Chapter 5

Okay, I know you guys probably hate me for not updating in a while, but I've been out of town for a while and haven't had much access to a computer. I have still been writing in my notebooks to come up with ideas that you will love. Enough chit chat and let's get on with the story.~Demigirl606

Disclaimer:I do not own PJO.

Percy's POV:

Once we got to the arena Clarisse and I stopped dead on our tracks. Nancy started to go ahead but we grabbed her shirt and pulled her back. What we saw was Ares and Hestia fighting. Now I know what you're thinking...'Hestia is fighting?' Yup, she and Ares were having a yelling match.

"How dare you have a child with my daughter!" Hestia yelled.

"I loved her! She was perfect!" Ares yelled back. 'Wow, Ares actually has feelings.'

"My granddaughter could have been a regular mortal She could have had a regular, non dangerous life!" Hestia protested. Okay, this had to stop.

I ran up and stepped in between them. Of course it's never a good idea to get in the way of angry, immortal gods, but since when have my ideas ever been sane. Plus they had to stop before something got blown up or someone got hurt. "Stop fighting!" I yelled."If you really want to see Nancy than just SHUT UP!" That really got their attention. I though they would be angry at me, especially Ares, but instead they just looked impressed. By now, at least half the camp had showed up. I was now a little startled by all the attention I was getting.

"Percy are you just going to stand there looking like an idiot?" Clarisse sneered.

"Oh,oh right. Nancy, come here," I said. I gestured for her to come stand next to me. She hesitantly came forward, looking a little nervous."Bow to them," I whispered into her ear.

"But you didn't," she whispered back.

"I'll explain later just do it!" I whisper yelled. She gave me a weird look but did so anyway. Hestia and Ares started walking towards us so I steeped out of the way so it could be a ...family moment.

"Hello, Nancy, I haven't seen you since the day you were born," Hestia said calmly. " I am your grandmother."

"Um, hi," Nancy said timidly. Then she turned to Ares.

"'Sup, little booger child of mine? You look a lot like your mom. You got my strength though," Then he leaned in, "I heard when you were twelve you picked a lot of fights with Jackson. Good job!"

"Hello, I'm standing right here?" I interrupted." Ares, I also beat you in a sword fight when I was twelve so I wouldn't be talking."

"Yeah, yeah, just shut up!" Ares yelled at me. I decided to just let it go. I went back over to stand next to Clarisse, who was staring wistfully at Nancy and Ares. I just sighed.

"You know that your dad really does love you, Clarisse," I stated.

"Yeah, I do," she sighed, " he just doesn't seem to pay any attention to me though," she replied.

"He does, I'm sure he does, but he's like you. He doesn't show any emotions because he doesn't want people to know that he cares," I said. She stayed quiet after that so I went over to stand by Hestia.

"Perseus, why did you stop Ares and me from fighting if you knew they was a possibility that you would get hurt?" she asked me.

I thought about it then said, "Well, I knew that if I didn't stop you then many more people would've gotten hurt, so even if I got hurt then the other campers wouldn't have gotten hurt."

"You are very loyal," she said." Is that your fatal flaw?"

I nodded. "Athena isn't very happy with my flaw, but I can't help it. I would sacrifice my life for anyone of my friends," I said.

"And why doesn't Athena like your personal loyalty?" Hestia asked me.

"Well, first she said that it was a dangerous flaw for me to have since I was the prophecy kid. She also doesn't like it because after I saved Annabeth that's when I first started having feelings for her," I explained.

"Ah, I see. Well, I am going to go talk to my granddaughter some more. Good bye, Perseus," Hestia said. After she said that she walked away.

As I watched Nancy bond with her godly family I decided to leave and find someone else to talk too since Annabeth was in California with her mortal family. As I walked around camp I saw Nico sitting by himself by Thalia's tree so I walked over to talk to him. Even though he and his father are now accepted on Olympus he still gets left out.

"Hey, Nico," I said as I walked up to him.

"Oh, hey, Percy," he responded glumly.

"What's up?" I asked him.

"Oh, nothing really. I was just thinking," he answered.

"About what?" I asked.

"Like how different life would be for me if Bianca was still here or if you died during the war but we still won," he explained.

"Oh," I said.

"Yeah, I know. I just can't help it," he said. "I just can't stop thinking about that. I mean if Bianca was still here then someone would still be here for me. It seems that only you and Thalia know what I'm dealing with."

"Well, Nico, that's because we do know you're dealing with. Remember that Thalia and I are children of The Big Three too. People looked at us like we were aliens when we first came to camp," I said.

Nico stared at me in shock. "Really?"

"Yup," I chuckled. "But now everyone is used to us and soon everyone will get used to you too."

"Gee, thanks, Percy. That makes me feel a lot better," Nico said sarcastically.

"Well, good. I did my job then," I joked.

"Yup, you sure did," Nico said as he rolled his eyes at me. "Well, I got to go. I have to practice shadow traveling."

"Okay, so if I go into your cabin and see you passed out I shouldn't be worried?"

"Nope," he said with a grin then walked off. I realized that Nico really does like it here at Camp, he just has to get used to it.

I haven't exactly had a bunch of access to a computer this summer. I will try to update as soon as I can. ~Demigirl606.