A/N This chapter is a bit longer than the usual ones (2x as long *cough cough*)

When I woke up, everyone was just starting to wake up, too. Light shone in the cabin, giving it a gentle glow that lit up the cabin just right. I looked around, noticing I had fallen asleep on Percy's bed. 

I looked up at the shield that hung over his bed, my eyes studying all his 'souvenirs'. The Minotaur horn was my personal favorite. It reminded me of the first time I met him. The first thing I said to him was, "You drool when you sleep."

I chuckle at the memory, my eyes finding a small chest on the table by his bed. I had never seen it before, so I quickly went to look inside. As I grabbed it, I heard Piper yawn. "What's that?"

"I... don't know. I've never seen it before." It was strange. I'd been in the cabin many times before, but had never seen the box.

Everyone was gathered around the bed, now, gazing curiously at the small chest. I flipped the small lock, opening it slowly. Hazel piped up, "So? What's in it?"

I took out a few drachma's, setting them next to me. Next I grabbed a necklace with a small trident charm I had never seen before. I gasped as I saw what the next thing was. 

"What is it?" Nico asked, glancing nervously at the chest.

"Um... Nico before I pull this out, let me tell you I had no idea Percy had this." At this comment, Nico paled (if that's possible).

I pulled out an infamous floppy dark green beanie. Nico gasped, tears welling up in his eyes. He reached up as I handed it to him, and he whispered a thank you. Everyone was looking at Nico now, confused as to why he wasn't being the usual depressed terd he was. Nico smiled, hugging the cap to his chest gently.

Nobody said anything, so I pulled out something else. It was an eye patch. At first, I hardly recognized it. I knew who it belonged to, though. "Oh my gods..."

"Is that an eye patch?" Jason asked.

"Hey, Nico, do you remember Ethan Nakamura..?" I asked, glancing at the boy who had wide eyes.

"Wow... I had no idea Percy kept all this stuff.."  Nico mumbled.

The rest of the group just sat, thinking. While they whispered among themselves, I pulled out a small disk with a remote. I pressed the top button, and everyone went quiet as a board on the ground popped open. Inside was a small DVD player. I lifted it out, setting it so all the demigods could see. 

I placed the disk inside, watching as it turned on. I picked up the remote, playing the first file.

Suddenly, a 13-year-old Percy stood on screen, twisting pen Riptide in his hands. All of us stared, sutprised at the boy who we came to know as a lot more than the 12 year old on screen.

"Hi, my name's Percy Jackson, and today is August 18th, my 13th birthday. If your watching this I'm dead or I found someone I can trust. Knowing my trust issues, I'm probably dead," young Percy chuckled.

"Well, at the beginning of this summer I was brought to this camp by the only friend I've ever had, Grover Underwood. My life turned around once I got here. It turned out Greek Gods are real. And my friend Grover, well, he's a Satyr. I found out my dad is a god, which makes me a demigod. Or a half-blood. Whatever you please. Anyways, my dad's the Greek god Poseidon. I met him this summer.. He, um, told me I was a mistake. That I should never have been born.." Percy trailed off, clearly already bored.

"Where was I? Oh, right! So I went on a quest to retrieve Zeus' bolt 'cause a bunch of people thought I stole it. When I first got to camp I fought the Minotaur. He was a jerk. I killed him with his own horn. I passed out for like a week. I met a girl named Annabeth. She told me I drool when I sleep. A nice Hermes kid named Luke taught me how to use a sword. Later he turned out to be a traitor. Grover and Annabeth went with me on the quest. We killed Medusa, blew up a bus, you know, the usual. It's not like I hadn't blown up a bus before. 

"Anyways, let me tell you a bit about me. My moms name is Sally Jackson. She's amazing! Um, I have a step-father. His name is Smelly Gabe. He abused me. Uh, just thought you should know that." Percy paused, biting his lip. "I don't really have much to say, but I hope I don't die! I'll tell you more about myself next time. Okay, bye!"

The screen cut off to black as we sat in silence. Finally, Frank broke the silence. "He was abused?"

"I knew Gabe was bad, but I never knew he did that.." I said, gazing around sadly.

I grab the remote, and play the next video. Percy appears on screen, this time a but older.

"When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around, do you ever really crash or even make a sound? No, please, tell me. I really want to know. Maybe I'll ask Thalia...

"Oh, wait! I haven't even introduced myself! My name is Percy Jackson, and today is August 18th, my 14th birthday. This summer I went on another quest. When I got here, someone had poisoned Thalia's tree. If you're watching this, you most likely know the story of Thalia. She was a tree for 7 years. 

"Anyways, her tree was poisoned, right? Also, Grover was kidnapped by Polyphemus. He was pretending to be a female cyclops. Good thing Polyphemus is an idiot! Anyways, Annabeth, Clairisse and I went trough the Sea of Monsters. Oh wait, Tyson was with us too! Anyways, I got turned into a gineau pig, and all that jazz. Uh, we played that whole 'no one' card, and he was pissed. It was really funny. So, we got the golden fleece, had a run in with Luke at one point, made some hippocampus friends, you know, the usual. Clairisse flew back to CHB and gave them the fleece, and I got a ride with Chiron. And then when we got back and put the golden fleece on the Tree, it worked to well and Thalia got brought back to life. And that's how I made a friend named Thalia Grace." He gave his best jazz hands, smirking.

"I lied. She doesn't like me very much. I don't understand, I'm so lovable! Anyways, every time Grover as a cup of coffee, he says Pan is talking to him. Um, let's just say he's not really allowed coffee. Oh! I almost forgot, when I went home last year I turned Gabe into a statue. So he's gone! Yay. Okay, I have a feeling someones going to catch me, so let's hope I stay alive for another one of these!" Percy waved as the screen cut to black.

"He killed his step-dad?" Jason had asked.

"Yup," I popped the P.

"I really don't know what to say to that," Nico grumbled.

"Um, the next one.. it'll talk about you-know-who. Are you okay with that Neeks?" I asked.

He nodded his head, not saying anything, so I play the third tape.

"I've lost too many people. I don't want anyone else to go.. But life'll always fall down, ey? Anyways, I'll be talking about 2 quests this time. The first one was around the time of the Winter Solstice. The second was this summer. Okay? Okay. Wait, I need to introduce myself. 

"Hi, my name is Perseus Achilles Jackson, I'm 15 years old today, and I don't want to die. Okay, if Nico is watching this, I want you to know I'm never going to forgive myself for what I did. I'm really sorry. If you found this tape, then you found the cap. Have it. I know I should've given it to you sooner, but hey, better late than never, right?"

Nico gasps, and Percy continues. "This winter I got a distress call from my friend Grover. Then I went to a school with my friend Annabeth and my cousin Thalia. We found 2 demigod siblings, parentage unknown. Their names were Nico and Bianca Di Angelo. There was a manticore there, too. When we got there we met up with Grover. We were led into the woods by the manticore, where we met Artemis and her hunters. Annabeth got captured by the manticore and we went to the hunters camp. Anyways, Artemis went on her own personal hunt, and Apollo took the hunters and my friends to Camp Half-Blood. Artemis' lieutenant, Zoe Nightshade, seemed pretty cool for a man-hater. Oh, crap! I forgot the part where Bianca joined the hunters. Nico was devastated. Anyways, on the way to camp, Nico kept pestering Apollo with questions. Oh, yeah. Nico was 10, and Bianca 13. Nico was really nice too. Well, as nice as an ADHD demigod who was obsessed with Mythomagic can be. Uh, in capture the flag the oracle came out and gave Zoe a quest. Artemis was captured. When they went on the quest I, being the good little boy I am, snuck out and joined them. "

As Percy continued to summarize the quest, I looked around at my friends. Nico looked uneasy, and I couldn't blame him. I focused on the story once again.

"So, Bianca saw something in the junkyard. She picked it up, much to our dismay. So a giant protector of the junk rose up. And... one was lost in 'the land with no rain.' And that 'one' was Bianca Di Angelo. Then we went up and fought Atlas. I held up the sky. I let Artemis free. Okay, imagine all of your muscles and bones burning in lava. Now imagine that pain 10x as worse. Uh, we fought Atlas. Another person gone. Atlas got the sky back, but killed his daughter. Zoe Nightshade, lieutenant of Artemis and daughter of Atlas. She got a constellation. The Huntress. Annabeth and I have matching gray streaks, though! Uh, Bessie got a nice home on Olympus. Thalia joined the hunters. Yeah. Nico was pissed when I told him about Bianca. Poor kid.."

I paused it. Everyone was shocked. Jason spoke up, "I'm trying to imagine Nico as happy and ADHD. I, uh, can't."

Nico snorted. "Your simple minds could never come up with an image so foreign."

"Or they just didn't know you then. You were a cute kid, to say the least." I said.

"Were? Am I not still cute?" Nico asked with a joking tone I didn't know he possessed. 

"Oh my gods, did Nico just make a joke?" Piper asked, faking a gasp.

"I think he did," Hazel added.

"You people are weird," Frank mumbled.

"NOOO!" Jason screamed, holding an empty bag.

"What? What's wrong?" Hazel asked frantically.

"I.. ran out of candy corn.." Jason said, sniffling. (A/N me irl ;^;)

I face-palmed and Piper said, "Seriously Jason?"

I shook my head, and turned to the player, telling everyone to shut up. I continued the recording.

"In the next quest we went into the Labyrinth. Um, after being attacked by cheerleaders at my new school, I returned to Camp Half-Blood and learned about The Labyrinth, part of the palace of Minos in Crete that was designed by Daedalus. During a battle game at the camp, Annabeth and I found an entrance into the Labyrinth. We found out that Luke was using it for his army. We issued a quest, grabbed Rachel Elizabeth Dare, and went on the quest. A lot of random crap happened. Uh, to sum it up, we found Pan. Pan faded and now I have part of his spirit. I met a kid named Ethan Nakamura, I fought him. Obviously, I won. Apparently I'm 'the best sword fighter in 300 years.' Ba-dah-bing, ba-da-boom, I ran into Nico, who was attempting to bring his sister back from the dead. Uh, he got all dark and creepy. Minos taught him to shadow-travel. Uh, Daedalus died, I got a pet Hellhound, I blew up a mountain. You know, the usual. Oh, yeah, Tyson was with us. Um, when I blew up I woke up on Ogygia, the island of Calypso. She was nice. She fell in love with me, though. That was a problem. Anyways, when I got back apparently everyone thought I was dead. Battle of the Labyrinth- I know you know what it is- happened. Bleh." Percy yawned.

"Anyways, I'm part of this great prophecy and apparently I'm most likely going to die when I reach 16. Yay," he said sarcastically.

"Let's hope I see you next year, peace out my watchers," he finished as he turned off the camera. 

"He forgot to mention the kiss in the Labyrinth," I scrunched up my nose. "Jerk."

We all smiled, thinking of our friend. I could feel my eyes water as I remembered what the gods did to my Seaweed Brain. 

"I wonder what he's doing now..."

A/N Okay, so theupdate is gonna take a while, 'cause I'm a lazy shit and I ran out of ideas. Well, I know what's gonna happen (kinda), but still. Any ideas? Next part Percy POV.