A/N- HEYS GUYS! SORRY SO MANY PERSONAL PROBLEMS. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MANY MISTAKES IN MY PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. I WILL TRY TO AMEND THEM IF I HAVE TIME. SORRY AGAIN GUYS. HERE IS THE NEXT CHAPTER.

Percy`s POV

When I dropped all the demigods at the mall I told them I would come back in a few minutes because I remembered I had to go somewhere. Annabeth gave me the 'you are acting strange' look and so, I gave her the 'everything is fine' look. She just shook her head and kissed me goodbye as I drove away.

When I reached the empire state building, I parked the car and went to Olympus. When I reached the throne room, I saw an eight year old girl near the hearth tending to it.

"Lady Hestia" I said as I went close.

"Ah! Perseus. It seems like you remembered that I wanted to talk to you today."

"I almost forgot Lady Hestia"

"don't worry perseus. I had hope that you would not forget."

"By the way, Lady Hestia, What did you want to talk to me about?" At that, Hestia`s turned serious.

"Perseus, I want you to be my champion."

"SORRY?"

"Yes Perseus."

"Why?"

"People are losing Hope Perseus. My fire is weakening. Many people out there are attempting suicide as they have no hope for a good life. Many demigods are being mistreated, chased after, killed by monsters. Perseus, I want you to be my champion. Whenever I call you to aid any demigod in danger, you must come. When you are at your school I will try not to disturb you but if the situation crosses the limits, you must come. My foolish brother is making life difficult for every god and goddess. They can`t go and help their own children, because of some stupid rule. You will be my first champion ever. You will also have my full blessing, unlike your little sister. Do you accept my offer Perseus?

"Yes Lady Hestia" I told her without hesitation. But I had one last question.

"Lady Hestia, You told me I would have your full blessing unlike my sister. Does that mean…."

"Yes Perseus. I am one of the few who have blessed your sister, but she does not have my full blessing. My blessing to her only makes sure that whatever happens, however worse the situation is, she will never lose hope. But my full blessing to you enables you to many other powers. The kind of powers which make other people and you yourself feel at home even when you are in a dessert. After all the Hearth and Home are always connected." She said as she stood up and put a hand on my head. Then she muttered something and I started to glow with red and orange aura.

When the glow faded, 3 blinding flashes appeared. When the lights died down, the Three Fates were standing in front of us. Without even looking at us they started speaking.

"Hail Perseus Jackson! Son of the Sea God, Champion Of Hestia" Then they picked up a greenish blue thread and buttered something. Then the thread`s length grew and the coloured changed into a brownish green.

"You have done the right thing Lady Hestia. If not for you then there would have been many threads we would have to cut." The fates said and I saw a small smile on their faces. "I know" Hestia replied.

"Not to interrupt, but may I know what`s happening?" I asked, not sure of what`s going on.

"Perseus, you demigods are not able to understand, not even Annabeth is. Just look around you and think what`s happening. Notice the difference between your life a few months ago and your life now. You will know.

Chloe`s POV

That was weird. My brother was all excited to buy me new stuff and then he suddenly says he has to go. Anyways, after a lot of walking and wasting time, thanks to Rachel ,Katie, Piper and Reyna (who knew Reyna had the girlie style?) , we were done with buying lots of new clothes, toiletries, decorations, furniture and toys (for me! Duh!) and other stuff. Buying the paints was the easy part because the painting expert Rachel Elizabeth Dare ,didn't let us think what paints to buy but instead bought every color and shade available at the store. Just as Annabeth came back from speaking with Iris, asking her to help us with the stuff we bought, Percy came.

"Prissy!" Clarisse shouted and waved at him. And when he started walking towards us, Annabeth went forward and punched Percy in the gut though she hesitated a lil` bit.

"What was THAT for?" Percy asked.

"For not coming earlier and giving me a headache in selecting clothes for you." She replied.

"Well, I had some important work and believe me, this city is one busy, full of traffic city.

"Yeah right, whatever."

"So you guys done shopping?"

"Yup. All set. We are ready to leave."

"Good. Let`s go then." Percy said before we made our way home (of course with the help of the Stolls borrowing another car).

Annabeth`s POV

Something is wrong. Its true n always makes me feel safe, feel home but this night he was making me feel more home. Like more peaceful, more secure, more….. I don't know… powerful? Warm? I couldn't tell but whatever it was, it was amazing. I for a moment didn't want to punch Percy but then my habits took the lead and I punched him. I don't know why I felt really peaceful.

All this was what I was thinking on our way back. After we reached home, we locked the car and walked into the house. Leo was the first person to enter the house and when he did, he shouted "HOLY HEAPHESTHUS!" We ran into the house and saw that our whole room was packed with stuff. The stuff we both. On the brand new sofa, which was still covered in plastic, there was a note. I picked it up. There was a rainbow print on top. Iris, I thought. I opened it and read it out loud.

Dear Demigods,

I have delivered your stuff home but I didn't know where to place them. I was not given clear specifications. So, I have placed all your stuff here. Enjoy your time !

Love, IRIS.

"Great , no we have to lift all of them and place them in their places." Will said.

"um… not all of us. I will take of mine, Annabeth`s and Chloe`s stuff." Percy said making water from the fountain float into the room and lift the sofa.

"I and Thalia can take care of ours and Piper`s stuff." Jason said while he and Thalia started flying, and picking up a study table, they went upstairs.

"And I can take care of mine and Hazel`s stuff." Nico said as a few skeletons jumped out of the floor.

"I can take care of my stuff and help Rachel in her stuff as she is not a demigod." Frank said turning into a Dragon.

"I, Juniper and Grover can take care of our stuff too." Katie said. She then looked at the trees outside and then their branches started growing until they came inside the house and twirled itself around a bed and picked it up.

"Hey Katie, You are my Girlfriend right? So you will help me…..right?"

"NO"

"But-"

"no" She said as she smirked and walked upstairs.

"I and Chris are strong enough to take care of our stuff." Clarisse said as she lifted a bed with her hands, with the help of Chris, who was having a little difficulty.

"I and Reyna can take care of ourselves. I will make a robot our something." Leo said as he ran to the store room under the stairs to start constructing.

"That leaves Travis, Conner and Will alone." Reyna said as she too walked into the house.

"Not Fair!" Travis complained.

"I second that" Will said.

"And I third that!" Conner added.

"Stop Complaining we all are going to help you 3 together." I said loud enough for everyone to hear. Percy opened his mouth to start complaining but stopped him. "Uh-Huh, Not a word Percy." He closed his mouth.

"Alright guys, Listen up. Don't keep all your stuff inside. Just the beds and whatever needed for tonight, coz we have to still paint the rooms, Got it? Good." I told them.

After everything was set and everyone were in their rooms, I slowly went into Percy`s room. When I went in, Percy was up, talking to Chloe.

"So then mom made it her goal to make blue food. And so she bought blue food coloring and made blue cookies. That's when I started to have a crush on blue cookies"

"Crush? You mean you started having feelings for cookies? You started loving it? Did it love you back?" Chloe asked. I controlled my chuckle to hear what Percy would reply.

"Well, you could say that I have feeling for mom`s cookies. The 'I delicious you' feeling. If giving me back the most awesome taste in the world is called loving back, then you could say that it loved me back." Percy replied after chuckling.

"Then, if you love blue cookies, don't you love Annabeth? Everyone at camp says that you love her. Were they lying? Or are you lying?" Percy laughed at that.

"Neither the campers are lying nor am I. You see, I love cookies, no doubt in that but that doesn't mean I don't love Annabeth. I love Annabeth more than cookies. That's the point."

"Why do you love Annabeth more than cookies?"

"Because Annabeth is the other half."

"What?"

"Long time ago, when Prometheus created humans, he gave them 4 hands, 4 eyes, 4legs and all. Zeus saw this and got scared that the humans would grow stronger than the gods. So he divided the humans into half with 2 legs, 2 hands and all. Man and woman. Soul mates. Better halves. And that`s what I meant. Annabeth is my other half. My better half. My soul mate." Percy replied. I didn't realize that a tear licked my face until I tasted the salt water in my mouth.

"So if you love her, does Annabeth love you back?" Chloe continued.

"Yes she does. A lot. I know."

"Why does she love you?"

"Well, that`s a question I guess I must answer" I said as I walked towards them and sat on the bed.

" I thought you would stay there forever." Percy said planting a kiss on my forehead.

"You knew?"

"No, I am just kidding." He didn't look like he was kidding.

"So, why do you love my big brother?

"Because I know he is my other half." I said as I kissed him lightly on his lips.

"Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww" Chloe said. That's when I suddenly got alert and looked at Percy and so did he. Because those were the words we knew very well. The word which only a particular group demigods say. The Children of Aphrodite.

"Chloe?" Percy asked.

"hm?"

"Were you blessed by Aphrodite?"

"Yup!"

"Oh no." Chloe just gave us the smug smile.

"Ok, Goodnight brother, Goodnight Annabeth." Chloe said and went back to her room.

"Percy, I need to ask you something". "Annabeth, I need to tell you something." We both said simultaneously.

"Is it about the way you started to feel around me?". "It`s about the way I am starting to feel around you." We said simultaneously, again. We chuckled at that and then I starting speaking.

"Where did you go after you dropped us at mall? When you came back, I started feeling peaceful, home and joyful at the same time. It made me confused."

"Remember yesterday Hestia told me she wanted to meet me?"

"Oh, yes I remember now!"

"Well, I met Hestia."

"And….?"

"She made me her first ever champion."