Hello fellow readers. It's me again. :) I was really excited for this chapter so that's why I'm updating unexpectedly. I suggest that you listen to fun music (as I will mention later on) because I was when I was writing this so I was kinda putting it in the setting of...almost like a movie.

Disclaimer: I do not own PJO, X-Men, Harry Potter, Maserati's, Camaro's, or Mustang's, nor do I own the different varities of glasses.

Speaking of that, if the readers who do own glasses see one that is almost like ones that you wear, please don't feel like I'm insulting you. I'm really not.

Without further ado, Chapter 5- The Styles I Have to Choose From.

Athena, Aphrodite, and Apollo kept bickering as they led the demigods to the mysterious room that Zeus had mentioned.

"Psst!" Percy, who was walking next to Annabeth holding her hand, hissed at Jason and Piper over his shoulder.

"What?" Piper asked.

"Where's Leo?"

"He said he was finding the bathroom back there," Jason jabbed a thumb over his shoulder.

"I swear if he messes anything up…" Annabeth trailed off, growling and shaking her head.

"So Annabeth," Piper said, "since you're the one who rebuilt Olympus, what's this room that we're going to?"

Annabeth shrugged. "There are so many possibilities…I structured so many rooms that—"

"We're going to the room that, if asked and needed, it will have what we need. So instead of just waltzing around Olympus in search for the room we want, we can just go here and it'll be right there. Or it'll be in here even when it's not made inside of the palace of Olympus." Apollo answered. (A/N: I didn't intend on it sounding like the Room of Requirement in Harry Potter. Teehee)

"Oh…that one. I wasn't even sure why I built that one…" Annabeth murmured.

"Were you watching Harry Potter?" Piper asked, a smile gracing her lips. (A/N: Had to do it now. Plus I imagine Piper is as much as a nerd as we are.)

"Who is this Harry Potter?" Annabeth asked.

Piper shook her head and waved it off. Annabeth shrugged.

They came upon a bronze door with an electronic panel on the side. Athena pushed a button on it and spoke to it in Ancient Greek. To the demigods, she had asked for glasses. Apollo opened the door and it looked like they were in a real eyeglasses store.

Rows upon rows of glass panels caging off pairs of glasses. Everyone was amazed as they wondered in and out of the rows to look at all the remarkably exotic glasses that didn't look like any ordinary pair you'd find in the real world. Some were of wood, with carved designs on the handles. Some look like they'd been picked from the future. And many looked over the powers of the gods.

When Annabeth tried to look, she then realized that she couldn't. Aphrodite took her shoulders and guided her to a swivel chair that sat in front of a mirror with giant light bulbs around the border—like something in an actress's dressing room.

She let Annabeth sit down. "Now darling, this isn't just about if you can see again, it's all about style!"

Aphrodite slid a pair of glasses on Annabeth's ears.

Annabeth felt like she was looking through a dirty windshield with bugs and fog and crud. Then suddenly, someone finally turned the windshield wipers on. She could come up with many more similes and examples, but she was too busy sitting up straight and smiling from ear to ear. She turned the chair around and looked around the room. She could see the room finally and found Percy right in front of her and Jason and Piper on the other side of the room, checking out all the pairs of glasses. She stood up and took Percy's face into her hands.

"Hey, Wise Girl," he said.

She couldn't get the words out of her mouth.

"Whatcha doin'?" he asked.

"It's been a while since I've seen how blue your eyes were." She said under her breath.

They were cerulean around the pupil, growing into baby blue, but then turning darker again—and indigo color.

Percy blushed as he grinned. He kissed her cheek. "That's great. How do they feel?" he asked as he rested his hands on her hips.

Annabeth touched the handles, looking at the ceiling. She was sure she probably looked like an idiot with her wide eyes, but she didn't care. She just felt like this could be the last chance she could see again.

"I love it! I can see!" she exclaimed.

Percy's smile faltered. "But…are you sure you like the style of them?" He asked.

"Huh?" Annabeth turned back to the mirror. The glasses Aphrodite slipped on her were crimson red with great pink hearts around the lenses, bordering it with sparkles.

Annabeth's smile fell. She looked back at Aphrodite, who was just about to faint at the couple, bemused.

"No. I do not like the style at all." Annabeth said as she took them off.

Aphrodite pouted. "Those looked perfect on you!"

"No they did not." Percy said. Annabeth would've smacked him, but she agreed.

"They were too…Aphroditeness…" Annabeth said as she sat back down in the chair. "I don't want anything too flashy—just normal."

"So that definitely rules out all Aphrodite and Zeus glasses…" Apollo said. He was suddenly holding a clipboard. It probably had a list of all the glasses in stock. He marked two things on the list.

"Zeus's glasses are flashy?"Percy said in disbelief.

"Oh, he doesn't like to show it, but he likes to believe he has…what is it you call it these days? Swag? Hip? Fly?"

Percy snorted, which then turned into a rolling-on-the-floor-holding-stomach-in-pain fit of laughter.

"What do you mean the gods glasses? What's so special about them? The style looks like the gods powers?" Annabeth asked as Jason and Piper came closer to the group, still looking at the glasses.

"Yes. It could mean that, or some of them could have powers of the gods." Athena explained as there was a loud BOOM from the room, making a large CRRAACK!

As Athena was offering the explanation, Jason had taken a pair of teal glasses with lightning bolts on the sides. He had tried on the glasses and pushed the lightning bolts. The glasses on his face began to vibrate viciously and he turned away from Piper toward the ground.

The lightning bolts had conjured lightning and lasered the floor, creating a huge hole in the ground.

"WHOA!" Jason yelped as he tore the glasses off his face.

All eyes were on Jason and a silence followed. Jason's cheeks grew red as he cleared his throat.

"You mean like that?"

Instantaneously, Apollo answered, "Exactly like that."

"Sorry," he murmured and set the glasses back into the glass case.

"Yeah, looks like Zeus's are definitely off the list." Annabeth said and Apollo marked the papers attached to the clipboard again.

"Yeah but you could be like Cyclops from the X-Men." Piper grinned. (A/N: Like I said before: she's one of us.)

"Wow. The first time any demigod is in this room and my little bro destroys the majority of it." A voice came from the entrance.

All heads turned to find Thalia with her hand on her cocked hip, smirking at Jason.

All demigods smiled and she greeted them, returning their hugs.

"What are you doing here?" Annabeth asked.

"Mistress Artemis requested the Huntresses for some training but then we heard a loud noise and she asked me to go inspect what it was." Thalia said, pointedly looking at Jason again. Jason chuckled nervously. "Question is, what are you doing here?"

They explained Annabeth's problem.

"Aw, Annie…I never would've expected you to get glasses.." Thalia ruffled her hair. Annabeth smoothed down her ponytail in annoyance.

"The Huntresses are here? Oh, they better not ruin my cars." Apollo said.

"Oh, your little collection? The one with Maserati's, Camaro's, Mustang's, and…" Thalia trailed off as Apollo shoved the clipboard at her and ran out of the room.

Percy laughed. "Well now that he's gone…"

Thalia chuckled as she looked down the huge hole that her brother created. "Watch your step; first one's a doozy."

The demigods smiled but then Athena's cold voice said, "A doozy that'll lead you a straight fall back to earthen grounds."

Thalia backed away from the hole and said, "So what are we waiting for? Let's try on some glasses for Annabeth."

The demigods whooped and went through the aisles to search for a pair that Annabeth might like.

Annabeth sat in the chair uneasily as she tried on the glasses they suggested to her. They all made her eyesight better it's just that Aphrodite was right: it was all about the style now.

Annabeth tried on many:

A bright yellow kind that looked like they belonged in the 70's. Annabeth wrinkled her nose.

A fruity rainbow kind that was in Iris's section. Annabeth was getting a headache just looking at all the colors.

There was a pair from Hermes with little winged feet on the sides. Her knuckles were turning white from holding onto the chair so hard because her glasses were trying to fly her out of the chair.

"Oh please," Athena scoffed. "If we let her try a god's glasses, at least let it be her own godly parent."

Athena's section was made with either beige or gray, small rimmed glasses. Some had occasional brown owls on the sides. But Annabeth would be the first to admit it: they were simply too boring.

Annabeth wished to have a green pair from Poseidon, but Athena also wouldn't allow it for multiple reasons.

After a while of too many declined answers, things were starting to get tiring and goofy. Athena and Aphrodite thought they had better things to do and so they left. Percy pulled out his iPod and they played some music as they modeled the glasses. (A/N: I can't exactly pick a song because there are so many that could fit. But if it's any consolation, I'm listening to Ke$ha. If you aren't listening to that, then I suggest Blackout, Booty Swing, and just a lot of up-beat fun songs that make you want to dance and go crazy. :))

There was a box in a back room filled with more from the 50's through 90's. Black razor ones that spiked through Annabeth's hair. She laughed when she saw herself in the mirror.

There was another pair that was humongous, making it look like a pair she thought she had seen her grandmother wear at one point. Annabeth raised an eyebrow displeasingly.

Next were the kinds that curved upwards at her temples, sequins and polka dots covered the white paint. Annabeth puckered her lips as she placed her index finger on the lower right quadrant of her lips and then smiled at her own goofiness.

There was a pair of hot pink and the lenses were supposed to be yellow, but were so old that the coloring was turning sickly orange. The oval shape reached higher than her eyebrows. The others wore a pair also, crowding around her as they posed.

Next they found circled lenses that were black—something that hippies would wear. Annabeth wiggled her eyebrows.

They then came across several pairs of the same kind: spectacles that grew the size of your pupils. Like Apollo's reading glasses. They each wore a pair. Annabeth sat up straight in the chair as she folded her hands on the table. The others stood or sat next to her neatly, all five of them with bemused expressions.

It seemed that the fun music had suddenly stopped and you could hear the crickets chirp from outside the walls of Olympus.

But then it started back up again when Annabeth took them off, no longer being able to suppress her laughter.

"Okay, let's be for real now," she said in between giggles.

But no one listened.

They flew by leopard and zebra printed styles. There were even kinds that wrapped around your head with a chrom (A/N: Not sure if I spelled that right.) color.

Thalia wrapped a rubber kind around Annabeth's head, making her close her eyes. Annabeth yelped when the strap slapped against the back of her scalp. Annabeth opened her eyes and found herself wearing goggles. Her eyesight seemed more difficult through them.

"Seriously? These are Percy's type—not mine." Annabeth laughed.

Percy took them off of her and tried them on. He literally looked like a fish. "What can I say? I look perfect in them." He sighed dramatically.

It caused a lot of laughter to erupt.

Thalia stepped from behind the mirror wearing glasses that had googly eyes. They jumped up and down as she bobbed her head, sticking her tongue out.

Piper and Annabeth sat in front of the mirror, swaying their head from side to side as they wore giant, plastic glasses that reached higher than their heads. They fell over laughing as the small ridge slipped off of their noses in unison.

"Hey, look at these," Jason said, "these are pretty weird."

He turned around as he wore a pair that didn't have any lenses but a red rubber piece that was the size of his actual eye. There was a black dot in the middle so that he could see out of it. A black wire ran around his head.

"They hurt too." He said.

The others took one look at him and practically died. They leaned over each other, not able to contain their laughter at all.

"What?" Jason asked as he hesitantly chuckled, not knowing what was making them act up like this.

"Those are for…" Thalia started, but snorted and cackled.

"Sparky, you wear those when you're in a tanning bed." Piper said as she laid a hand on his shoulder. She wiped a tear from her eye.

Jason's face was as red as the tanning goggles. "Oh."

Everyone chortled still. Jason joined in after he saw himself in the mirror.

Athena walked in again to see how they were doing and everyone immediately tore off the current glasses they were wearing. They tried to have serious faces on and Percy turned off his iPod, slipping it into his pocket. Annabeth grabbed a pair from the desk and put them on, the others commenting as if they were complimenting a painting.

"Those look nice," Piper said.

Jason tilted his head, his fingers resting on his chin and lips, in the thinking position as he stared intently at the glasses.

"Eh….I don't like them as much…" Thalia said.

"Very marvelous…" Percy said. For an odd reason, an accent bubbled up into his tone.

That triggered some snorts.

Athena bit back the urge to roll her eyes. She knew what they had been doing, for you could hear them all the way into the throne room for goodness sakes. They were goofing off and the gods were about to banish them forever for their loud disruptiveness. She had come by to stop them so that that didn't happen. The gods had bet how much work either one had gotten done.

"Man, Leo missed a lot," Piper mumbled.

The others nodded, having clearing their throat because the laughter had built up saliva in their throats. (A/N: Sorry for the displeasing image I probably just put in your head. It happens to me a lot when I laugh for a long time with my friends.)

Hermes followed in after. He was bored and wanted to know what they were doing seeing how they were the only people actually having some sort of fun in the palace.

"Have you found a pair right for you, Annabeth?" Athena asked as she placed her hands on her shoulders, the two sharing eye contact in the mirror.

Annabeth still wore the glasses they pretended to have been inspecting at the moment her mother walked in. She didn't like these either. Annabeth shook her head slowly.

"Well what's the problem?" Hermes asked. "You have so many choices."

Annabeth raised a shoulder. "I don't know. I just don't really like any of them."

"How could you not like them? Hephaestus himself made these!" Hermes said. "You can't find any other pair like these!"

Annabeth shrugged again.

The door opened.

"I think I've found a pair she might like. The only difference is that they weren't made from me."

Everyone turned to find Hephaestus standing at the door, Leo in front of him.

"Hey Leo, what took you so long?" Jason asked.

Leo stepped inside and waved to his dad before Hephaestus left again. He walked toward them and explained to his friends what had happened between him and his dad.

"What? Our baby bro let you into his workshop?! That's not fair, he never allows us in there!" Hermes pouted.

"I wonder why," Leo snipped sarcastically.

Athena pursed her lips in distaste.

"Who's this little guy?" Piper asked as a small bronze dragon flew to her and landed on the palm of her hand.

"Is that Festus?" Jason gawked at the dragon.

"Festus II to be exact," Leo stated proudly. He then explained the details about him.

"No way, that's so cool!" Thalia said. Leo looked at her for the first time, his brow furrowing that she was actually here. A small blush crept up his cheeks.

"He helped me get some ideas and I was able to make something in my father's workshop." Leo continued.

"What is it?" Percy wants to know.

"Well…" Leo said as he hesitantly pulled out a case from his tool belt. It was gray and a large owl etched on the top. It was beautiful as it was perched on top of an olive branch. It was big enough for…

Leo opened the case and inside they found…

A pair of glasses.

Small gasps escaped from people's lips as Leo handed Annabeth the case.

Annabeth smiled and reached out for them. They weren't too flashy and they weren't too boring. They were black and about a centimeter thick. They bordered her gray eyes, making the color pop, like delicate boxes. On the handles were gray beads in the shape of owls.

Annabeth loved them.

Leo said, "And remember how you said that you were afraid they would come off during battle? Well, there's a rubber slide so that they stick behind your ears." He pointed at the ears as he stood behind Annabeth, both of them looking in the mirror.

"My dad made Festus like Percy's Riptide—he can always return to my tool belt, as can Riptide to Percy's pocket. So I looked at how he was able to program that into Festus and put it in your glasses. If they ever come off, which they shouldn't, then they will always return to your pocket."

Leo then told her what they were made of—steel. So they can't break as easily.

"Not even under a giant's foot!" Leo exclaimed.

Percy looked at Leo bemused. "Which we hope she will never be under a giant's foot,"

"Yes, of course! But I'm just saying as an example…"

"How do you know they're that sturdy?" Annabeth asked as she kept checking out herself with the glasses in the mirror.

"Well one of the projects in my dad's workshop is a giant robot and I had him step on it. He didn't want to—he was very kind for a robot. But I promised him it wouldn't hurt them and it didn't!" Leo grinned.

Annabeth faced him. "Leo, I…I don't know what to say…" She smiled.

"A simple 'Leo you are awesome and I was wrong about you from the beginning and you are practically the god of crafting' will do." He said.

Hermes took out a hand from his folded arms and said, "But isn't your dad—"

"I'll be his sidekick." Leo interrupted.

"Alright," Annabeth said with a smile.

"Did I mention you have to get on your knees?"

Annabeth slugged him in the arm. With the glasses on, she could see, and she didn't entirely miss his arm like with Percy.

"A hug and a thank-you will suffice." She said as she gave Leo a short hug. "Thank you so much, Leo. They're wonderful." she murmured into his ear.

Leo blushed. "No biggie." He hoped that now they were on good terms. They parted. "And guess what? Now I can't insult you because I made them myself. And if anyone else does, they'll have to go through the both of us." Leo jabbed a thumb to his own chest.

Annabeth smiled. "That's right."

Leo had almost forgotten to tell her. "Oh, and another thing about those glasses—"

He was about to explain another part of their features, but suddenly a large crash burst through the room.

BOOM! An explosion occurred as a column of fire blasted at them. Everyone screamed as they ducked, barely missing the aim.

"It wasn't me this time!" Jason roared as he hit the ground with everyone else. He rolled over to Piper, covering her with his body.

But nobody was amused as they scurried to separate walls, out of the way of the monster. Thalia, Jason, and Piper on the far side and the others against the wall closest to the mirror.

The floor shook like a giant was running through. There was an ear-splitting, teeth-grinding screech that sounded like it came from something horrid.

Annabeth covered her ears as she looked up.

A hydra had been stomping through. It stopped, sniffing the air. It could smell the precious blood of demigods. It slowly turned its three heads around, six beady black eyes landing on her, Leo, and Percy.

A metal weight dropped into Annabeth's stomach as she realized that her dagger wasn't with her. She could picture it lying on her nightstand in her cabin, still in its sheath. Percy had Riptide and Leo had his hammer—along with other weapons he could take from his tool belt.

"HOW IN THE WORLD IS THERE A HYDRA IN OLYMPUS?!" Athena screamed.

Hermes crawled through the cement of the wall that was scattered around. He made sure the monster didn't see him and he made his way to the giant hole it came from. He peeked inside to see the other giant, gaping holes in the past five walls it crashed through.

At the end, though, Hermes saw Apollo on one side and Artemis on the other. Both of them were leaning forward as if they were about to strangle each other's throats.

"YOU STUPID FOOL! YOU RELEASED A HYDRA INTO OLYMPUS!" Artemis yelled.

"IT'S YOUR FAULT! Why would you have a hydra here in the first place?!"

"I was going to have Athena study it so that my Huntresses could learn more stealth in attacking their enemies!"

"WELL…" Apollo tried to come up with something, but failed. "Well then you should've told your slumber party to not mess with my cars!"

They continued, but Hermes payed no more attention. He turned back and folded his arms again.

"Twins," He scoffed. But his amusement was swept aside and his eyes widened as he saw the Hydra scream and then the three heads conjured poison and aim right at the heroes.

Well that was fun:) What do you think?

You know, besides the cliffhanger I've left for you to dwell upon before the next chapter is updated.

Hope you guys spend the rest of your three-day weekend wonderfully if you have it. :)