I felt like I was floating on a wave at the beach. I let the current take me where it wanted me to go.

I became aware of the voices around me whispering and sounding slightly panicked.

"We almost lost her during the battle. She started to seize for no reason, right before we learn Gaia had been awaken. She's back to her normal state now but it was a close call." A familiar voice spoke softly, releasing a sigh of relief.

"What happened?" Another familiar said sounding frustrated.

"I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know? Will, you're the doctor here." The other voice yelled.

"I'm younger than you, remember?" I heard an exasperated sigh and the sound of a chair scratching against the floor as someone.

"I know. I'm sorry. Why hasn't she woken up yet?"

My eyes started to flutter open. It was blurry at first, then my eyes adjusted and I could see the ceiling of the room. What happened? I could hear Will's voice and knew he was standing to my left trying to comfort the person in the chair.

"Will?" It came out as a whisper. The boy looked up as I moved my head to face them. I could see the boy in the chair better now. "James?" My voice a little louder but cracked.

"Oh my gods. James. She's awake." James looked up and through his tears, he smiled.

"Is it really you? Are you really awake?"

My tears start flowing as I remembered what had happened again. I remembered how I almost died, the time I spent in Elysium, and how broken James had been while I was gone. "Yes, James. I'm here." I started to sit up but Will stopped me.

"You've been asleep for a long time. You'll probably have trouble moving correctly. Don't hurt yourself."

Will seemed tired. He had blood all over his scrubs. I sat up anyway and I felt stiff and heavy. I looked at James. He had his arm in a sling.

"What happened to you?" My voice finally started to sound normal.

"A lot. But I'll fill you in on it later." James said, getting up from the chair.

Will was busy running around taking my temperature, checking my heartbeat, and doing other tests. James walked to the edge of the bed. I took his good hand. He squeezed it. I opened my mouth to say I was sorry about everything that had happened, when we heard shouts coming from the hallway. Will pulled out a knife from his pocket. I couldn't believe what I was seeing so I turned toward James who had his sword unclipped from his belt and held it with his good arm. What the Hades? The shouts got louder.

I heard a girl shout just outside the door. "Wait! You can't go in there!" and then a response from a familiar voice.

"Like Hades I can't!" The door busted opened and there standing in the door looking burned, scratched, bruised, and broken was my brother.

"Percy? What the Hades! You can't just bust doors-hmphh!" I was interrupted by him practically tackling me.

"I'm so sorry!" He hugged me tightly.

"I see that you remember me now."

"I remember everything. Gods, I can't believe I did that."

"It's ok. I'm fine now." I rubbed his back trying to soothe him. He looked up at me and released me.

"Really?" I nodded to him. I looked over at Will. He slowly put away his knife. "Can I get up now?" I asked.

"Can you stand?" He asked.

"I think so."

Percy stepped back from me. I lifted the blanket off my legs and swung my legs over the side of the bed away from Percy. I slowly put my feet to the ground and put weight on them. I stood there a second letting my legs get used to my weight.

"Ok." I whispered to myself.

I took my first step forward and then another. I stumbled but was caught by James. "Whoa. Easy there." He said as he steadied me. I held his forearms and looked at my feet.

"Stupid legs." I looked up at James. "Thank you." He smiled.

"No problem." Will walked over to us.

"Maybe you should stay in bed." He put his hand on my shoulder. I shook it off.

"No. I want to try again. I'm standing aren't I?" I let go of James' arms. My knees were shaking. I walked around the bed holding onto the frame. I let go and walked to Percy who was watching me guiltily. I took my first steps towards him.

"See? I'm fine." I told him. I turned towards Will. "Can I go home now?" Meaning my cabin.

"Umm…" He was receiving death stares from Percy, James, and I. "Fine." Will said grudgingly.

"Yes!" I fist pumped. I wobbled slightly but caught myself.

"Just be careful. I want to see you first thing in the morning for a check-up."

"Yes sir!" I saluted. James walked over next to me. I looked between my brother and my best friend.

"Let's go." I walked towards the door. The boys stayed close to me in case I stumbled or fell. My legs still felt a bit shaky but I didn't feel like I was going to fall at the moment.

When we got into the hall of the big house, James walked beside me, matching my slow pace and I took his pale hand in mine. He looked at me questioningly but, I just smiled. Percy walked behind us like some kind of body guard but, he didn't seem like his was in the best shape to be guarding anyone. I was surprised that Will wasn't fussing about him at all. Although Will seem to be in deep thought about something. So, deep in thought that his cheeks were turning red. We walked out onto the front porch and I was greeted by a war zone.

"What the Hades happened?" Half the camp was destroyed.

"Gaia rose from her sleep and tried to destroy the World. No worries though she's gone." As Percy said that last thing he frowned slightly. Will dismissed himself to go back to the infirmary to help his siblings but went in a different direction, towards the lake. I looked at James and Percy. Percy patted my back, making me wobble.

"You have lots to learn, little sister."

"You're only older by an hour and I know a lot more than you think." He looked at me curiously. I looked over to the cabins where the cabins sit surprisingly untouched. They were surrounded by purple tents which I assumed were the romans.

"Do you think I can meet them?" I took a step down the stairs and almost fell if I hadn't been holding onto James still. I had forgotten that I was holding his hand. I blushed.

"Let me help you." James stepped down the steps and continued to hold my hand as I came down the stairs.

Percy came down after me and said "Maybe we should wait until you're completely healed." I looked at him.

That is a great idea. I could just heal myself. I still have my gift right? I sighed. It didn't work like that. I frowned, thinking. A light bulb went off in my head, I knew what I needed to do.

"Give me a second, I have an idea." I summoned my bow to my left hand. I sat down on the steps.

"What are you thinking?" Percy questioned. I pulled back my bowstring but instead of releasing it, I took the arrow off the bow.

"A blade has two sides, right?" Percy and James nodded.

"But what does that have to do with anything?"

"Apollo can use archery but he can also heal. An arrow head has two sides. These arrows are a gift from Apollo. So…" I took the golden arrow in my hands and broke it over my legs. It shattered into glitter and fell onto my legs. I stood up and stretched my legs.

"They can heal too."

"Whoa. Why didn't I get the good gift?" Percy complained.

"I definitely paid the price for mine. I'm actually surprised I kept the gift after I destroy yours." Percy shrugged feeling guilty. I pulled out a second one and used it on James' arm. After I was done he took his arm out of the sling and stretched it. "Wow. You have a miracle cure." I asked Percy if he wanted me to heal him. He declined saying this would only make him stronger. I changed the subject from my miracle cure.

"I want to meet everyone." It was still early afternoon.

"Ok. Ok. Fine. I'll introduce you to everyone." Percy sighed. James squeezed my hand as we started to walk, Percy taking the lead.

"Do you want me to come with you?" He whispered to me. I nodded.

"Of course. I don't want you to leave my side."

"Really?"

"You promised to protect me right?"

"Yeah, but I didn't do such a good job last time, did I?"

"I'm alive, aren't I?" I bumped him with my shoulder.

"If you hadn't found me and carried me home, I wouldn't being standing here."

"How did you…?" I opened my mouth to answer him but was interrupted by my idiot brother shouting at us.

"Hey Lovebirds. We're here."

"Ok. No need to shout." I said. We walked up to a girl with a purple cape.

"Reyna." I said. Percy looked at me, confused.

"Yes. I'm Reyna. Who are you?" She stepped forward trying to intimidate me but she looked as worn out as everyone else. I looked at Percy, who then spoke up.

"This is my twin sister, Icara." Reyna looked confused.

"You didn't mention you had a sister."

"Well, I forgot. You know, the memory loss thing. I only remembered her today, just after she woke up from her coma." Reyna looked confused and shocked. She turned to me.

"It's a long story." I laughed and put my hand out.

"It's nice to meet the praetor of New Rome." She took it.

"Yes, it's nice to meet to you too." A buff Asian boy that I could've mistook from an Ares kid, except he seemed more clean cut, walked up to us.

"Reyna, the fifth cohort has some questions for you." The Asian boy, Frank, finally noticed us standing there.

"Hello, I'm Frank. Son of Mars. Praetor of New Rome." He put out his hand. James let go of my hand and introduced himself and then returned to holding my hand. He looked between Percy and me, probably noticing the resemblance. "And you are?"

"I'm Icara. Daughter of Poseidon." Frank looked confused and looked at Percy. Percy put his arm around me.

"She's my twin sister." Seeing Frank's confused face, he added, "Long story. I'll have to tell you more about it later." Frank nodded. Someone shouted for him and he excused himself. Percy turned to me.

"Icara, how did you know who Reyna was?" I shrugged, not giving an answer. Percy sighed, knowing I wouldn't tell him if I didn't want to. We started walking again, through the tents, when I saw a girl dressed in silver. I remembered Luke's request.

"Percy, are the hunters of Artemis here?"

"Umm… Yeah. Why?"

"I need to speak to someone named Thalia. Do you know her?"

"She's our cousin. The daughter of Zeus. Why do you to talk to her?"

"It's important. Where are they staying at?"

"They're in the Artemis cabin."

"Thanks." I hugged him. "I see you later." I tugged James along with me.

We arrived at Cabin 8. I faced James.

"I should probably do this alone. I'll meet up with you later." I turned to leave. He pulled me back. "What?" I asked.

"Don't leave me again." I smiled.

"I wouldn't dream of it."

"Promise?"

"I promise." He let go of my hand.

"I see you later?" He asked.

"For sure." I waited until he walked away.

I walked up the steps of the normal looking cabin. I knew it wasn't normal at all. I knew at night it glowed like the moon, just as the Apollo cabin glowed like sun. I knocked on the door. A girl with red hair and freckles across her nose answered. She had a silver headband keeping back her bangs and a long braid, like the one my hair was in at the moment. Which made my ADHD wonder who did my hair and who changed my clothes while I was out because I obviously wasn't wearing the torn and bloody outfit that I almost died in. Ok, pay attention, Icara. Not the time to wonder strange things.

"Hello. Is there something I can do for you?" Her voice was soft and sweet. It surprised me that she could be a hunter.

"I need to talk to Thalia. Is she around?"

"She's here but, she's busy. Do want me to give her a message?"

"Umm... It's kind of important. Can you tell her I have a message from Luke for her? Tell her to meet me at her pine tree. She knows which one, when she's ready." The girl's face soured, just like everyone's did when I mention Luke.

"I can tell her but I doubt she'll come." Her voice sounded sharp now.

"Thanks." She shut the door. I walked away from the cabin. I walked towards the tree.

When I got near the lake, I heard hushed voices. I quietly walked towards the sound. I saw a blonde boy and a dark haired boy. As I got closer, I realized it was Will and Nico. I was about to say hi to them when I saw Will grab Nico's hand. This action caused Nico to blush redder than I ever thought possible for the pale child of death. They were having a moment that I couldn't interrupt. I internally went 'Awwww!' in my head before continuing on my way.

I arrived at Thalia's pine. I sat on a rock near the cliff's edge. I could see the entire camp from here. I saw the mixture of orange and purple everywhere trying to repairs the things that were broken. I waited a long time just watching. I heard a slight noise from behind me. Someone or something was trying to sneak up on me. My fingers twitched as I the slightest noise really close to my right. I stood, turned, and summoned my bow in one fluid motion pointing at the source of the noise.

"Come out of the shadows." I said. A girl with short black hair and electric blue eyes step forward from behind a tree I was pointing my arrow at.

"Nice one. There are few people who I can't sneak up on anymore." The girl smirked.

"Where did you get the bow?" She wasn't surprised by the fact that I pulled it out of nothing. Luke had told me that the Hunters of Artemis could summon them from a distant. They couldn't store them like I could though.

"It was a gift." I lowered my bow slightly.

"Are you the one with a message from Luke?" She tried to keep her voice from wavering.

"Thalia?" She nodded. I let my bow disperse from my hands which surprised her. "Yes. Luke asked me to tell you something."

"Who are you?"

"Oh, yeah. You probably don't know who I am. My name is Icara Jackson, daughter of Poseidon." She looked at me skeptically.

"Percy doesn't have siblings." I nodded.

"He didn't until recently, I'm his twin sister. We were separated at birth due a curse." She cocked her head.

"Seriously?"

"Yes. The curse was the reason Percy went missing in the first place. I've been in a coma since he went to New Rome. I woke up today actually."

"So, what does this have to do with Luke? He's been dead. You couldn't have possibly spoke to him."

"Well, Percy killed me." She looked at me like I had gone completely insane.

"What?"

"It was an accident caused by our curse. He made a deal with Hera just before I completely faded away. She put me in the coma until Percy completed the quest." Thalia nodded, still skeptical.

"Go on."

"I was sent to the Underworld and I spent the time I was in a coma, in Elysium. I met Luke there. We became good friends. Long story short, Luke has decided to be reborn." She stepped forward, eyebrows raised in surprise.

"What?" She sat down on the rock I had been previously sitting on.

"But, he didn't want to until said sorry to everyone he wronged. He didn't want a big speech or anything. I'm still trying to figure out a way to tell everyone but, he asked me to find you and tell you."

"Well, you found me. I guess, your mission is complete." She got up, obviously not wanting to hear me out and started to walk away. I turned toward the tree that was her prison for so long.

"He used to come here every day, you know." I touched a low hanging branch. I heard her footsteps stop. "He told me that he used to come up here and talk to you about everything and nothing, even he knew you probably couldn't hear him. He asked, no, begged the gods every day to bring you back."

Thalia walked back and stood near to me.

"It was just another thing he hated the gods for. Kronos promised to bring you back. He even told him how. The Golden Fleece. It was all part of the plan Kronos had made or so he made Luke believe." I just stared at the tree and the fleece that was hanging on the branch. "When you were released from this tree, Luke started to believe Kronos' lies which caused Kronos' possession to take over. Luke wasn't Luke anymore. When he realized what Kronos' plan was to destroy everything, he tried everything to stop himself. But Kronos was too strong and in the end he did what he had to, to save all of us."

Thalia sighed, holding back tears. I turned to look at her. "He wanted me to tell you that he's sorry he broke his promise to you. He loved you. He hoped that in his next life that he meets you again and that you could be friends like the old days. He hopes that he never makes the same mistakes again. He hopes that you can forgive him eventually."

Thalia's tears started to fall. I knew she was a strong girl but at this moment she looked like any normal teenaged girl that lost her closest friend or even a family member. I could only imagine what she felt. She hugged me.

"Thank you." she whispered. I hugged her back. She cried on me for a few minutes before straightening up, wiping her tears away, and trying to recompose herself.

"Are you ok?" I asked her. She nodded.

"Could I be alone for a while?" She asked. I nodded.

"If you have anything you want to know or anything, I'm here." She smiled.

"Thank you." I turned away from her and started down towards camp.

When I finally got back to the cabins, I realized that everyone was at dinner. I walked to the Dining Pavilion suddenly feeling like I hadn't eaten in a year, which I guess I haven't.

When I walked in, campers dressed in purple were scattered among the tables. Everyone was laughing. I went to the Poseidon table to find Percy and the seven sitting there. They were happy but something was definitely wrong. Percy turned and saw me.

"Hey, Sis! Where have you been?" He tried to shake off whatever was wrong.

"Around." I answered.

"Well, come join us." He scooted over so I could sit on the end.

"Hey guys! This is my sister, Icara." He told everyone, seeming overly excited.

"So, this is the girl Frank told me about." Said a blonde boy with golden glasses, Jason, who I was now sitting across from. I was handed a plate and a goblet.

"Good things, I hope. Jason, right?" I reached my hand over the table.

"Yeah. That's me." He took my hand and shook it. "This is my girlfriend,…"

"Piper. It's nice to meet you as well." I finished for him. They all looked at me weird.

"Percy told me a lot about you guys." I said trying to avoid the questioning looks.

"Uhh… Yeah, I did." He covered for me.

"Well, he failed to mention that he had a sister to us." Jason said jokingly.

"Yeah, I figured as much." I elbowed him.

"Hey! It's Hera's fault. Don't blame me."

"Yeah. Yeah." I looked down at my food and took a bite. They resumed whatever conversation they were having before I showed up. I glanced around at the tables. I saw Reyna, Will, Nico, and some campers that I didn't recognize sitting at the Hades table. Will and Nico were sitting very close to each and giggling. I elbowed Percy.

"Ow. What?" He rubbed his side.

"What's going with Nico and Will?" I asked him. He went into a rant about types or something I didn't understand. The entire table groaned.

"Not again." Hazel said face palming herself. I looked confused. Annabeth told Percy to get over it. Jason leaned in over the table and whispered.

"Apparently, Nico had a crush on Percy. It's the reason he left camp. Being from the past he struggled with it, you know?" I nodded. "He's over it now and let's just say Percy is still processing it." I laughed and ate my food which I decided on a thanksgiving feast. The plate was filled with turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, peas, corn soufflé, and was topped off with gravy. I was getting hungrier by the second. I ate several plates of it.

"Gosh, she eats like…" Piper put her head in her hands. I looked up.

"What?" Piper was crying and Jason wrapped an arm around her.

"I'm sorry." She whispered.

"The way you were eating it reminded her of…" He paused. "A friend of ours. He sacrificed himself to kill Gaia." I looked at everybody at table. They all looked sad and down.

"Leo." I said quietly. "I'm sorry for your lost." I suddenly didn't really feel like eating anymore. They all looked like they lost a brother. My brother was looking down into his goblet, swirling it around. I put my hand on top his free hand.

"He's in a better place." He looked at me and smiled slightly.

"Yeah, you're probably…"

A loud mechanical flapping sound came from above. We all looked up. We saw a gold flash over us and then a loud mechanical roar. Percy and the seven were up and alert. I stood up. They pulled the weapons from their belts and took off towards the sound. I followed suit. I summoned my bow, since I still hadn't gotten my sword from the cabin, and caught up to them. There was a giant gold mechanical dragon crouched down on the grass outside the Dining Pavilion.

"Festus!" Jason shouted. The dragon turned toward him. The seven lowered their weapons as they saw a boy climb down from the dragon's neck. We walked closer as the rest of camp came to see what the commotion was about. The boy turned and shouted.

"Hey guys!" He smiled impishly and turned to put a hand up. He helped a girl down off of the dragon. They walked towards us hand in hand. Piper and Jason rushed forward and practically tackled him to the ground. The rest of them walked forward. I kept my distance. This was their moment. After they all let go of him he introduced the girl.

"This is Calypso, my girlfriend." She smiled sweetly and waved. Percy, realizing that campers had started to crowd around at a distance, turned toward the rest of camp and shouted, "Leo is alive!"

Campers from both camps cheered. Percy gestured me to come to him. I walked over. He put his arm around my shoulders.

"I'd like you to meet my friend. This is Leo, Son of Hephaestus." I knew that but didn't say anything about it. He turned away from his girlfriend and stuck out his hand. I took it and he shook it hyperily.

"Nice to meet ya."

"I'm Icara."

"She's my sister." Percy said. I bet he gets tired of introducing me to people. Leo looked surprised but didn't get a chance to ask anything because Piper started to go off on him.

"How could you? We thought you were dead! Nico couldn't sense you at all. You've been dead to us for the past week." Leo backed away. Piper started to go after him but Jason held her back.

"Jason! Let me go! I gunna kill him." She started to charmspeak but was cut off by Calypso.

"I'm sorry. He came to find me after the potion brought him back. He saved me from my island. Then again he is an idiot." Piper calmed down. A wave of understanding went through the group. Hazel spoke up.

"Why didn't you tell us your plan?" Leo walked back to us, cautiously.

"I knew you'd never let me do it. I had to. I'm sorry guys."

I turned away from them to find most of the campers had left. I used to think it was weird that the rest of camp simply accepted impossibilities but now, after all that had happened to me, I understood why. I saw a familiar figure leaning against a pillar. The group was focused on Leo's story. I left them and walked towards the figure. I smiled at him. He stood up straight.

"Blaise." He had grown taller than me. When did that happen? I took his hand and intertwined my fingers in his. I looked up at him.

"James." He replied with his signature smirk. "Come on." I pulled him in the direction that my feet always took me when I'm with him.

We reached our destination. I sat down and realized I'd had been barefoot all day. I laughed as I stuck my feet in the water below the dock. James took off his shoes and sat next to me. I felt the soles of my feet healing in the water. I sighed happily. I gazed at the water below me.

"I missed you so much." James broke the silence.

"I know." I sighed and looked at him. "I saw." He raised an eyebrow.

"How…?" He trailed off.

"I was in Elysium." He stayed quiet waiting for me to continue. I did slowly. I hadn't told anyone other than Thalia about this and I wasn't planning to until I saw James' concerned face.

"Percy and Hera made a deal. If he completed her quest, I would live. I would have died if Percy hadn't accepted the deal. Hera put me into the coma and healed my body but my soul or whatever went to the Underworld. Hades allowed me entrance to Elysium for the time being." I looked out over the lake. "I met a boy there."

James shifted uncomfortably next to me. "His name was Luke Castellan. He was my friend the entire time I was there." James released a sigh of relief. I continued. "When I first got there, I got really home sick. I missed everyone terribly. I missed you. He gave me his dagger. The dagger could take you to the real world as a ghost, I guess." I looked at him. "The first place I went was to you. Six months had passed up here. You were with my body. You couldn't see me as I watched you. You were tired and weak." A tear fell down my face. "I came to you a couple times and you were only worse. I blamed myself. I'm so sorry I wasn't here, James." I turned towards him and he hugged me.

"It's ok. You're back."

"Yes. I'm back." I looked up at him. His lips inches from mine.

"And you won't run away again?" He whispered.

"Never." He leaned in and our lips touched. This time I had no plan to pull away. Our kiss deepen. I put my arms around his neck. He hand his hands at my waist. I tangled my fingers in hair at the base of his neck, pulling him closer. His tongue went to my bottom lip asking for entrance which I was about to grant when he pulled away with a yelp of pain.

"What's wrong?" He held his hand.

"I burned my hand." I giggled.

"On me? Because I'm so hot." I said cheekily. I sounded like Percy. He rolled his eyes.

"No, on that."

"On what?"

"That." He pointed to my belt.

"How can you not feel that?" I looked down and there, holstered, on my belt was Luke's dagger.

"How?" I whispered to myself I touched it. It was warm but not burning. I pulled it out of its sheath.

"Dammit Luke, you have brilliant timing." I said as I faced the older boy. I was back in Elysium. Luke had called me here, somehow, with his dagger.

"Sorry. I wanted to make sure you spoke to Thalia before I go." I frowned.

"You're going now?"

"In a few minutes. Did you tell her?" I nodded.

"How did she take it?"

"She was pissed and upset at first but she's ok now." Luke smiled. "I haven't gotten to everyone else yet."

"I'll leave that up to you then." I started to tear up a bit.

"Now, now. Don't do that. We'll meet again someday." He pulled me into a hug. We stood there for a few minutes, hugging and crying.

"Alright, it's time." He pulled away from me.

"I guess I should give this back to you, then." I flipped the dagger in my hand so the hilt faced Luke.

"Won't do me much good now. Why don't you keep it? Maybe one day you can give it back to me." I smiled through tears.

"Ok. Until we meet again, Luke." He nodded as I faded back to the real world.

I woke up to the weirdest sight. I was at the bottom of the lake being shaken awake by my brother. Fish and Naiads were surrounding us, waiting to see if I woke up. I sat up. Percy put his hand out and helped me up.

"Thank you. How long was I out?" He seemed to be worried.

"A few minutes. When you fainted you fell into the lake. James ran to get me from the campfire and I rushed over here. What happened?" I put my hand on my belt. The dagger sheath was still there but the dagger wasn't. I looked around and saw it sticking in the mud. I picked it up and showed it to Percy. "Where did that come from." He looked shocked and confused.

"Um.. Luke gave it to me." My brother furrowed his brow.

"But Annabeth has Luke's knife. This one looks a little different." I knew Annabeth's knife was gold and beautiful. This one was dark and terrifying as if held the spirit of the titan that had possessed its owner to commit the terrible deeds he did. It had the same style and look but they were very different.

"This is the one he had in Elysium. It's a long story. It has abilities that Annabeth's doesn't." He nodded. I knew he had more questions but he knew I wasn't going to answer them now. I put the dagger back onto my belt.

"Let's head back up. Your boyfriend was flipping out when I dove in. He thought you'd drown." We laughed at the irony. We willed the water to rise us to the surface. We came up several feet from the dock.

"Blaise!" I swam up to the dock and made the water rise enough until I could step onto the dock. James hugged me tightly.

"Um… Can't breathe." He let go.

"Sorry. I thought you drowned or something. What happened?" Percy joined us on the dock.

"Remember that boy, Luke, I mentioned earlier?" James nodded.

"He decided to be reborn. He wanted to say goodbye." Percy looked over to me as I said that looking surprised but said nothing, turned, and walked away toward the cabins where they were holding a huge campfire in honor of Leo's return. I took James' hand in mine and intertwined my fingers in his.

"Where were we?" He smiled with bright white teeth that he sure didn't get from his mother, leaned down, and kissed me softly. I giggled. I pulled him to leave the dock but he stopped me. I turned toward him.

"What's wrong?" He looked at his feet. I stepped in front of him.

"What are we?" He whispered softly. I giggled slightly. Always the shy and nervous one.

"Anything you want us to be." He looked at me.

"I love you, Blaise."

"I love you too, James." I kissed him. He smiled.

"Let's go." I told him and he nodded.

We walked hand in hand to the campfire. We walked by several Aphrodite kids, a few I recognized, who started whispering excitedly. We partied and celebrated with everyone, Romans and Greeks, together. It was very late when James walked me to my cabin and kissed me goodnight. I walked into my cabin. I could see in the little glow that the salt spring gave off that Percy had yet to come back. I wondered where he could be. I looked at my side of the cabin. It was exactly as I left it. Suddenly, I felt something rub against my leg. I looked down.

"Lucas!" I picked him up. He had a sea green collar that matched my eyes and attached to it was a tag and a note. I looked at the tag. On one side it said 'Lucas' in Greek. I flipped it over, it read, 'If found please return to Icara Jackson' under it said Camp Half-Blood. I grabbed the note rolled around the collar and placed Lucas on the bed. I unrolled the note. 'Dearest Daughter, I know I have never been in your life but I hope someday that may change. With Love, Your Father, Poseidon. P.S. I found this creature, scared and half drowned, searching for you deep in the labyrinth. I'm returning him to you.' I smiled and put the note on the nightstand. I had no energy to change into sleep clothes so I just crawled into bed cuddled with Lucas and fell asleep.

Home Sweet Home.

Over the next few weeks, many things happened. The camp was almost completely rebuilt and most of the injured campers had healed, including one child of death, thanks to our wonderful doctor Will. Chiron announced a change in staff. It seems that Mr. D would no longer be at camp anymore, instead, Apollo is taking his place. Let's just say he's not too sunny about it and neither am I.

Can you imagine having your boyfriend's father over your shoulder at any moment? I guess I shouldn't be complaining because Nico and Will have it much worse. The first few weeks after Will asked Nico out, Apollo decided it'd be entertaining to employ the Stoll brothers to prank them during any private moments they had. It doesn't help that Apollo would pop up directly after these pranks and 'tsk' them. It all stopped after Will paid the Stoll brothers 15 drachmas to throw a huge bucket of water over Apollo as he took his afternoon nap. I may or may not have made a third of that money by upping the water by bending it into a huge water bubble above my head to drop on him. Unfortunately, we all got cursed to speak in haikus and had mini sun follow us around to two weeks straight. Brightness all the time day and night. Luckily Percy and Annabeth had gone to visit the school we'd be going to in the fall otherwise I made have had to find other sleeping arrangements. Annabeth had tutored me so I could actually go into my senior year with them.

The Romans left a week after I woke up with the exception of Jason, who is working with Annabeth on building temples for all the minor gods at both camps.

Percy and I saw our mother. She had cried a lot and told us to never do that to her again. We had several days of family bonding before returning to camp to finish the summer. It felt weird to have missed a whole year of my life. It seems like just a few days ago we were dancing at the Mid-Summer's Dance.

I told everyone about Luke one by one. Slowly, everyone learned what truly transpired between Luke and he was no longer evil in anyone's eyes. Some people came to me to apologize because they had hated Luke because of what happened. Some just wanted to hear about him and stories of Elysium. Hades had to summon me several times to the Underworld through dreams to tell not to leak information about the afterlife. Apparently, he assumed that I'd die and I wouldn't get the chance to tell the living about Elysium but, I guess I proved him wrong.

Days are peaceful and quiet. Nothing seems out of the ordinary. The Hermes cabin still pulls pranks, the Aphrodite cabin still tries to set campers up together, and the Ares cabin still picks fights with everyone. Everything has gone back to normal. At least, as normal as a Camp full of Demigods could be, anyway.

Last chapter! This story started out as a dream I had several years ago. It became this. I hope you enjoyed this as much I did. Leave a review. Ask a Question about anything. I may do a sequel one day. Maybe after Magnus Chase comes out. I'll miss writing this fanfiction. I am writing some other non-Percy Jackson Fanfics. So if you're interested stay tuned.

~Kitty~