His hands never left the pistol, keeping the sights pinned squarely between the two in front of him, ready to snap to whomever moved first. Out of the corner of his eye he saw David's fingers twitch slightly towards the handle of the service piece on his waist. Percy rounded on him, making sure to keep one eye on the Snow, whom he felt sure was equally dangerous.

"With just your left hand" Percy commanded slowly, his voice shattering the eerie silence that had fallen over the apartment, "slowly remove your pistol, leaving it in the holster, and place it on the ground in front of you." David hesitated, and Percy saw his fingers twitch again. "That's not a game you want to playing right now man." Percy warned softly, "You play stupid games.." he thumbed the safety off of his pistol with an audible 'click' "you win stupid shit. Now do it. Slowly." After another long moment of tense silence, David complied.

He slowly and carefully, using only his left hand while keeping his right in the air, removed the pistol and holster and placed them softly on the ground. "Good." Now kick them toward me. Try anything, and there'll be two in your chest before you can say 'Charming'. Got it?" David and Snow's eyes widened considerably and they shared a look. Gulping, David nodded his acquiescence and kicked the pistol away from him and towards Percy before stepping back and standing next to his wife.

Percy nodded and stooped down, keeping both his eyes and pistol level, and snagged the discarded weapon before placing it on the counter beside him with the barrel facing away from him. Could never be too careful when magic was involved. With the weapon safely deposited, he clicked the safety back onto his own weapon and stowed it neatly in his concealed holster in the front of his pants.

"Now then" he said, "I think we need to talk, or rather," he said seeing them about to interrupt him, "I'm going to talk, explain some things to you two and ask you some questions. You two, are going to answer those questions or-"

"Or what?" demanded the woman now identified as Snow, "kill us?" Percy raised an eyebrow at that,

"I was thinking more along the lines of arresting you actually. Now please, be quiet." He tapped his finger against the waistband of his pants for emphasis. He didn't like resorting to threats against what he had decided were a decidedly good natured couple, but things were quickly spiraling out of hand and he needed answers quickly.

"As I was saying, I believe that it only fair that since I know who or rather what, you may or may not be, I should introduce myself as well." Miraculously the two stayed silent and allowed him to continue. Percy reached into his pocket and pulled out what looked like a leather wallet. He flipped it open to reveal a large badge with his identification and the letters 'DSI' in big bold print. "My name is special agent Percy Jackson. I work for the Department of Special Investigations. You've never heard of it so don't bother asking." He said when their questioning looks threatened to cut him off. "We're a private division of the FBI dedicated to investigations of potentially supernatural, paranormal, magical, and just all around out of the ordinary occurrences."

Nearly thirty years our organization was made aware of a large magical discharge at this location. The discharge lasted for only a few second before it disappeared. When our team of investigators arrived on scene they discovered that for whatever reason they could not enter the town, there was a large magical barrier barring their entry. However before a proper investigation of the barrier could begin, circumstances changed and the department needed to deploy its resources elsewhere. Since then we have been monitoring the situation and allowing it to monitor itself since it was seemingly contained. Until several months ago when another massive surge of raw magical power erupted from this location. There were at least two other outbursts since then, and I was charged with coming here to investigate whatever the hell was going on."

He paused for a breath and to collect his thoughts. He was happy to see that he had seemingly stunned the couple into submission with his speech thus far. Deciding to maintain his momentum, he continued.

"I discovered many very interesting things over the course of my very brief investigation. I gotta say that ya'll are like the most unsubtle group of people I've ever met. I literally only had to sit outside that bar on Main and listen to the fat angry one rant to learn just about everything I needed to know." He lied about that one, but he was proud that it was rather believable. It was a hell of lot more convincing than trying to say that he and actually learned what he needed from some prepubescent fish and horse.

Snow groaned and covered her face in her hands muttering, "Goddammit Leroy" while David just rubbed the bridge of his nose in agitation. Percy did his best to not let his pride in his own ability to bullshit show on his face. It had taken a long time but he finally felt he was talented enough to make even his cousins slightly less disappointed in him.

He cleared his throat to bring there attention back to him, "I, ah, really didn't even need to do that though." He looked Snow dead in the eyes, "I was at the docks this morning." Percy felt his face morph into his most menacing scowl. Like his lying, he had needed to practice hard in the mirror to get his scowl down well enough. He had been told that he was simply too happy of an individual to scowl or even look properly angry. But, like his ability to fib, he had practiced and it was paying off, the pair froze instantly. David shut his and was muttering to himself.

When Percy spoke again, his voice was much more coarse, like he had accidently gargled tar, "How, in the hell, did you get a giant here. And moreover, how the in the hell could you have let it loose!" the last bit came out as yell more than anything which seemed to jolt Snow out of her daze.

"It's name is Tiny!" said Snow angrily, glaring at him, "and HE was not responsible for what happened. For that matter neither were!"

"At least not directly." Said David quietly, looking immensely guilty.

"Please explain" Percy commanded lightly.

"You wouldn't believe us…" replied David.

"Look, in the last week or so that I've been here, I've seen the worst Captain Hook cosplay of my life, talked to fish, met a horse named Sea Biscuit who claimed to be from another dimension, and watched a man turn from a giant to a human. Whatever you have to say can not be any stranger than that, I promise you."

"Sea Biscuit can talk?"

"Talked to fish?"

Had the situation been any different, seeing the dual look of incredulity on both of their faces would have been funny. But right now all Percy wanted were some answers.

"You really think that you're the only dimension hopper around here?" Whatever they had been expecting him to say, that certainly wasn't it.

I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what I know, and then please for the love of god, tell me that I'm wrong and clear the air. Honestly, everything that I've heard in the last few days has been so absurd that I have a difficult time believing any of it. Given what I've seen and done in my life, believe me that, that is an accomplishment."

David and snow looked at one another again. After a moment of silence, during which the two seemed to have a silent conversation, Snow sighed, her shoulders sagging before she nodded.

Percy proceeded to repeat the far fetched story that he had heard from the horse and the fish that he had met. Everything from the spell, to the Enchanted Forest, to the 28 twenty-eight years that the town had been there. When he finished talking, Snow looked like she was on the verge of a breakdown and David had the air of an absolutely defeated man.

There reactions alone were enough to cause Percy's stomach to drop. Percy knew that he wasn't the most traditionally smart individual on the planet, but he knew how to read people. It was one of the few things he could genuinely pride himself on. Which was why when he saw the couple in front of looking like their world had simply ended, he knew that not only was their reaction genuine, but that what he had been told was the truth.

"Dear gods above, please tell me that I'm wrong here." He said, somewhat desperate. It might have been strange, given the job he had, to feel this way. However in all of his years battling monsters, demons, and all manner of creatures of the occult, he never dreamed that the Disney stories he had watched as a kid would have any actual merit to them. The idea seemed like utter lunacy, the ravings of a horse and some fish that had simply spent too much time alone for their own good. But, even as the thought struck him, he realized the sheer lunacy of those actions in and of themselves. He was the son of a god long thought to be dead, and considered by almost all of contemporary society to not have existed at all in the first place. Furthermore, the more he considered it, his own life seemed more similar to that of a fictional book or television show. He squashed his own internal dilemma as David spoke, softly at first.

"It's true." He nearly whispered, "all of it. Twenty-eight years ago the Evil Queen cast a spell that delivered all of us from our homes in the enchanted forest to here. She said it was our punishment for everything that had been done to her."

"No", said Snow, who now had tears forming in the corners of her eyes, "It was my punishment, I stole her happy handing from her and so she decided to steal mine to get back at me." She broke down sobbing and collapsed on the floor, her head in her hands. Her shoulders shuddering with every sob. David immediately dropped to her side and wrapped her in a hug, a desperate attempt to try and comfort her. Her words were so muffled behind her hands and her sobs that Percy almost missed them.

"I missed on twenty-years of my daughters life and it was all my fault."

"Daughter?" Percy questioned, thrown off by the statement. Sea Biscuit had never mentioned a daughter during their discussion. Granted there could only have been so much that a horse knew but still. In fact, now that he was considering it, he was shocked the horse knew anything at all, in fact-he shook himself. Damn ADHD, David responded to his question without looking at him, still focused on his sobbing wife.

"You've met her." He said softly, "The town Sheriff, Emma, she's our daughter."

Well, that certainly explained the protectiveness Percy had noticed during his night in the interrogation room. He had initially mistaken the protectiveness of David as that of a man with his significant other. When in reality, it had really been a father who had only recently been reunited with his daughter. But he still had questions.

"If she's your daughter, how the hell are all of you around the same age? Shouldn't she have come along with you? If you've been in…", he searched for a term, "stasis", he decided on "for twenty-eight years, why isn't she a baby. For that matter how does she have a kid? And how did this spell even get broken in the first place?"

The more he talked, the more he realized how little any of it actually made any sense. By this point, Snow had calmed down slightly. Her shoulder were still shaking and tears were still staining her cheeks but she was able to respond.

"Before the spell hit, we had special compartment built so that she could be smuggled out. The tree was magic and protected her from the spell. When the rest of us were transported away she came to but unlike us, she wasn't trapped." She went on to tell him what little she knew and was willing to share of Emma's life prior to coming to Storybrooke. Obviously she withheld some details, those she knew and those she had merely guessed at. But she gave him the general timeline about how and why she ended coming to Storybrooke. When she finished Percy groaned loudly and slouched onto the counter, his heads in his hands. Snow and David couldn't hear all of his muttering but they caught words like,

"…Gods dammed fate…" and "…why in the hells is it always me…",

After taking a moment to collect himself, he shook off the stupor.

"Ok", he said, rubbing a hand over his tired face, "Ok, so this Evil Queen, I'll take a random shot in the dark here and say that it's your mayor?" They both nodded, slightly wide eyed,

"Yeah", said Snow cautiously, "How did you know?",

"She radiates magical energy", He said simply. When their expressions remained befuddled he explained, "People who use magic consistently, especially those who have a tendency to throw around powerful or dark magic, always have a trace on them. Kind of like a scent if you know what to look for. When her highness interrogated me the other day, I could feel that something was off with her.",

"How the hell can feel her magic?", David asked, incredulous, "I thought you weren't from our realm?", Then realization dawned on his face, "Wait, hold on a minute, you said you weren't native to this realm either! Just who the hell are you!", he was standing now and posturing as though he was going to make a run at Percy. Before Snow could stop him however, Percy acted. Faster than either of them could register Percy had reached down to his waistband and pulled his pistol from its holster. In one fluid motion, he had it loaded, cocked, and leveled at David's chest.

"Don't.", he said simply. David faltered, and raised his hands in the air. Snow took the opportunity to place herself in front of the pair, her hands on David's chest.

"Please", she pleaded, looking back at Percy, her eyes wide, "Let's be civil. David I'm sure Percy was going to explain if you just gave him a chance.", she glared back at Percy, as though daring him to counter her. He ignored her for a moment before lowering his gun. Instead of placing it back in his holster however, he placed at the countertop beside him, in plain view of the pair. It wasn't a subtle message, but he was no longer in the mood for subtly. He wanted it plain as day, 'don't do that again, or next time I won't be so cordial'. Percy nodded his head before saying,

"Just give me a minute and I'll do my best to explain to you what I can. I can't tell you everything, a lot of my life is classified. But I'll tell you what I can given the…unique circumstances.",

He paused, taking a minute to collect his thoughts and organize what he was going to say.

"To answer your first question. I can feel her magic her because despite what she claimed, Regina sure as hell didn't bring to a land without magic."

At the shell-shocked looks on their faces, he continued.

"Given my own limited understanding of magic, let alone the magic of your, what did you call it? Your realm? Anyway, given what I know I've hypothesized some stuff. Magic is an incredibly fickle creature, that seems to be universal. Magi can manipulate and mold magic, but they cannot fully control it. Magic is an entity in and of itself and will do as it sees fit. Additionally, it appears that no two worlds have similar forms of magic. The magic here, is much more subtle."

"Sure, I've seen spells that can create balls of fire, or throw around massive thunderbolts but those are few and far between. Additionally almost all magic here has to be cast through a medium of some sort. Like a wand or a blasting rod or even a staff. This contrasts to what I have been able to understand about the magic of your realm. From what I can tell, the magic of your home is mush more potent, stronger. Your magi can cast without mediums for instance. So what I assume happened when your little queenie cast her spell, was that the spell worked. You guys were sent to a land without magic, as you guys understand magic.", He paused to take a breath. "I'm guessing she's been having some, uh, performance issues with her magic?" he snickered. He was still somewhat a five-year old. He was content with that.

"Yes!", said Snow, "She's been having trouble doing much of anything. Nearly got her killed when the spell broke.", Percy nodded in understanding.

"I'm not surprised. She has to adapt to the way things are done here."

"Enough! Tell us who you are! Where the hell are you from, how did you even find this place, what is the DSI and what's going to happen to us!", David was working himself up again but Snow smacked him hard on the arm and he cooled off slightly. Percy raised an eyebrow but nodded all the same.

"I believe I do owe you guys a bit of an explanation I guess. I'm nothing if not a man of my word. I'll start with who I represent I suppose.", He folded his arms across his chest and leaned forward so that he was leaning on the counter. "Like I said, there's magic here, and as such there are magical and supernatural communities. I won't bore you down with the details but over a long time members of the supernatural community came together and formed literal communities, those became towns and regions which in turn developed governments and institutions all over the globe."

"There's a pretty substantial supernatural community here in the United States. In fact, behind China and India, the US has the third largest collection of supernatural beings on the entire planet. With such a large population, there needed to be an organization dedicated to monitoring and policing this community. The organization I belong to is called the Department of Supernatural Investigations. Think of it as something similar to a magical FBI. We handle to complicated stuff that really threatens the exposure of the supernatural to non-magical world."

"That's actually how we found out about you. Back in the eighties there was an absolutely enormous surge of magical energy that emanated from this region. Our department was dispatched in force to help try and deal with the outburst but when our agents arrived on sight, they couldn't get through the town line. We settled for monitoring the situation from afar, the egg heads thought that trying to force our way through the barrier would have caused significant backlash and destruction."

"This region has been under constant surveillance for the last twenty-eight years. Two months, there was another massive surge of energy that erupted from this location. The advance recon units determined that no damage was done and I was dispatched to investigate. One thing lead to another, and here we are." He paused to take a breath and let everything sink in.

"As for you guys, I honestly have no idea what's going to happen. You're not a threat, and as far as I can tell, neither is your mayor. She seems pretty content to just rule over your little plot of Americana. I will have to report this back up the ladder but honestly, with how self contained your community seems, I don't think you should be too worried. We have…bigger issues right now than dealing with some weird little town in Maine."

He had attempted to make his words sound as genuine as he could, and it seemed to have had the desired effect. Both David and Snow seemed to release a simultaneously held breath. Percy had been telling the truth as far as he could figure as well. With the sheer number of miniature magical and supernatural communities across the country, the federal government was willing to grant the majority their own autonomy. The feds were too tied up in dealing with the on-goings in their own backyards to have to worry about the backwoods of Maine. That being said, Percy also wouldn't be too surprised if he was tasked with staying here longer term as a surveillance operation. Despite blowing his cover, which he was certainly going to be chewed out for but he didn't care. He'd been chewed out before, he could handle it.

He also had a personal interest in staying here longer as well. He had never really considered, or wanted for that matter, to leave his home. He had been here for nearly ten years and liked it here. He had built something of a life here, which certainly could not have been said for his life before. But that didn't dismiss the small part of him that wondered, maybe even hoped that he could someday return to where he was from. Hell, if nothing else, he had a gut feeling that being here would be an adventure, and if there was one thing that he loved more than anything, it was an adventure.

"I have…a lot of questions and I don't even know where to begin", Snow. Percy couldn't really blame either of them. He had just dropped a pretty severe bomb on the pair but he had neither the time nor the patience to waste any more time on this.

"I'll be happy to talk to you about it later but I have to report in soon."

"Not so fast.", said David, glaring at him, "What. Are. You."

Percy sighed, rubbing a hand through his hair. He thought he could have gotten out of this without saying anything, he had kind of been hoping that they would have been too shocked to say anything else. He probably could have just forced his way out but he didn't want to make enemies here already. Not when he had a strong feeling that he would be working here longer.

"What do you know about Greek Mythology?", They both looked confused by that. Percy was beginning to think before to much longer, confusion would simply be their natural state of being.

"Not, much I guess…" said Snow slowly, "Just the basics, Zeus is the king, his brothers are Poseidon king of the sea and Hades king of the underworld or something like that, right?",

Percy nodded, "It's a bit more complicated than that but yes that's the gist. Well the easiest way to say this is that I'm a descendent of the gods, Poseidon to be precise.",

He felt that simply coming out and saying that he was half-god would have been revealing too much, too quickly. He felt that these were trustworthy people, but even then, he had not known them long and wasn't going to trust them with such potentially dangerous information.

"So, what.", Started David, "you're like Hercules or something?",

Percy snarled viscously and slammed his hand on the countertop. There was a loud bang and as the surface of the counter cracked under his fist. Both Snow and David looked startled by the display of sudden hostility, as well as the sheer strength on display.

"I, am NOTHING like that monster.", he growled out, glaring at David. He took a few calming breaths and relaxed. He looked down and his expression turned rather sheepish as he saw the damage he had caused.

"I'll uh, I'll pay for that. Um, sorry and uh…yeah", he said lamely, the Snow just shook her head, her eyes so wide they were threatening to bulge out of their sockets. "I'm sorry", Percy said, rubbing his neck awkwardly, "Heracles is something of a sore subject for me. He gives those of us with godly ancestry a bad name and no I don't really feel like explaining right now. Just know that the real Heracles, or well I guess my Heracles is nothing like the Disney version.", The pair just nodded and Snow motioned for him to continue.

"Anyways", he began uncomfortably, his eyes shifting back to the crack in the counter, " because of my ancestry I can communicate with fish-"

"Like Aquaman?!", interjected David quickly, looking at Percy excitedly for the first time since he had met the man. Both Percy and Snow looked at him exasperatedly and he had the good nature to look somewhat sheepish about his outburst. Percy decided to humor him though,

"If by that you mean like the badass Justice League cartoon version then yes, I am like Aquaman. If you're referring to the abomination that is the '60's interpretation. Then I'll have kick your ass." Under his breathe he muttered, "freaking Apollo, the bastard. Anyway, because Poseidon also created the horse I can communicate with them as well. I also have enhanced strength", he again looked uncomfortably at the counter, "and can control water to a degree.",

"But how did you end up here?", asked Snow,

"To make a long story very short, I was investigating some disturbances in the Bermuda triangle when I…fell into a portal." That was quite possibly the most generic and simple way of putting it but that was all he was willing to share at the moment. "When I woke up, I was here, well not here I was really somewhere in the middle of a potato farm in Iowa but regardless. My presence was quickly discovered by the DSI and before I knew it I was in their training program. I've been working for them ever since."

They looked incredibly nonplussed by his explanation, quite frankly he didn't care. Honestly he shouldn't have even shared that much with them but at the moment he just couldn't bring himself to care. He suddenly felt exhausted as the impact of all that had happened hit at once. He needed to go report in, and that was likely to be…the opposite of fun. Hell, really, it was going to be utter hell.

"Look", he said getting their attention, "I really do have to report this in now, but for whatever reason, I want to help you guys. Can't say what it is, I just have a gut feeling that your good people.", The pair actually smiled at that, "So I'll go to bat for you, but please, do me a favor and keep the giant shit under control, if more of that happens I can't promise what's going to happen. I'll be back soon. Don't tell anyone what I told you today, for right now all of this stays between us, next time you see me, I'm Perry Johnson, marine biologist. Got it?" They didn't look happy about it but they must have realized the situation they were in because they nodded all the same.

With a final nod Percy turned and left. He wasn't positive about what the future had in store, but he did know that his life was about to get very interesting. Again.

He smiled.

AN: Yo! This story ain't dead yet! Haha sorry about the infrequent update schedule but life, work, and college tend to come first. On the bright side I'm done with classes for the semester so hopefully things get done at a more consistent pace. Haha anyway hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, the tedious backstory chapter that nobody really enjoys but is necessary to move the plot along. Thanks for putting up with it and I hope you guys are enjoying my take on Percy and the greater world being created here. Let me know what you think and thanks again for all of the support! Next update will be for The Real Half-Blood Prince so if you're waiting on that, don't worry it's coming and I'm very excited about where that's gonna go, same with all of my stories honestly. Thanks again for the love and support and I'll see you lovelies soon!

-LilDB