Madison's POV

It was smooth sailing all the way to Olympus. There was still no word from Percy or Nico. Every time I asked someone on the ship, they would become nervous and try to change the subject. Getting the answer out of them seemed to be impossible, but I knew Percy wasn't on a secret mission and Nico wasn't in the Underworld. He was with Percy wherever…

I haven't got one word from Percy the whole time which made me angry. When he gets back, he is going to get a hard time from me until he explains himself.

We will be arriving at Olympus in less than an hour. I was on the deck alone, why everyone else was in the kitchen doing who knows what. I sat on the edge of the boat while my feet dangled off the side. I felt the wind in my hair as the ship soared through the sky. I saw the edge of Manhattan in the distance and knew we would be there in a matter of minutes.

I decided to have a talk with someone I have known for a while and can trust. I created a mist in the air from the ocean below. I only had a few minutes before we were above land. I threw a drachma in and said the prayer to Iris. An image shimmered of a girl with curly blonde hair sitting at a desk drawing vigorously.

"ANNABETH," I shouted. She bolted upright and her gray eyes looked tired.

"Hey Madison…" She yawned after she said this.

"How long have you been working? You need rest you know?"

"I have to get these blueprints done for Olympus tomorrow!"

"Annabeth, you need to relax and not work so hard."

"I have been trying to tell her that all afternoon." Luke walked into the cabin.

"Ugh, you two are SO distracting!" Annabeth began drawing again and I sighed. So much for girl talk.

"So what's up?" Luke turned to me and Annabeth tried to tune us out. "Where's Perce?"

I sighed again. "I don't know, that's the thing. Everyone on the ship seems to know where he went but me. It's like they're hiding a big secret from me or something…"

Luke seemed to think for a minute. "Maybe, he wants to keep it a secret from you. Maybe it's a surprise."

"Ugh, I hate not knowing. I guess that's the Athena part of me talking, but why didn't he tell me he was leaving? He left in the middle of the night and we are about to reach Olympus. He couldn't have waited?"

Luke seemed to be awkward about this talk. This is exactly why I wanted Annabeth. I can't give a guy every waking detail that happened. It would be weird…

"Luke, don't worry about it K? I'll figure something out later. So how is everyone treating you now?"

I could see relief wash over his face. "I think they are starting to warm up to me. Some still hate my guts, but I wouldn't blame them. My father visits often and my cabin has welcomed me back with open arms, but Clarisse hates me and blames me for Silena's death."

"I'll talk to Clarisse when I get back and I'm glad things are starting to get better. I knew you kept trying to get through Kronos in the end, but I pulled you out of him. I'm sure Annabeth told you that I changed the prophecy and that you were supposed to be the hero, cursed blade shall reap."

"Yeah I know, but to be truthful, I would have rather taken the hero's dead and be thought of as a hero in the end than go through with life like as the traitor. I'm only doing this for Annabeth. She needs me, now more than ever it seems." He turned towards her. "Annabeth, will you please take a break and walk on the beach with me? You need to get your mind off work. It is not healthy to sit at a desk all day and sketch buildings and such."

"Listen to him Annabeth, you need a break." She looked at me and I know what I said worked.

"Madison, quit manipulating me with charm speak! I know when people use it because the Aphrodite cabin tries it all the time." Damn, she's good! I guess my gift from Aphrodite backfired. This was her gift she gave me long ago, fashion sense and charm speaking. I rarely use charm speaking though because I think controlling people is wrong and I'm never good at it seeing as Annabeth saw right through it.

"Fine!" I gave up. This girl is a major workaholic!

Annabeth sighed. "Alright, I'll take a break, but just for an hour. After that it's back to work."

I smiled. "Good, now I have to go, we are about to dock on the outskirts of Olympus."

"Bye," They both said in unison and I swiped my hand through the connection.

I turned and saw the Empire State Building about a mile ahead of us.

"ALL HANDS ON DECK!" I yelled and everyone came running out. "Jason, get us higher in the air and Leo, help Jason by steering us upward. Everyone move!"

They all scattered and I felt us rise up in the air as we approached the Empire State Building. We reached an altitude above the Empire State Building just in time. We barely missed the edge on the top. We soared higher and higher until Olympus was in sight. All of them gasped at the site seeing as they have all never been here before. They have either been at SPQR across the country or they didn't even know about themselves. I turned and smiled at all of their reactions.

"It's even better now with Annabeth remodeling. Beautiful, right?"

"They all nodded their heads. "You lived here Madison?" Reyna asked.

"For a short while. I switched between Olympus and Atlantis, Poseidon's underwater palace, but I always attended all the meetings here. This is supposed to be based off of the original Olympus, but they made it more modern which makes it look twice as better than the one in Greece." They nodded their heads, agreeing with me. Leo slowed the ship to a stop on a side of Olympus. Hestia stood there waiting when we got off.

I stepped off first and greeted her with a hug. Everyone else went the formal way and bowed.

"My child, you have done well."

"Thank you Hestia."

"Come, the council waits."

We followed her, but I kept walking slowly hoping Percy would show soon.

"Come, my child, everyone is waiting." I realized I was the last one left and everyone was in the room. Hestia waited at the door to the room. I gave one last look back, but Percy was nowhere in sight. I gave up and walked in the room. All eyes were on me. I noticed all the others bowing at their parent's feet. I made my way next to the center as everyone rose and backed up.

"Well done heroes, where are my nephews? Jackson defeats our father and our grandmother, but he doesn't have the guts to confront us?" Zeus is the impatient one.

"He'll be here." Poseidon beat me to it. I eyed him and all he did was give me a mischievous smile. Apparently, he was in on it too.

Just then, Nico and Percy busted through the doors and bowed before Zeus and then to their fathers. I just realized that Hades was here on a guest throne. Something else is going on.

Percy stood beside me, but I was still a bit irritated from him disappearing without telling me.

"We want to congratulate you 7- err, 8 on your victory against the giants and Gaea." Apollo was about to go into hysterics because it was 8 instead of 7. Messing with the prophecies was starting to get fun.

"But, the real reason we called you here was because Apollo's oracle gave a new prophecy."

We all looked at Apollo and I had a bad feeling about this. He recited it.

Two great powers will rise as one,

To rule a new age that is yet to have begun.

They have fought hard and stayed alive,

Only to live eternal after they bind.

Bless by power stronger than the gods,

To never again go against the odds.

The two lovers will start a new and end this age,

And together overcome rage.

Percy and I took a quick nervous glance at each other, but masked our emotions right after.

"Do any of you know what this means?" Zeus looked at all of us carefully, but it seems Percy and I are great actors because he sighed with frustration.

I decided to do something before this becomes a big discussion.

"Lord Zeus, if I may… How do you know if this prophecy will even happen in this generation? It could take a while for it to happen."

He sighed again. "How do we prevent this from happening?"

"I don't see how you can. You tried to prevent the other great prophecy by swearing not to have any more half-blood children, but that didn't work out. You and Poseidon broke the oath. We just have to go with what the fates have in store for all of us. We can't change what they have planned for us."

On that 'happy' note, Zeus dismissed the council. All the other gods and goddesses stayed and congratulated their children. I saw Poseidon talking to Percy and they kept giving quick glances in my direction. Everyone seems to be in on whatever Percy did! It was driving me crazy!

While I kept trying to figure out what Percy was up too, I didn't notice a certain goddess making her way to me.

I turned and came face to face with someone I was NOT in the mood for.

"Madison…"

"Hera," I spat. I saw Jason eyeing us wearily as was the other gods in the room. She was about to say something, but I beat her to it. "Has your big ego completely taken over or are you her to apologize?"

I saw Hestia making her way towards us. She could tell I was angry, as could anyone, but I was on a roll.

"Are you finally going to admit that you did the wrong thing? You could have easily combined the camps without taking their memories and putting ME personally through a living Hades! I could have easily brought them together, but NOOO, everything has to be done how the almighty Hera wants it to go!"

I knew I was steaming, but at this point, I didn't care or need anyone to calm me down. I turned away before Hera could even get one word out. I walked towards the hearth. What better than a dramatic exit? Percy came up beside me.

"Madison…"

"Not now Perseus, we'll talk later. You have explaining to do!" He knew I was pissed; otherwise I wouldn't have used his full name. So with that, I jumped into the hearth.

Percy's POV

After Zeus dismissed the meeting, he left rather quickly. I let out a huge breath of relief that I didn't know I was even holding. I saw my father come up to me.

"Percy, what exactly happened?"

"What do you mean?"

"The Phoenix, Madison said it blessed you? How is that even possible?"

"I don't know, I just jumped into the Phoenix to help Madison against Ceto and after, I felt more powerful."

"Interesting, well that's a topic for another time. Tell me, how did her family take the news?"

"Well, they didn't believe me at first, but I told them how we defeated Kronos and Gaea and them I practically told them everything that Madison told me. They are flying up her and should be here tomorrow. They have to see her for themselves and I get that. They had to call their son. Madison was right, he is married now."

"Well, let's hope this turns out well." We both looked over at Madison and she was staring at us. I looked away fast. I hate keeping secrets from her, but it's for the best.

Then I heard yelling. "Has your big ego completely taken over or are you her to apologize? Are you finally going to admit that you did the wrong thing? You could have easily combined the camps without taking their memories and putting ME personally through a living Hades! I could have easily brought them together, but NOOO, everything has to be done how the almighty Hera wants it to go!" Madison was yelling at the Queen of the Gods, but she didn't seem to care. She started making her way to the hearth, but before she jumped in, I grabbed her shoulder.

"Madison…" I started, but never got to finish.

"Not now Perseus," I took my hand off her shoulder. "We'll talk later. You have explaining to do!"

She jumped into the hearth and came out at what I figure is camp. I turned back to everyone else and saw them all staring at me. Hera already left the room. I didn't know what to say so I said…

"I'll call Blackjack and some of his friends to come pick us up and take us back to Camp. Bobby, Reyna, Jason, we'll have to see what Madison says about getting you guys home. Nico, you can shadow travel back to camp."

I went out the giant doors and saw Blackjack coming into view with a few of his friends. Jason and Piper got on Porkpie, Bobby and Leo got on Guido, and Reyna got on Blossom while I got on Blackjack. We headed off and I could hear Leo muttering stuff about his ship the whole way to camp.

Madison's POV

I came out of the hearth in the dining pavilion and I forgot that everyone was at lunch, but I didn't seem to care. I was still steaming from before. I kept walking all eyes on me. Chiron trotted up.

"Madison, where is everyone else?"

"They'll be here soon… I left a little early before I… set fire to Olympus." I kept walking. I walked straight past the Poseidon cabin and went to the one for Hestia. I need her warmth; it is the only thing that can calm me down. I needed time to relax. I opened the door and immediately felt better. I sat on my knees in the middle of the room in front of the fire. The flames danced as I closed my eyes and soaked up the heat. I don't know how long I sat there, but I never heard anyone come in.

"Are you alright?" My eyes shot open and I saw Percy sitting next to me.

"I've calmed down enough…"

"I'm sorry for leaving without telling you, but it was kind of last minute and you just fell asleep and I didn't want to wake you…"

I threw my hand over his mouth. "Percy, you're rambling."

"Right sorry…"

"So are you going to tell me where you went?"

"You'll find out tomorrow…"

"Oh, come on! I hate not knowing things."

"You sound like a child of Athena!"

"It's the Athena part of me talking. Now tell me!"

"NO, you'll find out tomorrow! End of discussion!"

I sighed with frustration. I can't get him to crack, but I was too tired to get answers out of him anyway. I leaned on his shoulder and felt the warmth of the fire and his arm.

"You seem tired."

"I don't know why, I guess the fire put me to sleep."

"Or it could be the fact that you have been in here for hours and missed the campfire. I have been searching for you forever. Nobody knew where you went. Everyone expected you to say something or give a speech at the campfire. Bobby, Reyna, and Jason didn't know what to do so they are staying in their parent's cabin."

"Really? Ugh, I guess I lost track of time…" I yawned and fell into his chest. He just laughed and picked me up. "Percy…" I whined, but he still carried me.

"It's past curfew, shhh."

"When did you get so strong?"

"I guess the Roman camp was good to me."

"You're telling me…"

We finally made it to the Poseidon cabin and Percy set me down on a bed. I fell right asleep.

Percy's POV

I set Madison down and she instantly fell asleep. I smiled. She looked so cute when she is sound asleep. I was just glad that she was too tired and didn't press for further questions.

I quickly got changed and got into bed. I moved a piece of hair out of Madison's eyes. I wrapped a protective arm around her and felt her roll over. Her head snuggled into my neck. I dozed off feeling happier than I did before.

I woke and saw Madison just coming out of the bathroom drying her hair with a towel.

"Oh, good, you're up. You have to teach sword fighting today in an hour."

"I thought I had to teach Pegasus riding."

"No, I do that today and you do it tomorrow. Remember, we switch off. I teach sword fighting tomorrow."

"Alright then."

"Oh, and I talked to the gods this morning about a way to connect the camps and I'll make an announcement at lunch today."

"You better get ready because you are teaching the Ares cabin AND Athena cabin at the same time."

"UGH, really! You decide to have me teach sword fighting today!"

"Not my fault, we had arranged an alternate schedule and they just happen to be today. By the way, I'm using Blackjack and I'm going to let one of the younger campers use Blossom. I know how you hate when others use YOUR Pegasus!"

"Rachel took him without asking!"

"Whatever Seaweed Brain! I'm going to go talk to Clarisse so don't be late to your class." She gave me a peck on the cheek and walked out the door.

I took a quick shower and threw on a Camp Half-Blood tee shirt and jeans with my black sneakers. I walked out of my cabin and made my way to the Amphitheatre. Both cabins were already there and Bobby seemed to be getting along with the Ares cabin which is a good sign.

"Finally Prissy is here! I still can't believe you're teaching us."

"Nice to see you too Clarisse."

"Let's get on with this. I have buildings to design and construct."

"Annabeth, you need a break." Luke was sitting in one of the chairs watching.

"Everyone get a partner and Luke, come spar with me."

He seemed surprised at first, but smile and grabbed a sword out of the chest full. I saw Bobby fighting Clarisse with spears and Annabeth was fighting Malcolm. She used her dagger while he used a decent size sword.

Luke came up and got into position. I uncapped riptide and positioned myself.

He charged, but I deflected his blow. He tried striking my shoulder, but I pushed it away. He would have hit my side, but the curse of Achilles made it bounce off. We went at it for about ten minutes, and then had a small break. I poured half of the water over my head and felt better. I drank the rest of it. We were about to go at it again, but Chiron came in. I walked over to him.

"Percy, they're at the top of the hill."

"Right, thanks Chiron." I turned back to everyone. "Annabeth, Luke, Clarisse, you three are in charge."

I walked beside Chiron as he wheeled himself up the hill. We went out of the border and I met the family once again along with her brother and sister-in-law. I guess the others filled them in.

"Hello again, this is Chiron. He is the trainer of heroes. He is also a centaur, but we don't want to scare you too much, so he is in his wheelchair."

They just nodded.

"When can we see our daughter?" Madison's mom was waiting anxiously.

"Soon, she is busy teaching Pegasus riding to campers. Like I said, she is very busy running both camps."

"Yes indeed, she is a fine hero."

"Yes, well my father, Poseidon, made it so that you can see through the mist. You can see the camp right?"

They nodded. "It looks dangerous…" Overprotective mother I see.

"I'll assure you that this camp is the safest place for demigods Miss." Chiron told her.

"Madison is going to say something at lunch which is in five minutes and so we are going to have to wait until after lunch. Although, I am going to create an Irish Message so you can see her, but you can't say anything and since you can't go in. At least you can see how much everyone respects her and looks up to her."

"What is an Irish Message?" Her little sister asked.

"Iris, goddess of rainbows, takes an offering that we throw into a mist and it shows an image of the person you are trying to contact. I'm going to make an image and have it show the dining pavilion."

The conch horn blew signaling lunch. I quickly made an image and it showed the dining pavilion.

"Here take this drachma and if it says you are running out of time, throw it in. Remember, don't say anything."

I ran back through the border and found Madison waiting at the door to the dining pavilion.

"It's about time Seaweed Brain! We are going to be the last ones inside!"

"Sorry, sorry, I was… A little busy."

"Yeah, ditching your sword fighting class."

"Uh…"

"Yeah, we'll talk later. Let's go."

We walked hand in hand into the dining pavilion and I saw her family looking at her through the message in the corner.

We got our food and made our offerings. We sat down at the Poseidon table.

Chiron was in his centaur form and got up to make an announcement. He tapped his glass with a knife.

"Heroes…" Everyone quieted down and look at him. "Tomorrow we play capture the flag. The Poseidon cabin still holds the laurel." Cheers erupted everywhere except the Ares cabin and a few of their friend cabins. Madison and I high fived and then stood up with grins on our faces. We sat back down and everyone went silent. Chiron continued. "Now our very own Phoenix would like to make an announcement, Madison…"

Madison stood up. "Campers, we defeated Kronos in the second Titan War and now Gaea and her giants have fallen!" Cheers erupted. "Thanks to the help of the Romans, Jason, Reyna, Bobby, stand up." The three stood up. "As you all know, we had to join forces with the Romans to defeat Gaea. Jason and Percy were… switched by Hera for months." I put a hand on her arm for support. She looked at me then continued. "Thus, they got to know the other camp better. Jason reunited with his sister Thalia and now I believe the camps should be united." Whispers broke out. "Although, there was already a portal in the oracle cave that I didn't know about so I had to take the long way back and forth." She looked over at
Rachel.

"Sorry Madison, I didn't know you knew about the other camp…"

"Anyway, I have spoken with the gods and they see it as a good idea to have a portal in the big house of both camps to connect them since they are on opposite sides of the country. We have been separated too long and now it is time to connect with your other siblings. They may be from the Roman counterpart, but they are still your family. They will be joining us for capture the flag tomorrow. Jason, Bobby, and Reyna, you can stay here one more night."

Madison raised her glass. "To the gods!" Everyone repeated what she said. She sat back down.

"Nice Speech." I gave her a peek on the cheek.

"Thanks, I hope I won't have to do that for a while."

I laughed.

We finished lunch quickly and Madison went and talked to Rachel, I guess about the portal. I had to figure out how to get Madison up the hill. I saw Jason and Piper over by the Zeus cabin and I had an idea.

"Jason, Piper, I need a favor…"

Madison's POV

I was talking with Rachel about how the portal works so I could get a basic idea, when Piper came running in.

"Madison, there you are! I need you to come quick. It's important." I immediately felt like I had to go.

"Piper, stop charm speaking me. I'll come." I followed her past the Amphitheatre and the cabins towards the strawberry fields. "Piper, what is going on?"

She didn't reply. All she did was smile at me. I must have looked really confused because she just laughed.

"Okay, this was pointless and you're acting strange. I'm going now." I turned around to leave, but felt someone jump on my back. They placed something over my eyes then twisted my arms behind my back.

"Piper, charm speak please."

"Jason? What is the meaning of this?"

"Chill Madison. Piper…"

"Madison, stop struggling." Piper sounded very convincing and I eased up a bit.

"Madison, relax. We are taking you somewhere and it needs to be a surprise."

"Why didn't you just say so?"

"You wouldn't go unless we told you what the surprise was. You hate not knowing things. This was the only way. Now I'm going to release your arms. Don't remove the blindfold, got it?"

"Whatever…"

He slowly let go of my arms. "Now we are going to take you somewhere."

"Well I can't see dumba-"

He cut me off. "I know. Piper and I are going to lead you there."

"Fine." They grabbed my arms, but I elbowed Jason in the face.

"OW!"

"That's for attacking me and thinking you could get away with it."

He kept grumbling about favors and Percy and payback as he walked me up a hill.

"We better not be leaving camp."

"You're not, don't worry."

"Percy?"

"Jason, Piper, I got it from here. Jason, what happened to your nose?"

I just smiled. "That's the last time I do a favor for you Jackson. I always end up hurt."

"Nobody jumps me and gets away with it." I stated. Piper and Jason let go of my arms and I felt Percy wrap and arm around my waist. "Percy, do you want to tell me exactly why I was abducted today?"

He let out a small laugh. "It's a surprise."

"What is with everyone and surprises? I hate surprises!"

"Just relax."

"You are like the fifth person who has told me that today!"

"Then maybe you should listen to them."

"Ugh, where are we going?"

"Somewhere…"

"Not a good enough answer Seaweed Brain!"

"Alright Hothead, we are almost there."

We walked a few more feet before he stopped.

"Okay, I'm going to take the blindfold off. Please, don't freak out, okay?"

"Why would I freak out?"

"Just promise you won't."

"Alright, I promise. Take this blindfold off now!"

"Alright, ready?"

"Yes, gods Percy!"

He took off the blindfold and I had to adjust my eyes to the light. Once I could see, I couldn't believe my eyes…