Here's the next chapter! I've put a little twist in this, and I hope you like it. This chapter is one of my faves (the last one was my favorite), so enjoy!

Percy POV

'Well, Dad, it started like this: we were at the Big House, and…' Alex started off awkwardly. By this time, Malcolm had returned with all of the future kids and their parents. I jumped in, 'Who all is speaking?'

Future Me said, 'Well, Past Me, it's me, Annabeth, Thalia, Nico, Piper, Jason, Frank, Hazel, Leo and Reyna speaking.'

All those mentioned looked like they couldn't imagine anything weirder. I cracked a smile because, after all, I had talked to Annabeth and myself from the Future more than they had heard their future voice.

'Christ, why don't you explain what happened in the Future and when you arrived here to everyone in this room and on the other line?' I said. I could hear Annabeth on the phone say, 'I remember how you used to act that time, and still do, when we go to Camp. Christ hands you the reins happily…'

'Okay, well, Past Dad, it started when we were entering the Big House…'

Flashback from Christopher Jackson's POV

'Hold up, Bianca!' I shouted to my girlfriend, who just looked back and stuck her tongue out at me.

'You wait!' I said, running faster than ever. Bianca still managed to get the door before me. I chased her in, but she stopped just as she entered the living room. I bumped into her, but as she fell, I grabbed her and we both just managed to stay upright. When we looked up, we saw the King of the Gods staring at us.

'Grandfather!' Bianca gasped, looking slightly scared. The last time she met Zeus hadn't gone well.

'Bianca,' Zeus smiled at her. He seemed slightly ashamed of what he had done the last time he had seen her, but being King, he of course wouldn't say sorry.

'Great Uncle Zeus, what are you doing here?' I asked him. He turned to me and gave me a cold smile. 'Christopher Jackson. Well, I had to give something to Chiron here.'

I looked behind Zeus and saw Chiron standing there, his tail swishing. I turned back to Zeus, who looked at Bianca and said, 'Well, Granddaughter, I'm sorry for last time. Please convey my apologies to my daughter Thalia too. And Chiron…'

He turned to Chiron and said, 'I expect you to take good care of it.'

Chiron nodded gravely, and Zeus disappeared in a clap of thunder. Bianca and I looked at Chiron quizzically, and he just shook his head. We shrugged and turned to see Mom, Dad, Aunt Thalia and Uncle Nico standing there. Bianca told her Mom what Zeus told her to say to her, while Mom started talking to Chiron.

'Please take care of the kids, Chiron; we'll be back by three o'clock. They should stay here in Big House only, if possible. Bye kids!' The adults turned and walked away.

'Chiron, what's that?' I asked, pointing to the thing in in his hand. He said, 'The thing Zeus gave me.'

Suddenly, a kid ran into the living room and panted, 'Chiron - trouble - at - Demeter - Cabin. Stolls - Junior - attacked. Looked - like - a - bomb.'

Chiron came into his element. He gently put down the thing on a table and trotted out. When he went, the Stoll brothers Theo and Cyrus ran into the living room. I raised my eyebrow at them, and they said, 'It was the perfect ruse. Why would we prank our Mom's cabin when there are better cabins to prank?'

I shrugged and went out on the porch. I saw the rest of us next-generation demigods coming uphill. I went inside again and saw Bianca telling the Stolls off. Alex ran into the room followed by the rest of the "Brood", as we call it.

'Guys, our parents are gone! We can do some mischief!' he whisper-shouted.

'No we aren't – Alex, what are you planning?' I said warily as Alex's eyes looked suddenly lethal. He jumped past me and went to Bianca, and pushed her onto me. We went crashing onto the table where Chiron had put the "instrument", and the world went spinning.

'Who are you?' came a stern voice as I slipped back into consciousness. I groggily looked up and saw Chiron holding a bow with an arrow notched – which was pointed in my face.

'Chiron, it's me, Christ. What are you – ' I started, but Chiron cut me off.

'How do you know who I am? Who are you?' He said with renewed vigor.

'I'm Christopher Jackson, grandson of Poseidon and Athena, son of Percy and Annabeth Jackson, aren't I?' I said, puzzled. Chiron looked shocked.

'Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase are seventeen. Do not lie and tell me who you are.'

Oh gods, no, I calculated rapidly. He said Annabeth Chase. My parents are seventeen. Are we really –

'- 23 years in the past?' I said weakly. Chiron looked thrown.

'You're from the future?'

End Flashback from Christopher Jackson's POV

Percy's POV

I was surprised. This was a scenario I had not imagined. Judging from the silence on the phone, neither had Future Us. Finally, Annabeth from our time spoke up.

'I guess this was a mistake, but Thalia – um, Future one, I mean, you spoke about a time turner. What's that about?'

'Ah,' came Future Annabeth's voice. 'Chiron spotted the time turner in shards around the table when we came. He told us that Mom had managed to convince Zeus to read the Harry Potter series.'

'How does that matter?' Annabeth asked, puzzled.

'When Zeus read the third book, the Prisoner of Azkaban, he obviously read about Hermione's time turner. He suddenly got this bizarre idea that as the King of Olympians, he ought to have the right to make one for himself.'

'Dear, you've been reading too much Harry Potter. You have been slipping into British English lately,' came Future Me's voice.

'Yes, I'll work on that,' Future Annabeth answered. 'So, anyway, he created one, though it took him like six months to make it. He continued reading the series though; Chiron told us that Mom told him that Zeus would rant about how he would have handled Voldemort every time the Olympians met for a meeting. Back to the point, all of the Olympians decided that they would take a holiday off to India, because they "wanted to be somewhere they hadn't ruled".' I could almost hear the air quotes she made.

'They were leaving today. Zeus did not trust anybody with his precious time turner, but he decided that from the long list of people he could give it to, he'd prefer Chiron, because he didn't want the headache of taking care of the time turner when they were away on holiday. Chiron, after getting the time turner heard of the ruse, and kept it on the table there in the living room and went to resolve the problem. He was so wrapped up in taking care that everyone was safe that he forgot of the time turner. He trusted Christ and Bianca to not take risks by touching the time turner. He only realized what happened when we came back.'

'Oh,' Stacie said. 'But why did you call Andy's phone? Why not anybody else's?'

Before anyone could answer, my son, in a moment of cleverness, said, 'But how was Zeus able to make the time turner in the first place? He's the god of lightening and sky, not time, after all.'

'To answer the first question, Stacie, darling, don't you think we tried? Everyone's parents tried calling their kids' numbers, but most were not reachable. We tried to reach Andy last, and thankfully it worked, so we could work out when you came. I'm guessing that the Giant War is over?' Future Reyna said. Reyna from our time looked thrown at hearing her Future self's voice. Everyone just looked surprised that Reyna could actually call someone "darling". I expect it's the maternal instincts.

'Yes it is, Future Me,' Reyna said.

'Ah, good! We don't have to worry about them falling into danger while a war is going on,' Future Reyna said.

'And for the second question,' Future Thalia said. 'He's the son of Kronos, the lord of time. He used whatever little power he had over time, and took Hecate's help too. He managed to make a time turner using that. Gods know how long it will take him to make another one. His power over time is little and he will take three months at the very least to make a new time turner.'

Future Annabeth suddenly piped up in a business-like tone, 'That's all fine, but how are we going to get the kids back in our time? They need their education, but we need another time turner to get them back. Zeus has forbidden us from contacting the Olympians on their vacation, which lasts for another month. School starts in two weeks!'

'Um, Future Annabeth, what if I tell Mom to enroll them all in Goode?' I said hesitantly. She gasped and excitedly muttered something to Future Us. Then she said to us on the phone, 'Okay, you do that Percy, and tell Sally – tell her that I hope she can keep my children safe; and others' too, of course.'

I could hear the silent plea in her voice, the request to keep her children safe. I felt my heart clench, and said, 'Of course Annabeth, I will keep them safe. They are, after all, my future children too. I give you my word that I'll keep them – all of them – as safe as it is in my power to make them.'

'Thanks, Percy,' she smiled. I nodded, even though I knew she couldn't see me. The line went dead.

Hope you guys liked this chapter. I know some (read: most) of you will wonder how Future Percy realized that he was talking to his past self so fast. Well, I thought that as Percy sounds older underwater and he can identify that, he could identify his younger self talking too. I hope that makes sense. Anyway, see you through the looking glass (if anyone can say where that comes from, I'll dedicate the next chapter to you). Ciao!

Yours truly,

Stella