Percy P.O.V

I was out on the beach thinking about the war that was a couple of weeks ago. I couldn't help but think about the many people who had been killed, like Charles Beckendorf, Selena Beauregard, Bianca Di Anglo, Lee Fletcher, Castor (son of Dionysus), Ethan Nakamura and many more. I kept wondering if I could have saved them. I mean it should have been me instead of them! At least they died fighting for what they believed in.

Suddenly a voice interrupted my thoughts. " Hey Seaweed Brain," Annabeth said softly as she sat next to me. "What are you thinking about?" I looked at her beautiful stormy grey eyes.

" Just the war." I replied. Annabeth then looked at me with a knowing look,

"Are you still blaming yourself for the people who died?" I nodded sadly, " Well don't. They knew the risks of fighting and you know that you could not have prevented it. The fates made that decision! Ok?" I took her head with my hands and smiled.

" Thanks wise girl." We leaned forward but we were stopped by the sound of puking noises. We turned our heads towards the sound and we saw that the people were Nico and Thalia.

We jumped up ( probably with a face as red as a tomato) in surprise. Thalia smirked

, " Sorry to invade this lovey-dovey moment but it was getting really awkward back here." Annabeth was the first one to snap out of her shock.

"Nico, Thalia! What are you doing here! I didn't know the hunters were coming!" As soon as she said that, Thalia's expression turned sad.

"You know my new half-sister, the hunter?" She said half-sister with a lot of anger. Oh, did I forget to mention that there are more children of the big three? Three days ago, twins of Zeus ( a boy and a girl called Brian and Brittany), another son of Poseidon ( Mark), a daughter of Hades ( Evangela) and a son of Athena (Andrew) came up half-blood hill fighting 5 hell hounds. I and Annabeth saw the monsters and killed them. Later on they claimed that they killed them! That was when we found out about their HUGE ego. Yesterday Thalia's sister joined the hunters.

"Yeah" I said.

" Well you see she was jealous that I was the lieutenant so she told Artemis that I was going out with a boy! I was shocked to hear that Artemis believed her straight away! So much for trust. She kicked me out of the hunters!" At the end she had tears in her eyes.

Nico p.o.v

After everyone comforted Thalia they turned to look at me. "So what are you doing here Corpse breath?" Thalia asked me whilst staring at me with her beautiful blue eyes. WAIT beautiful! Pretend I never thought that. "Well..." I trailed off.

*Flashback*

I was reporting back to my father, Hades, after going on a mission to get a soul that got out of the underworld. I entered the hall and bowed down to Hades and said "Father, I have succeeded" Instead of seeing pride joy because I had come back succesful and safe ( which I knew I would never receive from my father) I saw loathing and disappointment.

" Nico Di Anglo, you disappoint me again! This was supposed to be a short mission, two days at tops! You took three and a half days! It should have been Bianca or better yet my newest daughter, Evangela, however it was you! You are not worthy to be my son! I should have disowned you years ago and be lucky that I haven't...yet" When he said that something snapped inside of me.

I shouted at him " You know what FATHER! I don't want to be your son! You are always mean and don't care about me! You should be grateful that I did what you said but noooooo,you just always want things perfect. Take your precious Evangela and stay out of my life!" With that I stormed out. I faintly remember hearing father saying my name but I was too angry to notice.

*end of flashback*

As I told this to the others my story, I could see the anger and sympathy in their eyes.

" I swear, if your dad wasn't an immortal god I would have killed him by now!" Annabeth growled. That was when we noticed that Annabeth's eyes were slightly puffy from crying.

Annabeth p.o.v

I noticed them looking at me strangely so I asked them, " What are you looking at?"

Percy then questioned, "Have you been crying?"

" What? Me Crying? I don't know what you are talking about. My mother didn't say anything!" I protested.

"We didn't say anything about your mother! Don't lie to us!" Thalia demanded. I sighed, my eyes watering at the memory.

" I was in the big house because Chiron told me that my mother wanted to speak to me. I saw my mother and she said that she was going to take away my gift of being Olympus official architect and give it to Andrew because he has a gift! I can't belive it! After all we have done, this is how they repay us!" By the end I was straight out crying! The looks on everyone's faces were murderous. Everyone was muttering things so bad that I think that Dionysus would be jealous.

Thalia stood up straighter and announced, "We will discuss this after the campfire, come on." She wrapped a comforting arm around me and we walked to the camp fire.

When we reached it, we saw our parents/ ex-guardian Artemis, Athena, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus. Chiron was in the middle of saying something.

"We have all decided that the heroes shall be rewarded for being the true heroes of Olympus by being offered immortality!" At first I thought he meant us but things didn't go that way. " Mark, Bryan, Brittany, Evangela and Andrew, do you accept this gift?"

They all replied together with large smiles on their faces. "YES!"

We all looked at each other with shocked expressions. Thalia whispered, "WHAT! They aren't true heroes unless being a hero means being self-centered and obnoxious! "

Then Poseidon clapped very loudly, "Quiet down everyone! I just want to say that Mark is my favourite son. He has made me proud to be a father. I definitely think that Mark deserves it more than any of my other children, right?!" To our astonishment EVERYONE agreed! This was the last straw for us. All four of us crept out to Thalia's pine. I felt really sorry for Percy. I couldn't imagine what he would be going through. I put a hand on his shoulder and lightly kissed him which made him smile sadly.

He finally spoke. "I think we should run away, I mean if no one appreciates us, why should we stay?" Everyone agreed to meet up in fifteen minutes outside the border with our things. 15 minutes later we walked out of camp without looking back.