Hi! Thanks for the reviews! I'm still really sorry about not posting the chapter on time last time... Sorry again. :( My last day of school is Wednesday (June 17th). So, posting times might vary. It could go either way. It might be earlier than usual, like 6:30 (based on the east coast of the USA times) or it could be usual times (about 8:30-9:30 still east coast of USA) or it might be even later than that. It all depends. I'm going on vacation at least twice, so they'll be two weeks when I won't be able to update. But that's a while away. I'll let you know if that interferes with this story. It'll probably interfere with my next story. Remember, vote for what kind of story you want to read next! I'll try to make an original spin on it all, so keep an eye out! :) I own nothing, but please do enjoy this chapter.

PS: wish me luck this summer. Things are about to get really complicated in my life.

Percy's POV

Zeus cleared this throat. "Well, we should reward these heroes for defeating our powerful enemy, and rescuing so many of our long lost children, whether we last saw them dead or alive. Who'd like to start?"

We we all looked at each other, then at Zeus. Finally, the guy that climbed the wall first and his fiancé stepped forward.

"What are your names?" Zeus asked.

"My name is John, and this is my fiancé Irene," the guy declared.

Zeus nodded. "What do you wish?"

The two Aztecs looked at each other. Then John nodded, and Irene spoke, "We'd like to look like normal mortals (skin color wise), we'd like a place to settle down in the mortal world, and we'd like to be married."

The he goes conversed silently. Then Zeus nodded. "It shall be done."

This is went on until each Aztec had heen given a gift for leaving the village and standing up to Moctezumal.

Then it was Anne's turn. "I wish I could return to the village underground. Permanently."

I felt my eyes burn, and I looked away. I knew I had cut her from my life, but it still hurt.

The he gods talked. "I'm sorry miss," Zeus said gently. "Someone has prevented you from doing that." I looked up in hope.

Anne's eyes blazed in anger. "And who did that?"

Zeus shrugged. "I do not know. You can choose a different wish though."

Anne sighed then thought a bit. "I wish that I could be able to go live back with my mother and not attract monsters."

Zeus agreed to it, and then it was Artemis's turn. She was a large part of this, so her 'daddy' said she got a wish too. I think it's only because she's her daddy's little girl.

Artemis looked at me as she made her wish. "I wish that the places in New York known as The Organization and The Academy no longer existed."

My my eyes widened as Zeus snapped his fingers, sealing the deal. I bowed my head and mouthed my thanks to the goddess out of the corner of my mouth. She nodded.

Tears of of happiness welled up in my eyes, but I scolded myself. This isn't what I should be doing. I was tougher. Stronger. Better than the old Percy.

"Says you! You'll never suppress the original Percy!" Alexander yelled in my ear. I scowled and shook my head. It didn't do anything. He just kept yelling at me. Mentally, I yelled at him, and I didn't get any more replies. I smirked at that.

"Thalia!" Zeus boomed, interrupting my internal argument. I turned towards my cousin. "You were one of the heroes on the quest! What do you choose as a gift?"

Thalia looked conflicted. Trying to help her, Zeus added, "If you wish, you may be made into an immortal. You shall be one of my lieutenants."

If anything, that made Thalia more troubled. She looked between Hades, Zeus, Athena, Artemis, and me. Whatever she was thinking over, it was tearing her apart from the inside.

Finally, she sighed. "Father, I would like to speak to Lord Hades privately for a moment." Zeus nodded as Hades stood and followed Thalia from the throne room.

There was a moment of silence. Then Poseidon broke it. "I believe we should continue on with the rewards brother."

Zeus nodded. "Lastly, Perseus Jackson-"

"Percy," I (and half the counsel) interrupted.

"-yes whatever. Percy Jackson, what do you wish?"

I opened my mouth, but then Thalia walked back in with Hades. Both were smiling. It was frightening on Hades' part.

"We're doing my wish first! I believe my half-sister, Athena, and cousin, Percy, will enjoy my wish just as much as Uncle Hades and I."

Curiosity peaking, I waited silently. Watching as Hades closed his eyes and put his hands facing the ground. He concentrated, and a black beam of power shot from his hands and into the floor. It looked like it kept going all the way to the underworld.

Slowly, Hades separated the two hands into two beams of power. He moved them left and right, and it looked like they were looking for something. For what, j have no clue.

A smile broke out on his face as the left hand enclosed around something. "Got one," he whispered. The right hand kept moving, kept looking. Then it too found what it was looking for, and grabbed that as well. Hades was grinning ear to ear, as was Thalia now.

"You got them Uncle. You got them."

I kelt watching in confusion. What does he have? Who's them?

Hades started to pull the two hands backwards. It seemed whatever he got was heavy. The black power seemed to be sucked back up into Hades as the objects drew closer.

Suddenly, with a pop, the black power rods ended and flew back into Hades. Said God fell backward, unconscious from power loss. The two objects Hades got were sprawled on the floor. I looked closer, and recognized them.

Black hair. Gray orbs.

"Percy? Is that you?"