Just sittin' here, eatin' out of my 3.75 lb bag of Jolly Ranchers and being bored out of my mind. The sugar coursing through me is not helping anything. Oh! But I am getting really light headed. Wonder why……leave reviews! Oh did you guys know that I thought about quieting this story? Yep. I was gonna get rid of my fanfiction account! Luckily I talked myself out of it.

Disclaimer- *pops another Jolly Rancher in mouth* Hey Rick, why can't I own PJO? Because it belongs to me. Well then why don't you give it to me? Because you would make it different. So? No Jasmin, you can't have it. Arrrrrg, fine you jerk! Keep it! I don't want it anyway!

Annabeth's POV

"Awwwwwwwwww, their so cute!" Sally said the moment she saw Kiley and Erin. We were allowed to bring them home roughly 24 hours after their birth. Sally had been waiting on the couch, along with Paul beside her and Thea on her lap, the entire time. The moment we walked through the door, Thalia and Nico included, she stole the babies. I guess it was some grandma thing, steal the baby from the mother. I wouldn't know, the grandmother on my father's side joined some gang and died young and Athena didn't have a mother so I really wouldn't know. But whatever the case I didn't try to stop her, it was her right I suppose to hold her grandchildren. Besides, I would have my whole life with them; a couple minutes of no soft weight in my arms wouldn't kill me. Sally did…..go over board just a little though, stealing not only Kiley and Erin but Brennion and Nathan too then setting up a cushion wall to keep us from taking them back. It was a little funny.

I sat on Percy's lap and watched her and Paul smile over the babies and Thea look at them curiously and ask her mother and father if they were her new dolls she could play with. Sally had to very carefully explain that they were her nieces, seeing as she was only interested in the girls, and she had to be nice to them not treat them like her other dolls. Oh gods, I think I would die if she treated Kiley and Erin like her other dolls. Dousing them in something flammable and catching them on fire before throwing them out the window. No, not good. But Thea understood she had to be nice, and kissed the girls saying, "Be nice beebies." Sally and Paul stayed for a couple hours but had to leave quickly because Thea had fallen asleep and they wanted to get her home so they could put her to bed and, most likely, stay up watching old black and white musicals. Something they denied they did but Percy and I had caught them doing it before.

I laid Kiley next to Erin in her crib, pulling the baby blankets around the both of them and kissing them goodnight. When we had found out Thalia was pregnant too we had added another crib to the nursery (neither of us expecting twins) so when I turned around I saw Thalia putting her boys in the crib as well. Smiling I walked to her side, she was looking them. Just standing there with a sort a glaze over her eyes, not so much confusion but blank curiosity was written on her features.

"Thals? Something wrong?" She flinched, broken from thought.

"I……don't know. It just seems weird, that I'm a mother now. I'm only freaking 17 years old! I….it just feels weird. You know?" She sunk into a chair by the crib with a huff. Oh Thalia, she doesn't see it does she? Maybe if I put a mirror in front of her face she'll see it. Just out of curiosity let me see if…..

"Thalia, are you saying that you don't think you're a good mother?" The look she gave me was an answer enough. In fact it was kind of scary looking. Whoo, shake that off. Looked like Zeus was looking at me saying, "When is my statue gonna be done?" for the sixth time. Anyway, back to Thalia being stupid. I sat in a chair beside her and grabbed her chin, forcing her to look at me.

"Thals, you've yet to be a mother for 2 whole days and you're already doubting your self? I don't think you're allowed to do that yet. I won't let you, I say no to it. Besides, have you seen your self with them?"

"But-" My finger went to her lips.

"Do not but me Thalia Grace or so help me I will do….something bad to your health! And I mean it!" After that she was quiet, angry, but quiet. We sat in the room watching the steady rise and fall of Brennion and Nathan's tiny chest. And listen to the soft breathing of my girls not even three feet away. I'll admit that it wasn't intentional, really I was just sitting there, but…..I don't know, maybe it was their rhythmic breathing of my baby girls and the dim lights, whatever it was made me tired enough to realize I needed sleep and dozed off.

Soft noises woke me. Eyes open and I still saw darkness, I wondered if I had opened them. No light, or noise, was anywhere in my house. It was a still as it would be before a storm. I felt as though I was alone, a black hole had opened in the middle of the room to steal every thing hosting residence. Something had stole….with the…..and my……guck! Sheer panic made me reach out, probing the surrounding area. Cold fingers touched my clammy skin. I shrieked pulling my hand back. Seconds silence followed.

"Annabeth…?" That was Thalia's voice. So perhaps not all was lost. I said not all that didn't mean there wasn't something lost. Like the breathing of my children or Thalia's for that matter.

"Annabeth, that you?"

"Yeah Thals. Stand up. Good, now you hear that?"

"Hear what? I hear nothing."

"Exactly. Where are the babies?" There was a soft sound of her shifting around, soft at first but then the frantic searching of a mother. Her breath came faster in panic and she raced, in the dark, to Kiley and Erin's crib, throwing blankets around franticly. Her scream echoed off the walls and made my ears buzz for seconds after.

"Annabeth they are gone! Gone! I swear-" A high pitch giggle interrupted her. We gave each other a blind look before sprinting to the living room.

I expected to see some evil monster holding a knife over my babies but what I saw were my mother and other assorted gods tickling their bellies. I was so shocked I couldn't do anything but, with a gaping jaw, fall into a chair and watch them. Gasping like a fish from the shock I obviously wasn't able to say a think, how can you when you can't even breathe? Thalia made up for my inability though.

"What in Zeus name," Zeus sitting on the couch next to Hades, "were the four of you thinking!? I should kill you!"

"Ah Thals, talking to gods here-" She ignored me completely pointing her finger to each god present. First to Zeus holding Brennion, Hades holding Nathan, Athena holding Erin and Poseidon holding Kiley.

"You can't just bust up in here and baby snatch our babies!" She smacked her thighs and sat down with a huff next to me on the floor. Erin let out a soft giggle as my mother bounced the finger she was holding onto up and down. I almost died of a shock endorsed heart attack when my mother smiled.

"Well young daughter of Zeus," Hades began to explain while Brennion gummed his grandfathers pale finger, "We rather liked the idea of having grandchildren and decided we would like to see them. Is that so wrong?" She huffed, causing her bangs to fall over her eyes.

"No, there's nothing wrong with that, you just need to, I don't know, call first!"

"Can you believe they don't have any anchovies? Now what am I, the god of Awesomeness, going to put on my popcorn!?" Apollo called loudly walking out of my kitchen with a bag of microwavable popcorn. He stopped mid chew when he noticed me and Thalia, smiled and sat down between two of the gods overtaking my couch.

"Ah the mom's. Just the people I wanted to see," He eyed the babies, poking one in the belly and pulling back quickly as it giggled, "Ah yeah, the babies are trouble. Like major end of the gods rein trouble. Major trouble." He said through his mouth full of food.

"What….do you mean?" Thals, still covering for the fact that I wouldn't talk, asked. Kiley licked Poseidon's finger making him laugh so hard he bumped Athena, earning him a glare from my mother. Apollo yawned; looking around as he was wondering what he was doing here.

"Your girls, and your boys-what were their names again…..oh! Kiley and Erin. And ah…..Brennion and Nate, can I call him that? Nate. Right I had this dream of them," He paused to shove a hand full of popcorn, "And as soon as they find out about the gods they are going to do something that will change the way gods rule forever. Kiley is going to be their little god killing ring leader. They are going to destroy us." My mind, being a daughter of Athena, went blank. My daughters were going to destroy the gods. As soon as they find out-

"This is simple," My mother said painfully by the look on her face, "The children must never know of our existence. They must never know their heritage. They must not know…….who I, nor Poseidon, are. Nor shall the boys know of Zeus or Hades. We must let it all be a secret." I bit my lip so hard copper liquid touched my taste buds.

"Yes, I agree. For our safety." Zeus said very slowly. Hades didn't look happy. And the god of the sea was simply seething. Apollo slapped his knees and stood up.

"Well my job is done, deliver the message and be awesome, later peeps!" He snapped his fingers and poofed out.

"Well this sucks." Hades grumped. Poseidon nodded, angry as well.

"I REFUSE THIS ATHENA! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!" Poseidon yelled angrily after a moments silence. Athena rolled her eyes, pulling her grandchild close enough to touch her nose to the smaller one of Erin's. If I hadn't been so shocked I would have thought it to be cute. The gods proceeded to talk about how much it sucked to not be able to see their grandkids. I caught pieces of it. My mind had picked up pace, now spiraling out of control with the agony of having the mind to do it. My children now had a doom over their heads. Not only that but they weren't allowed to know their grandparents. They were going to live my life, having only one side of a family, if only the opposite. Tears were itching my eyes. I had promised my self a long time ago to never let my children, they I may live to have, live my life. I wanted them, yes, to have the involvement of what demigods have but it was going to be a guarded one. One with fences. Me being the fences. But now, with this, they couldn't even know who their own grandparents were.

"No," I whispered weakly, pulling my voice in pitch I tried again, "No. I won't allow this." Once I knew by the eyes drawn to me I had attention I continued.

"Apollo only said that as soon as the girls found out about the gods, then we would be in trouble. You automatically assume that means none of you can be in our children's lives. You're wrong," I paused to take a steadying breath, "We can't tell them your true identity. You are their grandparents but not gods. I won't allow for you to not be involved." Everyone smiled.

"Very good Annabeth. But," Zeus started in his omnisent voice, "I would like to give my grandson a gift before I have to hide my powers from him. If that's okay with mom…" He looked at Thalia. She gave him a soft nod.

Then Zeus and Hades did something spectacular. They laid the now sleeping babies in the crook of their hands looking at them thoughtfully with upturned lips. Zeus leaned down and lightly held his lips to the middle of Brennion's smooth chest. From his lips faint silver lines traced across his ribs, slowly over his shoulder and down his arm stopping just at triceps. Brennion smiled, making loud baby sounds. Zeus pulled his head up and the silver steaks on his skin filled like an ink river, growing into a silver blue that shimmered playfully in the light. Hades repeated the procedure with Nathan.

"There now Brennion has the key to my power. He can have it and use it as much as he wants, more than even a half-blood. He is the prince of the skies,"

"And Nathan is the prince of the dead. He has control of my armies and may he pass into the land of the dead as he pleases. Though I fear you never my little one." Hades finishes just as loudly as his brother had started.

Athena scooted closer to Poseidon, reaching over and softly kissed Kiley's forehead. As she pulled back a streak of pure silver ran through her ebony hair placed just above her eyes. Poseidon then did the same, causing a bright sea green directly next to the silver streak. Erin was given the same treatment.

"May the seas roar at the sound of your names my little princesses," Poseidon smiles, fingering Kiley's new stripes.

"And may your knowledge run deep my sweet." Athena and Poseidon shared a smile, for the first time ever.

"That is all we'll be able to give them as far as godly circumstances are concerned. But we will be back. Goodnight Annabeth. Goodnight Thalia. Happy motherhood." Zeus whispered and I fell into a forced sleep.