Just a totally random story I thought of. PJO and HoO belongs to Rick Riordan and not me. :( This story is also under my Wattpad account, SunnySnow.

It's my birthday, 21 December. You'd think I was supposed to be happy and delighted, jumping for joy but I was standing in front of three judges, waiting for a verdict. It would be better if I didn't already know where they were going to send me, perhaps maybe even more exciting. But I knew, from the very start of today that it wasn't going to be good.

And by the way, no this is not the normal interview for work and stuff. I was being judged whether I should go to the Field of Punishment and suffer eternal torment or Elysium Field to enjoy the rest of my dead life. The worst part was that they had to flashback my entire horrible life to me and I had to watch me do everything I had done in my life.

The first time my mum hit me. When dad came back to entertain mum. When Jason was born. The day Jason disappeared. The day I ran away. The day I met him. The day he gave me my first, last and only kiss in miserable life. The day we met Annabeth. The "I-pity-my-daughter-so-I-turn-her-into-a-pine-tree" day. The day he poisoned my tree.

Then afterwards, the day I awoke in Percy's arm. The day I fought him and kick him off the cliff (it looked like I did it on purpose and gods, that's something I would never manage). Later on, when I became a huntress. The day I was crushed by the stupid Hera statue which was the very same day he died. Then I was congratulated and I put on a fake smile. The day I finally saw Jason after so many years. The day they defeated Gaia.

All these were what all my original friends know but further on...

When Annabeth and Percy, Hazel and Frank, Nico and some weird daughter of Iris and Grover and Juniper had a marriage on the same day together. And then Annabeth gave birth to Percy's child. And then Hazel had Frank's. I remembered how happy I was for them.

Their children grew and finally they were all older than me. It was so strange to see them grow up and it seemed as though they grew too fast. Then they started aging. Older and older they got and finally, one by one, all my friends were dead and I could do nothing about it.

But to repay them for being great friends, I took care of all their children. And then grandchildren and then great-grandchildren and so on. Once in a while, they would show their similarities to my late friends and it would hurt but I would be delighted at the same time.

I remembered a boy who loved architecture. He grew up and improved the city so much you couldn't believe that it was still New York. And this beautiful girl with Percy's eyes and loyalty as well. She died in a car accident while trying to save one of Nico's grandchild, whom she really loved. And that Nico's grandchild can tell when someone died. I remembered a boy whom collected jewelries, luckily not cursed, everywhere he went. A girl who could turn into every animal in the world.

I took care of many children and I was happy for all but there were two person's child whom I'd regret never being able to hold. His and mine. And that wasn't even that bad compared to what happened when I was twenty-five (technically).

I was fighting a monster, alone, and I was already weak from fighting millions of others. Those hellhound won't let me go! I was just going for a drink alone and suddenly a plague of hellhound attacked. The freaky thing was the first hellhound, which I already killed, had yelled at me that this was the revenge of Kronos but I didn't do anything to Kronos!

Anyway, I could feel my energy sipping away. I was ready to collapse and wait for them to tear me apart. I've informed the other hunters but I was so intense at retreating and fighting that I didn't realize how far I've went. Artemis said they would arrive in about 10 minutes but it doesn't look like I could stay alive that long.

Suddenly, I heard someone yell my name, "Thalia!"

It was the most unexpected person. Miss Castellan, his mother! She jumped in front of the hellhound and fought and slashed with a... kitchen knife. One hellhound disintegrated. It wasn' supposed to be very effective but it doesn't matter. The hellhound had never seen it before and afraid they retreated.

Miss Castellan wasn't all right, though. The hellhound had sunk its claw into her chest before it was sent back to Tartarus and it had to leave its claws as souvenirs. I ran over to her.
"Ma'am, are you all right?" What a stupid question! Of course she wasn't. I prayed that Artemis and the others would hurry up.

"Thalia Grace," she mumbled, her voice barely a whisper, "My dream... Luke said... love you..." her eyelid slid shut into a endless sleep. I tried to process what she said. I wanted to jump for joy but I was a huntress. No this kind of nonsense and beside wasn't he dead?

Suddenly, her eyelid flew open, but it was sky blue. His blue eyes. "Thalia?" he croaked. "What the heck..." he started but noticed that I was as confused as he was.

"Whatever," he mumbled and before I could protest, he pushed himself, umm... his mum's body, up and kissed me on the lips. I wanted to pull back and tell him I can't but the big part of me decided to do nothing. Finally, we pulled apart and he whispered, "I love you." before he fell back onto the ground. May Castellan was later reported mysteriously dead. It felt terrible to be rescued by his mum's sacrifice and talk to him.

Everything went on normally until my 500 000 birthday. Everyone was congratulating me for being the only huntress who had lived half a millenia. Even Artemis looked impressed and ask me into her tent to give me something. None of them knew how much I wanted to die and join my friends.

When I entered her tent, Artemis looked at me and said, "You've worked so much and learned so many new skills. I think you deserve a break. I'm sure since none of your friends are... around, you'd rather visit the underworld and see your brother and try to get over him."

I blushed. It took me a long time to get over any of my friends. It wasn't until I was about 100 000 when I gotten over all of them. Except Jason and him. "Jason," I asked. "You mean it?"

"Oh, not just Jason. You could see your... friends to but I warn you Thalia, you're still a huntress." she replied and my head seemed to take forever to process her meaning.

"Annabeth, Percy, Nico, Leo, Piper, Reyna, Frank, Hazel, Dakota, Bobby... all of them?" I asked, dumbfounded.

"Yes, pretty much. Umm..." Artemis looked like she didn't really want to say it and I could guess exactly who she was about to say. "And Luke." she managed. There was it. The name I tried to avoid even thinking about. I nodded not daring to reply.

"Well, of you go, my best huntress," she said with a smile as she said "best". My cheek felt hot again. See, I was different from other huntress who try to forget everything about their past and perfect their skills Greek style.

I made sure I remembered my past and couldn't be bothered with my skills. I just pick up things along the way. I learned some Roman, some Egyptian and some other types of fighting too and only know some Greek. Yes, I did not learn how to sword fight Greek style.

I also learn healing methods from everywhere around the world as we traveled. Fellow hunters started calling me the best huntress but I didn't think that was true. I mean look, I didn't master any of the skills, not even Greek. I only randomly pick up fun and exciting stuff which are useful! I told them uncountable numbers of time but no one ever believed me.

Artemis waved her hands in front of me, bringing me back to the present. "Off you go," she said with a smile. I nodded again and headed off to the underworld. It was the best present ever, to meet my friends again.

When I reached the Underworld, the first person I saw was Annabeth. She was scolding some ghost to hurry up and change some construction. Wow, the newly designed Underworld looks great. When I arrived, I shouted across the construction noises. "Hey little sis!"

Annabeth turned and saw me. Excusing herself, she ran towards me and hugged me tight. "How can you still call me little sis when I look so old?" I rolled my eyes. Annabeth never stops stressing that point. We talked for quite sometime when Percy strolled in and seeing me, his eyes lit up in delight.

"You're visiting!" he exclaimed, still like a child. I gave him a hug too. Behind him came Nico, also surprised, who got a hug too. After a long chat, it was over and I had to move on. One by one, I visited my friends and finally I cleared them all off my long list. I entered where Leo said Jason was.

I entered nervously. "Hey, Jason." I said cautiously. He turned and saw me. A small smile started to form on his lips. It grew wider as I smiled back and finally, he ran towards me and I hugged him tightly. I would've loved to pick him up but he was so much taller that I couldn't so he picked me up instead.

"Thalia, sis, you're really here!" he said, simply delighted. It was as though no amount of words could describe our pleasure. I just let him hold me tight for a long time. Words wasn't needed to explain our feelings of inability to let go.

Hours later, he finally let me go. "I'm ready," he whispered and I smiled.

"So am I. And do go enjoy your life in Elysium now."

"And wait," he added. "For you to come. I will not take rebirth with you but you have to. Go find your happiness in your next life since you lost your chance. Promise?"

It was Jason, the boy whom I've lost once when he was two and then twice when he died. I couldn't leave him without making him happy. "Promise." He smiled happily.

"Someone down the field there wants to see you," he pointed down and I saw a figure leaning against a tree. I nodded and waving, left for that place wondering who I haven't met yet.

The figure stood up. He still look twenty-three, unlike all my friends whom grow up and old before dying. He died young. "Thalia," he whispered, as though he didn't believe that I would agree to see him.

"I didn't agree," I told him. "Jason didn't tell me who it was." I walked forward and pulled a disbelieving Luke down onto the floor.

He looked up at me. "You… umm… died already?"

I shook my head, "Artemis said I could visit."

"Could we?"

I moved closer in and before I knew it, we were kissing again. I knew I shouldn't but I couldn't help it. When we finally pulled apart, he stared up at me. "I'll wait," he promised. "Until you come down and we will rebirth together." I nodded, hoping it would be a better life and together with Luke this time.

Just after I nodded, I was brought out of the Underworld by the furies. Artemis smiled uneasily at me. "Go sleep, alright. Tomorrow we shall resume hunting. We will pretend this didn't happen."

"Going to the Underworld?"

"No," she replied. "The thing about a particular Hermes' son who died early." I nodded, understood. The thing I wasn't supposed to do. Artemis had decided to close one eye, luckily for me.

That night, I was happy. I've finally gotten over Jason and I got to meet him again.