Hey I'm here, but I have History and Geography course papers to write, for my national grade exam in October. Oh what am I blabbing about. I am but a lazy bum who acts ignorant sometimes. Know what? Scratch that, make it all the time.

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Chapter 7: CHB and Further Training

Annabeth PoV

As I watched, the vortex continued to swirl and I found myself unable to look away. I noticed a sea green speck that might have been an eye suddenly appear in the centre. It was only visible for a second and the whole thing suddenly faded right where it was, leaving no trace of its appearance at all.

"...beth! Annabeth! Annabeth!" I heard my name being whispered urgently and turned my head. Lacy was nudging me insistently.

"What?!" I hissed.

"Your mother has been calling you ever since you started staring at that corner ever so intently. Look up."

And so I did, fear enveloping me like a blanket. Athena was looking down at me, disapproval being her main expression. "Well Annabeth, finally decided you are good enough to listen to what I have to say?"

I dropped my head, figuratively, of course. "Yes, I mean, no, I mean, I'm listening mother."

Athena sighed and went on. "As I was saying while my daughter spaced out, the construction to repair Olympus will begin on the morrow and hopefully will be complete before the Summer Solstice. My daughter here, being the Official Architect of Olympus, has finished the sketches, hasn't she?"

I looked up and thought a bit, then answered, "Uh, yeah, I haven't brought them though, they're at the camp."

Zeus looked at me, then at my mother. "Any chance you could fetch them, young one?"

I nodded and gave my mother a knowing look. "Just give me a few moments."

Athena nodded and snapped her fingers. In a flash, I appeared behind the Athena cabin at camp. I hurried in and grabbed the stack of drawings and notes, not bothering to check and hurried back to the very same spot, instantly appearing back on Olympus.

I passed the stack to Athena and rushed back to my seat. Mother rifled through the papers and frowned. "Annabeth, what is this? This is certainly NOT a sketch of anyone's palace." She held up one of my notes that I'd written while sketching the palaces for Zeus and Hera.

I took the note from her while Thalia and Hazel peered over my shoulder. I lightly elbowed at them to back off. Hazel left but Thalia refused to budge. I unfolded the note. It read 'Ways to eliminate Timothy: 1. Get him to agree to nullify the marriage, 2. Have him anger a god who'll destroy him,' etc.

Thalia's eyes widened as Athena looked at me strangely. I blushed and stuffed the note into the pocket of my robe. All Eternal Assistants received one that carried a symbolic pattern dedicated to their specific patron.

"I doubt Hera would appreciate that footnote don't you think, daughter?" Hera looked at me curiously, and then turned to look at my mother. There were a few moments of awkward silence which was broken by Hermes clearing his throat.

"So, may I see what my palace will look like, Athena?" My mother looked momentarily surprised, then regained her composure long enough to pass the mentioned sketch to Hermes. One by one, each god requested to see their palace sketch. Even the minor gods were to have mansions.

"There needs to be more mirrors in my palace." Aphrodite piped up.

"I need more statues of myself outside my temple." Ares added.

"A bigger workshop please." Hephaestus requested.

A few more voiced their opinions while most didn't. The sketches were returned to my mother.

I nodded and took the sketches back from my mother who held it out. I once again returned to my seat and started making the necessary changes. Meanwhile, the gods continued their council. I caught snippets of what they were saying.

"...Rising again..."

"...Not going to happen..."

"...Find him..."

"…Isn't in Elysium..."

"...Possible assault planned by extraterrestrials..."

"...Sally denies knowing him, he denies knowing her..."

The last comment caught my attention. I noticed Lord Poseidon looking gloomy, but then he brightened suddenly. "So he doesn't recognise his own mother?"

Lord Hades groaned "Yes, it's true. He says he's never seen her before."

"Then that's not Percy! He would never do something like that!" Poseidon yelled.

"Oh Barnacle Beard, you know," Athena said sweetly, followed by "WE CAN HEAR EVERYTHING YOU SAY WITHOUT THE SHOUTING!" Straight into Lord Poseidon's ear.

After that little episode, the council continued as if it never happened. At midnight, the council adjourned, leaving each Eternal Assistant to attend to their respective patrons. I followed my mother back to our current home to discuss the designs for tomorrow.

Athena snapped out of a daze when I tapped her shoulder. "What?" she asked.

"Why were you talking about Percy not recognising his mother earlier?" I asked pointedly.

"It's not something for you to be concerned. Old Barnacle Beard just wanted false hope about his son that dated my daughter and led her to commit the worst mistake of her life!" She seethed under her breath. I sighed.

The alterations done, I set off for bed. The next morning, I gave the sketches to my mother and returned to camp, where Adriana was running around camp claiming she saw Percy in a dream, training with a pitch black being covered in star-like spots. I summoned her to the Big House to ask questions but she refused, saying I was the reason Percy killed himself, and she was certain of that being the truth.

I sighed and went to the room designated for teaching. The younger demigods were there, waiting.

Sigma PoV

By the time I reached Lord Chaos' quarters, I was thoroughly exhausted. Pi, who was waiting at the entrance shook her head at me and opened the door. Out of the blue, I had to duck as a ball of fire flew at me.

"Ah, good reflexes. Since your tardiness was overwhelming, training has been moved to tomorrow morning. If you are late, you know what I'll do..."

I didn't know but I really, really didn't want to find out.

The next morning, I made my way to the arena. On the way, I tried not to think too much and hurry to the grounds, but Gamma's words wouldn't leave me. So Annabeth is married, but can't and won't have any children. So what? And why am I feeling jealous yet relieved at the same time? I pushed those thoughts out of my head just then and concentrated on getting to training without being late.

"Lord Chaos? Are you here?" I asked as soon as I reached the training grounds. I was thirty seconds late and that was really terrible by Chaos' standards, seeing as time didn't flow like Earth time did here.

"You're late." Lord Chaos grunted pointedly. "If we're ever going to start training, you have to be on time, every time. If you're not, we waste precious minutes, just like we are now. You punishment will be assigned later. Be warned; bring your protective second skin."

"I understand, my lord. May we begin now?" I asked with a voice of caution.

"Yes, yes. Come here." I approached and was immediately greeted with a ball of fire to the face, yet again. I was blinded momentarily by the sudden extremely bright light and staggered backwards.

"Oh seriously, you need to be able to know what's happening around you. Use your excellent senses from assassinating criminals, like you did last night." Lord Chaos scolded me before returning to his original position, a fighting stance.

"Right, so I just pretend that you're a criminal I need to kill?" I asked Lord Chaos stupidly. I blame my ADHD though, for this remark earned me a slap upside my head.

"Oh Void. How dense can you get? Get this into your thick skull! What you have to do is use your precious assassination skills to observe your environment and react accordingly, do not, I repeat NOT, view me as a possible threat. Do you understand?" Chaos asked slowly, as if he were talking to a three-year. You know, sometimes that gets annoying especially when An-I mean she did it. Know what, I'll just refer to her as ABC from now on.

(A/N: Shout out to first person to guess reasons for ABC as abbreviation. There are 2 reasons.)

"Ah, I see." I mumbled to myself. Then I looked up and nodded to my lord.

We started again with the face-seeking fireball, which I managed to turn against Chaos within a millimetre of my poor skin. Then, we practiced swordplay, which meant fiery blades would be aimed at every part of your body as you attempt to defend yourself thoroughly. I was a, figuratively speaking, monster, defending myself against all fifty of the flaming swords at one go. I sneezed suddenly, causing a flaming sword to miss my neck and not lob off my head by a mere millimeter. I thanked whoever or whatever led me to sneeze and continued with my training.

But, I was a scaredy-cat. Know why? Because, even though Hephaestus' blessing allows me to control fire and that I am immune to it, I still fear it. As the reasons given state, I am immune to flames, but I still jumped a good four feet when Chaos threw a bowling ball of fire at me.

In all, this round of training was the worst I'd ever been through. Trust me, the training I went through was worse than what Hercules went through. He had it easy with his super strength. Me? I was lucky if my muscles could even lift six two-inch-thick books by the time Lord Chaos was done with me.

The next morning, at 0600 hours, I awoke to clanging bells in my head. I jumped up, did my usual morning routine, and then vapour ported to the arena immediately. There, Lord Chaos was waiting for me impatiently. After another few rounds of strenuous training, we resumed hydro kinesis and mental prowess.

After lunch at 1335 hours, I was relieved of my training and sent instead for my anger management session, which is scheduled twice a week. There, Lady Nyx treated me like Dumbledore treated Harry after Sirius' death, which is to say, allowed me to destroy whatever she had in the room she used. Being one of the Primordial's, she repaired everything I ruined with a twitch of her fingers.

This routine went on for the next two and a half weeks, until I was entirely used to it. Then, Lord Chaos summoned another god to bless me with their unique powers. After Hephaestus was Demeter, who blessed me with the ability to make plants grow and flourish, mainly to make the plants obey my will. Then came Hermes, who provided me with the ability to sneak around silently and give hospitality to anyone who needs or requests it.

Between Demeter and Hermes, was a three-week training session, similar to that which had been arranged after Hephaestus' blessing. Training with plants made me uneasy, seeing as I almost killed several of them time and time again. By the time I was done with Demeter-blessing training, three weeks had passed and I was soo ready to rest up from my various splinters and scratches caused by the one and only, flora.

The training that came along with Hermes' powers wasn't so bad. My only task was to travel around the universe, recruiting new agents and soldiers, depending on their skill. According to Lord Chaos, this would improve my social skills, and I was able to do so. I discovered friends who shared my fate and new cultures through my journeys.

I made a few new friends, such as a Jupiterian named Marianda and a Mercurian named Janicisian. Marianda was a daughter of a king of a kingdom called Mistrial. But, she was born out-of-wedlock and banished for apparently bringing shame upon the family. Janicisian was a prince of the kingdom Jeneralia, but was dethroned by his half-brother after being framed for a crime he did not commit. 'Similar yet different compared to my situation' was my first thought of him.

After the assigned time period, I was given a mission, to go to a certain planet to assassinate some crazy tyrant ruler and restore peace. Gamma was told to follow me, being a peacekeeper, she could charm speak the people into calming down.

This should be fun.

Well, here you go. Late as can be, entirely my bad. So if y'all put those sharp stuff down, again, I can treat the wounds I already have. (Stupid terrible sense of humour.) Well, I know, I'm a bad author that doesn't keep her promises but I assure you posting this, is tiring. I only just returned from a school road run and Red Cresent whatever-you-call-it-meeting.

So... *touches pointer fingertips together nervously* could you please review? Please, please, please with a cherry on top? The button is right down there, regardless of which format. And, it only takes a minute or so. But then again, you're mad. Oh, throw that out the window. PLEASE, PLEASE REVIEW !