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Percy Jackson@Seaweedbrain 

Leo, are you sure this will work?

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I hate it here@deffonotAmy

Are you actually the kid that was on a Man Hunt a while back?

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Leo Valdez@repairboy

I told you it would work NOW WHEN WERE YOU ON A MAN HUNT?

CBS News@CBSNews

Breaking news: Percy Jackson the 12 year old that was on a man hunt across the US has resurfaced.

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Percy Jackson@Seaweedbrain 

No need to be dramatic

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Annabeth Chase@wisegirl

Percy! I told you not to reply to them

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Percy Jackson@Seaweedbrain

Oops, sorry

BuzzFeed unsolved@Buzz-unsolved

Don't know who Percy Jackson is? Check out our latest episode on him. 

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Piper McLean@pips

You've done it now perce@Seaweedbrain

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Percy Jackson@Seaweedbrain

Now they're really overreacting!

CBS News@CBSNews

Famous Rebel Daughter Piper McLean knows the infamous Percy Jackson? More on tonight's program.

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Percy Jackson@Seaweedbrain

Hahaha looks like they got you too @pips

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Piper McLean@pips

Shut it kelp head

Percy Jackson@Seaweedbrain

Respectfully stop trying to contact me @Buzz-Unsolved and @CBSNews I don't want to talk to you people.

CBS News@CBSNews

Is the infamous Percy Jackson's story legit or was it made up? find out more on Saturday's program.

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Percy Jackson@Seaweedbrain

@RED anything new you wanna tell us about?!

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Rachel Elizabeth Dare @RED

Well now that you mentioned it

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RED: I didn't get a Prophecy!

Seaweed: Then what do you mean! 

RED: I've been getting weird dreams but I didn't think anything of it!!

Seaweed: You have to get to Camp we'll have a meeting there

Chiron looked at Percy questioningly “Percy, you have called this meeting with the Head counselors and the praetors of Rome. What is wrong?”

Percy had a grave expression on his face as he said “It's about the Mortals or rather what the Mortals can see”.

Annabeth's expression turned alarmed “Explain, Percy”

Rachel decided to step in and say “Lately I've been having weird dreams,and I thought nothing of it,I swear!”

Chiron looked at Rachel and asked “What are the dreams about, Rachel?”

“The mist… I think it's failing. I think the Mortals are seeing through it.” Rachel said in a rush.

Travis laughed not believing a word Rachel said “You can't be serious,Why would the Mist fail? It's been here for decades.”

“I don't know.” Rachel said seriously.

Perc looked uncomfortable as he said “You guys remember my first quest? The one where I had to travel through half of the US.”

Annabeth looked at Percy weirdly as she said “Yes Percy, I was there”

Katie was confused as she said “Yeah, but what does that have to do with this?”

Percy continued ignoring the weird looks “On that Quest Grover,Annabeth and I were the subject of a Manhunt. Chiron used the Mist to make sure no one would question it anymore.”

Chiron looked fondly at the memory “I remember that. I made it so that no one would ever question the story of you three getting kidnapped.”

Rachel looked worried as she explained “Well they are questioning it.”

Annabeth looked anxious as she asked “How so?”

Percy looked at Leo and said “Leo, remember those monster proof phones you had testout with Twitter?”

Leo looked confused as he answered “Yeah, we found out they work.”

Percy didn't look happy as he reported “Yeah well,The CBS News most recent Tweet is questioning if our Story's legit.”

Hazel looked depressed as she said “...Now that you mentioned it my control over the Mist is weakening but, I thought that was my fault for not practicing.”

Of course Hazel could feel the difference, she was Hecate's chosen. She must've felt awful thinking it's her fault she couldn't control the Mist like usual.

“Wait…If the Mist is disappearing does that mean Mortals would be able to see Camp?” Lou Ellen asked.

“I think…it's time we contact the Olympians about this problem” Chiron said, a frown on his lips 

“I'll do it” Percy said, the prayer on his lips “Oh Iris goddess of the Rainbow please accept my offering. Show me the Olympians on Olympus.”

A shimmering Image of Olympus appeared before them.

Zeus looked angry as he was disturbed from whatever it was that he was doing “How dare you call us, boy!”

Percy was annoyed but stayed polite as he said “Calm down, Zeus What I have to say is very important”

Chiron looked uncomfortable but said “If I may, Lord Zeus. It is about the Mist.”

“What about he Mist concerns you Chiron.” Athena asked.

Annabeth nervously replied “Well, Uh mom the–”

“The Mist is falling!” Connor interrupted.

“Connor!” Katie scolded.

“Good joke, kid” Ares laughed.

Demeter looked irritated as she asked “Is this a prank? Is this why you called us?”

Hermes was looking at his phone distractedly and said “If this is a joke, then I'm leaving.”

Chiron hurried to explain “My Lords and Ladies sadly this is no joke the children of Hecate have felt the mist weaken and Hazel Levesque chosen of Hecate and Preator of New Rome has also felt the mist weakening greatly.”

“I think it's best if we call Hecate herself.” Apollo said skeptically.

“Yes,it is part of her domain after all.” Poseidon agreed.

“Hermes, contact her.” Zeus ordered.

Hermes rolled his eyes but obeyed “Yes, yes.”

“Not like I have anything else to do” he grumbled under his breath. 

A disheveled goddess appeared before them. Robes covered in a gold liquid and limping.

Hecate closed her eyes for a moment and said “I've been summoned.”

“Hecate, What happened! You're covered in Ichor.” Apollo asked worriedly, a medkit already appearing in his hand.

“I'm afraid I didn't escape the second Giant war uninjured.” Hecate coughing into her hand, gold appearing on it.

Lou Ellen looked shocked and yelled “Mom!”

“Why didn't you come to my infirmary?!” Apollo asked, alarmed.

Hecate simply responded by saying “I'm afraid this is a wound that can't be healed.”

Hera looked confused and asked “What do you mean Hecate? What happened to you?”

A question the Campers in the War room would also like the answers too.

Hecate looked exhausted as she explained “Klytios the Giant I fought alongside my Chosen Hero, Hazel Levesque placed a curse on me that I'm afraid isn't able to be countered”

Artemis was devastated screaming “No! You can't be saying…”

“Yes Artemis,I will fade.”

“Does this mean the Mist will fade completely lady Hecate? You are its mistress”. Clarisse asked respectfully.

Hecate smiled “Yes, young Daughter of Ares, I will fade and so will the Mist.”

Zeus looked alarmed “We can't let that happen, the–”

Poseidon chuckled at his younger brother “The Mortals? Brother we are the Olympians and if you have forgotten the Mortals used to worship us”.

Zeus didn't look convinced “Are you sure there can't be something done Hecate, Apollo?”

“I think she's right, Father, it's magic powerful magic at that.” Apollo looked sad that his powers weren't enough.

Hecate stumbled and requested “May I be excused now?”

“Yes, let me bring you to your residence” Hermes replied.

“Uh- What should we do now? The Mortals know something is up and with the Mist slowly falling…” Percy asked, slightly panicked.

Annabeth replied logically “The Mortals are going to find out about the godly World.”

“I don't think there is anything we can do, The Mortal world and The Godly world will collide.” The Goddess of wisdom said.

“Like Mother like daughter” Percy thought .

“It might be best if we reveal ourselves sooner rather than later” Chiron said his thoughts out loud, but was ignored.

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Hera looked happy as she declared “It is time that we use Demigods for their intended purpose. They will be a bridge between the mythical and Mortal world.”

Nico looked appalled and asked “Do we get a say in this?”

Zeus in turn responded with “No”

Hera was next with a “Nope”

Poseidon followed suit and said “No”

The rest of the Olympians all chorused “No” through the throne room.

“We will have each of our children representing us.” Zeus ordered

Apollo, taking the opportunity, and said “You could call them Olympus for Mortals, hehehe.”

“That…is actually a smart idea, Apollo.” Artemis said, properly for the first time in her immortal life.

Apollo, not picking up on the back handed compliment, replied “Thank you little sister.”

“I helped deliver you!!” Artemis argued. Percy could tell she had had this conversation before.

Zeus, ignoring the twins, asked “Athena, What do you think of this?”

Athena considered it for a moment and said “It seems like the right choice, but the Mortals are ever changing variables.”

“Does that mean we'd be like mini Olympians?”Percy asked.

“And will I be included? Because I don't want to be.” Nico scowled the very dear being part of something like that made his mind sour.

“Ah yes, Percy you'll take my place and be introduced as Prince of the Sea” Poseidon smiled

Percy opened and closed his mouth like a fish and said “Sorry…. Excuse me!! What do you mean I'll be introduced as Prince of the sea!!!”

Poseidon chuckled “Well Percy, you are technically a Prince of the Sea so it makes sense for you to embrace that role when the Mortals find out about us.”

“And Nico you will also be included, the Mortals will know you as the Prince of the Underworld and Ghost king.” Hades informed Nico.

“But, you aren't even an Olympian why do I have to be part of your ‘Olympus for Mortals’ project?” Nico argued.

“Hush now, Son of Hades, it's an honour to be part of the ‘Olympus for Mortals’ agenda.” Zeus said.

“You have to be part of it my Son, it'll put respect on our name.” Hades nodded.

Zeus now looked at Jason “Jason, my son, you will also be part of this even though you're Roman. It would not be Olympus without me or a similar replacement.”

Jason cringed, “Please don't say we're similar, it's really not a compliment.”

Poseidon laughed at his younger brother “Of course! It wouldn't be Olympus without the Mighty Zeus!”

Percy kicked Jason under the table and joined his Father in laughing “Hahaha, Jason you got compared to Zeus.”

Jason kicked back “Shut it Jackson.”

Leo poked Jason and laughed “Now you really do sound like Thunder man.”

Jason, frustrated, yelled “NO I DON'T.”

Piper looked over to him and said “Calm down, Superman, it's just a joke.”

“Yeah, sorry.” Jason apologised.

“No problem, man” Leo answered

The Iris message faded.

Percy was the first to speak “So… me, Jason and Nico are Princes now.”

“It's Jason,Nico and I, Seaweedbrain.” Annabeth corrected.

Percy kissed her on the cheek “You're the smart one,Wisegirl.”

Piper laughed and said “Keep it in the bedroom,you two.”

Frank looked at Piper and replied “Piper, we don't want a stable situation to happen again.”

Hazel smirked “Can't have Coach Hedge have a heart attack again”.

“Nothing happened in the Stables!!” Percy & Annabeth said at the same time and blushed.

Percy shrugged his shoulders “Well, we did kiss a little”.

Annabeth hit Percy on the arm “Percy!”

Percy dogged “It's true though.”

Leo looked a bit jealous but smiled “I said it once and I will say it again, Classic Classic Classic”.

Nico rolled his eyes “I don't know about you but, I am not looking forward to being Godly Royalty.”

Will kissed him on his cheek “It's going to be fine, Neeks”.

Nico blushed Percy could see small skulls in his eyes “Don't call me that, Solace”.

Piper wiggled her eyebrows “You too should also get a bedroom”.

Percy laughed “Hah, You two love birds need to kiss. it. out”.

Nico gasped “Love birds! Have you seen Annabeth and you together?”

“True,True.” Percy replied.

Annabeth brought them back to the topic at hand and said “Seriously what are we going to do about the fact that we're going to be mini Olympians for the Mortals?”

“Also do we know the approximate date of the Mist being gone for good?” Frank questioned.

“The only person who could be sure of the
time would be my mother, and I have a feeling that I won't be able to contact her.” Lou replied her eyes sad, the magical feeling dimmed with her emotions.

“So all head counsellors whose parent is an Olympian are going to take their parents' place, huh” Leo never thought he would be anything close to a God, but he also never thought he would make friends which judging by the fact Piper's head was in his lap wasn't true.

“How do you think the Mortals will react? I mean half of us are missing, dead, or on the run from the law” Hazel asked her hair in two pigtails.

“What about the fact that important historical people are Demigods, you think they're going to believe it?” Piper was wearing a Camp half-blood t-shirt and jean shorts.

“Speaking of belief, how are we going to tell the whole world that their Life is a lie?, and the fact that Gods and Half-Gods are walking around as if they were one of them?” Rachel asked, her red hair had a green streak in it.

“I don't know my child, Mortals are unpredictable. All we can do is hope that whatever we come up with is enough. “ Years of dealing with mortals layering Chiron's voice.

“We could make a big show, All of us using our powers. At the end the Gods could appear.” Percy said.

In Annabeth's gray eyes Percy could tell she was thinking about everything and anything “We would need to do it somewhere public…At the Empire State building!” she said.

“To grab everyone's attention I could make a big show of flying around it while I carry Piper.” Jason told them his idea.

“While I'm up there I could use my charm speak to get them to watch.” Piper finished.

“Also make them clear out an area for us to ‘perform’, Piper.” Leo told her.

“I could use my hydrokinesis, you know, show them a few tricks.” Percy's sea green eyes looked like the sea on a warm summer day.

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Annabeth looked surprised “I didn't know you knew that word, Seaweedbrain.”

Percy gasped “I can be smart…. Sometimes.”

“To have a lot of people there already, Pipes and I could tweet about it.” Rachel told them.

“I could summon an army of Zombies” Nico pitched his idea.

Will interjected “Nico–”

“It's fine Will I'm not going to over exhaust myself, I promise” Nico interrupted before Will started lecturing him.

“Okay,Nico but do you really think Zombies are the best idea?” Will asked.

Nico rolled his eyes “Ok maybe not but I want to do somethinggg” 

“You could just sword fight with someone, maybe Clarisse.” Will's smile was a bit too sharp to be natural.

Clarisse grinned “Sure, deathboy.

“I could summon precious gems.” Hazel said.

“A-And I could turn into different Animals.” Frank said not sure what gave him the confidence.

The room temperature grew warmer.

“I could make it hotter.” The God of the Sun and a lot of other things, Apollo said.

“Dad?” Will questioned.

“Apollo?” Percy was next.

Annabeth looked at Apollo “What are you doing here Apollo?”

Apollo smiled and kissed Will on the head. “Oh, I'm just here to talk to my Will-baby.”

Will's body glowed a little “I'm not a Baby,Dad!”

“You are in my eyes, honey.” Apollo said, stroking Will's hair.

“Dad!” Will yelled embarrassed.

Katie rolled her eyes “You should be grateful Will, that your dad actually cares for you, not all of our parents are that involved.”

“And that's a problem for another day, people, focus.” Percy said, trying to get everyone back on track.

“Rich coming from you, Prissy,” Clarisse said, her tone venomous.

“And what's that supposed to mean?!” Percy glared.

Pollux didn't back down “Percy, both your Mortal and Godly parents love you! We don't all have that luxury!”

“Well, I'm sorry, that I didn't have it as bad as you!” Percy yelled.

He ran all the way back to his Cabin, fighting back the tears that threatened to fall.

“Percy!” Annabeth said, running after him.

“That was uncalled for, guys!” Will said angrily and disappointed.

Piper spoke up “It's not his fault, you guys forget he also had a tough life.” 

The door to Percy's Cabin creaked open.

“Percy?” Annabeth asked Closing the door behind her.

“What?” He asked, memories plagued his thoughts.

“Are you okay?” she asked him.

“Why wouldn't I be, it's not like I'm hurt.” Physically he added in his head.

“Are you mentally okay? It's not like you leave like that?” Annabeth seemed to have caught on.

Percy hesitated “... All of it brought back some childhood memories that I'm not so fond of.”

“Of what…or who were the memories?” She asked.

“It's nothing, really. Sorry, I left like that.” He tried to brush it off.

Annabeth looked at him quizzically, “Percy, I know something's wrong, talk to me, please.”

Percy relented “It brought back memories of…. Gabe.”

Annabeth looked shocked, he had never really talked about Gabe “Gabe… your first Stepdad?”

“Yeah that's the one. Annabeth, you can't tell anyone what I'm about to say, please.” He begged.

Annabeth's gaze grew soft, “I promise, Percy.”

“Gabe wasn't the…nicest person. He uhh kindasortahitme.” Percy's heart raced.

“I'm sorry I didn't catch that.” Annabeth said.

Percy's voice went hoarse, “Gabe…he hit me.”

Annabeth gasped “Percy, What?”

“When I was younger and not in boarding school mom wasn't home a lot. So she left me with Gabe.” Percy was openly crying at that point.

Annabeth eyes winded “Percy-”

Percy didn't want Annabeth to pity him so he said “It was fine,well no it wasn't, but it wasn't as bad as It could have been.”

“That doesn't mean it wasn't horrible.” Annabeth's stormy gray eyes looked murderous.

Percy sobbed “I know okay!”

“Did Sally know?” Annabeth said carefully.

“No! And you can't tell her she'll blame herself.”Percy said panicked.

“Is this why you flinch when people move too fast? I thought it was because of Monster attacks” Annabeth asked.

“A mix of both.” He said after a beat.

“We'll figure something out, together.” Annabeth promised him.

Jason looked disappointed “You guys need to apologise”

“Yeah, we shouldn't have taken out our frustration on him,” Pollux said.

“It should have been directed at the God in the room with us.” Clarisse grumbled frustrated at herself.

“And that's my cue to go, Bye my Will-bear” Apollo said teleporting in a ball of light.

“Daaad!” Will yelled.

Percy looked down “Sorry, for running off like that.”

Pollux shook his head “No , we are the ones that should apologise. We took our frustration out on you which wasn't fair. You also had a hard life.”

“Yeah you may be a punk but that wasn't fair from us.” Clarisse said.

Leo gasped “Clarisse La rue Apologising? What a rare site.”

Clarisse looked at him “What did you say, Valdez?”

“Nothing, Nothing.” Leo said quickly.

“Children get back on track! Where were we?” Chiron asked.

Katie's eyes shone green as she informed Chiron that We were talking about how we're going to reveal ourselves. I was thinking about raising a platform of thick bushes so we could perform on them.

Chiron had his grandfatherly smile on and said “All of these sound like wonderful ideas, everyone, get some rest. Let's do this the day after tomorrow,Σύμφωνοι?(Agreed).”

Everyone– except the Romans who couldn't speak ancient greek– “Σύμφωνοι(Agreed).”

Percy makes his way to his Cabin but all he can think about is Gabe.No he says to himself as he walks into Cabin 3 there are more important things for me to be doing.

He thinks about what cool tricks he could perform, pushing Smelly Gabe out of his mind.

Should I make something big?No I don't want to overshadow the others, maybe I could make a trident that would look so cool.

Percy was heading towards his bed when he realised something. He was going to be an official diplomat or something like that. He can't mess this up if he did only the Fates know what would happen.

No Percy get yourself together Percy thought while lying in bed. He knew tomorrow might be adventful even if it's just going to be practicing for ‘The big reveal’.

Waking up in the middle of the night wasn't out of the ordinary for a demigod but walking up to loud pounding on a door is.

Percy ran to the door Riptide in hand just in case, as he opened the door just a bit he saw familiar blond locs Annabeth he thought as opened the door further.

“Percy!” Annabeth said, breathing heavily. Percy could see the sheer panic look that overtook her face.

“What's wrong?!” Percy asked wondering what could have her in such disarray.

“The mortal Police are outside the Camp boundary!” Annabeth said, fully serious.

“I know the Mist is falling, but I thought we had more time! Why are they even here?” He said, now outside his Cabin looking towards Thalia's pine tree.

“I think it has something to do with the new Camper, a Satyr had to kidnap him from his parents. The Police might have followed them”

Annabeth said, frowning.

“This is bad, the Mist is weak enough to allow the Mortal to actually see Camp! Someone has to go up there to talk to them” Percy said, knowing there aren't a lot of older looking kids.

“Chiron can't go, it'd be too suspicious being wheelchair bound and living at the bottom of a mountain”Annabeth said, an idea already formulating in her brain.

“Wise girl…” Percy said not liking the dangerous going in her eyes. 

“You're 17 and I bet you could play off owning the Camp, and I would get everyone to hide the weapons” Annabeth said her mind already made up.

“You're forgetting one small detail, Wise girl. I have a Criminal record, they find one illegal thing and I'm done for”.He said trying to reason with her knowing it was impossible.

“Well we'll do such a good job they won't they won't find anything” Annabeth said.

“Fine” he said, hoping the Mist was strong enough to hold off the Mortals from going into Camp.

Percy jogged up to Thalia's pine thinking he looked adult enough.

Police Officer one said, “Do you own this Camp, sir?”.

“Yes, I do. Can I ask why you're here?” Percy asked.

“There have been reports about missing Children being sited around here. Have you seen any?” Officer 2 asked suspicious.

“No” Percy said, trying to keep his words limited.

“Can we check the premises to see if the children are camping out here?” Officer 1 asked, knowing Percy couldn't say no without it being suspicious.

“Sure… follow me” He said, trying to keep his tone level.

The three men walked into Camp. Percy maneuvering them to the Strawberry fields.

“These are the Strawberry fields. As you see no missing children here” Percy said, ever sarcastic.

“What's that?” Officer 1 questioned pointing to the Demeter Cabin.

“That's one of the Cabins, we are a Camp after all” Percy said.

“Let's go inside” Officer 2 said to his Colleague.

“Now wait a minute the Campers are in there” He tried to argue.

“We'll be quick” No no no Percy thought Annabeth I'm counting on you.

“Ok” Percy knocked on the door “Katie! that's the counselor of this Cabin” He added when the Officers looked confused.

Katie opened the door and stepped out.She was wearing overalls with dirt at the bottom.It was obvious she had been gardening.

“Hey Percy, What do you need?” She said, eyeing the Cops.

“Nothing really, the Cops just want to go inside the Cabin” Percy said, hoping Katie had hidden anything Demigod related item well.

“Oh, uh let me show you around” she said, as they entered the Cabin.

“These are our gardening supplies. We are a very nature orientated Cabin, over there are the bunk beds” Percy couldn't see anything out of the ordinary at first glance. So he assumed the Cops would be happy.

“Where are the children?” Officer 1 asked.

“ Cabin 4 usually has swim training but since you guys have our swim instructor here I sent them to arts and crafts with Cabin 10 and 5” Katie said a bit stressed.

Finding a new activity the Cabin can do on short notice is stressful.

“Have you seen everything? Because I want to get this done with” Percy said, his words laced with a bit of snark.

“Let's go to the place where you do arts and crafts. We want to see all the kids” Officer 2 said. 

I should really learn their names, Percy thought as he led the police officers to the arts and crafts house.

Percy knocked on the door.

“Hey Percy, Annabeth filled us in” Piper said, while Clarisse looked at the Cops suspiciously.

“And what are your names?” Cop 1 asked.

“I'm Piper McLean and that's Clarisse La rue” Piper introduced them.

The cops looked stunned at hearing Piper's name. They must not have expected Piper to be here.

“Risse, who are the people in blue? Are they also Demi–” A young boy with Brown eyes asked.

“No, no no ahh these people are Cops. Everything's fine just go play with Mark” Clarisse said, in a tone that's rare for anyone but younger Campers to hear.

“The kids here don't look like anyone on the missing person reports” Officers 1 whispered to Officers 2. 

It would have been impossible to hear if it weren't for the fact That Percy, Piper and Clarisse were Demigods and have enhanced hearing.

“There has got to be something. It's just too much of a coincidence that so many missing children are spotted here, before they disappear” Officers 2 whispered back.

“We would like to see all the records of the children that go to this Camp” Officer 1 said.

“Okay… Pips, Clarisse, are you all good here?” Percy tried to stall for time.

“We're good, Pris- Percy” Clarisse said, faking being respectful in front of the Police.

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Percy led the Police to the big house carefully avoiding the forge.

“This is the maintenance house, it's where I stay during the summer” Percy said, before spotting his Saviour.

Annabeth

“Percy! Come here!” Annabeth said, calling Percy over.

“Annabeth!” Percy yelled while running over.
Naturally the Cops followed.

“Excuse me, Sirs but we're going to ask you to leave” Annabeth said, confident her golden locks flowing in the wind.

“You can't do that miss …?” One of the Officers asked but Percy couldn't bother paying attention,he was more concerned with what Annabeth was saying.

“Chase, Annabeth Chase” Annabeth said proudly.

“Weren't you also one of the missing children?” Cop 1 asked concerned.

“No, I am in fact not missing anymore. The police should have been informed on this” Annabeth said her steely gaze boring into the Police.

“Anyway, you can't refuse us entry. We are the investigating officers for this case” Officers 2 said holding his ground.

“As this is a Summer Camp and the children's guardians aren't present you are going to have to leave” She said, doing hand motions with her hand.

Suddenly, Piper came into view. She was standing behind the Police Officers.

“You are going to leave and tell your colleagues that there was nothing here” Piper said, her words Powerful enough to even make Percy want to leave.

The Cops walked simultaneously back from where they came and disappeared over Camp- half-blood hill.

“That was close, good thinking Wise girl” Percy was the first to say “But why couldn't we do that sooner”

“I wanted to make sure the cops were convinced there was nothing here so even if the Charmspeak wore off they wouldn't come back” Annabeth said smiling.

“If we're done here, I'm supposed to be looking after some kids. Clarisse might kill me if I take any longer” Piper interrupted them, already waking back to the Arts and Crafts house.

“Now we just have to practice for tomorrow.” Annabeth said.

“Where is everyone? When I was walking with the Cops I didn't see a single Camper.” Percy asked, wanting to know what Annabeth did.

“Everyone's here they're just hiding, Frank and Hazel are in the Forest. I don't know about the rest,I just told everyone to hide.” Annabeth replied.

“Let's look for Chiron so that he can blow into his conch shell and signal to the others that they can come out.” Percy said, excited to show the others what he decided to make out of water.

“Okay, Seaweedbrain. I love you”

“I love you too wise girl”

As they walked into the big house and up to the attic where they assumed Chiron to be hiding.
They found him.

Chiron blew into his shell, and one by one Demigods and Satyrs came out of their hiding places and into the Dining Pavilion.

Annabeth was the first to speak “Thank you everyone for your speedy cooperation. You guys hid all demigod related items in record time”

“Thanks to you guys, I didn't get thrown into Jail!”

Various versions of ‘You're welcome’ were shouted across the Dining Pavilion.

“Have all head counsellors informed their Cabins of what is happening tomorrow?” Annabeth asked.

When no one objected she continued “Everyone who wants to be involved please go down to the arena where you'll be practicing”.

Not a lot of people stood up but, there were enough to make Percy happy.

As they all walked to the Cabin Percy couldn't help but think about how all their lives are going to change.

Head counselors will become the 2nd generation of Olympians. They are quite literally going to have to be a bridge between the moral and the Godly world.

No doubt something big is going to happen. Percy didn't quite trust the mortals enough to insure that they wouldn't piss off the Gods so much they got smited.

Pulling himself out of his thoughts as he reached the Arena he headed to the middle.

“Okay so Clarisse and Nico will be sword fighting” Percy said as Annabeth wrote it down on a clipboard she pulled out of nowhere.

“Leo, What are you doing again?”He asked.

“I'm going to build something” Leo said with a creepy grin.

“If it won't hurt anyone or make people think Demigods might kill them in their sleep. I don't care what it is” Percy said, at the same time Annabeth frowned but still wrote it down.

“Katie, you said you're going to raise a platform for us?” Percy questioned.

“Yep I'm still doing that but I'm going to do it with one of my brothers” She said as she pointed to a boy a bit further away.

“Okay so that's…” Annabeth murmured under her breath.

“Who's next?” She asked him when he didn't move.

“I think it's Jason and Piper, but Wise girl, what are you writing down?” He asked.

“I'm organising who is doing what and what time, Seaweedbrain” She smiled at him.

Smiling back he shouted “Piper! come over here!”.

“What's up?” She asked him.

“Are you still flying up with Jason so you can use your Charmspeak?” Percy asked

“Yeah, Drew said I should go on vocal rest ” She laughed.

“Not the worst idea she had, but remember to tweet on twitter about our reveal” Annabeth told her.

“I guess it's not that bad, I'll tweet it later and remind Rachel to do the same” Piper shrugged.

“Do you know where Jason is? If so, can you tell him to meet us here” Annabeth asked her.

Sometimes Percy forgot that when he was kidnapped by Hera they got really close.

“I'm pretty sure he's in bunker 9 with Leo” She said, wiggling her eyebrows.

No one could actually tell if Jason and Leo were dating or if they were just really good friends.

“Let's just assume he still wants to fly Piper up” Percy said, not wanting to deal with that.

“Here's the list I made” Annabeth said.

Piper and Jason fly up
Piper uses he Charmspeak
Katie and her brother make a platform
Leo does Whatever
Clarisse and Nico sword fight
The gods come?(hopefully)

“You want us to contact the Olympians for this?” Percy asked nervously.

“Don't tell me you're nervous. We need the Gods to come so we can convince the world the Gods are real” Annabeth said, as If it's obvious.

“Let's go find Chiron” She said.

“Can we just IM, the Gods now, so we can get over it?” Percy asked, giving Annabeth his best baby seal eyes.

“Sure, I was going to wait till we're with Chiron, so that he could meditate. But if you really want to get this over with. We can do it now” Annabeth told him.

“Do you have a Drachma?” Percy asked sheepishly.

“Where are yours?” Annabeth questioned.

“They're at my Cabin, and I'm kinda running low” Percy answered

“Ohh, Seaweedbrain. Why do I put up with you?” Annabeth obviously meant that rhetorically. But that didn't stop Percy from answering literally.

“Because you love me and the fact that we've been through a lot together” Percy answered the not-question question.

“Let's not waste anymore time my love. Let's call Olympus” Annabeth winked at him.

Annabeth gave him the Drachma and a prism. Percy angled the prism so that a Rainbow was created.

All that was left to do was for him to
say “oh Iris Goddess of Rainbows please accept my offering. Show me the Olympians”.

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A shimmering IM appeared before them. Percy could Tell that Zeus was already annoyed, the olympians were most likely in a Meeting when Percy called.

“Hello, Olympians” Annabeth started “We have come to make a request”. Percy had always liked the fact that she always hit straight to the point but a bit of grace would have been nice

“What do you want, my daughter?” Athena asked.

“We had discussed ideas for revealing ourselves and the idea we decided on involved you all appearing before the Mortals.” Percy answered for her.

“We want to put on a show tomorrow where we all show off our Demigod abilities and at the end of it we want you to appear and tell the world of our existence” Annabeth went into more detail.

“Tomorrow you say. Is that not a bit too soon?”Zeus inquired.

Leo was in bunker 9 working on his project for Tomorrow, when he suddenly heard a knocking sound on the door.

“Leo! Are you here?” The voice that sounded like Jason yelled. Leo has had a massive crush on Jason since their first quest, maybe even before. He wasn't going to tell anyone nevertheless Jason but, he could dream.

“Yeah I'm in here the code is 63968” Leo responded. He could hear Jason typing in the code when the door opened.

“So what is this mystery machine you're working on for Tomorrow?” Jason asked, eyes gleaming with curiosity.

“It's a mystery machine for a reason” Leo said as he rolled his eyes. “Come on tell me please” Jason gave Leo his best puppy dog eyes.

“Nope, you'll find out just like everybody else tomorrow”Leo said, determined not to give in to Jason. “At least give me a hint,” Jason said pleading.

“Fine, The thing that I'm building has something to do with bubbles,” he said, not giving too much away.

“Bubbles?, something about the way you said it makes me think they're not normal bubbles.” Jason said concerned about the general population.

“Are you here to interrogate me about what I'm doing tomorrow? If so, you can go, because I'm not telling you more”he said.

“Fine fine, I won't ask anymore. But Leo, my question is… have you eaten?” Jason said seriously. Leo went pale. He knew the rules about him working in Bunker 9.

“Leo…” Jason asked suspiciously “have you eaten” Leo was supposed to eat every meal if he was working in bunker 9.

He had gone to lunch yesterday but hadn't eaten anything. “I… ate a granola bar?” Leo supplied.   

If Leo missed a meal he would essentially be locked out of Bunker 9. “You know that's not enough, I know for a fact that you've been working since yesterday!” Jason said, disappointed.

“Please… just this once” Leo begged.

Jason sighed “Leo.. you know this rule exists to make sure you don't fall back into old habits” he paused “What would you say if Percy started training for days on end with only small breaks in-between?”

“I guess you're right”Leo said, sad “How long is the break going to be for?”

“till the end of today and I know what you're going to say but you haven't done this in a while I'm worried” Jason said. Leo could tell he took no pleasure in the fact that Leo is going to be monitored.

“Okay, who's monitoring me?” He asked.

“I am, so let's go to the dining pavilion! You need some food” Jason replied, smiling. Leo's heart warmed at his smile and followed him out.

Nico was lying in the Infirmary bed face down regretting everything as he thought back on everything.

As he walked back to his Cabin, Nico felt ill. He ran the rest of the way there and promptly threw up. Well he would've thrown up had he eaten anything in the last days.

The last thing he could remember was seeing the floor of his Cabin. Now he could hear Will’s worried fussing.

“Nico! I know you're awake, What were you thinking going days without eating! ” Will scolded him.

Nico turned over and faced Will, he could now see his tear streaked face. “Sorry”

“Why Nico? Why do you keep doing this? ” Will cried out.

“I don't know! Okay it just hurts” Nico was frustrated. Why couldn't he just be normal? Why couldn't he just eat?

“Nico, how long have you been struggling to eat?” Will asked, his voice now softer.

“I don't know, ever since Bianca d-died I guess” Nico stuttered out.

“Nico, do you know what an Eating Disorder is?” Will asked.

Frank was Panicking.

He had been transforming into different animals for practice. His current form was a Grass Frog. Frank was trying to turn Human when he noticed that it wasn't working.

He couldn't remember how he looked liked. How he sounded. He was trapped in the wrong body. All he could do was jump back and forth trying to remember.

Frank didn't know what to do, this had never happened before. The opening of a door brought him back to reality. It was Hazel wearing her purple SPORT-shirt.

“Frank?, are you here?” Hazel asked, her dark curly hair bouncing.

“Hazel!” Frank yelled, his voice sounding weird. Hazel looked down at the noise “Oh, there you are Frank, do you mind turning back to a Human. The senate or rather the part that's in camp wants to speak with us”

“I can't… I can't remember how I look or sound or anything” Frank let out a panicked squeal.

“Oh Oh, come here Frank” Hazel bent down and sat on the floor. Frank jumped in her lap.

“I don't really know what to do so I'm just going to hold you, remember I'll always love you”

Hazel's voice was quieter after saying the last part. They had never said ‘I love you’ to each other before.

Of course Frank knew Hazel loved him but it was different hearing the actual words. Frank remembered all the moments he spent with Hazel, the moments before they were dating, the quest with Percy, the day Hazel took firewood that was tied to his life.

Piper hasn't talked in 3 days.

She knows that it's worrying her friends, but she couldn't bring herself to say anything.

Some may call it being selectively mute, she calls it her being dramatic. She can speak there's nothing wrong with her vocal cords. So physically she could speak.

She just wouldn't.

“Piper?” Shel’s voice rang through the room. “Hey babe” She said once she spotted Piper.

‘Hi’ Piper signed.

“How are you doing?” Shel asked. Shel was perfect in Piper's eyes.

She was never upset when Piper couldn't talk and never gave up on her.

‘Fine and you’ she asked. “Also good,” Shel paused.

“I wanted to talk to you about something” She went on. Concern was evident on Piper's face.

Officer James had just come into the Police Station when he saw 2 Officers he sent out to a mysterious place called Camp half-blood.

“Officer Haywire, what did you find at Camp half-blood?” He asked.

Haywire didn't answer. “Officer Haywire! Are you okay?” He was concerned about his colleague.

“Officer Falcon, What happened to your partner?” He asked the second Officer. He also didn't respond.

“Someone call an ambulance!” James yelled.

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“I don't think it'll be a problem,” Annabeth said.

“And if we wait too long we won't have control of the matter,” Percy added.

“Athena, what do you think?” Zeus asked his advisor.

“It seems to be a wise decision and will do us no harm unless the Demigods do something that might make the Mortals think they're dangerous” Athena said.

Now that Percy was really looking, all the Gods looked different from their usual attire.

Hermes stopped wearing his postal clothes and was dressed in a traditional chiton.

Zeus wasn't wearing a suit.

Even Poseidon had stopped wearing a Hawaiian shirt and was wearing a deep sea blue chiton.

All the Gods looked more like the ancient statues and less like the Gods that changed with time.

At the dining Pavilion Leo was eating a Burger and Fries.

He felt a little better with the food.

“So.. what do you want to talk about?” Jason asked him.

“I don't know, how about the phones I invented.” Leo said excitedly.

“You're a real genius Leo, I don't know how you do it!” Jason said smiling.

Leo blushed. He knew Jason could probably see it on him since his blush looked like a fiery red on his brown skin.

“How about we go look for each other after we eat?” Jason suggested.

“Okay” Leo grinned at him.

“No, but why does that matter?” Nico asked Will.

“Because Nico I think you might have an Eating Disorder” Will said not beating around the bush.

“W-what?” He asked.

“An eating disorder is a mental disorder that affects a person's mental and or physical health” Will explained.

“I don't have that,” Nico replied stubbornly.

“Nico, I think after your sister's death you developed an ED to cope or to feel in control of something” Will finished.

“You're wrong, there's nothing wrong with me,” Nico said, angrily.

“I never said there was, but we can talk about this later okay?Let's find Percy and Annabeth” Will said.

Nico just nodded and walked with Will.

“I love you too Hazel” Frank said after a beat.

He knew that it didn't matter which form he took, he would always love her.

Hazel smiled.

He loved that he could make her smile.

Thinking of her he tried to transform again, this time it worked.

Standing before Hazel was now a human Frank.

Hazel stood up, running to him. Once they met she kissed him.

“Lets go to the Senate” She said, a few gems at her feet.

“Do we have too?” Frank asked.

“Yes we do,” She replied.

“I think you should go to a therapist,” Shel said.

‘What why?’ Piper signed quickly.

“Because it's not normal not being able to speak, and the fact you're a demigod doesn't make anything better” Shel said concern evident on her face.

‘No one else has to get therapy, I should be stronger than that’ Tears were now falling from her eyes.

Shel hugged her and held her while she cried. Piper just wished to be normal.

“Piper, you know this as well as I do that you all should probably get therapy but as for the moment my concern lies with you and not the others” Shel said calmly.

Gods Piper thought how does she always know what to say? I love her.

Piper smiled at Shel hoping it would convey what she wanted to say.

“I love you too,” Shel said.

‘Let's find Jason and Leo,’ Piper signed happily.

James was angry. Something at that, Sommer Camp attacked his officers. Both of the officers died in the ambulance.

What was he going to tell their family's?

Something at a seemingly normal summer camp for children attacked and killed them. I don't know what it is though. 

He was going to get answers and put whatever attacked his colleagues  6ft underground.

“Meeting in 5! ” James yelled as he formulated a plan.

“Percy! Annabeth!” Percy heard Someone shout in the distance.

“We're on an IM with the Olympians” Annabeth shouted back.

“So will you guys show up tomorrow?” Percy asked.

I really hope this all works out in the end. 

“I suppose we will, Son of Poseidon,” Zeus said, his voice thundering.

“That's great, goodbye,” Annabeth said.

With that the glimmering Iris message faded out of existence.

“Are you guys done?” Jason yelled.

“Yeah we are, the Olympians agreed to show up tomorrow” Percy replied.

“I'm bored. What should we do?” Leo asked.

“You could always build in Bunker 9” Annabeth answered.

“I'm grounded from there,” Leo said sadly.

“That sucks. What about we go down to the beach” Percy said, deciding not to ask further.

“To the beach we go then” Annabeth said. “Everyone get changed quickly”

The beach was as beautiful as ever. With the hot weather being unbearable, the cool water was pleasant.

“I love the beach,” Percy said, in his shark swim shorts.

“Don't we all” Annabeth said, she was currently laying on a beach towel soaking in the sun,

She looked cute in her gray one-piece.

“Hey! There you guys are” Will suddenly came into view. “We've been looking for you”

“Why are you guys at the beach?” Nico asked.

“We're bored,” Jason answered. He was wearing beach shorts with lightning clouds on it.

“Hey! Don't splash me” Leo shrieked.

And with those magical words a water fight had begun. Will and Nico who weren't even in swimming clothes joined in on the splash.

Naturally Percy won, the ability to breath underwater and control it did come in handy.

“Get in the water!” Percy yelled.

“Stop this please” Annabeth pleaded.

“Get in the water or I'll raise the tide so high the beach will not survive” Percy said.

“Dramatic much” Nico commented.

“I warned you,” Percy smirked and shot a wave at Leo and Jason.

The power of the wave pushed Leo and Jason together.

Both of them yelled as they fell to the floor.

Jason's hair stood up as if he was electrocuted. 

“L-Leo,” Jason said.

“Oh ah” Leo got up from Jason. He cheeks a fiery red.

“Were we as bad as them when we were younger?” Percy whispered to Annabeth.

“According to Grover we were.” Annabeth said.

“I can't wait for them to realise” Will joined in.

“Honestly I'm shocked that it's taking so long.” Nico said.

“Like they're so in love with each other it's disgusting” Percy said.

“Whatcha talking about?” Leo asked, walking over to them.

“Taxes” Percy said with a flat look.

“We should be heading back to our cabins, it's getting late,” Jason said.

Jason was scared. Tomorrow could either be a success leading to demigods and Mortals working together or it could lead to war.

After that the Demigods parted ways and walked back to their respective cabins.

Leo was anxious. What he was about to do tomorrow might be the most important thing he had ever done.

Annabeth was excited despite the circumstances. If everything went well she could build and design anything she wanted, that is assuming it would be assigned to her.

Will already knew that hoping for the Mortals to accept us was wishful thinking at best. The US government is a mess and old white men do not like being told there is someone more powerful than them.

Frank was walking back to his room in the big house, his heart racing. For once the centurions were reasonable and didn't put up too much of a fight when Frank told them what happened.

Once he reached his room he immediately made a beeline towards his bed.

Hazel was still up, she didn't want to sleep, it was just too much excitement. Instead she was alone in the arena practicing her powers.

5:30am

Annabeth was the first awake. She walked over to her closet and found a gray chiton with small owls along the bottom line. On it she found a note written in ancient greek.

Dear Annabeth, 

This is a chiton similar to the ones my priestesses wore, since you will be representing me it is expected that you wear it to any official business.

Good luck,

Athena.

Annabeth scoffed she didn't want a gift from her mother, but she would wear it because she had bigger things she needed to worry about.

Pulling out a Camp half-blood t-shirt to wear under the garment. 

Annabeth walked to the bathroom and tried it on, lo and behold it fit perfectly.

And looked good on her.

“I might hate her, but she has good taste.”

Annabeth walked to Percy's cabin. She didn't know why but it felt right. No one was up anyway so there wasn't a risk of her getting seen.

She knocked on the familiar green blue door.

“Percy?” She asked after the third knock.

“Come in!” A clearly sleepy Percy said.

“Did you sleep well,” She asked.

“Yeah better than normal, but Annabeth what are you wearing you look beautiful” Percy said, smiling at her.

“Don't I always?” Annabeth asked, raising an eyebrow.

“You do, I just meant-” Annabeth cut Percy off with a kiss.

“I know what you meant seaweedbrain,go brush your teeth and get ready” She said “And I got the chiton from my mother if you can believe it”

“I definitely can't, but whatever you say, wise girl,” he answered.

Percy walked into the Bathroom and the water rushed, he looked into the shower, there on the floor he found a small sea blue package. Turning the water off he asked back out.

“Annabeth, look what I have,” Percy said. 

“No, it can't be,” Annabeth said, smiling.

Percy opened the box. Inside he found a deep blue chiton with almost toxic green looking waves along the bottom.

“This looks so cool,” Percy said, his eyes wide.

His dad was really making up for all the years he wasn't there.

“Wait I think there's something under it” Annabeth lifted the garment out of the box. And indeed under the chiton lay a crown.

“Is that a crown?” Percy said not Believing his eyes.

“Yes, I think so.” Annabeth admired the Crown.

The crown was colorful; it had three points and was made out of Pearls and coral. Percy loved it. Inside also laid a note;

My dearest son Percy,

I hope these gifts are to your satisfaction, I had the finest seamstresses the sea had to offer to make this. Even my wife Amphitrite helped make this, the fabric is the sea itself.

Make me proud,

Poseidon

“I think I can tell which parent loves their kid and who just… tolerates theirs.” Annabeth said sadly.

“It's okay, Annabeth, my dad and my mom! You don't need Athena's validation” Percy hugged her.

He hated that Athena made Annabeth feel like this, and it was mostly his fault, had Annabeth and he not met she would still be her favourite.

“Let's go wake the others,” Annabeth suggested.

5:50am

Will awoke with the sun. But that is not to say he was a morning person, it was quite the opposite, but he is still needed in the Infirmary as campers continue to stupid things and get hurt.

With a groan he got up and promptly stubbed his toe.

“Αγία μητέρα της Ήρας!(Holy mother of Hera)” Will cursed.

He looked down to see what he had hit his toe against. What he found was a tacky golden box.

I don't think this is mine , he thought.

He reached down and picked it up. Inside was a white garment with little yellow and red suns along the edge.

A little note was tucked on the hem.

For my little sun to show my love.

Apollo

‘Thank you dad,’ Will thought. While he doesn't like his dad babying him, the gift was sweet.

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6:00am 

Contrary to popular belief Nico was a morning person he liked getting up early and exercising.

And this morning was going to be special he could feel.

The moment he stepped back into his cabin he saw a small package.

It was on his altar to Hades. He carefully picked it up and carried it over to the table.

On the package was a note;

Nico, bring this family honor 

P.s I love you and you're always welcome in the underworld

Hades

Opening the package, he found a dark purple almost black chiton and a crown made out of bones.

‘This is certainly one way to let someone know I'm a son of Hades’ Nico thought.

The chiton didn't look bad by any means, little on the nose, maybe.

He was putting it on a black camp t-shirt under when he heard a knock on the door

6:10am

Leo did not sleep. Being locked out of Bunker 9 meant he had to work overtime in the forge. He had no doubt the moment one of the seven found out he would be on bed rest.

Leo had made his machine, it was small but mighty, all he needed to do was attach the small box to Festus.

It had to be his best invention yet, he had been working on it for a while. 

He had even discovered a new element, that's how fantastic his work was.

He hoped his friends would be proud of him, especially Jason.

Just the thought of the blond boy made a fiery red cross Leo's cheeks.

Standing up Leo bummed into something. It was a small metal box.

Curiosity got the better of him and he opened it.

Inside lay a red chiton with black and gold accents along the hem.

He looked for a note but there was none.

Assuming it was a divine gift, and for him he went to change into it.

6:15am

Frank woke up when he heard a scream. “Hazel?!” he asked immediately, when he felt the loss of the warm body beside him.

“Frank?” Hazel asked. Frank found her body in the darkness. As he stepped out of the bed, he understood why she screamed.

The floor was covered in gems and a few bones with a suspicious red tint.

Frank didn't want to think about where they came from.

On top of the bones and gems were two boxes.

Frank felt like he was being drawn to them.

Hazel must have felt the same because the both broke into a sprint for the boxes.

Hazel reached the boxes first. It was a bit funny, her curly golden brown hair in a bonnet and moving with the motion.

One box was purple and gold, the other was red and purple.

Hazel picked up the gold and purple one.

“I wonder what's inside?...” She asked.

Frank picked the three on up”I don't know but whatever it is… it's powerful” 

They both opened their boxes

At the Manhattan police station 

Detective Leyla Jefferson's pinched her nose bridge.”Okay, explain what happened again”

“I sent two highly trained officers to investigate a summer camp called ‘Camp half blood’” James explained.

“Why did you send officers to a summer camp?” She asked.

“Because we suspected that they may be harbouring kidnapped children,” He said, annoyed.

Leyla never listened. He had no clue how she got the job.

“And what happened to these officers?” she asked, rolling her eyes. The only reason she was even here is because she owed James a favour.

“They died in the ambulance ride” James said, he was beginning to get frustrated.

“And they came straight to the precinct after they came back from the camp?”

“Yes, according to their body cams”

“Interesting case, I'll talk to the lead detective to see if we could get clearance for a raid” She finally said. 

“Great, goodbye” James said heading for the door.

“Bye,” Leyla answered.

The moment that she saw he was out of view. She started panicking.

You see her full name was Leyla Evelin Jefferson daughter of Athena.

If the Manhattan Police department started investigating Camp half-blood things couldn't be good, especially today of all days.

Putting herself together, she headed outside.

Finding a spot where there weren't any people was difficult but she eventually succeeded.

Taking out a prism and a Drachma she said “O’ Iris Goddess of Rainbows accept my offering and show me Chiron at Camp half-blood”

Chiron was in his usual attire that consisted of a brown suit and tie with a white button up.

His eyes lit up when he saw her. “Leyla my dear, I haven't heard from you in a while”

“Hey Chiron, I come bearing bad news” She said, eyes sad.

“What is it?” He asked, alarmed.

“The Manhattan police department is filing a formal investigation into camp half-blood” She told him.

“Why? Two police officers already came into camp, but Piper McLean, a daughter of Aphrodite, charmed spoke them away” Chiron's voice was etched in concern.

“Well, those two officers ended up dead, the fact that the only places they were was Camp and the police station… you see how this looks for camp” she added on.

Chiron frowned “I will alert the others, in the meantime please report back if you hear anything important” he was smiling now “ And Leyla please call more, it's not often that i have a demigod live to your age”

“Yeah Chiron, I will. Now bye and goodluck” She answered.

6:20am Breakfast at the dining Pavilion.

The pavilion was loud, everyone was excited. 

They were really nervous, how would the Mortals react was their first thought, the second was how the Gods would behave.

Despite the excitement, everyone immediately became quiet as they saw the seven in all their glory.

Instead of their usual outfit they were wearing chiton in all various colours. Frank, Hazel and Jason were wearing Roman style chiton on his red cape were the words Pontifex maximus. Hazel and Frank's capes were purple with gold embroidery.

They looked like Gods.

It was kind of intimidating–Minus the fact he'd seen Percy run to his Cabin in shark boxers because the Stolls stole his clothes.

As the campers stared in awe, a dazed Rachel Elizabeth Dare came into view.

She as well wasn't in her usual attire but instead wore a short stainless white dress and a purple veil. Her eyes glowed green.

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They all braced themselves.

“They sky shall return and mourn the earth,Those who vanquished her shall pay by blood shed on her turf. Mortals and Mythos work together or see their home in ruins. The journey shall start where it all began” Rachel fainted.

They seven's faces grew pale.

“No,no,no please” Tears were beginning to fall on Percy's face

“Not again please”Annabeth begged.

“My dear Children, you have been through so much and I am sorry.” Chiron said, his voice wavering slightly.

“Let's discuss this prophecy after we introduce ourselves to the mortals,” Katie said.

“Excuse me” Percy mumbled and took off towards his cabin. The earth seemed to shake with every step.

Only Annabeth ran after him, the others were too shaken up to even articulate what had happened.

No one knew how to cope with 3 great prophecies all fulfilling in a lifetime. 

The fates couldn't be so cruel.

No, the fates weren't cruel.

They weren't nice. They simply were. 

Now Ouranos' primordial of the sky was reforming just to take revenge for the death of his wife.

One question remained. How was he coming back? And how long did they have?

A 3rd war was upon them, one with an enemy they didn't know anything about. An enemy even worse than Gaia.

Who knows what Ouranos could do?

This was all just too much.

As the older Campers looked around they could see the confused faces of their half siblings.

Deciding then and there they would do all in their power to make sure the kids would never have to see war, their dead siblings and friends.

They would protect them, just how they wished they were protected.

They won't have to wake up from nightmares. They won't have to pretend they're fine.

They won't grow up too soon. 

They will experience their childhood.

They will grow up feeling loved.

They will be happy.

“Head Councilors! Let's go to the war room!” Clarisse yelled. Her hands were slightly trembling.

“Younger Campers resume your usual activities please” Katie added.

“What's going on?” A small boy from the Hypnos Cabin asked.

“We will tell you, for now go do your activities” Clovis said. For once he wasn't sleeping or dozing off.

The head Councilors as well as the roman centurions headed to the war room.

Frank followed them while Hazel went to Cabin 3.

“What are we going to do?” Butch Walker asked.

“Nothing for now. We have to concentrate on the mortals, The primordial of the sky can wait” Katie said.

“All that agree say ´Aye´”Chiron always acted as a moderator when the head counsellors were meeting.

A chorus of ´Aye´s filled the room.

“We can't tell the younger camper, can we?” Leo asked. Tears rolling down his cheeks.

No one judged him. They were all moments away from falling apart.

“We have to protect them, just like how we wished to be protected” Will answered.

“But we can't lie to them, they deserve to know why some of their older siblings won't come back” Clarisse countered.

“We will tell them the bare minimum” Leo decided. No one argued.

“Oh my children, you are all so brave. I wish there was something i could do” Chiron frowned guilt gnawed at him. So many heroes died so young. 

Frank stood up straight and wiped any emotions from his voice “Rome stands with you, this war will most likely affect us as well, does the senate agree?”

“Yes we do, Preator Zhang” A short blond lady said.

“Then it's settled. We will do what we discussed yesterday” Frank walked out of the room. He headed straight to the Poseidon Cabin.

In his peripheral he could see Leo, Piper, Jason, Nico and Will follow.

Once he reached the entrance, he didn't bother to knock and walked in.

Percy was on the floor sobbing, Hazel and Annabeth tried to confront him while also crying.

“I-I can't…I don't want to… not again… Why?” Percy trembled.

The newcomers all huddled around him. They just held on to the flicker of hope they had left.

“It's not fair,” Hazel said, her voice wavering.

“It's going to be okay, just hold on we'll win just like we always do, Seaweedbrain.” Annabeth gave him a small smile but everyone could see it wasn't genuine.

Percy stood up, he was feeling a bit ashamed of himself, breaking down like that in public.

He couldn't afford to be this weak when camp was about to go through a third war.

“You're right as always Wisegirl, now Frank what did you discuss at the head counsellors meeting?” He asked.

“We agreed that we'll deal with the Mortal situation first, then the prophecy. The younger Campers will only be informed of the bare minimum” Frank reported.

“Good, I don't want them to face a war.” Percy said.

This Percy wasn't the goofy, silly Percy they knew. 

This was Perseus Jackson son of Poseidon, Prince of the Sea, slayer of the minotaur at 12, slayer of Medusa, retriever of The Master Bolt, retriever of the Helm of Darkness, defeater of Ares in swordfighting at 12, sailor of the sea of monsters, defeater of polyphemus, Retriever of the golden Fleece, savior of Artemis, bearer of the sky, navigator of the Labyrinth, general of camp half blood in the Battle of Manhattan, of the Achilles curse, Bane of Kronos, freer of death, Bane of Gaia, praetor of camp Jupiter, one of the seven, survivor of Tartarus.

The days of his carefree smile were over. Camp half blood needed a general.

“What time is it?” Percy asked Jason. 

“It's 6: 40am,” Jason answered.

War is like a chess game, while Percy was never fond of chess he knew how to lay out his pieces.

Annabeth was his right hand, the strategist, one of the most important pieces. The Queen.

Jason was in every sense his equal, leader of the Romans. The knight.

Hazel and Frank the Bishop's, it would be hard to win without them.

Leo the rook, an underrated piece that could be the key to victory.

“Let's et ready, take anything you want with you. We will meet at Thalia's tree in 10 tell the others” he declared.

They all left without another word.

Percy walked over to his bed. He already had his bag packed with all the essentials. Water, Ambrosia, Nektar and a bag of blue cookies his mom made him.

He still had eight minutes till he had to be at Thalia's tree, so he gave himself five minutes to break down. He let it all out, screaming into his pillow.

He felt good after those five minutes. He cleaned his face and made his way to the tree.

His friends were already there waiting. 

Chapter Text

“Argus has the Van ready?” Percy asked.

“Yep” Leo said, popping the p.

“Good let's get in”.

The ride to the Empire State building was silent. Maybe it was because of the nerves, maybe it was because of the threat that was looming over them.

Percy stepped out first, then Jason, Nico, Frank, Hazel, Annabeth, Leo, Piper, Clarisse, Katie and Rachel.

Jason and Piper walked to the entrance to the empire state building.

It was only 7: 20 but Percy could already see reporters there.

“It's Piper McLean!” one of them shouted.

Piper just ignored them. Jason carried her in his arms and flew.

It must have been a confusing site for the mortals.

Jason used the winds to push the mortals back and made it so Piper's voice was amplified.

They were screaming. But Piper's voice was stronger and louder.

“Step back Mortals and be quiet, watch what we are about to show you” her voice almost made Percy want to back away.

The Mortals did as told and cleared out a big enough area to perform in.

Katie stepped out first and called upon nature to make hedges with vines on top for stability. Her hands looked like they had a green tinge to them.

Percy, Nico, Clarisse and Leo stepped on the platform.

Percy started the whole show by making a trident out of water. The trident then turned into a horse, a boat and a sword. It looked magnificent in all honesty.

Percy's hands turned more blue with every transformation.

Leo on the other side of the stage set his metal suitcase which turned out to be Festus in disguise. Next he produced a small cube from his tool belt, and attached it to the suitcase.

Leo pressed a button. 

Small round bubbles shot into the sky. 

The bubbles glowed in different colours, some were red others were purple.

The bubbles were hot but beautiful.

There were flames at the top of the bubbles.

They floated above the Mortals and popped when they were in arms reach.

They were made from Greek fire, Leo did some chemistry and long story short they are safe to touch but might hurt.

What no one knew including Leo knew that the air was laughing at them.

How pitiful they all are thinking they'll find a way to defeat him, Oranous primordial of the Sky once a king and husband was going to take his revenge, hurt each and every one of them, break them and make them regret not dying by Gaias hands.

He knew that these heroes were not to be underestimated but Oranous is very different from his wife and son. He is not as prideful as Kronos but also knows not to think everything will go according to plan like Gaia.

He was going to win this war in an unusual way.

Things were going well this far Annabeth thought. Oh how she thought wrong.

The first thing that went wrong was the spar between Clarisse and Nico. They were doing pretty well, slow enough that the mortals could comprehend what they were doing but still keeping their attention by doing something unexpected.

That's when a monster appeared, one that even Annabeth couldn't identify. It must have been old and very powerful for them to have never met before.

It was big and strong.

That's all Annabeth could tell before it starts hurting the Mortals. They were screaming and running.

It swiped at a young girl but Percy was quicker, using water to guide the claw shaped thing away.

Police and Swat were there before Annabeth could think. The monster had apparently disappeared.

“Put your hands up and get on the ground!” A swat officer yelled.

“This is all a misunderstanding I swear!” Percy yelled back.

“It is,” A voice said from behind him.

Percy turned around and faced his Father.

“F-from where did you come from?” A guy asked.

“Let us introduce ourselves” Zeus said “I'll start”

“Zeus, king of Olympus and God of the sky, weather, order, and lightning” He said.

“Poseidon, king of Atlantis, God of the sea, earthshaker, storm bringer, father of horses” Poseidon followed.

“Hades, King of the underworld Funeral Rites, Necromancy, Ghosts, Curses, Mining, Metals, and Earthly Fertility” Hades showed off a little.

The other Olympians followed with their domains and titles.

After they were finished six bright lights flashed.

Where the lights landed now stood six of their friends.

Will on his white chiton, Thalia in a silver chiton with crescent moon, still adorned with her tiara. 

Connor and Travis were wearing matching chitons; they were plain brown and blue but were fit for travelers.

Pollux was wearing a purple chiton with green vines on the side. Looking at it too long gave people headaches.

“But the Olympians don't exist!” A lady shrieked.

“We have existed through the course of mankind” Dionysus answered “And it would do you well to speak to us with respect” Dionysus' eyes were ever changing but they drove people into madness and insanity. 

The woman fell back in shock.

Percy started speaking again “my name is Perseus Jackson and I'm the son of Poseidon and prince of the sea”

“I'm Jason Grace son of Jupiter and prince of the sky” Jason followed.

“Nico di Angelo son of Hades prince of the underworld”.

One by one they all follow with their names and godly parents.

“We have decided to reveal ourselves to the mortals as we have realized we could not stay hidden much longer. To cut this short the gods are real and so their children. Any questions?” Percy asked. Only then the reporters stepped out of their stupor. 

“Does this mean we will have to use altars like the people and the olden days?” one of them asked.

“It would be a good idea, yes sacrificing something to the Gods every meal will appease them.” Percy answered.

“Do you plan on forcing people to join the religion?” a reporter with brown hair asked.

“No, one can force belief and we can't say for certain that the other pantheons don't exist” Nico said strictly.

“Will you be handling the communication between the Gods and us?”

“I've been waiting for that question and yes we have planned to hold a sort of Olympus for mortals. 

Demigods since the dawn of their existence have been a bridge between the godly and mortal world.

Morals will be able to come to us for any questions or concerns and we will rely that to the gods” Annabeth answered that one.

“Who will be on that council?” A man in a black suit asked.

“All the demigods currently present” Percy responded.

“We would also ask the leaders of this nation to contact us here at the empire state building, seeing as this is a very big revelation but not the whole story” Jason said diplomatically.

“What was that monster that attacked us?” Oh no, Percy had hoped they'd have forgotten that.

“It was just an old monster nothing to be afraid of” He lied straight through his teeth.

After hours of being questioned it was finally time for them to leave. 

The reporters had thinned out and finished asking all their questions.

And by leave I mean go to the Jackson-Blowfis apartment and get some food.

Percy had been adamant they all changed into disguises which consisted of putting jackets over the chitons and wearing hats and sunglasses.

He knocked at the door.

“Just a minute!” a voice that sounded like his mom said.

A moment later the door opened with a hiss.

“Percy!” She said hugging him.

Then she looked around.

“What are you all doing here? I saw the news” Sally added as she looked over them.

She analysed the way all of them seemed to tremble, not a single smile was visible, they were tense.

“What's wrong?” she asked with concern but to no avail, they weren't answering.

“Come in, let me make you all some hot chocolate” They came in without a word.

“Now what happened?” Sally asked when they were all sitting in the living room huddling together.

Percy cleared his throat.

“There has been another great prophecy.” He said matter of factly.

“Oh no, do you know if it has anything to do with you?” she asked them

Leo answered tha one “The exact wording is if i remember correctly;

The sky shall return and mourn the earth,

Those who vanquished her shall pay by blood shed on her turf. Mortals and Mythos work together or see their home in ruins. The journey shall start where it all began”

“You shouldn't have to go through that again, you're all just traumatised children” 

“That's all just the life of a demigod, we live short painful lives and if we live longer than anybody thought then we have to be punished for that” Annabeth told her.

“Movie, anybody?” Sally wanted to distract them, give them a bit of normalcy.

“Can we watch Finding Nemo?” Percy asked.

Chapter Text

At the Manhattan police department 

“AHH” James screamed as he threw his mug at the wall. He was breaking everything in his sight.

“DEMIGODS!” He yelled. Aliens had killed his Friends coworkers. Non humans.

They claim to be a higher power but they're just liars.

They should not be on American soil. They should go back to where they came from.

How many of these supposed Demigods had taken away jobs from hard working Americans.

James wanted to hurt them. Hurt them so much.

To be fair he had never really cared about the oath he took. Some may call him a corrupt cop; he just calls it being innovative.

The first thing he did was research, about everything. He studied the Myths and his enemies.

Jackson had a mother that lived in Manhattan, New York with his half sister and step father.

Jackson would be his first target.

He seemed to be the ringleader of them all.

James knew he couldn't rush into this; he needed to plan this out.

He wouldn't hurt the demigods they would all burn in hell anyway.

Just like his ‘trans’ daughter who thought she was a man 

???

He had found someone, Kronos had the right idea with possessing someone. 

Now he just needed an army which would be easy enough.

Unfortunately Monsters were scared of the Sea spawn but that could be rectified if they thought Jackson was broken mentally and too weak to fight.

The only way that could be accomplished was if someone he loved died.

But he was planning too far ahead. At the moment he needed to talk to an old ‘friend’.

At the Jackson-Blofis apartment 

The movie had just ended, and they were all tired.

The day had been exhausting so it made sense when Leo started drifting on Jason's Lap, while Jason was combining his hair with his fingers.

Leo's feelings for Jason weren't what they're supposed to be.

He sometimes wanted to kiss Jason, to hold his hands etc…

But Jason was straight and if he wasn't he would never fall in love with Leo.

Leo wasn't hot or handsome, he knew that people had told him so.

Also Leo was broken, he didn't deserve Jason and Jason didn't need the mess that is Leo on his mind.

~~~~

Percy was a bit anxious, he wasn't quite sure if Annabeth wouldn't talk to his mom.

He didn't know why she thought it was a big deal.

Yes Gabe hit him around might have broken a few bones, but Gabe's dead now so why bring up old grievances. 

His mom is the best person he knew and he didn't want her feeling guilty for bringing Gabe into his life.

Annabeth didn't even know about the worst Gabe did so she shouldn't concern herself with it.

He knew it came from a good place but it really wasn't any of her business. Gods he was a terrible Boyfriend Annabeth just wanted help.

~~~~

Hazel was worried about her friends; she could practically taste the anxiety, depression and general stress from them.

She of course was not exempt from this, sometimes she reminisced about a simpler time.

Sure it wasn't easy then–being a black girl in the US would never be– but at least she had her mother or Sammy.

Now she has Frank and he's amazing but not even he could ease her worry.

Hazel didn't want to die early for a second time. 

She wondered if she'd ever have a normal life, but then she remembered the fact that she's a demigod.

~~~

Nico thought he might have reached a new low.

He was dreaming, that he knew but anything else seemed amiss.

He was standing in, dirt? He wasn't quite sure but the place he was at smelled like pure garbage.

Nico wanted to puke but he couldn't move.

He saw a man no older than 45 walk into the house?abandoned building? Nico was in.

He was carrying something, it was long but Nico couldn't make out anything else.

His gut was telling him he needed to run far away and never look back, but he couldn't.

“who knew….” the man was muttering something Nico couldn't make out.

It felt like one of those horror movies Will made him watch.

Just as the man dragged the thing he was carrying into a hole, Nico woke up.

Pearls of sweat were falling from his forehead, he tried to remember where he was but all he could see was the man dragging the body.

Someone touched his shoulder, and Nico turned around and punched them in the face.

“Nico!” a voice yelled, but Nico was too panicked to realise who was speaking.

He felt hands restraining him, it felt like he was drowning. He could feel hot tears running down his cheeks. 

“Nico, calm down. You're at the Jackson-Blofis apartment. My name's Will Solace your Boyfriend”

Nico calmed down in an instant, remembering where he was and what had happened. He sat up as the restraints around his arms and legs were lifted.

“Sorry,” he apologised to Jason, who was now sporting a yellowish bruise that was turning darker thanks to the punch.

“It's fine, I should have known not to touch you after you had just woken up from what was evedently a nightmare” Jason dismissed, he wasn't visibly in pain but Nico knew that they all had a–not always good– skill to mask their emotions.

“What were you dreaming about?” Hazel asked, “if you don't mind me asking” she added on at the end.

“Let's go to my bedroom to discuss that, I don't want the others to wake up, and Nico probably wants some privacy” Percy suggested.

Nico was thankful for that, he didn't quite feel like telling a room full of people that he wasn't close with about a nightmare or maybe a prophetic dream?

They walked in silent up to Percy's room, it was a bit cramped with nine people but that was fine for Nico.

“So what were you dreaming about?” Annabeth inquired, of course she was the first to. It seemed like being curious was part of the nature of children of Athena.

“I-I don't know how to explain, I was standing in what seemed like grass or mud. It smelled like absolute garbage, the man was dragging a large object that I think was a bo–.”

“A body? Did you witness someone burying a dead body? ” Leo asked, alarmed. Demigod dreams were strange but they didn't usually show someone getting buried after getting murdered.

“I guess so” he responded.

Will spoke up next “Are we going to do anything about this, I mean Demigods don't usually get involved with mortal affairs.”

He made a good point. This wasn't their problem, for once they didn't have to do anything.

But then again they're demigods who had saved the world and it was most likely linked to them anyway.

“Yeah but Nico, saw it in his dream so it probably has something to do with us” Frank argued.

“Guys, let's not argue, we can deal with this, after we have some food.” Hazel, suggested.

“You're right Hazel let's go eat, I'm starving” Leo said.

Jason smiled at that, Leo was eating on his own volition. He didn't say anything because if he did Leo would be discouraged and wouldn't eat.

“I'll make something,” Percy volunteered. 

Annabeth looked at him strangely but Jason didn't think anything of it.

“Could you make a bean dip, like the one you had at camp that your mom sent you?” Piper asked.

Percy froze for just a second, almost unnoticeable for normal people but they were demigods. 

“Okay” he said, his voice strained, and body tense.

“Percy what's wrong?” Annabeth asked, looking genuinely confused. 

“Nothing, why are you asking?” Percy was lying and they could tell.

Chapter Text

“Because we can all tell you're hiding somewhere, you're as tense as a brick wall” Piper told him.

What was Percy supposed to do? Tell them about Gabe and his habit of eating his mom's 7-layer bean dip? No, that would just end badly.

He had to lie, but it had to be convincing, while all his friends might not be as smart as Annabeth,D but they were all still smart and could read him like a book.

“Oh it's nothing, I just remembered something I was supposed to do.. and you know” Percy tried to lie. It was obvious they didn't buy it.

“Try again, this time more convincing” Leo suggested, his voice thick with sarcasm.

He didn't like it when people lied, maybe that was some trauma from his days in the system but he wasn't going to dig too deep now.

“Don't lie to us Percy, just tell us what's wrong?” Hazel asked concern etched in her face and body.

It wasn't like Percy to lie to his friends. Something had to be seriously wrong for him to do it now.

“Like I said it's nothing, so could you guys just drop it, please?” Percy asked, tears were threatening to fall, and he really didn't feel like crying or explaining.

“You know that's not how that works, Percy. We have to rely on each other, those were your words if I remember correctly” Jason shot back, he was very worried about his friend.

Percy was obviously going through something and by the look on Annabeth's face even she didn't realise what was happening.

“Please don't” Percy was full on sobbing which made the other on alert. As far as they knew Percy never cried, and when he did he wasn't sobbing his heart and soul out.

“Please Percy, if you don't tell us now you'll deflect forever.” Frank told him as he moved forward wanting to hug him.

Percy flinched, violently so, almost falling down while he took a lot of steps back.

“Please stop! I'm sorry I won't do it again” Percy said. He was 5 years old and had accidentally dropped one of Gabe's beer bottles that he had been asked to bring.

“I'll make sure of that punk! How dare you embarrass me Infront of my friends” Gabe's breath stank of alcohol, his poker buddies all on the couch waiting to see how this unfolded.

“I didn't mean to!” Percy screamed.

Gabe grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him closer, then the hitting began.

Gabe took ob of the glass shards from the floor and dragged them along Percy's wrist.

Another scream.

Next Gabe pushed Percy to the floor and started punching him in the face, kicking him in the ribs.

Gabe pushed Percy onto his stomach and took his belt out.

Screaming. 

Screaming.

Red.

Death?

No death?

Percy wanted death but he never got what he wanted, did he?

Every day his desire for death grew.

Got even worse when his mom shipped him off to boarding school, though he never blamed her.

He did try to end it, but it never worked.

Drowning himself? Didn't work.

Overdosing on meds? It never seemed to work, after he took water to drink them.

It got better, well not really but beggars can't be choosers.

At least in boarding school Gabe can't hit him.

It did change a little when he made his first friend Grover Underwood.

“Percy?”

Percy? No one really called him that except his mom and Grover.

He was always called a mistake, failure and some other things he doesn't want to think about.

“Percy!”

Huh the voice sounded familiar but he can't remember.

“Percy please wake up” Wake up? He wasn't sleeping, still he tried to open his eyes.

It worked.

“Huh what..” It was bright, too bright

“Percy, you fell unconscious then hit your head on the floor” The voice Annabeth said.

Percy sat up, his head was pounding. 

“Percy… Why did you flinch when I went towards you?” Frank asked, there was hurt in his voice.

“I-I don't know?” he tried to lie, but by the disappointed looks he got it wasn't convincing.

“Percy, stop lying” Hazel told him firmly, Gods it was hard trying to resist Hazel when she was sad.

“I don't want to tell you” It was no use lying, it wasn't like they could force it out of him.

“Percy, I don't want to use my charmspeak, but I'm genuinely starting to get very worried about you” Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite, who also happened to be a very powerful charm speaker said.

“Piper…” Percy was at his wits end, he just didn't have it in him to fight.

“Percy, tell us what has gotten you so upset” Piper commands, her voice powerful and magical.

“I-It was something from my past before I knew I was a demigod” it wasn't a lie but it also wasn't the truth.

“Percy, tell us the whole truth” She commanded again, and Percy couldn't resist.

“The 7-layer bean dip reminds me of Gabe.” Percy was sobbing, hard.

Annabeth went still, she was the only one in the room who knew who Gabe was.

The rest just looked confused.

“Whose Gabe?” Jason asked hesitantly.

Percy didn't answer, he just continued crying.

He couldn't believe it, his best kept secret and the thing he was most ashamed about was now getting released to his friends.

Sure he trusts them, but this wasn't something they needed to know, no one should have ever found out, but it seemed like telling one person meant he needed to tell them all.

Percy's sobbing grew stronger. No one knew what to do, their curiosity and worry for Percy was strong but so was the feeling of needing to hold Percy close and forget everything they had learned.

From behind them they heard the door open, and a girl with ripped black jeans and hair with electric blue eyes entered.

The first thing she saw was her cousin on the floor balling his eyes out.

“What happened here?” her voice was deadly calm, “Why is Percy sobbing on the floor while you all are standing over him?”.

–——

Chris was in an uncomfortable suit in a studio that was way too bright.

He didn't want to be here but a job is a job, even if he could barely comprehend that the Greek Gods were apparently real?

He was walking up to the podium in the middle of the room preparing his best smile. 

“3”

“2”

“1”

“Good evening folks, I'm Chris Hemsworth with the evening news, the hot topics of today are that

the Greek Gods exist according to teenagers at the Empire State building and the mysterious murders and missing peoples cases to end the night”

Chapter Text

He walked deep into the woods, the body of his daughter dragging in the mud.

He walked through a trusted path, which led to an old cottage his father had built.

The place smelled like rotten flesh, it wasn't all that surprising seeing as were a lot of dead bodies littered across the floor.

He deposited the body next to the one of his wife Helen, he wished he didn't have to kill Helen but she just had too many opinions and oh how he wished Lobotomies were still legal. One drunken night and he had killed his wife.

“Who knew killing could be this addicting” he muttered out loud, and it wasn't like any of these people didn't deserve it. 

He pushed the body of his daughter into the pre dug hole.

——

Sally was worried about her son, actually she was worried about him and his friends.

They never could catch a break, could they?

Always fighting for their lives, resenting the fact that their parents aren't involved in their lives.

Two wars back to back.

Sally couldn't even begin to imagine the strain these kids were under, all she wanted to do was hold all of them close and tell them everything was going to be okay.

Sally wasn't a doctor or a therapist but she could guess all these kids had severe PTSD.

And Percy, her precious son, had fallen into the equivalent of hell and survived.

Now Sally Jackson wasn't an idiot by any means, so when Percy started getting strange injuries it was always explained by a fall Percy or Gabe would say.

Gabe was hurting Percy, at least that is the conclusion she came up with. If Gabe was comfortable abusing her then what is to say he wouldn't do it to her son?

Sally was drowning in guilt, she had been so selfish by keeping Percy close. 

She thought Gabe's smell would protect him from Monsters but it didn't. It was hard to protect someone from Monsters if you were living with one.

————

“Answer me!” Thalia yelled, electricity cracking from her hands.

“We were asking him questions because he was acting weird, then he passed out, when he woke up he refused to say anything” Annabeth told her, but she was looking at the floor, which told Thalia that was not the full Story.

“You will tell me what happened, but first we have to make sure Percy's okay” She was glaring at the group of Demigods who had saved the world.

They were all ashamed, she could smell it in the air.

Thalia crouched down to Percy's level.

“Hey, Percy” She spoke quietly and slowly.

He didn't look up.

“Do you want to tell me what's wrong?” Thalia wanted to give him a choice, something his friends obviously didn't give him.

He shook his head.

“That's okay, you don't have to. Are you hungry? I can make you some Mac and Cheese, I'll even dye it blue.” She suggested carefully, she wanted to get some food into his system, but she had to do it cautiously.

He looked up at her, his shimmering Sea green eyes glistening with tears, slowly he nodded.

“Come on, let's go” She took his hand and led him to the kitchen. It didn't escape her notice that he didn't look at his friends.

She kept the promise of making Mac and Cheese. Not talking unless to ask Percy for his preferences.

She places the plate in front of him.

He stares at it for a moment before he starts eating.

He eats slowly, which is unusual for Percy, she really wants to know what happened but Thalia knows if she pushes for answers Percy is going to distance himself.

———

Percy's pov

He wasn't thinking it was so quiet in his head but at the same time the noise was unbearable he didn't know what to do.

He barely registered Thalia's question if he wanted food.

Was he hungry?

He didn't think so but it was better to just accept or else Thalia might get angry with him.

He didn't want her angry, he can still remember the feeling or her lighting on his skin, he still has the Lichtenberg scars to prove it.

When she turned around and gave him the plate, he ate.

The silence that followed was awkward so he pulled out his phone and opened Twitter.

Spicykitty: So the Gods are real? Dang

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Livvy9284: Well at least they aren't Homophobic! Happy Pride everyone #Pride #GreekGods

Cooliver.zzz: Did the kids on the stage seem off? They looked like they hadn't gotten sleep in days #arethosekidsok #GreekGods

Kittensarecute100: Wait, do we have to worry about Zeus? We all know the myths or I guess history? What are we calling it? #Zeus #GreekGods

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Voidtime19: Why did you have to bring that up? Now I'm going to be scared of everything I see and touch. Who knows what dog might be Zeus? I don't want any beef with Hera #Zeus #GreekGods

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Facewall: @Seaweedbrain Please tell us this isn't going to happen.

Percy turned his phone off, he really didn't want to deal with any of this, and also he couldn't really confirm Zeus does whatever Zeus wants, except apparently kill him.

How was he supposed to do this?

Pull yourself together, he thought to himself.

He had to be a general and a politician. His emotions couldn't get in the way, all he had to do was show them in a box in his mind and forget about it.

———

Frank's Pov

Frank felt like a terrible friend, he actually couldn't believe what he and his other friends had done.

They had ganged up on Percy while he was so visibly upset. 

Obviously they didn't want to hurt him, but they did.

“We messed up” Leo was the first to speak.

“Do we apologise now or do we give him space first?” Hazel asked, it was clear they all would apologise the question was just when.

“I think we should apologise ASAP. We all know Percy will overthink if we don't do it soon” Nico suggested.

“We really shouldn't have done that” Frank said, he was disappointed in himself and his friends how they could have done this.

“No arguments here,” Jason agreed.

“Let's go to the Living room and wait, I think Thalia made him some food in the kitchen” Piper urged them.

They made their way out of the corridor and into the Living room and into the kitchen. 

They found Percy sitting at the table eating.

Annabeth walked forward first, which made sense she was Percy's girlfriend.

“Percy we're so Sorry, we didn't mean to upset you we were just worried” She apologized.

“Sorry Aquaman, we shouldn't have pushed you,” Leo added.

“It's okay– well it's not but I understand your concern” Percy said.

Frank pulled out his phone, he wanted to handle the social media storm as soon as possible so he could shut down any rumours.

Twitter

Hermes_Loverheheh

Wait, if the Gods are real… what's going to happen to epic the musical @jorgeherrans and all other Greek based musicals especially the Disney Hercules

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Kiki102893

WHY would you bring this up?!! Are you trying to kill people?

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Hermes_Loverheheh

I WAS CURIOUS @Seaweedbrain help??

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PreatorOfCJ

Hello, I'm Frank Zhang and the representative of New Rome(a Demigod City) . I can confidently say you are fine for now but do refrain from making anymore media for the time being.

"Hey Percy, check Twitter for a minute and 'verify' that I'm a Demigod please" Frank rolled his eyes at the verify part.

PercyJackson

@PreatorZhang is a legit Demigod with authority. And he is also right @jorgeherrans you are fine(for now) . I personally love your musical but I know certain people(Gods) wouldn't.

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Jorgeherrans✔️

A Demigod likes my musical! That's amazing and also I will stay away from the ocean. I'm not trying to end up like Odysseus.

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PercyJackson

That would be wise.

“Hey Percy, does Poseidon know about the musical?” Frank asked, he was a little concerned, If Poseidon knew about the musical and took offence who knew what would happen.

“He doesn't and I intend to keep it that way” Percy responded, he liked the music maker and the musical too much for him to let his father know that it existed.

“Enough about that musical, what are we going to do about the Sky king” Leo asked, he was a bit concerned, he already didn't like the Earth Queen and now he had to face her– set out on revenge– husband.

“Way to kill the mood Leo,” Frank rolled his eyes.

“Am I the only one concerned here?” Leo looked around with an eyebrow raised.

“No you aren't, but if we talk about this now, while we're in a not so good state, we might so some stupid things.No but i think if we think we all should get more rest, before we tackle whatever this situation, if we rush into this we might do something rash and regret it”  Annabeth responded and like alway it sounded logical.

“What are you losers talking about?” Clarisse asked, she just came back from the bathroom.

“What to do next” Jason answered”I mean it seems we have a lot to do, first of we have to deal with the fact that the world knows demigods exist, then we have to deal with Sky King, by the way we need to change that nickname because that can be confusing seeing my dad, I really don't want to go on another quest.”

“Jason, buddy you're rambling” Piper patted his back.

“I just want to get  back to Camp, the mist being down means Mortals are able to see Camp but the barrier should be holding up, at least for now and also i would like to schedule some interviews so we can explain what has been happening for the past 5 years” Annabeth was making a mental to do list everyone could see it in her eyes.

“Good luck with that, I'm just trying to not get expelled from college, I sure hope they don't recognise me, I actually like that college” Clarisse looked a bit worried, her dark brown eyes looking  like a dark red, weapons clashing.