Here's the last chapter. R&R! I want to know what you think!

After the short walk home, Piper and Alex went inside. Their dad was furious.

"Where were you?! I worried all night. Your note said nothing!"
"Sorry, dad. We were on a quest," Piper replied.

"Quest? What quest? Who were you with?"

Piper glanced at Alex. They both knew their dad didn't know about half-bloods. "I guess it's too late to hide it now. He needs to know anyway."
Their dad calmed down a little bit, his original rant over. "Need to know what?"

"Dad, do you remember that week you went missing?"

He thought a second, "Somewhat. What about it?"

"That week, a couple days after I figured out you were gone, I found out I was the daughter of Aphrodite. I made some friends at a camp for children of the gods and we went on a quest to free Hera and found you on the way. We killed your captor, Enceladus, and sent you home with Coach Hedge. You were in so much shock that Aphrodite gave me a potion that I gave you that made you forget the whole week." Their dad was looking shocked. Piper continued, "We rescued Hera a few hours after you came home. After the quest I was named counselor at camp. Then I had a meeting to go to about the quest and in that meeting we found out where another camper is. I came home a couple days after that. That's when you introduced me to Alex. She and I went for a walk on the beach and ran into the Minotaur. It tried to attack Alex but I told her to run around the corner to camp and get help. After my friends helped kill the monster, Alex got claimed by Poseidon. Then yesterday morning, Alex came and told me Annabeth had sent a dream message saying she needed help. We went and a rescue mission for a couple of young half-bloods turned into a rescue mission for Hestia, goddess of the hearth. That's why you didn't hear from us until this morning. We were gone all night freeing Hestia."

By now their dad needed to pick his jaw up off the floor, Alex thought. He looked utterly in shock and the look on his face suggested he was trying to place all this with what he knew.

"Your mom was a goddess?" he gasped out.

Piper nodded, finishing with, "I was afraid to tell you because of how you acted when we rescued you from the giant. Aphrodite gave me this letter to give you." She handed it to him and he put it in his pocket to read in a few minutes."

"I can't believe you didn't tell me sooner. Now a lot makes sense. That's how you got hurt during Christmas break? Fighting the Minotaur?"

"Yeah, I didn't think you were ready for the truth yet. I'm still not sure I should have told you but I didn't have another excuse for being gone that you would have accepted."
"You shouldn't have kept it from me at all! But I guess I understand. After what happened, you were afraid I couldn't handle it." Piper nodded and lowered her head. Her dad knelt down to her eye level. "But I can handle it. I'm your dad and I'm always going to be there for you. For both of you. You can talk to be about anything. Now get upstairs you both look ready to fall asleep standing up."

It was true. They both were having trouble keeping their eyes open. They nodded and went upstairs as their dad started reading the letter.

"That went better than expected," Piper said.

"Definitely," Alex replied.
"I'm glad we can sleep. I'm exhausted from being up all night. You want to go back later and see how Cassandra and Nick are doing?"

"You bet I do!" was the answered.

They fell asleep looking forward to camp tomorrow.