F I V E

'PERCY, I AM SORRY THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS SOONER,' CHIRON SAYS.

I smile, 'It's fine, Chiron. I get it, the gods said you weren't able to explain and that's cool.'

He sighs with relief and nods, turning back to the group.

So, after telling everyone about the whole "soul-binding" thing, I'm back on Olympus with Chiron and the gang.

Which means, Annabeth, Leo, Calypso, Piper, Reyna, Thalia, Hazel, Frank, Nico and Will. The gang. I like that name.

The Fates are here too, wonder why? Oh wait, they're going to do this ritual thing, aren't they?

Great. I didn't like those grannies and it's not like they like me. And now they're going to do a ritual which involves my life force?

My life's just amazing. I sigh and stand in front of Chiron who is in his centaur form. As the Fates start to chant, knitting a scarf, I feel a warm glow absorb my body. My eyes flutter open, I look down at myself to see that I haven't changed at all. I do feel the slightest bit stronger though.

The Fates flash out as my dad starts to talk. 'Percy, once Dionysus finishes his punishment, you will be taking his place as the head of camp.'

I smile at that. Being camp director, that's awesome.

'Cool, that's amazing. Uh, is that it?' I ask him as he nods, snapping his fingers. Everyone flashes out as the group returns to camp.

'Well then, hello new and immortal Percy.' Leo says, bowing. I roll my eyes and smack him upside the head.

'Shut it, Valdez.' Leo snickers and starts to fiddle with some scrap metal. I shake my head and sigh, my life's going to be completely different now.

***

'No, Tanya. If you move a little to the right and yup, there you go. Swing the sword.' I clap a little as Tanya successfully decapitates the dummy. She's become much better at sword-fighting over the past two years I've been... The camp's trainer? What's my title anyway?

'Perce, we got a new camper. Get over here.' I excuse myself and run over to Nico who's standing near the big house. He's holding a small cradle in his hands and a small baby girl is sleeping peacefully inside.

'Woah, from when do we get babies?' I ask him as he rolls his eyes.

'Probably Athena's kid, her mortal father must've died. I can't think of another explanation.' Nico says as the baby opens her eyes. They're grey, makes sense then. Daughter of Athena.

'Yeah, cool. Should we take her to the infirmary?' I ask him as he nods in agreement.

'Oh, Solace! Look what we have here!' I yell in a sing-song voice as we enter the infirmary.

'What do you wa- OH MY GODS OF OLYMPUS. Why the heck is there a baby in here?' Will asks as he drops his stethoscope. 'Don't tell me someone got pregnant? No, if some girl was having a baby, I would know... Someone tell me why my boyfriend is carrying a baby.' He says, sighing and pinching the bridge of his nose.

'Don't get me wrong, seeing Nico holding a kid is doing all sorts of things to me.. But really, why is there a baby?' Nico goes bright red and starts sputtering nonsense as I laugh and explain the situation.

'Oh. Well, that's just great...' Will picks up his stethoscope and takes the baby in his hands as I spot a small note in the golden cradle.

'Night Langdon.' I read and glance at Will who's cooing over the little girl. 'Welcome to Camp Half-Blood.'

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