This chapter is probably going to be CRAZY! Beware…

~GoGreen52

"There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love."

Bryant H. McGill

Secrets

Chapter 10- Hearthside Chats

-Bella POV-

Percy and I were attacking the dummies, getting ready to go into the ring where all of the children of the 'big three' go into battle… I guess it was a newer camp tradition.

"Bella, you know I won't be taking it easy on you," Percy said cockily, making me laugh, almost as if I was mocking him.

"If you don't want to get hurt too bad, tell me and I can take it easy on you," I countered, and he turned to a new dummy, shaking his head in disbelief.

I TOLD HIM OFF! HA!

A few minutes passed, and Thalia and Nico walked in, talking to each other quietly. "Nico, I take it that the Cullen's are here!" I called out so he could hear me across the arena.

His head snapped up and smirked when he saw me. "Yeah! They just arrived!" he called back, and went back into his discussion with Thals. Well then…

Percy and I decided to do a one on one warm up, and I smiled at him, "Are you sure you don't want me taking it easy on you?"

He gave me a wicked smile, then looked at his wicked sword to my, equally wicked sword and said, "You're on."

We went into combat, working on basic moves, and using our feet. I'm smaller and more petite than Percy, so I rely on my quickness and agility to keep me in the match… but let's just say that I have more advantages over him than that.

He kicked me backwards, sending me flying into the arena wall. Just as he was about to point his sword, I did a quick block, jabbing the sword back and grabbing his wrist so he would be unarmed.

Now I was the one with the major advantage. He got into a striking stance that a vampire would do, like a football crouch, but not touching the ground.

I wasn't prepared for him to tackle me, and he grabbed the sword from my hand, curse his Achilles heel, and pointed it to my throat. But what really got me uncomfortable was the whole fact he was straddling me, sitting on my waist.

"Get off!" I exclaimed, shoving my little brother off me.

"You're just mad that I won!" he yelled, pumping his fist into the air, giving a victorious cry.

"More like cheated!" I yelled, shoving him out of my way. I needed water.

"Blah, blah, blah. You just can't get over the fact that I won," Percy announced, causing Thalia and Nico to start laughing at his childish behavior.

"Percy, if I were you, I wouldn't get her mad," Nico warned, winking at me. Percy looked confused, looking between Nico and me.

"What do you mean?" Percy asked. Nico and I started to laugh, clutching our stomachs.

"I mean that Bella can totally whip your butt anytime she wants. She was just a little rusty, I mean come on Percy. It's been about three years since she's actually been in combat with someone," Nico pointed out, leaning on Thalia. Thalia had different thoughts and stepped back, making Nico fall to the ground.

"Don't ever lean on me," Thalia warned, getting back to hacking the crap out of a dummy.

"Well you didn't have to do that!" Nico exclaimed, wiping the dust from his black skinny jeans.

"Yes Nico, I did," Thalia said, and took a look at her sword. She nodded to us and walked out, going to the armory, most likely to sharpen her sword. I could see even from here that it was getting dull.

"And she left… so, I'll see you guys tonight, then," Nico said, standing up. I smiled and nodded, elbowing Percy so he'd do the same. And you could guess he isn't stupid enough not to do it.

"Oh, and Bella?" Nico asked, causing me to turn back toward him. he had his hands in his pockets looking nervous for a second, then his expression flashed back into the one I saw earlier, "The Cullen's are waiting for you in the Big House."

I nodded again, and looked at Percy, who was working on his foot work. "I'm going to go meet the Cullen's and I advise you to do the same soon," I said, and he stopped, looked at me, than nodded.

I strolled out of the arena, playing with my necklace that turns into my sword… unicorn. Just kidding! It's real name though is shatter. Don't ask me why, but it is.

"Bella!" I heard a girl gasp, and I was met with the face of one of my favorite Pixie's in the world. Alice.

"Hey Alice," I smiled, and she pulled me in for a hug.

"It's been way too long!" she exclaimed, taking me in for a whole new hug.

"Alice, it's only been a week," I told her, looking at her like she was loony… I was pretty sure there were some weird things going on with her, but still.

"Exactly my point! Come on, we have to go meet the rest of the family!" Alice exclaimed, dragging me off to the big house. I'm pretty sure there were some drag marks behind me, showing people were I'm going.

She let me go when we were on the porch, and I looked at her nervously, "Are you sure?" I asked.

She nodded encouragingly. I walked in, taking a deep breath. I saw the Cullen's, Chiron, and Annabeth.

"BELLA!" they all exclaimed, sounding in perfect harmony. I gave Esme, Rosalie, and Emmet a hug. I shook hands with Jasper and Carlisle and met face to face with… Edward.

"Hello, Edward," I smiled as he held out his hand. I met him halfway, and felt the same jolt of energy pierce through my veins as we touched.

"Hello, Bella," he said, and we departed, headlining In different directions. As I turned, I noted that everyone was silent with their eyes on our meeting. Alice sighed and leaned farther into Jasper, clearly frustrated.

"Bella, it seems that every Cullen besides Esme and Emmet are demigods," Annabeth explained, and smiled at me, "Jasper is a son of Athena."

I smiled at her, and nodded in understanding. He had the stamina to be a son of Athena.

"We are pretty confident that Carlisle and Mary Alice are Apollo, too," Chiron explained in his older voice. Alice's face scrunched up at hearing her real name, though.

"I, personally am pretty confident that Rosalie is a daughter of Aphrodite," I said, and Rose smiled at me. "But let's let her tell us," I finished. Rosalie looked at me in shock and I smiled at her, winking.

"Bella's right… growing up I came here, and I was- am a daughter of Aphrodite," Rose concluded, causing Emmet to look at her in shock.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Emmet asked, taking Rose into an embrace. She looked up at him and gave him a sad smile.

"It would've put everyone into danger, Emmie," she whispered, causing him to kiss the top of her head and hold her close.

Chiron smiled at this, then looked at Edward, not really sure about what to do with him. "You, do you know who your parentage is?" Edward smiled at him, than closed his eyes.

"In my human years, I remember dreaming about this place… but I only thought of it a dream, never reality," Edward explained, meeting my eyes. I saw so many emotions, yet in so little time.

"I think he's a son of Hestia," I said, looking at Chiron. We locked eyes, and a sudden jolt came through me. The fire behind me consumed me, and I looked at everyone who called out to me.

But Edward's scared face hurt me most of all. I saw his lips move to make my name, then all went black.

OoOoOoOoOoO

I woke up on Olympus, Lady Hestia standing above me. She gave me a delicate, yet strong motherly smile and said, "You fell in love with my son."

I looked at her, finally understanding it all. Edward was a son of Hestia, the Last Olympian. But why was he never at camp?

"He was never at camp because I didn't want Zeus to be… overly surprised," Lady Hestia explained.

I nodded, and said, "I did fall in love with your son… but now that he doesn't love me, I can't waist my time on him."

She gave me a sad smile and sat down on the side of the hearth. She wasn't an 8 year old girl anymore, instead she looked to be about 25. "Isabella, Edward loved you. Hades, he still loves you… sorry Lord Hades, but it's true."

I shook my head and looked down. Why would he lye to me like that then?

"He lied to you to protect you, and keep you safe from his world," Lady Hestia explained, and I nodded, now understanding. "You must go, they worry about you."

I nodded again, then felt the feeling of warmth spread through me.

I found myself fly out of the fire that I was consumed in, a bunch of worried faces hovered over me.

"A goddess wanted to talk to me," I explained, and they all looked at me, still exasperated. But one sticked out among the rest. Edward.

Was it true that he still loved me?

Hoped you liked this chapter!

-Should Edward and Bella get back together? Or should I keep them apart?-

YOU ANSWER!

~GoGreen52