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Review: "How did you manage to get Alexandria to get off of you and into bed?" Percy asked. Hestia just smirked and said "It`s a secret." Percy just sighed and muttered, "Of course it is." Hestia just kept smirking. "I`m going to bed. I have a feeling that tomorrow is going to be a hectic day." Percy said while rubbing his eyes. "Alright, good night my son." Hestia said.

Percy P.O.V.

"Alexandria, it`s time to get up." I said softly, while gently shaking her. She groaned in annoyance and then shot up with wide eyes and breathing heavily. She looked around panicky, as if she was looking for someone. I looked at her worriedly and gently asked, "Alexandria, are you ok?" When she heard my voice, she quickly turned her head towards me. For a couple of seconds it looked as if she didn't recognize me. Then realization came across her face and lunged to give me a massive hug. I returned the hug and played with her hair for a little.

"Let's get you clean, dressed, and fed before we start because you stink." I said while making a face. She pulled away and looked down shyly. I frowned and asked "What`s wrong, Alexandria?" "Can you clean me?" She asked hesitantly. My face softened. "I will, but you have to promise me that by the time your next birthday comes around, you have to clean yourself, ok?" I asked her. She nodded and asked "Can you stay outside the door in case I need you?" "I promise." I said to her.

We then walked to the closet to pick out her favorite towel, which had different flowers on it, picked out an outfit for the day, and went to the bathroom to get her clean. After we got her clean, she used her towel to get majority of the water out, while I got the rest. She then got dressed in a knee length, sleeveless sundress that had colorful flowers that was all over the dress. She squealed when she looked in a mirror. "I love it so much. Thank you." She managed to get out over her squealing. She then gave me another massive hug.

"You ready for breakfast?" I asked her. She blushed when her stomach growled at the mention of food. I snorted and almost 'awed' at the sight of her adorable glare. I pinched her cheeks and said "Let`s go get us some food." I then led her down the stairs and sat her down at the table. "Ok. What do you want for breakfast today?" I asked her. She thought about it and asked for "Pancakes with maple syrup and orange juice." I nodded and thought about it and it appeared in my hands. I smirked at her awed face, put it down in front of her, and kissed her forehead.

"Eat up Lexi, we have a big day ahead of us." I said softly. "Wwweeexxxiii?" Came her muffled reply. I chuckled and said "Chew and swallow before speaking." She did that and asked, "Lexi?" I nodded and explained "Well, I thought that Alexandria is a bit of a mouth full, so I thought we could shorten it to Lexi." She pondered this and looked excited. "Can I give you a nickname?" She asked. "If you want to, but my name is already shortened. Percy comes from Perseus, which means to destroy." I explained to her. She had another thoughtful look. Then she had eureka look on her face and grinned mischievously. "My nickname for you shall be big brother." She announced. I raised my eyebrow when she announced that I was going to be a big brother.

"Are you ready for me to tell you what you are going to do for today?" I asked her with excitement. She nodded so fast, I was afraid she might get whiplash. "Wake up is around eight o clock with breakfast soon after. Then, at around nine o`clock until eleven o`clock will be history with a snack at ten o`clock. From eleven until lunch time, will be a break to do whatever you want. After lunch, we will then go onto the fitness part of the day. For the first part of the fitness training, will be stamina/strength training for two hours. The second part will be weapons training, while the third part will be the powers training being two hours respectively. After we train in powers, will be dinner at six o`clock. Then is break time until bedtime, which is nine o`clock in the evening." I said while grinning.

I kind of felt bad at her shocked face, but I knew that I had to do this in order for her to get stronger. I quickly explained my reasoning to her in hopes she understood. She had tears in her eyes and tackled me in a hug. She kept on saying thank you over and over again. I got confused at her behavior and asked "Why are you crying, while saying thank you?" "I want to become stronger so I never have to see someone hurt again." She explained. I grinned and promised to help her attain that dream.

So we started with the schedule and got into a rhythm. After a couple of days, my mom came to me while we were in middle of history. "You have to hurry to this location. This girl is on the run from monsters. Her name is Katelyn Sander, her parent is Aphrodite, and she is 10 years old. She has black hair and kaleidoscope eyes and is around four and a half feet. Her father was killed when the monsters broke into her house." She explained quickly. I nodded and the mask and cloak appeared. "Can you explain to Lexi why I wear the mask and my other name please?" I asked mother. "We`ll wait till you have Katelyn to explain everything." She replied. I nodded and looked at the address that Hestia gave me.

I mist travelled to the location and landed on a tree branch that was above the monster that I recognized immediately. I then grimaced when I saw a hydra and thought that it was going to be annoying. I took out riptide and willed flames to go onto the blade and jumped. I slashed at the heads while falling catching it by surprise. I landed on the back and started slashing at the heads, while making sure that the fire lasted long enough to make sure the heads didn't grow back. Though I couldn't take out all the heads before the hydra`s heads turned around, I managed to get all but two. It roared and reared back, ready to attack me. I smirked and waited before it attacked. I decided to taunt it by saying "Decided to snack on younger demigods? That`s just wrong. You need more of a challenge or are you just weak?" It roared once more and decided to attack. Just as it was about to reach me, I jumped above the heads and landed in front of the hydra. I turned in time to see it turn to dust from poisoning its own body. I sighed and muttered, "So much for a challenge."

I then decided to look around in hopes to find Katelyn. I took off and searched the perimeter to see if she was in the area, so I could take her home. I suddenly heard a scream coming from my left. I bolted in that direction to see if either I could help or Katelyn was there. It took a couple of minutes to get there, but I decided to climb a tree to have some stealth. Once I climbed a tree, I jumped from tree to tree to see if anyone besides for Camp Half-Blood or Camp Jupiter needed help. I heard voices coming up ahead, so I slowed down. I stopped for a quick second to bring my demigod scent down to practically none. Once that was done, I slowly but urgently moved towards the voices. When I reached a tree that seemed a couple of feet away, I stopped and listen, ready to intervene if needed.

"-the only place safe for people like us." A familiar voice said. "How do I know that you`re not tricking me?" An unfamiliar voice said. "If we wanted to trick you, we wouldn't have shown everyone at the beginning." Said the familiar voice. "Oh really? If this wasn`t a trick, then why did you point weapons at me? And what was that thing that was following me? Who are you, you never introduced yourselves?" The unfamiliar voice said. "The thing is we were sent on a quest to destroy a monster called the Hydra. It's like a serpentine body, with legs, and multiple heads. We thought that you were that monster because when you came out of the bush, the bush was shaking so we thought you were the monster. I am Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, this is Clarisse La Rue, daughter of Ares, and this is Lou Ellen Blackstone, daughter of Hecate." I now knew where I recognized the voice from. The unfamiliar voice, which I now assumed is Katelyn, gasped. "That monster was chasing me before it stopped. I don't know why or how because I just kept running." They gaped at her. "Know we know that you have to come with us." Annabeth practically demanded. I could practically hear the scowl on Clarisse`s face, so I decided to interfere before she did anything stupid.

I chuckled out loud, while also trying to make it as evil as possible. "Is this how far the campers of that disgusted camp have fallen?" I said while contorting it to make sure they don't recognize me. They all jumped at my voice and got huddled in a circle back to back looking everywhere to see where I am. "W-h-h-h-a-a-a-t-t-t d-do-o y-y-y-o-o-o-u-u-u m-m-m-e-e-a-a-n-n?" Annabeth stuttered. I frowned at this. 'Annabeth is supposed to be stronger than this. Mom, do you know what is going on?' I thought. 'Well, after you left, Blaze came to Olympus and told us to go to the Camp for a meeting with all the campers and gods. But before he came, your father suggested to the council that we combine the two camps. It passed and now the camp is where Camp Half-Blood used to be. He asked his Lord to come and break the control that Ryan most likely had. After they were freed, they broke down and couldn't handle it. Annabeth took it the worst; she became more bossy and demanding and she started having nightmares of her time in Tartarus with you.' Mom thought messaged to me. I sighed and said still in my contorted voice "I used to go there, but something happened which ended up making me leave. But that is not why I am here." "Really? Who are you? If you aren't here to return, then why are you here?" Lou Ellen asked after glancing at a shivering and crying Annabeth. "I am Machai and I am here to bring Katelyn to a loving family." I answered. Clarisse, Lou Ellen, and Annabeth, despite the shaking, looked confused. While Katelyn`s breath hitched when she heard a loving family. The others didn't notice, but I did and didn't say anything.

"What about the Hydra that was following me?" Katelyn managed to get out in between her deep breathing. "Dead as dead they can get." I answered. She seemed to relax a little. "Not to be a spoilsport, but you have to make a choice. Go with them and train for a prophecy you might not get or come with me and have a loving family, where you can live out your dream without fear." I offered. "You can't do that! We nee-" Annabeth started to cry out. "I don't care." Interrupting her without care. "I know I am pushing you to make a decision, but I have to go pretty soon." I said addressing Katelyn. She looked torn between the two decisions.

"I think you should go with him." An unexpected voice said. Everyone but Katelyn looked at Clarisse shocked. "Clarisse, what are you doing?" Annabeth practically hissed. "I am going to do this in hopes that when I see Percy again, dead or alive, I can say that I valued family as he would." Clarisse said proudly. I was shocked. 'Did she really think that?' I thought to myself. "Do you really?" I asked. Clarisse nodded and said "I swear on the River of Styx." Thunder boomed and we waited to see if she were struck down. When nothing happened, I smiled, not that she could see, and said "I offer you the same deal." She smiled and looked relieved.

I turned to Katelyn and asked, "Have you made a decision?" She nodded and said, a little hesitant, "I want to have a family." "Welcome, then, to our small family." I said, while smiling. I studied the two girls that seemed to be in a conflict between themselves. Turning to Clarisse, I asked "Have you made your choice?" She nodded and said "I need a family." "You two, please step away from them" Barely able to contain the hurt and contempt. They walked forward a few steps and I fire traveled them to the house. I turned towards the two girls who were left and said, "Let your camp know, they won't know what hit them." I then left them to their own thoughts; Annabeth to her sad, broken, self loathing thoughts and Lou Ellen to her sad thoughts of her hero giving her cabin an actual cabin.

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When I appeared at our home, they seemed to be in shock of how beautiful the place is. I chuckled because even though I have seen it already I still get amazed. They were brought out of their shock when a yellow blur slammed into me with a hug. I immediately hugged her right back knowing who it was. The other two who were with me, took their weapons out in confusion. "Hey Lexi, I want you to meet our new family members. The one on the left is Katelyn and the one on the right is Clarisse." I said softly. We broke apart and she looked at the people with weapons and hid behind my leg. I sighed and said, "Put down your weapons, nobody here is trying to kill you." They reluctantly put down their weapons. "I don't like them big brother. They are scary." Lexi said. "It`s ok Lexi. They just arrived, so it will be a little while before they settle down." I said while patting her on the head. Hestia was smiling while walking towards us. Clarisse gasped and bowed, while Katelyn, who didn't know who Hestia was, followed Clarisse`s example ad bowed.

Hestia started laughing and Clarisse and Katelyn stood up looking confused. "You don't need to bow to me." Hestia said while sniggering. "But you are a goddess." Clarisse protested. "You are part of my son`s family now, so you don't have to bow to me. And I see that he has started to heal himself." Hestia said. They looked confused and were about to say something, but I interrupted by saying "I made a promise to Lexi to explain everything, so let`s go inside and have a seat." I gave mom a pleading look to stay. She nodded and gave me a hug. I hugged back took a deep breath to calm my nerves. We broke the hug and followed everyone inside. We broke Clarisse and Katelyn`s surprise and shock, and sat around the table. Once we all settled down, I took off my mask and prepared for the worst. I heard a gasp and a soft and quiet "Percy?"

I only nodded and waited for the hit to come. Nothing came and I risked a glance and what I saw broke my heart again. Clarisse had tears flowing down her cheeks, while her hands were covering her mouth. I stood up and opened my hands for a hug. Once she saw this, she rocketed into my arms and buried her face into my chest. She kept crying and kept on saying "I am sorry." again and again. I rubbed her back in circles in attempts to calm her down. After a couple of minutes, she calmed down enough to stop crying. "It`s ok. You are forgiven because of the speech you gave earlier." I said softly knowing she is stubborn as a mule, so I explained that I saw that she truly meant what she said.

After the crying fiasco, I explained what happened and why I was doing this. I then explained that even though Clarisse went against me, she learned a lesson about family through me and she wanted to change. Lexi went from glaring, which in my opinion was very cute, to understanding. She got up and hugged Clarisse and said "If big brother forgives you, I forgive you." Katelyn was a bit harder to decipher. She seemed to have a better control over her emotions. There seemed to be disappointment, confusion, anger, and then back to calm. 'I guess I`ll have to break down that wall.' I thought and inwardly sighed. I didn't notice that Hestia frowned at Katelyn`s direction.

I checked the time and asked "Who is ready for dinner?" "Me! Me!" Lexi shouted in excitement. Clarisse looked amused and said "You looked excited." Lexi nodded and said "Big brother makes the best food ever." She looked at me and raised an eyebrow. I shrugged and said "That is false. My mom makes better food." "No she doesn't." Lexi said. "Let`s move on because I am hungry." Katelyn said. "Ok. What do you guys want?" I asked. "Cheeseburger with fries and a Coke." Lexi practically shouted. Clarisse chuckled and said "I`ll have a steak with salad on the side with water as a drink." I nodded and looked at Katelyn for an answer. "Oh. I`ll have chicken with broccoli on the side with Pepsi as the drink." She said. I nodded again and concentrated on everyone`s food. The food appeared and landed on the table in front of everyone. I sacrificed a portion of my food the gods that stood by me and started eating. Lexi and Clarisse did the same, while Katelyn looked confused. "Sacrifices to the gods. I hear it makes them stronger." I explained. "Is there anyone specific?" She asked. "Usually to your parent, but if there is one person who you should is Hestia. She is the one who sent me to you and the one who provided this house with help from the goddess of magic Hecate." I said. Hestia blushed at my compliment. "Once your done with dinner, Katelyn, can I talk to you for a little bit?" Hestia asked. Katelyn gulped and stammered, "Sure."

Once we were done, we put the dishes in the sink to be cleaned. Hestia took Katelyn someplace to talk, while I snuck up on Lexi and announced "Bath time!" I grabbed her and she squealed in laughter. I brought her to the bathroom to be washed. I put her down in the bathroom and said "I`ll be right back with your pajamas and favorite towel, don't leave the bathroom." She nodded with a twinkle in her eyes and I knew that she was going to play a prank. I quickly took her pajamas and favorite towel and went back to the bathroom. When I arrived, she was there looking innocently at me. I frowned because I knew something was up. When I went in, I was suddenly covered in a white powder. She started laughing and I knew she was planning something so I planned something back. I smirked back. I yelled "TICKLE ATTACK!" and started tickling her to no ends. She was laughing so hard, tears were falling down her face. Eventually I stopped and said "Alright, seriously, it`s bath time." She sighed, got undressed, and stood in the bath while I washed her. Once I was done, I dried her off and let her get into pajamas.

"Story time, then bed time, ok?" I asked her. She nodded and stretched her hands up to be raised. I picked her up and took her to her room. "Ok, which story shall I tell you tonight?" I asked her as she got into bed. "Anyone, but make it good." She replied. I nodded and started "There once was a young prince. His name was Prince Percy and he lived with his nice mother Queen Sally and evil step-father King Gabe." "That`s not how it works." Lexi interrupted. "While that may be true in some stories, not this one. Now, no interruptions or no story." She nodded and snuggled under her sheets with her head popping out. I continued the story of how Prince Percy and his friends Princess Annabeth and Sir Grover have to get back the Sky Staff of Lord Zeus. I stopped in middle when I saw that she fell asleep.

I slowly left the room and went to take a shower. Once I exited the shower, I went to my room and got dressed again. I went downstairs to see if Clarisse needed any help. "Hey Clarisse, do you want me show you around?" I asked. "That would be nice." Clarisse said. I showed her where the rooms were, the bathroom, and lastly, the training area. "That was everything." I said, ending the tour at her bedroom. "Do you need anything else while I`m here?" I asked. She shook her head no. "Alright. I guess I`ll see you tomorrow." I said. I turned and started to walk away. "Percy." I stop and looked over my shoulder. "Thanks for giving me a second chance." I waved behind me and went to my room.

And done! This was by far the largest chapter I have ever written and I think I might even make it bigger. But we shall see.

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