You know I just love to torture you guys with cliff hangers and thought of making this an author's note.

Sheesh, calm down. I'm only pulling your leg. This is a real chapter and if you'd notice the question mark in the chapter title, you'd know. Now back to the story before you all try and kill me.

I heard a collective gasp as I revealed my identity. The camp fire had become bright yellow and pretty big, which must have meant two things. One was whether if the campers and Olympians were very happy or surprised to see me whereas the second was if Hestia had made it that way to make me look more AWESOME. Oh gods, I'm beginning to sound like Apollo. I looked around for a few moments before being bear hugged by a strong camper. My vision was partially blocked by a huge bush of black hair.

"Can't breathe. Ribs breaking." I gasped out, but felt the hug getting stronger.

"Thalia, calm down or else you're going to kill him." I heard a voice say. I turned and noticed that it was Nico who had spoken. I nodded my head and he tried to pull her apart. "Come on Thalia. The guy can't breathe. Hey hunters, come on and help me out." It took Nico and a bunch of Hunters to stop hugging me. Once she released me Grover had come running up to me.

"Hey G-man. Where were you? I could have used your help a few minutes ago." I said smirking at Grover's flustered attempts to make conversation with me.

"Sorry Percy, I had just returned to camp twenty minutes ago and hurried over once Juniper told me about a powerful demigod at camp." He explained quickly as he hugged me. "Percy, it's so good to finally see you. I've been searching for you everywhere I could go. Where in the world were you anyway?" He asked looking me over as if to check whether I had changed at all.

"Yeah man, where have you been?" asked Nico offering his hand. I shook it and gave him a one-armed hug.

"I did what I told you I was going to do. Oh yeah, and I stayed in Elysium for a while." I said. I noticed that everyone was staring at Hades.

"I didn't let that boy in." He said putting his arms up in defence. Nobody retorted as they were still getting over the shock of me still being alive. I looked over at Thalia and noticed that there were some tears in her eyes. She ran over to me and I thought she was going to hug me again. Instead she started to punch me in places that I wouldn't want to reveal. Thank you River Styx!

"Where...were...you?...We've...been...looking...for...you...everywhere." She screamed as she punched me in between words. Nico and the hunters pulled her back, so that she would stop whacking me. Gods, what is up with girls and their tendency to hit me for no reason?

"Didn't you just hear what I told Nico?" I asked.

"Oh yeah. Sorry. I really missed you, that's all." She said sheepishly.

"Nothing says missed you like whacking someone repeatedly." Nico said laughing at her excuse while Grover was trying not to laugh in fear of getting shocked by Thalia. I laughed along with them while the others around us just stared at our little drama. I sensed that there was a strong sense of power in the air and motioned my friends to keep silent.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN BY EX SON OF POSEIDON?" I heard my father scream finally getting out of his stupor.

"I meant exactly what I said. You are no father of mine. You threw me out because I refused godhood. " I said switching to my why-the-hell-are-you-so-dumb tone.

"I didn't throw you out. I-" Poseidon began to make excuses.

"Don't bother trying to make any excuses, Father." I said dragging the last word. "You know as well as I that I was abandoned by the Gods and betrayed by all my friends."

"What do you mean betrayed you? It was your fault. You went and cheated on Annabeth with some mortal while on your quest. And when she found out, you couldn't dare face her again so you ran away." Poseidon yelled back.

I just stared at him confusingly as I tried to comprehend what I had heard. They thought I betrayed Annabeth. I began to get mad, the camp fire started roaring and the sea started churning. I turned my head towards where Annabeth and Marcus were standing.

"YOU TOLD THEM THAT I CHEATED ON YOU?" I yelled. I turned towards everyone else, "AND YOU ALL BELIEVED HER. NICO, DIDN'T YOU TELL THEM THE TRUTH AND HESTIA, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME EARLIER." I yelled at everyone.

"Well you did make Nico swear on the River Styx." Hestia said trying to calm me down. "And I didn't want you to get angry and come back to camp with murder in your heart." She said in a sad tone.

My heart softened at her tone as I never her to be sad at me. I could barely hear Theseus's voice telling me to calm down but focused on it nonetheless. I began to use the calming techniques which Theseus taught me which actually worked. Even though I was so pissed, I decided not to kill anyone.

"Annabeth. Please tell everyone what really happened." I said in a harsh voice. I noticed that she was stuttering which meant a clear sign as any that she didn't feel like revealing her deep dark secret. I decided that I had to tell them the story. I bent my head towards the fire and talked in a low, deep voice.

"Campers and Olympians, many of you may think that I had cheated on Annabeth with some mortal and that I ran away because she found out. That was anything but the truth. On that faithful day 50 years ago, I had returned from a quest for Athena. She had promised her daughter's hand in marriage f I were to complete the Trials of Hercules." Everyone gasped at this but none interrupted as they were curios to hear what had happened.

"I came back to camp and went in search of Annabeth and what did you think I might have found. I was expecting Annabeth sitting at the beach by herself waiting for my return. But instead I find her making out with my half-brother on the beach." Everyone's heads turned towards where Annabeth and Marcus were standing.

"And that's not the kicker folks." I said making them focus on me once again. "Once they had noticed that I had seen them making out, Annabeth started going about how it was my fault that she was cheating on me. That I had become boring and that I didn't excite her anymore. Talk about faithfulness. I couldn't bear to hear what she had more to say so I ran away from this camp." I finished my little story.

"But why do you hate the whole camp for something Annabeth did?" Travis spoke up from the back of the crowd. I could hear the disgust in his voice as he mentioned Annabeth's name.

"Because all of you replaced me with Marcus. He was the new hero of camp while I having done so much for you all was cast aside. Ignored. Abandoned by those I tusted." I said filled with rage.

"Percy, please calm down." Hestia said coming over to steady my arms and kissed me on my lips.

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" Zeus yelled. "First you disrespect us by declining godhood. And now you dare kiss my sister." Zeus screamed with rage raising his arms to the sky, preparing to strike me. He was stopped short though by Hermes, Apollo and, surprisingly, Artemis who were all trying to hold him down.

Hestia jumped in front of me and spread her arms wide. "Little brother, I know that you hate Percy. But I love him with all my heart and wish that no harm to come to him." She said.

"And what if I destroy him instead?" He asked still glaring lightning bolts at me.

"Then you will never find hope. Never for as long as you live. You'd be depressed your whole life, miserable for no reason. You'd resort to attempting suicide just to escape the misery." She said in a tone which reminded me to never piss her off. Zeus realised that even if he was the King Olympian and that he had power over the skies, his elder sister would be able to torture him endlessly.

"Fine, you can date the boy." He grumbled as Hestia smiled in triumph.

"Why don't you hate Hestia, Nico, Thalia and Grover? Surely they must have abandoned you as well." Annabeth asked finally speaking up.

"You think they abandoned me. None of them along with Apollo, Hermes and, now as I've found out, Artemis never lost hope for me. They never quit searching for me." I said in a tone which meant that this night was coming to an end.

"Now if you will allow me, I need to rest. We will discuss the battle plans tomorrow afternoon after I train some of the campers in basic combat." I said and walked away to my camp. Everyone was still shocked by my revelation but none dared to stop me.

As soon as I reached my camp, I fell on my makeshift bed and fell asleep.

The end of this chapter. Sorry, if it wasn't to your taste but I'm having a bad case of something and can't think straight. I plan on keeping my promise on updating every day.

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