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"Hey, Luke, we just came to see how you were and to tell you we forgive you and that you were really awesome out there and that we need you so we'll have someone to seriously prank!" Connor rushed all in one breath.

"Calm down, Connor," Luke said patiently, "I think I'll be alright. I have more support than I could have hoped for, and thank you for the second chance. I promise you can prank me as much as you want in retaliation for everything. You too, Travis."

"YES!"

"Ok, that's all. You can rest now, after Clarisse," Travis said with a smirk.

Luke raised an eyebrow.

"I'd ask to make sure she's unarmed but I don't think even that would stop her."

"Yep," Clarisse agreed from the doorway, "If I was allowed to, I would be holding you in a death grip making you scream for your mommy right about now. But Hermes is making me play nice as long as he steals me an Olympian axe. You have no idea how cool those bad boys are."

Luke winced at the casual mention of his parents.

"So I'm just gonna go now. I won't be all mushy and soft and say everything'll be fine. You're gonna have to earn my trust." And with that she marched off.

Travis and Connor looked at each other before giving Luke an encouraging smile and leaving.

After Clarisse and the Stoll brothers left and Sally fixed up Annabeth's arm for her, Annabeth, Percy, and Thalia got ready and left for the Olympian council meeting.

On the way, Annabeth stopped Percy and kissed him on the lips.

"Happy birthday, seaweed brain."

"Oh my gods! I forgot it was my birthday. I actually forgot with everything that's happened."

"Mhm."

When they arrived, Nico was standing by his father Hades looking happier than Percy had ever seen him.

Clarisse was already there and being roughly patted on the back by Ares.

"That drakon slaying job you did out there! Now that's what I'm talking about!" he bellowed joyfully.

Clarisse looked overwhelmed and all she did was nod and blink like she was afraid he'd hit her, but eventually she began to smile.

Hera and Hephaestus passed them and while Hephaestus was a little grumpy about Percy jumping on his throne, he said he thought they did "a pretty bang-up job, mostly."

Hera sniffed in disdain. "I suppose I won't destroy you three now."

"Annabeth helped save Olympus," Percy told her. "She convinced Luke to stop Kronos."

"Hmmmm," Hera whirled away in a huff, but Percy figured their lives would be safe, at least for a little while.

Dionysus's head was still wrapped in a bandage. He looked Percy up and down and said, "Well, Percy Jackson. I see Pollux made it through, so I suppose you aren't completely inept. It's all thanks to my training, I suppose."

"Um, yes, sir," Percy said.

Mr. D nodded. "As thanks for my bravery, Zeus has cut my probation at that miserable camp in half. I now have only fifty years left instead of one hundred."

"Fifty years, huh?" Percy tried to imagine what it would be like to put up with Dionysus until he was an old man, assuming he lived that long.

Annabeth tried not to sigh in relief.

"Don't get so excited, Jackson," he said, and Percy realized he was saying his name correctly. "I still plan on making your life miserable."

The three demigods couldn't help smiling.

"Naturally," said Thalia.

"Just so we understand each other." He turned and continued repairing his grapevine throne, which had been singed by fire.

As Percy walked away from him, Grover came up beside him. "So many nature spirits dead, Percy. So many!"

As he broke down into tears, Percy put an arm around his shoulders and gave him a rag to blow his nose.

"You did a great job, G-man. We will come back from this. We'll plant new trees. We'll clean up the parks. Your friends will be reincarnated into a better world."

Grover sniffed dejectedly. "I ... I suppose. But it was hard enough to rally them before. I'm still an outcast. I could barely get anyone to listen to me about Pan. Now will they ever listen to me again? I led them into a slaughter."

"They will listen," Percy promised. "Because you care about them. You care about the Wild more than anyone."

He tried for a smile. "Thanks, Percy. I hope ... I hope you know I'm really proud to be your friend."

Percy patted his arm. "Luke was right about one thing. You're the bravest satyr I ever met."

He blushed, but before he could say anything, Tyson charged into Percy, arms wide. Fortunately, he'd shrunk back to normal size, so his hug was like getting hit by a tractor, not the entire farm.

"You are not dead!" he said.

"Yeah," Percy agreed. "Amazing, huh?"

He clapped his hands and laughed happily. "I am not dead, either. Yay! We chained Typhon. It was fun!"

Behind him, fifty other armored Cyclopes laughed and nodded and gave each other high fives.

"Tyson led us," one rumbled. "He is brave! The bravest of the Cyclopes!"

Tyson blushed. "Was nothing."

"I saw you!" Percy said. "You were incredible!"

Poor Grover almost passed out. He was deathly afraid of Cyclopes.

"Please don't eat me," he muttered.

Poseidon came up to Percy and wagged a finger at him with a stern face.

"I even forgive you for sitting on my throne. You have saved Olympus!"

He held out his arms and gave Percy a hug. When he pulled away, he smiled kindly at him.

Percy teared up, finally giving in to the fears he had been keeping at bay. "Dad-"

"Shh," he said. "No hero is above fear. Not even Hercules-"

"POSEIDON!" a voice roared.

Zeus had taken his throne. He glared across the room at Poseidon as all the other gods took their seats. Even Hades was present, sitting on a simple stone guest chair at the foot of the hearth. Nico sat cross-legged on the ground at his dad's feet.

"Well, Poseidon? Are you too proud to join us in council, my brother?"

Poseidon looked like he was going to get mad, but he just looked at Percy and winked. "I would be honored, Lord Zeus."

Poseidon strode over to his fishing seat, and the Olympian council convened.

While Zeus gave a long speech about the bravery of the gods, etc., Annabeth came over to Percy.

"Miss much?" she whispered.

"Nobody's planning to kill us, so far," he whispered back.

"First time today."

Percy cracked up, but Grover nudged him because Hera was giving them a dirty look.

"As for my brothers," Zeus said. "We are thankful"-he cleared his voice like the words were hard to get out- "erm, thankful for the aid of Hades."

The lord of the dead nodded. He had a smug look on his face, but he'd earned the right. He patted his son Nico on the shoulders, and Nico looked happier than he ever had before.

"And, of course," Zeus continued, though he looked like his pants were smoldering, "we must ... um ... thank Poseidon."

"I'm sorry, brother," Poseidon said. "What was that?"

"We must thank Poseidon," Zeus growled. "Without whom ... it would have been difficult-"

"Difficult?" Poseidon asked innocently.

"Impossible," Zeus said. "Impossible to defeat Typhon."

The gods murmured their agreement and pounded their weapons in approval.

"Which leaves us," Zeus said, "only the matter of thanking our young demigod heroes, who defended Olympus so well - even if there are a few dents in my throne."

He called Thalia forward first, since she was his daughter. "You have done well, my daughter. Despite your lapse of disrespect, I am proud of you."

Artemis smiled.

"Do not worry, my former lieutenant. I will not punish you for following your heart, or Aphrodite would never let me hear the end of it. I too, am proud of you. All my Hunters who perished in my service will never be forgotten. They will achieve Elysium, I am sure."

She glared pointedly at Hades.

He shrugged. "Probably."

Artemis glared at him some more.

"Okay," Hades grumbled. "I'll streamline their application process."

Thalia beamed with pride. "Thank you, Father. And thank you, my lady."

She bowed to the gods, even Hades, and then limped over to stand by Zeus.