Sry for the long wait, but here's the next chapter! Oh, has anybody seen the new harry potter movie? Is it good, cause im going to see it this weekend! anyways, enjoy!

Chapter 24: Annabeth

Annabeth smiled and squeezed Percy's hand. Then the ship landed smoothly, thought with a rather big splash, and she saw people running towards them. She could already hear people yelling their names, especially Percy's. Leo opened up an extended ramp so that they didn't have to swim, and Annabeth got off the boat first, with Percy right behind her. She stepped aside as people barreled into him, demanding if he remembered them.

"PER-RCY!" Grover bleated and gave him a huge goat hug.

"Hey, G-man." Percy said, smiling. "So what's going on?"

Grover stared at him. "What's going on? What's going on? Percy you've been gone for six months! What do you think is going on?"

Percy was about to answer when he nearly got crushed by Tyson, his half brother who was a Cyclops, also hugged him. "You are ok?" Tyson asked.

"I'm fine, Tyson." Percy said. Annabeth let them say hello again and turned to see Chiron and Rachel walking towards them.

"Well, it seems we have a home-coming to celebrate." Chiron said, smiling. He always tried to act professional, but Annabeth could tell that he was more relieved than he was letting on that Percy was safe.

"Hey Percy." Rachel said, giving him a casual hug. Annabeth didn't feel threatened. She didn't have to worry about Rachel anymore. Besides, as oracle Rachel wasn't allowed to get "distracted."

"Never thought I'd see you again, punk. I thought the Romans had taken care of you properly." Clarisse had come up behind Annabeth. For a moment, Percy looked confused, but then recognition crossed his face.

"Hello to you to Clarisse." Percy replied. "Thank you for not trying to squash me into a pulp." he paused. Clarisse was about to say something, but then Percy continued, "You couldn't if you tried." And she couldn't. Not just because of his invulnerability, but because Percy was generally better at sword-fighting than she was.

"Anyways!" Chiron yelled, silencing the crowd. "I am pleased to see that you have returned safely." then he looked at Reyna and Bobby, who were standing next to the ship, just as Piper and Leo had been when they had come to Legion Camp.

"Jason, would you mind introducing us?" Chiron asked.

Jason nodded. "This is Reyna, daughter of Athena, and this is Bobby, son of Hephaestus." Everybody glanced at Annabeth and Leo, and their siblings looked a little uncomfortable, but Jason continued, "They are from Legion Camp. We think that Reyna and Bobby are the other two people from the new Great Prophecy."

Chiron nodded. "Come!" he called. "We will have a meeting in the Big House!"

Annabeth looked around the table. All of the head counselors for every cabin were there, minor gods included. She was a little sad that Thalia, Jason's sister and a Hunter of Artemis wasn't here though. She would be glad to see Percy, and Annabeth just liked her company.

Chiron started the meeting on a positive note. "So," he asked, "how many monsters attacked you, in all, on you journey to and from Legion Camp?"

And so Jason, Leo, Piper, and Annabeth told everyone else what had happened, Percy joining in when they were talking about the harpies. Reyna and Bobby added a few details here and there, but otherwise they didn't speak.

When they were talking about the earthquake at Legion Camp, Chiron said, "Percy, you are sure that this one was not because of your father?"

Percy nodded. "I would've sensed it." he said. "I'm positive."

"Out theory was that it was Gaea." Annabeth continued. "I mean, she is the earth." They also told Chiron about the strange chasm that had simply appeared in the forest of Legion Camp.

Nothing like that had happened here, which was news that Annabeth was glad to hear.

"All right." Chiron decided. "You should stay here only for a few days. There are some things we need to discuss, but not now. It would not be wise to stay for more than a week." Annabeth thought, Nailed it! Everybody muttered their agreement and went back to their activities.

Once they were back outside again, Percy told Grover, Tyson, Rachel, and Annabeth what had been happening to him the past six months. The Romans had treated Percy kinder than Annabeth had expected. After dinner at the campfire, everybody in camp bombarded Percy with questions, but after a while, Chiron ordered everybody to go to sleep.

Annabeth dreamed about all the times she and Percy had spent together, from that underwater kiss to that last night they spent together before he disappeared. Thankfully, though, no omen dreams.

The next morning, Annabeth reintroduced Percy to Peleus the dragon, who was guarding the golden fleece. They were on the hill feeding him (Annabeth felt a bit guilty, she should be drawing out plans for what they were going to do about Gaea in Greece and how they were going to get there in the first place) but the good weather made her feel lazy.

"I think that should do it." Percy said, and turned to go back down the hill towards camp. "Annabeth?"

Annabeth was staring at something down the road from Camp Half-Blood. She wasn't sure what it was, some sort of silvery figures. As a precaution, she drew her dagger. Percy followed her gaze and took Riptide out of his pocket.

"What is th-" he never got to finish, because then there was a flash of light, and Thalia, daughter of Zeus and Hunter of Artemis, was standing at the base of the hill. So were the rest of the Hunters, timber wolves walking around their legs.

"Thalia!" Annabeth cried, racing down the hill.

"Hey Annabeth!" Thalia said, following her back up the hill. Then she stopped short. Her eyes widened. "Percy!" she cried.

Percy smiled. "Hey Thalia." he said. Thalia hugged him when she reached the top of the hill. "You're probably surprised I remember you, right?" Percy asked her.

Thalia shrugged. "Well, honestly, I wasn't sure. Last time I was here, Jason remembered some things, but I didn't know if that was the same as what you remembered." she paused. "I thought you were going to be completely memory wiped!" Thalia exclaimed again.

"Anyways, Thalia," Annabeth continued, "why are you guys here? Did Artemis send you?"

Thalia's face darkened. "Artemis helping Hera to try to convince Zeus that Hera was trapped by Khione, but Zeus is afraid that if he blames the minor gods, they will turn against him again, like they did in the Titan War. She also wanted us to check on what's going on at camp, and if there's any new information on Gaea. But having Percy back is great too!" she looked at him again, then back at Annabeth. "You didn't even tell me when you were leaving on the Argo II!"

Annabeth shrugged. "Sorry." she said. "The last time you visited was three months ago."

Thalia scowled at her, but said, "Come on. Phoebe, will you go tell Chiron that the Hunters will be staying in cabin 8?"

"Sure, Thalia." Phoebe replied, motioned to another girl, and they ran towards the archery range where Chiron was teaching archery class.

"So." Thalia started, when she had let her hunters go and get settled. "What else is new?" Annabeth and Percy told her what they knew, and what they thought Gaea's plan would be. Thalia didn't say anything afterwards, and decided to wait until they had a meeting that day.

"Thalia!" somebody called. Annabeth, Percy, and Thalia turned to see Grover trotting towards them. "When did you decide to drop by?" he asked.

Thalia shrugged. "Just now. Hello to you to, goat boy."

That day went surprisingly normal. There was nice weather, and nobody was doing anything crazy, like setting traps around a labyrinth entrance or doing border patrol because the borders were failing. It was almost too good. Part of the time, Annabeth felt as if someone was whispering in her ear, too good to last, too good to be true. Was that true? she wondered. Annabeth would soon find out.

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