The Depths Of The Ocean

Home To The A Bit Off

Ok so I was thinking that Nico should get a POV every once in a while just to keep things interesting.
~💠~
Nico's POV

When I noticed the scars on her arms I realized that they looked like whip lashes and knife cuts.

"Oh." I breathed softly.

Her sea green eyes seemed to be studying my expression. I quickly put on my expressionless mask on and turned away even though I was still shocked.

Why did she have all these scars? There were more scars on her than most demigods. Most of them were too straight to be accidental.

"How did you get these?" I ask.

"I don't want to talk about it." She said scowling.

She looked as if she remembered something and her scowl deepened.
She heaved a sigh and said. "When I was younger I-my mother was...uh...murdered. I don't know why I remember it so vividly."

Ravens POV

---Flash Back ---

I sat in my small cramped room. My mom was sitting in the dining room speaking to my brother when all of the sudden I heard a crash.

I rushed into the dining room and saw that there was a man in the door way.

My brother picked me up and ran out of the house. I looked over his shoulder at my mom who was running after us.

"Keep running!" She screamed. "Keep her safe!"

Suddenly I heard a loud shot and saw my mothers white shirt slowly stain crimson as her knees gave out from under her. Her body was a crumpled lump of white, crimson, and black.

I screamed and kicked at my brother telling him that we could not leave our mother.

He was running through the woods beside our cottage. He found a hollowed out tree and set me at the base by the twisted roots. He turned around and ran back in the direction of our house. Before he got more than five yards away from me a gunshot sounded through the air. A bullet slammed into my brothers skull. He fell to the ground in front of me. I screamed and ran to him. A man appeared beside me.

"Run." Was all he said.

I turned and ran until I reached the closest house which was about two miles away. When I got there they were none too nice. They called the local orphanage and sent me there immediately.

I soon learned that kindness was never to be expected. If you did something wrong you were punished. No time outs, no it was much worse. You screwed up you got the hell beat out of you. If you messed up too royally you would have too sleep in the woods for three days and once you came back then they would beat you.

For some reason I would always get into major trouble, as a result of this I spent most days in the woods alone. Most of the time kids went missing in the woods but I always came back. I think this irritated the staff at the orphanage. I don't think that I was supposed to come back.

One day after three years stuck in that hell hole I was called to the office. Once I entered I saw a man seated in one of the chairs.

"Raven, this is your new father."

The man had black hair and terrifying black eyes. He had a deep black suit that looked as if it was moving. I shook my head as the man held out his hand for me to shake. I timidly shook his hand as he said. "You can call me Mr. H."

"M-my name is R-Raven." I stuttered.

"This man is here to adopt you." Said the staff member in front of Mr.H.

"I have already filled out the form. Come with me." He glared at me " I don't have all day. Hurry up, brat."

"Y-yes sir." I continue to stutter.

"You will be staying at a hotel for the next few months." Mr.H stated.

I stayed quiet, too afraid to speak.

----End of flashback.----

After I finished telling Nico my story he looked at me wide eyed

"When the man came back for me a few months later, the world was very different, you see I was born in 1932 and I went into the hotel in 1942 but when I came out of the hotel it was 1982 and I was sent to another orphanage by Mr. H though this one was much more pleasant and I was adopted right away by a lovely family." I smiled at the memory of my adoptive family. They were so kind.

" I loved them so much I took their last name. So instead of being Raven Elisabeth Perseus I became Raven Perseus Jackson."

Nico looked up at me sharply. "Your name is Raven Perseus Jackson?"

"Yes"

"OK just go on and finish your story. "Nico said, still looking a bit shaken.

"Okay then, well I spent two years with Mr. and Mrs. Jackson and their daughter Sally, I loved them all so much and I was heart broken when Mr. H came back and took me away. He put me back in the hotel for a week or two and when I finally escaped it was 2014 and everything was different. I managed to survive for three years on my own an here I am now." I summed up as quickly as possible, not liking to talk about my past.

"We gotta go. Now " Nico said and stood up. He begun packing away the tent and all of the supplies. Once everything was packed he took ahold of my arm. I looked up at him and he just looked ahead grimly.

Suddenly I saw shadows rush up to greet me. I gasped as the almost liquid darkness ran over me. The darkness reminded me of the ocean. Vast, dark, and dangerous. I could feel the darkness swirling through my hair and caressing my face. All too soon the pleasant feeling and security I got from the shadows faded. I opened my eyes to see the scenery had changed. Nico was still holding onto my arm. He looked at me warily as if I might yell at him.

"That was.... SO FUCKING COOL!" I yelled

"What?" Nico said, confused.

"That shadow thing. That was incredible! Can you appear and disappear into the shadow? That would be awesome! You could scare the shit outta people!" I looked up at him, my eyes wide and excited

"I.....uh.. You're not freaked out or sick from that?" He asked.

"Not at all its an amazing way to travel. Comfortable and efficient" I said with a smile.

"Comfortable?"

"Yeah it feels calming and peaceful, almost like if I got stuck there forever I wouldn't mind. It would be a hell of a lot better than how I'm living now." I laughed bitterly.

"Huh, that's a new one."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Usually people either throw up after ward or they say it feels like they had all of the life sucked out of them and then slammed back in."

"Huh, well I always knew I was a bit off."

"Yeah, well. Welcome to Camp Half-Blood home to the " a bit off"."