Annabeth woke up with a gasp. "Perseus?" Her tired eyes tried to focus on the figure in front of her.

"No, Annabeth, it's Piper." The Daughter of Aphrodite answered with a small smile.

"Oh." The Daughter of Athena sat up, waking up more. "Where are we?" She asked before she had a proper look around.

"You're back at Camp Half-Blood, Annie." A familiar voice that Annabeth had known since she was seven stated.

"Thalia!" Annabeth gasped, looking right to see her best friend that she sees as a sister. She slid down the side of Festus, running towards the Daughter of Zeus. They hugged each other.

"Annabeth!" Chiron shouted as he sped to the group. Thalia stepped away from Annabeth when they heard him coming. "How was your quest? Did you find him?" He spoke once he reached the demigods. "Did you find what you were looking for?"

Annabeth was at a loss for words. "I, uh,"

"Yeah, did you find the legendary demigod? Was he the guy you were staying with?" Annabeth glared at Leo, wanting for him to shut up.

"You were staying with someone? Who?" Thalia questioned with crossed arms.

Annabeth was going to respond, but a hellhound came barreling out of the shadows effectively distracting everyone from the conversation. "Nico?" She called, seeing the Son of Hades on the back of Mrs. O'Leary.

"Annabeth! Are you okay?" Hazel's concerned face popped up from behind her brother. "You looked like you were upset when we all left."

Annabeth ignored the stares she could feel from the crowd of demigods that continued to grow. "I'm fine. I'm more worried about the prophecy, I didn't complete it." She looked to Chiron when she said the last part.

The centaur was deep in thought. "What about the prophecy you received, Jason? Was it completed?"

The Son of Jupiter kept sending some glances at Annabeth as he replied to Chiron's questions. "The prophecy was completed, we had no problems with the quest."

"Other than the parts where everything went wrong because of Queen Dirt Face..." Leo added in quietly.

"Leo." Piper shook her head slightly, amusement shining in her multi-colored eyes.

"What about you three? Were you on a quest?" Chiron asked the hellhound travelers.

"We were sent to save Thanatos from a giant in Alaska. We didn't receive much of a prophecy." Nico looked back to the two teens behind him. "We were sent by the Roman camp."

"WHAT?!" Followed with more protests from the gathered Greek demigods. "ROMANS?!"

"What do you mean Romans?"

"The Romans are still alive?"

"Are the Roman gods like the Greek ones?"

"Do I have more siblings?"

"Is there another camp?"

"What are they like?"

"According to the stories, the Romans were more strict?"

"They're mean?!"

The questions stopped when green smoke surrounded the whole area. The Oracle of Delphi had something to say.

"Eight half-bloods shall answer the call,

To storm or fire, the world must fall,

An oath to keep with a final breath,

And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death." A nearby child of Hermes caught Rachel as she collapsed. Everyone who had heard the first prophecy Rachel had spoke last year was in shock.

"Chiron," Annabeth said to get his attention. "I thought that prophecy started with seven demigods. Why did she just say eight?" She was shocked and worried that a prophecy had changed.

"That's because fate has changed." Someone explained. The Greeks (and three Romans) jumped, moving to face the new arrival.

Annabeth gasped. "Perseus? What are you doing here?"

His icy blue eyes with specks of sea green met her grey ones. "Explaining the reason why the prophecy changed. Also, you did complete most of your prophecy. The ending is still undetermined, but for the most part, you finished it."

She was going to say more, only Chiron pulled up his bow, aiming at Perseus who was leaning against a tree. Perseus sighed at the action. "Hello, Chiron. It's good to see you again as well."

"You shouldn't be here." Most were taken back by the centaur's cold tone.

"Wait," Thalia stepped forward. "Who are you?" She asked the new arrival.

Perseus stared at the Daughter of Zeus. "My name is Perseus-"

"And you betrayed us in the first war with Gaea." There were gasps and weapons came out at those words.

"Stop!" Annabeth yelled, running to stand between Perseus and everyone else.

"Annabeth, he-"

Annabeth glared at Piper before she could finish. "I was with him for a month." More gasps. "I was never in danger. Are you sure he-" She stopped. "Hold on, you said in the first war with Gaea." She spun around to glare at Perseus with her arms crossed. "You lied to me!"

"I didn't lie to you, I did say I wasn't a god, but I was immortal-"

"I told you about my quest and you never said anything!"

"You never asked! You even gave up-"

"I did not give up!"

"You didn't exactly do anything to continue your quest either!"

"That's because the trail ended with you! I should have-"

"What? You should have known that the one person that you met outside both of the camps was the Lost Legend?"

"But you said-"

"I told you the truth. The Lost Legend is nothing but a joke from Lord Hermes and Lord Apollo. All of those stories you heard are false."

"You're wrong!"

"Annabeth, even Chiron hates me. In the years before the final battle with Gaea, I was his favorite student. And just now he pointed an arrow at me. Ready to kill him if the need comes. The stories that I am a hero are wrong. I was the reason why so many demigods had died."

"Then why are you here! WHY COME BACK!"

"BECAUSE THE FATES VISITED ME!" Silence. No one moved. Perseus and Annabeth were panting from the yelling that had occurred between them.

Perseus broke it by sighing and rubbing his face tiredly. "I went to Camp Jupiter to help Reyna with some information on the war. I knew what Hera was planning when she had switched Nico and Jason. Her plan had been to take their memories and ease both camps into the truth about each other's existence. Your quest ruined that. Yes, she still switch them, but it wasn't as needed seeing as I accidently took you to the Roman camp. I was so sure you were a Roman until I saw your eyes after the fact. Only Athena's children have stormy grey eyes."

"So why did you get involved?" Annabeth wanted to say so many things after what he had said, though she wanted to ignore the comment about her eyes. She didn't know why that was.

"Because when we first met, it was in Vegas, remember? I had kinda blown up a monster hideout? I was in the area and they were killing some of the nearby mortals. I wasn't supposed to get involved with the war because of my past with the gods, that's why I didn't take you back here. I can't be around the Greeks."

"You went to Los Vegas first? Yes!" The Stolls high fived each other.

"Then why were you with the Roman camp?" Piper brought the conversation back to the real topic.

"How did you know-"

"You two were making it sound like you had gone to..."

"Camp Jupiter." Chiron, Perseus, Annabeth, Nico, Hazel, Jason, and Frank finished for Piper after she had cut Perseus off.

"I like this one, she has a backbone. Reminds me of the Aphrodite children of old."

"Can we get back to the subject of the prophecy?" Thalia budded in.

"Perseus." Chiron stated, putting his bow away. "The Fates did talk to you."

He nodded. "They told me that the prophecy changed because of me. All the half-bloods in the prophecy are the members of the three quests that had happened in the last month." Leo raised his hand. "Yes, Valdez?"

The fire user brought his hand down. "Wouldn't that be seven though?"

Before Perseus could say something, Thalia exclaimed. "I am not going to be the subject of another great prophecy!"

"Don't worry, Daughter of Zeus. You aren't a part of this prophecy." He seemed to want to say more, but decided against it.

"Then who is the last member?" Hazel asked.

"Should we tell Reyna about this?" Frank went next.

"Where are we going to go? We still need to-"

"Close the Doors of Death? I know." Perseus finished for Nico.

"The line about foes. It means you help us with the Doors of Death." Annabeth spoke the facts.

"You really did betray the gods then." Jason stepped forward with his sword drawn.

"Foes not enemies, Son of Jupiter. But, yes, they threatened me to come along with you seven on your quest." Perseus confirmed.

Camp Half-Blood exploded with more shouting. The demigods didn't know what to say about the news. What were they supposed to do? Go against The Fates? That was a big no-no in the demigod world, one of the few things you should never do. Still, to take a known ally of Gaea's on a quest to stop her probably wasn't the smartest thing.

Thoughts ran through Annabeth's head. She thought over the pros and cons. On one hand they could be walking into a trap, but on the other, how could Gaea or Perseus influence the Oracle? If Rachel's prophecy changed that means Perseus wasn't lying.

She also thought of the almost kissed they had. It made her wonder what would have happened if the two quests didn't meet in Perseus' front yard. Would they have kissed? Would it have continued to something more? Would Annabeth stay with him permanently or would she have finally come back to reality?

Annabeth could see herself reading on the couch, curled up with a blanket as she waited for Perseus to make dinner. The same thing that happened every evening at his house.

Her thoughts became more fantasy, so she brushed them all off. "SHUT UP!" She yelled over the talking from everyone. "Perseus is coming with us. We can't go against The Fates."

There you go. Hope you enjoyed.

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Published: January 10, 2018.