H-hey guys. *walks in sniffling* How are you all? *takes a tissue and wipes away tears* Sorry I'm late, I had Open House at school tonight and it ended really late. Sorry bout that. Anyways, please vote for SavingGrace and the vote for Percy's patron is over. We only had two people that guesses correctly, so congrats to SafireRandomePoseidonsDaughter and ThePercyJacksonOracle. Great job you two! Now I own nothing and enjoy this chapter! *walks away sniffing and wiping away tears, muttering about stupid beep friends and their beep birthday parties*

Annabeth's POV

I stared at the raven-haired man in front of me. He smiled and stared right back. Oh that smile. I've dreamed about it, how it's lopsided-ness was meant for his face, how it melted my heart every time I saw it. Now, staring at him after not seeing him for a year and a half in person and actually talking, that lopsided smile did more than melt my heart. It opened a dam behind my eyes.

Tears fell from my eyes like rain in a hurricane. My vision blurred, but I could still make out the figure of a man in a gray sweatshirt standing in front of me. The outline of the figure slowly grew larger, like he was carefully coming towards me. I wiped my tears away and saw he had covered half the distance between us. I didn't let him make it the other half way.

I stood up so quickly it was like a tack had be stuck in my rear end. As soon as my feet came in contact with the ground, I was running. Ignoring the yells of campers I was stepping on, I ran to the man I've loved since I was twelve.

To say he was surprised was an understatement. He stared at me for a moment, then tried to brace himself, but it was too late. I crashed into him and we both fell to the ground, me squeezing the life out of him in a hug.

"Wise Girl," he choked out. "Too tight. Can't breathe."

I sighed but let go. I leapt up first since I was on top of him, then extended a hand to help the man up.

"Sorry. It's just... It's been so long. I haven't seen you in person since..." I trailed off, thinking about the night of the explosion.

"No. You've seen me several times, you just didn't know it," he told me.

I thought back. Jacks Dero son of Hephaestus, with his green hair and twinkle in his eyes whenever I said his name. Simon Leroy son of Apollo with his red hair and twinkle in his eyes when I looked at him. Luke Mike son of Hermes with his light brown hair and smile when I was happy. Lou Armlong son of Aphrodite with his neon pink hair and glisten in his purple eyes when I spoke to him. Neal Beck son of a minor sea goddess with his bright blue hair and wink whenever I was caught staring at him. All of them had one thing common. They all loved me and they all disappeared within a month. Starting a year ago.

"That was you wasn't it? Jack Dero, Hephaestus; Simon Leroy, Apollo; Luke Mike, Hermes; Lou Armlong, Aphrodite; Neal Beck, minor goddess of the sea. All having the same parent as one of our friends who died in the Second Titan War. Beckendorf, Michael Yew, Luke, Silena, Zoë. Why didn't you tell me?" i explained, hurt evident in my voice.

"I wanted to tell you so much Wise Girl, but she wouldn't let me. If I told you, I'd only hurt you more. I'd have to leave, you'd come looking, someone would get hurt, probably you. It'd take longer to come back if I revealed myself then. I wanted to come back to stay, finally stay. I'm sorry." Percy looked down, his features etched with sorrow.

"I-it's okay Seaweed Brain. Just... Who is this 'she' you're always talking about? I need to know," I spoke softly. Percy looked up and locked eyes with me.

"Annabeth, I'll tell you later. I just got a message from the goddess in question. Wheres Nico, Thalia, and Jason?" Percy demanded.

I was confused, but looked around for them anyways. "I don't know. They were here a little while ago, but..."

Percy didn't let me finished before he ran off sprinting towards the climbing wall. "Percy!" I called to him, but it was no use. Not wanting to lose him again, I ran after him. I could hear most if the other campers following me, yelling at me to stop.

Percy came to a stop just outside the rock wall. The wall itself was covered in a tarp to prevent any campers from climbing it after dinner or lights out. Standing around it was Nico, Thalia, and Jason. Each one took a side and were facing us glaring.

Thalia spoke first. "Percy! Have you come to join us? We know you have been visited as well."

Visited? By who? When? My eyes widened. Kronos. He must've been sending them dreams like I had thought. Did he get to Percy?

Percy walked so he was in front of Thalia, yet he could still see the other two. "I was visited."

I gasped. Will Percy stay with me? Or will he join them? I don't know how much has changed in the past year and a half.

"Will you help us?" Nico asked this time.

"My patron was neutral in the last wars, Second Titan and Second Giant. She now regrets that, and sees the error of her ways. The last two wars she was gathering enough power, and now she has it. I have gained some of this power I speak of, and the new purpose of being sent here was to evacuate one of the groups from this camp. The question is this: who am I helping and who is my enemy?" Percy spoke.

I pondered this. The speech didn't really help, but I sincerely hope he helps us. If Percy joins the Titans, we're all doomed. Doomed I say doomed.

"Are you helping us or them?" Jason growled.

"I am helping both in a way of speaking. First though, I'll help you three," Percy said calmly. However, my heart just shattered. Percy's helping the enemy? I felt like crying again, but for a whole new reason.

"Get over here then!" Thalia hissed.

"I'm perfectly fine here. This is where I'll help both from."

I looked at Percy confused. His can he help us if he's helping them? This made no sense.

As everyone watched, Percy raised his hands above his head and started muttering in a strange language. It's one I've never heard before, but it's defiantly old. As he kept chanting, Percy's voice grew louder until he was screaming. Nico, Thalia, and Jason started to glow silver. In English Percy yelled "By the power of the Eternal Moon, I free you!"

Jason, Nico and Thalia all froze then fell to the ground in heaps, their glows fading. Percy collapsed, still conscious, to his knees. I yelped and ran to help the son of Poseidon.

"No. Help them," Percy waved me away pointing towards the unconscious Big Three kids. "It wasn't there fault. They need help. I'm fine."

Reluctantly I rushed to help Thalia, Nico, and Jason. I'm no child of Apollo, but I don't know exactly how to wake them up easily and gently. Instead I followed the Apollo kids and helped out when needed. More than a few times I looked back at Percy kneeling on the dirt ground, eyes closed, not even trying to get up.

I helped get the Big Three kids to the infirmary, then raced back to where Percy still kneeled.

"Percy!" I called.

He looked up, staring at me with his sea-green eyes. Now that I looked at them, they kind of looked a little silver in the light...

"Annabeth, I need to tell you something," he said.

"Anything."

"Selene."

"Excuse me?" I asked.

Percy cy sighed and rolled his eyes. "My patron that you've been asking about forever? It's Selene, ex goddess of the moon."