Hello Again. I know I'm a day late for updating and I'm sorry about that. Yesterday I just got back from a camp I have been volunteering at for the last week working with kids with disabilities and I was dead tired. Now that I've actually had more then 6 hours of sleep each night here is the next chapter.

This is also important, I'm going to be working on my story still because I decided I didn't like how it was going and started over, this being the last full chapter I have ready. I'll try and update by next week but I may not be able to because of the fact I'm trying to get my G1 and I'm starting my first job so I may be to busy. Thanks for all the patience you've had with me and I'll try not to take much longer in my updating.

Disclaimer, I do not own, and probably never will own, the Percy Jackson series.

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Thalia's PoV

"It's not like it's my fault that my biological parents are either dead or complete and utter jerks!" Annabeth yelled shocking all of us except maybe Chiron. Annabeth was always level head and cool. It made sense that she'd be acting different because of her brother's death but I never expected her to yell. We all stared at where Annabeth had exited.

I got up to go after her but Chiron grabbed my arm. "I think we should let her have some alone time. It's not easy losing a sibling, especially one so close in age." Chiron looked at me as if he knew I'd understand. It was as if he knew about Jason. "No harm can come to her within camp borders. She'll be safe. Do you guys know what her godly parent did to make her hate them so much? Some demigods come here disliking their parents but they get over it once they learn about our world. I have never had anyone who had hated his or her parent so much. Especially at her age, people her age are usually very forgiving."

"Yeah well Annabeth isn't the most normal of kids." I said thinking about all I knew about her. She was one big mystery, along with her brother, and none of the stuff I knew about her said normal. Not even demigod normal. "She acts so grown up you forget she's only seven and she has so many secrets that you can't even begin to figure her out." (A/N Squeak squeak squeak. "Did you guys hear that?" Luke asked looking around alarmed. "Maybe it's monster!" Clarisse suggested. "No. It sounded like a squirrel." Thalia replied. "Sorry about that." Chiron said. "They sometimes sneak in here. I'll get a daughter of Demeter to get it out later"….. Sorry about that. I was stuck in my story and my friend who was sleeping over said I should add a squirrel. End of A/N)

"Do you have any idea who her godly parent is?" Chiron asked.

"Her mom." Clarisse said. "At least that's who she and her brother considered their godly parent to be."

"What do you mean?" Chiron asked. "I thought she said her godly parent was dead to her. Why would she consider her mom her godly parent if her godly parent is dead to her." I could almost see the gears turning in his head. I think the only reason I was able to read him this time was the fact that he was extremely shocked. "Unless, her mom adopted her." He looked at us as if asking if he was right.

"Percy and Annabeth said that they've been with their mom since they were babies. At first we had thought it was a demigod or clear sighted mortal but then they, like a day or two before we ran into Grover, told us that their mom was actually a goddess. They also have a few sisters that are a mix between clear sighted mortals and demigods." Luke explained.

"I've been alive a very long time and I've never heard of a god adopting another gods child." Chiron said. "Sure, there are rituals and procedures that a god can do to adopt someone but it's only ever been use once. Athena, about 400 years ago adopted a young mortal girl. It was surprising because most gods would just make the person their champion instead of going through all that trouble. Annabeth's mom must really love her to go out and adopt her knowing that her real godly parent will probably be angry about it."

"Her real godly parent doesn't deserve to have the right to be angry!" Clarisse yelled. "Where have they been all this time? At least I knew my dad cared about me. He sent me help and made sure I was well armed and able to survive. Sure I haven't heard from him since then but he told me before he went silence that his kids had to fight their own battles. What has her godly parent done for her?"

I stared at the daughter of Ares in shock. She wasn't known for doing the longest of speeches. Especially when it didn't have anything to do with weapons or fighting. "Most demigods feel like they've been abandoned when that's not true. The gods can't interfere with their children except for the odd dream and present giving." Chiron said unaffected by the nine year olds outburst.

"That's what I'm saying! Her godly parent could have done something! Could have protected her mortal parent from dying! They just left her and her brother as babies pretty much sentencing them to death!" I've never seen Clarisse so wound up. Looking at her I saw behind her mask. I saw the scared little nine-year-old that just saw one of her friends die. I reached out and pulled her into a hug.

"I'm sure Chiron wont mind it if we continued this conversation later. When we've all settled in and calmed down." I said as I hugged her looking Chiron right in the eye. I guess he realized that I wasn't in the mood to argue about this and if I was I wasn't going to budge because he nodded his head.

"Yes I do believe that we can continue this conversation tomorrow. Why don't I go show you to your cabin and Mark, one of Hermes children, will take it from there?" Chiron led us to the front door. Annabeth was nowhere in sight.

"Where did she go?" Luke asked looking around. I agreed with him. Annabeth didn't know her way around this place. She could be anywhere.

"I'm sure she'll turn up eventually." Chiron said climbing out of his wheelchair exposing his horse body. I knew he was a centaur but it was still shocking to see a horse body come out of a magical wheelchair. "For now I will show you to your cabin."

When we got to where the cabins lay I caught my breath. In front of me were the strangest set of cabins I've ever seen. There were twelve in total, just like the number of Olympian gods, and not one cabin looked like the other. One was a bright golden colour. It was extremely hard to look at. Another one looked like a place where models went to die. In the middle of everything there was a fire and by that fire was Annabeth sitting and talking with some woman.

The lady pointed to us making Annabeth turned around and waved us over. "This is Lady Hesita." She said pointing to the woman that was with her. The rest of us but Chiron quickly dropped in a bow.

"Good evening Hestia." Chiron greeted. "It's not often I see a young camper and you holding a conversation."

"You're right about that dear brother. Most don't take the time to look around. It's not surprising that she found her way here. Most do who are wishing for home. Especially those in war or who have just lost someone close to them." Lady Hestia said. Her voice was warm and made me feel protected and secure.

"What do you mean brother?" Clarisse asked. Even I was as bit curious about that.

"Chiron is a son of Kronus." Annabeth said. "That makes him and the eldest six gods siblings." Sometimes I really wonder how a seven year old can know all this stuff much less remember it.

"I was just about to show these new demigods to their new cabin." Chiron said stiffly. I guess he didn't like being reminded that he had an evil father that wanted to enslave all humankind.

"Oh. I do apologise for taking her away from you." Hestia said. Before our eyes Hesita went from being a twenty seven year old to an eight year old. "I'll see you later Annabeth dear. If you are ever in need to talk just stop by. I'm usually here but if I'm not just call my name." With that Hestia faded into the flames.

"I like her." Annabeth whispered. "She said I could call her Auntie Hestia." Looking over at her I noticed how sad she looked.

"You okay?" I whispered. Luke must have noticed how upset she was as well because he picked her up. She didn't even put up a fight, which was strange since she always refused when one of us tried to hold her.

"She made me feel safe. Like I was at home again, like Percy was okay and would soon be annoying me to the point where I wish he'd shut up and never talk to me again." Annabeth stuck her head into Luke's neck. I could hear the tears in her voice but decided not to say anything. I was sort of glad in that weird way that she was crying. I may not like the reason she was crying but I was glad she was getting it out. Crying was better then staring ahead and shutting the world out like she was doing before. Right there, at that moment, I knew that no matter what happened Annabeth was going to be fine.

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed. Like I said at the top I will be trying to update within a week but I will be busy so that may not happen. See you when ever I next update and I hope you enjoyed my story so far. Leave a review if you have anything you want to tell me.

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