Disclaimer: My brother Ryan begged me to let him say the disclaimer, so Ryan will you please say the disclaimer.
Ryan: My sister does not own any of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians or Heroes of Olympus characters, books or anything else related to them. All these rights belong to Rick Riordan.
Prologue
Percy's POV
Annabeth and I were sitting on the beach, before sunrise, a few weeks after we had defeated Gaea and the Giants. She still occasionally was plagued nightmares and visions about what had happened in Tartarus. She told me last night was one of the worst dreams she's had yet. As she told me about it, I offered her comfort and then suddenly a bright light appeared and Lord Hermes appeared and told us we had received a package. He asked me to sign for it, so I did while George subconsciously asked me if I had any rats. After Lord Hermes disappeared, we opened the package and inside were 5 books and a note.
The note read:
Dear Percy and friends,
I know this may be a surprise but you are not the only demigod with a story to tell even though you are a part of this new series. So even though you and the Romans are not yet on peaceful terms, I would like to continue the peacemaking process by inviting all of the Romans and all of your Greek friends to get together to read these books. So that no one feels that they have a home court advantage or whatever you call it these days, I have arranged for the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater in Washington D. C. as well as hotel arrangements at the Arlington Demigod Inn & Suites have been made for everyone. Do not worry about monsters or anything like that because I have also surrounded the amphitheater with borders similar to the ones you have at camp. I have also invited all of the seven heroes' mortal families (if any) as well as Tyson, Grover, and Ella to join you. So I suggest you tell Chiron to have everyone to pack for an extended stay in D.C. Your Roman friends have received a similar letter and are on their way to D.C.
Thank you for your service to Olympus,
Hera/Juno
Annabeth immediately suggested not going just because Hera wrote the letter, but then I retorted by saying that I bet she would like to know what happened while I was missing and what happened with Jason, Hazel, Leo, Nico, Piper, and Frank while we were in Tartarus. She glared at me knowing that I was using one of her greatest weaknesses against her, the fact that she needs to know as much as possible. She finally relented and we went to wake Chiron up at the big house. After showing the note to a sleepy Chiron he told us to go back to sleep and he would tell everyone at breakfast and then we would leave after lunch.
So at breakfast Chiron announced that everyone would be going on a road trip provided by Hera/Juno because Jason was still here in order to catch up with his sister and he was dating Piper as well. Someone from the Athena cabin asked "Why?" He responded by telling us that Annabeth and Percy had received a package with several books that tell of Jason, Leo, Piper, Annabeth, Percy, Hazel, and Frank's adventures in stopping Gaea and the giants. And that we were meeting the Romans there on neutral grounds so that no one would feel left out. After breakfast everyone went to their cabins to pack for this trip.
We all left after lunch, Chiron suggested that I take Blackjack and some other Pegasi with us to take us to the amphitheater with Jason and the other seven who are at Camp Half-Blood to meet Reyna and the other Romans. Annabeth and I hopped on Blackjack who was happy to see me after being gone for 9 months. All the other campers were packed in the camp vans which said Mr. D's Strawberries.
When we got there, Annabeth was amazed at the architecture of the place, because it was circular with columns all around. Outside the main entrance was a sign that read closed for renovations. I suggested we wait here for the Romans. Reyna, Hazel, Frank, and Octavian all got there about an hour after us. We discussed seating arrangements and decided the Greeks on the right and the Romans on the left with the seven, camp leaders, mortal families, and other non-demigod friends in the middle. Then we went a few blocks away to check out the hotel, which was nice but according to Annabeth nowhere near as impressive as the amphitheater. I had the feeling this would not make the gods happy because guessing by the title, I assumed the gods had built this just so everyone would have a place to stay during the readings. I mean when the keys were handed out to the demigods the tags magically had a symbol appear below the number. For me it was trident, for Annabeth and the other Athena kids it was an owl. The larger cabins had entire floors whereas Jason, Nico, Thalia, and I had to share a floor. The Romans divided themselves by cohort. The mortals and non-demigod friends were on the first floor. The gods put themselves on the upper floors which included the penthouse.
We went back to the amphitheater and met the rest of the camps and all of other friends, families and took them over to the hotel to drop all the suitcases off and relax for the night. But before we could leave all of the Olympians appeared in front of us and said they would be joining us for the readings. Leo and his father, Hephaestus thought it would be cool to set up a video screen with a magically enhanced movie with what was being read. While they were at it I asked those two to make sure the speaker system was working. When the keys were handed out to the demigods the tags magically had a symbol appear below the number. For me it was trident, for Annabeth and the other Athena kids it was an owl. The larger cabins had entire floors whereas Jason, Nico, Thalia, and I had to share a floor. The Romans divided themselves by cohort. The mortals and non-demigod friends were on the first floor. The gods put themselves on the upper floors which included the penthouse. When I got to my room I knew that this hotel had definitely been built by the gods because my room was decorated as a beach side cabin. Tomorrow, the readings would start. I was actually kind of nervous.