Not so long ago, Hera had casually remarked on the fact that not a lot of gods would survive with their children in camp for long. Most of the other gods had taken that not very good, and they arranged an appointment were they stayed in camp Half-blood or Camp Jupiter for two days. Hera smiled when they all departed, knowing that she would have the place alone with just Hestia, Psyche, Artemis and Ariadne for two days.
Chiron was standing on the veranda of the big house, waiting for the gods to arrive. He looked at the person standing beside him. 'Dionysus, how much do you enjoy the fact that these people are all going to be beneath you for about two days?' 'You tell me, Chiron. How much do you think I like that idea?' 'This is probably the first time you and Lady Hera agree on something.' Dionysus nodded. 'I agree with you on that.'
Athena and Poseidon were the first two to arrive, and they almost pulled their hair out of their heads. 'Back at this place! How often are we going to be here!?' Poseidon exclaimed miserably. Athena looked at him. 'I think we finally agree on something!' She sighed with a tear in her left eye. 'I guess you have a slight bit of common sense, uncle!'
The rest of the gods arrived, and the group slowly started to walk up to the Big House. There was a group of demigods forming - all two hundred forty two demigods wanted to see how an enormous flock of gods had been sent to their camp. Poseidon and Athena shot looks at Dionysus, who looked rather smug. The divine people all stood crowded around the big house, feeling uneasy (accept for Apollo, who was talking to everyone he had met as Lester).
Chiron started speaking: 'to every god and goddess that has arrived, I'd like to say: Welcome to Camp Half-Blood! You will all sleep in a cabin with your children, and will act the way our campers do. That, er, also means that you all have to listen to me, Argus and Diony... you know what, just go with your children and let them tell you what to do. And try not to murder each other.'
'No way that I am going to listen to my younger brother!' Ares shouted as soon as Chiron went silent. 'Than you don't and people will tell stories of how pretty you looked while you did ballet on your own table for generations,' Dionysus answered to that. Ares went white, and set a few steps back. 'Does he have power to just... do that?' Someone in the crowd screamed. Chiron nodded. The gods rolled their eyes and walked away. 'I wish I was director of this camp,' Nemesis mumbled to herself.
Athena and Poseidon had settled into their cabins. Athena's children had helped their mother unpack, but Percy had mostly tried not to laugh. After that, both deities had decided to take a walk into the strawberry fields. They met each other exact in the middle. 'You stalker! You've been following me!' Athena screeched. 'No way! Do you really think I would stalk after you?' Poseidon shouted back.
Just as it seemed that they would go to far and grab their weapons, the two heard someone cough behind them. They turned around, only to see the group of agriculture kids staring at them. 'The strawberries have just regrown, lord and lady. Please, if you could fight someplace else...' athena and Poseidon smiled and ran away.
'How did they dare talk to us like that?' Poseidon asked his niece. Athena rolled her eyes. 'I can only assume they know Dionysus can do whatever he wants to us, and knowing him he will pick the side of the fruit,' Athena said, 'also, Demeter! Your kids sure lóve their fruit!' She screamed at her aunt, who was passing by. The woman gave her a weird look, but didn't stop walking.
Later that day, a horn sounded. The campers got up and flocked towards a pavilion, so the gods decided to follow them. When they arrived, they realised it was dinnertime. They didn't sit down, though, and more just stood there awkwardly (except for Poseidon, Athena and Apollo, who already knew how this worked).
Chiron shot the Deities a weird look. 'Aren't you all sitting down?' He asked politely. 'Where, exactly?' Aphrodite asked. 'With your children,' Chiron answered. A few gods got a horrified expression on their face. 'There are no separate seats for gods?' 'No. All of you will have to act like everyone else,' Dionysus answered, while very much not sitting with Sheila and Pollux. He got a few venomous looks for that one, but everybody sat down at their tables.
'How long do these announcements take?' Hermes asked his children, while Chiron and Dionysus kept reciting names, titles and activities. Connor Stole shrugged. 'Almost the entire Olympus is here. They have the rattle of all their names, or someone will probably feel left out. Hermes drummed on the table with his fingers. 'Still,' he muttered to himself.
When the announcements were finally done, everyone got to eat - and the food was gone within half of the time it had taken to announce everyone with title and rank. As soon as Chiron declared that diner was over, the gods sprinted away as quickly as possible.
Until they all got called back by their children for the Campfire songs. While being as impatient as a child on christmas day, they sat through the songs, shooting envious looks at Dionysus, who could walk away whenever he pleased. When the horn sounded for bedtime, every deity who had bragged about totally being able to handle it fell onto their bed, and were immediately of to dreamland.
The next day, most gods couldn't get out of their beds, but with the help of their screaming children managed to do so. After breakfast, aphrodite suddenly fell to the floor, crying about how hard it was. Most other gods followed her, except for everyone who was used to camp. Hermes got out a mobile phone, and a minute later the four woman who had stayed on Olympus landed in the middle of camp.
Hera started to tell everyone how brave they had been, while trying not to laugh her pretty head of. Artemis was practically doing the same, but she was just actually laughing. Psyche was helping gods pack. Ariadne was helping people pack as well, but halfway through got distracted and talked to her husband for a while instead. The gods went away, Hera, Artemis and Psyche picked up the last few belongings of the Olympians, Ariadne pressed a kiss on Dionysus' cheek and everyone left camp.
As soon as the campers were sure everyone was really gone, they exploded into cheering. Having their parents whine about the hardness of the bed all night hadn't been exactly comfortable while trying to sleep.