Not much Octavian/Rachel in this but I had to explain a few things. This will have some other pairings and I know they will never happen like for example Nico and Rose but the main pairing is Octachel. I know so don't tell me. Oh and also let's pretend that Rachel can date. This is Fanfiction after all. It would make a little more sense if you read "I Need Love, I Need You" to understand why Rose is there but I won't tell you to read it. It's your choice.

~Melissa L.

Jason

It's nice to be back at camp Half-Blood. So after we landed we got of the ship. Everyone seemed shocked at the scene the Di Angelo kids were making. Of course they probably didn't think Nico would show any public signs of affection. But you're wondering how she's here in the first place. I'll get to that in second. The thing right now is that I feel a bit uncomfortable with both the Greeks and Romans together staring at us. Bianca and Nico aren't the only ones enjoying a happy family reunion.

"Percy! Your okay," shouts Rose and flings herself to Percy.

"Percy! You are not dead!" and here come Tyson and gives both Rose and Percy a bear hug. The children of Poseidon are laughing and enjoying themselves.

"Frank, come on brother," Tyson let's go of Percy and Rose momentarily and pulls Frank in the group hug they're having.

"Brother?" Rose looks confused. After Tyson finally lets go of them Percy explains how Frank is just a descendant but lets Tyson call him a brother.

"Hey guys! Glad you came back in one piece," Rose says as she goes around and hugs all of us, excluding Bianca because the children of Hades are having their moment.

"Hey cuz," Leo said as Rose gave him a hug.

"Now it's my turn to ask, what?" Percy said.

"He's my cousin, Perce. So that means he's yours to," Rose explained.

"I can live with that," said Percy.

I turn and look around. There's Octavian with his usual scowl directed at us. Reyna is right next to him. We look at each other and I don't know what to say so I just smile at her. A faint trace of a smile appears before she goes back on serious mode again.

"But how are you here?" I hear Nico ask.

"We have a lot to talk about," says Annabeth.

"I agree," says Reyna, "We have to have a meeting."

So we hold a meeting with just the seven, Bianca, Nico, Reyna, Octavian (who invited him?), Rose and Tyson( they refused to leave Percy), and Rachel. Everyone else was told they would get the information later. We all sat in the rec room while we told the story of our journey. We let Leo finish up.

"...And then we destroyed the creepy voodoo ritual thingy of Gaea, Frank turned into a giant eagle and grabbed Bianca from her prison and we all managed not to die. We got on the ship that we hid and came back." Leo finished.

"Wow, that was...interesting," Reyna said.

"Wait I almost forgot, on our way, we somehow were transported to Olympus," Leo said.

"Impossible," Octavian said.

"No, really dude," Leo continues. Octavian crinkles his nose at the word dude. "We all got a wish for saving the world."

"Is it wrong to ask what those wishes were?" asked Rose.

"Not at all, Percy said, "I just wanted Bob to come back. The gods said it might take a while since he's a Titan but when he comes back, he's going to help with the camp."

"Who's Bob?" asked Tyson.

"I'll tell you later," Percy says. We go around the room saying what we asked for. Frank asked to not have his life tied to a stick. He couldn't get rid of that curse unless he got rid of his ability to change form. He immediately agreed to it. Hazel wanted her curse of jewels to end and now she can summon gems without hurting anyone (unless she wants to).

"I just asked for Reyna, Nico, and Coach Hedge to get to Camp Half-Blood in time to stop the fight," I say simply. Piper wanted for all of us to get to get to Camp Half-Blood without any troubles. Annabeth asked for her knife and Daedalus laptop back. Everyone just wanted something simple but not Leo.

"I asked for the Gods to let Calypso go. She was stuck in that island for a long time. I refused to leave until we all went to Ogygia. The bad news: She wanted me to become her immortal husband! I mean she was pretty and all but she is immortal and I didn't want to leave you guys. I guess it's back to looking for a girlfriend." said Leo with a hint of sadness in his voice. I put a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry Leo. Now that you're famous you'll get lots of girls," I told him encouragely. He brightened up at the word 'Famous'.

"Okay, that was nice and all but you haven't explained why Bianca Di Angelo is alive. Not that there's anything wrong with that," said Rachel.

"Well, apparently, Gaea actually managed to make it look like Bianca's soul was reborn but in reality she managed to bring her back while the Titans were taking over while Hades was helping in the war and the underworld wasn't as guarded. Gaea kept her knowing we would hesitate to do anything while she was holding her hostage but we managed to bring her with us and now she's here," said Annabeth.

"I guess that would make sense," Nico muttered. "Well the good thing is that she's here and you guys beat Gaea and made it back."

"This can't be true!" Octavian got to his feet, "Reyna, you can't possibly be buying their ridiculous story?"

"Octavian, how can you still think that we're making this up?" I asked.

"Because Greeks are deceptive and you're a traitor of Rome. You aren't even Roman anymore. Yeah, I felt it the minute I saw you. You've turned into one of them."

Reyna, who's mask of no emotion was broken, looked at me in confusion and hurt, "What is he talking about?"

"He's become one of them, Reyna. I saw it in a dream. I saw ghostly Roman soldiers and them in a cave. Grace couldn't control them because he was turning into a Greek. Zhang was the one that could control them," Octavian accused.

"It doesn't matter, though because Frank's Praetor now," I said.

"What?!"Octavian said shocked. "Reyna, is this true?"

"Frank Zhang has proven himself, Octavian," Reyna said trying to put on back her poker face.

"This is bullshit!" Octavian muttered under his breath then spoke up, "If you don't mind, I have things to do," He left the room.

"Now you see why it's so hard to talk to the guy?" Rachel asked Rose.

"Well, there's good in all of us," responded Rose.

"Rose, you think everyone is good but that's not how life is," said Percy, "What are you? Thirteen? Gods, I missed your birthday. But the point is that Octavian is one of those people that are just manipulative and untrustworthy. He's the one no one can trust." Everyone agreed except Bianca (who didn't know him that well) and Rose(who was still trying to convince us that Octavian just needed a friend).

The meeting was over and we all got greeted. We actually had this huge celebration but I couldn't really enjoy it. Sure I was glad I was alive and Piper was here with me but that look that Reyna had. That wasn't like her and even though I might not have feelings for her, she was my most trusted friend. I felt guilty for making her go through this.

Nico

My sister's back. I feel really happy, really but I can't help but be worried about her. What if she goes and joins the Hunters again and leaves me. I don't want that to happen but I can't say anything but it's her decisions. I'm not a kid anymore. I'm not going to stop her from doing what she wants. Besides, I still have Hazel to worry about. She's had a few problems of her own and I know I can't exactly help with those kinds of problems but I'll still be there for her. Anyway the romans are staying in the cabins for a few days until we know what we're going to do so I have to share the cabin with Hazel and Bianca. While I was getting the cabin ready for my sisters, someone knocked on the door.

"Come in!" I yelled.

"Hey Nico." It was Jason.

"Oh, it's you. What is it?" I said as I turned to face him. The only person to know my secret; that I had a crush on Percy.

"Have you told them yet?" Jason asked.

"Who? What?" I asked confused.

"Have you told Percy and Rose yet?" he asked.

"Why should I? I told you I gave up on him. Besides I like Rose,"

"Are you sure you don't like her because she reminds you of Percy though?"

"Look, I finally figured myself out. I think I'm bi."

"You should still tell them," Jason insisted.

"I don't need to. And if you say anything I'll cut out your tongue and wrap it around your neck," I said glaring at him.

"Okay, okay. Look I just think that-"

"You don't have to think about anything. Just leave me alone, keep your mouth shut and I'll be happy. Now get out of my cabin. Bianca and Hazel will be here soon."

"Fine, I was just trying to help."

"I already told you how to help. Bye now." and he left. I sighed deeply. To be honest, I got over it because I knew it wasn't going to happen anyway. And after Tartarus, Percy and Annabeth are more inseparable than ever. And sure at first Rose did remind me of Percy but it's not like that anymore. I don't have too tell anyone anything.

So yeah, I want to put the seven's thoughts on here on different chapters but it will be Octavian and Rachel. Enjoy. And the whole Rose/Nico thing might not make much sense but that's because I'm kinda picking up from my other story, "I need love, I need you"

~Melissa L.