A/N: Here's the continuation of Chapter 10! Hope you'll enjoy! There's a little Percabeth in here (in Percy's speech). OOPS! SPOILER!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN MOST CHARACTERS. I ALSO DON'T OWN COLTON DIXON'S MUSIC. (yes, Colton Dixon is mentioned.) I ALSO DON'T OWN THE MOVIES MENTIONED HERE. (yeah, yeah, some movies are mentioned)

CHAPTER 11: THE SPEECH

"N—ne—next." Athena stammered.

"Can we?" said two people at the same time.

"I'm Travis." said the other voice.

"And I'm Connor." said Travis's twin, Connor.

"And we are the Stoll Brothers!" they said at the same time again.

"This is not a variety show, Mr. Canner and Tragic!" Dionysus said.

"Whatever, Dinosaurus!" Travis said.

"You kids! I'm gonna tell this to Hermes!" the wine god exclaimed and faced Chiron. "I'll be gone for a moment." With a faint poof! he disappeared.

"C—come now, Stoll br—brothers." Athena stammered and with that, the Stoll brothers went down.

"Hello." Connor waved.

"Shut up, Connor," Travis said. "I'll speak."

"No, I'll speak!"

"Fine, whatever, I don't want to cause a fight anymore."

"Fight? What fight?" an Ares camper said.

"No fights, Devon." Chiron answered. "Continue, Connor."

"Annabeth, she was always our victim!" Connor laughed.

"Stop laughing, Connor," Travis whispered. "Anyway, Annabeth was always our victim. We did many things to prank her! For example, she was going to listen to some guy named Colton Dixon's music; we replaced it with some hard-core rock music!"

"Oh and don't forget the time when in one meeting, she was humming with her eyes closed and she was leaning on the Ping-Pong table; we moved it! But fortunately for her, Percy caught her!" Connor said and almost everyone laughed. I felt myself turning red.

"Yes! And one time when Tyson was gone and she was careful of not stepping inside the Poseidon cabin and we pushed her in! Then Chiron saw them and gave them punishment!" Travis said.

"You did that? Shoot!" I said when I recalled that night. Yes, night.

"Anyway, Percy and Annabeth were always our targets. One time, when they were doing inspection, we locked them inside our cabin! Oh, and I was the one who gave Clarisse the idea that they should be thrown to the canoe lake!" Connor said.

"No," Travis shook his head. "I was the one!"

"No! I did!" Connor said and they argued for what seemed like five minutes.

"Whatever, pea brain," Travis rolled his eyes.

"Fine! We were the one who thought about it!" Connor said. "Happy?"

"No." Travis said. "I was really the one who thought 'bout it."

"Anyway!" Connor said. "Annabeth—."

"Annabeth, please—." Travis interrupted.

"Be ALIVE!" Connor continued.

"So we can play more pranks on you," Travis nodded.

"Thank you, Stoll Brothers!" Chiron said and a battered Dionysus appeared.

"Curse you kids." He pointed to Travis and Connor.

Athena stopped crying and said her catch phrase, "Next?" I was sure she doesn't want anyone to give a speech anymore.

"I, Clarisse La Rue." the rough voice of Clarisse, my former arch-enemy, said.

"Very well, Ms. Charice, come." The wine god said.

"Ah, Mr. D? It's CLARISSE." she said angrily.

"Never mind!" said Dionysus

"Okay, Annabeth! She was my victim, too, before. I called her, um, princess and wise girl," When Clarisse said 'princess,' some Aphrodite girls giggled.

"And I teased Percy and Annabeth that they are in love," She giggled, which was rare. "which Annabeth became angry about. Anyway, after Jackson dunked me, Annabeth took Jackson for bait, and I fell for it and Luke Castellan got the flag."

"After a year, I had a quest for the Golden Fleece. I couldn't have survived without Annabeth, Tyson and Jackson. Annabeth and I became friends a little. Months later, I went on a secret mission, which I don't want to talk about, and it was horrible. Bad, bad, bad. Anyway, after a few months, Annabeth and I worked on something. I'm sure you all know what it is." Clarisse nodded.

She continued, "Oh, and Annabeth was few of my best friends from the other cabins. One was Silena Beauregard, also Tyson, and Thalia Grace, too. One time before the Titan War, Annabeth, Silena and I watched a movie in Annabeth's house. Three movies, I mean. The first movie we watched was called 'Clash of the Titans (2010).' Annabeth picked that one. The next was 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.' Silena picked that one. Great movie, though. The last one we watched was 'Pearl Harbor.' I picked it. Anyway, Annabeth, please be alive so we could have more movie marathons with…Thalia, perhaps." When she ended, her voice was shaky, like she wanted to cry, but she doesn't want. After all, Ares doesn't cry.

"Who goes—?" Chiron asked, but he was interrupted.

"C—can—I?" a shaky voice asked.

"Who are you?" Dionysus asked. An Asian girl from the back row stood up. Her dark hair was in ringlets again: Drew.

What a phony! I told myself.

"Mon nom est Drew Tanaka." she said. It was definitely French. She used French on purpose. "Oh, sorry, I spoke in French. I said, 'My name is Drew Tanaka.'" She smiled. From behind, I saw Piper roll her eyes.

"Slew Baraka, what a unique name!" Dionysus said and Piper and her siblings cracked up. Drew gave him an angry look, and then smiled again.

"Um, Mr. D, it's Drew Tanaka, not Slew Baraka." She said.

"Sorry Ms. Drew Tanaka." The god answered back like a robot. Weird! You can't charmspeak a god/goddess! Well, unless you're Aphrodite.

"You are faking sadness for my poor daughter! How dare you!" Athena cried.

"I am not, Lady Athena. I. Simply. Can't. Help. Crying." She feigned sadness.

"Sorry, daughter of Aphrodite," Athena snapped, "but I am not dumb. Now go back to your seat!" For that one time, Athena sounded cool. "Next!"

"Can I, Lady Athena?" A shy voice said. It was definitely Nico di Angelo, the son of Hades.

"Oh, yes! Sure! Nico, is it?" Athena asked. Dionysus fell silent. We all looked at him.

"What?" Dionysus asked.

"Why didn't you call him by another name, Dad?" Pollux asked. Athena giggled, then laughed.

"What?!" Dionysus asked.

"You are afraid of Hades!" Athena laughed.

"Humph!" Dionysus whined.

"Anyway, start, son of…" Athena looked at Dionysus and said, "HADES!" Then she laughed so hard.

"Um…hello! I'm Nico di Angelo! Anyway…Annabeth, huh? She was one of the few who 'fetched' me and saved me from Doc Thorn—" The crowd became noisy. "Yeah, yeah, Doc Thorn the manticore. I call him Doc, not 'doctor', why?"

"Anyway. Continuing, she was caught by the evil Doc Thorn. When she returned, she was the few who comforted me about Bianca's death—" He looked at me angrily.

"Nico! You know it isn't Percy's fault!" Thalia shouted.

"Anyway! Annabeth was the few ones who made me feel at home here. Annabeth…she was my—she was like my sister—and I kinda…liked her…" The crowd became noisy again. That's it! Nico is sooo weird. "…except she was older. Much, much older. She would have been my… Anywho! I was the one who felt her pulse slowing down… " I didn't listen to the rest of his stupid message to my girl friend. Finally, he finished, and Athena finally asked, "NEXT? ANYONE ELSE?"

"Bla-ha-haaa!" Grover bleated. "Me p—please Laaaaady Athenaaaa."

"Don't bleat my name, Mr. Underwood." Athena smiled.

"Sorry, ma'am," Grover bowed.

"Ah, yes, yes! Rover Abovewood! I am pleased!" Dionysus clapped his hands.

"What, sir? I have played pinochle with you for years! And now, you still don't know my…my…my name?" he cried (no…literally! He cried).

"Sorry, Grover Underwood," Dionysus grinned.

Grover smiled, and he trotted to the stage, grinning. "Wow! Annabeth has been like my…my…sister! FLASHBACK TIME!"

"Chiron called me. It was the time when Luke, Annabeth and Thalia were not yet here…Chiron? He made me fetch Thalia, the daughter of Zeus. She emits a powerful smell because she's a daughter of the Big Three. I met Thalia at night. She thought I was an enemy. She raised a knife…yes, a kitchen knife—"

"Humph!"A crying Thalia complained. "We didn't have many resources!"

"Anyway…I removed my pants—" Grover continued.

"And that was the grossest thing I've ever seen in action. I thought he wanted me to see his…" Thalia shuddered. Some Aphrodite girls giggled and said a couple of things I don't want to hear.

"Thalia learned I was a satyr. I told her about Camp Half-Blood and she agreed. She started to wake Annabeth and Luke—" One of the Apollo boys whistled.

"They slept together?!" one Aphrodite girl asked.

"No! They are, like, 1 km from each other! It's always like that." Thalia said.

"She started to wake Annabeth and Luke, but I told her, 'Chiron said only the one named Thalia will be fetched.' Thalia hesitated. So, I agreed because I pitied the two. They woke up and we ventured towards camp. We came across the Minotaur. Yeah, yeah, the Minotaur. The Minotaur chased us until we found a factory-like building. We hid inside it. The Minotaur took off in the wrong direction and disappeared. Then some giant hand took me, then Luke, then Thalia, but failed to get Annabeth. After minutes, Annabeth saw that we were about to be eaten by some serious Cyclopes. She stabbed one on the foot, and released Thalia. Thalia then pretty much did everything else. So she freed Luke and me! We continued our trip to camp. Then the gorgons appeared. The Minotaur appeared. So did some empousai, Laistrygonian giants, Cyclopes, a Manticore, a Scythian dracanae, some pig things, and so many monsters…THE WORST. They came after us when we saw Half-Blood Hill. That was traumatic. I, myself, didn't get over it! I still have nightmares about it…but I didn't know about Thalia and Annabeth. Anyway, the dracanae and the pig things were close to us, that's when Thalia left us, and said, 'Go! Now! You're safe inside! Grover, let them in!' I hesitated a moment, but Luke, Annabeth and I went inside the gate. Thalia was left behind. I covered Annabeth and Luke's eyes, and I closed mine, too. There was a big boom! and the monsters disappeared and Thalia became a pine tree. We called it 'Thalia's Pine Tree'. I failed my mission. The one that needed saving was the one I left. Sorry, Thals!"

"Anyway, after a few years, Percy, Annabeth and I went on a Quest for the Lightning Bolt. It was horrible, though…Then after a year, Percy, Annabeth, Tyson and I went to help Clarisse on her quest…Then we saved Thals. After a year, before the Winter Solstice, Thalia, Annabeth, Perce, and I fetched Nico and Bianca. But sadly, Annabeth was caught and we went on a quest to save Artemis and Annabeth. We saved her…and then we went on a quest for Daedalus inside the labyrinth. I hate the Labyrinth! And then we met Pan! And the next year, we fought in the Titan War! And…gods! Annabeth and I had so many memories! I think I'm gonna cry…" Grover cried so loud.

"Next please?" Athena asked…Is it my turn now?

"M'sorry, Lady Athena…Can I?" I asked. Her grey eyes were scary.

"Ask Dionysus. I don't want to say yes." Athena said.

"Well…" Dionysus said. "Of course, Peter Johnson! But I'm next."

Chiron shifted uncomfortably, holding his cane.

"Um…hello…To start, I'm very sorry, Annabeth! I want you to know that I LOVE YOU! Please Annabeth! Please be alive! I BEG YOU! I WISH YOU WOULD HEAR ME ANNABETH! PLEASE!" I cleared my throat, and said.

"I met Annabeth when I defeated the Minotaur at age twelve. She looked at me in the eyes, and I kind of…well…blushed…She was a pretty girl with blonde hair and startlingly grey eyes—"

"Was pretty?! I thought you liked my baby boo?!" Athena blinked.

"She's more than pretty, now. She's be-a-utiful!" I answered. "Anyway, before I was oh-so-not-much-rudely interrupted, Annabeth was a pretty girl with blonde hair and startlingly grey eyes. She fed me nectar and ambrosia when I was eleven…" I blushed a little, hehe… "and gave me a compliment, 'You drool when you sleep'. She gave me the tour, and she picked me in her team for bait for Clarisse. And while I was fighting her, she watched me."

"Then we had a quest for the Zeus' master bolt. Well, I don't know how and why, but she became my crush…Also, I don't know why, but she said she would be on my side if Lady Athena wouldn't be on my father's side. Sorry, Lady Athena…When we were on the River Styx, she held my hand. Anyway, the next year, we went to Circe's island and I turned to a guinea pig. She hugged me when I turned back to human. I also don't know why, too, but she cried on my shoulder underwater. Then at the end of the chariot race, she kissed me on the cheek—"

"When you two were, like, TWELVE?" an angered Athena asked.

"Shhhh!" Dionysus shushed her. Athena grunted. Dionysus clapped his hands. "This is getting interesting!"

"When we went to get Nico and Anna—I mean Bianca—Annabeth was kidnapped by Dr. Thorn! That crazy Manticore! When I learned that Annabeth almost became a Hunter, I was terrified, because she might join again! Then when we were on the desert on our quest, Aphrodite visited me. She said I joined the quest because of Annabeth, not because of Artemis."

"What a disgrace!" Phoebe shouted.

"Settle down, Phoebs." Thalia said.

"And then the summer after that, one breakfast time, she broke the rules and sat at my table…like, really close to me. Before the quest, we hugged. And then everytime I mention Rachel that time, she gets jealous. And then when we found the Labyrinth, she held my hand. Also in Mt. St. Helens, I risked my life so she can be safe, she kissed me—"

"ON THE?" an excited Aphrodite camper asked.

"Well—"

"LIPS! I KNEW IT!" she said.

"Yeah, and then I got stuck in the island Obygine, is it?"

"Oh-jee-jee-ya!" an Athena camper said.

"Yes, Ogygia and when I returned after two weeks, she hugged me fiercely, then she got super jealous when she knew I got stuck in Ogygia. After weeks, she asks me out to the Fourth of July fireworks show—" I earned some giggles from the Aphrodite cabin. "—and then when someone interviewed us, I heard hers, and when she was ranting about my annoying qualities, she unintentionally points out my good qualities, she said I was funny, courageous, and good-looking. After a year, when we were doing inspection, Annabeth was going to start saying her feelings 'bout me, but that's when Malcolm interrupted us, saying somethin' 'bout the new rule. When I was bathing in the River Styx, Nico said I should think of something that should keep me anchored to the mortal world. I thought of everything, my mom, Tyson, Grover, and then I imagined Annabeth pulling me out of the Camp Half-Blood lake. And then when Ethan Nakamura was going to stab my Achilles' spot, Annabeth took the blow even I didn't tell her where it is. Then we had a conversation, but Connor interrupted us, saying 'Grover is here'."

"On the way to Olympus, Thalia, Grover, Annabeth and I crossed the dangerously crumbling bridge. Everyone gets to the other side safely, except Annabeth. She almost fell, but I saved her with the help of Thalia and Grover. As I pull her back up, we realize that our arms were around each other, so we untangle ourselves. Then when I was offered immortality on Olympus, I saw that she felt horrified that I might accept it. I turn down the offer, and she cries in relief."

"Back here, Annabeth holds a private birthday party for me, with a homemade cupcake. Then I confess my vision in the River Styx. I tried to tell her how I feel about her, but Annabeth just smiled at me. I complained that she isn't making things easy for me, to which she replies by putting her arms around my neck and saying that she would never make things easy for me. She kisses me there and then. Then Clarisse with the other campers interrupted us, she picked us both up, but allowed us to be close enough for us to hold hands. She dumps Annabeth and me into the lake. I create an air bubble around us and we shared the best underwater kiss of all time. We officially start our relationship."

"After a month, I forgot it was our 'monthsary' (as they call it). After finding Hermes' staff, he brings us to Paris. When Hera took my memory and I disappeared, only one name was all I could remember, and it was 'Annabeth.'" I noticed Athena was crying now… "Then at the Argo II, we accidentally sleep in the stables in each other's arms. And then when she went to find the Athena Parthenos, I was worried sick because we know she would face her biggest fear, spiders. And then when Arachne fell into Tartarus with her webs, we found out Annabeth was tangled in her webs and it was too late to save her. So, we plunged into the darkness together. After months of darkness and heat, the others finally found us! And I was so guilty that I accidentally hit my dear Annabeth! I LOVE YOU ANNABETH! FOREVER AND ALWAYS!"

I finished my speech and ran to my seat, resisting the urge to cry.

"Next? I believe I want to be last…" Athena asked.

"Please, Lady Athena, can I? With your permission?" Chiron asked.

A/N: Okay! How about that long chapter? Sorry for the wait, guys! I have been writing another story which I will post after I finish this story.

Its title is: Demigod Wizard.

Here's a sneak peek.

I am Ryan Falkner P. Underwood, the son of the famous Auror, Regulus Arthur P. Underwood. My mother? I have never known her since birth. She never visits us, nor sends us a letter. My dad says she's not a muggle, nor a witch.

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