Re-Reading The Ever Twisting Winds: The Lightning Thief

by BonesBoy15

In a twist of events, The Seer gives the Gods and Heroes of Olympus (Plus Nico and Thalia) a familiar book with a different story.

3. Chapter 3

Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson or Harry Potter.

Re-Reading The Ever Twisting Winds: The Lightning Thief

Chapter Three: I Sorta Explode

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"Well, I can only wonder what happens with that chapter." Frank mused.

"Ah, a Thalia-worthy meltdown."

"Zeus worthy is more accurate, Percy," Poseidon corrected his son. Percy nodded and the two ignored their respective brother/Uncle and niece/cousin.

They had a nice tour, though both Percy and Andi were careful not to walk behind the centaur. No telling what accidents even a few centuries old horse could have, right?

"...Gross..." The demigods grimaced at the thought.

"I've seen it happen. It was very amusing." Dionysus snickered.

When they passed the volleyball pit, several of the campers nudged each other. One pointed to the Minotaur horn that Percy was carrying.

Another said, "That's him."

Others were pointing at Andi. It made her uncomfortable if the gusts of wind coming off her were anything to go by.

"Big Three." Andi heard in the whispers and then something about an Oath? What was that about? The girl wondered as she tried to calm the new nerves that were popping up from being stared at so much. Sure she loved being in the spotlight most of the time, but this wasn't people paying attention to her but them paying attention to who she was. It was like her first day at Hogwarts all over again, except instead of being seen as the Girl-Who-Lived, now she was the Daughter of Zeus. She hated it, neither sort of attention focused in any way on her as a person.

Most of the campers were older than her, Andi had noticed. Their satyr friends were bigger than Grover, all of them walking around in orange CAMP HALF-BLOOD T-shirts, with nothing else to cover their bare furry bottom halves. They all stared at the two black haired kids, like they were expected to do something.

"Fly!"

"Jason, shut up." Thalia grumbled.

Andi veered her head to look back at the farmhouse. It was a lot bigger than she had realized. Four stories tall, sky blue with white trim, like an upscale seaside resort. She was taking a look at a brass eagle weather vane on top when something caught her eye, a shadow in the top window of the house, from within what she suspected was the attic. Something had moved the curtain quickly, and she got a chill as though she was being watched.

"What's up there?" Percy asked Chiron, he seemed to have seen the shadow too.

The trainer looked where the boy was pointing, and his smile faded. "Just the attic."

"Somebody lives there?"

"No," he said with finality. "Not a single living thing."

"Eh, he's half-right," Hades said dryly.

"She would be alive if someone didn't curse her."

"Hermes, are you griping?" Rhea asked.

"No Granny."

"I didn't think so.

"A ghost?" Andi asked, she knew some ghosts, they lived at her school.

"And they kneel before me," Nico said with a smirk.

"Beware the Ghost King," Percy said in a poor imitation of a character dubbed 'Box Ghost'.

"...Shut up, Jackson."

The trainer didn't answer, "Come along you two," Chiron hedged, his lighthearted tone now a little forced. "Lots to see."

They walked through the strawberry fields, where campers were picking bushels of berries while a satyr played a tune on a reed pipe.

Chiron told them the camp grew a nice crop for export to New York restaurants and Mount Olympus. "It pays our expenses," he explained. "And the strawberries take almost no effort."

Apparently Mr. D had this effect on fruit-bearing plants: they just went crazy when he was around.

"Ah, very punny," Apollo said with a smirk.

"Far better than that Elizabethan wit. That was a difficult task to follow whilst drunk," Dionysus said with a grimace.

"Hey, it got easier. At least it wasn't in German anymore."

"True, English has evolved wonderously."

"…That's not a word," Athena said dryly.

"It is now."

Chiron explained, it worked best with wine grapes, but Mr. D was restricted from growing those, so they grew strawberries instead.

They watched the satyr playing his pipe. His music was causing lines of bugs to leave the strawberry patch in every direction. Andi had asked what type of magic they were using and the famed archer informed her that it was woodland magic, something only Satyrs and other nature spirits can do. That reminded Andi of that Grover guy, and left her idly wondering what kind of scolding he was getting from the God of Wine.

"Grover won't get in too much trouble, will he?" Percy asked Chiron, bringing the girl out of her thoughts. "I mean...he was a good protector. Really."

"He saved me from many a bad enchilada." Percy nodded.

"Truly, the hero the wild deserves," Piper said with a smirk.

Chiron sighed. He took off his tweed jacket and draped it over his horse's back like a horse blanket. "Grover has big dreams, Percy. Perhaps bigger than are reasonable. To reach his goal, he must first demonstrate great courage by succeeding as a keeper, finding a new camper and bringing them safely to Half-Blood Hill."

"But he did that!" Percy argued quickly.

"I might agree with you," Chiron said. "But it is not my place to judge. Dionysus and the Council of Cloven Elders must decide.

"The Cloven Elders are biased," Annabeth said dryly.

"Aren't we all?" Hermes asked.

"No." Zeus grunted.

"Liar, liar, pants on fire," Apollo said.

I'm afraid they might not see this assignment as a success. After all, Grover lost you in New York. Then there's the unfortunate...ah...fate of your mother. And the fact that Grover was unconscious when you dragged him over the property line. The council might question whether this shows any courage on Grover's part."

"He'll get a second chance, won't he?" Percy asked with guilt in his eyes, upset about his friend.

Chiron winced. "I'm afraid that was Grover's second chance, Percy."

Andi's brow was knitted in thought, "His first assignment…they died, right?"

"Almost, then someone cheated."

"I didn't cheat!" Zeus glared at Hades, who seemed dour at the thought of his niece surviving.

"You technically cheated." Poseidon pointed out.

"Whose side are you on?"

"No one's, but I'm leaning towards Hades. That was blatant interference, however, I have no room to speak considering my, uh, own little secret," Poseidon said, aiming a look at Percy.

she asked the centaur. That was the best explanation for the radical reaction that Grover had gotten.

Chiron's long face was the only answer she got, but it spoke volumes, "Olympus knows, I advised him to wait longer before trying again. He's still so small for his age..."

"How old is he?" Percy wondered.

"Oh, twenty-eight." Chiron answered with a simple shrug.

Andi raised an eyebrow with a skeptical look, "Say what now?"

"And he's in sixth grade?" Percy exclaimed in mild shock.

"Wow, expectations must be high for those schools," Leo said with a surprised whistle.

"Satyrs mature half as fast as humans. Grover has been the equivalent of a middle school student for the past six years."

"That's horrible." Percy shuddered.

"Imagine going through puberty twice as long." The daughter of Zeus shivered at the thought alone. She wouldn't wish that on anyone, she was still in the boys are gross phase of her life and so couldn't really speak from experience. But staying in a state of major hormonal change for twice as long was not something she wanted to go through.

"Well, they are spirits of lust and wild emotions," Aphrodite said thoughtfully. "Why do so many of them like Artemis, though?"

"Yes, thank you for that reminder." The Huntress drawled.

"It was a serious question."

"It's because she's, and I quote, 'so into nature,'" Thalia said, rolling her eyes and smirking. Grover was a riot.

"Quite," Chiron agreed. "At any rate, Grover is a late bloomer, even by satyr standards, and not yet very accomplished at woodland magic. Alas, he was anxious to pursue his dream. Perhaps now he will find some other career..."

"That's not fair," Percy said with a frown. "Was Andi right, did they…?" he trailed off in a low tone.

Chiron looked away quickly. "Let's move along, shall we?" he diverted, giving the kids a second confirmation that it was most likely the case.

"Chiron," Percy spoke. "If the gods and Olympus and all that are real ..."

"We are and it is." The Olympians smirked at the boy.

"I know! Stop enjoying this so much." Percy pouted.

"Yes, child?"

"Does that mean the Underworld is real, too?" Percy asked in a hopefully tone. Andi gave the boy a sad look, he wanted his mum back. The girl understood, she wanted her mum back more than anything, but the dead needed to stay dead. It would go against the natural order if people just started to come back to life.

"Eh, well, try telling that to Sissy," Nico said sourly.

Thalia's eye twitched. "I so could've gotten that boulder up."

"Yes, I'm sure you could."

Like Voldemort, the unpleasant thought of him just made Andi give a small growl even as the breeze around her picked up.

Chiron's expression darkened.

"He smelled her fart."

"Wow, Ares, really?" Athena asked dryly while the other goddesses gave the god of War a dull stare

Ares shrugged. "I thought it was funny."

"Yes, child." He paused, as if choosing his words carefully. "There is a place where spirits go after death. But for now...until we know more...I would urge you to put that out of your mind."

"What do you mean, 'until we know more'?" Percy asked with a frown, shoulders slightly slumped.

"Come, you two. Let's see the woods." Chiron said.

"See, there, a tree! And look, beyond that – gasp, dare I think it – more trees!" Hades gasped. "Ghastly."

"Oh, be silent, Hades." Demeter huffed.

As they got closer, the children realized how large the forest was. It took up at least a quarter of the valley, with trees so big that they reminded Andi of the huge trees in the Forbidden Forest back at Hogwarts.

Chiron said, "The woods are stocked, if you care to try your luck, but go armed."

"Stocked with what?" Percy asked. "Armed with what?"

"Monsters, I'll bet. And weapons, what else?" Andi rolled her eyes at the boy. The guy was probably going to blow with everything that was being told to them. Now if Andi was honest, which by her own admission she rarely was, she was no different. She was still in shock, probably as much if not more so than Percy was. She was just better at hiding her feelings.

"…She's really good at hiding those feelings," Annabeth said thoughtfully. "She doesn't even seem like she's in shock. Percy doesn't either, but, well, he's Percy."

"...Ouch, Wise Girl."

"I say it with love, Seaweed Brain."

"Geez, you're both disgusting." Nico gagged.

"For once, we agree on something, Death Breath." Thalia grunted.

"You'll see. Capture the flag is Friday night. Do you have your own sword and shield?"

"My own-?" Percy stammered.

"No," Chiron said. "I don't suppose you do.

"Uh, duh. He just found out he was a demigod." Leo rolled his eyes.

"I think he was trying to lighten the air, Leo." Jason defended the centaur.

"Well, he fails miserably at it."

Andi has her knife, but I would not suggest using it in spars or friendly battles. I think a size five will do for you Percy, and a size four or perhaps three or two for you Andi, due to your petite size. I'll visit the armory later." He assured them.

"Um, thanks?" Andi said awkwardly, not really sure what to say.

"He's been sizing for so long it's second nature." Aphrodite smiled. "I'm proud of him."

"Same here." Apollo nodded.

"A miracle that neither of you corrupted his nature," Artemis said dryly.

"Hurtful!"

"True, though," Apollo said with a begrudging nod while the goddess of love pouted.

The tour continued as they saw the archery range, which Andi took some interest in.

Apollo grinned and Zeus glared at him.

"Zeus, don't get angry with Apollo because your daughter and his son hit it off so nicely."

"Hera!"

The Queen arched a brow. "What? This is better torture than any I could come up with."

"I could think of a few things," Hades said dryly.

"No one asked you," Zeus snapped.

Rhea sighed. Her children were so rowdy...why did she lay with their father again?

Oh right, he was the one who dealt the final blow on her father...

Next was the canoeing lake, which Andi frowned at then sped past.

Chiron had this amused face at the sight, making the sky child scowl at him.

"Well, it explains why I don't like large bodies of water." The girl muttered and glared at the quietly snickering Percy. She raised a fist surrounded by a miniature cyclone. Percy stopped laughing, but his eyes still held this amused glint.

"Good boy." Poseidon nodded, his eyes also amused.

Next were the stables (which Chiron didn't seem to like very much, Andi had a sneaking suspicion as to why, too.), the javelin range, the sing-along amphitheater, and the arena where Chiron said they held sword and spear fights.

"Sword and spear fights?" Percy asked.

"Cabin challenges and all that," Chiron explained. "Not lethal. Usually."

"Lame!"

"Oh, quiet you," Aphrodite shushed her boyfriend.

Andi frowned at that as Percy shifted a bit uncomfortably, "Oh, yes, and there's the mess hall."

Chiron pointed to an outdoor pavilion framed in white Grecian columns on a hill overlooking the sea. There were a dozen stone picnic tables. No roof. No walls.

"What do you do when it rains?" Percy asked curiously.

Chiron gave Percy this weird look. "We still have to eat, don't we?"

"Ah, pneumonia," Apollo said with a small smile on his face. "What a wonderful annoyance."

"…Dark, dude." Leo mumbled.

"It's probably charmed or something to block out the rain." Andi stated as she stared at the pavilion with intrigued eyes and got a sly smile from Chiron.

Finally, he showed them the cabins. There were twelve of them, nestled in the woods by the lake. They were arranged in a U, with two at the base and five in a row on either side. And they were a pretty bizarre collection of buildings Andi thought, and that was shocking since wizards had messed up ideas for architecture.

"Oh yeah, another awesome description of our awesome cabins." Apollo grinned.

"Wanna throw another awesome in there?" Hermes asked.

"Nah, it wouldn't fit."

Each had a large brass number above the door (odds on the left side, evens on the right), they looked nothing alike whatsoever. Number nine had smokestacks, like a tiny factory. Number four had tomato vines on the walls and a roof made out of real grass. Seven seemed to be made of solid gold, which gleamed so much in the sunlight it was almost impossible to look at. They all faced a commons area about the size of a soccer field, dotted with Greek statues, fountains, flowerbeds, and a couple of basketball hoops.

In the center of the field was a huge stone-lined fire pit. Even though it was a warm afternoon, the hearth smoldered. A girl about nine years old was tending the flames, poking the coals with a stick.

"Oh, Hestia, you look adorable."

"Mother, please..."

"But you do, dear!"

Hestia's face started to glow in embarrassment.

"Is that safe to let a little girl do?" Andi asked in a worried whisper to Percy, who shrugged at the sight, not knowing what to think.

"It is rather dangerous..." Demeter trailed off, a smirk on her face.

"Yes, Hestia, for your safety, please don't poke the fires any-"

"Oh, be quiet, Hera!" Hestia snapped at her amused sisters.

The pair of cabins at the head of the field, numbers one and two, looked like his-and-hers mausoleums, big white marble boxes with heavy columns in front. Andi stared at her supposed cabin labeled with a one. It was the biggest and bulkiest of the twelve, kinda obnoxious looking too. Its polished bronze doors shimmered like a hologram, so that from different angles lightning bolts seemed to streak across them. She turned to cabin two, which was more graceful and feminine, with its slimmer columns garlanded with pomegranates and flowers. The walls were carved with images of peacocks.

Andi felt a chill down her spine as the thought hit her. She was a child of Zeus.

Crap.

Hera hated when that happened.

"That's an understatement, actually," Hera said dryly. "But your mother is alive and Jason's doing well, so I'm rather not that upset at this point."

"That and you know she's not real here." Poseidon pointed out.

"Yes, there is that, too."

…Well, I'm screwed. Bye-bye life. Andi thought with a nervous look as a tiny whimper escaped her lips.

"Zeus and Hera?" She heard Percy vaguely ask, snapping her out of her depressing thoughts.

"Correct," Chiron said with a nod.

"Their cabins look empty." Percy pointed out.

"Several of the cabins are. That's true. No one ever stays in two, but with Andi here, she has Cabin One all to herself."

"Wait, I get that all to myself?" Andi gaped, her hand pointing at the massive cabin as her gaze flitted between it and the centaur.

"It's not that impressive. No bed." Jason muttered.

Zeus frowned while Hera rolled her eyes.

"The plan was for him to not require beds in his cabin...Speaking of, Poseidon, why did you have beds in your cabin?"

"…Uhh…"

"A very good question, sister," Hades said. "I didn't even get a cabin, but that's moreso because of the Greeks' bias against me."

"...Well, Poseidon, words for the class?" Rhea asked.

"Um...Well...uh..."

"...You're so grounded, Uncle P."

"Oh, shut up, Apollo."

Chiron nodded once again and Andi felt like she was going into some kind of panic mode. Seriously, the tour was nice and all but she needed solid well-explained answers soon or she was going to snap!

"Okay, how can we be sure of that? She doesn't seem like she's in turmoil. Good actor or not, you can't just hide all of that shock. It leaks out," Apollo said. "Even WITH years of torment and practice, that stuff is noticeable. That's why there are experts in the psychiatric field to help children like this. Because they've SEEN IT BEFORE."

"He's got a point," Athena said with a nod.

"She probably has it all build up and lets it explode out, then pretends the explosion doesn't happen. Much like Zeus." Hades suggested, earning his brother's ire.

"...Okay, I'll accept that," Apollo said.

The sky child took a breath and stepped forward to the cabin that was hers now and saw a bag of toiletries and a sleeping bag next to it. Probably from that Annabeth girl. The black haired girl made a mental note to thank her later as she opened the large bronze door and took a peek inside.

The dome-shaped ceiling was decorated with moving mosaics of a cloudy sky and thunderbolts, and was far more beautiful than the enchanted sky at Hogwarts in her opinion. It even gave off soft soothing rumbles, which just sounded so accepting of her being in there. She imagined the peaceful sounds would be able to lull her to sleep whenever she went to bed. The cabin smelt like the air just after a storm, a smell she always adored. There was no furniture in there at all, which confused her, and looked like the inside of a bank. The cabin had alcoves with golden eagle statues stationed in them as well. In the center was a ten-foot tall, intimidating statue of Zeus that just seemed to have a stern eye on every part of the cabin.

"Self adoration, much?"

"Trying to ensure no one breaks in," Zeus said firmly to his elder brother.

"A likely story." Hades huffed.

Andi took the supplies left for her and put them against the inner wall next to the door while putting her messenger bag next to the stuff.

Andi heard Chiron say, "Oh, I wouldn't do that!" while speaking to Percy who was taking a peek into the sea themed cabin that was labeled three.

"He knows," Poseidon said with a smirk. "All children of the sea, know."

"...It's a gut feeling." Percy admitted when the demigods looked at him.

Chiron put a hand on his shoulder and said, "Come along, Percy. Andi, there is more to see." He told the girl, and Andi was there seconds later.

As the tour group walked pass the other cabins, the child of the Thunderer looked around and noticed that most of the other cabins were crowded with campers. It made her wonder if she had any siblings out there. The thought of a brother or sister made her smile.

"Hi. I'm Jason Grace, son of Jupiter."

"Hi. I'm Thalia Grace, Daughter of Zeus, Lieutenant of Artemis' Hunters."

Number five was bright red, but done in a really messy paint job, as if the color had been splashed on with buckets and finger-painted by a caveman, but less artistic. The roof was lined with barbed wire. A stuffed wild boar's head hung over the doorway, and its eyes seemed to be moving like googly eyes you would put something on in pre-k art class. Inside Andi could see a bunch of mean-looking kids, both girls and boys, shouting over blaring American rock music and arm wrestling each other like they had nothing better to do.

The loudest was a girl maybe thirteen or fourteen. She wore a size XXXL CAMP HALF-BLOOD T-shirt under a camouflage jacket and had long stringy brown hair. She zeroed in on both Percy and Andi, giving a dark sneer. Andi glared back, just as intensely with the winds dancing around her. She hated bullies with a passion, and now it looks like she had found a whole clubhouse of them, joy. The girl reminded the sky child of Crabbe and Goyle, but much bigger and tougher looking, and perhaps with more brains than those walking rocks.

"Ha! Hear that?! My kid's got brains." Ares bragged.

"Uh-huh. Sure." Athena rolled her eyes.

They kept walking in silence for quite a distance till Percy spoke. "We haven't seen any other centaurs," he observed.

"No," said Chiron sadly. "My kinsmen are a wild and barbaric folk, I'm afraid. You might encounter them in the wilderness, or at major sporting events. But you won't see any here."

"Whoo! Party Ponies Express!" Apollo whooped.

"What?" Andi asked in a confused tone, "The ones I've met at the forest near Hogwarts were far more into what the sky foretold then drinking from kegs." She stated

Chiron scoffed, "Do not let the star reading front fool you my dear. I do admit my European brethren are somewhat tamer, but not by much. Oh, they may go on and on about stars this and planets that, but don't put much stock in it, you'd be better off wondering what your horoscope is from the Sunday paper." He brushed off with a wave of his hand, "Where do you think my stateside brethren get their strong Scottish ale from, hm?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Wow." Andi said, stunned, "I mean, I've always seen them as so serious." She muttered to herself.

"Many of the things you think you know from your magical education won't apply here Andi." Chiron explained kindly.

"Ha! Eat that Hogwarts!" Leo declared with a superior smirk on his face.

"Huh? Really?" Andi asked with a stunned look.

"Indeed. Magic has given you many advantages..." Chiron said only to be cut off.

Andi cocked her head as she interrupted, "Like what?"

"For one, it played a great part in you surviving long enough to make it here to camp. With your magic, you would have had more of a chance than others like yourself. Witch and wizard demigods are not unheard of, but are rare. As a whole they have better chances of surviving as children, with accidental magic and all." Chiron continued, even as he gave Andi a mildly disapproving look for interrupting him.

Andi licked her dry lips, "O-Okay." she said, rattled by the revelation that she could have died any time. Yeah, she was real thankful for magic now. She wondered how many times it saved her life before Hogwarts.

"Quite a bit, I'm sure," Hera said dryly. Her other might have had an attempt or two foiled by magic and decided Zeus' magical brat wasn't worth it.

Taking advantage of the lull in the conversation from Andi being stunned speechless by this latest exposed truth, Percy spoke, "You said your name was Chiron. Are you really..."

He smiled down at the boy. "The Chiron from the stories? Trainer of Hercules and all that? Yes, Percy, I am."

"He's got a great meal deal, gives him youth, sort of, and immortality, sort of." Hermes muttered.

"...Why is the one who teaches and trains your children, and is technically your half-brother, sort of immortal?" Rhea asked her children with a raised brow.

"Because Mr. Paranoia doesn't want him to be permanently immortal so he can appear more competent than he is," Poseidon said dryly.

"Indeed," Hera said with a nod.

"...No one asked you for your opinions, Poseidon. Hera." Zeus grumbled.

"Nope. We just gave it. Like you usually do," Poseidon said cheekily.

"But, shouldn't you be dead?" Percy pointed out, only to have Andi slap him upside the head, "Ow!" the boy exclaimed and turned to glare at that the girl, but she just gave him a disbelieving look. It screamed: Did you honestly just say that?

Percy looked sheepish.

"Shame, Percy. For shame." Hermes tutted while he and Apollo chided him, wagging their fingers and frowning in disapproval.

"I was in shock!"

"Yeah, and Andi's forty-two, the answer to the ultimate question."

Chiron paused, as if thinking of what to say. "I honestly don't know about if I should be. The truth is, I can't be dead. You see, eons ago the gods granted my wish. I could continue the work I loved. I could be a teacher of heroes as long as humanity needed me. I gained much from that wish ... and I gave up much. But I'm still here, so I can only assume I'm still needed."

"Doesn't it ever get boring?" Percy asked as Andi rolled her eyes. She was considering calling the boy Motor Mouth Jackson soon, since he lacked the ability to think before he spoke.

"It's an apt nickname." Thalia smirked.

"Shut up, Porcupine-head."

"Make me, Motor Mouth."

"...Oh, Thalia wins on counts of alliteration!" Apollo declared, Athena and even a sheepish Annabeth nodding in agreement.

Thalia smirked superiorly while Percy scowled.

"No, no," Chiron said. "Horribly depressing, at times, but never boring."

"Why dep-" Percy started to say, but was thankfully cut off by Andi with a hiss.

"Percy."

"What?" Percy snapped at her.

"People die, you prat." The girl snapped back in a harsh whisper. Percy's eyes widened in realization.

"...Aren't you just talking about his death?" Leo asked. "How would you not make that connection?"

"I was in shock!" Percy groaned. "My mom was snatched up by a monster and I woke up to find out my favorite teacher and best friend are supernatural creatures, oh and, side note, DAD'S A GOD!"

"...See, now, that answer we'll accept." Apollo nodded. "That gives you reason for being in shock, as opposed to just saying, 'oh god, I'm in shock'."

Chiron didn't seem to be paying attention to their hushed conversation as he trotted along.

"Oh, look," Chiron spoke to them. "Annabeth is waiting for us."

The blonde girl they'd met at the Big House was talking animatedly with this tall blond teenager about something in front of the last cabin on the left, number eleven.

As they got closer, Andi gave the guy a quick once over.

"What a waste..." Aphrodite sighed sadly.

"He was trying to destroy you." Artemis drawled.

"Yes, but he looked good doing so, and I can respect that."

He looked about in his late teens, and he was good looking she guessed, the young girl really didn't know what was good or not. He was tall and muscular but in a lean way, with short-cropped sandy hair and a nice smile. He wore an orange tank top, cutoffs, sandals, and a leather necklace with five different-colored clay beads. He also had a thick white scar that ran from just beneath his right eye to his jaw.

Andi inwardly shrugged, she has a scar, not as big, but it definitely got her attention. It just made him stand out more so to say. More character, as Hermione would say.

"Ah, not mind-raped by the Mist in this version," Zeus said with a smirk.

"Do you feel better, Zeus?" Hades asked dryly.

"A little, yes."

When they reached Annabeth, she looked Percy over critically but dismissed him fairly quickly. She then did a once over of Andi, looking happy for some reason that escaped the shorter girl.

The blond haired guy looked over Andi, and she saw flickers of sadness in his eyes. The daughter of Zeus knitted her brow, trying to remember where she saw that look before and got it! He was the one who picked her up…like a princess.

She didn't know whether to thank him or glare at him.

"Glare." "Thank!"

Artemis and Aphrodite sent each other dirty looks.

"Ladies, it's just a story." Hestia reminded them.

"Annabeth," Chiron said, "I have masters' archery class at noon. Would you take them from here?"

"Yes, sir." Annabeth answered dutifully.

Andi turned to Chiron, like she was going to say something, but the teacher held up a hand, "Andi, if you have questions, I am sure Annabeth can answer them. For ones she cannot, you may come see me later on." He assured the girl, as a panicking daughter of the sky god was not a good thing. There was much that she needed to know, especially with the ill wind that had accompanied her arrival, but alas, classes called.

"Well, at least he has his priorities in order," Thalia said dryly.

"From this point, we could blame the meltdown on Chiron." Apollo noted. "If we chose to ignore the fact he had a responsibility to not show favoritism."

Andi bit her lip a bit, but gave a small nod, making the trainer smile at her as he turned to the green eyed boy, "Cabin eleven," Chiron told Percy, gesturing toward the doorway. "Make yourself at home."

Out of all the cabins thus far, eleven looked the most like a standard summer camp cabin, which was to say: kinda run down. It had a worn threshold, peeling brown paint, and a dozen other things that gave the impression that it needed work done on it. Andi questioned why no one gave it some maintenance. Over the doorway was a caduceus symbol, if she remembered correctly from seeing it so many times in the infirmary at her school.

Inside, it was packed with people, both boys and girls, way more than the number of beds that fit into the old cabin. To make up for that shortage of beds, sleeping bags were spread all over on the floor, like a localized evacuation center when a big storm came in.

Chiron didn't go in. The door was too low for him. But when the campers saw him they all stood and bowed respectfully.

"Ohh, Chiron-sensei..." Leo clapped his hands together and bowed.

Ares kicked the back of Frank's seat. "Brat, bow."

"I'm Chinese, not Japanese."

"...And?"

"It's horrifying how uncultured you are," Athena said dryly.

"Bite me." Ares grunted. He then released a belch and began to dig around in his ear with a finger.

"Well, then," Chiron said. "Good luck, Percy. Andi, take care. I'll see you both at dinner."

With those parting words, he galloped away toward the archery range.

The two black haired children were looking at the kids, as they looked back at them, though most of the looks were directed at Percy though some did take a side glance at Andi with frowns and grumbles.

"Well?" Annabeth prompted. "Go on." She urged Percy.

"Like a newborn seal cub, the boy meekly crept into the cabin and preceded to make a few friends."

"Shut up, Wise Girl." Percy grumbled sourly.

Percy did so and in an amazing display of his coordination, tripped on his own feet, making a daft fool of himself. There were some snickers from the campers at this display, but none of them said anything. Andi on the other hand laughed openly, getting the boy to glare at her from the floor. Andi just looked sideways with an innocent look that didn't fit her at all in the green-eyed boy's opinion.

Annabeth announced, "Percy Jackson, meet cabin eleven." As the boy stood up.

"Regular or undetermined?" Somebody asked.

Percy didn't know what to say, but Annabeth seemed to, as she easily replied with an "Undetermined."

Everybody groaned.

"It was so crowded in there," Hermes said with a sigh. He nodded at Percy. "Thanks for asking for other cabins."

"It really should've been done beforehand," Rhea said, giving her son a pointed look.

Zeus grimaced. Great, now his mother was going to get on his case?

The blond haired guy that was talking to Annabeth earlier spoke up at this. "Now, now, campers. That's what we're here for. Welcome, Percy. You can have that spot on the floor, right over there." He said pointing to the corner.

"This is Luke," Annabeth said, and her voice sounded different somehow. Andi looked at the girl, seeing her blushing lightly and snickered a bit. Annabeth heard the girl and as she turned to glare at the sky child, she also saw Percy looking at her, which only caused her expression to harden further. "He's your counselor for now. He was also the one who brought you to the infirmary Andi."

"For now?" Percy asked.

"I figured as much since he looked familiar. Still debating on punching him or not." Andi stated, getting the blond guy to look questioningly.

"Do it!" Thalia cheered.

"But don't leave a bruise!" Aphrodite warned.

"Bust some teeth." Artemis grumbled.

"Why?" the counselor asked with a blink.

"You carried me like some princess…and I hate that." The sky child huffed, getting some laughs from within the cabin.

Luke laughed a bit too while shaking his head. Andi could have sworn she heard him say something like 'Are they all like this?', under his breath.

All like what? The child of Zeus asked in her head.

After getting his laughs, Luke turned to Percy, "You're undetermined," He explained patiently. "They don't know what cabin to put you in, so you're here. Cabin eleven takes all newcomers, all visitors. Naturally, we would. Hermes, our patron, is the god of travelers."

"Hey, hey!" Hermes grinned and buffed his nails on his shirt.

"Thieves too, right?" Andi asked with a tilted head, getting some snickers from some of the more mischievous looking kids, some that could give the Weasley twins a run for their money by the looks of it.

In response, Percy looked around with a frown as he clenched his hands firmly around his Minotaur horn, probably not wanting it stolen or something.

"How long will I be here?" Percy asked.

"Good question," Luke said. "Until you're determined."

"How long will that take?"

The campers all laughed.

"So not cool." Percy groaned. Why did he have to live through this moment five times? Why?

Andi frowned, "Is that what happened to me? The light show?" she asked Annabeth, and the blonde nodded.

"Come on," Annabeth told both of the new campers. "I'll show you the volleyball court."

"I've already seen it." Percy argued.

"Come on." She grabbed his wrist and dragged him outside.

"Ohh...Okay, now I see where it all started." Piper nodded.

"What are you talking about?" Annabeth asked.

"Your attraction to Percy. It was subtle."

"I-I have no idea what you're talking about!"

"See, that doesn't help."

Andi followed since she had lots of questions that she needed answers for and Chiron had said that this girl was the designated source of those answers.

When they were a few feet away, Annabeth said, "Jackson, you have to do better than that."

"What?" Percy rebutted sharply, feeling anger bubbling up in him.

She rolled her eyes and mumbled under her breath, "I can't believe I thought you were the one.

"Well, he turned out to be the one."

"McLean, shut up."

Least I was right on one of you." She said while looking at Andi.

"What's your problem?" Percy asked, the anger clear in his tone now. "All I know is, I kill some bull guy-"

"Don't talk like that!" Annabeth told him with narrowed eyes. "You know how many kids at this camp wish they'd had your chance?"

"To get killed?" Percy asked scathingly.

"To fight the Minotaur! What do you think we train for?" Annabeth retorted.

"I kind of have to side with Percy on this one, Annie." Thalia admitted.

"...What?" Percy blinked in shock. "Say that again?"

"Don't flatter yourself."

"Can we get an explanation?" Annabeth asked.

"Coming off of the streets, first time we're attacked it's like 'WTF?', and for someone whose mom was kidnapped right in front of them by a monster, to say that some people would be proud of fighting that monster..." Thalia trailed off.

"Ohh...Very insensitive."

"Leo!" Piper chided the Latino.

"What? The hottie has a point." Leo shrugged.

"Dude," Jason said dryly while Thalia glared at him.

"What?...What?"

"Look!" Andi shouted, getting them both to look at her, "I really don't want to sound like some Prima Donna, but what the hell is happening to me? To us? Can I get some clear answers besides the basics?!" she shouted, wind picking up around her as her anger began rearing its head, she was going to blow from overload soon, "I've done a lot of messed up stuff. I've nearly got killed by a three headed dog, outran giant flesh eating spiders, fought a troll, took down some Drakon whatever. Then this snake lady was after my head on a pike, and I only survive because I magically exhaust myself when my accidental magic apparates me across the ocean? So you know, I think I deserve some answers. So once again, what the bloody hell?!" she demanded.

"...Now, see, that seems a bit out of nowhere since she hasn't shown any real shock aside from telling us over and over again that 'she's in shock'." Apollo pointed out. "Percy, being a dunderhead, makes a bit more sense."

"...Why is everyone so cruel when they're defending me?"

"Because the truth hurts, Percy." Apollo answered.

"Andi, you need to calm down." Annabeth told the distressed girl, her hands in the air as she spoke in a calm tone, "Your powers are tied to your emotions, and if you get seriously angry you could roll in a thunderstorm." She said looking up as some black clouds were rolling in, blocking the sun somewhat.

"I am completely calm!"

"Obviously." Piper rolled her eyes.

"She really is like a young Zeus," Rhea said thoughtfully.

No, she wasn't.

Percy shook his head. "Look, if the thing I fought really was the Minotaur, the same one in the stories and Andi did what she said..."

"Damn right I did." The girl growled as Annabeth grimaced, more clouds were coming in.

"Then there's only one." Percy said, "And he died, like, a gazillion years ago, right? Theseus killed him in the labyrinth. So ..."

"Monsters don't die, Percy.

"Boy, isn't that the truth?" Leo asked dryly.

"At least we rescued Thanatos," Hazel said with a sigh.

They can be killed. But they don't die." Annabeth answered with annoyance, could he not see the mini-twister about to blow? She didn't have time for this if she didn't want lightning bolts raining from the sky on them. She had seen a child of Zeus do that a few times.

It wasn't pretty.

"Listen to me, please, listen," Annabeth said with her hands interlaced together as she prayed up to the sky.

"Wise Girl, this is a younger me. I'm too wigged to pay attention to anyone else," Percy said. He acknowledged he was a bit selfish when he was younger, but that happened to be the case around that age for most boys.

"Oh, thanks. That clears it up." Percy said sarcastically, making the blonde's eye twitch. Was he really ignoring the blackening sky? Right above his head? Seriously?

"They don't have souls, at least not ones like you and I do. You can dispel them for a while, maybe even for a whole lifetime if you're lucky. But they are primal forces. Chiron calls them archetypes. Eventually, they re-form." Annabeth answered quickly before returning her attention to the more urgent cause of concern, "Andi, please!" she shouted over the howling wind.

"Since when was the wind howling?"

"Nitpicking, Apollo?" Athena asked.

"Hey, we read this part already, and I don't see any difference, do you?" Apollo asked.

"Point taken."

Andi heard the girl and tried to calm down. God, what was happening to her? She wondered as the wind speed slowly went down.

"You mean if I killed one, accidentally, with a sword-" Percy said

"The Fur ... I mean, your math teacher? That's right. She's still out there. You just made her very, very mad."

"That's an understatement," Hades said with a scoff.

Annabeth answered with a sigh of relief to the calming daughter of the sky, "I'll answer everything, but you have to stay calm. Your powers are dangerous Andi."

Andi was panting slightly as the black clouds somewhat broke, letting the sunlight through to the camp.

"Now, that made sense. After all, who doesn't want to see me?" Apollo asked with a smirk.

She gave a small nod, but still felt like she was on a hairs trigger.

"She is Zeus' daughter."

"Very funny, Earthshaker."

"How did you know about Mrs. Dodds?" Percy demanded. He wanted answers and he wasn't going to let the threat of a little wind distract him or more importantly this Annabeth girl that apparently had them.

"You talk in your sleep." She stated obviously, "…Thought Andi likes to talk about cake in hers." The blonde said in a light hearted teasing tone to the now flushed blue-eyed girl.

"Shut up." Andi mumbled with a pout and pink cheeks. What? She adored cake.

"Cake, pie, sweets in general I'm sure," Thalia said with a smirk.

"...Are we sure she isn't of my loins?" Aphrodite asked.

"She wasn't claimed by you." Artemis pointed out smugly.

"Maybe I just didn't feel like claiming her since Zeus did!"

"And why would that stop you now?"

Aphrodite faltered and glared when Artemis gave her a smirk.

"You almost called her something. A Fury? They're Hades' torturers, right?" Percy asked, giving Andi a glance.

Annabeth glanced nervously at the ground and then at Andi, as if she expected it to open up and swallow the girl. "You shouldn't call them by name, even here. We call them the Kindly Ones, if we have to speak of them at all."

"An odd name, but amusing," Hades said. He had a small smirk on his face.

"Look, is there anything we can say without it thundering?"

"No." Poseidon and Hades scoffed.

Zeus scowled at them.

"He has a point, Zeus. He just arrived there, you shouldn't be so quick to scold him for things he's not aware of yet." Rhea chided her youngest son.

"...Yes mother..." Zeus grunted out sourly, throwing a glare Poseidon's way for the snicker that escaped him.

Percy whined, "Why do I have to stay in cabin eleven, anyway? I mean, Andi gets the giant one all to herself, right? Why is everybody back there so crowded together? There are plenty of empty bunks right over there."

"In any other summer camp, I would be in the right!" Percy protested.

"Yes, but this isn't any other summer camp, now is it?" Annabeth retorted.

"...Still!"

He pointed to the first few cabins, and Annabeth turned pale. "You don't just choose a cabin, Percy. It depends on who your parents are. Or...your parent."

She stared at him, waiting for him to get it. The blonde already knew Andi had gotten some of this.

"My mom is Sally Jackson," Percy said in a matter-of-fact tone. "She works at the candy store in Grand Central Station. At least, she used to."

"Ooh, and downer..." Hermes grimaced.

"More evidence that Jackson is a dunce."

"Coming from you, Ares, that's a compliment," Percy said with a smirk.

"...You brat."

"I try," Percy said with a smirk.

"I'm sorry about your mom, Percy. But that's not what I mean. I'm talking about your other parent. Your dad." Annabeth answered.

"He's dead. I never knew him."

"Well, he's half right." Hades smirked.

"Thank you, Hades." Poseidon grumbled.

"Percy, get it into your head. Our dads are gods…mine was already revealed." Andi begrudgingly spoke, unsure what to feel about the fact her father was history's greatest adulterer.

Annabeth sighed, "Andi's right. Your father's not dead, Percy."

"How can you say that? You know him?" Percy asked in surprise.

"Not personally, but she probably knows of him." Athena smirked. "He is rather loathed in my cabin."

"Oh, am I now?" Poseidon asked with a scowl.

"Well, you are fatheaded and stubborn."

"And you're not stubborn or prideful in the slightest?"

"Athena. Poseidon. We agreed." Rhea reminded the two.

The rivals sent glares at each other before they settled back into their seats, intent on seeing how this played out.

Andi shook her head as she came to a realization: it wasn't that Percy was stupid, no, he was in denial. The short girl couldn't blame him though; parts of her were as well.

"No, of course not." Annabeth flustered.

"Then how can you say-"

"Because I know you,

"Stalker alert!" Hermes declared, a siren appearing behind him and wailing.

Annabeth turned bright red and Athena glared at the god.

"My children would never!"

"Sure, sure...ever wonder how she always seems to be so aware of so much?" Hermes asked the demigods while referring to Athena.

"I could see it."

"No one asked you, Squid God!"

both of you. You wouldn't be here if you weren't one of us." Annabeth assured them.

"You don't know anything about me." Percy said with a frown.

"I've got to go with denial boy here." Andi said, thumbing to Jackson, who frowned at the remark, "Don't label me." she spat out with a frown.

"Smooth, Annie. Smooth."

"Shut up, Thalia."

The girl hated being labeled; it was like Hogwarts all over again with the houses, and how you were 'supposed' to have all the traits of your house…even if she was the textbook definition of a Gryffindor.

"No?" Annabeth asked rhetorically as she raised an eyebrow. "I bet you both moved around from school to school. I bet the two of you were kicked out of a lot of them too."

"How-" Percy blinked in surprise while Andi grunted, her head turned to the side in frustration at the correct answer. She hated being proven wrong.

"Diagnosed with dyslexia. Probably ADHD, too."

"Oh, good, we get to see Know-It-All Annabeth again." Percy drawled.

Annabeth smacked his chest with the back of her hand.

"What? It got old real fast, Wise Girl."

Andi turned her head back to Annabeth, "What does that have to do with it?" she asked; curiosity in her tone. Percy nodded to her question.

"Mortals make the labels," Annabeth said. "We're just familiar with them."

"Taken together, it's almost a sure sign. The letters float off the page when you read, right? That's because your mind is hardwired for ancient Greek. And the ADHD-you're impulsive, can't sit still in the classroom. That's your battlefield reflexes. In a real fight, they'd keep you alive. As for the attention problems, that's because you see too much, not too little. Your senses are better than a regular mortal's. Of course the teachers want you medicated. Most of them are monsters. They don't want you seeing them for what they are."

Andi was having flashes of all her fights, from school brawls, to magic duels, to fighting monsters and finally the fight that landed her here. It made sense, it really did.

Well, that explained why it was hard to read Latin, Andi thought.

"You sound like ... you went through the same thing?" Percy said as he looked at the girl.

Annabeth shrugged, "Most of the kids here did. If you weren't like us, you couldn't have survived the Minotaur or a Drakon, much less the ambrosia and nectar."

"Internal incineration." Ares snickered. "Awesome."

"I admit, the first few times was funny." Poseidon chuckled. "Zeus was trying to figure out why they couldn't just survive off of our food."

"Yes, thanks for that reminder..." Zeus grumbled. Arguably the first inhumane experiment performed and it was his fault, something he loves to be reminded of.

"Ambrosia and nectar." Percy muttered with a knitted brow.

"The food and drink we were giving you to make you better. That stuff would've killed a normal kid. It would've turned your blood to fire and your bones to sand and you'd be dead. Face it. You're half-bloods."

A demigod, Andi thought. She was an honest to damn demigoddess.

And now she was feeling a headache coming on all over again. Still too many questions, way too many questions.

Then a husky voice yelled, "Well! Looky here, newbies!"

Ares' smirk fell and he grimaced.

"Ah, Hell...It's always my kids, isn't it?" He asked.

"They are stupid enough to try something." Athena pointed out.

"Because you urge them to assert themselves," Hephaestus said with a smirk.

"...You two suck. Seriously."

"We aim to please," Athena said, with Hephaestus nodding in agreement.

"Well, you fail. Epically." Ares snapped.

The three looked over. The big girl from the cave painted cabin was marching over to them. She had three other girls behind her, all big and ugly and mean looking like her, all wearing camo jackets.

"Clarisse," Annabeth sighed with annoyance. "Why don't you go polish your spear or something?"

"Wow, Annabeth, making sexual innuendoes already?" Aphrodite giggled.

"I-You!" Annabeth faltered, her face bright red.

"Aphrodite, how dare you!" Athena snarled.

"Oh, please, would it have been better if Ares' had been the one to say it?"

"About my own kid?" Ares countered with a dry stare.

"Please, like you've never done that before."

"...True."

"I'm learning far too much," Percy said dryly.

"You and me both, brother," Frank said as he turned the page.

She did not need this right now. If Clarisse was going to do what the blonde knew that the war girl was going to do…well, maybe getting sucked into a twister would give the muscle headed girl some second thoughts.

Also maybe the child of wisdom wanted to see Clarisse get thrown around like a ragdoll.

"Sure, Miss Princess," the big girl said. "So I can run you through with it Friday night."

"Wow, and Ares' daughter with the offer-!"

"APHRODITE!" Athena nearly shrieked while Annabeth looked very green at the thought.

"Must I silence you again, Aphrodite?" Rhea asked.

"Tch, no...Honestly, all of you have no sense of humor." Aphrodite huffed.

''Erre es korakas!" Annabeth said, which Andi somehow understood was Greek for 'Go to the crows!' Was that the Greek version of 'Go to hell'? "You don't stand a chance."

"We'll pulverize you," Clarisse said, but her eye twitched. Perhaps she wasn't sure she could follow through on the threat. She turned towards Percy. "Who're the runts?" she asked and looked over to Andi, but with a bit of uncertainty in her eyes at the small framed girl.

"Percy Jackson, Andi Potter," Annabeth said, "meet Clarisse, Daughter of Ares."

Percy blinked. "Like...the war god?"

"No, god of the butterflies and morning dew."

"You wanna say that again, Swift feet?" Ares snarled, glaring at Hermes.

"Apparently, also the god of poor hearing."

"I'll kill you!"

"Bring it on, mutton-muncher!"

"Ares! Stay your blade!" Zeus barked. "Hermes, quell your tongue!"

The two did so, the god of messengers smirking while the war god scowled.

Percy was doing his best to not laugh, memorizing the things Hermes said to repeat later at camp. Oh, how Clarisse would bust a gut...

Clarisse sneered. "You got a problem with that?"

"No," Percy said, which seemed to placate the brutish girl. But he just had to open his big mouth and add, "It explains the bad smell."

"And the gorilla looks." Andi added. She couldn't stop herself; the girl just rubbed her the wrong way.

Clarisse growled. "We've got an initiation ceremony for newbies, Prissy, Airhead."

"Percy." The boy corrected.

"Have you never been bullied before?" Thalia asked.

"No, I have. I thought she genuinely mispronounced my name." Percy shamefully admitted.

"...Fail, dude. You fail," Leo said.

"I know." Percy sighed.

Andi's retort held a bit more flair, "Oh, is it my fist in your face?" she asked in an oddly calm tone.

"You want to go midget?" Clarisse rounded on the shortest of the bunch.

"Why does size matter?" Leo grumbled.

"It doesn't." Ares snorted. "Except where it counts."

"...You mean in a fight?" Athena asked dryly.

"Duh, where else would it matter?"

"Well, there are some places where you could do to be like your brothers." Aphrodite commented. Apollo and Hermes shared a high-five while Hephaestus chuckled and Dionysus cracked a smirk.

Ares turned gold, his eyes exploding in rage. "DITE!"

"What? I'm just saying."

"Well don't!"

"For once I agree with the Neanderthal," Artemis said dryly. "I'd rather not know about those sorts of things."

"Humph, you don't know what you're missing out on."

"Proud of it, too."

"Shame."

"Enough!" Zeus thundered, silencing the conversation at his mother's silent urging. He gave Ares and Aphrodite warning glares. "One more strike. One more."

"Then pow! Zoom! Straight to the moon!" Apollo declared. He withered under the combined forces of his twin and father's glares. "Shutting up."

Zeus nodded firmly and looked to the Roman demigod, who like his fellow half-bloods was green in the face.

"Continue, Frank Zhang."

"Maybe, but could you just leave me be?" the daughter of Zeus said massaging her head with one hand, "I'm in a bit of a foul mood." Andi answered as a frown came to her face. The clouds slowly darkening once more.

"Aww, poor baby." Clarisse mocked a sob, "Well, just because your daddy's the big man, well, it really doesn't save ya from initiation." She explained to the new girl.

"At least it's fair all around." Rhea mumbled.

Hades scoffed, but held his tongue.

"Clarisse-" Annabeth tried to say as her eyes went wide at the rumbling she heard from the darker than black storm clouds above them!

"Like, Ares, once pissed off, she ignores everything around her," Percy said dryly.

Ares just gave Percy the Finger.

"Stay out of it, princess." The war child retorted as she made a grab for Andi's shoulder, but only to reel back as she was hammered by a blast of wind inches away from touching the other girl, sending her sprawling onto the ground, "The hell?!" she shouted while she got back up.

Andi's breath became sharp as she glared at the taller girl, electric blue eyes narrowed as the wind picked up even more, "I said, kindly leave me the fuck ALONE!" the child of Zeus bellowed as the sky boomed.

"...And I thought Poseidon's had a mouth on her," Rhea muttered.

"She was raised in the slums of England," Hera said.

"Indeed..." Rhea mumbled, giving her youngest son a stern look.

And not even a second later, lightning shot down in the center of all the cabins, a few yards behind Andi, highlighting the aura of electricity that had enshrouded her. It only added to the imposing demonstration of her powers that Andi was putting up as the wind began rapidly spiraling around her. Dirt and rocks flew from the small crater made by the lightning strike, only to be picked up the massive cyclone that had formed around Andi. Said daughter of Zeus meanwhile stood unaffected by all this as she glared at Clarisse with eyes that had started glowing, almost as if they were balls of lightning.

Annabeth's eyes were wide, "Way, to go, Clarisse." She mumbled loudly.

"How was I supposed to know she'd flip her shit?" Clarisse hissed back, wary eyes still on the child of Zeus.

"Well...I'm no meteorologist, but I think the dark clouds would've been a good tip off."

"Oh, screw you, Hermes!"

"No, he's got a point," Zeus said. "Your daughter must've inherited your brains if she failed to notice the clouds overhead."

"She probably thought it was you babying her..." Ares grumbled.

"...Care to repeat yourself?" Zeus asked lowly.

"...Uh...No?"

"Come, now, Brother. You do show favoritism to your children, as we all do," Hades said dryly.

Zeus huffed and said no more. He continued to glare at Ares while Frank continued to read.

"Well, you just don't plain think, maybe." Annabeth scathingly supplied, the hairs on the back of her neck were standing up from the electricity in the air.

"Seriously? We are having our parents' argument right now? Here?"

"Well, you did kinda make Mount Zeusette erupt, genius."

"…I hate you."

"It's called winning." The blonde assured with a nod.

"So full of herself...Where did it all go wrong? She used to be so cute..." Thalia sighed.

"Shut up, princess."

"...Annie, never call me that again."

"I'll think about it."

"Cheeky little..." Thalia grumbled while Annabeth smirked victoriously.

Andi was panting as she marched right up the child of war, she raised her hands in the air and waved them to her side, which created massive blasts of wind that tore large troughs in the ground where they struck the earth, "Still want to mess with me gorilla girl?" she asked, a sneer on her pretty face, "Because I will. Fuck." She said pushing Clarisse with surprising strength, her electrified aura zapping the bigger girl in the process, "YOUR." Another push, "SHIT." Another push, "UP!" she shouted as the sky boomed with a deafening roar.

"She needs to eat a bar of soap." Rhea decided after a moment.

"I couldn't agree more, Mother." Hestia nodded with a small smile. Finally, some real support against the foul language.

All was silent in the face of Andi's impressive display besides the rumbling up above. The campers were all looking at Andi like she was crazy, nuts, or with exasperated bewilderment as they wondered what the hell her problem was. Then the daughter of Zeus spoke in a low tone, all heard it though as the wind carried it.

"Here's a piece of advice girl. Do the smart thing…and let somebody else try first." Andi hissed, eyes sparking like a fierce thunderstorm.

Percy was wide eyed at the whole thing, just, staring at the small girl. Also he might have wet himself; he wasn't sure at the moment with all the fireworks going on.

"No shame there. I would've." Leo nodded.

"Same." Frank and Jason agreed.

"Thanks guys," Percy said with a grateful smile.

Despite being enthralled by the spectacle before him, he had enough sense to hear the clopping of hooves on grass, dirt, and rocks coming towards them. Turning his head in the direction of the sound, he saw a serious faced Mr. Bur-Chiron, galloping to the scene with a bow over his shoulder along with a quiver of arrows.

He reared to a stop next to Annabeth and wordlessly asked the question.

Annabeth's hand could have snapped at how fast she pointed to Clarisse.

"...Snapped is unlikely, but I see what they're saying," Apollo said while he rubbed his chin.

Athena rubbed her temple. She was going to get a migraine at this rate.

"Traitor." The daughter of war muttered as she became the focus of Chiron's stern eyes.

It was clear that she would be in trouble later.

Chiron rubbed his face before turning to the angered child of the sky god, "Andromeda!" he voice was crisp, and demanding, "You need to calm yourself down this instant!" he ordered to the blue eyed girl, putting his hoof down.

"Why should I?" she shouted to the centaur, a loud gust of wind expelling from her, amplifying her voice.

"Because the immortal centaur said to..." Leo said slowly. He smacked his head. "Duh!"

"Yeah...Listening to Chiron is guaranteed to work ninety-nine point nine-nine-nine percent of the time." Percy nodded.

Her heart was racing, her mind was confused and frustrated tears were rolling down her cheeks. She was just so lost!

Chiron grimaced inwardly, it had been a long while since he trained a child of Zeus, and he should have explained things more thoroughly. An error on his part yes, but this was out of hand, "You are putting people who have done nothing to you in danger child. Quell your rage, please." He asked her as he slowly advanced towards the girl at the center of this storm, his arm over his eyes to shield them from the dust and dirt kicked up by the tempest.

That was just it, the girl didn't want to! All her life she was beat down, like she was some kind of filth on those things' middle income boots, made to think that she was supposed to feel lucky they even bothered to feed her and that she should have been grateful with what she got. Then when she learned she was a magical and wealthy as hell, she was suddenly some kind of famous hero that everyone expected to be the next bloody Merlin. She even had people write storybooks about her childhood that were nothing but LIES!

"LIES!" Apollo shouted with a fist shaking in the air. "The Truth shall set you FREE!"

"Apollo, sit down and shut up!" Hera ordered her nephew.

"You can't handle the truth!"

"He's caught in a quote loop, quick, someone knock him out!" Hermes cried.

Artemis took pleasure in doing so and Apollo dropped like a sack of potatoes.

Now this? She was a child of a God, but no, not just some God, of course not. She was the bloody child of the God King! Seriously? For real? The fuck?

The. Bloody. FUCK?!

"Yes, that's how you were conceived."

"Hermes!" Zeus snapped.

"What? I had to balance my good deed with my bad, pops." The thief god shrugged. He was a god of gray after all.

She snapped, her emotions were overflowing and she was well beyond her boiling point.

She suddenly felt hands on her shoulders and saw Chiron holding her, his kind but stern brown eyes looking dead into hers, "Andi." His tone was kind, like Dumbledore's but far kinder, far more understanding of her inner turmoil.

She took a shuddering breath and blinked as her eyes returned to electric blue, but the trainer could see the confusion and fear that remained.

Andi had truly never felt so lost in her life.

And that scared her, very much so.

"It was a frightening discovery," Piper said sympathetically.

"Yeah, having a lightshow over my head was weird." Leo agreed.

"Relearning it wasn't fun," Jason said dryly. He was hit by lightning.

Her static aura was gone, the blackened clouds slowly parted as the warm summer sun blanketed the camp once more. And with it most signs of Andi's little tantrum. Well, there was still that crater behind Andi and the grooves she'd cut into the earth with her wind, but those could easily be covered up and grass re-grown over them.

Chiron raised his burn covered hands. Those were going to need some ointment it seemed and spoke gently, "Let's get you back to your cabin child. After food and rest, tomorrow all will be explained." He promised with honesty.

Andi made to agree but felt her body consumed by exhaustion, she stumbled forward, only to be caught by Chiron. He was saying something, but it was muddled. Her vision was blurry but even then she could see that everyone was looking at her, it made her want to hide under her cloak at some of the looks she was getting. They weren't angry ones.

No.

They were wary and fearful of her.

It was the Heir of Slytherin nonsense all over again.

"To be fair, they have good reason to be afraid," Athena said. "She obviously has no control over herself. Nor any emotional stability. If she goes on this quest, she's likely to be a greater hindrance than help."

"She wasn't last time," Annabeth argued.

"Yes, but last time she had two gods as her bloodline, now she merely has Zeus."

Zeus gave his daughter a look. "Is that a bad thing?"

"No, but you must admit, Father, sometimes your temper is...hard to control."

Zeus scowled, and decided to say nothing lest he give his smirking brothers more ammo to use against him.

It was with that unpleasant thought running through her mind that her sight finally blackened and she muttered incoherently and passed out in the trainer's arms, body limp.

Gently, Chiron lifted his charge into a fireman's carry and trotted off towards the infirmary.

As the centaur and his burden walked away from Percy, Annabeth, and Clarisse, the child of the war god nodded.

"Okay, option two."

"Option two?" Annabeth asked with a blink as a still shell-shocked Percy was put in a headlock.

This snapped the boy out of what was going on in his head, "Hey!" the boy cried out as he dropped his Minotaur horn and struggled.

"Sorry newbie…not really, but the Airhead just made me lose some cred after that storm."

"Wha-That's your own fault! You lost your own cred-Gah, I hope you drown in this universe!" Percy grumbled.

"I think it's a fixed point in time, only avoidable by non-existence, Percy," Annabeth said with a giggle.

"...I don't know what that means."

"I'll explain it to you later."

She said rubbing her stinging chest with her free hand, "Gonna have to get some back and you're just perfect for it. Now let's go meet a new friend of yours." Clarisse said dragging the boy away as he kicked and punched to be freed.

Annabeth sighed tiredly, "Great." She muttered before taking a quick glance to the retreating Chiron and grabbed Percy's horn while heading off to see what was going to happen.

"And again! No help! Why me?!" Percy groaned.

"Fixed point." Annabeth reminded him and rubbed his arm soothingly.

Andi blinked her blurry eyes open, "Ugh, can anyone name me the dragon that sat on me?" she asked with a groan.

"Sure, he went by Exhaustion." A voice answered her.

She turned her head to the left and came eye to eye with a pair of blue eyes. They were a different shade than hers, more of a sky blue. Her vision focused more and saw it was a boy. He was taller than her (sadly no surprise there) with short shaggy golden blond hair. He had soft features, with, dare she say, a rather charming smile. It reminded her of Lockhart, but far less obnoxious and more...real.

"...At least Apollo's asleep." Hermes noted while his father seethed.

Aphrodite giggled gleefully.

"Seriously? I've been exhausted before, this doesn't feel anything like it." Andi replied skeptically as she shifted her body.

"Well it's a lot more serious this time. You were already magically exhausted before your…" The boy healer was at a loss as to how to describe Andi's blow up.

"Call a spade a spade. I was throwing a tantrum. Say it as it is." Supplied Andi hollowly.

"Yes, Zeus. You throw fits and have tantrums, not lose your cool."

"Oh, shut up, Poseidon."

The healer looked a little surprised at Andi's honest assessment of her own actions, which was to be expected, most people did the same. He recovered quickly though, and continued with his explanation of her condition, "Yes, your tantrum. Well before you lost your temper, you'd already magically exhausted yourself…"

Andi cut him off again, "Didn't I recover from that?"

"I was just about to explain about that before you interrupted me you know." The blonde replied with an amused smirk.

"Sorry. I'll try not to do it again." The daughter of the skies promised apologetically.

"Try? Well, okay then." The boy said with a sigh before once again picking up his explanation. "So you weren't recovered from the strain of apparating intercontinentally, I think that's what it's called. Your energy level was okay thanks to the nectar but the underlying damage to your body from doing something so extreme hadn't fully healed yet. So when you threw your tantrum you ended up pushing your already abused body well beyond its limits, so you passed out for a couple days."

"A few days alone, unconscious, with only a boy to help her...I like where this is going," Aphrodite tittered.

Zeus looked about ready to have a migraine.

Andi boogled at that and asked, "What's today?"

"It's Wednesday afternoon."

Andi paused, "When did I uh, throw my fit? Err… Sorry but I didn't get your name."

"I'm Will, William Solace, and it's Sunday afternoon." The newly identified Will supplied.

Aphrodite grinned.

Thalia frowned.

Zeus scowled.

Nico mimicked his uncle.

Jason cleared his throat. "This...should be interesting."

"Shut up, flyboy." Nico grunted.

"...Well, that was a nice nap." Andi said with a weak laugh.

"Yeah, you slept like a real log." Will said with a small grin.

Andi looked down at herself, she was in a change clothes. A Camp Half-Blood shirt and lifting the sheets gave her view of a pair of shorts. She looked at Will, "Did you change me?" she asked curiously, getting the boy to turn scarlet.

"He better not have..." Zeus growled.

"I must say, this turn of events is far better than how it happened in the last," Aphrodite said with a titter.

"Aphrodite, be silent!"

"What?! No! I-It was one of my sisters. I, I would never, well, not to say you aren't, just, um…"

Andi watched him and just let out a giggle, "You're funny."

Will looked like he swallowed a lemon, "Uh, y-yeah...I guess I am." he chuckled awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Poor, poor Will..." Apollo sighed.

"When did you wake up?" Hermes asked.

"Immediately after I fell into my throne. I'm a god, being unconscious is not a permanent state." Apollo smirked. "Just kept my eyes and mouth shut when Will came into the picture."

"...Why can't you do that more often?" Artemis asked dryly.

"Because my awesomeness needs to be shared with the world, Arte."

"Your ego needs to be reigned in."

"Whatever."

Andi tried to sit up then, but her body wouldn't respond properly. Her whole body felt sore and was moving incredibly sluggishly.

"Argh! Why am I so sore? I can barely move." The aerokinetic complained.

"That's your extreme exhaustion talking." Will answered. "You're probably gonna be bedridden for a couple more days at least and that's only with ambrosia to speed up the healing. You'll be too sore to move. "

"That's what he said."

"Ares, really? Are you really that stupid?" Hermes asked lowly while Zeus aimed his Master Bolt at the god.

"Apparently," Athena said dryly. She cleared her throat to earn her father's attention. "Father, if I may, why not punish Ares with something demoralizing instead of damaging?"

"...Blow me up!" Ares pleaded when it looked like Zeus was considering it. "C'mon, Pops, for ol' times sake! Blow me to bits! Blow me apart with your powerful stick!"

Poseidon, Hephaestus, Apollo and Hermes burst into laughter. Dionysus joined Aphrodite and the demigods in snickering, while Hades, Athena and Artemis smirked.

Rhea, Hera, Hestia and Demeter looked aghast, outraged and infuriated all at once.

"...You've saved yourself for now, Ares. One more line like that...and you will taste my wrath."

"All over your face."

Zeus glared heavily along with his wife, mother and sisters at Aphrodite, while Ares gaped.

"Dite!"

The goddess just tittered some more.

"Heck no," Andi frowned, "I'll be out of here in no time."

"If you say so." Will said disbelievingly.

It was Thursday evening and Andi had finally been allowed to leave the infirmary. She'd technically been alright by the morning, with most of the soreness gone, or at least faded enough that she wasn't bedridden. But Chiron had insisted she spend more time getting some much needed rest, at least until a final checkup that evening, before he was satisfied.

"Chiron playing matchmaker, right on." Apollo nodded in approval.

Zeus growled in annoyance.

Keeping to his word, Chiron was there on her release, wanting to check up on her for one last time. He led her to her super big cabin, keeping a worried eye on her as they walked.

Andi pushed open the door and walked into the bank-like interior.

"We will see what we can do about furniture." Chiron said, surprised himself at spartan accommodations inside the cabin; it had been awhile since he looked inside,

"He must have forgotten that this was Zeus' Cabin."

"Very funny, Hades. Very funny." Zeus grumbled.

"You'll have to make do with the sleeping bag Annabeth has provided for you for the time being."

"Yeah, okay Chiron." Andi nodded as she looked around with a tiny frown.

"I had some identification papers made for you." He told her, stunned by this the girl turned to look at the centaur questioningly, "Andi, you are from the U.K., we can't have you in America without some form of I.D." he answered with a smile, "It's just standard procedure for a foreigner such as yourself, no worries."

"That he learned from me." Hermes preened, buffing his nails proudly.

"And thank you again for creating fake identification, Hermes." Apollo sincerely thanked the god. "Did wonders for the spy genre."

"Oh, don't mention it."

"Um, yes. That makes sense…" Andi nodded in understanding.

"Now, I really have to get going. Dinner is at seven-thirty at the Pavilion, see you there." Chiron said with a kind nod and after receiving a response back from the girl indicating she understood, he trotted off.

Andi stared after him for a moment, before she closed the large bronze door. As the doors closed, the soothing rumbles of the ceiling seemed to welcome her. They didn't do much to soothe her raging emotions though. The black haired girl leaned her back against the wall next to the door, as her wild thoughts overcame her once again.

Before now, she didn't really have time, having been preoccupied with being unconscious or being too mind-numbingly sore, to think on her current situation. Andi wasn't just Andi Potter now...she was a demigod, a child of a god. Zeus no less...now that she could look at the situation, the young girl couldn't help but be awed.

"Why is my life never simple?" she asked no one.

"Because then we would be bored and frankly, that makes for a terrible story."

"...Can't argue that one," Athena said in defeat.

"Miracles do happen!" Poseidon gasped.

He smirked when Athena glared at him.

Seriously, just one thing after another...it was...tiring.

Andi looked up and saw the statue of her supposed father looking around the room, like a hawk…or an eagle since she figured that was his sacred animal what with all the statues around.

It felt like those eyes were staring at her. Andi didn't know what to feel. She didn't feel safe or secure, just more confused and with a whole host of questions at the tip of her tongue.

She pushed off the wall and walked up to the statue, her eyes narrowed, "Well, I'm here!" she threw her arms out wide, "I doubt I just came here coincidentally! You wanted me here right? So, what is it? What do you want?

"Your soul!" Apollo declared dramatically.

"No, he probably does though." Poseidon pointed a thumb over at Hades.

"...Probably." Hades agreed.

"See, Mother, this is why I'm in charge. They're too busy cracking jokes," Zeus said with a scowl.

"But, Zeus, isn't that how you got so close to free them?" Rhea countered.

"...A decision I regret more often than not." Zeus grumbled.

"Back at you, my liege." Hades and Poseidon snarked.

Because I know you want something. That dream, that eagle was you, right? That horse was your brother, my…uncle, the sea god. You're fighting about something, right?" She hypothesized with cold narrowed eyes. She wasn't stupid, far from it, she was very observant.

She waited for an answer, a sign, anything really from her father. But after five whole minutes, nothing came. She was just about to begin demanding answers from her father again when a knock resounded from the doors.

Wondering who it could be, Andi moved towards the door. Maybe it was the sign she had asked for?

After opening the massive door to her cabin, it turned out her visitor was that blonde girl, Annabeth. So, it probably wasn't a sign. Andi's face fell as she realized this.

"You don't know that. It could be a sign that you and Annabeth are meant to-Ow!" Leo yelped and rubbed his arm.

"Thanks, Jason." Annabeth and Percy nodded at the Roman.

"No problem."

The grey eyed girl raised a brow, "You okay?" she asked in concern at the look on the shorter girl's face.

"Yeah." Andi replied with disappointment, "So, um...sup?"

"Decided to skip training for a bit, I heard Chiron finally let you leave the infirmary. I wanted to check up on you."

Andi offered a weak smile, "Well, my stunning performance of throwing a fit tired me out."

Annabeth frowned at that. "A fit? Is that what you call it?"

"Zeus calls it 'justice'," Hades said, using finger quotes.

"Or he stubbed his toe." Hera noted with a smirk.

"You swore never to speak of that!" Zeus hissed.

"I remember no such swearing."

"Liar!" Apollo declared, pointing at the queen. Hera glared at him and he shrugged. "What? It's what I do."

"Tantrum, fit, freak out," Andi shrugged, "I'm sure there's a list of more."

"Well, whatever you call it. It was very impressive. Calling down a storm like that? That's like super hard. I mean, children of Zeus and maybe Poseidon can do it, but it's not something they can just throw around. Most never manage it. At least that's what Chiron said. Pulling that off has made you the talk of the camp." Annabeth explained.

"Wow, are you buttering her up or what?" Percy mused, a smirk on his face.

"Shut up, Seaweed Brain."

Andi grimaced, "Wonderful, what's public opinion on me now?" she asked, already knowing.

"Well, mostly shocked, I know, lame pun, but true. Some are scared and others awed." Annabeth supplied. And a few others considered Andi a brat for her freak out, in their minds plenty of other half-bloods had equally earth shattering days when they discovered their divine parentage and they had not lost it like the daughter of Zeus did. Annabeth was tactful enough though to not mention that.

"Yay me." Andi cheered sarcastically.

They just stood there for a beat, before Andi spoke, "Wanna, um, come in?" she asked, uncertain of the ruling on that.

"It's generally not allowed," Jason said.

"Poo on that! Jason, you're allowed to visit Piper whenever you want." Aphrodite smiled.

"Mom!" "Aphrodite!"

"What? It needed to be said!"

Annabeth frowned, "Normally other campers aren't allowed in their non-Godly parents' cabins." She pointed out.

"How about I give you permission?" Andi asked, and got a nod, "Um, entrance granted." She said, and a loud rumble was heard from the animated image of the sky on the ceiling as though it was a sign that her decree was heard and obeyed. Weird.

"That's Zeus for you. Everything he commands must obey and acknowledge his words in a flashy display," Hades said dryly.

"Why, Hades, that was a nice little poem," Rhea said with a smile.

"...It wasn't intentional." Hades drawled.

"Su-u-ure. And you call me theatric," Zeus said with a smirk.

"You are theatric."

Annabeth gave a small prayer as well and walked in. She looked relieved that nothing happened and looked around a bit, memorizing the layout of the place, "It looks…so empty." She stated at the bare cabin, it didn't even have a bed.

Noticing the other girl's expression the cabin's only occupant spoke up, "Chiron said something about getting some furniture. I hope I at least get a bed. This floor doesn't look comfortable." Andi shrugged, she didn't know what usually went into a bedroom for a kid, or cabin in this case. She was pretty Spartan about her needs.

"The floor is a bit hard." Jason noted.

"The statue is a bit much." Thalia muttered.

Zeus frowned. It wasn't like he planned on the cabin being used...

"I can help you pick stuff out if you need help." Annabeth said, her tone slightly smug as she held her thumbs and index fingers like a camera. She zoomed it close and away from her gleaming eye, accompanied by a tiny smirk on her face. No doubt thinking of ideas at a thousand miles per hour. Annabeth just seemed like one of those girls who always had an idea floating around in her head. Like she always had a plan.

"More or less," Annabeth said with a nod.

"Sometimes I wonder," Percy joked. He grunted when Annabeth smacked him upside the head.

"Well, I have to plan for the two of us. Your plans are sporadic at best, and lucky disasters at worst."

"Wow, thanks Wise Girl."

"Anytime, Seaweed Brain."

She reminded the witch of a more athletic and life hardened Hermione. Maybe that was why she felt comfortable around this confident girl she just met, because she reminded her of her brainy best friend. Who knows?

"Great, that comparison is back." Annabeth grumbled.

"I don't see why you're so offended," Leo said. "You've seen the movies, right? 'Nuff said."

"He's got a point," Aphrodite said with a nod.

"Have at it; just keep in mind that I hate girly stuff like pink, blech." Annabeth beamed at that.

"She really isn't Aphrodite's legacy...Thank goodness," Artemis said with a sigh of relief.

Aphrodite merely pouted.

"Oh this is embarrassing, but you know what?" Andi spoke up, "You know my parent, but I never asked yours." She stated with interest.

"Cabin six."

"…I'm still new here Annabeth." Andi pointed out dryly.

"Oh, sorry." The girl flustered a tad, "Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and Battle." She said with a lot of pride.

Poseidon laughed at the way it was put and Athena seethed.

"Oh." Well, that explained the planning mentality, the sky child thought, it was in her genes it seemed.

Andi wished she could feel the same pride in her divine parent as Annabeth had in her mother though, but she still didn't know what she felt about her father.

She shook her head; best not think those things for now.

"So you know where I can get some clothes?" Andi asked to change the topic. "I'm pretty much out of fresh ones." she pointed to her only set of camp clothes. She'd been changed during her stay at the infirmary, but she didn't know where the other set of clothes had went.

"I probably had them destroyed...Anti-Pink..." Aphrodite said with a small huff.

"Silver could do her some good..." Artemis mused half-heartedly.

"Arte! Think of Will!" Apollo protested.

"Why don't you. What do you believe Father will do if they get together?" Artemis asked.

"...Point made."

"Let's hit the camp store, we can get you some more sets." Annabeth said.

"Thank you!" Andi cheered, genuinely grateful for the other girl's help.

"If you're up for it, we can go now." The daughter of wisdom replied with a smile.

"Lead the way."

"At least she enjoys shopping," Aphrodite said sourly.

"And they say I hold grudges," Hades said, amused.

After chatting with the kind daughter of Demeter, Katie Gardner, who ran the camp store, Andi had left with a new if modest wardrobe. She had gotten a few orange Camp-Half Blood tee shirts, some denim shorts, along with socks, sports bras, and feminine knickers. The girl used the changing room in the store and changed into her new clothes, she'd been stuck in her old set for at least the whole day since the last time she'd been changed in the infirmary last night.

"Ah! Fresh clothes, they are truly gifts from the gods!" Andi said in a thoroughly exaggerated manner, which earned a bout of laughter from her fellow demigoddess.

"What's so funny? It's the truth." The daughter of the skies defended with mock hurt.

"...She really sounded like you there, Zeus," Hera said with a smirk.

"Hera, you test my patience."

"So you have patience, huh? Go figure," Poseidon said in mock surprise.

Zeus glared daggers at him.

Annabeth waved it off, "Sorry, you just remind me of, of a friend of mine. She was quite the show off too." She said with a sad smile.

Andi was fine with Annabeth calling her a show off, she freely admitted that she was. Instead, she was just curious about this friend of the other girl's, so she asked, "Who?"

"Amazingly, a daughter of Zeus, just like you."

"Whoa, plot twist." Thalia gasped. "I didn't see that coming at all."

"...Apollo, I told you not to visit my Hunters when I was away!" Artemis glared at her twin.

"Hey, that's natural talent from Zeus and her mother." Apollo deflected. He unintentionally earned Thalia's ire at the mention of the woman who gave birth to her, but ignored it. "I can be a bit foolish sometimes, but visiting your Hunters without you around? That's suicide."

"...At least we're agreed on that."

Andi stopped short as they walked around the camp, "I have a sister? Is she older? Younger?" she asked, a shocked but excited expression in her blue eyes.

"…You did." Annabeth answered, her lips formed into a thin line.

And then it hit Andi, she had a sister…that was gone. Her shoulders slumped. Someone who knew about what she was going through was gone, someone she didn't even get to know, "…What happened?"

"Nothing but wonderful things."

"Thalia, your sarcasm isn't funny," Annabeth said with a frown.

"Hey, I've had to re-live through this four times so far, excuse me if I don't want to relive it again," Thalia said with a small frown.

Annabeth swallowed a bit and seemed to nod to herself. Andi had this right, the blonde decided. If anyone was going to tell her, it would be someone who knew Thalia. Not just some random someone.

"Come on." The blonde said as she led Andi up the hill where the Potter girl remembered she had landed and came to a stop at the base of the pine tree that sat on the hill's peak.

"This is Half-Blood Hill." Annabeth said, "Where Thalia, your older sister, made her stand against an army of hellhounds and all three of the Kindly Ones." She explained in a pained voice.

"Why would she be fighting all alone?" Andi asked, confused at such a foolish thing to do, a sense of dread filling her.

"Hades, when he found out about Thalia, sent all kinds of monsters to torment her. She, along with two other half-bloods and a satyr were fleeing from them, she was only twelve at the time, just like you. But Thalia was wounded and tired and didn't want to live like some hunted animal. So she fended off the monsters so the other three could make it into the camp. She refused to go with them, deciding to protect them by holding the monsters off. Alone. No matter what the others said to her."

"I can see where Thalia's coming from," Nico said slowly. "I'm...shamefully, a bit desensitized to this scene, but I do feel bad it happened."

"...I can understand that," Annabeth said. She still snuggled into Percy's side. They might be desensitized, but she was not.

In the meantime, Rhea glared at Hades for making her great-granddaughter relive this moment.

Annabeth choked up a bit as she told the story, as if she was remembering it all if the haze in her eyes was anything to go by, "She was mortally wounded before Chiron could bring help. Zeus, taking pity on Thalia, turned her into this tree that acts as the anchor for the magical border that protects us from the monsters."

"But why change her? Why not help her?!" Andi demanded, her heart clenching at the tale, her fists tightening till her knuckles were white.

"Gods can't really favor us Andi, we can pray for it, but sometimes they aren't really answered. Zeus changed her into a tree so Hades couldn't torture her soul." Annabeth continued.

"And I would've gotten away with it if it hadn't been for a meddling father, and his little bleeding immortal heart, too." Hades drawled.

Apollo smirked and held his hand out, to which Hermes slapped some drachma in it while cursing under his breath in Greek.

One only question came to Andi's mind, "Why? Why did Hades hunt her so hard?" she asked, as her throat felt tight.

The daughter of Athena ran her hand over the bark of the tree, "I didn't really know at the time as to why he was." She stated, revealing in the process that she was one of the demigods in the story,

"No! Get out, you were there?"

"Leo, c'mon, be nice." Piper chided her friend.

"Yeah, but we all know this part...it's pretty much copied and pasted," Leo said with a frown.

"Still, show some respect."

"...Fine...Sorry, Annabeth."

"It's okay, Leo." Annabeth sighed. "You're right, in a way, but it's still a bit too real for me."

"I just assumed it was because of his and Zeus' rivalry. Chiron can explain it better." Annabeth said, not having the heart to say the dreaded truth to the new girl, the child of Zeus, she had been loaded with enough emotional baggage for today. This would be the last one hopefully, but Annabeth felt this was the most important thing that Andi needed to know.

One that the daughter of the sky, or any new camper needed to learn.

Sacrifice.

It was the cold harsh truth of their world.

Apollo merely nodded as he thought about what to do with his winnings.

Andi walked up to the tree, running her hand over the rough bark of the pine tree that stood tall and proud. The young girl thought to herself that Thalia sounded far more like a true hero, not some made up one like the magical world made herself out to be.

A whirl of emotions filled Andi; anger, sadness, confusion, and heartache.

This was her father's child, her sister, her older sister. A tree, instead of a bolt of lightning to save her, she was turned into a bloody tree!

"By, might I add, a bolt of lightning," Thalia said dryly.

"Freakin' cheater..." Hades grumbled.

She shouted in her mind with rage as the winds in the area picked up for a few moments.

The second daughter of Zeus then did something she had promised herself, back when she was just a little girl being treated as a slave by the Dursley's, that she would never do again.

She cried.

She bowed her head and let the tears streak down her cheeks, even as small sobs escaped her throat.

She stood there, below her tree of a sister, crying earnestly for what seemed an eternity.

For the sister she had, lost, and never got to know.

"That's...So heartbreaking." Rhea dabbed at her cheeks with a handkerchief.

"Yes, yes it is, mother." Zeus nodded and glared at Hades.

Hades rolled his eyes. "Last time I checked, my daughter joined Artemis' brigade only to die on a quest she was not needed for, and your daughter joined the maiden party to live for all eternity as a youthful virgin. How am I the villain here?"

"You tried to kill her," Demeter said.

"So? I probably would've tried to do the same if I felt it necessary, but I left it to Hades because, well, he was in the right. The Fates are the true villains," Hera said. She ignored the look Zeus sent her way.

"Now, that I can believe and agree with." Hades nodded.