Percy Jackson has always been a little different than his fellow demigods. He's never quite fit in at school, never quite mixed well with the other kids. Maybe that was just his reputation and their fright over his scars- but maybe it was him, too. Maybe he was never truly a demigod. He was never mortal, never god. Maybe he was just Percy Jackson, the son of the father of monsters, and maybe that makes him a little less human than the rest of us. This is the story of becoming a hero- the hard way.