Ysmir or, as he was known by his children, friends and associates, Njal made his way home after melting the hellhound that dared to attack his children. Even though this wasn't the first time a monster attempted to kill his daughters, it was the closest one ever got. He normally was very perceptive of the creatures, what with the senses of a werewolf and all, but this time he had let his guard down too much and couldn't slay it in time He came to two conclusions on what to do. The first was to constantly keep a closer eye on both Katie and Annabeth to protect them from the dangers of being children of a goddess, problem with that was they would end up resenting him for constant monitoring and not giving them space. Or, and the one he was leaning to more, he would train them to deal with these creatures and others like them first hand. After all they had a father who came from a land where these creatures were everyday occurrences and he was no slouch in dealing with them. Hell, he had to deal with not only monsters from greek mythology such as hellhounds, centaurs, gorgon….those were pains though, giants, giant scorpions, and many others he also had vampires, demons, creatures physically made of the elements, and apparently what the mortals here called "extinct" animals like mammoths and saber tooth tigers. So with these thought in his head as he entered his two story house in Manhattan. As he looked for his kids in the house he wondered on how he was going to teach them. You couldn't exactly go outside and teach an 8 and 10 year old how to fight and kill with swords, magic, and axes like you could back in Skyrim. Stupid picky law enforcement. Own a gun? Get a licenses, good to go. Own a massive sword made from a The bones of a dragon, pieces of Aetherium, ebony and Stalhrim? Nope sorry, can't have that. Sure it had enough enchantments on it to make a Daedric prince green with envy but they didn't need to know that. Njal was broke out of his internal rant when he felt a tug on his sleeve. He looked down and saw his youngest, Katie. She had her long brown hair covering her eyes in an attempt to hide that she had been crying but he could very clearly see it, and hearing the sniffles didn't help her case either.

"Is the monster dead dad?" Meekly asked Katie. Njal frowned and lowered himself to be eye level with her and raised her chin.

"Yes dear, daddy killed the monster." Softly spoke Njal. He may be a seasoned warrior fighting in two wars and slaying hundreds of men and creatures alike, but the sight of his daughter in this state made him want to march into tartarus and slaughter every single thing there just to guarantee her safety.

"where is your sister?" He asked Katie calmly. In truth even though Annabeth reacted quicker to the creature he didn't think that she really wouldn't understand what was happening until later, and he needed to be there for her as well when that realization hit.

"She locked herself in her room." Answered Katie as she clinged onto her father as a comfort blanket. After all she had just witnessed a monster from legends try to devour her and her sister. She needed some normality at the moment.

"*sigh* of course she is. Come on lets go retrieve your sister. I have something to tell you two." Njal spoke as he lifted up Katie and carried her to Annabeth's door, which was covered in various buildings and historical figures. 'So much like her mother that one' thought Njal as he knocked on her door.

"Annabeth it's dad. You can come out...the monster is gone." Said Njal as he waited. There was no answer for a while so he listened in to her room with the senses from his unique blood. He frowned even further when he heard crying. Yep that settled it, he was going monster hunting tonight and they better pray he doesn't find them or it will be the worst day in their immortal existence.

"Annie, I need you to open the door sweetie." Najl spoke again. Though this time he heard a muffled sound. It sounded like no.

"*huff*...please don't make me break another door, they take a while for me to make you know." Njal stated. Though this time Katie laughed at remembrance when Annabeth had a spider crawl on her in her sleep and awoke to it on her arm. She let out a very loud scream and within what seemed to be nanoseconds her dad had woken up, grabbed an axe from somewhere, sprinted into the hallway, smashed the door, and stood ready to attack what ever was in his daughters room. Annabeth wasn't sure what was scarier, the spider, or her dad looking like a psycho killer. She leaned more towards the spider though.

"I'm not coming out!" Finally yelled back Annabeth from her room. Njal looked to Katie and said

"Wanna see a fun trick?" Katie nodded her head enthusiastically. Last cool trick her dad did he turned their neighbors door invisible some how. She didn't know how he did it, all she knew was that it was cool.

"Watch." And with a wave of his hand Katie heard the lock on Annabeth's door open and saw her dad push it open. Annabeth did the worlds fastest 180 as she looked to see her dad carrying her sister into the room.

"How did you do that?!" Yelled Annabeth with both a angry and curious tone. Angry because she didn't want her family to see her like this, all vulnerable and weak. Curious because, well her dad just magically unlocked the door.

"Magic." Was the response she received.

"What?" Was her intellegente response.

"Listen, both of you. I need to tell you two something I should have told both of you long ago." Njal spoke as he lowered Katie next to Annabeth and watched as the two sisters hugged each other. He waited for them to give him their attention before continuing.

"What attacked you two was...a hellhound, as in from Greek mythology hellhound. Now I know what you to are going to say so just let me give my peace before you ask any questions. The hellhound is not the only monster from that mythos to exists, in fact treat everything you two know about that mythology as true. The reason it attacked you was because you're both demigods. Yes, demigods, your mothers are in fact goddesses. Monsters tend to attack demigods and as such this not the first time you have been targeted. Just the first time I haven't had a chance to stop the creature from attacking. After today I realize I can't just hope I can protect both of you and still let you live your lives how you want. So I have come to the conclusion that, if you girls allow me, I will train and teach you how to defend yourselves from these monsters. Any questions?" Njal finished his explanation and looked at his daughter. Both had their mouths open and looked quite shocked. For obvious reasons. After an hour or so of silence Njal eventually snapped his fingers to regain their attention. Annabeth was the first to recover and began firing off questions

"How long has this been happening? Who is my mom? Is she the same as Katie's? What are you going to teach us? And why never tell us?" She finished looking rather out of breath.

"In that order. Since you were born. Guess. No. Magic and sword play. I wanted you to have a normalish childhood." Njal counter answered. He looked to Katie to see her looking on in bewilderment.

"Listen girls, I know this is a lot to take in at one moment, so why don't you two talk it out and I'll be outside the door O.K?" He asked, as the girls looked at each other and nodded. With a nod back Njal walked out of the room and far enough away to not be able to eavesdrop. He did respect their privacy after all. All the while he wondered how this event would change this family. What he should have wondered is how it would end up changing the world.