*There's one tiny winy spoiler of the Blood of Olympus. Just warning you ;).*

I close my eyes and take deep breaths, trying to slow down my heartbeat. It feels as if my mind is at war with itself. Anger, discipline, rational thoughts, guilt, longing, desire, doubt.

I think about the boy, Annabeth, Tyson, Chiron. I try to remember them, remember a time with them before I woke up in Tartarus. I find nothing, absolutely nothing.

Maybe they lied.

But the picture, the fact that 'Percy' is the only son of Poseidon. The reaction of Tyson...

I try to push all of my thoughts away, annoyed. I'm really tired of all this and I want to sleep. I shift on my right side, but almost immediately shift back on my back. My right hand is still in the Celestial handcuffs, the other end attached to the bed I'm lying on.

And, finally, I feel myself drifting towards sleep.

A few knocks on the door wake me up. I slowly open my eyes and sit up. My shoulder is sore from the whole night sitting in a weird position. I wince while rotating it a bit.

Someone knocks on the door, again.

"Come in." I say. The door opens and Annabeth comes in. She has a small box with her.

She stops and awkwardly sits on a small stool next to my bed. "Hi." She says.

"Hi." I wait until she starts talking.

She clears her throat and looks at me. "I've brought some things with me. Those might help you remember."

I sigh. Of course they won't leave me alone, but I also really want to see what's in that box. I gesture for her to continue. She opens the box and takes out a simple ballpoint pen. She holds it in front of me, but doesn't give it to me.

"How would this help me to remember?"

"It is you-, I mean, Percy's sword." She says. Before I can ask how in the name of Hades she thinks a pen is a sword, she takes the cap off and the pen changes to a 3 feet long, Celestial bronze sword. On the hilt stands 'Anaklusmos'.

"Riptide." I translate it automatically. I reach out with my hand, but before I can touch it, she puts the cap back on and puts it back in the box.

"So you remember?" she says eagerly.

"No, I just translated the word that stood on the hilt." I say with an emotionless expression. Her shoulders sag.

"Oh..." She gets a picture out of the box and holds it in front of me. On it stands a woman. She has brown hair with grey streaks in it, blue eyes and a very warm smile. She looks around her late forties and has a tray with blue cookies in her hand.

Blue cookies? I wonder what they taste like...

"Who is that?" I ask.

"It's Sally Jackson, Percy's mother."

I stare at the picture. His mother, my mother? I really want to be Percy, because his mother looks so kind. I don't even know what it's like to have a mother, a family who cares for you. By realising that, I feel a pang of longing in my chest.

Before I even realise it, I say it out loud: "I... I want to meet her."

A mother will always know her son, right? So if she sees me and is sure of me being Percy, then maybe I really am.

But Percy was loyal to the gods, the gods are evil. What about the army?

Annabeth looks at me with wide eyes. "Really?" I can almost taste the hope and happiness in her voice.

I don't know if I really want it. What if I am Percy? Will I forget about My Lady? Will I side with the gods? Will I suddenly remember everything?

I nod. "I want it."

Annabeth's face splits into a wide grin. "I will make sure you meet her in two hours or less." For a moment, I see hesitation glimmering in her eyes. She must be wanting to hug me again. "Bye." she says and is gone.

Another knock. It's been fifteen minutes since Annabeth disappeared, so I don't think it's her. She is on her way to Sally.

The door opens and in steps the boy with the almost-black eyes from two nights ago. He also has black hair and a pale skin.

"Hi." Is all he says.

"Hi." I say back. "You were the one who also could shadow-travel, right?"

"Yes." he says and walks up to me. He holds out his hand and says. "I'm Nico di Angelo." I shake his hand. Nico... doesn't ring any bells.

An awkward silence follows.

Nico speaks up. "I was just passing by so I could introduce myself and warn you that more people are coming here to talk to you."

I groan. More people who say I'm Percy. I hope they won't be as hysterical as Annabeth.

I let myself fall back onto my bed. Finally, the last one was finished staring at me while trying to convince me I'm Percy.

First came Blondie and Pretty from the picture. They told me their real names were Jason and Piper. Jason is a son of Jupiter and Piper a daughter of Aphrodite. Then they told me how they'd missed me, asked me where I've been for the last one and a half year. Of course I didn't answer that question.

Luckily, they knew that they couldn't really do anything else and off they went.

Then another couple came. A boy called Leo with Calypso. I knew Calypso from Greek Mythology, but she tried to convince me I'd met her before. She acted really cold to me. Leo was most of the time trying to calm her down and cracking jokes while doing this. Leo is a son of Hephaestus.

After Leo and Calypso, a satyr came running in. His name is Grover and he is apparently the new Lord of the Wild. That really surprised me. He told me how I should know him and all the quests we'd had. He also told me about our empathy link and that it was blocked when I- Percy- disappeared.

I groan, I'm getting a headache of this.

Lastly, Camp Half-Blood's oracle came. Rachel Dare. She wasn't annoying and pretty friendly, but she almost gave me a headache with all of her riddles. Apparently, she knew Percy would disappear and that I would be here. She apparently knew everything, but couldn't give me any information. When she went back to her cave, I was even more confused than I already was.

I try to empty my head, but someone knocks on the door. I groan again. I sit upright and shout: "Who's there?"

"It's Annabeth!" is the answer. She comes in.

"Where's Sally? I thought you were picking her up." I ask.

"Mortals can't go through the magical camp border, so she's on Half-blood Hill at the moment." She explains.

"Can we go, then? My hand also needs to be freed." I hold up my hand that's cuffed to the bed. Annabeth walks to me. "Don't make a move." she says as she gets a key from her pocket. She frees me from the bed, but cuffs my hands immediately behind my back. "Chiron's orders, the handcuffs." I roll my eyes.

We walk out of my room and go to the left. We walk through a hall, open a door and we're outside. I have to blink my eyes a few times, because of the fierce light. I look around me and notice that the camp looks different at day. I see many people: demigods, satyrs, nymphs. As I walk past them, most stop what they're doing and stare at me. It makes me very uncomfortable. I recognise Leo walking past me and he waves at me. I look at him for another seconds and then resume looking at all the flabbergasted faces around me.

Annabeth stops and looks at all the people. Before someone can shout 'Percy!', Annabeth says: "P... Percy can't remember us, so don't try anything." Her face is stoic. She looks at me again and says: "Come on." Then turns around and resumes the way to Sally. I follow her, trying not to feel the eyes of all the people boring into my back.

Luckily, no one follows us. That would be annoying.

When we arrive at the top of the hill, I see her. She looks the same as in the picture, but without the blue cookies. Brown hair with grey streaks, blue eyes.

She doesn't look like me at all.

When I realise this, a wave of doubt threatens to wash over me.

When she sees me, her hands fly to her mouth and her eyes widen and begin to tear. "Percy, I... it's really you!" she stutters.

The wave of doubt almost vanishes, but I can't push it all away.

I walk closer. "You, you remember me? Are you sure I'm Percy?" Hope fills my voice and I curse myself. I can't let them know I want to be Percy!

Sally's hands fall back to her sides and she looks at me with worry. "What do you mean? Of course I remember you, I'm your mother! And why are your hands cuffed behind your back?" She looks at Annabeth for an explanation.

When Annabeth is done explaining, Sally is crying. She looks at me through watery eyes and walks to me, but the border separates her from me. "My boy, why does this always happen to you? Oh, Percy..." her voice cracks and she stars sobbing. Annabeth walks to her and comforts her. I awkwardly stay where I are.

After she is done crying, she assures Annabeth that she is fine. "I'm... I'm alright." She wipes the tear strains from her cheeks. "I'm just so glad he's back..." her voice cracks again, but she doesn't cry. "Does his father know?"

My father... Poseidon right? I can't stop myself denying that I'm Percy any more.

"No, I don't think so." Annabeth says.

"Okay." Sally hiccups. Then she looks at me, her eyes still red. "Please, remember." Is all she says.

I'm baffled. I don't know what to say, so I just nod. Sally smiles and, after assuring Annabeth again that she's fine, turns around and walks away.

I let out a deep, shaky breath.

Annabeth looks at me. "And?" her voice is a bit shaky.

I look her in the eyes. "I... I believe you."

-A/N-

Sorry for the delay! 0.0 I had a very busy weekend, so I couldn't post this yesterday.

Although, it's now the longest chapter I've written! :) It was actually half of a chapter, but otherwise this chapter would be SO long. So I cut it in half ^-^

Next chapter: we're not done with the familliar faces! ;P We still need Hazel and Frank to know. }:-D

and such an ENORMOUS HUGE THANK YOU to all who favorited, followed and commented! :D Here are some responses:

Matt:

I also totally ship Solangelo! But, as this is not an solangelo-centered fanfiction, my story will only contain slight hints of them. In the next chapter, for example! It's not much, but just know that in this story: they're together. :3

Guest:

Maybe you're right about him being more disciplined. But you're also right about him being Percy XD. I actually think he's still doing pretty good. If I were told by my enemies who captured me that my whole life -okay, one and a half year- was a lie and that they would have all these pictures and stuff, I would believe them twice as fast as him. (hèhèhèèè) and come on: who wouldn't doubt it after they had met Tyson? ;)

XxSoldierOfGodxX:

Thanks! ^-^

Don't forget to follow/fav/comment, I'd love to know what you think of this story! :D

Sincerely yours,

Bookwormy78 :)