AN: I know I said that my chappies would be longer but you guys have waited SO long! I just wanted to post! I feel so bad!

Percy Jackson

Percy walked out of Jason's room. He wondered if Jason was grateful to him for not taking it.

He doubted it. It was evident that Jason had the same problem with Percy that Percy had with Jason.

They'd stolen each other's families.

Though, you'd think that having a family would count for something. Jason had Camp Half-blood now and Percy had Camp Jupiter.

Percy was very grateful for the Romans that had taken him in and Jason was no doubt grateful for The Greeks, but that didn't change the fact that Percy belonged where Jason was and vice versa.

The two were arguing – if not verbally then through some sort of emotional radiation – pointlessly.

The bad blood building up between them was without reason because – despite what he insisted in believing– the Greeks still loved Percy just as much, and if not then more. He knew that deep down, and he definitely returned the feeling. But what was bothering him was that there was someone else getting that much affection from them too now.

The real problem was jealousy.

…

It was around nine thirty at night when Percy started to get ready. Reyna had requested him to wear the Purple Praetor's toga on top of his usual Camp Jupiter uniform. It was ridiculous but he had no choice. He wrapped the purple cloth in a roman-like fashion.

He avoided any mirrors in the barrack and made his way out, feeling ridiculous.

Percy Walked out of the fifth Cohort Barracks, past the stables, out the Praetorian Gates and Straight onto the Via Praetoria where the Argo stood.

He was early, and so far the only demi-gods at the crossroads were Thalia and Clarisse.

Percy walked up to Thalia who was standing very far away from Clarisse, probably on purpose.

"Thalia!" Percy exclaimed. He hadn't met her properly since they'd arrived.

Thalia flashed one of her rare bright smiles and held out her arms for a hug, which Percy gladly took in.

He was glad to be one of the few guys – heck probably the only guy Thalia would welcome so warmly. It showed the purity of their relationship, that even as a Hunter of Artemis, they could still be so close. He'd always thought of Thalia as a very, very annoying older sister and he knew Thalia thought of him as a very, very annoying younger brother.

"Percy! You don't know how grateful we all are that you're… well. Alive!" She laughed.

They broke apart as he said, "I can believe certain people would be… others not so much…" He joked, nudging Thalia in the arm. She rolled his eyes at him.

"I feel for people too you know!" She complained.

"Yeah, sure you do Thals…" Percy joked, "And I'm impressed that you haven't commented on my high fashion bed sheets." He indicated his toga.

They both burst out laughing.

"Yeah, I figured I'd cut you some slack today, since we're about to go on a quest that could end in the destruction of the world and our deaths. Plus the bad guy here is the mother of the dude you killed about a year ago and she'll probably kill you or squish you to a pulp. I didn't want to sound demeaning by saying you look hilarious." She said all that in a mouthful, very casually. Percy looked at her like she was crazy.

"Didn't wanna sound demeaning, huh?" He asked… rolling his eyes. She laughed.

"I'm just teasing…" She assured him, punching him in the arm.

Next thing Percy knew Annabeth was walking up to them.

As soon as she caught sight of Percy she went into a fit of giggles.

"You – look – ridiculous!" She said through her laughter. At least she was okay and back to normal.

"I missed you for six months too!" Percy said in a dramatically sweet and evidently sarcastic tone.

Annabeth laughed even harder as she walked up to him and planted a sugary kiss on his cheek.

Thalia was just smiling at them, watching. Then she looked at Annabeth as if she were looking for an answer to a question Percy hadn't heard her ask.

Great, they were doing that weird thing girls usually did – understanding each other without actually talking. Percy wondered on a bazaar note if Chiron was secretly a girl.

Annabeth nodded her head.

"I'm right here you guys…" Percy reminded them. They both looked up at him abruptly, which made him feel tall. He liked feeling tall; even though he knew it wasn't going to change the fact that these girls had power over him.

"Okay… Well, Jason was going to announce this tonight in front of the Romans but… I felt you should hear it from me first." Thalia said.

"What is it Thals?" Percy asked curiously. Annabeth was rocking back and forth on her feet. It was distracting, since it reminded him of a nervous little girl – therefore making her look cuter than ever.

"Well… Oh, I'll just get straight to it! Jason Grace is my little brother. As in, we have the same mother." Thalia stated.

Percy just stared at her. And stared… and stared.

So, he wasn't Thalia's only little brother, huh? Thalia was probably the only girl in the world who was as good as a sister to him and now, Jason had taken that away from him too. But he couldn't reveal his jealousy. No one would understand any reason for him to be angry at the fact that Jason Grace was Thalia Grace's brother.

He couldn't believe he hadn't realized that they had the same last names before… they were both children of Zeus, he knew that. But he had not expected this.

He regained his cool composure and said, "Oh… ha-ha, didn't see that one coming."

Thalia let out a relieved sigh and smiled, "I'm glad your guys aren't mad that I never told you, but… I just couldn't…"

She hadn't noticed any change in Percy at her revelation, but Annabeth – as usual – had.

She was studying Percy with a bemused expression, like he was a really hard algebra question. It made him feel uncomfortable.

Not that he'd ever mind the fact that his girlfriend was staring at him, but it was the way she was staring at him which was unsettling.

Slowly, the others started to arrive. Leo emerged from somewhere behind the ship with Jason. The two had probably been working on it. Percy recalled the cell-phone conversation Jason had had with Leo.

Piper came walking up with Hazel and Frank right behind her. Annabeth's brother, Malcolm, Came not a moment later.

Butch arrived shortly after with Michael Yew, which was an odd combination since Butch was tall and buff and Michael was short and scrawny.

Gwen arrived with Octavian – obviously annoyed by each other's presence.

The only two left soon enough were Reyna and Rachel.

Percy would have been curious, except he couldn't shake off the feeling that someone besides them was missing.

Then suddenly it hit him.

"Where's Grover?" Percy asked Annabeth, turning to her so abruptly that she jumped.

Goodness, how could he have forgotten Grover?

But slowly, Annabeth's expression went from startled to anxious and hesitant. A look Percy knew very well. This was a question to which the answer could only be one thing; Bad news.

"Percy… um, there may be something I forgot to tell you…" Her voice trailed off and Percy could tell by the way she said it that it hadn't been 'forgot to tell' so much as it was 'tried to hide from'.

"Babe, what is it?" Percy asked, though he was honestly scared of the answer, "Is Grover alright?"

Annabeth took a deep breath and said, "Percy… On our way here we… we were ambushed. Believe it or not but we were ambushed by monsters and demigods and…"

"And what…?" Percy asked.

"And… Grover was kidnapped."

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