Chapter 1: A Decision
Percy pov
I tossed and turned in my bunk at Camp Half-Blood. The gods had said they would give each of us a reward for defeating Gaea, but Leo was caught in the final inferno and is presumed dead. I guess then that the gods would be giving the gift to the rest of us: me, Annabeth, Reyna, Jason, Piper, Frank, Hazel, and Nico. I thought about what that reward Zeus and my dad talked about would be. I remembered then the victory over Kronos at the Battle of Manhattan, and how I got the choice of being deified or not. Then, I dissented. I instead chose to continue Luke's dream— make sure each and every demigod is claimed by 13.
I leaned back on my bed and I thought maybe I could be more comfortable. I moved the beds all to one side and summoned a water ball eight feet in diameter. I immediately plunged inside it and started coming up with ideas for the reward tomorrow. I forced myself not to think "a threesome with Aphrodite and Piper" but rather of things that I could make them do.
I ended up choosing…