A/N: Hey guys, so I'm back! Thank you so much for the response to the first chapter! It inspired me to hurry up and get this next chapter put up! This is just a side note, but I had a couple people ask me what Cassie's Greek nickname meant. It means little star, but I realized that google translate isn't running it correctly. I had to run it through multiple languages to figure out how to translate it for some reason, but I had no problem translating it from English to Greek. I guess google can be crazy sometimes. Also, I know that this is another Cassie and Annabeth centric chapter, but I promise that the next ones will have some of her other family members and maybe even some friends that we haven't seen before! I know also know that this chapter is really short and if you've read just about any of my other stories with the exception of a few then you know that isn't typically my writing style and I'm trying to get back to how I normally write now that I've found some story ideas that I had a while ago. Anyways, please follow, favorite, and review! The more response I get the more motivated I am to write!

Disclaimer: I own nothing besides Cassie and parts of the storyline that you don't recognize.


It was a sunny day, the perfect day to be outside, and Annabeth and her daughter were defiantly taking advantage of that. A seven-year-old Cassie was leaning over her mother's shoulder watching as she worked on a sketch for work. Not Olympus, but actual work. Work with deadlines.

"Can I help?" Cassie asked softly, moving backward then laying in the grass down beside the blonde demigod.

"As much as I would love your help, Αστεράκι, you know that I can't let you help me with something for work," Annabeth replied, sounding genuinely sorry.

"Mkay," Cassiopeia responded softly, still laying in the grass as she closed her eyes.

Annabeth turned back to see her daughter, laughing a little at the image before her. Cassie was lying on the ground, the tall grass coming up so that it covered her face and she had her arms crossed over her chest in an almost comical manner.

"I know what, how about you do some karate for me while I finish this up?" the demigod asked, already knowing the answer. Her daughter was so predictable when it came to anything that she had a passion for.

"Yeah!" Cassie grinned instantly, springing up from the grass. "Mmm," the girl looked around for a minute, blonde hair whipping in the wind before she found what she was looking for and quickly grabbed a longer but thin stick.

"What are you going to show me today, Miss Cassiopeia Jackson?" Annabeth asked, grinning as she turned slightly away from her work. Her daughter had been practicing all of her karate non-stop in order to get ready for her upcoming test. She was a brown belt at the minute, testing for black.

"A bo staff routine. A different version of the one I did for the last competition," the blonde girl replied, sea green eyes shining with excitement as she held the makeshift bo staff to her chest, getting ready to start.

"Let's see it then," her mom replied, still smiling as her daughter turned around holding the staff off to the side slightly like it was an extension of her arm.

The girl was grinning just as wide as her mother as she bowed, beginning the routine as Annabeth watched, smiling softly.

The older blonde watched in amazement as her daughter twirled and spun, going cartwheels and makeshift flips, seeing as the stick was a little too long for her do them properly. Still, it looked amazing.

The girl finished eventually, her blonde hair blown everywhere and the young girl completely out of breath. "Well?" she asked softly, nervously biting the inside of her lip.

"I think that is why you are second best in your age division, competing against a ton of kids years older than you," Annabeth replied honestly, making her daughter beam. "One thing though Cass. Don't bit your lips, it's a bad habit."

"Sorry," the blonde apologized, still smiling as she threw the stick up before spinning around and catching it. "Ta-da!"

The demigod laughed at her daughter's expression before standing up and running over to the girl, picking her up and spinning her around a couple of times before setting her back down. Even for a seven-year-old, she was tiny and with all the exercising and activities that she did, it wasn't really a surprise.

"You wanna teach me some of those tricks that you did?" Annabeth asked, still laughing as her daughter dropped her makeshift bo staff to the ground.

"What about your work?" the girl asked, looking up at her mother, sea green eyes showing her curiosity clearly.

"It can wait," The demigod replied without any hesitation. It could. She was going to enjoy this moment with her daughter, she was going to enjoy all of these moments. Everything else can wait.