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It was so foreign, yet completely familiar. Being back at camp after almost a year of being missing had made Percy realize exactly how much he'd missed this.

The Big House looked exactly like it was before, with the exception of a rather large wine colored sofa sitting in the middle of the living room.

He takes Annabeth's hand as he walks inside, leading her to the room with the Ping-Pong table and a bunch of cabin leaders clustered around it. He can already see Jason and Piper sitting in some chairs off to one side, and Hazel is on the other side, dozing off with a cup of coffee in her hands.

He opens his mouth to ask where Leo and Frank are when the two of them come bursting in, both panting heavily as though they had just run a mile.

"Did you guys run here, or something?" Katie asks

Frank glares at Leo from where he stands bent over with is hands on his knees. "This idiot made Thalia mad."

"It was an accident, okay!" Leo snaps back at him

Jason looks faintly amused " What did you do, Leo?"

At his question, Leo winces.

"He managed to melt part of her circle-thing." Frank says, glancing at Leo.

"Her circlet, you mean?" Annabeth asks

"Yeah, that thing." Frank says sheepishly.

"It wasn't my fault! She was in the way!" Leo protests

"For whatever reason, his hair was on fire and he was shooting random bursts of fire everywhere while he was trying to put it out." Frank says

Annabeth glares at Leo half-heartedly, but he knows her well enough to see the hint of a smile appearing on her face. "You managed to hit her in the head with a ball of fire?"

"Um, yeah… woops?" Leo says, chuckling nervously

"What did she do?" He asks, grinning amusedly.

"She zapped Leo a few times before we started running. " Frank says "Do you know how hard it was to run and drag you with me at the same time?

Leo looks down at his broken toe and shrugs." Yeah, sorry 'bout that." Leo says, looking not the least bit sorry.

Chiron clears his throat, his eyes twinkling as he listens to Leo and Frank bicker over whose fault it was.

"Alright, I've called you hear because we need to discuss what to do with the Athena Parthenos." He says gravely

In his chair, Percy coughs, looking amused. "I thought he was going to tell us that there would be another Great Prophecy." He whispers into her ear from where she is sitting on the handle of his chair.

Annabeth gives a small snort, and whispers back, "I can actually imagine that, with your luck."

"Hey! Don't you remember who I'm named after?" He whisper-shouts back.

"Your mom was completely off." She says back and he has a hard time keeping the smile off his face.

"She wasn't that off." He says quietly with a teasing smile on his face.

She gives him that look that screams 'You're an idiot', but he can see the look in her eyes that makes him smile at her like a dope.

Everyone turns to stare at them and Annabeth says quickly, "Don't mind us. Carry on, Chiron."

They all give them puzzled looks, but Chiron ignores them and starts speaking.

"We can either put it in Camp Jupiter, leave it here, or…" Chiron hesitates "We can build a place for it in Athens."

"Athens?" Piper asks. "You want to put it all the way in Greece?"

"Greece?" Chiron asks. "No, not Greece. There's a lovely little village here in New York named Athens."

"Oh! I've been there! It was pretty." Katie nods her head approvingly.

Most of the people there nod their heads, but Will still looks confused. "Wouldn't the mortals be confused if we start building a temple in the middle of their town?"

"It wouldn't be in the middle of it." Malcom says, rolling his eyes at Will

"If you agree, we would build it on a private property hidden in the woods, much like our camp is."

"Frank? You speak for the Romans, so your vote will count as the whole Roman camp's." Chiron says

Frank looks uncomfortable. "Erm… Shouldn't we ask Reyna?"

Chiron nods and Percy waves his hand, instantly creating a mist. "O Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow, show me Reyna, Camp Jupiter." Chiron says to the mist.

"How come you don't need to pay a drachma?" Leo asks

"I did a favor for her a long time ago…" Chiron says, waving his hand absentmindedly.

The picture appears suddenly, a pissed-looking Reyna standing next to a smug Octavian on the screen.

"Ah, Miss Reyna." Chiron says to her and she nods at him in greeting.

"We've been discussing the issue of the Athena Parthenos." Chiron says. "My suggestion is that we keep it in Athens."

Octavion butts in, saying "Why would you put it in a place out of the God's domain?"

"Not in the original Athens. The one in New York."

Reyna shoots Octavian a hard look and steps in front. "Okay. Do you know whose going to be building the temple for it?"

Chiron looks at Annabeth, but she shakes her head ruefully. "Sorry Chiron, I still haven't finished Olympus yet."

"How 'bout you, Malcom?" Annabeth asks

"Me?" The person is question says

"Yeah, you. " Annabeth says

"Umm… Okay, I'd have to get a car to drive there, but … Okay."

"How come it has to be in New York? That's so far away from our Camp!" Octavian says

"It's a Greek Statue, Octavian; they should have it closer to them." Rena says, looking exasperated.

"It's fine with us, Chiron; you can put it in Athens." Reyna continues, oblivious to Octavian's scowl.

Chiron nods and ends the Iris message.

"Do any of you know if you are going to be staying here for the summer?" Chiron asks, changing the topic abruptly

"Yeah." Clarisse nods. "Chris' gonna be staying here too."

"Annabeth?" Chiron asks

"Nope, not this year. I'm staying in New York, though." Annabeth answers

"New York? Where are you going to stay?" Malcom asks, looking confused. "I though your dad lived in California?"

"He does, I'm just staying with Percy. It's also easier 'cause I'm closer to Olympus here."

Malcom accepts this with a nod.

"What are you guys doing?" Percy asks to everyone

"I'm going to stay with my dad in one of his houses in California." Piper says.

"Is he filming another movie?" Katie asks

"Yeah. It's another one of those Spartan movies that everybody loves." Piper replies, rolling her eyes

Frank crinkles his nose. "I saw his first one. That is not what my dad looks like."

"What are you doing until camp starts again, Frank?" She asks

"I'm staying at camp with Hazel. I kinda have to, being praetor and all…"

"I'm going back to school near Camp." Jason adds.

"Leo? What about you?" He asks

Leo rubs his hand over his face. "I dunno. I'm probably gonna try to repair Festus and figure out how to work the astrolabe and the crystal…"

"What are you talking about?" Frank asks

Leo blushes and says "What? Nothing, never mind."

Piper gives him a strange look, but he ignores it. "Are we done, Chiron?"

"Yes. " He says

Leo looks out the window and gulps when he sees Thalia stomping towards the Big House with a scowl on her face.

"I gotta go guys…" With that, Leo takes off running through the back door.

Jason groans and follows him , muttering something about 'saving him from my sister'.

Frank, Hazel and Piper walk after them. Annabeth was just about to follow after them, but she was stopped by Chiron.

"Annabeth, your mother wants you to come up to Olympus to discuss a temple Ares wants built." Chiron says, and she groans

"Already? It hasn't even been a day since the war." She says

"Yes, well Lady Athena is very punctual." Chiron says, looking at her sympathetically.

"Percy, your father has requested you to be there as well." He continues

Percy's face lights up, and he turns to Annabeth with a pleading look on his face. "C'mon Wise Girl."

Her face softens and she says "Fine. But only for a few days. School starts in a week, you know."

He doesn't say anything, but he smiles at her cheekily.

"I'm sure Argus will let you use one of the vans." Chiron says and they take that as their cue to leave.

He can hear Katie shouting at Travis back in the big house as he leaves, and Clarisse laughing at something Chris says.

He puts his arm around her shoulders and they walk to Annabeth's cabin, pausing only to laugh at Leo being chased by Thalia, who was being chased by a laughing Jason.

"Do you think we should help…?" Percy asks

"Nah. Once you get Thalia mad, you better just wait it out." She replies, chuckling as she watches Leo jump after being shocked by lighting.

Percy grabs a few drachmas from her bedside table and she gathers up all of the dusty old blueprints left on her bed from before the war.

"Bye guys!" She shouts to the entire camp watching Leo getting beaten up by Thalia, who ignores Leo for a second and runs over to hug Annabeth.

"See ya later, cuz." She says, ruffling Percy's hair.

He arches his eyebrow at her. "Hey!" He says, batting away her hand. "I'm older than you now. You're not allowed to do that."

"Technically, I'm three years older than you." She says, sticking her tongue out at him.

He crinkles her nose at her, and she flips him off while Annabeth is busy giving Piper and Hazel a hug.

He puts a mock- offended look on his face and gasps "Oh no you-"

He is off when Annabeth turns around to them with a suspicious look on her face. "What are you guys doing?"

"Nothing." They say simultaneously with matching guilty looks on their faces.

Annabeth shakes her head but ignores it.

He takes her hand and pulls her away while waving at Leo who was still lying on the floor groaning in pain.

"See you later, guys!" He yells to Frank and Jason who wave back in reply.