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Ch.4: Wedding Part 2

The wedding was going to be fast and simple. They decided skip all of the traditional bits, including the part where the father walks the daughter down the aisle ("Awww," complained Mr. Chase), and the long sermon, and the all of the other good stuff. (A/N: I was raised in a Christian family so I don't know if there is a long sermon in non-Christian weddings.) They were about to begin when they heard a loud BANG, followed by the screams of several campers. Percy and Annabeth swirled around to see the source of the sound, and found that a troop of monsters had them surrounded. The only thing blocking them was the barrier created by the gods.

"Styx," Percy cursed. "Hundred demigods and I didn't think that we would attract monsters. What's gotten into me?" Unfortunately, that comment did not go unheard by Aphrodite.

"You were blinded my love," she cooed.

"Please do shut up, Lady Aphrodite," Annabeth suggested. "Right now is not the time for cheesy phrases." The goddess huffed but remained silent.

There was another BANG and the magic boundary flickered. "What? Impossible!" yelled Zeus.

Unless, thought Annabeth. Then a horrible realization came over her. "Gaea!" she shouted, and was greeted by several confused looks. Then Athena understood.

"Gaea is helping the monsters. This is her last effort. These are the last of Gaea's army!"

"Shit," Percy swore. "We have to-" He was cut off was the barrier collapsed with a mighty thud.

Chiron shouted, "Stand ready!" And the half-bloods drew their weapons. Annabeth got ready her knife that she kept strapped to her arm. Percy uncapped his pen and it morphed into Riptide. The monsters charged and the heroes ran to meet them in the battle. Annabeth's first monster was an empousae. She was about to stab the demon when she felt the time slow down. Both demigods' and monsters' movements turned sluggish, like the air had turned to syrup. The sound of the battle faded into a distant roar.

Our mistress sleeps. But you have not succeeded yet.

Annabeth found herself face to face with the she-demon. The empousae did not make a move to attack, and Annabeth found that she couldn't move either. Our mistress has a farewell gift for you, Annabeth chase. You ruined her plan, and now she will ruin yours. This happiness won't last for you. Gaea will find a way to dispose of the Seven and break your spirit. Goodbye Annabeth Chase. Let's see how well you manage this situation, daughter of Athena.

The time sped up to normal. Annabeth stabbed the she-demon and the empousae wailed in agony, and began to disintegrate, crumbling into powder. She looked around, but no one seemed to notice what had happened. But Annabeth did notice that the demigods were beginning to get overwhelmed. Then Hera, who was just watching with the rest of the gods, yelled, "I can't take this anymore! Disrupting a wedding!" Then she yelled, "Cover your eyes, demigods!" And revealed her true divine self to destroy all of the monsters.

Annabeth looked at the Queen of the Heaven in confusion. "What?" Hera demanded. "They did disturb a wedding!"

"Yea," Annabeth said. "But this is my wedding. And I'm your least favorite demigod."

"Still, weddings are more important. I am the goddess of marriage."

Annabeth and Hera begin to argue but Chiron interrupted. "Lady Hera, Annabeth, the wedding is still going on. We'd better continue "

"Of course," agreed Annabeth as Hera took her seat again. Annabeth went to stand in front of Percy as Thalia and the bridesmaids took their positions next to Annabeth.

"Now," Chiron began, only to be interrupted again by a hydra with nine heads. Hera stood up but Zeus restrained her.

"Remember the Ancient Laws. You cannot interfere again," he reminded her. The goddess remained seated with an angry huff.

The demigods drew their weapons once again. But Percy said, "We got this, guys." He nodded to Annabeth, Nico, and Thalia.

"We'll distract, you guys get married," shouted Nico.

Chiron turned toward them. "OK, we don't have much time. So let's stick with the short version." Then he had to avoid being squished by the giant hydra. "Ok, the really short version." The two demigods nodded. "Do you?" Chiron asked Percy. He nodded. "Do you?" he asked Annabeth. She nodded also. "Great, now kiss and you guys are married." Chiron finished and he trotted off. The Percy pulled Annabeth into a short kiss.

"We have time for that later," he decided.

Then Nico shouted, "Little help here?" Nico was dodging acid sprays and the heads, while Thalia was tried to drive the monster back with her shield. Keyword being tried.

"We'll be right there!" Annabeth shouted. Just like old times, she thought, as she put on her invisibility cap. In a flash, the lethal team of demigods cut off all nine heads.

"We need fire!" Annabeth shouted, still invisible.

Leo grinned. "Leave this to Commander Tool Belt." (A/N: Is that right? I don't have the book with me right now, so I can't check.) He lit is hands on fire and threw to fire bolts toward the neck stumps. Soon, the monster was reduced to dust, its essence back to Tartarus.

Percy looked at his fiancé. Her dress was torn. She was barefoot ("It's hard, trying to fight in high heels," Annabeth countered). And she was covered in monster slime and dust, but she also was the most beautiful person he's ever seen. He walked over to her and embraced her into a hug. "Well, the wedding went a lot smoother in my head," Percy shrugged.

"There is one more thing that have to be done," Hades declared gravely. Then he shouted, "Par-tay!" Everyone looked at him strangely, while Nico and Bianca just laughed. "What?" the Hades inquired. "Just because I'm the Lord of the Underworld, that doesn't mean I have to be gloomy and emo all the time."

And scene.

I'm sorry about the short chapter, but I was in a rush, and I was also in my friend's house for a sleepover.

By the way, I'm going camping so I can't write at all this week.

Also I'm going to Korea on July 10th. I'll probably be able to write in the airplane and upload from the airport, but I don't know if I'll have time in Korea.

Lastly, it's my mom's birthday! It's on July 5th. Wish her happy birthday!

And virtual cookies for all my readers! (:::)

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