PERCY SLEPT LIKE A MEDUSA VICTIM—which is to say, like a rock.

Everybody couldn't help but chuckle at that.

"That's good and lucky." Chris nodded

"The sleeping part you mean? Not the 'medusa victim' thing." Clarisse laughed. Chris grinned and nodded.

He hadn't crashed in a safe…. It's me, Grover!

Grover and Percy winced.

"I'm sorry, G-man." Percy said apologetically. Grover waved it off.

"With the reputation of the fauns as compared to the satyrs as well as the fact that your memories have been taken away, it makes sense that you would say that." He stated.

"Its not his fault anyways." Annabeth said with a slight glare at Hera.

"Annabeth." Zeus said.

"Don't. I'm not going to stop calling her out if she makes a mistake. If we can call out my mother or anybody else on their mistakes then why not her. If you realize your mistake then great but if you can't then we have to make them." She said coolly.

"That is the whole point of the reading." Grover shrugged in agreement

"I thought that it was all getting better." Zeus said, tilting his head

"Everybody else is." Annabeth replied and gestured to continue reading

Stay put!

"Did you just ask Percy Jackson to stay put?" Thalia asked with mock wide eyes

"I guess I did." Grover said with a sheepish grin

"Oh come on, I'm not that bad." Percy protested

"Yes, you are." Everybody else chorused. Percy pouted.

We're on our way to find you…a sword in his hands.

"Oh, such an enlightening memory." Ares said with a grin. Percy snickered but then he burst out laughing.

"Very beautiful to remember." He snorted.

The scene shifted…be the key to the gods' defeat.

Everybody shuddered.

"Really got to put those mental shields up." Percy grumbled

Percy's vision turned dark…I await you atop the ice."

"Ain't happening." Beckendorf shook his head

"Kind of is but not the first part." Katie chuckled. Beckendorf couldn't help but laugh.

Percy woke, shivering

Poseidon shivered as the curse was still affecting them all.

For a moment he didn't know where...trying to control his racing heartbeat.

"Dear us." Poseidon shook his head as he felt the racing heartbeat.

A golden giant was waiting to break him. Wonderful.

"Brilliant, isn't it." Jason said dryly

"Indeed." Percy nodded. Everybody else couldn't help but chuckle.

But what unnerved him more was that…You will be my pawn

"Lady, he ain't being anybody's pawn." Triton shook his head and rolled his eyes

"I swear. Kind of tired of all the bad guys coming up to me-" Percy started "-And just go 'Perseus Jackson, you will be our pawn-" he whispered ominously "I mean like dude what the fuck? You want to kill me? Okay, just stand peacefully in the line." He said normally, throwing his hands up. Everybody just stared for a few seconds before the house of heroes burst into uncontrollable laughter and the Olympians just looked at him either in awe or mid laughter or open mouthed.

"We need to have a skit in which both Nico and Percy act." Thalia shook her head

"We need to have a skit of Nico, Percy and Jason acting like their dramatic fathers in their dramatic fights about their dramatic reasons which are not needed to be dramatically argued about." Demeter drawled, stressing on every single 'dramatic.' Everybody burst out laughing and the Olympians except the Poseidon, Zeus and Hades nodded in agreement. Nico, Percy and Jason grinned at each other and then their fathers.

"Tonight. 8pm." The three said. Everybody except their parents cheered.

Percy didn't play chess…They died a lot.

"That's true. Pawns are usually for sacrifice after they've done their job and a part of their job is sacrifice." Michael stated

"Depressing but true." Lee sighed

Even the friendlier parts of his dream…Percy to stay where he was.

"Even you told him to stay where he was! See, this is the number one fact: Perseus Jackson does not stay in one place." Thalia said.

"That is true." Chiron said with a small smile.

"You've turned Chiron." Percy groaned accusatorily at Thalia. Everybody laughed. "And I can't really stay put at that point even if I wanted to." He added

"See, its still worth the try to ask him to stay where he was because it would've been much easier to find him and much quicker." Grover said.

He sat up in his bunk…his eyes like he hadn't slept well.

Ares rubbed his eyes as felt sleep wash over him for just second. "And to think I just woke up." He groaned.

"A quick breakfast…around like a Kool-Aid-stained ghost

Everybody turned to look at a sheepish looking Dakota while his brothers burst out laughing.

"Brother, I wonder how you will react when you start drinking alcohol." Castor chuckled.

"I wonder if you'd have high tolerance or low tolerance." Pollux grinned

"He'd have high tolerance." Dionysus answered. Dakota grinned. "Most of my kids too." Dionysus grinned.

"Privileges." Katie sighed dramatically. Everybody chuckled

"Um," Percy said, "should I wear my bed sheets?"

Everybody laughed.

"They are not bedsheets." Reyna shook her head with amusement

"Hey, I call it as I see it." Percy said, putting his hands up in a surrender gesture which just caused the laughter to increase.

Frank snorted. "That's just for the senators… —what a nightmare.

Ares winced and Percy grimaced.

"Look, I didn't mean it like that. First, I did use to hate you but I don't anymore and second because if you get claimed by a god visiting, though it may seem like a honor to some people, it makes most people treat you different especially since Mars is one of the most prominent gods in Rome." Percy explained to which Ares nodded.

Plus, how could Percy say no to that big pouty baby face?

"Hey!" Frank protested. Percy grinned sheepishly.

"Sorry." He said, stretching the 'y'

Frank had been given a huge task…He climbed out of bed and got dressed

Poseidon sighed as he felt his son's dilemma. How had they all never considered that apart from the stress of the quest, the nervousness also ate up their childrens' minds especially at an age when their only concern should have been partying and fooling around as well as thinking about college?

The whole time, he thought about... All he had to do was stay put.

"I would have stayed put if the camp hadn't been in so much danger and if they didn't want my help." Percy admitted

At breakfast, Percy was conscious… "Water cannon up my nose…

"Famous already, Jackson?" Clarisse laughed

"I just have a charm to have everybody interested in me." Percy grinned.

"That you do." Annabeth said and then blushed as everybody looked at her. Percy grinned and winked at her.

He was too hungry to care…all the folks in togas got up to leave

Everybody laughed.

"Just how, Kelp Head? Just how?" Nico shook his head

"I got mad skills in appetite." Percy grinned.

"I'm not even surprised that your stomach is as deep as the ocean." Hades chuckled.

"Here we go." Hazel fidgeted…Hazel's brother was trying to avoid him.

"Can't believe that it was that obvious." Nico grumbled

"You waved and then went back to your conversation. You waved. That's enough give-away." Rachel grinned. Nico flipped her off with a grin.

"Shut up." He pouted. Everybody laughed and Hades chuckled at his son.

Dakota stumbled along in his red-speckled… "Pomerian," Frank said

"Isn't that a dog breed?" Leo asked with a raised eyebrow. Silena snorted with laughter and Beckendorf grinned proudly at him.

"That's a dog breed indeed." Percy high fived Leo

"The city limits. Inside is a sacred... getting assassinated?" Percy asked.

"Pretty much." Dakota shrugged

Frank nodded. "Don't worry… Percy hoped he was kidding.

"Why? Would you have preferred weeks?" Frank grinned

"Decades, mate. I would have preferred decades." Percy said. Everybody snickered.

As they got closer to the city…coliseum and the horse racing arena.

"That's amazing." Silena breathed

"Thank you." Hazel smiled

Percy didn't notice they'd reached… Ah, who have we here?"

"Guy sounds friendly and has some super strong memory." Beckendorf said with a raised eyebrow

"Indeed." Reyna nodded

Hazel, Frank, and Percy… The little girl squealed with delight.

Everybody smiled at that.

"Oh, there you are," said the statue… "you don't have any hands."

Hermes and Apollo snorted.

"He won't like that too much." Hermes chuckled.

Apparently this was a sore point… And tuck your shirt in."

Everybody burst out laughing.

Hazel said, "Thank you, Terminus…more obsessive/compulsive."

The laughter increased.

"He inhabits every boundary stone…young woman who was buying coffee.

"My type of guy." Apollo laughed

"You into playboys huh?" Will chuckled.

"One of my types." Apollo told him

"He's only a playboy, so like calls to like." Artemis told Will who laughed and Apollo pouted at his twin.

An older couple was watching a little boy… just citizens living their lives."

All the previous Greek demigods looked at each other.

"That sounds beautiful." Katie said.

"But I think in a way, we all got adjusted to Camp half blood too though during the war, we all longed for that safety." Chris sighed

Percy imagined what that would… seagulls across the forum…

Athena and Poseidon looked at Annabeth and Percy and the two young gods looked at each other and then their parents.

"Its good that you have plans, son." Poseidon smiled at Percy while Athena said nothing but she gave a small sigh indicating that she was starting to think more of the son of Poseidon.

He shook the idea out of his head…followed Hazel and Frank inside.

All the Romans gave small smiles to Percy.

"We need more people like you, man." Piper said, shaking her head.

"I mean, in certain qualities." Thalia grinned. Percy threw a cushion at her which hit her straight on the nose and she flipped him off and everybody chuckled.

"Chapter's done." Aphrodite announced with a small smile

"I'll read now." Hephaestus said