I have made my decision on who Percy will be with.

Okay, so it's.........

*scoffs* What, you thought I was going to tell you? What kind of author do you think I am?

I will tell you though, it's not Luke. They are brotp and I will never make them more.

Percy POV-
The next night, my powers as the prince of the universe couldn't help me. I was trapped in my own mind.

I had a nightmare of course, of when Kiel and his friends found me in the woods. It was two weeks after I was betrayed, and I was still really messed up despite finding my real father.

There wasn't any 'get ready' period. I jumped into the training right away, and because of that I was tired. Physically and emotionally.

I was in the Camp Half Blood woods because I despite being betrayed, Camp was still my home. I wanted to be close to it, and I thought visiting from a distance was the only way to completely detach myself from it. By taking it slow.

That was a big mistake.

Kiel and a gang of unclaimed kids no one liked found me. I don't know how, but they did.

They had weapons and chains. I was so caught up in my emotions I didn't notice them. At that point in time, Chaos thought it was a bad idea to give me powers right away. My water powers weren't working right, and there was no water around anyway.

So, I was completely and utterly defenseless. I grabbed my sword once I realized they were there, but I was shaking so badly all I could do was drop it so I didn't hurt myself on accident.

They grabbed me and chained me to a tree. I had tears streaming down my face from crying earlier, and they mocked me as they punched and kicked me. I couldn't hear any of it because I was screaming in my head at my stupidity.

Eventually, Kiel took out a knife. He cut my shirt off, and taunted me as he pressed the cold knife against my scar filled back. I could feel the sharp tip tracing designs on my back. But not breaking the skin. He was trying to scare me first.

But then, without a warning he plunged it into my back. Not deep enough to kill, but enough to scar me for life.

I could feel him carving words into me back. I didn't know what they were, but I felt like I was back in Tartarus. It was like when he was starting easy.

But Kiel couldn't put me in as much physical pain as Tartarus could, he could only do more emotional pain. Back then I thought Annabeth loved me. I had done it for her.

But now? Kiel was hurting me worse then Tartarus could. He was taunting me that Annabeth was never mine. He was tearing me apart. There was no one for me to fight for.

Eventually, they left. I was still chained to the tree, left to my thoughts of how worthless I am.

I regained my mind enough after a few hours to flash out. That was the one power Chaos gave me. 

The next morning I found a word carved into Riptides handle.

Worthless.

From then on, I trained harder then I ever had before. I was cold, emotionless. Eventually the only time people talked to me was when they had to. No one knew what happened. Not even Chaos.

I looked at the words every day, reminding myself why I did what I did.

Worthless

Traitor

Stupid

Hated

Thief

Monster

The large words filled up my back, and I would never forget the day I got them.

And every time I held my sword, I made sure that I would never be worthless again.
K
Every dodge, every strike, every kill, every time I picked it up, I had a reason. A purpose. Every time I proved something, I made a point.

I refuse to be worthless.

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