Back!

"Charlie!"

"Ow!"

"Oh, I could kill you!" Elsie scolded, pinching her brother's ear with an iron grip. "Why? Why can't you sit still for two minutes? That's all you had to do, but noooo, little delinquent Charlie has to play with the shiny thing that clearly said no touchy and don't come out with any dyslexic crap, I could read it just fine and then you go back in time to meet them as teenagers; you could have wiped us all from existence, you stupid little half-witted elf, don't you ever do that again or I'll break every bone in your body, is that clear?"

"Yes ma'am." Charlie squeaked. Elsie scowled at him and stomped off. Alokia appeared to squeeze the life out of him.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to tell you off. Elsie did that for the both of us. I'm just going to hug you until you're purple!" She finished cheerily.

"No." Charlie choked wiggling to try and free himself. "Mama!" He rasped. "Mama, I can't breathe! Mama! Padre!" He called as Leo walked in. Leo heard his wheezes and looked up from whatever he was tinkering with. "Padre, help." Leo planted a hand on his hip, snapping his fingers and pointing down. Alokia hmmph'ed, crushing Charlie more.

"Kia, let him go."

"Not if he's not purple."

"More like a lilac, now let him go. I'll ground you." Leo added, wagging a warning finger at her.

"For what?" She challenged immediately.

"For suddenly being too much like your mother. I can barely handle her and Elsie, I don't need another one." Leo snapped his fingers again. Alokia huffed and dropped Charlie, blowing a raspberry on his cheek and then shoving him away. She muttered something unsavoury before sauntering off to find her sister, a slight bounce in her step. "You OK?" Leo rested a hand on his son's shoulder.

"I'm going to die."

"Not if you behave, you won't. They are happy to see you, but they're mad you're a prat, which I hope is what Kia said. I swear to gods if she turns into another Lou, I'm moving to the Underworld."

"I'll find you." Leo startled violently, nearly burning his wife's face off. Louisa crossed her arms.

"Chica, love of my life, one I shall never leave or upset and will forever love, respect and hold dearly; we were just talking about you, all good things, all good things."

"You're a prat. I can see where he gets it from."

"Mama, they want to kill me."

"Well tough. That's my job."

"I don't want to be killed." Charlie mumbled. "I think Elsie killed my ear."

"Don't be a- we've used prat already. What else can I use?"

"How about stupid little half-witted elf?" Elsie suggested, returning with Alokia in tow.

"No. I like it, but no. Ah!" Louisa snapped her fingers, poking Charlie's forehead. "Toad!"

Charlie protested instantly, stomping his feet; "Toads are slimey and evil and no!" He said, shaking his head furiously. Leo smirked.

"Toad's having a tantrum."

"I thought you were on my side?" Charlie pouted. Leo shook his head, drawing something from his belt. Charlie hissed and ducked behind his sisters. Leo waved the orb at him, the demon contraption that started the whole problem. Leo also showed him the 'no touchy' post-it note. "You're not going to kill me too, are you?"

"I'm considering it. What does this say?"

"Um, yes touchy?"

"And when does 'yes touchy' ever get said by someone in this family that doesn't play with time-travelling, dimension jumping soccer balls?"

"Just now."

"I don't count."

"Wait what?" Louisa came back around, grabbing Leo by the arm and forcibly spinning him around. Leo's eyes widened, busted. "What did you do?"

"I may or may not have accidentally gone to a dimension where we were all the opposite gender. I was only there, maybe or maybe not, for a few minutes."

"Ya went to another dimension and never took me?"

"Look, if I had planned it, you know I would have."

"How did you get back so quickly?" Charlie asked, curiously reaching for the orb. Four hands appeared and smacked his away and Louisa grounded him before Leo got to answer.

"I had this." Leo showed him the sphere.

"But it disappeared when I went through."

"That's 'cos ya stupid." Louisa flicked him in the head.

"You need to hold it in both hands."

"Oh, why didn't I think of that? No, no touchy." Charlie jumped into karate mode as his mother made to flick him again.

"Hypocrite. Elsie, get 'im."

"No!"

"Gladly." Elsie smirked, cracking her knuckles. Charlie squeaked and ran. "Shrimp! Get back here!"

"Pinch!"

"Percy, stop pinching him!"

"I'm excited! Sorry, Alvie." Percy smiled sheepishly. "Carry on." He waved at his son, bouncing from one foot to the other. Alvie raised a brow at his mother, who was watching her husband exasperatedly. The rest of the old crew was there as well, Nico and Hedge included. The satyr was armed with his bat- as much as he had accepted Alvie and his unique set of abilities, he didn't trust the mind-reading and/or potential manipulation.

Like Percy, the others were interested. Piper was a little annoyed that her Leoisa and Percabeth confirmations had been taken so very cruelly, but she was just as eager to get her memories back. Like Annabeth, Jason was rolling his eyes at his partner. Hazel and Frank were waiting patiently, sat together at one end of the sofa, sipping tea. Nico was entertaining Madam, his crow, slouched in the armchair. Leo was making sure his daughters hadn't killed Charlie. Strangely, Louisa wasn't helping him. She was sat in the windowed alcove, her back to them all.

Alvie's eyes blazed white, hands jumping forward. Silence filled the room, but so did a buzzing energy. The mass of younger generations watched interestedly. Tobias took advantage of the adults immobility, whipping out a marker and a wicked grin. His sisters hissed at him, Callum immediately hopped up to join in only to be pegged by Max. Tobias went about, giggling to himself and drawing moustaches, cat faces, the Superman symbol on Jason's forehead, gills on his father, glasses on his mother with a very crude drawing of an owl spreading its wings across her forehead. He got to Louisa when Alvie broke the mental connection. Louisa's hand shot out, Tobias yelped and then he was on the floor, having various swears and scribbles all over his face and arms.

"Tobias!" Annabeth raged. "You were banned from markers! You still are!"

"Join the club." Charlie chipped in.

"Where did you come from?" Annabeth demanded hotly. Charlie grinned slyly. "What? What has he drawn- oh, Tobias!"

"Max made me do it."

"Hey!" Max protested.

"Tobias, that's permanent! And I see you left Hazel alone, that's just favouritism!"

"Hazel makes me food." Tobias shrugged. "The rest of you let me starve."

"You'll eat us out of house and home otherwise." Annabeth muttered, rubbing irritably at her forehead. "Oh, you're grounded."

"You guys need to think up some new punishments." Tobias muttered. Louisa still had him pinned, giving the marker to her husband. Tobias had been sure to give his uncle a very curly moustache, snickering to himself.

"Way ahead of you." Leo grinned, reaching into his toolbelt. "I see you left Soph at home."

"Nooo, don't tell her! She'll kill me!"

"And? Hey, Soph! I know, I know, it's been a while, but your darling husband has some news for you."

"Lies! Why are you so weirdly strong?" Tobias wailed up at his aunt.

"OK, question." Piper said, flapping her hand in the air. "I don't remember. Well, I'm getting bits, but it's fuzzy."

"It'll take a few days." Alvie told her. "Those memories have been buried for the majority of your lives, they need some time to come back up."

"Also question- can you get rid of this?" She waved at her face, sending a cold look to his older brother. Alvie snapped his fingers, ridding them all of their drawings. Except for Percy, because the gills rather amused him.

"Ow, head rush, head rush." Percy complained, pressing his palms to his temples.

"Oh, that might happen too. Where you're so hyped up, Dad, it makes the process faster. Yes, sugar rushes will probably help, caffeine, exercises, something to get the blood going and the brain working."

"Let's go for a run!" Piper declared. "Lou, race you!"

"What, why me?"

"Because I have a bone to pick with you. Last one to Central Park loses." Piper grinned cheekily. Louisa didn't like to lose. They were up and out the door in seconds. The others could hear Piper's laughter until she disappeared around the corner. Leo didn't seem happy with this sudden pairing, watching intently out the window for their return. Charlie stood next to him, making fire puppets.

"So, now what?" Percy asked. "And why am I still penned?"

"Because Alvie has a secret mean streak and I think we should lock Charlie away for the rest of his life."

"Tobias, we've talked about your ideas."

"Fine then." He spread his arms vertically, closing them with a sharp clap that made Alvie jump. "End scene."

Probably a naff last chapter, I know, but I'd be repeating things and such and I don't want to. Thanks for sticking by me through this! ^_^