A/N: Wow, last chapter. Well here it goes! I am messaging Meitte in the Rain, and I am going to pair up each of the peeps who went on the quest. Ok I am changing something- It's not big but… The whole story takes place in the summer. They have to have their first bead, so… It's not school time. Yeah I really screwed that up haha! Anyway, enjoy.

Charles POV:

We left Dad and Mom in the Big house and sat on the steps on the Poseidon Cabin. Lots of people were waiting for the perfect moment to come and ask us about our family history. I saw Chiron clop down the steps and gallop all throughout the camp, greeting people and answering questions.

He made his way over to Cabin three and crossed his arms in front of us.

"Tell me exactly what happened." And so we did. We told him about the airplane rides, Kelli, and Death Valley. He winced at when we told him what state Dad was in. Chiron was really interested in the parts where we took down Prometheus like a hurricane on steroids.

"Interesting…" He pondered all the events that we told him.

"Thank you for everything you have done. You all have been very brave to go on this quest to save your father's life." Bianca smiled and kicked her feet back and forth. Chiron wished us well and he walked away towards the big house to check in with our parents.

James came towards us turning his head around and around looking for something. As soon as he reached us he turned he back to the cabin. His legs jittered up and down nervously.

"What is it? Are you ok, James?' He looked at us and then back at the crowd of orange shirts.

"Yeah, I have been searching for…"

"JAMES!" I looked at where the female voice came from. A tall girl in shorts came sprinting towards us. She had short brown hair, brown eyes and long slender legs. James started running towards her too. They hugged each other in the middle and they kissed. I was guessing this was his girlfriend.

"You… I just heard… I can't believe… you- I have been worried out of my mind!" She was stuttering just letting the fact that James wasn't hurt sink in. He laughed and sunk his head into her hair and gripped her harder.

"Aren't they cute!" Silena whispered in my ear.

James grabbed the girl's hand and pulled her towards us. Bianca must have recognized her because she got up and left us.

"Emily!" Bianca jumped into her arms and Emily flung her around in the air. Emily held her, supporting her with her left hip.

"You must be the children of the legendary Percy and Annabeth Jackson. Pleased to meet you, I am Emily Connor, daughter of Aphrodite." She had a sweet tone and had a friendly personality. "Your sister is the cutest! While you were gone, we had a really fun time. Didn't we, Bianca?" Bianca giggled and threw her arms up while still in her embrace. I was glad to hear that Bianca was in good hands while we were gone.

"Hi!" said Silena. I shook her hand and she smiled. We talked for a while about how they met and she demanded to hear all about our quest. I remembered our visit to Rachel and I wondered exactly how the prophecy fit in with our quest.

Thou shalt soon find

What thy seeks.

Ok… Well we found Dad, so check.

But once thou is blind

The game becomes weak.

When we were fighting Prometheus, Dad was becoming weaker and weaker by the moment. Dad was the game because he was the victim tied to the boulder.

Through rain and heat

Thou shall find themselves beat.

Rain, obviously was the flash flood that swept through the valley. Heat because of the desert. We were almost beat from the greatness of Prometheus's strength.

Do not forget

The power he keeps.

In a million years, even when I have a place in the underworld, I will never ever forget the adventures we had. Most of all, I won't forget the strength of the titan, Prometheus. The horrifying feeling that he radiated was one I didn't want to feel again.

"Hey, it's time for dinner guys! Let's go get our bead." Emily fingered a necklace full of little clay beads. James had one too. They both had the same number of beads on their leather cords. Now that I took a closer look at them, I remember two necklaces just like that in my mother's jewelry box. They were full of beads. At least 17, and probably, no-definitely more.

Emily put Bianca down and we all went to the Pavilion. There were so many people there.

Mom had been able to help Dad get out of bed. With enough nectar and ambrosia, he was walking. He was still holding his stomach in pain but he looked much better.

Mom helped his sit down at the Poseidon table and then had to sit down according to the camp rules, at the Athena table. All throughout dinner they were making lovey dovey eyes at each other from across the table despite the constant questions she got from her younger siblings. Silena and I kept making fun of them and Dad just pushed us off. I found James and he was doing the same with Emily who was sitting at a table full of Aphrodite girls.

Bianca was telling us about the time she had while we were gone.

Chiron was telling us about the wonderful things that happened this year and about our quest. That part made us all blush with embarrassment. Then we handed out beads. Dad explained that for each year, they gave out a bead. Mom came over to give us a cord and a bead.

They were wearing their necklaces, which were overflowing with beads.

"What's this one?" Bianca fingered one that was around Dad's neck. It was a picture of the empire state building. There were miniature names scripted on them. I looked at Mom's eyes for an explanation, wondering what it was.

Dad started to tell us.

"Silena Beaguard and Charles Beckendorf. The strongest, and bravest heroes I have ever known. We named them after you." Mom shed a tear and turned her head away. I felt like my name was sacred now. I had always thought that it was a common name, but now I have a story. I now have a goal, to be the best I can be so that I live up to the real Charles's name.

"What about me Daddy?" Dad looked at my youngest sister and told her the story of Bianca Di Angelo and my Uncle Nico. It made Bianca open her eyes in wonder.

"We named you after all of these brave heroes because we know that someday you would save so many lives." Mom had a steady flow of tears roll down her eyes. "Luke Castellan. He was the best one of all." I could tell Mom was really close to him.

"Luke saved the world and I think it is time you hear about him." Mom put her hand on my shoulder and rubbed her thumb back and forth as she told us the story of the adventures of Louis, Peter, and Annabelle. Instead of those names, she used the real ones and made the story even more rich.

Once it was all over, she helped tie a cord around Bianca's neck with the bead. Silena put her on too. I took off my key that was around my neck and I slipped the clay bead onto my cord so that it lay right next to my shrunk sword.

I smiled and we went to our activities. After dinner was campfire. Mom sat next to Dad and they sung songs. I sat with Silena, James, Emily and Bianca on a wooden bench. Everything felt right. We all filled up an entire bench.

Five minutes into the songs, some boy with brown hair walked up to Silena and talked with her.

"Hi, my name is Tyler, Son of Hermes. I was wondering if you would like to sit with me over here." He pointed at an empty bench over to the right and she nodded. This kid, Tyler nodded at me and I saw that he looked at me for approval. That definitely got my permission and I winked and turned back to the fire. Silena and Tyler skipped happily to the back of the amphitheater.

Towards the end, I noticed a girl with sandy blonde hair with bright blue eyes sitting with a group of nymphs and satyrs. She was the most beautiful girl I have seen. Some of the girls at my school were pretty buy none compared to her.

She made eye contact and I turned my head shyly. Once I felt it was safe to see look at her beautiful face again, I did and she was blushing and had a rather red tinge to her cheeks. I smiled and she smiled back.

Campfire ended and we all started to go back to our cabins. I looked at the time, and it said 9:54 PM. Before I went to our cabin, I ran to go catch the girl. I saw her walking to a cabin with wheat and plants all over the porch and door.

I grabbed her arm and she turned around. Then I saw her closer than I did, and her beauty was even more radiant. Her sandy blonde hair covered her eyes and face.

"Hi." She said and giggled. "I saw you eyeing me from the other side of the theater. Or was that somebody else?" She turned her head to the side. Her voice was even more beautiful

"That must have been someone else." I said and she laughed. That was one of the most beautiful sounds I have heard in the world. "What's your name?"

"Eliza Bliss, daughter of Demeter." She smiled showing me some beautiful teeth behind her red lips.

"Eliza" I repeated. "Well, Eliza Bliss, daughter of Demeter, I was just hoping to make some friends, given that this is my first… Well, you know."

"Charles Jackson, son of Percy and Annabeth Jackson. Yup, I know all about you."

"Cool, well, I will see you around. It's nice to meet you Eliza." I wished her well and she said goodnight.

"See you in the morning." She turned and walked into her cabin.

I took my time and strolled back to Cabin three with my hands in my pockets, turning the over the idea of Eliza. James waved to me and closed the door to his cabin. I saw Tyler blow a fake kiss across the field and walk into his cabin. He aimed it right at my sister who was leaning against the porch railing waving goodbye.

Once Silena caught sight of me, I told her about Eliza and she told me about her new friend, Tyler. From her point of view, he seemed like a good kid. I may not have to smash his brains out like I thought at first when I saw him take my sister away.

"So what do you think?" I asked Silena.

She looked at me and grinned.

"I think I am going to like Camp Half-Blood."

"Me too." I pulled her into the cabin and I laid my head down to rest, full of anticipation for the next day.

I fingered my necklace until I fell asleep. I had basically memorized the shape and color of the new decoration. The vulture lay on my chest, reminding my of the quest, and next to it, the blank key.

A/N: Carpe diem = seize the day, making the most of each day. That's what I have been working on and that's what Charles did when he approached Eliza. If you didn't understand, the vulture is their bead. Thanks for reading my story and that is where I have to end it. Read and Review, and let me know what you think. I am going to be writing another story soon. Check it out! Also, I have a previous story called Thanks for Being There. Hope you enjoy it!