Chapter 2

Amber's POV

We walked into the throne room. All of the major gods were present. We kneeled in front of them.

"Rise, heroes and children." Hera called.

There was an awkward silence as we all stood up.

Zeus huffed. "Well? It was your idea, tell them, Athena!"

My grandmother raised an eyebrow, "But you are the king of the gods, Father. You represent all of us."

Zeus huffed again.

Ares groaned.

"Okay, not to be rude or anything, but can we hurry it up here? I think I left the water running at home." Dad called out.

Mom face palmed and slid her hands over her face.

The gods stayed silent.

"All right! That's it, I'm telling them!" Hades huffed.

"Athena thought it you be a good- no, great- idea to send you," he pointed to us kids, "back in time to meet your parents."

Aunt Piper raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

Hades shrugged just as Apollo spoke up.

"Who knows? She won't say. But Dad was all for it."

"No." Uncle Jason said. Everyone stared, including Aunt Piper. The most Roman person in our family, the one who learned to keep his emotions in check, the one who respected the gods the most, had defied all of that and said no.

"What?" Athena asked; her voice deadly calm.

"I said, no. They aren't going to do it." He repeated.

"I guess we have no say in this?" Noah asked.

Mom shot him a "now-is-so-not-the-time" look. Noah shrunk back.

Skye took her father's hand. Their same colored eyes met. She gave him a warm smile.

"It's okay, Dad. I think this'll be sorta fun. Besides, you'll know what we're doing." She assured him.

"How?"

I spoke up. "It's the past. You'll get memories that you've never had before."

The adults nodded. Uncle Jason looked pained.

"Ugh, fine. But on one condition," He requested.

Zeus raised an eyebrow at his Roman son. "What?"

"Send them at least a month after the defeat of Gaea, at the beginning of the peace period."

Zeus nodded. "Done."

I turned to my parents, they both ahd worried expressions on their faces.

"Mom, Dad, we'll be okay. Nothing too bad can or will happen. Just, eh, maybe mildly embarrassing." I told them.

They both cracked a smile, despite the situation.

"We love you guys. And stay safe, okay?" Mom smiled, as if she thought of something funny.

I was about to reply okay, but then I caught on. I rolled my eyes, "Oh no, you are not going to have us quote the Fault in Our Stars. I'm a girl, Mom, and straight."

Mom sighed. "You definitely inherited your personality from Percy."

I grinned. "You say that as if it's a bad thing."

Mom face palmed. Dad gave me a fist bump then pulled me into a hug.

"I love you, Amy." He mumbled into my hair.

My cheeks turned red at my super old nickname. "Love you too, Dad." I told him.

Theo, Noah, and I said bye to the others. All of us kids bunched together. We called out to our parents.

"Bye!"

"I love you!"

"Toodles!"

"Ta-ta!"

Hermes checked his Hercules Busts Heads custom made wrist watch. "Let's go, we have to get a move on. I'm scheduled for a delivery to Hypnos in 10 minutes, and I don't want him to be asleep when I get there." He tapped his foot impatiently.

I gave my mom and dad a mischievous grin. They exchanged worried glances. "See you in the past."

Then, my friends and I were pulled back in time.