The Fates looked down at older Annabeth in sadness, the one in the middle crouched down and held older Annabeth's face gently, "Sweet child everything will be Ok..."
"No! No it won't! Not unt... not until I have him back!" Annabeth was reduced to heart wrenching sobs as the room looked on at her in sorrow. Most wondered who this person is.
"Child, you and everyone is here to read about him. He has made Camp Half-Blood into a family. Now, with the help of these books, he will make the Olympians into a family. He is a hero amongst hero's, he will come back, we promise you this. These books are not only about your past adventures but also your future. And in time, he will be here."
Annabeth looked up through her tear filled eyes with hope, "He'll be here? Really?" The Fates nodded in unison.
"Now why don't you and your friends introduce yourselves and your title to the rest of those here. And please no maiming anyone." And with that the Fates were gone.
Athena slowly helped her daughter up as the shortly cropped haired girl and the pale boy ran forward and engulfed her in a hug as they too cried of joy at the prospect of seeing him again.
(A.N: demigods are from after Jason, Piper, and Leo came from their quest but before Nico took Hazel from the Underworld and took her to Camp Jupiter and before Frank leaves to go to Camp Jupiter.)
Older Chiron stepped forward as he too felt a sense of joy, "As you know my name is Chiron but as it seems there are two of us you may call me Chi (pronounced Ky). Nico why don't you start us off."
The pale boy that had his hands of older Annabeth's left shoulder stepped forward. The shadows in the room seemed to reach out to the boy in a comforting hug, his eyes dancing with hellfire as he looked on at the Olympians one by one until he locked eyes with one who had the same eyes. "My name is Nico Di-Angelo, son of Hades and counselor of the Hades cabin. Banisher of King Minos, Ghost King, finder of the Sword of Hades, veteran of the Battle of the Labyrinth and the war in Manhattan, hero of Olympus."
Hades was filled with joy that he would have a demigod son in the future. Of course he loved his beautiful wife Persephone but knowing he would have a child filled him with joy. And then dread and sorrow hit him to the core, he himself was an outsider and was feared amongst his fellow Olympians and all the others. He did not want that to be the case with his son. But he looked back up at Nico as he stepped back towards the other demigods from his time as they all stood by his side, the two identical boys each putting a comforting hand on each of his shoulders. All looking at him with respect and eyes filled with love. Maybe things will be different in the future, his son seems to belong with them. They did not fear him nor isolated him but stood by him.
But then he along with his fellow Olympians were confused. He did not have a sword.
The girl with the shortly cropped hair now stepped forward, her electric blue eyes were red and puffy from the previous crying but now looked on with determination and happiness, "My name is Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus. Lieutenant of Artemis, I have pushed Sisyphus' boulder, finder of the Sword of Hades, veteran of the war in Manhattan, and hero of Olympus."
Zeus, Heracles, and Perseus looked at her in interest. Even having seen her cry she looked to be strong, her electric blue eyes, which were shared by the three, was determined and hard. She stood with confidence as she looked up at her father and then her Lady.
Zoë looked at the daughter of Zeus in confusion as did her Lady. "My lieutenant? What has happened to Zoë?"
Thalia seemed to have finally seen that Zoë was in the room, she looked at her and her Lady in sadness and pain as memories flashed before her eyes. "My Lady I'm sorry but I will have to let the books answer your questions on that matter. And Zoë I'm also sorry that you will be left in the dark about the matter until it comes up. What I can tell you is that you are among the stars and happy."
Zoë and Artimis nodded their understanding. The time Zoë had stayed by her side, they had gotten to know each other. They confided in one another, Artimis knew of her pain and she was truly going to miss her friend but was happy to hear that she was happy. Looking at her future lieutenant she could see the strong independent maiden she was.
Luke was startled at hearing this, he thought that they had something. Why was she in the hunt after what they had been through? He had believed that if she came back they would continue on where they left off...but there she was, a lieutenant of Artemis and she still looks just as beautiful as he remembered her. But he, along with the group from his time was confused. "How are you alive?" He's voice was breathless and cracked at the end, he was so emotional and didn't know how to express his happiness, especially at the glares that were sent his way.
At this, the people who didn't know of Thalia's past looked at her in surprise and confusion. Zeus did not know what had happened but was deeply angered at the news, he had just met his daughter and now finds out that she had died...but that couldn't be right, she was right there and was very much alive.
Thalia looked at Luke, her eyes were hard and filled with anger but also sadness, "Yes it's true and yet untrue. I was not alive per say but my soul didn't go into the Underworld, I was saved of course as I am fully alive. I will also let the books answer those questions on how I became alive." As Thalia explained, the group from her time looked at the picture that was still clutched in older Annabeth's hands.
As Thalia stepped back the blond haired, electric blue eyed boy stepped in her place, "My name is Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, Roman version of Zeus. Champion of Juno, destroyer of Midas and Enceladus, rescuer of Gleeson Hedge and Lady Hera. I have lost my memory and they are slowly coming back to me."
The Olympians were stumped at hearing that he had rescued Hera. What did he save her from? And what was a Roman?
Luke suddenly felt queasy. Why had he never heard of this Jason? Why didn't Thalia tell him she had a brother?" The group from his time was also shocked at the news. Little Annie felt betrayed that Thalia didn't tell her that little fact.
When Jason had stepped forward the 4 demigods who came with the group looked at him in shock and joy except for a crow-like blond who sneered at him. Reyna was happy to see Jason as her heart skipped a beat as she looked at his smiling face. Her joy was short lived when he stepped back only to grab the hands of a beautiful girl that stood by his side. She had choppy, chocolate brown hair, her unique eyes changed into different colors like a kaleidoscope. And she was next to step up and introduce herself. "Hi my name is Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite. I am the counselor for the Aphrodite cabin and I am also a Charm speaker, owner of Katoptris, and rescuer of Gleeson Hedge and Lady Hera." Of course she was the daughter of the goddess of love and beauty, Reyna suddenly felt loathing towards her but shook her head.
There it was again. Hera had to be rescued.
Selena looked at her future sister in ecstasy. A new sister that looked like she could kick ass? YES PLEASE! Not only does it look like she could kick ass but Selena was certain that Piper could do it in style.
The elfish boy skipped forward as his hands still tinkered with the contraption, his eyes flitted around the room as he grinned at everyone mischievously. "Names Leo Valdez son of Hephaestus. Counselor of the Hephaestus cabin, owner and friend of Festus the dragon, destroyer of the cyclops Ma Gasket, Torque and Sump. Rescuer of Gleeson Hedge and Lady Hera."
Ok seriously the Olympians were so confused. "Why would I need rescuing exactly?"
"Hey sorry Lady H but I'll let the books answer that question for ya." Leo's attention was so fixated on the contraption in his hands that he didn't see the murderous look from Hera at his casual tone towards her.
"Why you..." She was interrupted by the next person stepping forward.
The girl had long chocolate brown hair, her eyes were green and swayed as if there were grass swaying in the wind. "I'm Katie Gardner daughter of Demeter and counselor of the Demeter cabin. Veteran of the Battle of the Labyrinth and the war of Manhattan, hero of Olympus. You can call younger me by my last name."
"Names Travis and this is my brother..." the tallest spoke first as he looked up at the mischievously but the smile didn't reach his eyes.
The shortest then completed Travis' sentence, "Connor and we are the Stoll brothers..." his smile also didn't reach his eyes.
They then finished with their introductions simultaneously, "Son's of Hermes, counselors of the Hermes cabin and the best pranksters around. Veterans of the Battle of the Labyrinth and the war in Manhattan, hero's of Olympus. You can call younger us T.S. and C.S."
Travis and Connor looked at their future selfs in glee, they so looked bad ass. But something was different about them, they looked more somber and out of it. What could have happened for their eyes to look so cold and lost? And why did they react to Luke so harshly before? They looked up to him.
Luke was having such a confusing day. He was the counselor of the Hermes cabin but apparently in the future his two brothers were counselors. Which is absurd because there could only be one counselor not two.
Hermes looked at his sons in pride, they were hero's. HA take that father, your kids aren't the only ones who were hero's and done amazing things and he could not be more proud of his boys.
A young man with dark brown hair and cold blue eyes stepped in place of the Stoll brothers, "My name is Chris Rodriguez son of Hermes. Veteran of the war in Manhattan and hero of Olympus. You can call younger me by my last name."
Another of his sons was a hero of Olympus and Hermes was beaming with pride.
Rodriguez could only stare at his older self but switched his gaze to the smiling Hermes, the man of God who was his father. Why hasn't he claimed me?
A strong young woman stepped forward in place of Chris. Her medium brown hair was tied back as her murderous brown-red eyes looked coldly at the Olympians, "Clarisse La Rue daughter of Ares and counselor of the Ares cabin. Sailed through the Sea of Monsters, retriever of the Golden Fleece, retriever of Ares' Chariot. Drakon slayer, veteran of the Battle of the Labyrinth and the war in Manhattan, hero of Olympus. You can call younger me Clar (pronounced Clair)"
Ares had finally gotten around the idea of having daughters in the future and so nodded at Clarisse in pride.
The next to introduce themselves was a young man with curly blond hair, his blue eyes had a ring of gold around his iris and shone with unshed tears. "I'm Will Solace son of Apollo and counselor of the Apollo cabin. Veteran of the Battle of the Labyrinth and Battle of Manhattan, hero of Olympus. You can call younger me by my last name."
The young satyr stepped forward next. His horns sprouting from his curly brown hair as his brown eyes looked at Poseidon in sadness, thinking of a certain someone who looked just like him. "Grover Underwood Lord of the Wild. Chosen one of Pan, leader of the Council of Cloven Elders. Finder of most of the Big Three children, traveler of the Underworld, sailed through the Sea of Monsters and traveled through the Labyrinth. Retriever of Ares shield, the Golden Fleece and two other things I'll let the books answer. Destroyer of Hyperion, veteran of the Battle of the Labyrinth and the war in Manhattan, hero of Olympus. You can call younger me by my last name."
Hermes was confused why this satyr was the Lord of the Wild while in his time his son Pan was the present Lord of the Wild. How could that be?
The Olympians and the past demigods were in shock at the achievements of the satyr. The past demigods looked at the young and awkward Grover from their time and looked back at the more confident Lord of the Wild Grover from the future. Young Annabeth beamed at her friend, she knew he was a hero and it was about time he was more confident in himself.
The Romans also looked at the faun in shock and confusion. Weren't fauns useless? He achieved so many things and seemed to be well respected if his title said anything. And destroying a Titan? They were impressed.
The group then looked at older Annabeth as she was next to introduce herself. Thalia, Nico and Grover slowly went up to her and whispered something to her. She slowly nodded as they all walked with her to the middle of the room, supporting her. Her curly honey blond hair was in a messy ponytail, a few strands framed her face. Her once grief stricken, gray eyes now shone with a new found hope as she looked at the Olympians one by one until her eyes landed on the Queen of Olympus, her eyes turning into a hurricane of steel, one that would strip of anything in its path and destroy it. She started to step forward towards Hera when Thalia and Grover stopped her gently, Nico whispered to her as he too glared at the Queen of Olympus.
Everyone was confused at older Annabeth's reaction to Hera but didn't comment. They snapped back when they heard the soft voice of Annabeth, "My name is Annabeth Chase daughter of Athena and counselor of the Athena cabin. Retriever of Ares shield, the Golden Fleece and the same two other items that Grover had mentioned. Traveler of the Underworld, the Sea of Monsters and the Labyrinth. Manipulated Circe, held the weight of the sky, veteran of the Battle of the Labyrinth and the war of Manhattan. Architect of Olympus and hero of Olympus. You can call younger me Annie."
Athena, although worried for her daughter, beamed in pride at her achievements. She was confused at why Olympus needed an architect but waved it off. Maybe they just wanted to add a few things on Olympus?
Luke looked at Annabeth in both pride and sadness. He was proud of what she would become but saddened at her state. She looked too skinny for his liking, her eyes puffy and red from crying, voice too soft and cracked in her speech as if she had screamed too many times.
Annie was awed at her future achievements, she would finally become an architect. "We finally get to go on a quest? How many do we go on?"
Annabeth looked at Annie and slowly walked towards her. She kneeled down and laid a gentle hand on her cheeks as her gray eyes looked at Annie's who's eyes filled with life. Eyes that haven't seen the horrors of war, eyes that have not lost too much. "Annie I want you to listen to me. Forget about quests for now, appreciate that you are inside the boarders of camp and enjoy it while you can. I wish I had." She then went back to her family and was welcomed by a warm embrace.
Everyone snapped back when a girl stepped forward. Her black hair was braided to the side as her deep brown eyes starred confidently at the Olympians. "My name is Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, daughter of Bellona. Praetor of the Twelve Legion and hero of Olympus."
Jason felt that he knew her and the others but could not recall who they were to him.
The crow-like boy came forward in arrogance as he sneered at the Greeks. His blond hair and blue eyes reminded the future Greeks of a certain son of Hermes. What they couldn't understand was why he had a teddy bear strapped to his side. The Stoll brothers from the past and future snickered at such a sight. "My name is Octavian, legacy of Apollo. Centurion of the First Cohort."
Both the past and future Greeks looked at him as if he grew a second head. "Legacy? You're a legacy? How can that be?" Annie looked at Octavian with unfocused eyes as if she didn't know whether he was actually there or not.
Scoffing he looked at the daughter of wisdom in disdain. "Of course, are you not a child of wisdom? Are you deaf? That is what I said. We have many legacies in our city."
Annabeth did not like the way Octavian seemed to act all high and mighty. It was also not Annie's fault for confirming if she had heard right. "We are Greeks, we invented tragedy. Legacies seems like a dream to us, let alone a city filled with demigods and their families. Us Greeks are hunted and it is rare for one to survive to their 20th birthday."
Octavian's facade crumbled slightly as he and Reyna looked at the Greeks in pity. The Olympians watched the children's interaction and was filled with sorrow at Annabeth's response.
The past Greeks saw the looks of pity thrown their way and looked away as they scowled at the ground. The future Greeks also scowled at the pity looks, they did not need their pity. They had a family and that was all that mattered, Percy taught them that as long as they were together and loved each other as a family that was all they needed.
Stepping forward timidly, an African American girl with curly cinnamon hair came forward. Her hair slightly covered her face as her gold eyes looked at everyone shyly. "My name is Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto Roman version of Hades..."
Nico looked at his new found sister in shock as Hades too looked like he was about to pass out. A son was one thing, but a daughter? He and his son Nico will unleash hell on whoever hurt her, that was for sure. Nico wouldn't be able to go through another loss of a sister.
"Um I think I was in the Underworld. I don't know why I am here." When Hazel explained that she was dead both Nico and Hades looked at her with unfocused eyes.
Slowly Nico walked to her cautiously, reaching out a hand to pull her in for a hug. Hazel was surprised but let it be, he was her brother after all. The future Greeks looked at Nico in understanding and hugged him when he walked back towards them, unshed tears threatened to spill. Zeus and Poseidon being closest to Hades squeezed their older brothers shoulders in comfort as they looked at the innocent looking child who looked to have died far too young.
Cautiously stepping forward was was an awkward looking Chinese boy. He was tall and a bit chubby, as if he was awkwardly in the middle of a chubby child and a grown man. "I'm Frank Zhang and I am unclaimed."
When the boy had stepped forward, Ares felt a strong sense that he was connected to him in some way but couldn't put a finger on it.
"Hero's from our time and the hunters should now introduce themselves. Heracles my son , start us off."
At the sight of him many of the future Greeks, Artemis, and Zoë scowled at him. The future Greek demigods had heard the story's of what he did to Zoë from Percy and Thalia. They had respected him before until they learned the true horrors of what he had done.
Thalia and Nico both stepped forward as their fingers twitched for their respective weapons. "You egotistic boy! You should be lucky that Percy is not here, he would have killed you for the pain you have caused." Thalia and Nico were then pulled back by the Stoll brothers as they too glared at Heracles.
Zeus looked at his daughter in confusion at the blunt dislike she showed to Heracles. He wondered why so anyone would dislike him. The past Greeks and the Roman demigods along with the trio looked at the demigods who looked at Heracles in anger. They did not understand why, Heracles was a true hero.
Heracles rolled his eyes at them all but wondered who Percy was. Obviously he would be the one to win a fight with whoever as he was Heracles. "My name is Heracles son of Zeus and completer of the 12 Labors."
The next HOO stepped forward, he smiled at the demigods kindly, "Hello my name is Perseus son of Zeus. Slayer of Medusa, rescuer of the princess Andromeda. I am also king of Macedon." The future Greeks nodded at him with respect but was saddened after hearing his name.
Another man stepped forward, "My name is Theseus son of Poseidon. Slayer of Procrustes and the Minotaur."
Dionysus looked at him in loathing, knowing full well what he did to his beautiful wife Ariadne. A few of the future Greeks who knew of what he did to Ariadne glared at him.
The next to step forward caused Apollo to glare at harshly while his twin sister nodded at the man. "My name is Orion son of Poseidon and I am a hunter."
A familiar young woman stepped forward next. The future Greeks looked at her sadly as she looked at them in confusion. "My name is Zoë Nightshade, Lieutenant of Artemis and these are the rest of the hunt."
As everyone now had finished with the introductions they got situated on the seats that were summoned, a light grew in the middle of the throne room. The light expanded in size and all in the room felt the light embrace them warmly as they shielded their eyes.
When the light disappeared it left a big group of kids ranging from age and appearance. They all shuffled closer together as they looked around in confusion.
Right they almost forgot, their future kids would also be reading the books with them.
The descendants looked at a young man who seemed to be the leader. He just looked at everyone with calculating silver-gray eyes. Hestia stepped forward to explain the situation, "Children you are here in the past to read a book on a hero. The Fates seem to believe that he will show us to be a family. Others have been sent from our future who are also your parents from your past. Please introduce yourself one by one."
The young man nodded and stepped forward first while the Greeks and Roman demigods looked on eagerly.