Everyone Has a Past, Whats Yours?

the Lost Trio

Authors note:
Alternate ending in authors notes at the end of the story. Be sure to check it out if you want to see how I originally planned on having Thalia and Luke meet Annabeth. :)

Percy's POV

"Woah!" Luke said.

The girl had tangled blonde hair and was wearing flannel pajamas.
She couldn't have been more than seven, but she would've brained Luke if he hadn't been so fast.

He grabbed her wrist, and the hammer skittered across the alley's cement. The little girl fought and kicked. "No more monsters! Go away!"
"It's okay!" Luke struggled to hold her. "Thalia, put your shield up. You're scaring her."

Thalia tapped Aegis and it shrank into a silver bracelet. "Hey, it's alright," she said. "We're not going to hurt you. I'm Thalia. This is Luke."
"Monsters!"
"No," Luke promised. "But we know all about monsters. We fight them too."

Slowly, the girl stopped kicking. She studied Luke and Thalia with
large intelligent gray eyes.
"You're like me?" she said suspiciously.
"Yeah." Luke said. "We're . . . well, it's hard to explain, but we're monster fighters. Where's your family?"
"My family hates me," the girl said. "They don't want me. I ran away."

Thalia and Luke locked eyes. I knew they both related to what she was saying.
"What's your name kiddo?" Thalia asked.
"Annabeth."
Luke smiled. "Nice name. I tell you what, Annabeth—you're pretty fierce. We could use a fighter like you."
Annabeth's eyes widened. "You could."
"Oh, yeah." Luke turned his knife and offered her the handle. "How'd you like a real monster-slaying weapon? This is Celestial bronze. Works a lot better than a hammer."

Maybe under most circumstances, offering a seven-year-old kid a knife would not be a good idea, but when you're a half-blood, regular rules kind of go out the window.
Annabeth gripped the hilt.
"Knifes are only for the bravest and quickest fighters," Luke explained.
"They don't have the reach or power of a sword, but they're easy to conceal and they can find weak spots in your enemy's armor. It takes a cleaver warrior to use a knife. I have a feeling you're pretty clever."

Annabeth stared at him with adoration. "I am!"
Thalia grinned. "We'd better get going, Annabeth. We have a safe house on the James River. We'll get you some clothes and food."
"You're . . . you're not going to take me back to my family?" she said. "Promise?"
Luke put his hand on her shoulder. "You're part of our family now. And I promise I won't let anything hurt you. I'm not going to fail you like our families did us. Deal?"
"Deal!" Annabeth said happily.
"Now, come on," Thalia said. "We can't stay put for long."
Together the trio ran down the abandoned alleyway.

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Authors Note:
That's not originally how I planned them meeting up, I had actually wrote how they met my own way, in Thalia's point of view starting off where Annabeth came out from behind the trashcan screaming "DIE DIE DIE!" like Coach Hedge XD
But then I was reading the fifth book of the PJO series, the Last Olympian, and I found the chapter I typed up that you just read. I know that if I had read this fanfic and read how Thalia Luke and Annabeth met the way I wrote it I'd probably be up in the authors grill saying, "THAT'S NOT HOW THEY MET! THEY MET-" and then say how they really met. But that's just me. So I gave you guys this. :)
I didn't write it, I quoted it from the book and am NOT SAYING IN ANY MEANS THAT I WROTE IT BECAUSE I DID NOT. UNCLE RICK DID. So since I cleared the air, I thought you guys deserved to know the alternative ending that I,
Katie Mary last name, wrote. So here you guys go. :) It takes place just after Annabeth jumped out from behind the trashcan screaming "Die". Told in Thalia's point of view, I did say this before but I wanted to say it again just in case you guys forgot because I love you, my readers so much that I don't want yous getting confused. :)

Let me tell you this, an adorable little seven year old girl in flannel pjs covered head to two in old milk cartons and pieces of squashed bread is hard to see as a threat, especially when her "weapon" that she is going to "kill" you with is a jack hammer.
"Wooooah there munchkin. We're not going to hurt you. So don't hurt us. It's only fair." Luke reasoned.
I narrowed my eyes at him sticking my tongue out teasingly, who knew he was good with kids?

"Now that we found you we're never going to leave you again. We'll take care of eachother." Luke brought something out of his pocket, Luke's favorite knife and he gently put it in Annabeth's hands. "That's for defending yourself if we can't."
Little Annabeth wrapped her arms around his ankles pulling him into a hug. Luke chuckled going onto his knees so he could hug her back. Luke and Annabeth held their free arm out, wanting me to join them in the hug, Annabeth giggling adorably and happily. I heard a giggle escape my lips as I walked over a smile on my face and we group hugged.
"We're a family now, I promise." Luke whispered with a soft smile on his lips.

Welp, there you go. My alternate ending. Do you think I should of kept that or did I do the right thing by keeping it by the book?Comment what you think because I really want to know. Thank you my lovelies. I'll always love you with all my heart. ~Katie. :)

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