Chapter 3 already...wow, time does fly fast when your writing a FanFiction about Demigods. So, this Chapter, as I said, is a little more talky rather than action. There may be a little, but not much. You have been warned, also, James is introduced this chapter to a certain demigod who we all know very well *wink**wink*, so read on to find out! Enjoy!

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Voices swam in and out like my consciousness. Even though there were times were I was conscious, I couldn't open my eyes or speak. You see, the fight with the Cyclops had completely and utterly drained me. I was weak already by the time we had reached Thalia's tree. The fact that I had broken down had pushed me over the edge.

Me being unconscious was the first time in six years I had slept with no nightmares. I didn't even dream. The sleep was peaceful.

Then I woke up.

Stood next to me was Annabeth. She looked tired and run-down. She was wearing the same clothes as before. However, she had put her hair back into a ponytail.

Stood at the end of the bed was a centaur. He stood at 7 foot tall and had dark hair that matched his beard. His face was filled with scars but his eyes were calm and friendly.

I stirred and Annabeth's head shot up, she looked at me first in shock. Then her expression softened and she stood up to hug me.

"Welcome back" She said. "You feel better after that?"

"Yeah thanks" I said. "How long was I out?"

"Two days" Annabeth said. "The same amount of time I haven't slept"

"What? Why not?" I asked.

"I didn't want you to wake up and me be asleep"

"Go" I said. "Get some sleep, I'm awake now"

She opened her mouth to protest.

"No but's" I said. "Sleep. Now"

She sighed and lay down in the bed next to me. She was asleep in seconds. This prodded the centaur to walk forward, or rather, trot forward.

"I am glad to see you are awake Son of Zeus" He said. "My name is Chiron, I run the activities in Camp Half Blood. I found you and Annabeth on the outskirts of the barrier."

"You were the figure behind Annabeth when I passed out!" I exclaimed.

"Yes" Chiron replied. "I apologise if I startled you, I got there at the wrong timing."

"I wasn't the one I was worried about"

Chiron's head turned to a sleeping Annabeth, his eyes went soft.

"You like her do you not?" He asked.

"Um...yes sir" I said nervously, it felt as If I was talking to Annabeth's father or something. But regardless, I couldn't hide my feelings.

"Well I know she likes you a lot" He said. "The night your sister died? She came into camp, balling over you. She did not speak to anyone for a week and she carried a picture of you around with her for all of the time she was here"

His words shocked me massively. Annabeth really cared. She really did take my death hard. She likes me a lot. Wow.

"Come" Chiron said. "I trust there is a certain Satyr who wants to know if the rumours are true about your return"

I chuckled. Then turned towards Annabeth.

"What about Annabeth?" I asked. "We can't just leave her"

"She shall be fine" He replied. "Come, there is much to discuss, I trust you will be wanting a cabin?"

"Um...yeah" I said. "I-If it's no problem"

"No problem at all my godling friend" He said with a chuckle. "You will be sharing a cabin with Percy Jackson. He is the son of Poseidon."

"Son of Poseidon?" I asked, shocked. "I thought Thalia and I were the only two to ever have been born of the big three?"

"Turns out you were not" Chiron replied. "You shall meet Percy later, and we shall discuss the prophecy...Ah, here we are!"

I wanted to ask more about the prophecy mentioned. But as I looked up I realised we had reached the Satyr camp ground. Hundreds of Half man-half goat hybrids trotted around. Small tents were dotted throughout the landscape. We walked through slowly.

Lots of Satyr's pointed towards me and whispered to his or her friend. I got a few stares along with questioning looks. After a short walk we reached the tent which I assumed was Grover's. There was a commotion inside.

The conversation grew to shouts until a young girl walked out. She was small and fairly pretty. She wore only a bikini and held her shoes in her hand.

Defiantly a daughter of Aphrodite I thought.

A Satyr followed after. He stood at about 6'3'' and was wearing a brown, sleeveless shirt with a knife strap around his shoulder. He had a small, brown afro on top of his head with two small horns sticking out. He had a tuft of hair also on his chin.

"Hey baby wait!" He called after the girl. Not acknowledging Chiron and I. "Come on! We can work this out!"

I chuckled to myself, Grover always was a womaniser. Or, well demigoddess-iniser.

"Grover" Chiron said. Grover turned and realised who he was, he flinched and seemed to get smaller.

"Blee-ee" He bleated, then coughed. "Y-Yes sir"

"There is someone I would like you to meet" Chiron said. "I trust you have met before"

"Hey Grover" I said, a smile on my face.

He looked at me and his eyes widened when he realised who I was. Then he looked back to Chiron, then back to me.

"Holy gods" He said. "Your actually alive!"

With that he slapped my on the back. He had gone from shocked to happy in the matter of 3 seconds. Which was the fastest time I had ever seen anyone do it.

He put his arm around my neck and we began walking. As we left Grover turned to Chiron.

"I'll take it from here horse man" He said with a smirk.

As we came out of ear shot I heard Chiron snort and mutter "Satyr's" before trotting off. I turned my attention back to Grover.

"So how d'you do it?" He asked. "I mean, cheat death and stuff"

"Um" I began. I didn't really know how to answer his question. "I guess, by not...dying?"

He laughed. "I tell you" He said. "That night I got absolutely mushed by Chiron. I mean, both of you and Thalia died. I failed. Big time"

"No you didn't" I replied. "I'm still alive aren't I?"

"Yeah" He said. Then his face turned sad. "But Thalia isn't. I'm sorry man"

"Thanks" I said. "It's a lot harder to deal with when you have to witness it"

He gasped. "What?"

"I woke up man" I said. I fought back the fresh tears that fought for control of my eyes. "I watched that Cyclops kill her"

Grover's expression changed again quicker than I can calculate. He went from being rather down, to having a look on his face that screamed excitement.

"I know just what you need" He said with a smile. "A party, your place. Tonight."

"A party, really?" I said. "And what do you mean 'my place' I don't have a place yet"

"Oh right" He remembered. "Let's go meet Percy, your cousin and your cabin mate"

I followed him to a group of cabins placed in a U shape. All of them were fairly similar. Made of wood with a symbol above the doorway.

"Each symbol represents a different God!" I said. Then looking, I realised I couldn't see a cabin that represented my father.

"Hey, were is-"

"There" Grover cut me off, pointing straight ahead of us. Stood at the head off all cabins was a monster of a cabin. It was the only one with two floors and it dominated all other cabins. Above it presented three symbols. A dark helm, a three speared triton, and a lightning bolt.

"The cabin of the big three" Grover said. "That's your home now, come on! Don't you want to meet your cousin?"

He ran up to the door and knocked quickly. A few moments later a boy opened the cabin door. He wasn't much younger than me, maybe 15? He had short black hair and distinct features. He wore ripped jeans and black trainers. Also he wore an orange T-Shirt that read 'Camp Half-Blood' on it in big, bold letters. This was Percy Jackson, Son of Poseidon.

"Hey Grover" He said.

"Hey Perc" Grover replied. "This is James, he's an old friend"

"Hey James" Percy Said. "I'm Percy, Percy Jackson. Son of Poseidon"

He stuck out his hand friendly. I shook it with a smile.

"I guess that makes us cousins then" I said. He looked at me, confused. "I'm James Grace"

Percy's eyes widened.

"Your Thalia's brother" He said. "Your-"

"I'm the Son of Zeus" I interrupted.

"The prophecy..." He said under his breath. Again, I was going to ask about it but was cut off by Grover.

"Well good to see you two getting along!" He said. "Perc, James is now your cabin mate, and to welcome him to camp, well, back to camp, sort of, he didn't make it last time so it's not really back-"

"Grover!" Percy and I said at the same time. Drawing smiles from us both.

"Oh right!" He continued. "We're gonna throw a party in you two's cabin as celebration that he's not dead. You in?"

I chuckled.

"Yeah I'm in" Percy said. "Should be fun! Is Clarisse aloud to come?"

Grover sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Yeah sure whatever, just no kissy kissy goo goo stuff OK?"

"Not promising anything" Percy said, and with that and a wave he shut the door.

"What was that all about?" I asked.

"Well" Grover replied. "Since he saved the world most girls in the camp have been swooning over him. Including Clarisse, the daughter of Ares. Who he is now dating"

"Huh" I said. "Was...um...Annabeth...one of those girls?"

Grover raised an eyebrow and looked me up and down.

"You like her huh?" He said.

"What?" I said, denying it. "No! I just wanted to know!"

"Mm hmm?" Grover sounded. "Well no, she wasn't, and I can feel your emotions. I'm a Satyr remember? I know full well you like her."

I sighed. "Don't tell her? Please? It could ruin our friendship"

"Don't worry man" He said. Serious this time. "I may be a trouble maker but I'm still your friend. I wont tell."

I sighed again. With relief this time. Whilst walking and talking with Grover I was called out by a familiar voice. Even though I couldn't believe it.

"Well well well" It said. "What a pleasant surprise"

I span around. I don't think I had ever been so shocked in my life.

"CHRIS?!" I said. It was Chris Maldock. My school bully. He was here, in camp Half Blood. He was a demigod.

"The one and only" He said. "Turns out, I'm the son of Ares. So I think that makes me better than you!"

Snickers followed. I expected him to be surrounded by his friends. It was only other sons of daughters of Ares that laughed. I heard Grover snicker at his comment. But not at me. But at the truth.

"Better than me?" I said. "Try saying that when you realise my Dad's God of the Sky"

Lots of oohs and shocked looks. Even from Chris.

"You Dad's Zeus?" He said. "Please, you don't even look worthy to be a son of Hermes. Maybe that's why your sister got mutilated by a Cyclops"

Something snapped inside me. I don't know what it was, but something did. Grover noticed it before I did due to the thunder and lightning. He ran and tried to stop me advancing on Chris.

"Take it back!" I said, a red mist had descended in front of my eyes. "Take it back or so help me I will blast your sorry ass down to the depths of Tarterus!"

"Ooh" He said sarcastic. "Scary"

I lost it. "Sorry Grover" I said quietly. He looked at me puzzled as I shoved him out of the way and onto the floor.

I felt energy flow within me as I raised my hand. I focused my energy on sending a bolt of electric energy towards him. This time. It worked.

The energy left my hand quickly and hit it's target, sending Chris backwards into a wall. Lots of people gasped.

Chris stood up, he looked as if he had fire in his eyes. Believe me I wasn't far off.

"Come on then Son of Zeus" He said, drawing his sword. "Lets dance!"

With that he ran at me, sword at the ready. I ran and unsheathed Grover's dagger he kept strapped to his chest. I turned around to see Christ swinging his sword at my head.

Now if I was a normal human being, my reflexes would have been too slow and Chris would have sliced my head clean off. But because I was a demigod. I was faster.

I parried the swipe and we went on fighting. I swung. He blocked. He swung. I blocked. It went on for a good ten minutes. Until Chris made a mistake.

Chiron had entered the crowd and was watching us fight. Chris spied him and took his attention off of me. I took the opportunity and knocked his hand away. I spun around and held him in a headlock with Grover's blade to his neck.

"Now what you son of a nymph?" I said in his ear.

"This!" He said. I quickly realised his other arm was free. He brought his elbow back and struck it into my torso. I fell back, wounded.

Chris raised his sword, I had dropped the dagger and now was completely defenceless, and Chris was looking to kill.

"James no!" I heard Annabeth shout.

My mind flashed back to the night again, the pain Annabeth had suffered through after my death. The sorrow I had put her through.

"Not again" I said.

Chris brought the sword down as I stuck my arm out in front of the blade.

Silence. I could still feel my fingers.

Then lots of murmuring and shocked glances and points towards me. I looked up and Chris' blade had stopped a centimetre above my arm.

There was a barrier of electricity blocking his sword.

My confidence grew back instantly, I felt strong enough to bring down Olympus itself at that point. I smashed Chris' blade away to the other side of the circle that had formed around us. He was stunned and I palmed him in the chest as I did my mother two days ago.

Electricity flowed from my fingertips and smashed into Chris, sending him back across the floor. He was out for the count. I approached him. He began to crawl away as I did.

"That was for all the bullying at school" I said. Then I brought my fist back and smashed him in the face, with just enough energy to knock him unconscious.

"And that was for disrespecting my sister" I concluded.

Cheers and claps erupted from the crowd watching us. Lots of whistles and comments. I approached Annabeth, Percy, Grover and Chiron.

"Sorry about the push Grover" I said. "I sort of lost it"

"Don't worry bout it" He replied. "If it was my sister he was on about then I would have lost it as well"

I turned then to Percy. Who stared at me in awe.

"Holy Hades" He said. "You weren't kidding when you said you were Son of Zeus! Your power is just unimaginable!"

I chuckled. "Thanks, I don't really like to show off"

"No for real" Percy continued. "You have immense power. Beyond anyone – or anything – I have ever seen"

"Thanks man" I said, patting him on the shoulder.

"James look out!" Annabeth shouted, pushing me out the way. I heard a loud thump and Chris was on the floor next to me. Blade in hand. He had been knocked out by Annabeth. She then turned to me.

"I never said thanks for saving my life" She said.

"You just did" I said with a laugh. "So, you coming to the party tonight then?"

Grover's head perked up, now he was in his zone. I had my time. Now he was going to have his.

"Yeah you have to!" He said. "It's gonna be held in the Big Three Cabin, were gonna have food, and drinks and games and food...food"

"Grover!" I said, poking him. "There you are, thought we lost you for a minute there"

"Yeah, sorry, got distracted" He continued. "So you coming? If you are, don't forget to invite some of your friends from the Aphrodite cabin!"

Annabeth laughed. "Yeah i'll come, sounds like fun" She said. "What time?"

"9:00" Grover, Percy and I said at the same time. Grover looked at me, raised an eyebrow and gave me the look that said. 'You are so totally in there'.

"Well I had better go" Annabeth said. "Get ready and all that, see you guys' later!"

With that she skipped off, obviously in a good mood now.

"Yeah I had better go as well" Grover said. "I'll tell more people about it – Yes Percy it is OK for Clarisse to come! Gods!"

With that he trotted off, mumbling to himself about who to invite. Most of the names sounded like girls.

"I don't want any funny business with girls at this party" I had forgotten Chiron was there. Which was weird considering he is a Hybrid Horse-Man that stood at 7 foot tall. So had Percy apparently because we both jumped to high in the air I swear I could see Mt. Olympus.

"Otherwise there will be punishments" He concluded.

"Yes Chiron" Percy said. "Hey, James, come with me, I'll show you around the cabin!"

I was happy to get out of the way of Chrion to be honest. He did not look best chuffed that Percy and I were throwing a party in our cabin, so we got out of there faster than Grover approaches the daughters of Aphrodite.

The inside of The Big Three Cabin was amazing. Overall it turned out there was 3 floors. Well, three floors and a basement. Each floor represented one of the big three, and the floor represented each one.

The basement, or the Hades floor, was dark and moody. It had obsidian walls and bars over the windows. On the bright side it had a state of the art security system that dropped Lava on you if you said the wrong password, and came with a pet Chimera, which tried to attack me before Percy calmed It down. Cool, I thought, but I want to see the rest of the cabin.

The second floor was the Poseidon floor. Percy's living space. It had a pool for a floor other than where the bed stood, which was a blue marble floor with a large white bed on. Above the bed stood the symbol of a Triton, the symbol of Poseidon. The security for Percy's floor was that any intruders would be pulled down to the floor of the pool and drown.

"It's only ever happened once" Percy said. "And it was a monster so don't worry"

The top floor was the one that amazed me the most. For one it had no roof. Well, it did but you couldn't see it. Also it had a balcony which overlooked a canyon which showed the sky in all it's glory. A lightning bolt hung on the wall, a replica of Dad's Master Bolt. Which apparently Luke tried to steal. The security system I think was the coolest. If an uninvited guest steps into the room, they are electrocuted by the floor. Of course it wont effect me, but others it will. I guess 250,000 volts can kill someone pretty quickly.

"This place is amazing!" I said.

"Yeah" Percy replied. "When your a son or daughter of The Big Three you tend to get privileges"

I nodded. This was going to be fun.

As I was admiring the floor I was to live on there was a knock at the door. Well, I say a knock. It was more of a thump.

"I'll get it" Percy said. Walking off.

A Few moments later he re entered my floor. Chiron was close behind.

"James I will make this short" He said. "This party tonight, you must remember to be up at 6:30 precisely for training. Although you are powerful. You yet not know how to use a sword, therefore training will start tomorrow. If you are not there I will have to-come and get you..."

I didn't like the sound of that. An image of Chiron breaking my door down, grabbing me by the collar and escorting me out of the cabin came to my mind. Which I didn't like the thought of one bit. I nodded quickly. Then Chiron said something to Percy. I didn't hear what it was but it made his face light up.

"James you should get ready for the party" He said.

"Why where are you going?" I asked. "You need to get ready too!"

"I know but-" He said. "Clarisse just got back from her quest and I haven't seen her In like forever"

I laughed. "Ok Ok" I said. "Go see your girlfriend. Ill see you at the party"

He nodded and with the biggest smile I have ever seen, ran off.

I turned to my wardrobe. Inside were lots of clothes, not mine but ones that had been given to me. I scrolled through them.

I could wear a suit or go casual. I had no idea which when Grover told me and scared the living soul out of me.

"Go casual" He said out of nowhere. I flew a few metres in the air before replying.

"Gods!" I said. "Hades Grover don't do that!"

"Sorry" He said, looking a bit hurt. "But seriously – Go casual. Annabeth doesn't like formal"

"What does Annabeth have anything to do with what I wear?" I asked.

"Well" He replied. "It sais here on my party list of things to do-"

He pulled out a roll of parchment and ran his finger down it.

"Aha!" He said finally. "Hook up Annabeth and James!"

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah, plus it's a casual party. You wear formal your gonna get laughed at"

"Casual it is then"

After that I ushered Grover out of my room so I could get ready. He tried to argue – saying he had more stuff to tell me. But when I threatened to turn on the electric floor he backed away and out of the door.

I chose in the end to wear a short sleeved shirt, which was white and had black stripes on the sleeves. I also wore dark blue jeans and black Niketrainers. I had my medium length blonde hair spiked up as I do a lot and brushed out of my blue eyes. I was ready for this.

The guests started turning up at around 8:45, beginning with five daughters of Aphrodite. Which I could tell Grover was happy about. Because they went upstairs and didn't come down for a full hour. After that guests started pouring in, I left the door open for everyone so they could just walk in.

Grover returned at some point and started blasted 50 cent – In Da Club, which made most people scream with delight and start dancing. I couldn't see where Annabeth was, and Percy wasn't back yet.

Then I saw her.

Annabeth walked through the door and my heart dropped. Like, literally I felt like I could feel it in my stomach. She wore a dress that dropped down to her knees and had no shoulder. There was no other word in my head other than beautiful.

She spotted me and waved. I raised my hand and walked over. It was like I used to be when I was 10 talking to her. I was nervous and my palms were sweating.

Trust me a voice said you will do fine, Aphrodite made sure of it

Dad's voice was in my head again, even though it annoyed me sometimes, it settled me a little bit but I was still nervous. This from a 16 year old boy who recently killed a Cyclops.

"Hey James" Annabeth said with a smile. "Nice party"

"Thanks" I said. "You look..."

My facial expression must have said it all because Annabeth blushed a dark shade of pink.

"Aww" She said. "Thanks" She moved her hair out of her eyes and looked up at me. It was times like these I realised how much taller I was than her. She stood at only 5'9'' whilst I stood at 6 foot. Her grey eyes were the one thing that stood out on her face, she looked at me.

"James there's something I need to say" She began. "The thing is I think I-"

Lean in now Dad said in my head It is the right time

I followed suit and leaned in, she stood on her toes and reached up. Just centimetres before our lips touched Percy barged in.

"James!" Percy said, running up to me. "James you gotta come now!"

Now half of my head wanted to blast Percy down to Tarterus for interrupting the moment with Annabeth that could have changed things massively. But he looked scared.

"James you have to come now, something happened at Thalia's tree!" He said.

"What happened?" Annabeth said, she looked annoyed at Percy as well. "Calm down and tell us!"

He took a few deep breaths and turned to me, a serious, but scared look in his eye.

"James" He said. "Thalia's alive"

That cliffhanger though! Guess you have to wait a little longer to see James and Annabeth kiss. Mwahahaha.

Longer chapter as well, I got carried away. Sorry! Don't stab me with Celestial Bronze blades please!

Watch out for the next Chapter! Lots of things happen, believe me!

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