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Annabeth pov:

I punch Percy in the arm because of course he is being an idiot like usual. "Percy you can't spy on Michael and Bianca!" He sends a smirk my way and peers around the corner. Bianca sits on a swing while Michael pushes her. She shouts out in joy and I find myself smiling. "Of course I can. I have to protect Bianca." I roll my eyes. Typical Percy. "Protecting her doesn't mean stalking her when she is on a date." I send a pointed look at him and he shrugs. Even though I know I shouldn't, I watch them. They look so innocent and carefree. I look at Percy and find that he is staring at me. "What?" I ask curiously. He stands up and drags me away. "What's wrong Percy?" He doesn't look me in the eyes but when he does, I see guilt. "I feel bad for spying." Why does he have to feel bad for everything he does? I interlace my hands with his and we walk back to the house. It's weird that Percy is now my husband. Nothing changed really. We act the same as we did before except I think our love is stronger than ever. I know it's stupid. How could a single 'I do' change anything?

When we make it back the house, I grab some of my blueprints. Now that we're married, Percy wanted us to have a house and since I'm an architect I decided to build it. Well I'm mostly just drawing up the house and Percy is going to make it with some of the hunters. I don't even know Zoe but she I do know that she is incredibly nice. She told me about her and Hercules and it's hard to believe that she was that old when she died.

The house I'm drawing up has four bedrooms and two guest rooms. There are bathrooms connecting to each bedroom. the living room is very spacious because here we don't really watch tv that much. So basically the whole living room is a bunch of bookcases. There is also a fish tank in the dining room and a pool in the backyard.

I am just finishing the sketches of the pool, when Percy takes my pencil and sketchbook. "Hey!" I exclaim in disbelief. He did not just do that. He holds up a finger and I can tell he is concentrating. I am about to kill him when I see him erasing. Just as I'm about to punch him, he hands the book back. I look down at it to see what changes he made and then gasp. He had erased one of the bedrooms and put a nursery instead. I look up at him and he gives me a sheepish grin. "A nursery," I whisper. He suddenly turns nervous. "Yeah a nursery for...you know future reference." I can't help but laugh and give him a big hug. He might be thick headed but he is very sweet. "Thank you." He smiles at me and I tell him I'm going to take a nap.

Despite my wishes, he carries me inside and lays me down on the bed. Then he kisses my forehead and quietly leaves. I settle into the warm blankets and fall asleep with my mind reeling. I wake up and find that it's morning and Percy is sleeping next to me. I walk downstairs and find Hades waiting for me. This is not going to be good.

Percy pov:

I am woken up by someone shaking me. It's Silena. "You might want to come downstairs. It's important." I slip out of bed and follow her down the stairs. Everyone looks at me when I enter the room. Hades sends me a grim look. "There is no choice now, Percy. You must be the hero." I look over at Annabeth and find her face expressionless. I understand immediately. This my decision. I can't count on anyone else to make it for me. I step forward and kneel. "I will be honored to be your hero." Hades nods and I face a dilemma. Do I really want to bring Annabeth and risk her getting hurt? "What happens if I die during a battle?" I ask fearing the answer. Hades looks down and says, "If you happen to die, then you will not come back to Elysium. You will fade into nothing. I wish it wasn't true but this is how the fates made it to be." I feel a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. This situation just got a hundred times worse.

"I will join Percy." I look up when I hear Annabeth's voice. She stares me down and I know that this time I can't convince her to stay behind. "As will I," says Bianca. "If Bianca goes, then so will I." Michael says while standing tall. Zoe walks forward and straps her bow to her back. "I believe this is fate for me to be reunited with Lady Artemis. I will join and I have no intention of dying a second time." I stare at all the people who are willing to risk their lives and take a chance of fading. I am so proud of them. I am extremely proud of Bianca who is technically only twelve. She is so brave. I am also proud of Annabeth. She doesn't let me pull the overprotective boyfriend crap anymore. "When do we leave?" I ask. Hades gives me a small grin and says, "Right now." Then it all turns black.

Piper pov: (An hour before)

I walk along the beach line not really paying attention to anything. I am so angry at everything that has happened to me. Of course I pick the worst boyfriend on the planet. I have been called a lot of things in my life like ugly, stupid, immature, ect. I can handle being called that and I never really felt hurt at that comments. There was this one nickname that I started to get called after Annabeth's murder. Killer. I got called a killer and that really stuck to me because I know I said some awful things but I never would kill someone who isn't a monster. I feel like there is no one left to help me. Jason is gone from my life, thankfully, and some of my friends hate me now. They don't say it but I can see it in their eyes. When they see me, all I see is disgust. How can I blame them?

All of a sudden I have an urge to jump into the ocean and drown. It would be so easy. I look around me and I am about to enter the water when someone stops me. "You don't want to do that daughter." I turn around and see Aphrodite standing nervously on the sand. "How do you know what I want? Nobody likes me and I helped with a murder." I stare at the ocean waves and I can feel my mind slipping. The pain is taking over. "I care about you and so do your friends. You imagine the hatred you think they feel for you. They don't think it's your fault and maybe if you talked to them you would see it." I can't believe my mother is downtalking me when she was never there. She can't pretend to know what I'm going through. "You have never been there for me. I feel like I don't even know you," I whisper while staring intently at the waves.

"I have been watching over you for so long. The only reason I didn't approach you is I thought you wouldn't accept me. I thought you would label me as a whore since I'm the love goddess. You are so different than my other children. You actually wanted a boyfriend to keep and not use. In my opinion, you are a better woman than me. I love you piper. I truly do and it hurts to know that you don't think I do."

I am truly shocked when I see tears running down her face. That's when I notice her makeup free face. She is changing because she wants to truly be my mother. "I don't know how I feel right now but I want to spend time with you. I want to get to know you. The real you, not the fake perky love goddess crap." Aphrodite smiles and pulls me into a hug. "If I could kill Jason, I would," she whispers. I hug her tighter in response.

We hang out for a while and talk. I find out that she really did love my father and regretted having to leave him because of the ancient laws. I am just telling her about the time Leo blew up one of the classrooms in our old school when someone calls me.

It's the boy named Will who is dating Nico. "You need to follow me quick. You should come too Lady Aphrodite." We get up and swiftly follow him. We stop at the entrance and see a huge mass of people surrounding something. I hear people whispering. "Percy and Annabeth are here." One of them says to me. I look at him confused. "Also a few others I don't know."

I push my way through the crowd and see Percy and Annabeth lying unconscious. How? Lying next to them is a girl in a silver parka, probably a hunter. There is another girl in a silver parka but she is much younger. An unknown boy lies next to her. He is holding her hand.

I hear someone shout and Hades tears through the crowd. He kneels over each person and whispers, "Wake." Slowly, each of them sit up. Percy rubs his head. "My head really hurts." Annabeth smacks him on the arm. "You're always complaining." He continues to rub his head and then realizes where he is. "Um Annabeth, I think we have company." She raises her head and her eyes widen.

Lady Artemis runs into the clearing and heads for the older girl in the silver parka. She stops ten feet away. "Is it really you?" She asks warily. "Yes milady," the girl answers with a smile. Artemis sprints over and crushes her into a hug. "I've missed you," Artemis says. The girl smiles and gestures to the girl next to her. "Ah Bianca. So young to have died." Artemis hugs her also and the girl looks uncomfortable. The girl doesn't let go of the boy's hand.

Nico walks into the clearing, his face expressionless. He approaches the girl named Bianca and stares at her for a long time. "Hello brother," she says. I did not see that one coming. He doesn't say anything but I see tears streaming down his face. "Are you mad at me?" Bianca asks nervously. Nico smiles and says, "How can I be mad? You're my sister and I love you." Bianca hugs him tightly. When Nico pulls back, he gestures to the boy. "Who is this?" She takes the boy's hand and says, "This is Michael. My boyfriend." The way she says it is like she is daring him to complain. Instead of doing that, Nico shakes hands with Michael. "You better take care of her." Bianca punches him in the arm. "Remember who is older here, brother." He sends her a wry smile and looks at Percy. His expression changes to emotionless. "Thalia." She hurries to his side and he tells her something. She nods her head and approaches Percy. Without any warning, she punches him in the stomach. Then as quick as she can, she punches his jaw. He stumbles back and for a second his eyes are unfocused. How can she do that to him? Annabeth steps in front of Percy and exclaims, "What the hell Thalia?!" Thalia huffs angrily and clenches her fist. "You know how long I spent crying over you? Then he just decides to die too and leave all of us!" Percy looks hurt and I know I have to do something.

I run in between them and turn to Thalia. "Look if you want to hit someone, hit me. I caused all of this." I can see the hesitation in her eyes. She doesn't know if she should. Annabeth speaks up. "No! I don't blame you Piper and I know that your angry Thalia. Percy dying for me was stupid but I'm glad he did it. I love him and he loves me and we couldn't break that. We're married now Thalia." She whispers the last part and then grabs Percy's hand. He smiles at her lovingly.

There is a flash and Zeus stands there with everyone watching. "I am glad and I am sure you are too that these heroes have returned to life but we have a bigger matter to deal with. I am afraid to say that a war is upon us and we have no time to prepare." With that lightning strikes the center of the clearing and a roar is heard. "We are going to die" are the last words I hear before chaos erupts.

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