Ok, scratch that, my mother didn't even have an actual throne. No, she had a stone, next to a fire pit. Just about the greatest way the gods can say "Yeah, we totally care about you and your mother, see, we gave her this nice rock to prove it!"

So I did what any regular, rational person would do. I crossed my arms, narrowed my eyes and said "Who are you?" You know, now that I think of it, I don't think that deportment is one of my best skills.

"Um, Dia." Percy muttered beside me. "Don't speak like that to the gods."

"It's all right, Perseus." My mother said who, by the way, was about the same size as me. "I am Hestia, goddess of the hearth."

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I crossed Hestia off my list of potential mothers. I wracked my brain for the reason, and then it came to me. She was one of the maiden goddesses, never to have children or…do other stuff. I pursed my lips, thinking. Athena was supposed to be a maiden goddess, too, but she had kids. Maybe the rule had changed or something. I was pretty sure I was wrong, though, judging by the astonished and outraged looks of the gods.

What was I supposed to say? "Hi, mom, great to see you, love what you've done with your hair, well, I should get back to camp, bye!" I figured that wouldn't go over so well, and I muttered something really good like "Oh."

"Hestia!" A voice behind me rumbled. I jumped from fright and grabbed Percy's arm.

"Who was that?" I asked him

"That's Zeus. Look, the gods want us to leave, come on, I'll show you the rest of Olympus."

I followed him, glancing back at my mom as I left. She looked pretty mad, but so did the guy she was talking to. And, no offense to her, but I didn't see how my ten-year-old mother could beat that guy.

"What's going to happen?" I asked Annabeth, once Percy and I had fallen into step with her.

"I-I don't know. There's no cabin for Hestia, so I think we'll have you stay in the Hermes cabin until one is built. And that's pretty much the only thing that'll change.

"You sure?" I asked uncertainly

"Uh-huh." Annabeth replied, but she paused before she said it and I knew she was lying.

"We have come to a decision!" Zeus, or at least I think it was Zeus, thundered from the throne room.

"Well, that was a great tour." I murmured. We walked back to where the gods were sitting, and I noticed all of them were staring at me. I backed up between Annabeth and Percy and tried to shrink even smaller than I am.

"We will not be killing the girl." Oh, great! I thought Hang on, who was going to kill me.

"Since when do you plan on killing your own daughter, or you own family?" I exclaimed, now bursting out to the middle of the gods.

"Now, see here-" One of the male gods started. Just looking at him made me even angrier.

"Aren't all the gods related and stuff?" I asked, turning to look at the Athena kids, who nodded reluctantly. "So aren't I, like, related to all of them?" Again they nodded. "Well, you know, this is great. The first actual family I ever have and they consider killing me."

"What do you mean, your first actual family?" Hestia asked.

"Well, you see, my dad was married, just in case you didn't know that. So he didn't want a love child that his wife would find out about, and you didn't want me either, so I've been in the foster care system my whole life. And then you all go 'Welcome to the family, nice to meet you, here's your mom, and we're feeling generous today so maybe we won't kill you!' Do you ever think-"

"That is enough!" Zeus yelled. I was really scared, but I acted defiant and stared him down, for all that I was looking up about forty feet to his eyes. "You, child, will stop talking. Do you think that we are proud that Hestia has broken her promise, that she has a child? Did you stop to consider that you are threatening her reputation?" His voice had gone from thunder to lightning.

"You do know it's the 21st century, right? I mean, it's not ancient Greece anymore. Besides, every single kid standing behind me is illegitimate. And you have a kid, don't you? You weren't married to his mom, were you?"

"Her mom." Percy corrected me.

"Whatever. I'm leaving." I walked to the elevator. "And don't expect to see me at camp!" I yelled back at them.

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Sorry it's short and that I haven't updated for a while, I've got exams next week, and then I go away on the 10th, but I'll try and update a lot in between. Review, please!