going to his dresser and pulling out one of his oversized shirts and pajama pants, normally he would have an extra pair of her pajamas but she had taken them home after spending the night a few days ago to wash. Hugging her gently he went to the bathroom setting the cloths on the counter before going to one of the guest rooms, or Artemis' room, he grabbed a random pair of underwear and a bra, even though he didn't know if she wore it to bed, before putting those to join the clothes. Going back to his room he sighed softly crouching down in front of her. Gently he pushed back her hair from her face ignoring the flinch as he did.

"I put some pajamas in the bathroom okay? How about you go shower...it's make you feel a bit better...then you need to sleep...we can figure everything else out in the morning..." He whispered softly watching her nod, he stood helping her up and into the bathroom, "just call if you need anything." He whispered before softly shutting the door.

She was in the shower for a good hour before finally opening the door and padding out. His door creaked open and he looked up from where he had been laying on his bed. He had changed back into his pajama pants while she was in the shower. She shut the door behind her and climbed into the bed, squirming under the covers he couldn't help but chuckle as she pressed into him and buried her face into his neck. He carefully wrapped his arms around her rubbing her back in slow circles.

"T-thank you..." She whispered sleepily fingers gripping his shirt as she fell asleep. He sighed in relief as she relaxed. He concluded it was because she knew he was trustworthy.

"I'm always going to be here for you Arty, you know that.." He whispered softly even though he knew she couldn't hear him.

He didn't sleep anymore that night. So when the door cracked open and his mother peeked in he carefully laid Artemis down tucking the covers around her before slipping out of the room. Walking downstairs he was greeted by his parents and Artemis' parents.

"I picked her up around three in the morning...she called me..." He explained sitting on the couch and running his fingers through his messy hair.

"What happened? She was supposed to be home by midnight, we had gone to bed around ten because we figured she was responsible enough to get home..."

"Orion happened. The damned bastard drugged her drink and fucking raped her." The raven growled ignoring his mother's look at his cussing, although he was never one to cuss unless much like now, he was very mad.

"He did what?!" Alyce, Artemis' mother cried while her husband, George went red with anger. Even though he wasn't Artemis' birth father he still cared for her like his daughter.

"We are calling the police and getting that boy arrested." Paul growled grabbing the house phone. The whole family were a very close group of friends, they often got together on weekends.

"Where's Artemis?" Alyce asked suddenly.

"In my room, she didn't want to sleep alone..." Percy looked down at his hands shaking in fists, "She was so scared, she looked so terrified." He whispered pressing his palms into his eyes and gripping his hair in his anger, he felt so useless in the situation. "I couldn't do a thing."

"Percy, you brought her home, she's safe now." His mother rubbed the back of his neck trying to help loosen some of the tension.

"But still..." He whispered before his head shot up swiveling to face the stairs. Standing quickly he walked halfway up taking the pale shaking hand as Artemis tried to make her way down the stairs on shaking legs. In one swift movement he picked her up carrying her back down the stairs and setting her on the couch where he had been moments before. It was often joked that he and Artemis had a telepathic ability to know where each other were because it seemed no matter where Artemis was if she was distressed Percy knew exactly where to find her. It worked both ways which is why they were almost always together.

"T-thanks.." Artemis whispered voice soft and quiet. She brought up her legs and curled up against him as he draped a blanket around her shivering form. Slowly rubbing her back he watched her carefully.

"Are you alright sweetheart?" Her mother asked gently stroking her daughter's hair. Artemis shook her head eyes tearing up and trying to hold back a sob.

"He...Or..." She stumbled on her words unable to form a complete sentence.

"We know about Orion, Percy told us, we are going to make sure he goes to jail." Paul said before dialing the police. He walked away already talking to the person on the other line.

Percy refused to leave her side mumbled anything and everything to get her mind off of what had happened the night before. She gripped onto his shirt resting her head onto his shoulder unconsciously playing with his hair on his back of his neck, the wavy raven locks just barely touched the collar of his shirt, a habit of hers from childhood.

Time crawled by neither moving from their spots as Artemis answered the questions that the police officers asked her, Percy offered silent comfort through the entire thing. So far with little to no evidence that Orion had raped her the police left saying they would investigate the case and get back to them later in the week. Percy was silent knowing that Orion's family had connections, he could easily get away with it even with all of the evidence going against him.

Artemis tried her best to act like nothing had happened at least at school, but at home or when the two would hang out she was quiet, distant. It scared Percy, she was normally so cheerful. It became his goal to make her smile and laugh even if it was just a few times a day, because it hurt to see her to sad and scared.

Orion was at school the entire week, for the most part he kept his distance from Artemis. That is until a few weeks later. The locker door slammed shut in the silent halls causing Percy's head to swivel to the side immediately on guard. Orion stood glaring down at Artemis who with Percy had come to school late because she had gone to a doctor's appointment because she had not been feeling well. Percy had gone with her knowing all too well that she hated any type of medical office just as much as he did, her mother had gone too. Orion was a football player, the star to be exact, he was tall and broad, but he was quite stupid when it came to common sense and school work. He was tan with brown hair what was currently spiked up, his leather-men jacket only made him look bigger. He was a good six feet six inches tall and weighted around two hundred and ten pounds, of pure muscle. Normally he was not messed with, normally people scurried out of his way when he stomped down the halls, normally he was feared and respected. But this case was not a normal one.

"The cops came over my place last night, do you know what they told me?" The tall brunette sneered crossing his arms over his chest. The auburn female clung to her book silvery blue eyes glancing over to Percy full of terror, Percy could practically hear her screaming for him in his head. Her hair fell over her shoulders as she shook her head refusing to meet his eyes. The large hand darted forward grabbing the fragile chin forcing their eyes to meet. "They said that I am a suspect of rape, you didn't tell them our secret fun now did you?"

Percy growled protectively having slowly moved forward until he was next to them before his hand shot out wrapping around the large arm and twisting in until Orion let go of Artemis.

"Leave her alone." His voice was cold, he felt Artemis shudder next to him. The tall male snarled bringing his other fist down aimed at Percy's head only for the raven to catch in with ease. Twelve years of multiple types of karate taught him for to properly defend himself against all types of people, those lessons had been that only him to calm him down when he was six and he loved them so much that he continued them just to see how far he could go. He had stopped his lessons at the beginning of the school year because the dojo that he had trained at had nothing else to offer and the only other one available was an hour away. Fencing and archery had helped his mind concentrate and focus as well but those lessons had stopped when he was sixteen after the teacher had passed away and the building closed since no one would pay to keep it open.

"You really think that blocking a punch is going to scare me Jackson?" Orion smirked with a cocky attitude.

"No, but if the Principal happened to see the whole thing you would be in trouble." Percy stated calmly.

"Yeah right," Orion snorted rolling his eyes. "The old bastard is probably in his room watching his cheap movies like a geek." Percy rose an eye brow and tilted his head slightly.

"Are you sure about that?" The raven smiled slightly shifting his gaze to the principal of the school whom was standing just behind Orion arms crossed over his chest, eyes sent in a hard gaze and a foot tapping the hard tile impatiently. The jock whipped around missing the principal's head by inches before scratching the back of his head his words a jumble of nonsense as he struggled to come up with an excuse. Percy watched the thin wiry man put a strong hold on Orion's arm dragged him into the office. The yelling began after but halted when the old man poked his head out of the room and dismissed the pair to class. Percy grabbing the still shaking hand of the female and gently guided her through the halls and to their class with a silent sigh of relief.

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