AN: I had a lot of help with the scene of abuse in this. All thanks to "FantasyBeast14" who truly had some awesome ideas. All my thanks goes straight to you. You're the best with this part of the story line.

*All rights go to Rick Riordan. *

"Not yet Annabeth. I want to talk to Percy," Nico said right after Annabeth finished the chapter. Nico then proceeded to drag Percy behind him and into another room.

"Percy why didn't you tell me," Nico asked in a pleading tone.

Percy didn't meet his boyfriend's eyes and stared at the ground before he muttered, "I didn't know how too. That's not a subject someone wants to talk about with the person that they love."

Nico gave a small smile despite the serious of the situation, there wasn't a time while Percy dated him that he wasn't showing how much he was loved. Nico soon brought a hand to Percy's chin so that he was looking into his deep sea-green eyes that he loved so much.

"I will make sure he is tortured in the fields, nobody hurts you without my say," Nico declared.

Percy wrapped his arms around Nico, showing he was grateful for Nico being there for him.

Nico's pocket began to feel warm before taking what appeared to be a note out of his jacket.

"Perseus we know how you suffered as a child. But the others need to know how hard a life for a demigod can be and that they can be accountable for it. We know Perseus has no interest in retelling all the details. So they are going to be shown memories instead.

The Fates"

Nico bit his lip knowing Percy was not going to like this, but he showed him the note to read from the Fates.

Percy read through the note that Nico handed him. His eyes watered after he read it, he should have known that he would have to explain somehow what happened. He wasn't looking forward to that at all, his past was truly horrific. Nico grabbed his hand and flashed him a reassuring smile that everything would be fine.

When they returned Demeter questioned, "are you two ready to continue reading?"

"Not yet, we received a note from the Fates," Nico answered.

"Well read it," Zeus ordered.

Right after Nico read the note, everyone looked interested. Nobody knew about Percy's past since he never spoke about it and with good reason.

"So we are going to see Percy's memories," Clarisse said out of the blue.

Nico nodded before whispering to Percy, "You'll be fine. If you survived that, then you can survive anything. I know you can"

"Thanks Nico," Percy said before pecking his cheek before continuing. "I guess I'm ready to show my memories."

Just then the Throne Room was engulfed in white light.

When the light died down, they found themselves in a cramped apartment. The carpet was covered with empty bottles of beer and bags of chips along with dirty laundry. Aphrodite looked like she was about to faint. Annabeth's nose crinkled in disgust. "Don't tell me Percy lived here," she said. Poseidon grimaced as he nodded. "I'm afraid so," he responded. "Why are we here," Clarisse asked. "There's no one even here." As soon as the words left her mouth a greasy looking man entered through the door. "Sally!" He called out. Poseidon looked on in disgust. His Sally married that? When the man did not get a response he called out for her again, impatience clear in his voice. "Where's that damn woman," he grumbled under his breath. Artemis's face hardened. How dare that piece of filth speak of a woman like that? The man walked to fridge and grabbed a beer when a small boy with black hair and green eyes appeared in the doorway rubbing his eyes, blanket in hand. "Oh Percy was so CUTE," Silena could not help but gush. Nico smiled, he had to agree, his boyfriend was a cute kid.

"Mommy said she was going to be working late tonight," he said in a small voice, not looking the man in the eye. "She did, did she?" the man growled. Not only did he have to serve himself, but he had to deal with her stupid kid now too? "Go to your room," he said. "I don't wanna have to deal with you." When Percy did not move immediately, the man's face contorted in anger. "I said," he growled. "Go. To. Your. Room!" He placed the beer on the table and walked towards the boy who began to shake with fear. He grabbed a fistful of his hair, dragged him down the hall and threw him into a room, all while ignoring his cries of pain. Poseidon closed his eyes as grief began to overwhelm him. Annabeth and Thalia looked downright murderous, even Clarisse looked as though she would like nothing more than to gut the man before them. Charlie had his arm around Silena who had started sobbing. Nico's eyes filled with angry tears and he clenched his fists, wanting to pummel this sorry excuse for a man. Hestia looked on with sadness in her eyes. If this was only the first time, she was afraid of what happened next.

The man walked into the room and Percy pushed himself away from him, scrambling across the floor. When he tried to stand up, his stepfather pushed him back down. When he heard the young boy whimpering, he felt a surge of power run through his body. He brought his foot back and kicked the boy hard in the stomach. His yelps of pain only fueled him even more and he kicked him several more times. By this time there was not a single demigod who did not have tears in their eyes. Even a few of the gods were crying. Many of them closed their eyes, but that did not protect them from the cries of the five-year old before them.

When the boy started coughing up blood the man decided that was enough. He bent down and yanked on the boy's hair and whispered in his ear, "You tell your mother about this and I'll kill you". Percy's friends were all gritting their teeth at the threat. With those words being said, the man walked out of the room and closed the door, not even glancing at the battered boy curled up on the floor.