"Demigods!!" Zeus' voice boomed throughout the council room. Sitting on intricately carved thrones were 12 Olympian figures with Hestia by the hearth and Hades off to the side in the shadows. In front of them stood 8 demigods, (one being forced front in center because he would rather stay in the shadows) tall and proud, albeit, tired and dirty. Behind them were both the Roman and Greek camps, equally as proud and intermixed as one unit forgetting about past hatred.

The war was won. Gaea and all her allies were defeated and sent back to Tartarus, or slumber in Gaea's case. The battle was not easily won and every demigod lost a companion that day. However, demigods knew that their lives were not sacrificed in vain. Because of them, the world was safe and the gods were still on their thrones, able to rule like they always should.

There was silence for a couple of seconds to allow the talking and cheering to cease and for the demigods to relax in the long-forgotten silence.

Zeus spoke, "Children of the gods, you have done exceptionally well in these trying times and all of us give you our thanks." Everyone was struck speechless that the gods were actually ... thanking them. They watched as every god nodded their head in agreement, each one having a smile on their face, except Hades, but you could tell he was in a good mood and was trying hard not to ruin his 'emotionless' facade.

The Queen of the gods spoke up, "Each one of you have fought bravely to protect our family. You stood together as one, forgoing past disagreements and decimating the enemy. While we did lose many comrades, each can rest in peace knowing we won the war." The demigods did a slight bow of thanks to the queen before looking back at the king who was still smiling a rare smile.

"For your bravery and leadership skills, we would like to award every demigod. All damages to both camps will be restored, and hopefully one of the seven here would oversee these changes." The seven demigods up front smiled over at Annabeth and laughed at her awestruck face. She never imagined that she would be allowed to redesign both camps, going far and beyond her hopes and dreams. Having the opportunity to redesign Olympus was noteworthy enough, but now she got to leave her mark on both camps too. Let's just say she was left speechless.

After some chuckles from demigods and gods at Annabeth's expression, Zeus continued with his booming voice, "In addition, there will be a gateway built to forever link the two camps so if one shall need the other, they will always have a close ally." Yet again, the demigods were amazed at the generosity of the gods and cheers were heard all around the room.

Many Greek and Roman demigods became fast friends fighting on the battlefield together and they were sad that they lived so far apart. However, this new gateway would allow camps to intermix and become a true family.

Zeus patiently raised his hand waiting for the crowd to quiet down before he continued, "Now, I believe there are some demigods here that have gone far and beyond their requested duties and have trudged through many challenges to help the gods. Come and kneel before us so we may bestow our gifts upon you." The 8 demigods, with one of them getting a little nudge that didn't go unnoticed by some people which in turn made them chuckle and further led to making him turn a little red, walked up to and kneeled before Zeus.

Zeus' form shimmered before turning into Jupiter. "Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, you have shown amazing strength in battle and exceptional leadership skills that led us to where we are today. Our gift to you is partial immortality where you can only die in battle so you may lead Rome to a new golden age. Do you accept?" Jason looked to Piper not willing to leave her but luckily Jupiter interrupted, "All of you are getting immortality so don't worry about leaving each other so none of you better decline." The kingly side of Jupiter came out as everybody looked at the innocent looking Percy and laughed. Emotions were still high and laughter was always welcome.

Jason exclaimed just like his father, "I accept your most gracious offer." And with that, Jason gained a light blue glow. He tensed a little as he felt a part of him burning away but was too excited to truly care. He was now an immortal to lead Rome until a worthy successor succeeds him.

"Piper McLean," Aphrodite spoke up. "For your bravery in the battlefield, while looking exceptionally good at it, we offer you partial immortality. Do you accept?" Piper spared a quick glance at Jason and saw him smiling, most definitely thinking about their immortal lives together.

"I accept," Piper said. And just like before, a faint pink glow sprung up around Piper with a small tension of her shoulders.

"Leo Valdez," Hephaestus proclaimed in his deep burly voice. "For your ingenious designs that helped lead us to victory and your bravery in battle, we offer you partial immortality. Do you accept?" Hephaestus smiled down proud at his son. He was probably one of the proudest gods here because not many of his kids played major roles in wars.

"I accept," Leo said non-crazily much to the surprise of the other demigods. And, again, a faint orange glow surrounded Leo's body around his tense body.

Before the next god spoke up, Hephaestus added, "Maybe some time you could come down to the forge and we can work up something together." Leo stood there breathless at the chance to work with his father and quickly nodded his head up and down getting whiplash somewhere in there.

"Frank Zhang," Mars commanding. "For your skill and bravery in battle, we offer you partial immortality which extends to freeing your life from the wood. Do you accept?" Mars added that last part in a no nonsense tone, daring Frank to not accept which made a couple people chuckle at Frank's face. Not only was he getting immortality, his life would now be free from the wood.

"I graciously accept your offer," and, again, just like all the others, a light red glow surrounded Frank as he tensed from the slight pain.

"Hazel Levesque," Pluto said. "For your bravery in battle, you are allowed to stay in the land of the living and your curse shall be lifted. And, of course, get partial immortality. Do you accept?" Pluto said. Just like Frank, Hazel was left speechless. She would be able to stay alive AND her curse would be lifted.

"I graciously accept your offer," Hazel said breathlessly still trying to recover from the shock. Her tense body gained a faint black glow now matching the set of other slightly glowing people.

Pluto slowly transitioned into Hades before speaking. "Nico di Angelo, for your bravery and skill in battle, we offer you partial immortality and extend this offer to make you the Ghost King to help me in my domain. Do you accept?" Nico, just like some others in the room, was left speechless for half a second but gained his composure much faster than the others.

"I accept and agree to do my best in this position," Nico said, gaining a black aura in his tense frame, slightly darker than the others in the room.

"Annabeth Chase," Athena stoically said. "For your smart thinking, bravery in battle, and retrieving my statue, we offer you partial immortality which you will need to figure out that boy. Do you accept?" Everybody in the throne room quietly chuckled at this while Percy had a look of mock hurt.

"I accept and I will do my best to decipher that boy," Annabeth said still laughing while also getting a faint aura without the usual tenseness. No one commented on it and would most definitely not comment on the next one's either.

"Perseus Jackson," Poseidon said making everybody quiet down to where you could even hear a feather drop. "For your bravery, skill, and leadership, the gods have decided to once again offer you godhood. Do you accept?" It was news to the Romans that Percy was already offered godhood once, and they were shocked that he would have declined. But, now, they were even more shocked when Percy shook his head while the Greek campers saw it coming.

"No thank you father. But I would be happy to accept the partial immortality and would also like to make a request," Percy said unsurprisingly to the gods.

Zeus said, "I guess we saw it coming though we had to make sure. Also, we know you'll make some selfless request so we swear on the Styx to see to it that it happens. Now, what is your wish?" Percy respectively states, "I would like Hades and Hestia to be welcomed back to the Olympian council." Every god was suspecting something to that nature but the two said gods were completely surprised.

One throne grew next to Poseidon and the others in Poseidon's line scooted over, much to the shock of the occupants of the thrones. The throne was pitch black with red flames coming from the bottom front of the throne. One of the sides had the most beautiful scenery known to mankind while the other side was a grey color. Percy guessed they resembled the three places people go to after death.

Hades actually had a shocked face portraying his emotion and Percy chuckled at it until Hades tried to form his usual stoic face. He walked up to Percy and said, "I thank you Percy for restoring my throne. If you ever need help, you are always welcome in my domain." With that, Hades sat on his throne.

Hestia walked up to Percy and gave him a quick hug. "Thank you young Perseus. If you ever need help, come to the hearth." With that, she walked back to the hearth.

Percy was confused, however. "Lord Zeus, where is Hestia's throne?" Percy only saw Hades' throne appear in the circle and he was a little mad if they didn't complete his request. Zeus quickly spoke up, "It appears Hestia rather likes it at the hearth so she would prefer not to have a visible throne in the circle."

Percy could understand. He really wouldn't want to be in the middle of all the yelling matches during the council meetings either.

Poseidon spoke up again in a proud yet slightly sad voice. "Now, back to the matter of your reward, while I will miss having you by my side, helping me rule my kingdom, I understand why you have declined." He gave a knowing look to Annabeth as Percy gained a sea green aura that was a little brighter than the others, flowing over him in a wavelike pattern.

Little did they know what this phenomenon actually meant. But if anyone was to look into Percy's eyes when he gained that semi-faint glow, you would have seen them start to swirl with power that was unknowingly given to him.

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Like I said before, the beginning is going to have short chapter because of the constant changing scenes and time frames so we can get to the good parts faster. Okay, enough talk. I'll start working on the next chapters. See ya guys later!