I'm sorry for not updating on the time I said I would, which was Sunday. I couldn't think of anything to write, but I know what to now. This chapter is my favorite for now. You never know when another chapter might become a favorite of mine. This story is going to be in Percy's POV, but if you want someone else from the Past, then send their names. Enjoy!

Percy POV

'I'll ready our scripts now,' Annabeth got up and started walking to the door.

'I'd make sure they were in Ancient Greek or Latin though!' I shouted at her back. Her only retort was turning and sticking her tongue out of me.

I turned back to see everybody stare at us. I realized I kind of know why. We hadn't been with each other since Christmas, when we used to act like this. After that, I went missing, and Annabeth closed up. We came back with our sanity hanging on as thin strings, maybe thinner, as our life.

I grinned at our new friends, who looked gob smacked to see Annabeth and I behaving like this. I decided to ignore them and turn to my kids. Christ, Andy and Cassie all were looking at me in amusement. As I later learned from my younger daughter, Annabeth and I rarely behaved like this in front of them.

After having a good laugh with my daughters and their jokes, I turned to Christ and in a rather loud voice, said, 'So, son, how did you and Bianca get together? Was it as dramatic as your Mom and I?'

My words had their intended effect. Everybody except Nico, Christ and Bianca started laughing. All of them were red though; Nico with anger, and the other two with embarrassment.

'Oh, well, uh…' Christ stuttered as Bianca hid her face in her hands, Thalia patting her back while trying to stifle her laughter. Thankfully for all of them, Annabeth came bursting into the room, and announced, 'I have the script ready!'

She looked rather astonished to see many occupants of the room laughing and three with red faces sitting in their seats. Nico sported an angry look, Bianca's face was still buried in her hands, and Christ was muttering nonsense. Everyone quieted down when Annabeth entered, though not at once. Travis, and his sons took ten minutes in getting back to normal, though some snickers still escaped them.

'Okay, so this is the plan…'

'Campers!' Chiron said, trotting to the front so that everybody's eyes were on him. I could hear their whispers about where Annabeth, I and the other couples were, and what not. My eyes flitted to all of us standing here. Christ was doing the same. Apparently, Christ was the Leader of the Camp, only because he was descended from Annabeth and I, and also the simple fact that he was the oldest at Camp.

'Some people arrived yesterday night from a faraway place. They have a relation with the demigods who had been present at the War Council. These people are children from the future.'

Total silence greeted our ears as I beckoned the people behind me to follow me on stage. Everybody gasped to see the teens from the future that bore a striking resemblance to the demigods from our time. Questions burst out like a leaking faucet from every single person in the room.

I allowed the torrent to go on for five minutes, by which time Chiron went back to his table. I held up my hand to silence people, which they gradually receded into.

'Demigods!' I shouted to gain the attention of two stubborn Aphrodite girls who kept on insisting on talking to each other. 'These children are really from the future. They are our kids!'

Silence again befell on the people in the room. Shock enveloped everyone in the room.

'Are you sure?' asked Malcolm from Athena skeptically. 'Did you check if they really from the future?'

'Yes,' I answered. 'I asked the oldest kid two questions regarding the two wars. He answered correctly. On the plus side, you have a nephew and two nieces, Malcolm.'

The look on his face was similar to having been slapped in his face. Christ, Andy and Cassie took this as the cue to step forward and say, 'Hey, Uncle Malcolm!'

Malcolm now looked like he was blown over a cliff and he couldn't believe it. 'Who – who are y – you?'

'I'm your nephew, Christ, short for Christopher, and these are my younger sisters Andromeda and Cassandra, better known as Andy and Cassie. We're seventeen and fifteen, almost eighteen in my case, respectively. Our parents are Percy and Annabeth Jackson.'

Now not only Malcolm, but also all the other Athena kids, looked a lot like they had been clubbed over the head.

'What?' Lexia, one of Annabeth's younger sisters and Connor's girlfriend, said.

'Yes, Lexi,' Annabeth cut in. 'These three kids are your nephew and nieces, and my kids.'

The Athena kids being shocked enough, we turned to the other occupants of the room. The future kids introduced themselves, and Aeneas and Penny went with their aunts and uncles from Aphrodite, who forced them to follow. Piper went after them shaking her head because she knew that her siblings would make her children unrecognizable by dinner. The different future kids started heading out with their parents, while only mine and Annabeth's, Thalia and Nico's , Frank and Hazel's, and Leo and Reyna's kids along with their parents remained.

My kids went to Lexi, who stood there, lost.

'Hey, Aunt Lexi!' Cassie chirped to her.

'Hi – um, are you Andy or Cassie?' Lexi smiled weakly and apologetically. Cassie just shook her head and said, 'Don't worry, Aunt Lexi, you're not the only one who gets confused about which twin is which. Mom, Dad, Christ, Aeneas and Hadrian are the only ones who can identify us from each other. Aeneas and Hadrian were only included because they have to correctly identify their girlfriends, don't they?'

Lexia laughed and nodded her agreement. She seemed to be more at peace around the kids. Bianca suddenly came up and cooed, 'Oh, Aunt Lexi, your daughter is so cute!'

Lexia looked gob smacked. 'I have a daughter?'

Bianca nodded happily (I still find it difficult to believe that her parents are Thalia and Nico). 'Oh yes, Tina is super cute! She's only, like, eight, but she's too cute! Her older brother, John, is very protective of her as she's obvious to get a cute boyfriend.'

'Who do I marry?' Lexia inquired, still surprised. 'Uncle Connor, of course!' Bianca said, looking surprised herself. 'Aren't you dating him?'

'I am! It's just, I want to know for sure who I marry, don't I?' Lexia said, slightly relieved. 'How old is John?'

'He's twelve,' Bianca said dismissively. A mischievous look crossed her eyes as she bumped her shoulder with Christ's. 'I say, if he was eighteen, I would date him rather than you, Christ!'

'Hey!' Christ yelped as the girls dissolved into laughter. As I overheard the whole conversation, I let out a chuckle and went to find Annabeth to tell her about the conversation.

'Oh gods!' I yelped as a thought suddenly struck me. It came out louder than I thought it would, because everyone turned to stare at me. 'We will have to tell our immortal parents about the kids!'

The unfortunate parents, including myself, were horrified, while everyone else tried to stifle their laughter as they took in the predicament.

'We don't need to, you know,' Annabeth tried to reason. 'We'll figure out how to get them back on our own…'

'We have to! They are the only people to consult if we want to find something, or we'll be terribly punished!' I insisted, another thought striking me. 'And also, even our mortal parents play a large part in our fates! We need to tell them too!'

Even Annabeth could not fight my logic. Thalia, Nico, Hazel, Frank, and few others looked highly relieved. 'We don't have any family in the mortal world to consult to,' Thalia explained. 'We only have to explain the immortal ones. Phew!'

The campers started laughing as something started ringing in Andromeda's pocket. She froze.

Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street
Faster than the wind, passionate as sin ending so suddenly
Loving him is like trying to change your mind once you're already flying through the free fall
Like the colors in autumn, so bright just before they lose it all

'Andy,' Christ said slowly, as the others were frozen too. I wondered what was wrong. 'Did you know that your phone worked across time spans?'

I froze too. That was me or Annabeth calling? Oh no.

(I am too good to leave a cliffy here)

Losing him was blue like I'd never known
Missing him was dark grey all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met
But loving him was red
Loving him was red

'Take the call, Andy,' Cassie urged. Andy slowly pulled out her mobile staring at it as the song continued playing.

Touching him was like realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you
Memorizing him was as easy as knowing all the words to your old favorite song
Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's no right answer
Regretting him was like wishing you never found out that love could be that strong

'What's the song?' I whispered the question to Christ.

'You know Taylor Swift?' he asked me. I nodded and said, 'Oh yes, she arrived at Camp a few days ago. She's what, eleven now?'

Losing him was blue like I'd never known
Missing him was dark grey all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met
But loving him was red
Oh, red
Burning red

'She's a demigod?' Christ said, startled. At my nod and words, 'Daughter of Apollo', he said, 'Well, she's pretty famous in our time, made a fortune in singing, and this song of hers is one of Andy and Cassie's favorites. It's called Red, from the album of the same name, and according to them, it reminds them of Silena and Beckendorf's relationship.'

Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes
Tell myself it's time now, gotta let go
But moving on from him is impossible
When I still see it all in my head
Burning red
Loving him was red

'It's Mom!' Andy squealed.

'Pick up, Andy!' Cassie urged.

Oh, losing him was blue like I'd never known
Missing him was dark grey all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met
'Cause loving him was red
Yeah, yeah, red
We're burning red

'Hello?' Andy said slowly, putting the phone to her ear. A blast of noise sounded on the other end and Andy almost threw the phone in her haste to get it away from her ear. Gibberish came out from the other end, which everyone in the room tried to decipher.

'Mom…' Andy said slowly, then, raising her voice, almost shouting, said, 'MOM!'

The noise stopped, and Andy took this as her cue to continue, 'Mom, all of us are okay, and together… well, we're in the same place at the very least, we trust them, and, um, we have kind of spread out, and…'

She took the phone away from her ear, and covered it with her hand and looked to Malcolm and said, 'Get the other future kids now.'

She turned her attention back to the phone and started talking. 'Okay, Mom… oh, it's you Dad, well, um, I have no way to explain this… what? I give the phone to Christ? But… Dad, listen, I'll give you the phone to the leader of this place we're at, one sec…' And she held the phone out to me.

Oh gods! What was I going to tell my future self? I have my kids here with me? How weird would that sound? I slowly held out my hand and took the mobile.

'Hello?' came a voice from the other end. I heard the voice I hear whenever I talk underwater. It really was my future self talking.

'Hello?' I said back. I could here the person at the other end freeze. 'Oh – my – gods. What did those kids do this time? Or maybe, more appropriately, that time?'

'What happened, Percy?' a female voice came faintly. A familiar female voice.

Annabeth.

I heard some static in the background as Future Me told something to Future Annabeth. Annabeth's voice floated back to my ears – the future one, that is.

'Um, is this Past Percy speaking?' Annabeth said. I knew her long enough to detect the emotions she felt. Anger was dominant in her voice, but she was speaking with forced calmness. I could also detect a hint of relief.

'Yes, I mean, I am Percy Jackson, from the year 2010 (I think) speaking,' I said warily.

'Hey, Percy, could you put the phone on speaker, please?' Annabeth said, anger leaking through her forced-calmness.

'Sure!' I said, and put the phone on speaker.

'CHRISTOPHER JACKSON! HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO TAKE SO MANY PEOPLE 23 YEARS INTO THE PAST? DID YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU DID? THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! YOU ARE GROUNDED, YOUNG MAN, FOR THE NEXT ONE MONTH, AND I DON'T CARE THAT YOU ARE LEGALLY AN ADULT! I –'

'MOM!' Christ shouted. 'Look, it wasn't my fault. Alex pushed Bianca onto me and we tumbled on the table in the living room and I felt something poking me in the back and we fell here.'

Sounding relatively calmer, Future Annabeth said, 'Okay, sorry Christ, I thought you were behaving like a troublemaker again. Thalia, I think you might want to talk to your son…' The last few words were spoken to another person on the other side.

Alex, poor fellow, started backing away, but his twin pulled him back and smirked at him. 'That's what you get for doing that.'

'ALEXANDER DI ANGELO! YOU ARE GROUNDED FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS! WHY DO YOU TAKE SUCH RISKS? NOW YOU ARE SUCK IN THE PAST UNTIL ZEUS MAKES ANOTHER TIME TURNER! Why do you put your family in danger, Alex? Why?'

Future Thalia's voice became broken at the end of her tirade over the phone. Alex looked highly discomfited and ashamed at himself. 'I'm sorry, Mom, I didn't mean to. I was just playing around. I didn't realize that this was going to happen. I'm sorry.'

I could hear sniffling on the other end, and Thalia's muffled voice came. 'It's okay, Alex, you didn't mean to. It's just, I'm so scared that something will happen to you…'

Future Thalia started crying and Thalia from my time looked shocked that she would actually cry.

'Son, how did you get there?' Future Nico's voice came.

'Well, Dad, it started like this…'

Guys, I'm really sorry for the delay in the update, but I was out on vacation. So, as a sorry present, I have given an extra long chapter to you. The next chapter should be soon on it's way. I'm sorry again.

Yours truly,

Stella