Oh yea, aside from my normal stuff, I want to say if this book gets at least 500 views, I will write a book and dedicate it to two other ppl I talked with which is Hunter_Queen_Reyna and mari6633. Anyways, back to more reading/writing.(And appeasing you readers lmao)

Annabeth's POV

I can't say I wasn't glad to see Percy. He was taller, maybe the same height as me. He had those sea-green eyes as always, and a mischievous look on his face. I didn't know what he was planning until he slammed into me and kissed me. "This is for judo-flipping me." he said with a wink. It felt like my brain was turning to mush. I couldn't live without him. I remembered a tale Nico told me after the war with Gaea. That there were supposedly superhumans, that Zeus had split them in two to contain their powers. They were split into two parts, male and female. He told her that people spent their entire lives trying to find their "other half". He told her that it wasn't his favorite story because he was always so alone. How would he ever find his other half if he couldn't even socialize?

I had sympathized and gave him my number after the war. I told him to call anytime he was feeling alone. Although with Will, I doubted he needed to call me anymore. I went around with Percy until it was time for our classes. Percy said that he would teach swordfighting to Estelle and the newbies, so I went off to my classes knowing that he would follow right after. Of course, I didn't know that would be the last time I saw him. Not Hera of course, but my mother's rival.

Neptune. Or Poseidon.

Josh's POV

I didn't reply at first, because I was generally scared of talking. All of my friends were guys. I had no idea how to strike up a conversation. "Hey." I murmured, praying to whichever gods were real. Thank god that Percy Jackson guys showed up. He taught us a bunch of techniques with the swords and then asked him to spar him until one of us lost our weapons. Everyone did fairly well, but Percy disarmed everyone. Even after every match, he gave advice on how to get better, and I thought that was really nice in a mentor kind of way. The girl who tried to talk to me was the first one to have gotten really close. She feinted to the right and almost managed to knock his blade out. However, Percy anticipated it and sidestepped, leaving her wide open. He hit the sword out of her hands with the blunt end of his.

Then it was my turn. *Gulp* I was freaking out. I stepped nervously onto the stones of the swordplaying arena.  Then it started. Percy immediately went for a jab, trying to see if my hand was barely hanging onto the blade. My blade however, only gripped tighter. I turned and saw a gold snake gripping my hand, trying to keep my hand on my sword. I grinned. That slithering son of Asclepius! I countered his side swing and rolled under the blade. I had a wide open shot at his chest. I feinted toward his chest and he raised his sword protectively. I pulled away last-second and swung for the hilt. It clattered to the ground. Then I realized the name on the sword. Anaklusmos. Riptide. Percy clapped and applauded me. The rest of the demigods respectively clapped with him. Then my arm went numb. My sword and snake clattered to the ground. And the last sight I saw? The ground.

"I'm proud of you." a voice said. I looked up and saw a man in postman attire, with two snakes wrapped around a caduceus. "Hey kiddo, got any worms?" one snake said. "George, don't be rude to the boy. After all, he's been through a lot." the other snake said. "Dad?" I asked. "Don't worry, ease up. You act like you haven't dreamed before. You've been through a lot, so I sent that little snake to keep you company. Wouldn't want you to turn out like my other child." he said wistfully. Something told me I had to lighten this conversation up or I wouldn't get much information out of him. "What's the snake called?" I asked. "Fang, and it's the product of these two troublemakers." he pointed to George and the other snake. "Don't blame us, we can't leave you like Luke! By the way, my name is Martha, and that is..." "George, pleased to meet you. Got any food?" "No, but I'll get you some if I find any." I thought back to them. "Anyways, my time is running short. I can't show favoritism, and I have so many deliveries to make!" Hermes said.

"Last question: Why do I feel so alone?" I asked. "Well, that depends on you. It might be simply because you haven't tried making friends. Or it could simply be you need a signficant other! For example, I have Peithos! Although I have been trying to get Athena, but I think she's just playing hard to get." he replied. I remembered something about Peithos, and how Hermes fell in love. "Yeah, but wasn't Peithos the god of seduction? You would've fallen head over heels for her. Why now Athena?" I asked. "It was foolish of me. I fell for the beautiful needy women over the faithful good wife. You however, have a good wife, although you do not know it yet." he said surpressing a grin. "Wait, do you mean Estelle? Never in a million years!" I said. "I cannot answer that. Only you must answer that. Goodbye!" Then he vanished into thin air.

Great.

Sally's POV

I was tired of making food. It was like being a maid! "He" always asked for certain things, and I just had to snap my fingers and the food would appear. Sometimes blue cookies, sometimes seven-layer dip. It hurt that the cookies were blue. The food wasn't made with care or love, just plain magic. It hurt. I missed Percy. I missed Estelle. My children were probably off saving the world, and here I was stuck in a messy dark house with a fat hobo.

*Sigh* Hopefully I could get out. Maybe my children would save me. But that by itself, was a childish thought itself.

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As usual, if this get over 500 reads, I will dedicate and start another book to these two users I promised it to. So comment and vote the story, because my QnA after chapter 15 is coming soon! Post what questions you want me to answer, and I will just keep providing awesome content for you guys to read. Thx, love y'all!

-Josh