Light in Darkness

Scars Explanned

-3 Person POV-
Annabeth and Percy were hanging out in Percy's cabin.
-flashback to this morning-
It was 5 am when Annabeth has a nightmare about Tartarus. She woke up the camp screaming. Percy had recognized that scream and charged out of his cabin in camp half blood shorts and a camp shirt. He ran past the Athena cabin mates picked Annabeth up and held her crying walking away toward his cabin. This happens a lot. It's been getting better but it's so hard on Annabeth.
They got back to his cabin and he sat her on the bed and got his sea green fluffy blanket, wrapping her up he tries to pry her out of herself. He thought then realized.
"Annabeth, sweetheart what's wrong, if you tell me I'll give you one of my blue cookies"
She looked up. (He got her addicted).
"I had a dream"
"About what"
"Bob and damison, they fought for us, bob just wanted to see the stars and the sun and the sun"
"I know"
"It changed after that and I saw you being torn apart by the curse spirits"
"I'm here I promise"
They sat together with Annabeth on his chest and him holding her for a long while.
-end flashback-
They are waiting for what seems like forever. It's beach day with their friends. They leave in ten minutes and they are all ready.
Percy's POV
UGHHHH, our friends are taking forever. By our friends we mean Clarisse, Chris, obviously Annabeth, Katie, Piper, the stolls, Leo, calypso, Jason, Thalia(she took some time off for now), Nico, Will, frank, Hazel, Reyna and many more Romans and Greeks.
When my friends show up Leo yelled
"Let's buggy"
"Finally" Annabeth and I say
We run to the beach with everything and get things set up. Katie makes up a palm tree for shade. The stolls stole a umbrella. Leo is setting up some wood for a bonfire tonight. Piper is setting out towels with frank. Hades children are making us some rocks go jump off of. Jason is adjusting the wind. Annabeth sets up the grill and I get the water perfect for us. We all start the party by putting on sunscreen. I forget all about my scars so I start putting sunscreen.
Hearing a collective gasp I mentally curse myself. All of them were starring at me. Annabeth came up to me and touched the deepest, and longest scar reaching from my chest to my hip making me very uncomfortable but played it off.
"Monster fighters guys" I said
They just looked at me
"Can we just forget it" I asked
"We will ALL talk about this later" Piper said with charmspeak.
"Yes ma'am"
They forgot and we had a great time. I jumped in and made a water spout carry me up, no one was in sad... for them. I raised my arms and blasts of water shot out and gripped the big threes (hazel and Nico and Jason and Thalia). I brought them screaming up to me and yelled
"Don't worry I made dad promise not to kill you" I laughed and chucked them down.
Next was Leo then Piper then calypso then I grabbed everyone left including my cursing girlfriend and they all used there powers but didn't work shooting them into the water with shields made of water to confort them. I made each stuck in a water bubble and made the water resonate my voice. "Ready in 3...2...1"
And they all shot up like rockets. I stopped the water show because I was getting tired and I swam up to them and got attacked. Jason and Thalia grabbed me and flew me up (Thalia got over heights and had Jason teach her), dropping me 100 feet in the air I fell into the water. Then the death duo using there shadow travel and earth manipulation (they taught each other), they trapped me in the sand. Hmph well I thought if they get duos I better up my game. It ended up that I learned how to create ice. ITS SO FUN. anyway it turned out to be a duo match besides me i was alone. When it ended we were exhausted and slept for a while. When we woke up we were ready to swim again. After swimming it was dark so Leo started the fire and Katie made more wood. Reyna made up a story with frank and used him as a wild animal in the story. Then he turned into a panther and ran into the night scaring all of us. Next thing we new there was a panther on Leo. Leo cursing frank and lit himself on fire, Frank simply turned into a dragon and laughed a dragon laugh.
When they were done telling stories will brought up the subject of my scars. Instantly I checked around to make sure Gabe wasn't there.
"Guys I will need a little help with it and I have someone who can help me."
I ran off to get Rachel and found her telling her my story allowing her to look in my mind and make the most transfer memory's into a video of my life.
We ran back and Rachel glowed green. My friends freaked because they thought it was a prophecy then I said
"Calm down this is my help"
I took a deep breath and sang in Greek a depressed hymn that Apollo taught me.
As I spoke they understood but looked at the most projections. Rachel cried from knowing fully already. It showed a little percy being born, all the girls awed. It then shifted to when I was a kid and my mom introduced me to Gabe. He had smiled at me and shook my hand. It showed them being married.
Then it showed Gabe changing to a jerk. It showed him drinking and yelling at me with tears in my eyes.
It only got worse it showed the first time he beat me. Punching me until I bled. I could see darkness creep from the death children. Sparks flew from drama queens kids/ Zeus' kids. I could see flame on Leo. Katie had thorns growing around our area. Piper glowed pink. Annabeth had tears.
Then it got worse. They saw where I got my big scar. Gabe was drinking and so gave him a drink but didn't open it first and he yelled
"I said to open it you idiot"
"So-sorry Gabe"
He slapped little percy and he fell. Grabbing a bottle smashing it on the table then slashing at me. I felt the wound as I sand like it was going to start bleeding then it showed how I got all my other scars and cuts from knifes, belts, I even was stabbed and even more, it all happened when I was about 9.
Next few years it showed me being being sent away then heated then sent then beaten. Then I was saved by Grover. We killed Gabe with Medusa by giving it to my mom.
It showed all of the monsters who cursed me and hurt me.
Then we were on the quest. It showed me and Annabeth falling into the cocytus. It showed what I saw. It showed Arachne and Annabeth was hidden by Piper then it showed me being poisoned by the air. They saw plegathon. They saw the spirits who hurt me and if I hurt them I got a curse from one of the monsters that cursed me. Then saw Annabeth hurt. They saw me controlling poison. They saw he final fight with Tartarus. Then it stopped because they knew the rest. I stopped singing and to see every single person crying even Nico. They charged forward and hugged me. Annabeth kissed me and I cried. Seeing all of that resurrected my fears and pain.
"Why didn't you tell anyone" calypso said
"I was scared" I said then continued " he threatened to kill my mom"
"Why aren't those scars healing" Will said annoyed not having healed them
"I asked your father to heal them and they didn't disappear then he said to me,'Percy if a mortal cuts or hurts you any way magic can't heal you.'"
They gasped
"Children it's late go sleep in your cabins" Chiron told us.
We grumbled and then Annabeth got an idea but didn't share with me. She had the idea face on. She ran to Chiron and whispered something. He looked at her and said yes. Smiling she kissed me and walked to her cabin.