Ha. I just realized that I should probably update before one of my fans personally comes to my house and shoots me down, so… yeah! Here's this chapter.

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Mmmkay, here you go. The next installment of…

*Drum noises* AFTER THE LAST OLYMPIAN! *Cheers*

Thank you, thank you.

DISCLAIMER: I WOULD IF I COULD BUT I CANT. SORRY. I DO NOT OWN PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS NOR THE ORIGINAL PLOT LINE FROM THE SERIES… OR THE CHARACTERS… OR THE SETTTING… YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T OWN ANYTHING.

After The Last Olympian

"Percy, you know you've put the sky god's demand on hold, right? He did say 'immediately'," Chiron said to me, stopping his game of pinochle momentarily.

"Chiron, I can't take Annabeth," I blurted out before I could stop my lips from framing the words. My eyes widened as I realized, matching Chiron's for a second before we could both compose ourselves.

"I'm surprised," he said, turning away from Mr. D., who was snickering quietly so he could look at me. I felt so small and unimportant looking into his eyes, knowing the centuries that he carried with him everywhere just by looking into them. "I figured you would be happy to set off on a quest with her now that you have finally realized your love for each other."

"You knew?" I asked, tilting my head to the side in curiosity. "But-"

"Percy, leave, now. Take whomever you wish, but you need to hurry," he ushered me from the room and back out the door, a grave look on his face.

That was helpful.

When I had finally gained enough control to walk, I started stepping forward and jumped gracefully down off of the steps onto the ground a foot below.

Annabeth and Nico were nowhere to be seen, so I guessed that they were already at the beach. Until- of course- Annabeth pulled off her invisibility cap and was suddenly walking beside me.

She tucked the cap in the back pocket of her rumpled jeans- I guess she changed while I was in the Big House- and tugged down the hem of her soft, blue, cotton v-neck, hiding the rim of the cap beneath it.

We walked in an uncomfortable silence all the way down to the beach, and were shocked to see five people waiting there for me.

The five I had decided on.

Before me and Annabeth stood Nico, Thalia, Malcolm, Chris, and Clarisse.

Nico stood off to the side of everyone else, his arms crossed over his chest, tapping his foot in the sand and looking over at everyone else with a slight disgust. He had on a black cotton t-shirt and black jeans, which matched his black hair and black eyes.

Thalia, with her electric blue eyes and Green day t-shirt stood closest to Nico on his left side. She was smiling widely at Annabeth, looking just a punk-rocker-ish as ever before.

Malcolm, looking as critical as ever was standing to Thalia's left, trying not to glare as Annabeths hand encompassed mine.

Chris and Clarisse were standing close together, their hands intertwined, leaning close together, seemingly living in their own world off to the side, as distant as Nico seemed to be.

"Does this mean that you'll have to take me?" Annabeth murmured, turning to look me in the eye. My sea green irises met with her gray ones, and suddenly all of my resolve was gone.

"I want to take you with me, Wise Girl," I said and pecked her cheek softly before pulling her along with me so that we could meet up with everyone.

Nico took the first step toward us, setting the pendulum in motion. Suddenly everyone was crowding around Annabeth and I, forming a tight knit circle. It was silent for a moment, until Annabeth stepped hesitantly forward and caught Thalia in her embrace.

"I missed you, Wise Girl!" Thalia muttered in a silent whisper, using my nickname for her with ease, tightening her grip on Annabeth.

Ugh.

What is taking so lon- I started to think, but was cut off by the sound of thunder, and the fact that I was being hurled into the darkness by a sudden force…

...until I landed with a thud in the newly re-modeled throne room of Olympus, not feeling anything as I hit the floor, and managed to catch Annabeth an inch from the ground. Though catching her meant that Clarisse hit the floor beside me with a loud "thud" as her head hit the tile.

Oh, gods.

Mmmalright! That was that chapter… maybe I can finally make a chapter longer than 1500 words! But only if you review!

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