"That's it?!" A angry cry sounded. "That can't be the ending!"

"Yeah!" Another agreed.

"What happened to everyone in the story?" A third spoke up.

"What happened to the couple in the ending?" The last and most quiet of the small audience asked in a small voice. Tears gathered in the young Daughter of Aphrodite.

Grover was going to calm the group of demigods down when he heard two voices coming over Half-Blood Hill. He jumped up with a shout, "You're back already?!"

The two demigods smiled at the satyr. The Daughter of Athena laughed. "It's good to see you too, Grover."

The first demigod that had cried out in anger interrupted the reunion, impatient to know the real ending of the story. "Mr. Grover! What happened to the heroes?!" The Son of Ares exploded.

The two newly arrived demigods turned to 'Mr. Grover'. "What heroes?" The Son of Poseidon asked.

"Mr. Grover was telling us about the war with Gaea." The second voice who was a Daughter of Athena answered.

"You mean the war against Evil Gaea?" The third was a Son of Hermes asked the girl. The Daughter of Athena stuck her tongue out in reply.

The last child in the group of eleven year olds giggled at her friends. Her blue-brown eyes looked up at the three standing figures from her seated position. "Who are you and how do you know Mr. Grover?" She was different from her other siblings, more like Silena and Piper.

The sea-green eyed man knelt down next to the quiet Daughter of Love. "My name is Perseus, but I've started to go by Percy."

The four kids froze hearing the name. "You're-you're..."

The older Daughter of Athena walked forward. "Yes, he's the Lost Legend. My name is Annabeth."

The four kids gasped and shouted, "You aren't dead!"

"Alright, time to go back to your siblings." Grover announced, his cheeks beet red.

The four eleven year olds protested some, but still made their way down the hill towards their other siblings. The two visitors joined the satyr in watching the young kids go.

"I remember when I was that young." Perseus spoke up, startling the two away from the young demigods. "I was training with my dad mostly at that time. I did learn battle strategies with Lady Athena on the side for the upcoming war. At that point, we had a few years for the final battle."

Annabeth hummed in response. She was used to the sudden comments like that one from Perseus' younger years. He had come a long way from the first time Annabeth had met him, he was a lot more open and happy. A complete change from when he was younger.

If you had met Perseus back in ancient times, you would have thought he wouldn't be the leader of the Olympian Armies. It wasn't that he was too immature or not ready to lead, it was because he didn't want to be leader. He was the type to go off on his own and find a way to take down an army by himself. He had the instincts to know how to go into a fight with nothing but a goal and win.

The ancient times were easier according to Perseus. You were allowed to go into battle without the thought of what would happen to the other demigods and the Olympians because the gods were more powerful in those days.

Maybe that's why they made Perseus leader, the gods didn't want to lose him. In the end, they still lost him.

Grover looked between the two. He still wondered how one of his best friends got together with a legendary demigod. "Why did you come back this time?" This wasn't the first time that they had come to camp since the battle in Athens. It always wasn't the first time they came unannounced either.

Perseus turned back to Grover. "We heard last year that the leaders of both camps would be doing a yearly meeting meeting together."

Annabeth continued on, knowing the Son of Poseidon wouldn't say more for an explanation. "We couldn't go to the first meeting last year since something happened in Alaska." She threw a glare at Perseus.

He smiled at her, not saying anything more about the situation.

The satyr was confused, but let it be. "Well," The demigod couple in front of him focused their attention back towards him. "The meeting is happening at the Big House right now."

"The rec room?" Annabeth asked to which Grover nodded to. "You coming with?"

"No, I have some Lord of the Wild stuff I need to do." The two nodded at his answer, then Perseus and Annabeth walked down the hill, heading over to the meeting.

Grover watched as they went. It was almost two years after the final battle with Evil Gaea. He might not have been there, but he had heard the story of what Perseus did to save Annabeth that day. The Lord of the Wild was grateful for the Son of Poseidon.

Grover nodded to himself and walked past Thalia's tree to leave Camp Half-Blood. He really did have some stuff he had to do.

Meanwhile, the two visiting demigods arrived at the meeting.

"Perseus!" Zöe greeted with a smile, hugging her honorary brother tightly. He laughed, holding her just as tightly.

Annabeth smiled as the scene, knowing nothing had happened romanticly between the two. It was awkward at first, sure, but the three got through it.

Chiron cleared his throat. "As we were saying before the meeting was interrupted." The centaur sent a smile at the two new arrivals.

And the meeting continued as normal. The eight in the same room again with the other leaders. Reyna and Frank as the Praetors of New Rome and Hazel along with a few Centurions.

All the leaders couldn't be there because some had to stay behind to watch over Camp Jupiter. It seems that Perseus' plan to bring the leaders together worked. And, of course, Lady Hera's plans of sending Jason and Nico to each other's camps worked as well.

Things were finally looking up for the children of the gods...

~Flashback~

They were at peace with dying hand in hand next to each other. Then two swords came down on them.

In the end, Perseus and Annabeth were happy...thanks to Perseus' quick thinking. Instead of dying by the swords, the metal weapons were pushed away by a powerful blast of water and dirt that had came up from the ground.

Annabeth found herself standing up with Perseus' arms around her. She looked up at him, panting heavily from the excitement that was almost dying.

Perseus was panting as well from the display of his powers. He had gotten them away from Athens, he took them to Alaska. Where it all started. "I really do love you, Annabeth."

She wanted to believe him, but the kiss that she had witnessed was still fresh in her mind. "What about Zöe?" At his confused look, she clarified. "I saw you kiss her."

All at once the confusion cleared and he laughed. "I don't love Zöe like that. I see her as a sister. You saw me kissing her forehead after I promised I would come back from this war."

Annabeth felt stupid for thinking otherwise.

"Hey." Perseus put his hands on her cheeks. "You aren't stupid." She sent him a confused look. "You said it out loud." Annabeth blushed. "You're smart and beautiful." He paused. "You made me realize that I really can fall in love again and with a Daughter of Athena no less." He smiled at her. 

Annabeth smiled back at him. "So what now?" She found herself asking.

Perseus thought for a moment. "Now." He repeated. "We go back to Athens, defeat the evil side of Gaea, save the world, then get the gods to open Olympus again and for the camps to meet with each other, and for life  to go back to normal. But, first, I need to kiss you after all the almosts."

Before Annabeth could say anything, Perseus kissed her. She kissed back.

Everything the Son of Poseidon said came to pass and life went back to normal...or as normal as life can be when you're a demigod.

THE END.

Thank you to all those who stuck with this story, commented, or just read it.

You all make writing worth it. Thanks!

Sorry for not publishing this on your birthday The_Demonic_Prince ! It wasn't ready yet! But haply late birthday to you!!

~MsPenguingirl1234.

Published: February 12, 2018.