This is the end.

It's never really the end, though…I'm sure that later on, Evelyne will have kids, and Percy and Annabeth will have grandchildren, and it'll keep going…I just don't want to write it all out. This ending is probably rubbish, but I tried, and I've done it, so I'm happy with it.

I got my start on reading stories like this. Where Percy and Annabeth got married, and then had kids, and things like that. I read a lot of them, actually. I made an account on here, because of them. This is the first story I wrote, and while it's not the first one I've finished, it's the first thing I read on here, it's the first thing I wrote on here, and it's special to me. So I'm happy that some people read it, and liked it, and everything.

Special thanks to 123Thomas321, and Writer2006, and there are probably others that I can't think of because it's early, but really, thank you to everyone, who read this, left a review, followed, favorited, who did anything, it really meant a lot to me.

On a side note, Evelyne and Paige are now eight years old: I'm just going to list the kids, because otherwise it might be a little confusing. So:

Percy and Annabeth: Evelyne Sophia Jackson, 8, Lydia Austen Jackson, 4, Damien Nicholas Jackson, 2

Jason and Piper: Paige Thalia Grace, 8, Guthrie William Grace, 5

Hazel and Frank: Elias Michael Zhang, 7

Leo and Calypso: Carolyn Gracie Valdez, 4, Ivanah Isabelle Valdez, 2

…might be a little confusing, still, but, uh, just refer to this.

123Thomas321: I hope he does, but I don't think he will...:(

Writer2006: Demigods are petty. Who knows?

Mr Demigod: thank you!

Writer2006: I just want to say, even though I know that was an error, that my username is Silversky247. But thank you! And it's still going to be here...just the same.

ilove14pandas: I don't really know, I use Jasper and Jiper...I don't know. Jasper is also a precious stone...idk.

Percy's POV:

It was Carol's 4th birthday. Carol, being Leo and Calypso's first daughter. Ivy, (Ivanah, really), was with her, being the tag-along little sister. Carol was ignoring her in favor of Lydi, really Lydia, and Guthrie. Guthrie, being Piper's and Jason's boy, at five years old, and Lydia, Percy's second girl. Annabeth had broken the news on Evelyne's third birthday when they were alone.

Speaking of Evelyne, she, Paige, and Elias were in a little group on the grass- it was a picnic party. He watched as Ivy left and skipped up to Damien. Percy's last kid, hopefully, at least. He wasn't sure about Annabeth's plans, but he was pretty sure she'd had enough pregnancies to last her lifetime. Percy had had a good time the last eight years as a dad.

"Seaweed Brain, this is your daughter, Evie, this is your sister…Lydia." Evelyne's eyes were big and wide like saucers. She hadn't been in the delivery room, hadn't known anything of what was going on, but she was smiling wide. "...Lydia Austen Jackson." Percy smiled softly at her. Annabeth had wanted the name 'Austen' ever since she found out she was pregnant, and Lydia had been one of the names they'd considered for Evelyne, but they fit with Lydia. Percy reached down and touched the baby's hand, gently. She was smaller than Evelyne by about a pound, and her birthday in June.

"She's perfect, Mommy! We're going to be best friends!"

Percy had smiled, and Annabeth had too, because both thought it wouldn't last.

But it had lasted, and Lydia and Evelyne were good siblings, they weren't particularly snappy with each other and didn't fight very much…that was Damien. Percy's only son had a hotheaded temper and was quite the tantrum thrower when he got worked up, but that was part of him, and Percy liked it just the same. Of course, it wasn't good when he got super worked up, but that only really happened once in a blue moon…or two…or maybe three or four…suffice it to say that Damien was quite a handful at times.

He remembered Evelyne's first day of kindergarten. Damien was a baby, Lydia was a toddler, and Evelyne was a bubbly little girl going off to kindergarten.

Percy picked up Damien's stroller, packed it into the car, but Evelyne and Lydia into their car seats, and then Damien, and drove down the street. They were running late, Damien was fussing but Annabeth wasn't in the back with him, Lydia was asking Evelyne questions excitedly, and Evelyne was whining about being late to her first day of kindergarten. Percy could feel the beginning of a migraine, and from the looks of it, Annabeth felt the same.

"Okay, who's going in?" Annabeth opened his mouth to speak.

"I'll take her." Percy wanted to take her as well. He glanced at Evelyne, already getting out of the car.

"I can-" he started to say, but Evelyne was running towards the school, and Lydia after her, and Percy and Annabeth cursed and Annabeth took the baby and Percy got a head start on the girls. Percy skidded in and immediately felt a lot of five year old eyes on him, and Annabeth, behind him. They were late. Evelyne was clearly uncomfortable.

"Very sorry, Ms. Pierce," Annabeth was saying, "I'm not sure if you know how it is trying to get three kids out of the house on time and all that," and Ms. Pierce was nodding in understanding, seeing as Annabeth was propping up Damien on her hip and Lydia was hiding behind Percy's leg. Ms. Pierce was more than happy to greet them, and the students went back to a buzz of conversations and shy glances at the people sitting at their tables, Paige one of them, and Evelyne was mortified.

"We were late, Daddy, we were late, and that's bad!" Evelyne was telling him. "And now I'm not going to be able to go to school because I was late and that isn't good." Percy laughed quietly at Evelyne's distress.

"Don't worry, Evelyne, Ms. Pierce isn't going to expel you because we were late. You're still going to get to go to school." At this, Evelyne deflated in relief. Annabeth was still talking to the woman. "You're going to be just fine, Evie."

That had been a wild one. Lydia still had a year before she could go to kindergarten, and they'd elected not to do preschool with any of them. Come on, Annabeth, if they're your kids, they don't need preschool. And it saves gas.

Annabeth had nodded at that. It was true that any if not all of Annabeth's children would probably not need to go to preschool…Athena's rule following children were examples of that. And also, it did save gas. Percy was pleasantly surprised at himself for coming up with both of those points. He wasn't usually someone to do that sort of thing, instead being more of a 'we'll figure it out when it comes to that' sort of person.

Annabeth had been happy, at least, that was definitely a plus.

Annabeth was as a whole better when she was happy. Percy saw that she was getting stressed a lot more now. Her hair had gotten darker and she'd cut it shorter. But she was happier. He saw the sparkle in her eyes more, and she always had time to put aside the work so that Damien could sit on her lap, or Evelyne could get her hair braided just the way she liked it, or so Lydia could get something to eat. She was a good mother. A really good mother. He knew it had sort of surprised Annabeth- she hadn't even had a mother growing up…and Percy never had a dad. There was no one to compare yourself to when that was the case. There was no better father- because there had never been a father. There was never a better mother, because there hadn't been one of those either. Percy had often told Annabeth this when she was obsessing over it, like when she forgot to pick up Lydia from day care, when she was heavily pregnant and couldn't watch the little girl all day. It hadn't been one of Annabeth's best moments, but it hadn't been like she was the worst mother ever for doing that. True story. Happened to me before :/

Percy glanced over at Annabeth. Carol's friend Olivia was attending the party- a legacy of Ares- Mars here. That always messed him up, but…after all, Percy was and always would be a Greek demigod. Despite the brands on his arm. Annabeth met his gaze and smiled lightly before going back to a conversation with little Olivia. Percy glanced away and was glad he did. Ivy was back to tailing after Guthrie, Carol, and Lydia, who all looked dangerously close to blowing up at the toddler.

"Hey, Ivy!" he whispered to her. The caramel haired girl- she'd gotten Calypso's hair- turned to him looking confused.

"Hi Uncwle Percwy." She still wasn't good with her C'…and L's…and a lot of others…but she was only two years old after all. She probably shouldn't be good with all the alphabet yet. "I'm fowwowing Carwol and Gufwee." Ivy told him. "…and Wydia." …yeah, her L's and C's needed work. But it was endearing and funny and it wouldn't last for much longer, Ivy was almost three. He'd miss it. Damien…well, with Annabeth's and Athena's inborn smartness, he'd never had as much of this as Ivy had.

"Well, it's great that you're following them, Ivy, but how about the two of us sit here and have a talk. As much fun as it is to follow Carol and Guthrie and Lydia, I don't think they appreciate it very much." Ivy nodded, grinning wide.

"That's why I do it! It annoys them!" Percy was probably speechless for a second, and Ivy started laughing. "That was funny too!" she grinned…cutely, and devilishly.

"Okay, Ivy, well maybe we shouldn't annoy your sister and your friends anymore, okay Ivy? Because I don't think it's going to end well, and then your sister might get you into trouble, and you don't like trouble, right?"

"I like trouble!" Ivy said proudly. "Daddy says he used to get in a lot of trouble and I want to be just like Daddy!" Leo had gotten into a lot of trouble…that Percy knew to be true, and he wasn't really sure what to do with Ivy.

"Well, Daddy was a special circumstance, Ivy, and I don't think you want to be as much like Daddy as you think." Percy said cautiously, wary of the infamous toddler tantrums. "I think it's a good idea to be like your dad, just not too much, okay?" Ivy, who wasn't really aware of what he was saying- she had Leo's ADHD, though on a slightly lower scale- just nodded.

"Okay!" Ivy raced away, and Percy smiled slightly at the sight of her running over to Paige, Evelyne and Elias- even older- and thought it funny. She wouldn't change, she was like Leo in that aspect, carefree and childlike forever. Ivy had Leo's impish face, but Calypso's golden blonde hair so that she looked more like an angel, which made her look more innocent than she actually was. Underestimating the length of what Ivy could do was a grave mistake.

Percy looked around at all the little kids, and he smiled slightly. Fatherhood hadn't been easy in the eight years of it that he'd had…but it hadn't been hard, and it had been nice. And he knew that with Annabeth, he could continue to live out his life, with her by his side, and he'd had a great time so far. Despite life-altering quests and all that. He could live without those.

Percy looked down at a text, still pondering this. He smiled as he stared at it. He'd had a wonderful time as a father, and as a demigod, and as Annabeth's friend, then boyfriend, then fiancé and husband. He couldn't wait for what was next, in fact. The smile spread across his face as he looked at each individual photo on the collage, and what he saw in the middle.

Pictures of him and Annabeth as teens, and the Seven, and then Evelyne, Lydia, and Damien, circling around three words.

Percy and Annabeth's Life

Okay! So that's the end. Once again, a thank you to everyone who has done anything with this story. This was the first everything on for me. Thank you again to Writer2006, for putting this story onto your community and everything else, and 123Thomas321, for all the reviews, and the suggestions, and basically everything. Now that this is done, for the rest of June I'm going to be focusing mostly on a Camp Jupiter forum challenge for writing, and my other story Hands and Words are Not for Hurting. I might do a short story, I think five chapters, for anyone who read the polls on my other story Mortal Friendships when it was ending, it's Purple Roses. But right now, this is the ending of this story. And the beginning of a million others.

Once again, I've had a great time writing Percy and Annabeth's Life. I hope you had a great time reading it.

The Dark Fallen Fairy