Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson. If I did there would be giant bears on each page.

Oh, and its still James' POV

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Chapter 5

The wind turned harsh as Jessica and I sat down on the bench. Percy had told me weather like this went around us if we wanted it to. Either this was done on purpose, or something's really wrong. As the wind got stronger, the snow turned thicker. I hated the cold and the snow, I help Jessica protectively as we stood up. I narrowed my eyes toward where the party was going on. I could hardly see anyone because of the snow and the wind was making my hair go in my eyes. I saw dark figures only, I looked over to Jessica. She was freaking out.

"What's happening?" She yelled over the noise the wind was making.

"I don't know, lets go over there, where everyone else is!" I yelled back.

At this rate I couldn't hear anything she said because the wind got stronger and louder. I felt her shiver as I held her, I was getting really cold too, so I put my jacket around the both of us. We walked with struggle towards the not-so-party-like-party. The wind got stronger as we got closer to everyone else. I heard someone scream, but it sounded muffled. I held Jessica closer, and she was really shivering now. The snow had piled up against our heads so we looked like we were wearing white hats. Then, strangely, the wind had actually knock us down! I looked over to Jessica to see if she was alright, her eyes were shut tightly. When we got up again the wind had gotten much stronger and I was starting to be pulled back. I tried straining, but it only got worse. I looked behind me, we were about six feet from the dropping into the water. Jessica tried putting her boots deep in the snow, but we still got pulled back. Were four feet away from the water now. Then I remembered, The bench! I stepped towards the bench and managed to grab a hold of hit, Jessica followed my example. I put my knees into the snow to make us stay at that spot. My grip was loosening because of the wind. Then something happened. I yelled loudly and rush of heat went through me and I got knocked off my feet and fell back.

Suddenly, I felt warm again. I looked over to Jessica, she was on the ground too, sitting up. I noticed the snow and wind had died down, a lot. I sat up and looked around. I was surround by…water? No, no. it was melted snow. It was getting hot now, and I could see Jessica felt the warmness too. Then I looked back at the party everyone was confused wondering what had happened. I saw a few of them point at me. Percy and Annabeth had woken up and was next to the bench they were sleeping on. Madison and Nico were looking at me and Jessica with shocked faces.

"What happened?" I whispered to Jessica. Her eyes widened at me, she pointed to something over my head I looked up and saw a faint red glow. It was…a flame? I looked back at Jessica. Her eyes were still wide. "What happened?" I asked again.

She gulped, "You've just been claimed. By Hestia." She said.

I looked at her stupidly. "Isn't she, like, a maiden?" I asked.

"Not anymore." She whispered. "Come on" She said and grabbed my hand and ran off to the path leading back to the camp.

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Madison's POV

"What just happened?" I asked Nico

His face was still shocked. I after what happened I was too. James had unleashed like a wave of heat. It was totally amazing!

"He just, uh, got claimed by Hestia, goddess of hearth and home." He said, snapping out of his shocked face. He moved on to confused.

"Wow. That's a pretty big deal right? I thought she was an, um, you know" I said my voice dying out as I said the last words.

"It is a big deal., this is a big problem." He said and we walked over to Percy and Annabeth.

"Oh, my gods! He just got claimed by Hestia! This is very bad!" Percy whisper yelled.

"Well, what are we doing here?! Lets go follow James and Jessica!" I yelled and we ran off in their direction.

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James' POV

"James has been claimed by Hestia!" Jessica yelled to Chiron once she saw him. He was talking to Dionysus.

Chiron looked surprised, Dionysus looked bored. "What? Are you sure?" Chiron asked.

"I have something to say" Dionysus said, I could barely hear him. Which was a shock because I didn't think a god could talk that low

"Yes, her symbol appear on his head after he shot heat through a blizzard." Jessica said, not hearing Dionysus.

"A blizzard? There is no blizzard. We did not let it through." Chiron said, confused. Dionysus cleared his throat.

"Well there was a blizzard and James made it go away with heat." Jessica said sounding Impatient"

"Excuse me!" Dionysus yelled. Everyone got quiet and looked at him. "She didn't have a baby. She asked Zeus to make a child from a part of her soul, so she would still be a maiden. But, she needed human genes and your dad approved of giving some of his. In a way, you're a half-blood, but a lot stronger than one. She want someone that would do great things in her name. Zeus granted her wish by combining one fourth of her soul and one fourth of your dad's…humanness" Dionysus explain calmly. We stared at him

"Why didn't you tell us before." Chiron asked him.

He shrugged, "I wasn't sure if he was hers" He said and made a coke pop up and drank it.

"S, I wasn't…born?" I asked him

"In a way, no" Dionysus said.

I glared at him, I opened my mouth to say some snappy comeback, but Jessica interrupted me.

"So, James is a part of Hestia?" She asked. Dionysus shook his head. She mouthed wow.

"James, you need to see Rachel, the new oracle, tomorrow" Chiron said. I nodded, my mouth wasn't working.

"Now, be gone! Or you'll find yourselves mad within five minutes!" Dionysus yelled. Me and Jessica back away.

"Um, thanks for your time and see you in the morning" Jessica said with a smile and we rushed out of there, only to bump head first onto Madison, Nico, Percy, and Annabeth.

Madison groaned holding her head while the rest of us rubbed or heads.

I got up and pulled Jessica up too. "What are you doing?!" I said as I wince when I touch the new bruise on my head.

"Um, looking for you!" Madison yelled at me

"You don't have to yell!" I yelled at her.

Then Nico got in front of Madison and glared at me, I glared right back. "Don't talk to her like that." He said eerily calm. Okay, Hades' son was not someone to mess with.

"Um, let me explain what happened" Jessica said before I said anything. Madison glared at her, but she ignored it.

Jessica explained everything and everyone's eyes kept getting wide except for Madison's What's wrong with her? She doesn't even seem happy I know who my mom is. When Jessica was done Annabeth said I should move my stuff to the Hestia cabin. I felt happy knowing I was going to have a big cabin to myself, like Percy does.

I got my bags from the Hermes cabin and Hermes' kids congratulated me. When I got to my cabin. It was amazing. The front and back wall was dark orange, while the side walls was dark red. There was one large bed in the upper left. It had white sheet, and there was something on it. I walked over to it. It was a box with a note on top. The note said:

Hello son. If your reading this that means you found out I, Hestia, is you mother. I except great things from you, the package on your bed is a gift from me. A direct copy of mine, but mine is stronger. I hope you like it.

-Hestia

P.S. I'm sorry, but please let go of this letter.

And that's how it ended. I let go of the letter and it burst into flames. I stared in awe. It turned into ash then the ash disappeared. Awesome. I looked at the package, I sat down and opened it. It was a sword. A nice one at that. The handle was black with real looking flames. The upper part(I don't know what it's called) was red and something told me when it stabs something, or someone, their whole body bursts into flames. Then I spotted something else in the box. It was another sword. This one was like the other one except the handle was wooden. There was a note attached to it. It said:

This sword is for training only. You don't want the people you train with to burst into flames do you? The other sword is for real fighting. Take care of these swords and don't lose them!

-Hestia

Now that is cool, weirdly that note didn't burst into flames. I looked around my cabin once more. There were two wooden cabinets on the right and a small wooden desk next to my bed. A closet was on the right too. There was a bathroom right across the front door. This room was awesome! I picked up the training sword.

"Nice sword" Someone said. It was Jessica, she came in and sat next to me.

"Thanks, it's a gift from my mom, she gave me two. This is just the training one." I said and she nodded. "I need to tell you something" I said to her.

"Okay. Tell me" She said

"I had a great time with you tonight. But, I really like someone else. I'm sorry" I said quietly to her.

She nodded and looked down. "It's okay. I saw the way you look at Madison. You're going to be great for her" She said.

"How'd you know it was Madison?" I asked her, confused.

She laughed, "I am Athena daughter." She said.

"Right. Can we still be friends?" I asked.

"Totally." She said smiling. "But, one last kiss?" She said

I grinned. "Sure" I said. We leaned in at the same time and kissed. It was nice, this is how kissing feels the second time? How does it feel the third time… We parted and she laughed and looked down

"Best second kiss ever. I'm glad I shared my first kiss with you." She said.

"Me too." I replied and we shared one last hug.

"See you tomorrow?" She asked.

"Yep, see you tomorrow." I said and grinned.

She left and I let out a large sigh. I'm sixteen and I just had my first and second kiss. Wow. I looked out the window and saw a head go down. What in Hades…? I went out side to check if anyone was there. No one was there. Am I hallucinated again? I went back inside and went to sleep. My last thought was: An Oracle named Rachel?

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How was that? Tell me in a review!!! And sorry Somekids, but James is a part of her soul, not really her baby. And she's still a maiden, Zeus made James. Sorry if that doesn't make any sense. Please Review!!