Once Chiron signals the end of the game, the campers stop their mischief and start making their way back to the dinning pavilion. Annabeth stops fighting Nico and runs to Reyna who is pinned to the ground with Will's arrow. Nico drops his sword and runs to Will, who might have broken his leg falling out of the tree when his Aunt Artemis planted a flaming arrow one inch from his nose into the trunk of the tree in which he was hiding. Walt picks up Sadie's Katrina amulet and walks over to his girl.
"This was not fair," he says handing it back to her with a smile.
Sadie slips the amulet back into her bag then puts her arms around her boyfriend and smiles. "What did you expect me to do, lose?"
"I love you Sadie Kane," he says kissing her.
"Can I get some help over here?" Nico now calls out to the others. Annabeth and Reyna are the first to get to the boys, but the others quickly gather around. "I think it's broken," he says as Will winces in pain.
"Can you stand," Artemis asks her nephew.
He shakes his head. "I can't put any weight on it," he tells his aunt. "You shot me out of the tree," he continues in disbelief.
"No," the goddess says with a smile. "I shot the tree. You just fell out of it."
Walt gets on one side of Will and says, "Come on Nico, let's get him up to his feet." Nico agrees and the two boys get Will up only for him to cry out in pain when he tries to put weight down on his left leg.
"We'll have to carry him back," Nico says then looks at his boyfriend. "You'll be alright once we get you to your dad or your brother." When Will looks at him and Nico can see the pain in his eyes. He can't help himself. He leans in and kisses Will tenderly on the lips. "I'll take care of you now," he tells him softly.
"Oh, Sadie," Walt says looking at his girlfriend, "Could you let Clarisse and Lou Ellen free." He nods in the direction of the mummy and Duamutef, the jackal-headed canopic jar. Sadie grimaces at the idea of letting two irate demigods free, but she does it.
"How dare you," Clarisse sneers looking around for the dog that attacked her. "Where is it?" she asks when she doesn't see it.
"No idea what you're talking about Clarisse," Nico says giving Walt a grin.
"Come along boys," Artemis now says leading the rest of her nephews away with Annabeth, Reyna and Sadie following Walt, Nico and Will. Clarisse and Lou Ellen continue to look for the dog but soon follow the others.
Calypso and Juniper split up to let their captured prisoners down out of trees. When Calypso gets back to Leo and his fellow captives, she can't resist giving him a hard time. "What are you doing my love?" she asks playfully.
"Oh, just hanging around," Leo says. "I can't believe you left me up here to drown."
"Brooke wouldn't let that happen," his girl says as she slowly lets the net back down to the ground.
When the guys are back on their feet, Calypso gives Leo a kiss then says, "No hard feelings?"
"I had no idea you could be this ruthless," Leo says kissing her back.
Caesar takes Leo by the arm and says, "No idea? Haven't you heard the stories? Homer made it really clear..." When Calypso gives him a dirty look, the god stops talking. Her face makes it clear she does not want him to continue, but he at least says, "Oh, right, you said you didn't kidnap him, but you didn't let him leave either did you?"
"Back off man," Leo tells Caesar. "It doesn't matter. You don't know what it was like on that island. I do. I don't blame her for not wanting to be alone. That's why I went back. I loved her too much to let he keep living like that."
Calypso looks at Leo with tears in her eyes. "I love you Leo, and I did try to get them to stay, but I always let them leave when it became clear they loved someone else more than me. I was alone for so long, but you were fated to be my true love."
"Guys, can we just get to the campfire," Jake says looking like he's trying not to gag over how Leo and Calypso are mooning over each other.
Leo takes Calypso's hand then motions for Jake to lead the way.
When Sadie and the others get to the dinning pavilion, they are the last group to make it back, since they have had to carry a wounded Will all the way. As they walk up, a frowning Frank tosses a necklace at Sadie. "Thought you might want this back," he mumbles.
Sadie grins taking the amulet and slipping it back into her bag. "Don't look so sour Frank. At least you got your exercise."
"How did you switch it so I didn't see you do it?" the Roman asks.
Sadie laughs and says, "Magic."
"Come on Frank," Annabeth says leading him toward Percy who is sitting at table three. When she gets to her boyfriend, he is rubbing his wrists, and she notices red marks. "What happened to you?" she asks taking a seat next to him.
"Nothing," he mumbles pulling his shirtsleeves down. "How did you do?" he asks her.
"Almost got captured by Frank, Apollo and Reyna's boyfriend Kratos, but Sadie managed to save us. After that, we hooked up with Artemis and Thalia and got your flag," she explains.
"Reyna's boyfriend is here?" Percy asks surprised.
"Flew all the way from California just to be with her," she says with a grin.
Percy looks over to where some of the others are gathered and sees a guy with wings. "That must be him over there," he says nodding his head in that direction.
"Yeah," she confirms. "He's cute isn't he?" Percy just gives her a look that says, you don't really expect me to answer that do you?
There is a commotion as several of the girls raise Crystal up on their shoulders shouting victory. Annabeth notices Kratos turn his back on the girls and lead Reyna in their direction. When the god and the praetor reach them, Annabeth looks at Kratos and gives him a grin.
"You joined their side?" she asks him.
"I am a male," he replies with his own smile. "You must be Percy," he now says offering his hand to Annabeth's boyfriend.
Percy stands and shakes Kratos' hand. "You didn't seem to like their little victory celebration," he then says to the god.
"I do not like to lose. Do you?" the god asks.
Before Percy can answer, Reyna says, "And you especially don't like having your sister thrown in your face when you do." Annabeth can't help but laugh as Reyna gives Kratos a kiss.
"Perhaps we should head over for the campfire. I hear it is quite entertaining," he tells her wanting to change the subject. Reyna gives Annabeth a grin then lets him lead her away. Frank, Percy and Annabeth follow.
Piper and Jason find seats behind Percy and Annabeth. After the girls exchange high-fives, they put aside their win and start trying to rebuild their boyfriend's crushed egos.
"Look at the bright side," Annabeth tells Percy, "It took a goddess to bring you down."
"Not really helping since you defeated Apollo," he says.
Jason now looks at Piper, "Please don't say anything about getting caught by my sister."
"Was I going to say anything?" she asks with a grin. "Besides, I hear you got away. I don't know why you guys are so upset anyway. The hunters beat us just last week."
"That was different," Jason tells her. "It wasn't you."
Artemis, who is sitting with her hunters in front of Percy and Annabeth, now turns around and says, "If you are going to whine all night, we shall move to the other side of the amphitheater."
"Maybe we should all just agree to not talk about it," Percy suggests to the goddess. Artemis smiles and turns back around.
Apollo has already started the sing-a-long by the time Nico and Will arrive with Asclepius. The son of Apollo has his leg in a brace and his arm around Nico's shoulder. A couple of hunters, Thalia being one of them, move up a row in the seats to make room for the three of them.
"Is it broken?" Artemis asks her nephew but without much concern.
"Yes, but it is healing nicely," Asclepius answer. "A couple of days in that brace and he will be fine."
Apollo now looks over at the whole lot of them. "Are you going to talk or sing?" he snaps.
"Sing," Will tells his dad, and the entire group begins to sing while Annabeth tries to show the motions of how grandma puts on her armor to the Egyptians. They sing several of the old campfire standards, but Apollo throws in a few little ditties for their new friends as well. Memphis on My Mind, Three Little Pyramids and, of course, Walk Like an Egyptian. Anubis discovers that he absolutely adores s'mores, and Sadie can't stop laughing at Apollo's blustering about how terrible they all sound. When it's time for the campers to head to their cabins for the night, everyone is a little sad that it's time for the Egyptians to leave.
Percy, Annabeth, Piper and Jason walk the Egyptians toward Half-Blood Hill where some of their friends from Brooklyn House are supposed to be waiting to pick them up. As they walk, they talk about getting together again. Carter suggests that since the Greeks showed them such hospitality at their camp, it should be alright to have the Greeks over to the mansion. The others agree with Walt telling them that if they can be trusted in the Hall of Judgment, Brooklyn House is no big deal.
"I think you'll really like the library," Sadie tells Annabeth. "If we don't have the book you're looking for, one of our shabti can get it for you."
"Sounds amazing," Annabeth says as Carter gasps.
"What's he doing coming down the hill?" Zia asks. "I thought Lady Artemis specified the four of us were allowed inside your borders.
"Hi guys," the little newcomer calls out as he walks closer. He's grinning ear-to-ear as if he just did something special.
"Where is Julian?" Walt calls out in concern.
"Oh, for some reason, he was stopped at the top of the hill. I told him to stay put while I come get...Hey, why are you guys looking at me like that," Felix asks stopping in his tracks as the eight of them are standing with their mouths gaping open.
"What is it?" Sadie asks concerned.
Piper is the one who finally answers. "He's been claimed."
"Claimed?" Carter questions. "I don't understand."
"One of his parents is a Greek or Roman god," Jason explains as the symbol over the boy's head starts to fade.
Felix looks up just in time to see the bright blue snowflake glowing over his head. "Cool," he says reaching up to try and grab it. "How'd you do that?"
"We didn't do it," Piper says. "I'd say your mother did."
"My mom?" the young boy says with the smile leaving his face. "I don't know my mom. My dad said he thinks she died."
"She might be in Tartarus, but she's not dead," Piper tells him. "At least I doubt I killed her."
Sadie looks at Piper with concern. "You doubt you killed her? What are you talking about?"
"The snowflake," Annabeth says. "It is a symbol for Khione, the Greek goddess of snow. She was working with Gaea."
Jason now picks up the story since he was there. "Piper, Leo and I have had a few run-ins with her. The last time, this past summer, she attacked our ship. She tried to kill Leo, but he was taken to Calypso's island. She froze all the rest of us but Piper. Piper and Festus..."
"You mean Leo's dragon?" Sadie asks.
"Yeah, but he was just the masthead of our ship at the time, they defeated Khione's brothers when they tried to blow up our ship, and Piper..."
"I had to stop her," Piper says looking not at Sadie or the others but at little Felix who is now standing with them. "I drove my dagger...she dissipated."
"You're saying my mom was a Greek goddess?" the little guy asks.
Annabeth answers. "You must be since she just claimed you."
"Goddess of snow," Sadie now says looking at Felix. "That explains a lot actually."
Carter scratches his head then says, "But you have to be blood of a pharaoh."
"Oh, I am. My dad said Ptolemy Soter. I didn't tell you which pharaoh before because I was afraid you wouldn't let me stay if you knew he was a Greek," Felix says with a huge grin on his face.
"Ptolemy Soter?" Percy now asks. "Which one was he?"
"The first one," Annabeth and Carter say in unison.
"My dad says we're descendants of Ptolemy's oldest son by Thais. They were both friends of Alexander. My dad says we're actually descendants of Phillip II, Alexander and Ptolemy's dad," the young magician says.
"That is very impressive," Annabeth tells the boy. "So you are both a Greek demigod and an Egyptian magician. You must be very powerful."
"Not like Carter or Sadie or Zia or Walt or Julian or Jaz..."
"They get the point," Sadie says before he list ever magician at Brooklyn House, "But yes you are very powerful. You have pulled your weight on several occasions. You even helped us defeat Apophis with snowmen."
Felix grins.
"This is...I mean, what does this mean?" Zia now asks confused.
"I guess it means that Felix is one of them and one of us," Walt says sounding surprised.
Jason gets down on one knee in front of Felix and says, "That means you are welcome to come here anytime and stay as long as you like. You can learn our ways if you want."
"Since my mom wasn't so nice," Felix now says suddenly interested in his shoes, "you'd still let me visit?"
"Of course we would," Percy tells the kid. "You're not responsible for anything your mom did just like we're not responsible for the things our godly parents have done. If Carter says you're a good guy, that's good enough for us."
"He's the best," Carter says grinning at Felix. "You'll be honored to have him as family. We are."
Felix now looks at Carter since he is the pharaoh and leader of the House of Life. "Could I stay now, I mean, just for a little while?"
"Sure," Carter answers, "If that's what you want. I'm sure Percy and Jason would take care of you, show you around."
"Of course we would," Jason agrees. "Since Khione doesn't have a cabin here, you would have to stay in the Hermes cabin, but Travis and Connor are pretty cool guys. Just don't take any valuables with you."
"What?" Zia asks with concern.
"It's that whole god of thieves deal," Piper explains. "His kids practice all the time. Usually, the stuff just ends up in the camp store, and if you can prove it's yours you get it back for half-price."
"That's where I stayed when I first got here," Percy tells Felix. "Before I found out Poseidon was my dad."
"Your dad is Poseidon?" Felix asks in awe.
"Yeah, well, my dad is Jupiter, Zeus," Jason says trying to sound more impressive than Percy.
"Poseidon," Felix repeats as if he didn't even hear what Jason told him causing Jason to laugh.
Felix, still grinning at being in the presence of the son of Poseidon, then looks at the girls and asks who their gods are.
"Daughter of Athena," Annabeth says of herself, "and daughter of Aphrodite," she continues pointing at Piper.
"That must be why you're so pretty," Felix says looking at Piper with goo-goo eyes.
"Hey there little buddy, she's taken," Jason now warns taking Piper's hand in his.
"Do you have sisters?" Felix then asks like it's no big deal.
"Yes, and you already know two of them. Drew and Lacy," Piper tells him.
"I mean my age," he asks thinking both of them are too old for him since Lacy is at least twelve.
"Calla is probably about your age, she's eight, but her dad is a professional football player. You don't want to be breaking her heart," Piper chuckles.
"I wouldn't," he replies like she was being serious.
"Well then, I supposed we should get you to a cabin," Annabeth says reaching for Felix's hand.
Sadie now calls Felix to her, "Hey, if you change your mind and want to come home. You just tell Annabeth, and she'll call me, okay."
"Sure," he says like it will never happen.
"Under the circumstances, I guess we should have you guys over in a couple of days," Carter says with the last part more like a question.
"Sunday afternoon?" Annabeth asks.
Cater nods then says, "Felix can give you the address if you've got transportation."
"I have a car," Percy confirms then takes Carter's hand. "It's been great working with you man."
"You too, Percy, and since you haven't said my name, your hand will still work," Carter replies clapping the son of Poseidon on the back. All of the kids exchange hugs and goodbyes then Carter, Zia, Sadie and Walt head up the hill where Julian is waiting with Freak.
"Let's go find Chiron," Annabeth then says and starts walking toward the big house.