Sorry about the super long wait! I FINALLY got my copy of Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. For Thalia we of yours u who haven't read it yet, the only thing that I'm giving away is that he's related to Annabeth. EEK! I can't wait for the next book! It'll be such a long wait...

Anyway, here's your long awaited chapter!

I just now realized that I have been forgetting this, but this Disclaimer proves the sad fact that I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians (PJatO) or Heroes of Olympus (HoO).

The party, you must admit, was absolutely amazing. There was a giant pool in Silena's backyard, a lot of extra yard space that was set up with chairs, tables, and other things that were appropriate for teenagers, and there were multiple bubble machines all around the place, people taking pictures and selfies in front of the bubbles with their friends.

But the best part is that the party started when the sun was setting, and when it got too dark to see anything, a whole bunch of lanterns were lit and the place had a party feel to it. It was an awesome party, looking like one of the parties from books and movies. Not to mention the multiple bedrooms in the house *wink wink.*

Percy, Nico, Thalia, Annabeth, Selina, and even Calypso and Rachel were all very popular and were probably having the best time out of everyone there.

At one point, Silena dragged Percy, Nico, Thalia, Annabeth, Leo, Jason, Piper, Hazel, Frank, Reyna, Conner, Travis, Grover, Calypso, and Rachel into an empty room and told them that they were going to play a game.

She then reached into a hat and pulled out a slip of paper. Grinning, she told everyone what they would be playing. "We'll be playing truth or dare."

After a few arguments and bolted doors and screaming, the fifteen of them reluctantly agreed to play the game, as long as nobody got pregnant and nobody had to leave the room.

Silena decided to go first. "How about... Piper. Truth or dare?"

"Truth." Piper didn't even hesitate.

"Out of everyone here, who do you like the most?" Selina smirked. Piper looked around.

"Um... Jason. Now, Percy. Truth or dare?"

"Truth. I don't feel like getting up."

"Do you like anyone here?"

"Maybe."

"Who are they?"

"Youve already asked me my question."

"Then at least say yes or no."

"Then yes."

"Ugh, Percy. Fine. You're so stubborn."

"I take pride in that."

"Good."

"Thank you."

"Stubborn."

Percy looked around. "Thalia. Truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"Hmm." Percy looked around again. "I dare you to kiss Nico on the cheek."

"But we're cousins!" Thalia's eyes were wide.

"Why do you think I said on the cheek?"

"You're so insufferable, Percy. I'll get you back one of these days."

"I have no doubt that you will."

Everyone watched as Thalia reluctantly kissed Nico's cheek. She then wiped her lips, but not as much as she would have done for someone that wasn't family.

"Leo. Truth or dare?" Thalia smirked.

"Dare."

"I dare you to... Kiss Calypso."

He did it, and it wasn't even a quick peck. They were at it for about twenty seconds before ADHD started to kick into everyone except for Frank, and the two were forced to stop.

"Okay, what is going on?" Hazel asked, eyes wide.

"We've been keeping it a secret for the past week, when she started warming up to Percy. I know, I know. I should have told you. But I just couldn't! I mean-"

"Leo. Stop blabbering. It's getting annoying. We understand." Piper said, interrupting their fire loving friend.

"And then- wait... really?" Leo titled his head at Piper. She grinned.

"Well duh."

"Oh, thank the gods."

"Yeah. I was afraid that you would kill me for a second there." Calypso smirked half heartedly, her eyes glowing when she turned to look at Leo (not literally).

"Oh, no. If we killed you, Leo would kill us. And we don't want that happening!" Piper exclaimed.

"Too true. Especially after our victorious awesomeness in the Talent Show." Annabeth added, smirking.

"Most definitely." Hazel grinned.

"Oh yeah."

"Anyway, it's my turn to pick someone...Leo looked around the room. "Percy! Truth or dare?"

"Me again?" Percy pouted.

"Yup! Answer the question."

"Truth."

"Fine. You're no fun. Do you have any special talents and if so, can you do it here? Singing or playing an instrument doesn't count."

Thalia grinned. "Percy, I know just the talent." She whispered something to Nico, who grinned also.

"Oh my gods, yes." His eyes were wide. "This'll be awesome!"

Nico then whispered something to Percy, who grinned with the rest of his cousins.

"Yeah. I have a talent. By any chance, do you have a sword and dummies laying around here?"

"Actually, yes!" Silena brightened.

"You do?" Percy asked, eyebrows raised.

"Yeah! Let me go get it... Do you want dummies or a sparring partner, because Annabeth is pretty good at this too."

"Oh. Wait.. You're doing this?" Annabeth asked looking at Percy in amazement.

"Yup! I'm one of the best of the best, actually." Percy rubbed the back of his neck.

"Oh. That's cool!" Piper finally understood what they were doing.

"No way. You're good at this too?" Jason asked.

"Yeah. We all are. Only Thalia's better with a bow and arrow and Percy is the best if the best, like he said earlier. We were trained by a man named Chiron. You might have heard of him. He's trained the best sword fighters ever." Nico bragged.

"He trained me too!" Annabeth grinned.

"Really? I got trained by a person named Lupa. She was boss." Jason grinned also.

Soon almost everyone was grinning. Silena handed both Percy and Annabeth swords. They got into fighting positions.

"Start when I get to one." Thalia instructed. "Three, two, one, go!"

Percy and Annabeth started circling each other, both looking the other, waiting to strike. Then, Annabeth made the first move.

They started fighting, sword against sword, hand against hand. Their movements were blurred, but it looked like Annabeth was slowly getting an advantage. Thalia and Nico just stood there grinning, most likely already knowing what their cousin was going to do.

At one point, Percy thrust his sword out and Annabeth backfield away from it. Another time, Annabeth tried to stab at Percy's legs, but Percy jumped up, did a flip in the air, and landed back in his fighting position while already having his sword clang with Annabeth's. It was a pretty close match.

Until Annabeth lost her weapon.

Percy had turned his weapon while fighting Annabeth at just the right moment, and Annabeth ended up weaponless. The next second, Percy had his sword at Annabeth's neck, leaning into her body. They could feel each other's breaths on their necks.

"I did tell you that I was the best of the best." Percy breathed for a couple seconds "when will you start to listen to me?"

"I'll never listen to you, Seaweed Brain." Annabeth smirked.

"Seaweed Brain?" Percy was surprised. He blinked in confusion.

"You like swimming and you're not smart. It's another version of Thalia's Kelp Head."

"Fine, Wise Girl."

"Wise Girl?" Annabeth laughed. "Is that supposed to offend me?"

"No. You're just too smart for you're own good."

"I believe that."

Then the proofreading to that room got knocked off of its hinges. Everyone turned in that direction, Silena looking mad and Percy and Annabeth jumping apart. Luke and his buddies Greg and Ethan were standing there in the doorway.

"Percy Jackson" Luke said loudly into the quiet room. "I challenge you to a sword fighting match."

Who will win? Will Luke become the best of the best? Please tell me who you think would win aand who you want to win in the comments down below! All that it'll take is the quick click of a harmless button. Thanks for reading this story!

I've been terrible with the dedication thing, so I'll just give this chapter to Snowflake Eliza Cahill Sparkle, who's been with me from the start of this story. Thank you!

This chapter isn't nearly as long as the last one, but at least I've updated, right? Now, if you've read all the way to the bottom of this, you're awesome. If you have, please type in Fighting Penguins just to let me know how awesome you are! Yay!

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