Shout out to CHoBeeBoy who is the first to recognize anything beside Ranger's apprentice. (Sorry if i misspelled that)

Annabeth POV

I stayed up late in my cabin, making back up plan after back up plan, and then back up plans for those backup plans. I rubbed my eyes, your eyes start to hurt after a few hours reading maps and documents by oil lamp. The flickering wick cast dark and dancing shadows around the room as i sighed. The problem was that i could not see a way to accomplish my task, and to a daughter of Athena, that was the ultimate insult. There was just no scenario i could think of where Olympus could win. Without Hephaestus campers for the armory, no new weapons and traps could be made. That also meant no Leo flying in to save the day on his warship. The Hermes cabin made up a good portion of the demigods, and they were gone too. Aphrodite campers weren't much of a loss, but the Dionysus kids were good fighters, though few in number. If Kronos is rising again, we will need every demigod there is. CHB hasn't grown by much. Recruiting has really suffered, with demigods vanishing before we could get to them. And if the titan of time attacked New York again... With us missing about a quarter of CHB thanks to Percy, and without our leader from the last war... We stood almost no chance. I pounded my hands down onto the table. No! Never think negative like that. There has to be a way. There always is a way. We have been underdogs before, but we had Percy then. Percy. My thoughts kept returning to him. His eyes and his raven black hair. I can't believe he just vanished for three hundred years on me like that. His personal flaw is loyalty. There is no way he can be with someone else... Right? Maybe i could kill two birds with one stone. I could get back together with Percy and get him to help us. Perfect!

I left the cabin, humming in happiness to myself. I headed to the big house, intent on using an iris message. I was one of a few older campers from either camp that had gotten immortality to train campers in case of another war, and act as guardians. Therefore, the rules of camp, including curfew, didn't apply to us. I quickly found a station that had been set up for just this purpose, stocked with prisms, flashlights, water, spray bottles, drachmas, anything you would need. I set up and flicked a drachma through the mist. "Oh Iris, goddess of the rainbow, show me Percy Jackson."

The rainbow shimmered and showed me a familiar mop of messy black hair. "Hey Percy?" I called. He turned.

"Yes?"

"Could you come to camp half-blood please? I would like to talk to you."

"Uh, okay, i guess. Be there in a few minutes." The message dissolved and i started to pace back and forth, mentally rehearsing what i would say. He walked in about two minutes after I talked to him. My breath caught at the sight of him. He was as stunning as ever, and i finally got the chance to talk to him alone again! I finally stopped walking and looked at him. "Percy, is there any way you could help us?"

"No."

"Will you tell us what we are up against?"

"No."

"Can't or won't?"

"Both."

I almost growled in frustration, and he smirked. "P-Percy? Is there any way, any at all that you can assist? And could we-maybe get back together?" I finished, hope filling my voice as i walked forward and started to lean against him and stroke his chest. His face hardened and he quickly took two steps back.

"What about no can you not understand? I swore an oath and even if i could help i wouldn't. Plus, there is no way we can get back together. It has been three hundred years Annabeth. I am already with a girlfriend, and you cannot tell me you haven't gone on at least a few dates over the time span. You will always be my first love Annabeth, but i love another now." Annabeth stared at me, obviously crushed. It took her a few minutes before she responded.

"I-I understand. I have gone on a date or two, about a hundred years ago. It never worked out, every time I was on one, my mind what instantly start comparing the two of you, and he was found wanting." She took a step back. "But we can at least stay friends right?"

"That is fine with me. You never did anything to get on my bad side and did not vote for my banishment, ergo, if i was friends before, i consider us still friends. Is that fine with you?"

"Yes. But you will still be my seaweed brain."

"You will always be wise girl to me as well. But I cannot be your boyfriend."

She smiled, her gray eyes starting to analyze. "Who is your girlfriend? It cannot be Selene."

He made a face. "Selene? Yuck! I would not date my own sister!"

I stared in shock. "Sister?" I asked, my voice rising in volume.

He rolled his eyes. "Keep it down would you? Did you not hear what she said at the council? She adopted me as her brother. It was quite plain to see."

"Then who are you dating?"

"Oh I don't know. Maybe a drop dead gorgeous girl, with a long black braid and copper skin, with onyx eyes and a slightly upturned nose. A Persian princess." He said, his voice starting to get dreamy towards the end.

"It cannot be... It is! You are dating Zoe?"

"Yes. Is that a problem?"

"Is it a problem? Hades yes! She is a hunter! She cannot be in a relationship!"

He quickly cut me off. "No, She is not a hunter. And even if she was, she would have quit by now. She has been my companion for three hundred years. I think i know her situation better than you."

"Yes he does." Said a new voice, as Zoe seemed to meld out of the shadows. She was wearing what looked like standard hunter equipment except it was all in dark green and brown. "I am not a hunter, and if i was, i would have quit due to Artemis. She is not the goddess I was once friends with." She walked over to Percy and he gave her a kiss on the forehead. "Now, unless you have anything else to say, we need to go." Both of them turned towards the door and left.


Kronos sat in his throne, watching his favorite reality TV show. It was called "The demigods all die!" Channel, and it was tuned twenty four seven into camp half blood. Unfortunately, there was no sound when the subject was in a building, depriving the titan lord of a shocking bit of information. He kept watching, transfixed, as the entertainment level went up a few notches. He quickly summoned some popcorn and sat back. This was a welcome turn of events, he had only been expecting boring war plans. Instead, he got something live that would be on replay on Hephaestus TV for weeks.


Percy and Zoe left the room and prepared to leave, when the moon suddenly flashed. The twin archers appeared in front of the pair. Zoe went into a combat stance as soon as she saw them, while Percy seemed unconcerned. "Artemis, Apollo. What is it?"

"You need to help the demigods."

"No, I don't. What about you guys banishing me did you not understand? Even if i wanted to help, which i don't, and make a difference, which i would, I can't. What about the immortal councilers?

"They are bound by the ancient laws. They cannot interfere unless challenged."

"By which you mean they are as useful as a one legged man in a ass-kicking contest." Apollo snorted in laughter as his twin glared at him.

"Sorry sis, it was funny." Artemis turned her glare on the pair in front of her.

"You will help them."

"No, i won't. I thought better of the two of you. Now get out of my way." Artemis flicked her hand, sending a bolt of silver light at Percy, intending to turn him into a jackalope. Percy just stared as a wall of silver light blocked the attack, and started to advance it towards the gods.

"Whats the matter Artemis? Don't have the juice? Too bad, sucks for you." He made a hand motion and the light slammed into the two, instantly making them vanish. He turned towards Zoe. "Time to go." As they turned to leave for the second time a bolt of lightning struck the ground in front of them as thunder rumbled in the night sky above. He wheeled around. Jason was flying in the sky with Piper below him.

"Sorry about this Percy, Zeus orders you be brought to Olympus."

Percy flipped off the skies. "Not happening. Goodbye." He ignored him until he brought a lightning bolt down onto Zoe, sending her flying back into the wall of the big house. "Percy roared and rotated so he could see Jason. "That was not a choice Jackson."

Percy growled. "You will pay for hurting Zoe, much less in a cowardly attack. You will fade for this." He slowly formed light in his hand as he raised his hands to the skies, the moonlight being attracted to his hand. It slowly formed into a massive silver bow, like Artemis' but this one was much more impressive. He raided it and pointed it at Jason, who turned pale.

"What is that thing?"

"This?" Percy smirked. "Just a symbol of power." He pulled back the string and a arrow formed. He let it fly as Jason hurled himself out of the path of the projectile. The arrow exploded, sending him careening into the dirt. Percy was on him instantly, wailing away at his face until it was bloody. "Zoe, get her." He ordered as Piper came forward to defend her husband." Piper turned just in time to receive a knockout punch that shattered her jaw and sent her to sleep for a long time. He clicked his fingers. Zoe glowed brightly for a second before turning into a pair of knives and falling into his hands. He raised them over Jason's chest. "May the fates witness i fought this only in self defense, they launched the first strike." He brought the knives down as Jason dissolved into dust. An ominous crackling sounded as he dived out of the way of Zeus's master bolt, rolling to his feet as he turned around. "Well well, if it isn't drama queen. Come to actually do something yourself for a change?"

Zeus thundered so loudly it woke up the rest of the campers. "How dare you attack an immortal, and one of my sons at that! You will die for your crimes!"

Percy nodded. "I see. Two things wrong with that statement. One, i did not attack him. He attacked me and Zoe and he got what he deserved. depending on whether i feel merciful i may let him come back in a couple hundred years. Also, i have no intention of dying today."

"What do you mean, if you let him come back?"

"Oh, did i not mention that? These blades can kill anything below a primordial for good if i want, which means no reforming of you piss me off. And you have. Hey sis, wanna tag team for this one?" Selene descended next to him.

"Of course brother dear. Let's get him. He has reigned as a pitiful leader for long enough. He crossed a line when he killed Leto. For that he will pay."

The pair launched into battle, and it was obvious that Zeus was outclassed. He had not practiced in a thousand years or more, and was out of shape. Percy and Selene were both in peak fighting condition, and worked as a team, never giving him a chance to recover. One got in close while the other provided covering fire. Eventually, Selene charged and spun, letting the limb of her bow crack Zeus in the jaw as he started to topple backward. Percy appeared behind him, stabbing Zeus in the back before shoving him forward. Straight into Selene's roundhouse kick, which sent him down for the count. Percy glanced down and high-fived Selene. "That was great! We totally owned him!" She smiled too.

"Yes. we did, didn't we. I have not had that much fun in a long time." She turned and addressed the other Olympians who had seen the latter part if the fight. "You can heal him or not, we really don't care. You will just be destroyed by Kronos anyway. Great job, provoking someone as strong as one of you who is free to go join Kronos." And with that, she snapped her fingers, and she, and her surrogate brother, were gone.