PERCY'S POV

"Yah!" Annabeth shouted as she slashed her sword at me.

I ducked and rolled on the floor, using Riptide to block her blows. We were in the middle of swordfighting, and I'm kinda embarrassed to say that Annabeth was kicking my butt. Big time.

"Is that all you got?" I said.

"Seaweed Brain, we just started."

She had to bring that up, didn't she?

I stepped back as Annabeth prepared to whip her sword around, when suddenly a blinding flash of light appeared in the sky, causing both of us to pause.

"What the Hades?" Annabeth mumbled as she squinted to make out the source of the light.

I, however, took this as an opportunity, and used all my force to tackle Annabeth to the floor, pinning her arms and legs down.

"Ha! Who's helpless now?" I said as I sat on her.

Annabeth scoffed.

"That didn't count. We were in a time-out!"

"You never said so! Besides, you totally didn't see that one coming."

"Seaweed Brain, you are so-"

Her words were cut off by another bright flash of light. The sky above us opened up, and Zeus floated down on a thundercloud.

Annabeth gasped.

"L-Lord Zeus!" she stammered.

She knelt on the floor and pulled me down forcefully, shooting me a look that said, "Kneel or there will be consequences!"

Zeus nodded and motioned for us to stand.

"So, what exactly are you doing here?" I asked.

"I had to speak with you all," Zeus said.

Annabeth let out a deep breath.

"Is something wrong?" she asked shakily.

"I suppose you could say that," Zeus said. "I need to ask you some questions."

"The entire camp?" I asked.

"Yes," Zeus replied.

Oh gods. If the most powerful god on Olympus needed to speak with the entire camp, then something must be up. And it can't be good.

"I will make the announcement," Zeus said.

He proudly strolled to the camp grounds, Annabeth and I at his heels. Campers everywhere gasped at his presence, and I could tell they were just as nervous as I was.

"HALF-BLOODS, FALL IN!" Zeus boomed.

Campers came from every direction, streaming out of the cabins one after another. They all kneeled politely at the sight of Zeus, who wore a serious expression.

"You may rise," Zeus said.

We got up, and Zeus immediately started shooting us questions.

"Has anybody here heard of ShadowMaster? Speak up at once, or else!" he said angrily.

Murmers of confusion flooded the camp grounds.

"ShadowMaster? What's that?" I asked Annabeth.

"I don't know," she said.

Zeus didn't look impressed.

"Anybody? I demand you tell me if you have any news of ShadowMaster!"

Again, nobody looked like they had any idea about what Zeus was talking about.

"Okay, let's try again," Zeus said. "Who here has a FanFiction account?"

Some reluctant hands went up, including most of the Athena cabin, Annabeth, and me.

Zeus scanned us, then narrowed his eyes when he saw my hand up.

"Perseus," he snarled.

Uh-oh.

"Yes, sir?" I asked.

"I'm going to keep my eye on you, whether your father's claim of your innocence is accurate or not," Zeus said sternly.

"What do you mean? He didn't do anything!" Annabeth protested.

"That may or may not be true," Zeus said.

Well, I don't remember doing anything that had any possibility of upsetting the gods… had I accidentally done something offensive?

"What did I do?" I asked, trying my best not to anger Zeus even further.

"It's not what you did, but what a certain individual did," Zeus said, harshly examining every face. "Some person thought they could just go around flaming our stories left and right!"

I gasped, my jaw dropping.

"You have a FanFiction account?" I asked in disbelief.

Zeus's eyes widened.

"Styx," he cursed, slapping his forehead.

I get the feeling we weren't supposed to know that…

"Wait," Annabeth said. "So if you have an account, that means… Mother!"

Annabeth groaned, as if she knew that Athena publishing her writing online at a mortal site would result in trouble.

"And my dad," I added. "Does he have one too?"

Zeus hesitated, then nodded.

"Well, might as well tell you everything. Yes, he has one. So does everyone else at Olympus."

"And how did that work out?" I asked, though I knew that this might just annoy him further.

Annabeth shot me a look of disgust, but Zeus just sighed.

"You should have seen Artemis's reaction to Pertemis," he said, shuddering.

Pertemis? Wait… Percy + Artemis. Me and a goddess. A virgin goddess. Me. With her.

"P-Pertemis… me in love with her? But, why would- I mean, she's- wait, what?!" I stammered.

"You did NOT even think about being in a relationship with Lady Artemis. Tell me you didn't," Annabeth said, looking horrified.

"I didn't. Trust me!"

Annabeth breathed a sigh of relief, and Zeus continued talking.

"You think that's bad? Ha, Athena's reaction to Pothena was far worse!"

"POTHENA?!" Annabeth and I simultaneously screamed.

Okay, this is just getting strange. Me and Annabeth? That's okay. But our parents in a relationship? That's just wrong on so many levels.

Zeus looked annoyed at himself.

"Well, the odds aren't that ba-"

"NO!" Annabeth and I interrupted.

"Fine, suit yourself. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be going."

Zeus disappeared in a flash of lightning, leaving me and the other campers confused.

"So our parents have FanFiction accounts? That's new…" Annabeth said.

"Wait!" I gasped. "But now they can see what we said about them!"

Annabeth's face drained of color.

"Styx! We'd better go make some changes, then…" she said.

We scrambled to our cabins and whipped open our laptops. Oh, why did this type of thing always have to happen to me?