Hey guys! Here's Chapter Ten! I hope you guys enjoy it! This picks up in Gwen's POV from when Gwen wakes up in the morning after Capture the Flag.
Disclaimer: Go back and look at Chapter One.
Chapter Ten: Gwen X
I woke up to the sound of my cabin door banging open.
"Wake up, Gwen," someone said from above me. I looked up to see Hazel and Reyna standing above my bunk.
"What in the name of Pluto could you possibly want at," I grumbled as I looked at the clock on my bedside table, "6:30 in the morning!"
Hazel and Reyna rolled their eyes and then Hazel said, "Come on, Gwen. You need to get up! We need to train."
"Why? No one else besides the Minerva cabin is probably up." I said as I buried my face in my pillow.
"Just get up! We want to talk to you." Reyna told me before she pushed me off of my bed. I landed on my back with a loud 'thump'.
"Oww, gods no need to get violent! I'm up," I grumbled as I walked into the bathroom to clean up.
When I got out of the bathroom I found Reyna and Hazel sitting on my bunk talking.
"Since you woke me up, what do you want to talk about?" I asked them while taking a seat in between them.
"Well, it's about Percy and Annabeth." They told me.
"What about them?" I asked not really caring. Ever since me and Annabeth had our talk we had become really good friends so I was happy for her when I saw her and Percy holding hands during dinner and when we were walking off of the Argo II.
"Well, we were wondering if you were okay with them going out, I mean it was pretty obvious since they were holding hands when we were on the ship and when we were walking off of the ship. Percy and you have been broken up for less than a week and then he goes and dates my sister." Hazel says with concern in her voice.
"That's pretty inconsiderate for Percy and Annabeth to go out right after you and Percy broke-up." Reyna said.
After I thought about this situation I laughed, surprising them.
"Why are you laughing?" Hazel asked me.
"I'm laughing because Annabeth and Percy have every right to go out." I told them.
"What do you mean?" Reyna asked me confused as to why I was taking this so well.
"I guess nobody ever thought that Percy might've had a girlfriend before he came to Camp SPQR." I told them while shaking my head.
"Are you telling me that you were dating my sister's boyfriend?" Hazel asked me.
"Unfortunately, yes." I said.
"So let me get this straight, before all of this mess we're in right now, Annabeth and Percy were dating?" Reyna asked trying to get over the shock.
"Yup." I told her looking at both of them.
"If they were still dating why didn't Annabeth say something to you guys." Hazel asked.
"She said she wanted him to remember her on his own. So since I'm up, do you want to go check out the rest of the camp and not talk about this again?" I asked them as I started to get up from my bunk.
"Yeah, I agree with both." They both said as they got up from my bunk and walked out of my cabin with me on their heels. We started walking all over the place looking at the archery range, the dining pavilion, the climbing wall, the volley ball pit, etc. By the time we were done exploring the whole camp it was 7:00 and we were heading towards the arena to go train when we ran into Bobby and Dakota, who gauze wrapped around his nose.
"Hey guys, where are you headed to? Dakota, what happened to your nose?" Reyna asked them as we stopped in front of them.
"What happened to my nose is none of your business," Dakota snapped.
"Ok, jeez, somebody's grumpy." Hazel said while holding up her hands like she was surrendering.
"We were about to go train. Wanna come?" Bobby said taking the attention away from Dakota.
"Yeah, we were just about to go to the training arena." I said while eyeing Dakota.
When we got to the arena we found Thalia and Nico sparring, and Nico was winning.
"Hey, guys." I called out when Nico had finally managed to point his sword at Thalia's next and take Thalia's sword and put it behind her neck.
"Hey," Nico and Thalia said as they came to sit by us.
"So, what do you think about Camp-Half Blood?" Thalia asked as Nico handed her a towel.
"It's great, it's almost like our camp, except we don't have an Amphitheater or a camp fire site." Bobby said.
"Glad you like it, it's changed so much since the last time me and Thalia had been here." Nico told us as he looked out of a window and unto the cabin area.
"What do you mean?" Dakota asked him.
"Before the Battle of Olympus, there weren't cabins for Hades or the minor gods and the Gods didn't claim their children like they do now." Thalia started.
"What changed?" Hazel asked.
"Percy. After the war the Gods said that they would grant him the gift of immortality. But, he said no. Instead of him getting immortality he made the Gods promise that they'd claim their children at the age of 13 and to have cabins for all of the minor gods, since that was the cause of the war." Nico finished.
"Why, did he refuse immortality?" Reyna asked.
"I don't know," Thalia said with a thoughtful look on her face.
A few minutes later we heard a familiar voice say, "Well, do I get my good morning kiss or not?"
"Percy." Thalia said while she and Nico rolled their eyes.
She was right because a few seconds later Percy and Annabeth walked into the arena.
"Fine," Annabeth said and you could tell she was annoyed so Percy must have been bugging her.
Percy pulled her in by the waist and gave her a kiss. A few seconds later Bobby interrupted them by clearing his throat.
"Hey, guys. Who wants to spar?" Percy said while taking out his sword.
"Not me. Now, what I'd like to know is when did this happen?" Bobby asked looking at them with curiosity.
"Hey, Annabeth you want to spar?" Percy asked Annabeth ignoring Bobby's question.
She rolled my eyes and said, "Yeah."
Annabeth pulled out her dagger and then they started circling each other. After five minutes of fighting Percy had Riptide at Annabeth's throat.
During that time Bobby turned to Nico and Thalia and asked, "When did they start going out?"
"They were going out before this entire mess with Gaea." Thalia said while Nico nodded his head in agreement.
"Ohhh," Bobby said before Percy and Annabeth came over to sit by us.
"Well, Seaweed Brain, it looks like you win." Annabeth told Percy as she sat next to Thalia and asked her, "What time is it? We have to meet Chiron at 7:30."
She looked at her watch and said, "7:20. And when are we leaving to go see Percy's mom?"
"About that, Chiron just wants me, Annabeth, Jason, Piper, Bobby, Gwen, and Leo to go since the attack occurred." Percy answered.
"Ohhh…..well tell Sally I said hi." Thalia replied.
"Me too," Nico spoke up.
"Will do. Come on Annabeth we have to go meet Chiron." Percy said walking out the arena.
"Bye, guys." Annabeth called as she followed Percy out of the arena.
"You know, Bobby, now that I think about it I think I have the answer to your question." Thalia said while looking after them. "I think Percy gave up immortality for Annabeth."
"Thalia's right and when I took him to the Underworld to take a dip in the Styx I told him that you had to focus on the one thing that kept him grounded to the mortal world. I think that thing was Annabeth," Nico said while looking in the same direction Thalia was looking in.
"How do you know that's why he turned down immortality for and what he focused on when he was in the Styx?" Dakota asked them skeptically.
"We don't but, seriously don't you see the way he looks at her? I've known Percy since he was thirteen and I know he would give up anything for his friends and family but he would give up the world for her. Even though I'm a hunter I have to say, they belong together; even Aphrodite thinks they belong together." Thalia said smirking.
"As I said, Thalia's right. I mean before the war the entire camp was waiting for them to get together and everyone knew that they loved each other." Nico said.
"They must have been really blind not to figure that out." I said.
"Yeah, but since Percy and Annabeth is her favorite couple, Aphrodite had to make some obstacles in their relationship and one of them being Rachel," Thalia said.
"Really, I though Oracle's can't date." Reyna said.
"They can't. But this was before Rachel became the Oracle." Nico replied.
Before any of us could reply Jason, Piper, and Leo walked into the arena.
"Hey guys, what's going on? Where are Percy and Annabeth?" Leo asked as he came to sit by Dakota. "And what happened to your nose?"
"Shut up, Valdez," Dakota growled at his little brother.
"Sorry, jeez someone needs to take a chill pill. So where are the lovebirds, and I'm not talking about Jason and Piper since it's so obvious that they're right next to me." Leo said. That last sentence earned him a jab in the stomach from Piper and a slap upside the head from Jason.
"I think that answers your question Leo," Bobby said while jerking his head in the direction of the arena's entrance, which Percy and Annabeth were walking through with grim expressions on their face.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Bobby asked them.
"The seven of us have to leave today!" Annabeth said before she started pacing.
"What? You've got to be kidding me!" Jason said while standing up.
"Unfortunately, were not." Percy said while watching Annabeth pace back and forward.
"Why do we have to leave today?" I asked curiously.
"This is why we have to leave today." Annabeth said as she pulled Benkendorf's shield off of her back and sat it a ray of sunlight that was shining through the window.
"Mount Pelion." She said as she stared intently at the screen. A few seconds when by before the shield found its target. Annabeth hurriedly found the place where the Giants were staying and zoomed in on the middle.
In the middle of the mountain was Gaea, of course. But instead of her head sticking out of the sand like it was yesterday, the sand was down to her chest.
"I think the sand sinks faster a night time." Annabeth concluded as she studied the picture.
"Either way, we have to leave tonight. Jason, Piper, Leo, Bobby, Gwen were going spend some time away from camp because when we get back, we're leaving." Percy told us.
"Did Chiron say we could leave?" Piper asked us.
"I've left camp of camp without Chiron's permission before, but yes, he said we could leave." Percy said as he walked over to Annabeth and turned the shield off causing Annabeth to snap of her thoughts.
"Where are we going?" Jason asked.
"My mom's house."
And that is how we ended up in front of Percy's apartment.
Percy walked up to the door with Annabeth right behind him and knocked on the door.
"Coming." A voice said from behind the door and we heard the shuffling of feet coming towards the door.
The door finally opened to reveal a woman with long brown hair and blue eyes and standing behind the woman, looking over her shoulder was a man with longish salt-and-pepper hair and the same blue eyes as the woman.
"Percy!" both of them had cried when they saw him.
"Hey mom. Paul." Percy said as he gave them a hug.
"Annabeth, it's so good to see you dear." Sally said as she gave her a hug.
"Hi, Sally," Annabeth said as she returned the hug.
"Come on in." Percy's mom said while ushering us in.
When we were all seated around the living room Percy said, "Thalia and Nico told me to tell you hi. And these are my friends,"
He looked at me to start the introduction.
"Gwen Vadenci, Daughter of Vesta/Hestia." I told her.
Bobby, who was sitting next to me, said, "Bobby Triven, Son of Pluto/Hades."
"Leo Valdez, a Son of Hephaestus." Leo said from where he was sitting.
"Piper McLean, a Daughter of Aphrodite." Piper said from her seat from beside Leo and Jason.
"Jason Grace, a Son of Jupiter." Jason said.
"I'm Sally Jackson-Blofis, but please just call me Sally. It's very nice to meet all of you." Percy's mom introduced herself.
"I'm Paul Blofis, just call me Paul and it's great to meet all of you." Percy's step-father said introducing himself.
"I'm sorry mom, but we can't stay long so were going to have to get straight to the point." Percy said while leaning back into the loveseat that he and Annabeth were sitting on.
"That's ok, I'm just glad you're here," Sally said as she smiled at him causing him to smile back.
"Gaea is rising," Percy said. "And in order for us to defeat her and the Giants we have to sail to Greece. Demi-gods and the Gods need to work together. Greek and Roman demi-gods need to work together to defeat Gaea and the Giants. Jason, Bobby, and Gwen are Roman demi-gods. Hera switched me and Jason who were the leaders of both camps, and she took our memories." Percy said giving his parents the outline about what happened.
"When do you leave for Greece?" Paul asked us.
After a few minutes of silence between us demigods, Annabeth looked at Percy's parents with a grave expression and said, "Today."
Ok, that was chapter 10 of The Journey of Memories. Sorry if I didn't do a good job of the explanation. TWO more chapters until The Journey of Memories is over. I want to try to finish it this week but if not then it will definitely be next week, so don't forget to vote! REVIEW and I'll update.
Until Next Time,
~booklover484 :D
