An hour later, everyone retreated back to the throne room. Demigods sat on the couches, silent. They knew soon, Apollo would force them to watch another one of Percy's tortured memories.

As if reading their minds, Apollo stood up and approached Percy. He softly placed his hand on Percy's head. This time, Percy didn't pass out. Instead, he just burried his head in Thalia's jacket.

Percy was crouched behind the couch, crying. His nose was bloody, bruises covered his body, and his shirt ripped to shreds. He was breathing very heavily, shaking.

"Percy, what happened to you?" Thalaia asked, gripping her bow.

"I don't wanna talk about it." Percy muttered. Painful expierence.

Percy crept out, looking around. Gabe was gone, but snores where coming from his mom's bedroom. Gabe was probably passed out there.

Percy ran to his room, locking the door. Peeling off his tattered shirt, he pulled on a hoodie. He rolled up the sleeves and opened a small wooden box.

Inside lay a small shard of glass. The one Gabe used to cut Percy.

Percy traced the edges with his fingers, feeling the rough edges. Once, he accidentaly sliced his finger.

"Oww..." he muttered, putting the finger in his mouth to ease the pain. Percy stared at the glass in a mixture of wonder and horror.

"Don't do it...." Hazel pleaed with the screen, dreading what she believed would happen next.

Shaking, Percy laid the glass against his wrist.

"NO!" Hazel screamed.

Before he could cut, the door slammed open. There stood a brunette girl, with familiar purple eyes.

"Percy, hand over the glass."

The scene ended, and Grover looked at Percy, concerned.Percy was shaking, curled into a fetal possition. The sleeves of his hoodie (which he just now put on) where hiding the hideous scars.

Annabeth was thinking about something else. "Percy, who was that-"

A ball of flaming green light fell from the ceiling and crashed on the floor. Annabeth scowled at the person who had emerged.

"You..."

A/N

So, sorry it took so long to write this. Had awful writers block, so.... yeah....

Anyways, I have TWO questions for you guys:

1)Who do you think the girl from Percy's memory was (the brunette)?

2) Who do you think just dropped in on this happy get together?

Whoever guesses both right gets next chapter dedicated to them. I'll give you TWO hints:

1)Who does Annabeth seem to currently hate?

2) You've met the brunette, but you haven't seen her as a brunnette yet.

And I don't know.... there's a possible chance they're the same people ;)