Okay. I am officially in shock. Today, at one o'clock in the afternoon at India, I checked my email. Nothing unusual about that. But what came in the email was highly unusual. Forty-four whopping emails? And, only one belonged to the trash. I feel like I'm in heaven. So many people want me to continue writing this story this week. I was so exhilarated that I wrote the next chapter immediately. I'm also hoping to write a MoA reunion, even if the book has already been released. It should be out in a week. I dedicate this chapter to all people who favorited, follow and reviewed this story. Now, we go forward.
Percy POV
Have you ever felt totally numb? I felt like that when I greeted my son from the future after asking him the two questions. I may have smiled warmly, acted calm, but after all, it was but a façade underneath another.
'Chiron, I'll handle them and this mess,' I told Chiron. 'If anything happens, I'll call you.' Chiron nodded and went out.
The accepted leader at Camp was given a special drachma which would be tossed out of any Iris-Message so that you had to put a different drachma. This particular drachma, when tossed into the air, immediately contacted Chiron, without needing to summon a rainbow. It looked like a normal drachma, except it had CHB stamped on either side of the coin, and it's sides were dusted with the color of the Camp Leader's cabin, so in my case, sea-green.
I turned to the War Council and the future people, saying, 'Everybody, split up, go with your significant other and stand in different corners. The future demigods will come forth one by one, introduce themselves, and go stand with their parents. Everything clear?'
A chorus of 'Yes' sounded in my ears, as Jason and Piper, Leo and Reyna, Thalia and Nico (they had started dating just a few months ago), Frank and Hazel, Will and Nyssa, Chris and Clarisse, and Travis and Katie went to different corners where seats were available. Annabeth continued sitting where she was.
'Wait,' I held up a hand, stopping the next oldest demigod from speaking. 'Christopher, check if the couples, other than Annabeth and I, are correct.'
Christ looked around and nodded. 'Continue, then,' I sighed and sat next to Annabeth, Christ following us and sitting down.
Two girls, whom I recognized as the one hiding her face and the other patting her back, came forward. They had curly black hair with several blonde streaks, tied back in a fish braid, lightly tanned skin, and stormy sea-green eyes. I suspected that they were twins, and Christ's sisters; I assumed they were younger. I couldn't think of them as my daughters when I was hardly seventeen.
The second twin who had patted the first one the back said, 'Hi everyone, we're Christ's younger sisters. I'm Cassandra, better known as Cassie, and this is my older twin sister, Andromeda, or Andy. We're fifteen.'
I started laughing. Why I would name my daughter after a ship I helped blow up? Andy blushed brighter than Rachel's hair, which was pretty bright. I assumed it was because of her name, and stopped, pitying my daughter. I probably didn't name her after the ship, more like the lady the original Perseus rescued from the sea monster.
A girl stood upright and grabbed the ear of the slouching boy next to her. They looked similar, reminding me of Thalia and Nico. The girl had curly black hair which she held in a ponytail, and the boy had messy black hair. Both of them had olive skin and electric blue eyes which has black spikes outwards from the pupils. The girl said, 'Hey, I'm Bianca di Angelo, daughter of Nico and Thalia di Angelo, and this,' she yanked the boy by his ear and let go. The boy started rubbing his ear with a sour look on his face, 'is my younger twin, Alexander di Angelo, also known as Alex. We're sixteen.'
Thalia and Nico's eyes widened as Bianca grabbed her brother's ear again and yanked them towards their parents. Nico's eyes first filled with tears as he saw his daughter, who looked so much like his sister, the girl's aunt, whom she was named after.
Cassie leaned over to Annabeth and whispered, 'Future you and Dad told us that Uncle Nico couldn't even say her name without flinching for until she was one. Aunt Thalia had named her.'
She nodded to let her twin know that I heard too.
One more girl came forward, whose spiky brown hair was held within a hair band, her skin resembling Andy and Cassie's, and black eyes which looked like electricity ran through them. She looked mature, though she had an air of childlike innocence about her.
'Hey everybody, I'm Selene di Angelo, Bianca and Alex's younger sister. I'm thirteen years old.'
She went over and joined her parents and siblings. Thalia looked shocked that she had more than two children, but hugged Selene nonetheless.
Another boy came over. He had messy brown hair, lightly tanned skin and sky blue eyes. He said and, 'Hello, Aeneas Grace here, son of Jason and Piper Grace, seventeen.'
Piper looked like someone had knocked her over, as did Jason, though they had faint smiles as Aeneas approached them.
A girl with choppy blonde hair braided with an eagle feather, Cherokee skin tone and kaleidoscopic eyes skipped forward and said, 'Hiya, I'm Penelope "Penny" Grace, Aeneas' younger sister, fourteen years old.'
Jason smiled at his daughter, while Piper could only say, 'Wow, you lookso much like me!'
The next girl had long curly black hair, a light tan and blue eyes. 'I'm Lysandra or Sandy Valdez, daughter of Leo and Reyna Valdez, fifteen years old.'
Reyna sighed with relief. She apparently felt thankful that at least her daughter seemed to be similar to her.
'Felix Valdez, Sandy's younger brother, at your service,' the boy with messy black hair, light tan and black eyes said. This boy seemed to go more on his father, though. According to me, at least.
A boy with porcelain skin, black eyes and buzz cut, remaining hair (messy) brown, said, 'Hadrian Zhang, son of Frank and Hazel Zhang, sixteen years old.'
Hazel looked happy that her son looked like his father (if only a little). Everyone knew they adored each other.
A girl with long black hair left open with two strands twisted and pinned back with a couple of clips, tanned skin and golden eyes said, 'Roxanne Zhang, fourteen years old, Hadrian's sister.'
This time it was Frank's turn to look ecstatic.
Two boys came up, looking not unlike the Stoll twins, whom they turned out to be. Both of them had messy brown hair, light tan and mischievous grass-green eyes.
'That's Cyrus-' 'That's Theodore "Theo".' Together, they said, 'Stoll, twin sons of Travis and Katie Stoll, fifteen years old.'
Katie looked frightened. I would too, if I had a pair of twins who were as mischievous as their father and uncle.
The last girl in the group came and said, 'Anastasia Solace, only child of Will and Nyssa Solace, sixteen, better known as Stacie.'
Stacie had curly blonde hair with brown streaks, held in a messy bun, tanned skin and blue eyes with flecks of black in them. Will smiled in his easygoing way at her while Nyssa smiled awkwardly. She wasn't good with people, a trait she inherited from her father.
The last boy, who had messy brown hair, deep tan and hard reddish-brown eyes, came forward and said, 'I'm the last person here. I'm Leon Rodriguez, seventeen, only child of Chris and Clarisse Rodriguez.'
Clarisse looked him over and gruffly said, 'You'll do.' She thumped him on the back.
'Okay,' Travis said, rubbing his hands, a mischievous expression plastered on his face. 'Is anyone of you dating?'
'Um,' Christ held up his hand. 'I'm dating Bianca…'
Bianca's face started growing rosier and rosier while I had a hard time not laughing at the look on Nico's face as he glared at Christ. My poor son put his head in his arms and mumbled something I just managed to hear, 'I got this once, and I don't need this another time…'
Aeneas was next. 'I'm kind of dating Andy.'
He looked braver than I thought he would be after saying that. I expected I'd scare kids of demigods off (I wasn't the Hero of Olympus twice for nothing, after all). He ran behind Jason as I turned my glare on him. How dare he date my daughter! I was going to…
Annabeth's hand gripped mine, her breath tickling my ear, 'You're being over-protective, lay off…'
Hadrian came up next and grabbed Cassie's hand, looking at me nervously. I got the message and started alternating my glares between my daughters' two boyfriends.
Alex was the next to reveal his girlfriend. 'I'm with Sandy.'
Leo stiffened, and looked furious. Reyna grabbed his hand in an attempt to calm him down, which worked somewhat.
Join the club, I thought darkly.
'And, I'm with Stacie,' Leon came and said in a manner which resembled both his mother's and father's.
Will started to look furious, and looked up from his future wife and daughter with a dark look on his face.
'So the rest of you aren't dating?' I asked. Annabeth hit me on my shoulder.
'Of course not! Selene's thirteen, while the rest alternate between fourteen and fifteen!' she hissed. I scowled at her.
'Yeah, but everyone (at least in our generation) knows that Selene will end up with Felix,' Bianca rolled her eyes. For a bubbly and cheerful girl, she sure could act like Thalia when she wants to.
Nico glared at Felix, who looked suddenly interested in his shoes, while Selene blushed a bright red and hid her head in her hands. I just sat back and enjoyed, something which much of the room followed.
'Cyrus is definitely going to end up with Roxy though,' Theo said flippantly. His twin glared at him, blushing furiously, as did Roxy. Frank just turned and gave the afore mentioned boy a hard look, while I started laughing my head off. Most people looked on smiling.
'As though you aren't going to be with Penny, are you, Theo?' Cyrus retaliated. Now no one could stop themselves from laughing, the complete opposite of Theo, whose face lost all traces of laughter. He glared at his twin, while Jason looked daggers to him.
'Okay, okay, let's not elevate this further,' Bianca said in a pacifying voice. She seemed to be the lieutenant of their group, seeing as everyone backed down immediately. Annabeth repeated it with our generations, and all turned calm.
At the end of the introductions and "who was dating who", all daddies, including me and excepting Chris and Travis wanted to murder their daughter's boyfriends/ crushes. I swear, when I get my hands on Aeneas and Hadrian, I was going to...
(The rest of this paragraph has been omitted owing to the rather graphicness which opposes this story's rating)
'So!' Annabeth said, breaking the awkward silence in the room. 'How are we going to tell everyone at Camp that people from the future have come to visit?'
'Why don't we tell everyone during lunch?' Chris suggested. I agreed to it, and since I did, so did everyone. We made the plans fairly fast.
I used my "Camp Leader" drachma to tell Chiron of the plan as to tell what we were going to do during lunch. He said that he'd tell us how he found them later. We all agreed on that.
'Well, kids, time to rehearse!' Annabeth smiled ruefully.
'Yes, Mom!' Came from our kids, while the others said, 'Yes, Aunt Annabeth!'
Kids never change.
This chapter is kind of longer than the previous one. I would have mentioned how exactly they came from Chiron's point of view in this one, but I wanted to send this up today, and it's nearing midnight (for me). I wanted you guys to know who all had come. Anyways, if the response to this chapter is as enthusiastic as for the last one, the next chapter will come tomorrow. If not, you can expect your next chapter on Sunday. Plus, I'll be gone on a holiday from 27th April to 6th May, so I may or may not be able to update once during that period. Are we good? Bye!
Yours truly,
Stella
Edited: 19/9/13
