I quickly realized that Eris was trying to separate us. I jumped onto the altar and cupped my hands around my mouth. "Guys, don't you release what's going on?! Eris wants us to fight! She wants to see chaos! We can't give her what she wants!"

The men widened their eyes, realizing that I was right. Thalia continued shooting arrows at Eris, trying to weaken her, but she destroyed them all effortlessly. "Thalia, shoot arrows at Gale! Leo, fight against Eris! Frank, help Jason find Piper! Percy, hold off Ella!"

Percy shuttered. "And you?"

"I'm going to speak with my sister."

I jumped off the altar and walked towards Alyssa in the midst of the continuing chaos. "Please... Alyssa. Your siblings aren't against you." I grabbed her wrist. "I'm not against you."

"Albert's always been against me! Eric never liked me either!"

She dashed and tried slashing at me. I swiftly dodged her every move. Leo had not only handled the fire, but was using it against his enemies (mainly Eris).

"That's not true, Alyssa! Albert regrets what he had done! We miss you! We all do."

Alyssa blinked. "Annabeth..."

She screamed in pain. She held her hand to her forehead.

"Alyssa... It's me." She looked at me like she was going to cry. Golden energy was shot out of her body and she fell to the ground. "Alyssa!"

"Annabeth... Oh my gods. I can't believe that just happened."

"Alyssa..." I helped her up. "Do you remember what happened?"

"I... I fell under the control of an evil maiden..."

Percy and Leo had tied up Ella and Alabaster. The siblings were bound in rope. Gale had been murdered by Thalia after she got an arrow right through her neck.

"You broke free."

"Ow! Cursed miserable arrows!" Eris shrieked.

She was bleeding ichor all over.

I smirked. "Your servants have fallen, Eris. Give it up. Chaos never wins!"

"You so sure about that? Mount Olympus is unraveling. No one can stop it!"

Alyssa threw arrows at Eris's knee. "It's over."

She struck down the goddess as Hazel, Calypso, Piper and Jason returned. Eris had fainted. The battle was over.

"So what did we miss?" Piper asked.

We informed them of what happened.

"I'll take the goddess and the corrupted demigods and find a place to keep them captive."

"You sure you can handle it alone?"

"I've got this. Goodbye Annabeth. And happy wedding day, Piper and Jason."

Alyssa left, taking her prisoners with her. Jason looked at his bride. "So where were we?"

About an hour later, everything was back to normal. Gale's corpse had been buried at the Hollywood Forever cemetery by Hazel. The humans (not counting Piper's father, Tristan) had been wiped of their memories of Eris's attack. Tristan was told by Piper that she was a demigod, and surprisingly, he learned to accept it.

"Do you Piper, take his man to be your husband?" the officiant asked.

"Yes."

"I now pronounce you husband and wife."

Piper lifted her veil and passionately kissed Jason. The audience was surprised, but they clapped and cheered anyway. Later on, during the reception, I was drinking a glass of water, eating a piece of wedding cake and sitting with my friends. I almost felt a bit out of place, but at least no one was interrogating me.

Percy smiled at me. "Wanna dance?"

"Sure. Why not?"

Had I been eight months along, dancing would have been impossible, but no one really even knew. I tried to shove those thoughts to the back of mind. It had been a long day. As I danced with Percy, my stress had disappeared. Even though the stereo had broke, I heard a beautiful symphony in my mind. Was it my imagination or was it being performed by the Muses? I did not know, but I didn't think about it too much as I let my feet guide my steps. Tonight was a great night. Numerous days had passed, and soon it was only one day before the interview.

I had learned from Hazel (who found a book that Gwen had in her possession and never returned it to the New Rome Public Library) that the excess amount of dreams and the visions in the waking world were actually caused by my pregnancy. That last symptom was said to be very rare though. Other strange symptoms not found in a human pregnancy included temporary decrease in power (very common, or increase in a few cases), meeting your child in your dreams before they're born (sometimes), hearing the direct thoughts of your child when awake (rare), being able to determine the gender via random occurrences or intuition (common), and even aura concealment (rare).

That night, I had a strange dream. I saw Percy at his post in West Side YMCA in New York City. He was sitting in his chair, sipping on a blue soda of sorts (Mountain Dew Voltage maybe?), and looking at his students from down below. Most of them were teenagers or in their 20's and they seemed to be enjoying themselves. Everything seemed to be alright. Deep in the waters of the pool, a black cloaked figure swam in the depths. They extended their hand as a female student wearing a pink bikini swam under the water. The hand glowed gold and suddenly the girl was running out of air faster. Like lightning fast. Percy took a few seconds to realize what was happening and he dived in. He grabbed her but she couldn't even breathe, despite Percy creating an air bubble. He dragged her out and tried giving CPR, but it had failed.

"What happened?" a girl asked.

"Is she okay?" another woman chimed in.

Percy's boss walked in. "What happened?"

"She drowned sir." a boy answered.

He glared at Percy.

"I didn't mean to let her drown. I tried everything to save her. I dragged her out of the water, gave her CPR. Nothing worked!"

"How long was she underwater?"

"Only 30 seconds." the boy from earlier answered.

"It doesn't make sense. Even though she fainted quickly, I still have some time to try and revive her... I...I should have been able to save her."

"But you failed to, which clearly shows your incompetence at being a teacher and a lifeguard. Percy, you're fired!"

Some of his students gasped. Percy was in complete shock. "What?!"

"Leave now! You're banned from ever entering this YMCA again!"

"But... it wasn't... oh..."

Percy was in the locker room. He had removed his blue swim trunks and was in his boxers. He sighed. "How am I going to tell Annabeth this?" He then got on his jeans, his white undershirt, his navy blue jacket, white socks and blue sneakers, then grabbed his gym bag and sadly left the vicinity. He briefly stopped, turned around and looked back at the YMCA. He turned away and walked down the streets of New York City.

He was tempted to run away, to just crawl into a hole and hide there, crying. But what good would it do him? He shoved that thought aside and walked to the nearest beach. Luckily, it was deserted. The scene switched to him in his swim trunks and diving into the ocean. The figure from earlier was there, and then it vanished. The scene switched to Camp Half-Blood. Paolo Montes, a demigod from Brazil, and my half brother Malcolm were busy trying to repair Hera's cabin.

Paolo was complained rapidly in Portuguese. For some reason my dreams were nice enough to provide English translations.

"Eu senti como esse esta inútil." (I feel like this is pointless.)

"Quit complaining, Paolo. The more you complain the longer this will take."

"Por que nos fazer esta?" (Why are we doing this?)

"Because we have to repair all of the cabins."

"Mesmo um chalé de Hera ne tem pas des residentes?" (Even though Hera's cabin has no residents?)

"Hera's cabin is honorary. And sometimes, although rarely, important events occur in or near the cabin."

"Les acontecimentos importante? Como o que?" (Important events? Like what?)

"Well, for instance, towards the beginning of the Second Giant War, the Oracle was possessed by Hera after Rachael Elizabeth Dare found Piper in her cabin. They learned that Hera was in trouble, so Jason, Piper, and Leo left to save her and prevent the rise of Gaea. For a certain amount of time. It also kinda serves as a temple to pray to her."

"Não tem Hera desaparecé?" (Hasn't Hera disappeared?)

"She did, along with Hestia after the Winter Solstice. This worries me..."

"Lembrae me, ter les chalés des Apollo, Ares e Demeter já estive reparé? (Remind me, have the cabins for Apollo, Ares and Demeter already been repaired?)

"They have. The members of the Aphrodite cabin are helping to repair Hecate's cabin since Lou Ellen is still in a coma and Ella is still M.I.A. Look Paolo, I know your efforts may seem useless, but this task is not pointless. And besides, Chiron offered us his special stash of Smores' flavored ice cream leftover from the summer for all of the people who helped to rebuild the cabins. So try not to be so negative, alright?"

"O.k." (Okay.)

Then I woke up to the sound of an alarm clock. I ate brunch (since it was about 11:30) and tried to mentally prepare myself for the interview. I wrote a list of every possible question that he could ask me, and at least one answer for each of them. Then at about 2:30, I had a light snack of crackers, although truth be told, I had not suffered from morning sickness once. I guess I was just lucky.

A knock was heard on my door. "Come in."

Hazel entered the door. "Do you have your ensemble for the interview ready?"

"The outfit is at my apartment in New York City."

"Do you need some time to get ready? Shower, brush your hair, teeth?"

"Done, done and done. I've already tried brushing out my hair, but I gave up and just put it into a bun. They'll never know."

"Alright. We'll leave at three o'clock."

Five minutes til three, we went down to see our friends. They smiled and boosted my morale. "Good luck, Annabeth." Jason said.

Piper cheered, "You got this, girl!"

"You know what to do!" Leo exclaimed.

"Just don't get your fingers caught in Chinese fingercuffs."

I giggled. Percy hugged me. "Good luck, be safe. Try not to get into trouble."

"Thanks guys. I'm feeling a lot better about this."

"Ready to go?" Hazel asked.

I took her hand. "Yes."

Then we were tumbling through the darkness.