I Do Not Own, Rick Does and I am Not Him,

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Chapter 19: Curse's End.

"So how many gods assisted with the quest?" asked Travis eager to find out who won the bet.

"Okay so Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Ares, Aphrodite, Dionysus twice, Zeus and Poseidon assisted," said Thalia. "That means eight gods assisted us in ONE quest."

"Considering that the ancient laws prevent us from interfering, that is a great number," said Lady Hestia.

"Well I didn't win," grumbled Clarisse.

"Lord Dionysus buggered me up," said Connor.

"Who won what?" asked Apollo.

"We had a competition on which gods didn't assist," admitted Thalia. The gods looked put out.

"So who won?" asked Nico.

"Rachel won," said Annabeth reshuffling the answer papers in her hand.

"I thought you predicted the future not the past," said Connor looking at Rachel.

"How did you come to the answer?" asked Will.

"Apollo's twin sister was missing; Athena, Zeus and Poseidon would assist their children; Artemis needed to influence Thalia so she would join the hunt; and Aphrodite to influence the love," said Rachel.

"What about Ares and Dionysus?" asked Katie.

"I might have …. Forgotten to put them down," admitted Rachel.

"Before we left Olympus I made a few iris messages – one to Tyson, one to my mother," said Percy.

"What did you tell Tyson?" asked Annabeth.

"I assured him that you were safe, he was very happy to hear that," said Percy. Annabeth mouthed oh.

"I also informed him that the shield he had made me had been damaged," said Percy "He was happy as it meant that it had worked well and saved my life."

"Oh I really want to meet Tyson," said Hestia. Hera looked at her sister in shock, how you can like a mistake.

"Tyson said that he would visit the next summer to fix the shield," said Percy.

"Will that be allowed?" asked Zeus.

"Yes, he had made two thousand, seven hundred and something sword. They would give him time off," said Percy.

"Why do they need so many swords?" asked Aphrodite.

"Preparing for war," said Ares in glee.

"Tyson came to camp to fix a shield. I knew it wasn't to visit you," said Clarisse with a sly smile.

"What did you and Aunt Sally discuss?" asked Nico stopping the punch up that was threatening.

"I caught her and Paul at the kitchen table laughing and holding hands. I was about to cut the connection but Mom saw me," said Percy. "It was embarrassing."

"Oh I hate when that happens," said Katie.

"I know," moaned Will shuddering after remembering the last time he had caught his mother and step-father together.

"Mom sent Paul into the other room, to get a folder," said Percy."So we could talk. She was very happy to know that Annabeth was safe."

"Everyone important to you is so happy that Annabeth is safe," said Aphrodite "How do you and Annabeth take so long to admit your feelings for each other?"

"Because the Goddess of Love wanted us to have an un-boring relationship, therefore we needed to have anguish, indecision and surprise," said Annabeth making Aphrodite speechless and Artemis to smile.

"Mom was so proud of what I had done," said Percy. "Mom admitted that she was happy, that being around Paul made her so. She was laughing and smiling, I was glad after all the pain she suffered from stupid Gabe."

"Oh she will definitely have a happy and loving relationship with this Paul Blofis," said Aphrodite.

"Mom made me promise not to call him Mr Blowfish," said Percy.

"Hang on you called him Blowfish the next summer," said Travis.

"Well I promised not to call him that to his face," said Percy laughing while half the room rolled their eyes.

"Argus picked Grover, Percy and I from the Empire State Building and drove us back to camp," said Annabeth.

"As we trudged up Half-blood hill I half expected to see Thalia waiting at the pine tree for us," said Percy.

"You admit you miss me," said Thalia shocked.

"Yes, I admit I miss you… You are off having adventures with the Hunters," said Percy.

"I miss you too…. Sometimes," said Thalia ignoring the outrage look from Artemis. "But only when a newbie asks a stupid question, or I see some seaweed."

"Please tell me you got that on tape?" said Annabeth as she laughed at the look on Percy's face.

"Yes we did," said Travis.

"Chiron met us in the big house with hot chocolate and toasted sandwiches," said Percy.

"Grover went off with his satyr friends," said Annabeth.

"He told them about our strange encounter with the magic of Pan," said Percy "Within an hour the satyrs were running around asking where the nearest espresso bar was."

"They were requesting coffee for weeks," said Clarisse.

"We did a bustling trade of caffeine products," said Connor.

"No wonder they were all hyped up," said a disgruntled Clarisse.

"We were sitting with the senior campers, Beckendorf, Silena, those guys and Clarisse," said Annabeth pointing to the Stoll brothers.

"You arrived back safely from your secret scouting mission," said Zeus.

"I knew she had a difficult time on the quest as she didn't try to pulverize me," said Percy.

"Do you want me to do it now?" asked Clarisse having to be held down by Chris.

"Clarisse told us she had news, bad news but Chiron decided to fill us in later," said Annabeth.

"Percy informed us that Luke was still alive," said Travis.

"Annabeth said that at least we had two years until Percy turns sixteen to figure something out," said Connor.

"That was when Chiron told us that if I was the prophecy child then the second Titan war was upon us and the first strike would be camp," said Percy.

"It wouldn't be if we WEREN'T USED AS TOOLS," said half a dozen demi-gods glaring at the gods.

"Chiron said that to destroy the tools the gods will be crippled, so Luke forces will attack camp. We needed to be ready and that Clarisse's news gives him a clue on how they would attack," said Annabeth.

"I thought he was going to fill you in later?" said Apollo.

"That was when Nico knocked on the door looking for his sister," said Travis.

"No one told him," said Hades surprised.

"I think they wanted us to appear, to tell Nico in person," said Annabeth exchanging looks with Percy.

"I suggested that we take a walk," said Percy quietly.

"Percy kept trying to explain how it had happened, how Bianca had sacrificed herself to save the quest," whispered Nico.

"I think my explanation just made the situation worse," said Percy.

"Why did a kid, tell my son the bad news. Why didn't Chiron tell him?" asked Hades. No one had an answer for him.

"I didn't take the news too well. Percy had given me the figurine that Bianca had found in the junkyard, but I threw it to the ground angry that Percy had broken his promise to protect her," said Nico a tear sliding down his face.

"I had tried," said Percy as he pulled Nico closer to him. "Nico then told me that she was definitely dead as he could feel her standing in the Fields of Asphodel being judged."

"How did he know that?" asked Zeus looking at Hades who shrugged his shoulders.

"That was when the skeleton warriors caught up to me," said Percy.

"I had forgotten about them," said Poseidon.

"How did they get into camp?" asked Athena. Percy shrugged his shoulders.

"Nico thought I was trying to kill him, I told him to run, to get help," said Percy.

"The skeletons came closer Percy was having difficulty as they kept regrouping," Nico informed the group.

"How did you get rid of them?" asked Hades who had an idea but wanted confirmation.

"Nico shouted Go AWAY and the ground rumbled and a crack opened at the feet of the warriors. The ground ripped open and the earth swallowed the skeletons," Percy informed the group.

"WOW," said the Stoll brothers.

"And that's how the crack appeared in the marble floor of the dining pavilion," said Percy.

"Remind me not to anger the son of Hades," said Katie.

"Man that is even better than the rumour that went around camp," said Will.

"Nico screamed at me that he hated me, he wished I was dead. And then ran off," said Percy.

"Sorry, I was angry, scared and upset," said Nico.

"I tried to follow but slipped on the icy steps and the figurine that Nico had thrown down. That was when I realised who the figurine was," said Percy.

"Who was it?" asked Hermes.

"Hades, Lord of the Dead," replied Nico.

"The only figurine he didn't have was his father's," said a surprised Hera.

"Grover and I helped look for Nico in the woods for hours but we couldn't find him," said Annabeth.

"We had worked out that Nico was a son of Hades, and that he and his sister had been kept in the Lotus Hotel since the pact and for some reason had been let out," said Percy.

"Why didn't you tell Chiron about me?" asked Nico.

"Because it would cause the gods to start fighting each other again, the last thing we needed," said Annabeth.

"We wouldn't have fought," said Zeus. All the demi-gods and Rachel looked at him in disbelief. Was he kidding?

"You can't hide things from us," said Hera.

"We only needed to for two years, for when I turn sixteen," said Percy.

"But with Nico being a child of the big three the prophecy might not be about you," said Athena.

"I chose to be the prophecy child, I didn't want Nico to be in any more danger, and I owed it to Bianca to keep him safe," said Percy.

"You wanted to protect me, even after I told you I hated you and wanted you dead," said a confused Nico.

"You know that you chose to be responsible for the whole world?" said Poseidon. Percy just nodded his head.

"Chiron didn't really believe the story we told him about Nico's disappearance," said Annabeth.

"Unfortunately he wasn't the first half-blood to go missing," said Will.

"Chiron hoped that he had been eating by monsters," said Percy.

"What… how can he say that? Next time I see him I am SO going to call him PONY," said a disgruntled Nico.

"It was much better than you being recruited by the Titan's army," said Annabeth.

"Why would I join them?" asked Nico.

"Chiron told us that it was unlikely that Luke would attack camp until summer. He recommended I go home and concentrate on school and to rest," said Percy.

"And how did school go?" asked Apollo but was ignored.

"Grover came stumbling out of the Big House crying that he had spoke," said Annabeth.

"He had been playing music in the parlour and drinking lots of coffee, when he spoke in his mind," said Percy.

"Who had spoke?" asked Hermes.

"Pan, he said- I await you," said Percy.

And The Titan's Curse is finished. In my word document it is 123 pages.

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