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Chapter 8

Andromeda POV

previously

''Moreover, it is time you told everyone your actual heritage, child. It is time for them to know.''

We both looked up to see Lady Hestia standing in front of us.

''Are-are you sure my lady?'' I stuttered.

She nodded serenely. ''Yes my dear. It is time. You all could not be hidden forever and now is as good a time as any you will get.''

''But it was supposed to remain a secret!'' I exclaimed. Great going Andy. You could not keep your identity a secret for even a week. You should totally consider being an undercover detective. You wouldn't even last a day.

Georgiana just looked lost. It was almost comical. It seemed like she was trying to figure out which was the right way up. I did not blame her. I would be confused to if I was in her place.

''Nothing remains a secret forever.'' Said Hestia gravely. ''Your parents knew the risks of sending you here. I had already told them about them. I am sure they will not blame you.''

''Well, although I have no clue as to what the Hades you both are discussing it seems to be pretty important. Might as well get it over with then,'' said Georgiana cheerfully. And the three of us made our way to the campfire, Georgiana dragging me along like she was high on sugar and Hestia smiling serenely bringing up the rear. My half aunt is crazy.

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The moment we entered, everyone stared at us like we had come from another planet. I was dreadfully embarrassed. Georgiana took it all in her stride.

''Hey everyone!'' she exclaimed, waving at them. ''What are you'll looking at?'' I wanted the ground to swallow me up that very instant. She was even worse than all four of us at home on a sugar high and that is saying something. It involves an escaped zebra from the zoo, an orangutan, surfing and one furious zookeeper. But that is a story for another time.

Hestia led us to the main podium where Chiron, Mr. D and all the other veterans sat.

''Lady Hestia,'' said Chiron bowing deeply. ''To what do we owe this pleasure?''

''Chiron, I think it is time that the true identity of one of your campers is known.'' She said, gesturing at me. My face was on fire. I wanted to run away.

''Indeed?'' said Chiron, raising an eyebrow. Whispers broke out among the crowd of campers. Nico looked at me suspiciously. I think that he had partly figured it out already. Joy.

''Yes. Now my dear, if you will please introduce yourself?'' said Hestia leading me to the podium. Everyone went silent. Even Mr. D put down his wine magazine to look at me. The veterans looked at me with undisguised interest.

My mouth went dry. I looked helplessly at the crowd to see Georgiana give me a thumbs up. Honestly, at times she is as bad as Charlie. Roxanne smiled at me encouragingly.

''Uh, well, you see,'' I said nervously, looking around at the campers surrounding me. Georgiana mouthed Go on!

I took a deep breath. I could do this. ''My name is not Andy Johnson.'' I said in a much more confident voice. '' My actual name is Andromeda Sally Jackson and my parents are Percy and Annabeth Jackson.''

The change in the crowd was instantaneous. ''No way! Impossible! She is a liar!'' were some of the common things being yelled by the campers. The veterans looked flabbergasted. Leo's mouth was hanging open comically. Nico looked as though he had seen a ghost. Rachel's eyes glowed green and she looked at me with wonder. As for Jason, he was slackjawed.

''SILENCE!'' yelled Chiron, banging his hoof on the ground. To Hestia he said, ''Explain yourself, my lady.''

''Willingly,'' she replied. She turned to the campers. ''Twenty three years ago when Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase apparently were found dead, it was not so. I found them as they were leaving camp and helped them escape. Now, '' she continued, seeing some veterans open their mouths to protest, ''you may think that was wrong on their part but answer me honestly. If they had told you they wanted to leave camp would you have let them?''

Piper's mouth snapped shut. She looked guilty. So did all of them for that matter. They were all avoiding Hestia's eyes, staring at the floor. A tear rolled down Malcolm's cheek.

''I helped Percy and Annabeth leave camp and start a life on their own.'' She continued. '' I was the one who shielded them and their children from the eyes of the gods. The only flaw was that their children would have to come to camp once they were fifteen as my protection would be useless then. That is how Andromeda is here.''

There was a stunned silence. Then Jonathan piped up, ''That is how you are so good with the sword isn't it, Andy?'' he asked.

''And are a walking disaster with bow and arrow.'' grinned Fred.

''And have amazing control over the water,'' chimed in Sam.

All the campers started speaking at once, dissecting my abilities and wondering how they had overlooked them earlier. Until-

''This is impossible! This is just a lie!'' exclaimed Stefan, a son of Athena.

A chorus of ''Yeahs!'' greeted his statement. They were all from the Athena Cabin, no guesses there.

Hestia's eyes glowed like embers. I think she too had enough of their insolence. The campfire glowed brightly. Flames shot up in the air. Someone screamed. I don't blame them. It was pretty scary. Moral of the story? Don't piss off Hestia.

The fire cleared to form a scene. It was almost like a television screen. The noises and shapes got clearer. I craned my neck and to my astonishment saw my family sitting in a restaurant. They were all there – Mom, Dad, Luke, Silena, Charlie and even Aunt Susan. I recognised where they were. It was Samantha's Deli. It then struck me. Today was supposed to be Luke's big game! They must have come here to celebrate.

Nico POV

I could not believe it! Percy and Annabeth were alive? How? To be honest, I always had a sneaking suspicion that they were not dead. If they had died, I would have known. However, I had been in coma at the time they had left. One of the side effects of fighting in a war, you know. Hence, maybe they had died and I had not known. I had gone to Elysium to search for them once I had recovered but on not finding them there, I supposed they must have tried for rebirth and that was another story. Shattered, I went back to camp having accepted the fact that my cousin and one of my best friends who was like a sister were dead.

I had given up on my crush on Percy long ago. It had been stupid, I now realised. I had tried to turn my feelings of hero worship into something else. Percy and Annabeth belonged together, anyone could see that. And now, Hestia was saying that Andy Johnson was actually Andromeda Jackson and her parents were Percy and Annabeth!

I had already had my suspicions after the first sword fighting class. Her fighting style was similar to that of Percy's with a hint of Annabeth's. At that time, I had thought that it was a coincidence, but with Andy - sorry, Andromeda's blonde hair and sea green eyes, I should have guessed it. How could I have been so blind?

When that kid Stefan opened his mouth, it took all my self control not to send him to the Underworld. Honestly, all the Athena kids were really irritating. They got on my nerves. I had no clue what was up with Athena's kids. After the war, they had all changed. All the new Athena campers were narrow-minded, mean and cruel. Chiron too, had no idea what to do with them.

Hestia did her 'flame-thingy' as Percy called it. Once the scene cleared, my jaw dropped open. There were Percy and Annabeth, considerably older. They were probably in a restaurant. Next to them sat a girl in her early twenties with brown hair and blue eyes. Who the Hades was she?

Across them sat three kids. The oldest was wearing a jersey and had black hair and gray eyes. The other two appeared to be of the same age. They had blonde hair. The girl had green eyes while the boy's were brown. So these were Percy's children. Wow.

I looked on as the brown hair girl opened her mouth and began to speak.

Please don't hate me! I know two cliffies in a row is pushing it. I promise, next time I will give a proper ending to the whole thing. Also, any guesses as to what's wrong with the Athena Cabin?

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