Yes, I know it's been forever, and I am very sorry, but I finally finished! Thank you very much for your patience. I hope that you all know how greatful I am that you've stuck with me for over two years. I'll have more words of gratitude in the afterword, but for now, enjoy the story!

Disclaimer: I own nothing of Rick Riordan's.

Leo POV

"Wake up!" Thalia yelled, shaking me from my dream of building an army of Festuses. I rubbed my eyes, and was, for a second, disoriented. Then I remembered where I was, and that it must be time. The others were slowly awakening, and I quickly got to my feet to stand near my Valdezapult. The tray of grass wrapped ammunition had been fused to the side, and I'd easily be able to hold the machine in one hand, load and ignite the payload with the other, and then fire. The ice peeps were going down.

"Everyone get into position," Jason called. "Our weapons will probably be in one of the bedrooms, so Piper, Clarisse, Chris, and the Stolls are going to retrieve them. The rest of us will keep the Boreads occupied with the Valdezapult." We all cheered, happy for a plan, of course, and also as a war cry.

"One of them will have heard that and should come down to check on us." Frank said. Sure enough, footsteps were barreling down the stairs, and as a door began to open, I saw a smile spread over Frank's face; the magic keeping him from shapeshifting was being lifted. I could feel something in my body as well, like someone had just added a ton of kindling to a fire.

"What in the name-"

"Surprise!" I shouted, as if it was Zethes's birthday and I wasn't about to hit him in the head with a flaming ball of miniature death. Right before I released the trigger, Piper stepped forward a bit.

"We are totally through and I am back with Jason! Like I ever left him." She taunted. Zethes's face hardened and it looked like he was about to pull some icy magic, but I fired before he could. Now, a stunned look covered his face. We all charged, taking advantage of his confused state. "For Percabeth!" Piper exclaimed, and we tore up the stairs and into the living room.

"Hey, Elsa!" I called to Khione. She turned on me, eyes fiery, at least, as fiery as it gets when you're a snow goddess. "LET IT GO!" I fired two shots at her, which didn't have nearly as much affect on her as they did on Zethes. She held her arm out and a wall of ice began to rise around me. The temperature dropped dramatically as I fought against it. I didn't want to put down my Valdezapult, but I had to if I wanted to melt the ice. The wall began to contact, squeezing me tighter. I dropped my machine and lit my hands, realizing a torrent of white hot flames.

I could hear the sounds of battle; growling, that was probably bear-Frank; clanging, oh good, they had found the weapons; Piper was charmspeaking at the top of her lungs; and I heard Calais screaming something about not wanting to be an airplane, so I figured Jason or Thalia was levitating him. The ice wall was melting too slowly, and the cold made it hard for me to keep my flames as hot as Hades.

"Where's Leo?" A worried voice suddenly exclaimed. I sighed in relief; my wonderful girlfriend had noticed my absence. I screamed a lot of things like here and help and in the popsicle! Suddenly, something big slammed into the ice wall. It cracked, and I powered my flames more. Finally, enough open up to let me squeeze through, but when I went down to retrieve my Valdezapult, it was crushed. "Are you alright?" Calypso knelt down next to me as I mourned the loss of my work of art.

"Guys, a little help, please?" Clarisse was trying to take on both Zethes and Calais, which doesn't seem like it would be too hard, but they were mad. They were literally steaming in the way that dry ice does. We all tried to attack them at once, but suddenly, Ryan entered the scene. I watched as with a lazy hand he threw us all off of his siblings using the wind.

"Looks like your boyfriend has abandoned you, Anna..." He trailed off as he scanned us and didn't see Annabeth. Thalia threw a triumphant smirk at him.

"Aww, you captured the wrong female love interest." She said with mock pity. "Not that I have any interest in you." It was nice to see Ryan taken aback for a second, but it didn't last long.

"No matter, you are still beyond the reach of your friends." Ryan said. He was so obviously bluffing, but still, I wondered if he had done something to our friends after kidnapping Thalia. "I think that you should return to your basement, before we really get angry."

"You know, Ryan, these guys almost ended the world." Reyna said. "They were helping Gaea destroy humanity, including Annabeth. Including you." Ryan brushed the fact aside.

"I don't care what they did in the past. All I care about is how they're helping me right now." He replied. "It's not like they knew about me back then anyway. And don't you guys get it? It's not just about Annabeth anymore. It's a matter of pride."

"You have any pride left?" Piper wondered. I could hear the charmspeak she was lacing her words with. "You've tried to steal another guy's girl. You tried to humiliate a hero of Olympus. You tried to kill a hero of Olympus. One who has saved the world twice. Do you even know what Percy and Annabeth have been through together?" The Boreads were hanging on to her every word. Piper gave us a pointed look to do something while she had them distracted.

I retrieved what was left of my Valdezapults and began to take apart and reforged the metal. I had just enough to make a single pair of hand cuffs, which I heated to about a thousand degrees. I wasn't good at magic like Hazel, but I could keep the cuffs heated even when they were no longer in my grasp. I approach Khione from behind and locked them around her hands. I figured that she was so internally cold that the heat would only bother her enough to keep her from throwing ice.

As Piper described all the things that Percy and Annabeth had been through together, I noticed movement from outside, like someone was trying to enter. The door banged open, and our friends stood there ready for a fight. The noise distracted Ryan, and when he saw Percy, he snapped out of Piper's charmspeak spell.

"You are dead." He said, and the charged.

Percy POV

Ryan charged towards me and I uncapped Riptide. The other Boreads, who had obviously been under some kind of trance also came to attention. Khione sputtered as she noticed the white hot handcuffs on her wrists. Right as Ryan was about to clash swords with me, Annabeth stepped forward and blocked his swing.

"You did this because of me, so you're facing me. Not him. You aren't ever going to touch him again." She said, her voice full of hate. Ryan sneered at her and tried to knock her aside, but Annabeth thrust her sword at him, while her other hand shrugged off her backpack. "Put on my cap, don't let him find you." She said, throwing the bag towards me without looking to see if I caught it. I quickly rummaged through until I found her invisibility hat, put it on, then slipped into the battle.

It was pretty much pure chaos. I could work with that. I wove through the fighting, trying to stay out of my friends' way as best I could and trip up the Boreads. Frank the bear was pawing at Zethes, who flew above his head. Khione was screaming in Leo's super hot cuffs, tendrils of ice snaking from the spot where she stood. I suddenly had an idea. I sneaked around towards Leo and tugged on his sleeve. He almost crashed into me in surprise.

"Dude! It's me!" I exclaimed. He looked around for me, and I forgot I was invisible for a second. "I'm wearing Annabeth's cap. I've got an idea."

"Okay, first of all, don't freak me out like that," Leo said, talking to the wall. I sighed, took his shoulders, and turned him to face me. "Oh, sorry. Well, second of all, I'm down for anything at this point." I grinned.

"Melt the ice," I instructed. "Melt it to water, and I can work with it." I watched a smile cross Leo's face that was quickly replaced with slight confusion.

"Wait, why can't you do that now? It's still H2O, isn't it? Just in a different form?" I reached out and could feel the frozen water, but it was just out of my grasp.

"I think them being gods of ice cancels out my being so of the water god," I replied. "Anyway, just get someone to make Khione furious enough to stat throwing a ton of ice, you melt it, and then, the fun will begin." Leo's expression was still puzzled.

"There's literally an ocean out there, Mr. Sea-Prince," he reminded me. I was suddenly very glad to be invisible, and not just because it kept me from my enemies' sight. I tried reaching out for that, and was actually almost there, when something big blocked my path. I looked out the window and my jaw dropped.

"Oh my gods," I murmured. "Look outside." Leo turned his head and his eyes widened. Someone was raising a literal ice wall around the cabana, that was growing by the second. I looked back to Khione and saw her face contorted in concentration. The cuffs were cooling down and she was getting her strength back. "Can you melt that? Cause that should be enough."

"Not alone. Gods, if I only had Festus…wait. Now that's an idea." Leo seemed to be talking to himself now and he shut his eyes. They popped back opened with a trademark demigod ADHD glint in them. "I'll need to make a call, which might take a minute or two, and when I signal, you have to work super quick to get the water in here, but I think I can work something out. Got a drachma?" My brow furrowed as I fished around my pockets for a spare coin. I passed it to him. "Okay, get ready. The signal will be, uh, Let It Go." I gave him a look. "Hey, we've got a literal ice queen here. It's the only thing that came to mind."

"Okay, hurry up." Leo nodded and I figured he went to find a rainbow. I melted back into the battle to find Annabeth. She was still locked in combat with Ryan, and it was all I could do to not jump in and help her. I wished I could somehow talk to her without giving myself away, to tell her that I loved her. Yeah, yeah, that sounds super sappy. But Frozen did seem to be on everyone's mind lately, and she had saved me with true love's kiss just, wow, was that only a few days ago? It seemed like an eternity. Disney movies always seemed to be hinged on acts of true love. Did Annabeth and I really qualify for something like that? Something so romanticized?

What was that word from English doing in my brain? I was technically on vacation! Well, I wasn't in school, anyway. Something tapped my feet; a tiny metal ball wrapped in, that as weird, was that dried grass or something? I picked it up and threw it at Ryan so it hit the back of his head. Maybe that would give my Wise Girl some extra time to gain the upper hand. Not that she needed my help.

My power flurries through the air into the ground

My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around

And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast

I'm never going back, the past is in the past!

There was the signal. It was loud enough to catch everyone's attention, and there were some confused mutters. Suddenly, I felt a rush around me, all the barriers being removed. I grabbed at the water, but I could also feel it slipping from my grasp. I pulled as much of it towards the cabana as possible, and barely had time to shout "Incoming!" before the wave crashed through the windows. It was a lot more than I'd expected and filled the room. I willed it to solidify at the windows, so it was like one of those cartoons when the house or whatever was filled with water and the occupants were swimming around.

"Percy!" I heard Annabeth cry. It was bubbly, like she was screaming through ... oh yeah, the others couldn't breath could they? I sent bubbles of oxygen to all my friends, wondering if the Boreads could breath because of their godhood. I certainly didn't care about Ryan. Suddenly, I saw Annabeth swimming towards me, and she seemed to be looking right at me, but that was impossible. I was invisible. "Percy, you're creating a whirlpool," she told me. And in fact, as she got close to me, she was pulled off course by the currents.

"Sorry," I said, trying to calm down. I slipped off her cap and held out my hand. She took it, and I pulled her towards me, hugging her tight. "I love you." I could feel her smile.

"I love you too."

Will POV (approximately 1 minute and 23 seconds earlier)

"You want me to do what now?" I asked incredulously. Leo rolled his eyes as if what he was asking was the simplest thing in the world.

"Make a rainbow! Come on, Sunny-D! Get some sun shining on that ice! I need to send and Iris message, ASAP!" Nico, who stood next to me, was in as much disbelief as I was. It was kind of a cute look on him. Actually, forget I said that.

"I'm a healer," I said. "I don't even know if that's possible for me. I've never known any children of Apollo with that ability!"

"Well, call in a favor with your dad! Do something! Our lives depend on it!" I sighed, but closed my eyes.

'Hey, dad,' I thought. 'We're kind of in a situation that require some light, specifically a rainbow. Help me out, and I swear on the River Styx, I will scarifice as much bacon as I can find to you.' I opened my eyes to see if anything had happened. Miraculously, the sun shifted just enough to create a faint rainbow. Bacon, it seemed, was truly a power to be reckoned with.

"O, Iris, accept my offering!" Leo recited as he tossed a drachma into the rainbow. "Spirits of Kilauea Volcano, please!" The rainbow shimmered and was replaced by a fiery cave inhabited by a pair of spirits that seemed to be made of lava. They were very much engaged in a game of checkers, and looked annoyed to be disturbed. Then they caught sight of Leo.

"Son of Hephaestus!" they exclaimed. If I didn't know any better, I'd say they were star struck. "How may we be of service?" asked the one using red checker pieces.

"We're at Kauna'oa Bay fighting some Boreads. We have a son of Poseidon, but we need to melt the ice," Leo explained. "Can you get us some lava?"

"Of course," replied the one using black checker pieces. "But you know, the lava will almost instantly change the ice to steam. Your friend will have to be quick to control it while it's still in water form." Leo nodded.

"I know. How long?" The volcano spirits glanced at each other.

"Thirty seconds."

"This isn't going to destroy the entire island, is it?" I asked, feeling that destruction was something important to prevent.

"Are you suggesting we can't control our own lava?" Red Checkers asked indignantly. I raised my hands in defense. He turned back to Leo. "Thirty seconds." With that, the Iris message disappeared.

"How do you know those guys?" Nico wondered. "They acted like you were ... famous. The good kind."

"Most volcano spirits are either sons of Hephaestus or descended from them. We're all related some way or another. And why would they be awed by awesome me?" Nico and I rolled our eyes in unison. "Aw, how sweet, you're mocking me together!" Nico's face reddened and I figured mine wasn't any better.

"Don't you have time to be keeping?" Leo nodded and pulled out his phone. I glanced out a window, not sure what to expect. Seconds passed. I had been hanging on the outskirts, ready to heal if necessary. Suddenly, Let It Go was blaring right next to me. Leo had started the song on his phone. "What are you doing?"

"Giving the signal!" The music has distracted everyone, and Khione was definitely not pleased by it. Her sights were set on Leo, her rage so monumental that she ripped the cuffs apart. She started to storm (literally) towards us before a cry echoed through the cabana.

"Incoming!" Percy called. A tidal wave crashed through the windows and filled the room. It seemed to be contained so that the water level kept rising without spilling back out. Currents began to stir up the water, pulling people in every which way. I instinctively grabbed Nico, telling myself I was simply using the buddy system. He scowled, but didn't try to get away. Bubbles of oxygen popped up around our mouths so we could breath.

"What was that?" Nico demanded. "I don't need your help, Solace." My hand was still tightly wrapped around his wrist.

"We shouldn't be separated," I replied. "We should find the others. The Boreads are probably disoriented, so we should get organized." We swam through the House (which yes, was as weird as it sounded) and found that our friends were already beginning to congregate. Percy and Annabeth floated hand in hand.

"Do we want to escape or finish them off?" Annabeth asked once we were all gathered. "We need to captured Ryan for the gods, I know, but I feel like we should grab him and go. We don't need to risk anymore causalities."

"That sounds okay by me," Jason replied. "But maybe you two should leave now." Annabeth's eyes narrowed the way they sometimes did before she was about to judo-flip someone. "It's just, Ryan is after you two, and Percy, you, uh..." I glanced at Percy and saw that he was barely paying attention to our war council, but to Ryan, who was trying to extract himself from a vortex of water. He was two notches away from snapping.

"That might be best. After all, he need to be alive to carry out his sentence." Annabeth turned to her boyfriend. "You're trying to drown him as we speak, I can tell. If we leave, the others will be able to take him in without you aggravating him. I don't know about you, but I'm ready to just put all of this behind me."

"Can I punch him once?" Percy asked, but I wasn't sure if he was joking or not. Annabeth shook her head. "If you're ready to leave, then we can go. Blackjack is waiting outside." He faced the rest of us. "When I leave, the water will spill out and the vortexes holding the Boreads will disappear. You'll have to be ready." He pressed another drachma into Jason's hand. "Call us if things get bad."

I know that my prelude maybe sounded like I was saying good bye, but I promise, I still have a few chapters left in me. Again, than you for all your support, from your praising reviews to your constructive criticism. Because you've played such a big part in my though process, I've decided to expand it in some way. After this whole Ryan escapade, I think that the demigods' adventures will become miniature. Those ideas will come from, you've guessed it, you! I will try to start publishing on a more regular basis, say, every two weeks. This will give you all a week to submit your ideas, which includes anything from POVs to even the introducing of new characters. Use this power well, and I look forward to hearing your ideas! Adieu until next time!