Basically how I imagine the Mark of Athena should start like. Review. If I get enough reviews, I might continue the story.

The anxiety in Annabeth threatened to drive her insane. For so long she has been waiting for this reunion and now that it was a few minutes away, she felt like hiding under her bed. The rest of the demigods learned to steer clear of her in this state, knowing that she could get quite violent if disturbed. Only one person on earth could calm her down now: Perseus Jackson, the seaweed brain, the person she spent eight months worrying and not sleeping for. She missed him more than she would like to admit to anyone, especially herself. She missed his sea green eyes and messy black hair, the way he smiled at her; she shook her head. If she kept thinking like that she would sound like a lovesick daughter of Aphrodite. She was going to kill Percy for putting her through all this; as if it was his fault.

" Landing in five minutes!" Leo announced, " I would suggest that you all hold tight while I land this baby. Supreme Commander out!" Piper rolled her eyes at Leo's jokes. He had gotten to everyone during this trip. He even got to Annabeth by pestering her with questions about Percy. Leo seriously admired him. Percy became his hero. That only caused Jason to worry more. He was worried ever since most of his memories returned. He would never admit it, but he was worried about Percy; he didn't want to be weaker than him. Jason was used to being a leader, having his orders followed but meeting Percy could change that. Percy never listened to anyone unless he felt like it. He was a free spirit and did whatever he felt was right. In a way his rebelliousness was one of the things Annabeth liked most about him. Suddenly she heard Jason gasp. She walked to the edge of the ship and saw what made him gasp. A miniature Rome, with a military camp.

" Camp Jupiter" Jason whispered, "I missed it."

Annabeth held her breath, the city was beautiful. Then she noticed the amount of people there: the city was full and there were at least two hundred armed Romans watching them warily from the camp as Leo landed the ship.

" Are you sure they wont attack us?" Piper asked Jason worried.

Jason glanced at the camp, " If the praetors ordered not to attack us, they wont. Romans never disobey orders. But if they didn't; lets just say we're in trouble. Hopefully they wont attack us when they see me."

Piper looked at him exasperated, " Well then get down there, Sparky!" she exclaimed. Jason looked offended for a moment but he got used to the nickname just as Percy got used to his. He smiled, hugged Piper and stepped forward.

" Annabeth, as camp leader you should come with me now." Annabeth nodded. Together she and Jason stepped of the ship and made their way towards the group of Romans. Annabeth scanned the crowd for Percy. The only person that stood out so far was a tall girl, wearing a white toga and a regal purple cloak. Obviously a leader, she had long black hair and piercing dark eyes. She seemed familiar but Annabeth couldn't place exactly where she remembered her from.

" Reyna" she heard Jason mutter. Then a new figure made its way through the group and came to stand next to Reyna. Annabeth froze and caught her breath: it was Percy.

Dressed similarly to Reyna, he stood tall and proud with an aura of power around him. Even Jason did not radiate that much power. Even though he was still some distance away, Annabeth studied his features and saw that he looked more serious, disciplined, roman. It was odd how much it hurt her to acknowledge that. Then she noticed that Jason looked surprised and worried at the same time, he seemed to have lost that façade of calm confidence he worked so hard to build.

" Is that guy, Percy Jackson?" he asked Annabeth. She nodded.

" They made him praetor." Jason said.

" The position you used to have?"

" Yes."

Eventually Annabeth and Jason reached the praetors. Finally Annabeth got a proper look at Percy, even though his demeanor was now roman, his eyes were still the sea green that she loved, filled with happiness at seeing her. At least he remembered her. That was a relief because who knows how many days she spent worrying about him forgetting her. The girl, Reyna regarded Jason for a moment before saying " Welcome back, Jason Grace, we missed you." At that moment the whole camp erupted into cheers, it was obvious that they missed they're leader. Leo, Piper and Thalia reached them at that moment while the rest of the Greeks were back on the ship. Reyna regarded Annabeth coldly,

" Welcome to Camp Jupiter greeks. I am Reyna, one of the praetors of the twelfth legion." Annabeth could not understand the reason behind her cold glare but she decided to introduce herself,

" I am Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, official architect of Olympus and leader at Camp Half- Blood."

Reyna then glanced at Percy, who was standing a bit aside as if waiting for his moment. Percy looked at her and they seemed to hold a silent conversation. It hurt Annabeth to look at that, to see him hold silent conversations with another girl, usually she was the one who he looked at like that. Reyna seemed to jerk her head forward and her expression softened and saddened at the same time. Percy smiled and turned to Annabeth.

" Hey Wise Girl, I missed you." That was all it took, this one sentence to make all her pent up feelings to explode and rise to the surface. She did not want to cry in front of the Romans but she could not seem to stop the tears of sadness, relief and anger from springing to her eyes. She went to Percy and hugged him and he hugged her back tightly while she let a few tears spill into his shoulder,

" Gods Seaweed Brain, I missed you so much." She whispered. Percy smiled down at her and only then did she realize how much he had grown.

" I never forgot you, you know? Even when Juno completely erased my memory I only remembered your name." At that Annabeth smiled and kissed him. The crowd, both Greek and roman, burst into cheers. When they broke apart, Annabeth punched him.

" Ow!" Percy exclaimed, " What was that for?"

" For leaving me for 8 months and not even bothering to call once! You call your mother and don't call me?" All the anger Annabeth felt came flowing. Percy raised his hands in surrender and smiled,

" I'll explain everything later, ok?"

" You better." Annabeth threatened. Then she took his hand and led him to where the others stood. She noticed how Percy's face went back to the roman version in the way, it seemed to become a part of his identity. Annabeth took a deep breath and led Percy to Jason. She was about to introduce two very powerful demigods and it was hard to determine how this went.

" Percy this is Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, Jason this is Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon."

Jason held out his hand and Percy took it. They stared at each other and their handshake was firm, like a testing of wills. They both looked away and released hands at the same time but Annabeth noticed Jason wince slightly after he flexed his hand. Percy smiled,

" Nice to meet you Jason, I heard a lot about you here."

" I've heard a lot about you back at camp as well. You're a legend." Jason said with respect in his voice.

" Well, I try." Percy said modestly. At the same time, Thalia tackled him into a hug.

" Nice one Percy, vanishing for 8 months and driving you girlfriend and friends mad with worry. You can add that to the "Stupid things I have done" list as well." She smirked at him when they let go.

Percy laughed, " You know, I haven't made that list yet, but if I do it will probably be rather long."

Then he looked at her with a puzzled expression for a second, like a realization dawned on him suddenly.

" Hold on, Grace, son of Jupiter and daughter of Zeus. Jason is your brother?" he asked Thalia.

She smiled, " Yup, my little brother." Jason grumbled under his breath about not being so little and Thalia laughed.

" You mean you had a brother and you never told me about that?" Percy demanded.

Thalia backtracked " Sorry Percy, I thought he was dead so I never wanted to talk about him. It hurt to much."

Percy glared at her for a moment with a look that clearly said "We'll talk about this later."

" Percy this is Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite and Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus." Annabeth introduced.

Piper smiled at Percy " Its nice to finally meet you, we've heard so much about you."

" Dude your totally awesome, you kicked the titans butts." Leo exclaimed and everyone laughed, even Percy. Reyna looked at Percy curiously, " Titans, as in multiple titans?"

" Yes, I fought Kronos, Hyperion, Atlas and Iapetus." The Romans all got astonished looks on their faces and looked at Percy with newfound respect.

" What else did you forget to tell me?" Reyna asked with a carefully controlled voice.

" Well, considering I've only been here a week and most of that time was spent on a quest, we didn't exactly have time to socialize." Percy pointed out.

Reyna stared at him for a moment and they seemed to hold another silent conversation.

" Meet me in the Principia once you have finished the introductions. Bring only those demigods vital to the quest." She said finally.

Percy snapped a military salute " Yes ma'am" and Reyna actually smiled. Annabeth felt that jealousy burning inside her again. Then she heard an angry voice yelling, " Praetors, we cannot trust the graecus, we must destroy them before they attack us!" A tall, thin, boy with sandy hair and blue eyes came into view, clutching a knife and a teddy bear.

Percy's eyes grew dark with anger, " Enough Octavian." He ordered in a powerful voice, " the greeks are not here to harm us. If they had wanted to do that they would have done so already. We will discuss your statements later."

Octavian just smirked " Remember your promise praetor. If something happens, you fight on our side and besides you swore on you life." Annabeth caught the meaning of the words and realized what a terrible predicament Percy would be in if they messed up. Jason must have understood it also because he paled considerably. Percy, however, still stood proud, defiant and angry, his eyes were dark. Annabeth realized the danger. If Percy started to argue with Ocatavian now, it could end badly. Apparently she was not the only one who realized that. Reyna glanced at Percy with a worried expression and turned to Octavian,

" Octavian, come with me. There is something we need to discuss."

Two people came to stand behind Percy, a tall, buff, baby-faced Chinese guy and a black girl with golden eyes and curly hair.

The buff guy looked at Percy with disapproval " You really should not let Octavian get to you like that." He said.

Percy sighed " I know, but one of these days Octavian is going to set me off. After that I cant vouch for his safety."

The girl looked panicked " You don't want him as an enemy."

Percy just smirked " I already have him as an enemy and the only place he's dangerous in is the senate. Once he's out of there he's just a powerless dork with an overlarge ego."

" True" Jason muttered and Percy smiled at him.

" Anyway" Percy continued and turned to Annabeth and the rest of the Greeks " I would like to introduce you guys to Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto and Frank Zhang, son of Mars, that's Hades and Ares in Greek."

The girl, Hazel, smiled at Annabeth, " Its nice to meet you Annabeth, we've heard so much about you."

Annabeth smiled at that " So you guys were here to save my boyfriends butt during the quest?"

They both laughed, Frank said " Your boyfriend was managing pretty well himself but we did help him out occasionally. He never stopped talking about you by the way." He added and laughed at Percy's expression.

Percy blushed and punched Frank " Shut it Zhang."

Frank snapped a military salute " Yes sir, Praetor." At that Percy groaned, and muttered that he knew that becoming Praetor was a stupid idea. Then he turned to Annabeth, " Where are the others?" he asked.

" Aboard the ship, they're waiting until its safe for them to come out."

Percy nodded, " Ok, you guys fetch the others while I go change out of this stupid toga and meet me by the fifth cohort barracks in fifteen minutes. Can you show them the way?" he asked Jason.

Jason nodded, " No problem, I'll bring everyone there, then we'll go to the principia together."

Percy smiled, " Good." Then he took Annabeths hand and started to walk away.

Annabeth studied him again, " You know Percy, you changed a lot here." She remarked.

Percy sighed, " I know but it would be very hard to survive here unless you began thinking like them to a certain extent. Becoming Praetor changed me even more, even though I did not want the position."

" How did you become Praetor in a week?" Annabeth asked curiously, " And if you were here a week, where were you before?"

Percy's face darkened with anger as he said " Hera put me to sleep for seven months. I woke up at the wolf house around a month ago and was trained as a roman by Lupa, that sent me on the path to this camp. I will tell about the rest of my quest when we meet in the Principia."

" I hate Hera" Annabeth muttered.

Together, she and Percy walked in silence until they reached a barrack that had "Fifth Cohort" written on it. Percy dashed inside and grabbed a pair of pants and a purple T-Shirt. Meanwhile Annabeth finally gathered the courage to ask Percy the question that has been bothering her for some time already,

" Percy, what is your relationship with Reyna?"

He just shrugged, "Reyna's my fellow praetor and friend I guess. I don't know if she likes me in any other way" but he looked a bit guilty when he said that, "She actually recognized me when I got here, she knows you as well."

Annabeth looked confused and Percy just continued, " Reyna and her sister Hylla were Circe's assistants in the sea of monsters. When we released the pirates, they took revenge on the inhabitants of the spa. Reyna and her sister barely made it. They both hated me at first but I finally made peace with them. I don't know how they'll react to you though."

" No wonder they looked so familiar!" Annabeth exclaimed and suddenly looked guilty and worried.

" Don't worry Wise Girl, we'll figure things out." Percy smiled at her and sat next to her.

Annabeth smiled " I know we will." And kissed him. Annabeth could have stayed that way forever but just then she heard Jason calling Percy's name. They let go and Percy took her hand as they went outside. Percy got mobbed by all his old friends, Grover, Rachel, the Stolls even Clarisse.

Grover hugged him and Percy laughed, " I missed you to G-Man!"

Then he turned to all his Greek friends, " Ok guys, you can make yourself comfortable here while Annabeth, I, Jason, Piper, Leo, Hazel, Frank, Thalia and Rachel go meet Reyna."

Annabeth could not help noticing how much more confident and commanding Percy became, it made her proud and worried at the same time.

Together they set out towards the Principia which Annabeth figured was the huge, white domed, military building. She could not help but marvel at the architecture, it made her want to redesign her camp. Everyone walked through the huge, metal doors and entered a big spacious room. In the center was a table and two, high chairs. Reyna sat in one of them, on her either side were two automaton dogs, one gold, the other silver. Reyna regarded everyone who entered with a cold air of indifference but her glance did linger longer on Percy and Jason.

" Well, I suppose you want to discuss the prophecy." Percy told her. Annabeth had a feeling that the second chair was meant for him but he did not sit in it.

Reyna frowned when she noticed that he did not sit next to her but nodded eventually, " We need to decide whom it is concerning and when should everyone depart. I take it you and Jason are part of it."

Percy nodded " Frank and Hazel are also a part of it and I believe Annabeth is as well."

" Piper and Leo are part of it too." Jason added.

Reyna nodded " I believe these are the only demigods who will leave."

" Is it not allowed to bring other people?" Thalia frowned.

" Maybe" Percy shrugged " These seven are the main characters but other demigods will be involved in this quest as well. After all we do need to save Nico."

" Save Nico?" Annabeth frowned.

" He was captured by Gaea in Rome." Hazel said sadly. Annabeth realized that Nico was her brother, even though he was greek.

" Wait," Annabeth said, " How do you know Nico?". She directed the question towards Reyna who narrowed her eyes.

" Nico Di Angelo has been coming to Camp Jupiter for nearly an year as the ambassador of Pluto." She said warily, " A better question would be, how do you know him?"

Before Annabeth could answer Percy stepped in, " Reyna: Annabeth, Thalia, Grover and I found Nico and his sister Bianca around three years ago. Nico is a son of Hades, a Greek. He even has a cabin built in Camp Half-Blood." Both Hazel and Reyna looked surprised at the news.

" No wonder he never stayed." Reyna muttered.

Hazel looked at Percy with a concerned expression, " He pretended to not know you when you showed up to camp and yet you know each other really well."

Percy shrugged but his eyes glinted angrily, " He is my friend. I can see why he did not want to disrupt Juno's plan by making me remember stuff earlier than necessary. Still, that is not stopping me from wringing his neck when we save his sorry butt in Rome."

Annabeth and Thalia smiled. " You never change in some ways seaweed brain." Annabeth smirked.

Reyna was still frowning, " I cant believe he kept his true identity and the Greek camp a secret." She smiled at Percy, " Maybe I'll help you strangle him."

Percy laughed, " I've got the strangling handled, you can maim him."

" Deal" Reyna smiled, and Annabeth could not help noticing how her eyes were shining. Hazel meanwhile turned pale throughout the conversation. Obviously she was afraid for her brother as he was going to be confronted by a group of angry demigods. Assuming he survived.

" Back to the quest." Jason said, " We'll leave for Rome it two days. We need to get the ship ready for the voyage. I want Thalia to accompany us. Someone from this camp can come as well. How about you Reyna?"

Reyna sighed, " Someone has to stay as praetor." Annabeth saw how much Reyna wanted to come.

" Cant you appoint someone else temporarily?" Annabeth asked her. Percy answered her instead.

" We could but that someone will probably be the power-hungry snake Octavian. We cant afford to have him as praetor now that the Greeks are revealed, he'll start a war."

Then Percy stopped and looked at Reyna thoughtfully. " Your sister is still here right?" he asked her.

" Yes." Reyna answered glumly.

" Well why don't you ask her to take your position temporarily." Percy offered.

Reyna shook her head, " No Percy, take the Greek demigods with you. I have to keep the order at this camp. Even if one praetor position is saved, there is another to worry about. I will have to make sure that Octavian wont usurp your position."

" But…" Percy argued.

" No" Reyna said with finality, " I cannot come and you know it too well yourself. Its up to you seven now and whoever else you want to take along with you."

Percy looked into her eyes and they seemed to be holding a silent conversation again, then Percy let out an exasperated sigh, " Very well. Do as you wish. We'll be leaving in two days and the people on the ship will be coming with us. We'll figure out everything else on the way. Agreed?"

He directed the last part toward Jason who nodded. " Good." Percy said, " Meeting dismissed."

Everyone started to file out. Annabeth and Percy headed toward the praetors house. They sat on the porch.

" Technically this is my house" Percy said, " But I don't want it. Jason's stuff is still there. I don't like to be recognized as praetor anyway."

Annabeth was listening to him but her mind wondered about something else. Why did Percy look warily at her when they discussed the quest to Rome. It was as if he knew something concerning her but wanted to keep it hidden. Annabeth decided to ask him about it later. They sat one the porch, talking about things that happened while they were apart. Then Percy pulled her close and kissed her. For the first time in months Annabeth finally felt happy, complete. She finally found her boyfriend. They pulled away and Annabeth smiled at Percy, " I'm so glad that I finally found you seaweed brain."

" Me to" he smiled and kissed her again.

The next two days were a blur for Annabeth. Between hanging out with Percy, checking out the Roman camp and getting to know the Romans themselves, she barely had time to breathe. She was helping her friends provision the ship. During the day she didn't see Percy a lot because he had a lot of praetor duties and it set her teeth on edge when she thought of him spending time with Reyna. Annabeth didn't know what to do about her. She obviously liked Percy. The only thing that kept her from thinking about Reyna was work, so she worked as hard as she could. Finally the moment had arrived. Now they had to leave on their most likely suicide quest. Annabeth tried to think positively, they would survive. All the Romans gathered before the ship and Annabeth could see how sad they were to say goodbye to Percy; they obviously liked they're new praetor. They didn't like Jason leaving after he had just arrived either. Jason said goodbye to his friends and smiled at Reyna before he went up on the ship. Percy was the last to leave. He said goodbye to the Romans, promising that he would be back and that they had to stay strong while he was gone. Then he turned to Reyna. Annabeth saw how they exchanged a few words. At the end of their conversation Reyna looked sad. She looked at Percy with a masked expression but Annabeth could see the longing in her eyes. Abruptly, Reyna hugged Percy, then stepped away, wished him good luck and walked away. Percy walked onto the ship with a dazed expression. When he came up both Annabeth and Jason raised they're eyebrows.

" She just wanted to thank me for reuniting her with her sister and wish me good luck." Percy explained hastily to Annabeth. She looked at him angrily for a moment but then just shrugged and turned away. Reyna was staying at camp while Annabeth was going to Rome with Percy. She didn't have to worry about her now. So she took Percy's hand and watched Camp Jupiter look farther away as the ship gained altitude and Leo navigated it through the clouds toward Rome.