A/N: Okay. Yes, reviewer jordana, I did know that it was illeagal to throw that at a wedding. I was just lost, and, as I said, shot in the dark. :) I mean no disrespect, and I'm not saying this madly. I'm just saying! :D Thanks for your review, and for everyone else's as well! Oh, and I AM a girl. You were right about that! :)

Me: *reading reviews* Haha! This has got to be the best advice I've ever gotten! Haha!

Di: What is it? *tries to peek over shoulder*

Me: jordana. She's hilarious. And right. Hilariously right. Thanks, reviewer jordana. I'll try my best to do that. *smiles*

Di:...Yeah. We don't own.

We got into the shortened limousine, which would drive us around for a bit before taking us to the reception. I practically yanked the heels off, dropping them at my feet. I leaned into Percy, staring out the window and playing with his tuxedo's pants.

He smiled a very Seaweed Brain-like smile. "Did that really just happen?" He asked me. "Are we seriously married?"

I nodded. We seriously were. Married. "Yeah, Seaweed Brain," I said. "We're seriously mar - "

I stopped mid sentence when I heard something unusual. I thought I might've just been hearing things, until Percy's body tensed as well. Then I absoulutely knew something was wrong.

"Driver?" I called. "Pull over, please." The driver nodded, although he had a very confused look on his face. Percy and I stepped out of the limo. He snapped his fingers, as if working the Mist, and told the driver to go on to the reception.

He nodded, his eyes glazed over, and went on.

I picked up and tried to tuck in the bottom of my Vera Wang.

"What do you think it was?" Percy whispered, already pulling out his lethal ball point pen, Riptide.

"Don't know," I mumbled, taking out my knife. "But it didn't sound go - "

Just then, to my total un-surprise, what to show up thanthe Hydra. I held my knife out, daring the creature to come any closer, when I noticed it wasn't alone. Two dracnae stood by its sides, along with some of my least favorite creatures - the Kindly Ones.

"What to make of this?" I wondered aloud.

"Hello, honey," Alecto said in her raspy voice. "Long time no see."

"Got that right," Percy grumbled in irritation, uncapping Riptide and coming to stand next to me.

And the battle began.

Fighting off the Hydra was almost no biggie - except that a stray fire ball collided with a bit of the dress, tearing it in places. I grumbled quietly to myself, bending down for half a second and cutting most of the bottom half off.

It sure was a heck of a lot easier to fight.

We had it deafeated in no time, me using simple strategy to make it burn its own heads off.

Percy had the two dracnae taken down before I could even lift a finger.

It was the Kindly Ones that worried me the most, though, believe it or not.

Magaera attacked my left, Tisiphone coming in from my right. Percy had his hands full with Alecto by herself. Magaera closed in first, but I managed to hit her exactly where I wanted to with my knife.

Tisiphone had the advantage of mine not paying attention, and she was able to scratch down my back with her talons. I screeched a little in agony, before returning with full force and turning her into golden dust with one swipe.

I wiped the sweat off my brow as Percy came towards me, free of any cuts and bruises. I smiled at him.

"It's a shame I ruined the dress, huh?" I asked.

He chuckled, wiping my cheek where I had apparently gotten cut. "Nah," he said. "It's just a dress."

"My wedding dress." I said, taking the viel from my hair and pulling it into a ponytail after also removing the several hundred pins used to pull up my thick curls.

"A white gown, in which can be bought anywhere." He chided. "Don't worry about it, Annabeth. Vera Wang's not your style anyway."

I laughed and slapped his arm playfully, and started walking in my torn gown, my bare feet hitting every rock in the pavement. It was only then that I noticed Percy's jacket was gone and his tuexdo pants were burned and torn in places, along with his fancy white dress shirt.

"And I thought you looked handsome this morning," I said, smirking.

He rolled his eyes. "You yourself have never looked more beautiful, Mrs. Jackson." He said sarcastically, grinning and gesturing to all of me.

"Nor have you, Mr. Jackson." I said, was we neared the warehouse where the reception was taking place. I stopped abruptly and looked at Percy.

"What?" He asked, smiling at that expression I was using on my face - the devious one I always got when I had a plan.

"Race ya?" I asked.

"Race?" He questioned, chuckling. "Why would you want to race down eighty-second street?"

I shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe we'll freak them all out if we run in there looking like this."

Percy thought it over for a second, before saying, "That's a positively great idea, Wise Girl."

"That's why you love me, Seaweed Brain." I remarked, before taking off. Percy started laughing like mad, chasing after me.

We burst through the doors of the warehouse, the whole party going silent. Everyone looked at us with wide eyes, and about a dozen Apollo kids ran over to check on us.

"We're fine!" I laughed. "We just...got into a little bit of a fight on the way."

"Thank God you're all right." Emily said, walking up and hugging us. She has inherited the powers of her mother, with being able to see through the Mist. There was no hiding it from Emily - she was so sweet, I probably couldn't do it anyway.

I hugged her back, her long wavy brown hair pulled into a ponytail similar to mine.

After several people came to check on us - our godly parents included - Grover (who was amazingly the DJ) said it was time for that long awaited father-daughter dance. My dad and I centered ourselves in the middle of the dance floor, as a song I had picked out especially, began to play.

It was one I had found a long time ago - You Can Let Go Now, Daddy by Crystal Shawanda. It's quite a sweet song, if I do say so myself. I think I might've even caught my dad tearing up at the end, if it hadn't been for the fact that immediately after upbeat music began to play, and Percy and I had our first couples dance.

I had actually started to imagine that I had dreamed the whole thing - except for the monster part - when the reception was finally over. It just didn't seem real to me.

Is that wrong? To feel as if it wasn't real?

Anyway, after that, Percy and I walked back down the street, not even caring if anyone saw us, and entered into the apartment complex which was now our home. I smiled at him as I collapsed on the couch, and sighed happily.

He came and sat down beside me, running his fingers through my tangled and mixed with dried-blood hair.

"Where're we going on the honeymoon?" I finally asked after the longest time of staring at the blank TV screen.

Percy snickered to himself. "It's a surprise."

You see, I made the deal with Percy that if I could pick which house we lived in, he could pick where we went on the honeymoon.

He still hadn't told me, even up to that point, and I was getting annoyed without being able to know - must be the Athena genes - even though I still kind of wanted it to be a surprise.

"You're impossible," I said, laying my head on his shoulder.

Percy smiled. "I know." And then he kissed me again. Long and hard.

That's when I made my desicion. It had been real. All of it.

So...sappy ending, much? Anyway, I'd like to thank Di again - gah, she always knows what to say! - and reviewer jordana, for giving me some of the best advice I've ever recieved! :D

Also, thank you, Suzie! Sweet reviewers, you all are...hehe...