Hey guys, Sorry I haven't uploaded in awhile now but as per usual, got alot of shit hovering above my head right now. I'm sure you guys don't want to be bored with me talking about my life, but anyways. I decided to start up a new story! Don't worry, it's gonna be awesome! Now, unlike my other stories, this concept isn't unique, but, nobody really updates their reading stories, and I have fiery determination to do so, This reading story will involve the entire Percy gang, some Romans, Percy, the 'mythical' heroes (Hercules, Perseus and all that.) and of course the gods! Also, I will implement a special little twist I just love *insert maniacal laugh*. Anyhow, I think this story will be good for me, as I really feel like writing again, and for you awesome readers, since it's hopefully going to be great! There won't be any POV's in this story, because it works better without them, in my opinion. Like always, I would be very, VERY happy for some reviews on this story! Let the reading commence!

DISCLAIMER - I DO NOT OWN PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS OR HEROES OF OLYMPUS OR ANY CHARACTERS RELATED TO THESE BOOKS! THOSE ALL BELONG TO RICK RIORDAN! THIS DISCLAIMER COUNTS FOR THIS ENTIRE FANFICTION STORY!

Camp Half-Blood

It seemed to be a peaceful enough day at Camp Half-Blood, but that was absolutely not the case, if you were to strain and listen to what was going on in the camp, you'd expect to hear a hearty sing-along at the roaring campfire, while happy campers sat around the fire roasting marshmallows, laughing and generally having a good time. You'd expect the entire camp to be carefree and happy, after all, the Second Titan War had just come to a shocking conclusion, Percy Jackson, Son of Poseidon, the great hero everyone adored, had beaten Kronos on Olympus, bringing down the Titan Lord and restoring peace to the world. The one thing you wouldn't expect in a celebratory camp was silence, yet there was a shocking amount of silence rolling over the camp like a perpetual shroud. The campers didn't roast marshmallows over the fire in the night. Partly because the fire was only barely burning, and with a colour black as night. Partly because the campers didn't feel like roasting any marshmallows any time soon. They weren't celebrating at all, they were mourning. Why? Percy Jackson, the same hero who had saved the world less than a month ago, was missing. It had started the day Annabeth went to his cabin and didn't see him, she had looked everywhere in a panic, and quick as a forest fire, the rumour had spread through the entire camp, Percy was missing, causing pandemonium in the ususally peaceful summer camp. Soon enough, the entire camp was running around in a flash, trying so desperately to find Percy, why did they care so much, you ask? Well, when Percy came to camp, people already noticed he was different than the rest, but they didn't pay much attention to him since he was dumped between all the other unclaimed kids in the Hermes Cabin, then he was claimed by none other than Poseidon, heralding the Great Prophecy. He succesfully completed quest after quest, and slowly but surely became their leader, during the Second Titan War, everyone looked at him for leadership, following him wherever he went. The entire camp followed his commands, and he didn't make a single wrong call in their eyes. After he defeated Kronos and saved the gods, he rejected immortality to spend his life with his friends, not outlast them. That made him even more a hero than he already was, he was the reason all the campers were claimed and no longer ignored by their parents. After the war, everyone saw Percy Jackson in a new light.

Now, he was gone, their saviour, leader, brother, protector and care-taker was gone, it was like someone had taken the heart of the camp and ripped it out, crushing it into tiny pieces and scattering those pieces in a place far away, they couldn't reach. Namely, Camp Jupiter, the Roman equivalent of Camp Half-Blood. It was known he was at Camp Jupiter, and as soon as that was known, the camp had drawn plans on how to reach him, and those plans eventually sprouted the Argo II in all it's bronze glory. The Hephaestus Cabin, lead by Leo, more commonly knows as Repair Boy, was busy completing the hull for the ship. Everyone knew it would take a long time before the Argo II was airworthy, and so they sat down, depressed, and waited for what seemed like years. They all just wanted Percy back, the guy who always picked them up when they were sad, knew all of their stories and troubles, and seemed to understand exactly what he had to say and when he had to say it. He was their older brother, even though he wasn't the oldest at Camp Half-Blood, he was everything to them, and they just wanted him back. Huddled in a corner were Percy's closest friends, who's dissapearance had hit them the hardest. They were Thalia Grace, Nico di Angelo, Clarisse La Rue (even though she claimed she was his worst enemy, but their friendship was clear as day.), Connor and Travis Stoll, Katie Gardner, Chris Rodriguez, Rachel Elizabeth Dare and Percy's love and girlfriend, Annabeth. They were dead silent except for the occasional sigh or sniffle. The only demigods who were not mourning were the three 'new guys', namely Leo Valdez, Piper McLean and Jason Grace, the last of which was scowling far off, seperated from the rest of the camp. He was currently occupying his mind with his thoughts of annoyance and slight hatred towards the unknown hero Percy Jackson. Sure, he'd done some cool stuff, but he was Jason Grace, Son of the mighty Jupiter, King of the Gods, Praetor of the Twelfth Legion gods damnit! People should listen to him when he had something to say, but whenever he tried to gain the upper hand in a situation using his status, people would look at him in annoyance and anger. They never said it out loud, but he could see it in their eyes, the fact he was one of the leaders of Camp Jupiter didn't hold any sway with these Greeks, in their eyes, he would never be as good as Percy.

"How am I going to bring these idiots together to fight for me and Olympus if they don't even accept me! I never had this problem at Camp Jupiter, my heritage said enough to people, I was to be feared and listened to!" Jason thought in utter annoyance of the entire situation. Back at the group of Percy's closest friends, Thalia looked up with bloodshot eyes to see the entire camp in a not much better state than she was. Then her eyes drifted to Jason who was scowling a little way of, absorbed in his own thoughts. Thalia sighed in dissapointment, she was so happy once she found out Jason, her little brother was still alive, but when it turned out he was a total jerk to just about anybody, and was surprised she didn't like him, she was sad and incredibly dissapointed.

"Why couldn't he be more like Percy? Kind, caring and modest..." She thought to herself, then her thoughts drifted back to a certain cousin of hers and she looked down at the ground again.

Suddenly, Annabeth abruptly stood up, not wanting to sit at the depressing campfire any longer, and briskly walked away, the friend group looked at each other, and nodded. They knew exactly where Annabeth was going, Zeus' Fist, they went there all the time to be alone and think, all the friends together, reminiscing about better times. They all stood up and started sauntering towards Zeus' Fist. Nobody noticed them walking away but Leo, Piper and Jason, who were not consumed by depression like all the other campers. The trio too knew where everyone was headed, and they looked at each other, silently agreeing with each other, and followed the demigods. They just wanted to know more about the one guy who's disappearance had caused such a big ripple of sadness someone may aswell have died. Piper wanted to get to know Percy's personality, hoping she could find a friend in the Son of Poseidon, Leo wanted to get to know the guy he had seen as a role model since he heard the first tale of Percy Jackson's grand adventure. And Jason wanted to put Percy in his place, below the Son of Jupiter. When they finally arrived at Zeus' Fist, everyone sat down again, including the trio. Everyone looked at them strangely and they shot questioning glances at everyone. Finally, Nico voiced the question that was on everyone's mind.

"Why did you guys follow us?" He asked, not in an unkind tone, but more of a curious tone. Piper was the one to answer.

"We didn't want to sit around the campfire where everyone was depressed, and we thought you guys might want to share some of your stories with us, I, for a fact, would love to know more about Percy." She said with a small smile directed at the whole circle of friends in general. Everyone smiled weakly back. Although they would never admit it, they loved telling stories about Percy. It gave them something to laugh at and enjoy themselves.

"Well, there was that one time when Percy made the toilets explode." Travis said snickering, everyone soon followed his example, all except Clarisse.

"He made the toilets explode? That's awesome!" Leo said grinning, so far, Percy was living up to his reputation.

"It's not as funny as it sounds, Valdez, especially not if you're standing right in the middle of it!" Clarisse complained. Everyone was soon laughing at her expense, some rolling on the ground, then, suddenly, all of the demigods were enveloped in a bright blue light. They all looked at each other alarmed and tried to get up and run. But before any of them could get to their feet, there was a loud Crack! and the light started to fade out. By the time it was gone, so were the demigods, the only thing that remained was the imprints they had made in the grass which gently swayed in the night breeze.

Camp Jupiter

Percy sighed as he walked through the streets of New Rome, it was nighttime but the streets were somehow still populated. He walked past a few restaurants and waved at the people inside, who waved back enthusiastically, Percy had only been here for a month or so, but people already loved him, what wasn't there to love? Percy was not nearly as militaristic as the last Praetor, Jason, he wasn't strict, in fact, he was very laid-back. Unless serious matters came along, then he sure as hell could be scary. But he was nice to everyone he saw, helped them solve their problems and cheered them up when they were in need of it. He ran his hand through his hair, sighing. His feet carried him wherever he subconsciously wanted to be, which apparently was the Little Tiber, because the next time he snapped out of his thoughts, he found himself at the shores of that very river. He sat down and watched the stream of the Little Tiber which always managed to calm him down. He sat there for what felt like a long time when he suddenly tensed when he felt three people approaching, his hand immediately darting to his pocket and bringing out Riptide in pen form in a flash. He relaxed however, when a familiar voice started talking.

"Whoa Percy, no need to bring out the big guns." The voice of Frank Zhang said a little fearful, he had fought Percy in sparring training and got to experience the deadliness of Riptide firsthand. Percy looked around to see Frank, Hazel and Reyna approaching warily. He smiled sheepishly.

"Woops, sorry guys, I didn't expect you sneaking up on me like that." He said, grinning that lopsided grin he was famous for. He stashed Riptide back in his pocket and relaxed again, sighing as he leaned back a bit, the other three joined him and they all looked at the gentle stream of the river in silence for a little while.

"You miss them, don't you?" Hazel suddenly asked in a soft voice, Percy sighed, it was pretty obvious.

"Yeah, I mean, I like it here, and I consider you guys just as much my friends, but I do miss Camp Half-Blood, I don't think I'll ever get the feeling I'll fit in here." Percy said, voice full of emotion. Reyna looked at Percy, and though she knew HE didn't feel like that, Camp Jupiter did.

"Percy, you already fit in here more than Jason, and he's been here since his childhood, the camp simply adores you Percy." She said seriously. He blushed a little at her kind words, Reyna usually wasn't one for sharing and caring, but Percy was different, he had this way of pulling out her emotions and secrets that she didn't understand. Hazel and Frank smiled supportively at Reyna's words, bringing a smile on Percy's face.

"Thanks guys, that means alot to me." Percy said, still smiling. Hazel chuckled.

"Any time Perce." She said, as they were about to go back to staring at the water, a bright blue light suddenly descended upon them. Percy went wide eyed and shoved his friends down firmly, standing above them in a protective stance, Riptide out. Before any of them could say anything however, there was another loud Crack! and all of the demigods seemed to have vanished from the face of the Earth completely, once again leaving only the matted grass as a sign of their existence.

Well, what do you guys think? I actually personally think my writing has improved much since my first chapter of my first story. But, the question is, do you guys think the same thing? Also, do you guys like this story, and don't worry, I promise the second chapter will be here fast! Don't miss out on the fun and you would make my day, scratch that, my whole WEEK if you were to let loose a bunch of reviews in my direction! Thanks alot guys, and see you soon!

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