Annabeth walked into the cabin that held the warriors of Chaos.

"Max could you grab the girls please, we need to talk." Annabeth said before looking around the room.

"Of course, Lady Chase."

Atreus was wrapping his shoulder looking down at the floor, ashamed that he was damaged in a surprise attack.

"Atreus, thank you for apologizing, I am sorry that you were hurt in the altercation. Next time please stand down." Annabeth said while looking at her second in command.

"Of course, my lady, it juts upsets me when you are insulted, especially after everything that you have been through to come back to your home." Atreus explained.

"I know, but they have no knowledge of what I have been through, and I would like to keep it that way." Annabeth responded.

"Lady Chase, you called for us?" A tall brunette asked followed closely by 5 other females.

"Yes, we need to go over everything that is going to happen over the next couple days. Firstly, I want you to keep all of your tempers, we don't need anyone getting hurt before the real fighting begins." Annabeth explained before sitting down.

"The only problem we will have is fi they keep insulting you, you say they are your friends, yet they threaten you and speak badly of you." The brunette responded.

"Aishling look, they have every right to be angry at me, you don't know what happened from their point of view. I don't blame them and never will." Annabeth sighed looking at the ground.

"Where is this Percy Jackson you spoke so highly of? Is he not here?" Atreus asked. He looked forward to meeting the hero who had saved the Gods twice now.

Annabeth looked down sadly again. "It appears that he left Camp not long after I had left, his current whereabouts are unknown, at least to me."

"So, he is a coward, I thought as much from a child of a go-" Aishling was cut off as Annabeth slapped her.

"You will not talk badly of Percy. He is one of the bravest most noble people I have ever met." Annabeth said glaring at Aishling.

Aishling looked up shocked before going down to a knee, "I apologize Lady Chase, my words were out of line."

Annabeth sighed and looked around, "Look I am not asking you to like the campers, but we have to work with them to stop the evil and aid Lady Chaos in restoring balance to the Universe. We have all seen what the supporters of Order have been doing, but this is the biggest problem in the universe. These beings are some of the most powerful if not the most powerful beings in the Universe and they can determine the fate of all our lives. I intend to stay here after the war is complete and live out the rest of my days here. Please do not make this anymore difficult for me then it already is."

The soldiers looked at Annabeth before nodding, she looked up at them gratefully, "Now we should get ready to eat first, you are all going to love the food."

Olympus Throne Room

Zeus looked around at the council and contemplated on his next moves.

"Poseidon, have you had contact with Perseus recently?" Zeus asked his brother.

"Not so much recently with his work in the mortal world it has become a bit harder to keep in touch, but I try to see how he is every so often." Poseidon responded.

"I see, I fear that once again, Olympus will need his assistance for the upcoming war." Zeus told his brother looking grim.

"I feared as much, it appears that you have left your hunters at Camp Artemis is that correct?" Poseidon asked.

"I have Uncle, leaving them there in case of any more attacks seemed like a smart choice." Artemis responded.

"Well we know that Camp Half-Blood is going to be secure, how about the Romans?" Hades asked.

"Well they have higher numbers so they will be able to last longer at least in theory." Athena said while looking at a notebook. "I would like to add that merging both Camps together would be best, it would make it so that our children would not be separated and would have one home to defend."

"Hmm, then we shall do that, we will place the children at Camp Half Blood due to its proximity to Olympus." Zeus said, "Are there any other pieces of news?"

"It appears that Annabeth has returned, she is the leader of the group that Lady Chaos has sent us." Hermes told his father.

"So, she returns, keep a close eye on her, if we can learn anything from her to aid us that would be most beneficial." Zeus said while looking at Athena. "If that is all this council is dismissed."

Many of the Gods left except for Zeus, Hestia, Poseidon and Athena.

Zeus looked at his sister Hestia, "Does he know she is back?"

Hestia who was tending to the hearth looked up at Zeus and responded, "Not at the moment, but I imagine he will soon enough. Would it be wise to bring him into this war, especially after all he has done for us? He deserves peace brother."

Zeus sighed before rubbing his eyes, "I know Hestia and I would like to not involve him in this conflict, but he is the most powerful demi-god of all time, of course we need his help. I want to be able to say we can give him the peace he looks for, but I cannot guarantee that peace if we do not win this fight."

Poseidon nodded sadly as if agreeing with Zeus. "I agree brother, I wish for Percy to be able to live a normal life, a life not of a hero but of a normal man but he unfortunately cannot, it would appear that the fates do not intend on leaving my son alone, and his fate in intertwined with your daughter Athena."

Athena looked up and smiled sadly, "I never knew why she left, she was madly in love with him and vice versa, I just hope their relationship can be fixed."

Poseidon sniffed the air and smiled, "It appears it is dinner time at Camp, well I shall be off, must warn Triton and Amphitrite."

He looked at the others before disappearing in a sea breeze.

Zeus sighed, "Well it appears it begins again."

Camp Half Blood

Luke and Nico were talking near the stables when Annabeth walked up to them. Nico noticed her first and told Luke something who nodded, and Nico walked off. Luke walked inside the stables with Annabeth following. She followed Luke unsure of what to say or how to start up a conversation with him.

"Cat got your tongue. If you have something to say, say it." Luke said while brushing the mane of Blackjack.

"How have you been?" Annabeth asked nervously.

"Slow start, okay, I've been good, being accepted back into Camp and by the Gods has been amazing, Percy really made a difference after those 2 wars." Luke responded not looking at Annabeth.

Annabeth felt her chest constrict at hearing Percy's name.

"I don't get it Annabeth, why did you leave?" Luke asked.

"Why do you want to know?" Annabeth responded.

"Why wouldn't I? It's been a question I wanted to ask you if I ever got to see you again, its just genuine curiosity."

Annabeth looked down and didn't respond.

"If you don't want to answer I understand, its probably still a hard topic for you to talk about." Luke said while brushing the mane of some other Pegasus's.

"Look Luke, I regret leaving is that what you want to hear? I wish I was here for Percy, but I wasn't and that's that. I made my choice and I have lived with it for 5 years what more do you want from me what more do all of you want from me." Annabeth asked tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry for not being there, not being there when you came to my house in San Francisco not being there when you came back and not being there when you needed me."

Luke looked at her, he knew she was remorseful but knew she needed to know the truth.

"You know, no one's mad cause you left, they all understood to some degree, help the most powerful being in the universe? I think any of us would have taken that in a heartbeat, but we all know the one person who wouldn't. Percy, he would have stayed because of you, that's why people are mad. You were in a relationship with him Annabeth for years. You fought together bleed for each other and loved each other. He sacrificed so much for you when the chips were down, but when you were faced with that choice, you left. That is why so many of us are angry at you, not because you left, but because of who you left. You know everyone here loved Percy, he cared for everyone even me. He let me stay at his place when I first came back because it was uncomfortable at Camp. I tried to kill him multiple times, but he was willing to let it all go to help me adjust. That's the type of person Percy was, he's different now Annabeth, and I don't think you want to see the person he's become." Luke said before offering Annabeth a hand. "Come on, you need to get some rest, we can talk more tomorrow."

Annabeth looked up in shock from what she had just heard from Luke, a person who she had thought hated Percy and everything he stood for was able to describe him to a tee. She then realized that maybe she needed to do some thinking herself.