Percy's POV

We wait patiently for all the wizard newbies to get sorted. To any ADHD kid it felt like 10 years. I lied, we were NOT patient.

"Come on. They are ready for you." Minerva says, she finally came for us.

"Finally." I grumble. Annabeth smacks my arm. I stick my hand in the hidden pocket of my robe, figuring a small box. Foreshadowing!

We walk out into the front of the dining hall. All eyes are on us.

Minerva pulls out a scroll. "Jackson, Perseus." I walk forward, they drilled us on what to do at 12 Grimmauld place. I walk to the stool and place the old hat on my head.

Can you please lower your mental barriers? I can't properly judge you like this. I let down my barriers.

"Get him out of here! I don't want to be in his head!" The sorting hat screams.

I scramble off the stool and place the hat back on it. "Gryffindor! Anyone else who's been to that place needs to go there too!"

I walk over to the table that Hermione, the Weasley's and Harry were sitting at. I slide into a seat. I turn back to my friends to see Annabeth and Nico coming too. They have been to Tartarus as well.

Dumbledore forces a smile, "Well Minerva call the next name."

"Grace, Thalia." Minerva's voice falters at the end, everyone knows that Thalia hates the last name. It reminds her of her mother and brother. Jason passed recently. Piper took it hard, but that's not the point.

"It's not Grace. It's Thalia. My brother was a Grace, he accepted the name and now he's dead. I disowned myself from my mother a long time ago. It's just Thalia, Thalia Olympia if you must."

Minerva nodded quickly and Thalia sauntered up to the sorting hat. It was barely on her head when it called out, "Slytherin!"

She walked to the cheering table.

"Levasque, Hazel."

Hazel walks up to the sorting hat nervously. She sits on the edge of the stool and eases the hat on. "Hufflepuff!" She quickly gets up and whips the hat off.

"Rodriguez, Chris."

Chris walks slowly up to the hat and quickly puts it on. After a few minutes it said, "Hufflepuff!" Chris took it off and stumbled over to the table that Hazel sat at.

"Valdez, Leo."

Leo strolls cheerfully up to the hat with a huge grin on his face. He puts the hat on. A few seconds later the grin falls off his face. Guilt and sadness cover his features. "Ravenclaw!" the hat finally calls.

Leo took the hat off at lightning speed and practically ran over to the Ravenclaw table.

"Zhang, Frank."

Frank edges slowly towards the stool. When he finally reaches it he sits on the edge of the stool. He kept his hands on the hat, ready to pull it off. "Hufflepuff!" He jogs away and sits next to Hazel.

"Stoll, Travis."

Travis saunters up with a grin, not before he sends a glare at Minerva for separating him and Connor. "Gryffindor!" Travis stands next to the stool and glares at Minerva.

"Stoll, Connor."

Connor walks up and high fives his brother before sitting down. "Gryffindor!" They walk over to my table together. They go sit down next to their new besties, the Weasley twins.

"La Rue, Clarisse."

Clarisse walks up, almost scared? "Gryffindor!" The hat calls out after a few minutes.

"Gardner, Katie."

Katie strolls up, a smile gracing her features like always. "Hufflepuff!"

"McLean, Piper." Gasps from the Muggleborns echo across the room.

She blinks and walks up. "Gryffindor! And poor girl!" She sits next to Annabeth.

"Ramirez Arellano, Reyna."

"Gryffindor!"

"Blackstone, Lou Ellen."

"Ravenclaw!"

"Olympia, Clovis." Sorry, I couldn't find his last name anywhere.

"Hufflepuff!"

"Now," Minerva began, "That is the last of the Olympia family, they have decided that their maid and oracle will attend classes too so we will sort them."

"Dare, Rachel." More gasps from Muggleborns.

"Gryffindor!"

"Nightshade, Calypso."

"Gryffindor!"

"That is the last of the sorting. Dumbledore please continue with announcements." Minerva said.

"Wait!" I call out. All eyes turn to me. "I have something to say."

I get out of my seat, turn to Annabeth and lower myself on one knee. I pull out the little box. "Annabeth. I remember when we first met. I thought you looked like a princess. Now I know that you look like a goddess. I remember all of the quests we went on and then all the experiences we shared. Remember when Artemis got kidnapped? I didn't go to save her, I went to save you. I love you Annabeth Chase, with all of my heart. Our time in Tartarus only solidified that." I flipped open the box, revealing the most beautiful ring. A silver band engraved with owls and a huge gray diamond. "Will you marry me Annabeth, and make me the luckiest man alive?"

I looked up at her, "Percy, do you have my mother's blessing?" I nodded, "Then yes! A million times yes!"

I got up and put the ring on her finger. Then I picked her up and swung her around. I set her down and we saw Sevvy, Dumbledore, Minerva, Sprout, Hooch, and Pomphrey.

"Congratulations!" They all said.

So… I'm going to end this chapter here. Sorry about the late update, a lot of things have been going on in my life. And then I got sick. So sorry about that, I'm going to try for weekly updates now. Bye!