A/N: Dear readers, I'd like to remind you that this has been written BEFORE HoH and BoO had been published. Meaning Caleo and Solangeo and any other ships did not happen yet. Meaning I would prefer not to have people yelling at me regarding the ships and no I WILL NOT change the story. Thank you for understanding and please enjoy! :)

Zero

Once Upon A Time

A little girl no older than 5 yawned from her seat on the couch, her mother noticed this and stopped drying the dishes and headed over.

"Okay princess, it's time for bed," she scooped her daughter up and started headed towards her room. Halfway up the stairs the mother stopped and leaned over the railing to talk to her husband, "I'll help you finish as soon as I put her to sleep."

"Okay I'll see you in a bit-" he was interrupted by his wife.

"Don't you dare call me that," although he couldn't see he was pretty sure that his wife was giving him her special glare that would be soon followed by her infamous temper, he knew how much calling her anything but her name or that nickname would earn him a night on the couch.

"Yes dear," the husband chuckled and continued to wash the dishes.

Back to the mother she reached her daughters room, it was painted azure after a lot of debating from the parents whom settled after hours of going through paint swatches. The ceiling for the room was covered space themed wallpaper, so that there will be stars whenever. The lighting in the room was a bunch of white and colourful Christmas lights. The bed was built into the wall surrounded by bookshelves giving the daughter even more space to for her many, many toys. The room was spacious and let in a lot of light considering that the windows took up almost a whole wall.

"Mommy," the little girl tugged her mother by the shirt.

"Yes sweetie?"

"Could you tell me a story? I'm not tired yet." The mother smiled and picked her daughter up and headed towards the hammock near the windows and placed her daughter on her lap.

"Now which one would you like me to tell you?"

"The one that you always tell me," the daughter said all giggly.

"Again? It's the third time in a row."

"Yup," the 5 year old shook her head vigorously as if she was challenging her mother to do otherwise, the mother smiled at her daughter's stubbornness since it reminded her of a certain someone. "We never get to the ending."

"That's because you always fall asleep before I can finish it."

"I will stay awake this time," she 'hmph-ed'.

"Okay, once upon a time there was this boy and this girl, they were childhood best friends and soon before they realized it they fell in love, but of course they were the last ones to realize it. Their names were Percy and Annabeth and it all started one day in the summer."

-TBC-

[A/N] I'm back with a new story (duh), hope you guys enjoy!