So here it is. The Official, Final End Chapter:
"Hey Katie-Kat. Look what I found in the dresser," Travis called, holding up a brown leather journal. We were going through my dad's house. Travis and I had been dating since the winter of my seventeenth birthday, four years ago, and last week he'd asked me to move in with him, so here we were, going through my old room, searching for anything I might want to bring with me to our (gorgeous) new home.
"I packed the last of my bags and headed for the car. When I got outside I found my friends Faith Tanner and Kia Michaels waiting inside…" Travis read. "Katie, what is this?" I walked over and took the journal from him.
"Oh I know what this is! When I was seventeen I wanted to become an author, you know, write gardening books and such, so I kept a journal. I wrote it like a novel. Oh my gods, Travis. Do you know when that diary's from? It's from the winter trip to Keystone."
"The one with your friends and Jackson? He's a great head of the Hermes cabin by the way, he took over when we left for college."
"Yeah that trip. We have to bring this, half the things I wrote in there were insulting you."
I spent the next few days rereading the journal when I came to the end: Annabeth telling us about Percy's disappearance. I could remember what came next like it was yesterday. There were those few horrible days before Annabeth set out to find Jason, Piper, and Leo. Next came those even worse months before the Argo II was completed. I remembered the bumpy ride to camp Jupiter, the tearful "Percabeth" as the Aphrodite cabin had started calling them reunion, the horror of the War against Gaia. We had a record number of deaths that year, I lost three siblings, five if you count children of Ceres. We still had a memorial every year in-Oh no. I quickly ran over and checked the calendar. Crap! July seventh. I ran out of the house, grabbing my keys and coat on the way. I hopped into my car-a BMW specially blessed by Demeter to be ecologically sound, and drove off towards Bloomingdales. I ran in through the special door (the owner of Bloomingdales is a demigod, we can buy anything there for free and get our own special dressing rooms) and directly into Reyna.
"Gods Katie, watch where you're going!" Reyna said with a small smile. I looked around, Annabeth, Reyna, Piper, Hazel, Clarisse and Thalia were already here, but Rachel was nowhere to be found. Figures that Rachel would be the other late one.
"Can you believe it's been four years since the Giant war?" Annabeth asked, breaking the silence.
"Yeah. It feels like yesterday…" Piper began, but stopped when Rachel ran in crazily, waving her arms.
"Sorry Sorry Sorry I was held up at work," Rachel explained. We immediately began catching up, even though we all lived in New York, (with the exception of Reyna, she lived in Tuscany for the year) we never got to see each other. I was busy with Travis and the new apartment, not to mention my Landscaping Design Company. Annabeth and Percy got married years ago, he's a swim coach at NYU and she's the architect that redesigned, well, everything practically. Rachel took over her dad's company, turning it into one that helped the wild instead of hurting it. Thalia was still Artemis' lieutenant; it was weird looking at her. She should have been older then I was, but she still looked a day away from sixteen. Piper and Jason are engaged; the two of them are the biggest Hollywood couple since Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Hazel's still with us, because she died so young the first time around the Gods gave her another chance at Elysium and Clarisse, well, she was a pro-wrestler, not like that was a surprise or anything. Her and Chris were getting married in fall.
"Can we just get the stupid dresses and get out of here?" Clarisse growled. "I can't believe that Chiron is making me wear a dress, so what we have to accept an award in front of all of the Gods." Chiron decided that because this was the 4th anniversary of the Giant war and the 5th anniversary of the Titan war we were going to have a gala. All of the old campers were coming back, and any current campers were invited. Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Nico, Jason, Leo, Hazel, Frank, and Piper were getting special awards, being the saviors of Olympus and all, and all of the old cabin heads were accepting awards in honor of their cabins.
"Girls, move out," Annabeth said, pointing at the door that lead to the main store. "Here's the plan. In half an hour we meet back here with dress options." We walked into the main store. Annabeth and Thalia stayed together, but the rest of us took out separate paths. I went to the area where I knew the BCBG Max Azria dresses were, if we didn't have to pay for it why not go a little extreme? And besides, in a magazine I saw the prettiest dress, hopefully I would be able to find it...
Half an hour later my green flower power watch (a gag gift from Travis) beeped. I grabbed the four dresses that I'd found and made my way back towards the dressing room. When everyone arrived Annabeth started to make a plan.
"I say that one of us tries on their dresses at a time. That way the rest of us can stay prepared if anything bad happens, there's nothing harder then fighting a monster while changing out of a fancy dress-trust me, I know from experience."
"Sounds good Bethy," Thalia said. "Who wants to go first?" Hazel volunteered Piper, being the movie star she was, trying on dresses was practically in the job description. Piper walked into the dressing room and emerged a few minutes later. She was wearing a colorblocked dress that looked amazing against her skin tone.
"I don't even want to try on another one," she announced happily. "Okay Annabeth, your turn." She grabbed her dresses, rolled her eyes and walked into the dressing room. The first two dresses she tried on weren't right, one was much too colorful and the other would only be acceptable if your name was Drew. The third however was awesome, it was gray and fit her in all of the right places. It had a long, flowy skirt a halter neck and an almost corset-like bodice. It was just the right color to match her eyes. Thalia went next, then Clarisse, Rachel, Hazel, and Reyna. To be honest, I started zoning out.
"Katie it's your turn."
"Oh sorry I wasn't paying attention." I grabbed the four dresses and walked into the changing room. I stated to put on the first one, but as soon as I got it on I hated it. It had a V-neck that went down way too far. I put on the next one and stepped outside. The dress was blue-green and absolutely perfect in every sense of the word. The others started nodding enthusiastically; I guess they liked it as much as I did. I went back inside and changed back into my normal clothes. We grabbed the dresses we wanted and "paid" at the desk.
The night of the Gala Thalia invited us all into the Artemis cabin to get ready, as we'd all stayed over the night before and it was the only unoccupied cabin. Piper curled our hair, with the exception of Clarisse, Hazel and Annabeth of course. Annabeth and Hazel had naturally curly hair and were getting it straightened for the occasion and Clarisse threatened punch anyone who went near her with the "invention straight from the fields of Tartarus." About two hours later we were completely ready. We walked out of the Artemis cabin joined our respective tables. The Heroes, (The special ones that got their own awards) sat at the main table. Chiron, The Big Three, Persephone Amphitrite and Hera sat at one table, the rest of the gods sat at another, and the parents of the people at the 'Hero' table sat at yet another. There weren't assigned seats for the rest of us, so Thalia, Reyna, Clarisse, Chris, Travis, Connor and I sat together. The ceremony lasted for about two hours, it took about three minutes for Travis and Connor to get bored. When the service was over and the food long gone, the crowd started to disperse. I went with the current head of the Demeter cabin, a sixteen-year-old named Daisy Jenson, to hang our award on the wall.
"Hey Katie Kat. Want to take a walk?" Travis asked after we were done.
"Sure." We walked over towards the beach; it really was beautiful. Travis had his hand in his pocket and he seemed really nervous.
"Look at the moon," he said suddenly, pointing at the gorgeous crescent moon. I stared at it and turned back to face him, but he wasn't there. I looked down and saw him on one knee, holding up a black box.
"Katie, I love you. Will you marry me?"
Links to Katie's ring: htt p:/w ww.p olyv ore. com/cg i/set ?id=4 4943 085
Links to the dresses (take out the spaces)
Piper's Dress: ht tp:/ www mingdales.c om/shop/product /dknyc-dolma n-col or-block dress?ID=591077& CategoryID=21683&Li nkType=#fn=DRESS_STYL E_M%3DPrinted%26s pp%3D30%26ppp%3D96%2 6sp%3D3%26rid%3D61
Annabeth's Dress: ht tp:/w ww1 .bloo ming dal es. Com /sh op/ pro duc t/a msa le- lon g-r uffl e-f ron t-s I lk –d re ss? ID=4 4773 7 &C at e g oryI D= 2 1 68 3& L I nk Ty p e= #f n= C O L O R % 3 D Blu e % 26 s p p% 3D3 1 % 26 pp p % 3 D 96%26 s p% 3 D 3 % 2 6 ri d % 3 D6 1
Thalia's Dress: http:/ /w ww1.b loom ing dale s.c om/s hop/p rodu ct/ mad iso n- ma r c us- dre s s –one – s h oulde r-embe l l is hed- dr e s s?I D = 57571 0 & Cate g o ryI D = 2 168 3 & L I nkT ype=# f n =COLOR % 3DSil ver ;;B lack % 2 6DRES S _ STYL E_M% 3 D M etalli c;; Prin ted ;;E m b el l ish e d;; Fo rm %20F I tting % 2 6 LENG T H _M%3DS hort %26 spp %3D44 %2 6p pp %3D96%26sp%3D1%26rid%3D61
Katie's Dress: h oom ing dale s. com/s h o p /p ro duc t/bc bg max a zr ia- go w n-o ne – s houl d e r-g r e c ian? ID=5 89 117& C a teg o r yID =21683& L I nkTyp e =#fn= COLO R % 3DGr ee n %26sp p %3D11 % 2 6ppp % 3D96%26sp%3D1%26rid%3D61
Clarisse's Dress: ht tp:/ www1 .blo omin gda les .c om/s hop/ prod uct /the o r y-d ress – h allel i- gl ow in g-s il k –pl e a t e d? I D=5 8 8 8 5 1&Ca teg or y ID=2 1 6 8 3 #fn = C OL OR% 3D B lac k% 26DR ESS_ O C CASIO N%3D D a y%26 s p p % 3D8 % 26 ppp% 3 D 9 6%26 s p % 3D1% 2 6 rid % 3D6 1
Rachel's Dress: h ttp:/ww w1 . b loom I ng d ales . c o m / s hop/ pr odu c t / tr ina-t u rk-m am b o-be lt e d – sil k – dre s s? I D = 56787 8 &C at e g oryID=2 1 683& LinkT ype=# f n = CO L OR%3DMu l ti% 2 6 DR ESS_ STYL E_M% 3DPr inted % 2 6s pp%3 D 7 8 % 26pp p%3D9 6 % 2 6 s p%3D 1 % 2 6r I d%3 D 6 1
Hazel's Dress: ht tp:/ /www 1.b lo o min gdal es.c om/s h o p / prod u c t / sue – w ong- s I l k-be added –d r ess- w it h-p a n e ls?ID= 5113 4 0 & C ate g o ry ID=2 9 1 1&Li n kT y p e=P DP Z 1# f n%3 D sp p%3 D3
Reyna's Dress: htt p:/ /www1 .b l oomi n g dal es. Com /s h o p / pr oduc t / a r ma n I – c ol l e z I o n I –d r e s s-g azar – ca p – s l ee ve – s I d e – ple a t –she a t h ? I D = 5 9 7447 & Cate g o r yI D=2 16 8 3 & L I n k T y p e =# f n = COLOR% 3 D O r a n ge;; R ed%2 6 D RESS _S T YLE _ M% 3 D Sol I d % 26sp p % 3 D 1 5 %26ppp%3D96%26sp%3D1%26rid%3D61
Well That's all Folks! Please Review!