This is the last chapter of The Seven Treasures of Kronos. I hope you enjoy!

DISCLAIMER:

Me: I'm going to sing it to you in my opera voice! Okay, here I go... 'I do nooooooot own... Perrrrrrcy Jackson and the... Oooooooolymmmmmmpppppppppians!'

Lyla POV

Things at Camp were slowly returning to normal. Days would go by without a single thought of them…

"Lyla! Come on, sweetie! We'll be late if you don't hurry. Chiron said it was important!" Aaron grabbed my hand and pulled me along.

We had officially been dating for three months. I guess grief brings people together sometimes… I remember that day well.

I dove down into the dark, cold water. I immediately found Jacie's body floating there, looking so peaceful. I grabbed her and shot up to the surface. I held her in my arms, and looked into the once lively eyes of a dear friend.

"Ly, what's wrong?" Aaron asked, his voice full of concern.

I snapped out of my trance. "Oh, it's nothing…" He didn't look convinced. I just grabbed his hand and toted him along.

We stepped into the meeting room. Percy, Annabeth, and Travis were already there. Chiron rolled in and said, "I'm glad you all could make it."

"Why exactly are we here?" Annabeth asked.

"Direct orders from Lord Zeus. We are to go straight to Mt. Olympus. The gods are ready to hear your story."

"Then let's go!" Travis yelled.

"If you're all ready… the van is waiting for you." Chiron said.

We walked to the camp van in silence. Argus was setting in the driver's seat waiting for us, so we all climbed in and pulled away.

"What do you think's going to happen?" I asked.

"I don't know." Annabeth said. "I hate not knowing." Percy pulled her close.

"What if they don't believe us?" I wondered.

"I'm not sure I believe us…" Aaron said.

We rode the rest of the way in silence, wondering what would happen.

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"Okay, so what happened after all the keepers of the time pieces showed up?" Zeus asked. The five of us were standing in the center of the twelve Olympians. All twelve were intently listening.

Aaron said, "Right after Vannie and Malakai ran off towards the summit, all the monsters charged at us all at once. We tried to fight them, but there were too many and they were too strong. We took off running up the mountain as fast as we could. The monsters had a hard time because they were too big to fit between the trees, so they had to knock them down."

"They were still fast!" Travis said.

Zeus looked at Travis and rolled his eyes. "Someone, please continue."

Annabeth spoke up this time. "We finally made it to the summit and saw Kronos and Malakai fighting."

The memory enveloped me.

"Run as fast as you can. You'll just go even slower." the cold voice laughed.

Vannie was barely walking towards the center, to the shrine, all the time pieces in her hands. I looked back to the sword match. Kronos swung down and chipped Malakai's shoulder and he winced in pain. Malakai swung his sword in slow motion and completely missed Kronos. Back over to Vannie: She must have realized something, and then she started running faster. Almost as sudden, Malakai was fighting at full speed. Kronos roared in anger and slashed with all his power. His sword passed right through Malakai's chest and he dropped like the New Year's Ball. Vannie yelped and placed the last time piece onto the shrine. A bright light flashed and then everything went dark.

"When we woke up, the sun was shining so brightly, and Kronos was gone. All the monsters disappeared, too. We looked for Vannie and Malakai, but we couldn't find them. We finally gave up and came back to camp." Percy said.

"As soon as Evangeline placed the last time piece, all the storms ceased and time was restored." Athena said. "I would say that that means the future was changed. And since the future was changed, there was no need for the existence of Evangeline and Malakai."

"So they just like… disappeared?!?" I asked.

"I know not of their fate. But what I do know is that they are true heroes, as with you all." Athena smiled at us. "I believe my father will reward you all generously… for saving the world!"

"My daughter is right. You shall all be rewarded. We shall leave it to your parents to present to you your rewards." Zeus said.

Aaron said timidly, "Mine and Lyla's parents aren't here…"

"Look again, son of Hypnos." Zeus pointed to the door way. My mother, with her shaggy black hair and solid black eyes was smiling, her arms outstretched. A plump, brown headed man with droopy eyes was also smiling. Iris was standing to the side, looking proud.

Aaron and I ran to our parents and gave them a HUGE hug. Then I hugged Iris. I whispered to her, "She's a hero."

Iris pulled me back and said, "You're all heroes!"

Zeus cleared his throat. "Shall we begin?"

Everyone said yes so Zeus continued, "My brother Poseidon, you may start."

Poseidon nodded and said, "Well Percy, I'd like you to live with me in Atlantis!"

Percy's eyes widened. He looked shocked, happy, and sad all at once. "I'm sorry dad, but I can't. My place is at Camp Half-Blood."

Poseidon smiled. "I figured as much. Well, good job my son."

Zeus said, "Athena, your turn."

"Annabeth, I'm so proud of you! As my gift of gratitude, I present you with this." Athena shrunk down to human size and held out her hand. Annabeth picked up a necklace.

"It's beautiful!" she said.

"It will give you wisdom. But only wear it when you need it. Too much knowledge can be a bad thing."

"Thanks mom!" Annabeth hugged Athena.

"Hermes. You're turn." Zeus said.

"Travis, I'm giving you any wish. Whatever you want, you can have."

Zeus shouted, "WHAT?!?"

"Don't worry." Hermes said.

"Could you come down here?" Travis asked.

Hermes shrunk down to normal size and walked over to Travis. Travis leaned in and whispered something to him.

"I'll try." Hermes said. He walked over to Zeus and Zeus lifted him up in his hand to his ear. Hermes whispered to him and Zeus nodded.

"Okay Travis, your wish is very wise. And I shall grant it. Once you go back to camp, your wish shall become reality."

"Thanks." Travis said.

Zeus said, "Hypnos. Go on."

Hypnos looked at his son. "Aaron, I'm giving you this." He handed Aaron a blanket. "When you wrap up with it, you can make any opponent go sleep."

"Whoa!" Aaron wrapped the blanket around him and then Hypnos dropped to the floor. "Oops…"

Zeus said, "Mania, you may go."

"Lyla," my mom said to me, "you have made me so proud. So, I give you this." she handed me a pencil. "When you draw with it, your drawing comes to life. Try it!"

I took out a pad of paper and drew a big hat with peacock feathers on it. Suddenly, the hat bounced off the paper and onto the floor, completely real. "Wow! Thanks mom!"

My mom rubbed my back. Zeus said, "To honor the heroes, I had statues built for each of you. Come outside and see!"

Zeus jumped down from his chair and shrunk in to human form and walked out of the door. The five of us followed him to the center of Mt. Olympus. There, standing in the square, was nine, twenty feet tall statues. I saw me, Aaron, Annabeth, Percy, Travis, Jacie, Vannie, Malakai, and Aeron.

"This is amazing!" Annabeth said. "THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!"

"Yeah, thanks!" I said to Zeus.

Everyone said thanks and Zeus told us, "You should probably get back to camp. I'm sure you'll want to." He winked at Travis. Travis winked back.

"What did you wish for?" I asked Travis when we were back in the camp van.

He smiled. "You'll see." He turned to Annabeth. "Don't put that necklace on. This is one surprise that's worth waiting for." "Fine!" Annabeth exclaimed.

As Argus pulled up to the base of Half-Blood Hill, you could just make out two figures standing under Thalia's Tree.

"It can't be…" I muttered as I jumped out of the van and ran up the hill. As I neared the tree, I could make out their features. The boy had fiery orange hair and silver eyes. The girl had dark black (almost purple) hair, electric blue eyes, and dark skin. 'No way.' I thought. "Vannie! Malakai!" I shouted as I ran forward and hugged my once lost friends. I knew we'd be friends forever. And that's a long time!

Thank you guys so much for reading. I'm sad that this is the end. When I have a new idea, I'll post it as the next chapter. Tell me, should I do a sequel to this story, or a totally new one?

One more thing that I ask of you: If you've read this story all the way to the end, if you've stuck with me to the end, please review and tell me what you thought of it. I really want to know who's all been loyal. So please, do it!

Goodbye for now!!!

~B.D. Legan out!