Chapter 7

AN: Sorry for not updating yesterday, but I've got all my homework finished! My birthday next Wednesday! To answer Guest's question Rachel/Apollo is a thing in my world. Because I didn't update yesterday I am doing a long chapter today in between 700-1000 words! Last Olympian Spoiler Alert!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own The Last Olympian all rights to Rick Riordan.

PERCY POV:

I shuddered and shook the images inside my head to violent to put into words. I saw Grover, Annabeth and Rachel with their bodies contorted in ways that mad me think they were in pain. I charged forward to help them but a certain boy with blue eyes, blond hair and a mean streak to him stopped me (AN: ITS NOT JASON!). We battle back and forth but then the glint that appeared in his eye reminded me off three summers ago, The Great War. Pictures now flashed off a dead Michael Yew, Ethan Nakamura's deadly redemption, a wounded Chiron and Thalia with the stones on top of her legs. I found myself standing in the middle of the throne room with a dead Luke on the ground and a knife wound in his arm. I fought Morpheus' deathly images and replaced them with ones that I eagerly welcome, Tyson being promoted to a Cyclops general, Grover made Lord of The Wild, Annabeth so excited after being named the Architect of Olympus, Thalia, now a true Huntress of Artemis, and me, refusing godhood to be with my awesome girlfriend. I smiled, remembering that underwater kiss and just as this dream was getting good, the worst thing happened. My eyes flew open. Looking across the ground to the sleeping bag next to me, Annie was still snoozing without a single care of Olympus. Analysing her beautiful features, I believed she was less intimidating when her princess curls were bushy and her wise grey eyes were closed. Leaning forward, I kissed her on the cheek and snuggled next to her making sure I didn't wake her up….

ANNABETH POV:

I woke with a smelly, drooling boy wrapped around me. You would think that it was disgusting but one, he's MY smelly, drooling boy and two, when Percy smells he smells like deep ocean and that was fine. Slapping around the head he woke and blushed but I shrugged it off and pulled him to his feet. We gazed into each others eyes, green on grey. "You drool when you sleep." With that he kissed me. A good proper kiss we hadn't had since getting out of Tartarus. I smiled into his lips…

FRANK POV:

Walking around our rooms that I had carved earlier that day (I became a rhino) I found Percy and Annabeth in another compromising situation. I covered my eyes and yelled "Not me again!" I could hear Hazel laughing from her mission and Percy and Annabeth spun around both blushing a scarlet and crimson blaze. They laughed their heads off as I ran back to my room and noticed Dakota was awake.

DAKOTA POV:

Zhang sprinted into our room almost giving me a heart attack. "What's up son of Bacchus? Did little old son of Mars scare ya?" Frank put on a baby voice.

"No! It's just a face like yours needs to come with a warning!" I retorted jokingly. Frank scowled.

"Anyway, my HALF-SISTER has an idea so come out to the campfire." It took me about 10 minutes to figure he meant Clarisse and THEN I didn't think SHE'D have an idea so I was properly confused…

REYNA POV:

Before Clarisse begun speaking, I thought back to the night's events. She soon figured out Adam had a crush on her, his constant flirting, winking and 'Rey-rey's led her to that startlingly conclusion. She had mixed feelings about him, he was good looking and brave but also childish and immature, but then she thought of Percy and how HE was ALL those things and she had made a move on him but he had turned her down. That was all water under the bridge, but at least with Adam I know I wouldn't get shut down. What does this mean?

ADAM POV:

Looking over at Reyna now I see her face is scrunched up like she is thinking hard. I had reasonably behaved myself with her and Clarisse as I figure she didn't want an immature boyfriend. Talking to him however, Jackson told me Reyna had asked out HIM before and he was immature as can get but then there was Jason, someone who Reyna had really loved but he broke her heart. According to Frank and Percy, he was the epitome of etiquette and maturity so I have serious competition to compare to. I sighed as Clarisse began to talk.

CLARISSE POV:

"This morning I had an idea." I begin "It's all fine and dandy that we sleep separately so we don't get assaulted at night but at day we're not getting anywhere. We'll walk about five hundred metres and then a Hydra or a Colbane Jaguar or something will pounce on us and we'll be pushed back. So, we should split up. Shut up Jackson I'm not finished. Percy will go with Annabeth and Frank, I'll go with Dakota and Reyna and Adam." Adam smiled. He had requested that Clarisse put him and Reyna together to try and build their relationship and Clarisse happily complied. "But that's not all. We'll split off in different directions but so we know where each other are I've asked Hermes, God of travellers, to send us markers with three different colours for our groups. Of course, as he is a God, he made them infinite. Jackson, Chase and Zhang are blue, Kota and I are red and Reyna and Adam are purple. So, what do you think?" Scanning around the group she saw many jaws drop in awe and Annabeth stood to her feet and started a round of applause. They all thought her idea HER idea was fantastic. Clarisse felt warm inside. Even a daughter of Ares can feel proud sometimes…

FRANK POV:

As we set off, pressing forwards to Delphi, I felt a shattering sense of awkwardness between our group as you could easily tell Percy and Annie wanted to be alone. However, they were too nice to say.

"So Frank, sorry 'bout that little scene earlier, it always seems to be you." Percy apologised sheepishly whilst dropping blue counters along the ground every fifteen metres. Frank thought back to that night on the Argo II when he had caught Percy and Annabeth in a similar scenario and had run off in shock. All three of them smirked at ease, the awkwardness broken…

AN: Whoa, longer than expected but a decent chapter. PLEASE REVIEW!

Sayonara,

Son of Zeus' Fury