Here is the much requested sequel to The Lightning Theif, Venus and Olympia. It doesn't have anything to do with the books or movie. I made all this up on my own. So I hope you like it. Please leave reviews; they keep me writing.

THE LABRYNTH EXPEDITION

Back to Camp

There was a loud lightning crack as Cassie looked up at Percy. He looked down at her, a tear dripping down his face – though you couldn't tell – and frowned, "I thought I'd never see you again."

"So did I," Cassie choked out. Percy kissed her forehead, "I'm never letting you go ever again," he gave a little chuckle, remembering his talk with Aphrodite, "I promised your mother."

Cassie's brow furrowed, "You met my mother?"

Percy nodded, "She was really torn up when I told her you were Hades' prisoner."

Cassie sighed, "That's over with now. And you're stuck with me now."

Percy smiled, "I wouldn't have it any other way. I love you." With that Percy brought his lips to hers again. They both smiled into the kiss, in the pouring rain, and in love, both knowing that they were never going to let each other go.

TWO YEARS LATER

Percy Jackson took a deep breath in front of the arch that led to Camp Half blood. "Percy," he turned to see his mother smiling encouragingly at him, "Go ahead. I'll see you again soon."

Percy smiled shortly, "I feel a bit old for camp. I'm almost twenty."

Sally smiled and nodded in humor, "I know but at least you'll get to see Grover again. And Bernie. And Cassie..." she trailed off.

Percy felt the same fluttering in his chest he did ever since falling in love with Cassiopeia. He loved her with everything inside him and couldn't wait to see her again. Percy hugged his mother goodbye and walked through the arch once more, feeling at home.

Grover – with Bernie on his arm – was ready to greet him, "Percy! My man!" They did the guy-hug thing that all macho men do before Grover patted his shoulder and led him through camp. Percy gazed around, reminiscent of his first day at camp.

"You know where everything is," Grover was saying, "Or so I would hope so after two years."

"The only thing I care about is where Cassiopeia is," Percy said.

Bernie and Grover shared a look and then proceeded to gesture over to the bonfire. It was empty of flames in the daylight but kids still lounged on the logs around it on their down time. And there was Cassiopeia Olympia, the girl of Percy's dreams, talking and laughing and smiling with some guy.

Percy gazed at her, her smile reminding him of every reason he was in love with her since he was seventeen. "Oh..." He muttered in realization. He swallowed a lump in his throat and asked, dreading the answer, "Who is he?"

"His name is Paul, Apollo's kid. He's been asking Cassie out for the past three months. She only just caved about two weeks ago," Grover informed him sadly, "We didn't want you to find out this way, man."

Bernie jumped in then, "She isn't as open with him. She refuses to call him her boyfriend and sometimes she slips up and called him Percy. It doesn't help that his name starts with a 'P'."

"I appreciate the attempt at reassurance, Bernie," Percy told her, a heartbroken expression still on his face, "But it doesn't change anything. She can do whatever she wants."

Bernie frowned sadly at him, wanting so much to just hug him and heal his broken heart. But her sister and Percy were just too stubborn.

Percy gazed back at Cassie, who was smiling a small smile at Paul – who had sunny blond hair and brown eyes – and then she shifted, before looking around. Her eyes locked onto Percy's sea-blue-green eyes and she froze, her eyes widening. She paused, looking sad, but then she just slowly waved at him with one hand before crossing her arms over her chest as if she were holding her heart inside her body.

Percy waved back to her with a boy-nod before she deliberately looked away. "Why did you two ever break up?" Grover was asking him.

Percy took a breath and shoved his hands into his pockets, "I was stupid – that's why."

That night at dinner, Percy declined Grover's invite to sit with their group. It had changed over the years and he wanted to be alone – still reeling from the discovery that Cassie was moving on from him. The new group was of course the Power Couple, Grover and Bernie, Bernie's half-sister, Elise sat with them too. Annabeth sat by Elise, chatting with her and Bernie as well as Cassie. Over the years, Annabeth had been more understanding and considerate and she grew on the others. Cassie sat across from Bernie and another Satyr sat beside her, chatting with Grover. Percy was surprised and happy to see that Paul wasn't sitting with them.

After sacrificing scraps to the Gods, Percy quietly ate his food before leaving. Like anytime he was upset, he went to the water. He sat on the shore by his Cabin.

"Percy Jackson! You put me down right now!" Cassie shrieked as Percy carted her along the water's edge over his shoulder.

Percy grinned, "Not a chance."

She started kicking her feet and pounding her fists on his back. Then something occurred to her and she started poking his sides, knowing how ticklish he was. Percy jerked and lost hold of her and they both fell into the sand. Their legs tangled together in the water and Cassie lounged on his chest.

"You're a dork," She said matter-of-fact-ly.

He rose one eyebrow, "Am I now?"

She smiled and nodded down at him, kissing his cheek quickly before whispering in his ear, "My dork."

She lifted her face away from his but his hand shot out at grabbed her face, pulling her down to kiss her lips. They both smiled into the kiss before pulling away for air. "I love you," Percy whispered.

"Percy."

Percy twisted around to see Cassiopeia standing a few feet behind him. She was still as beautiful as she was when she walked into his classroom that day. She dressed in a simple burgundy shirt with an Omega sign on it and blue shorts, and her now-short hair was in a high pony tail. She wore no makeup and still glowed.

"Hi." Percy said lamely, his voice hoarse.

"Hey," Cassie whispered.

Percy gestured his elbow to the patch of sand beside him, "You want to sit?" before shoving both hands into his sweat-shirt pocket in the chilly night.

Cassie slowly walked over and gingerly sat beside him, careful not to brush against him or touch him. "How long have you been back?" she asked quietly.

"I just arrived this morning," Percy answered.

Cassie nodded, gazing out onto the ocean. She sighed, "About... what you saw..."

"It's okay, Cassie," Percy interrupted her, "You don't have to explain yourself to me."

Cassie was quiet for a while. She wrapped her arms around herself in an attempt to keep warm. Percy noticed and like the true gentlemen that he was, stripped himself of his sweatshirt and handed it to her.

She began to shake her head but Percy thrust it into her hands with emphasis, "Please. Take it."

Cassie relented and shrugged the oversized sweatshirt on, "Thank you."

Percy nodded. They both gazed at the water in silence. Percy then relented, "How did you meet him?" He knew he was just torturing himself with this. But he had to know. Maybe if he made sense of all that's happened, he could find out where it really went wrong and find out how to fix it.

Cassie sighed, "You really want to know?"

Percy didn't say anything. So Cassie relented again, "His name is Paul. We met through a friend of a friend I guess. I didn't really notice him until he started asking me out like three months ago. He kept asking after I said no. He did all the cheesy things that I hate too. Like serenading and surprise dates disguised as 'hanging out with friends'. Finally I just gave in to get him to leave me alone. He wasn't so bad once we got to actually talking."

Percy took all the new information in. As nice as this guy may be, he wasn't the one Cassie was supposed to be with. Percy and Cassiopeia were the ones who were supposed to be together. If only he could get her to forgive him.

"I have a quest soon. After I'm done here. I don't know who I'm bringing yet," Cassie said.

Percy whipped his head over to her in shock, "You're leaving?"

Cassie wrapped her arms around her knees, "Yeah. My brother, Pheobus, took a quest to map out The Labyrinth. You know, in Crete?" at Percy's nod, she continued, "He would send back whatever progress he'd made. He was really smart," Cassie added with a sad smile, "But his messages stopped about a week ago. And we're starting to worry. Since my patient is almost fully healed, if we don't hear from Pheobus I'm going in after him. Chiron thinks that Pheobus started to go insane from being in there too long. We need to get to him before we lose him completely."

"But won't you go insane too? It sounds too dangerous, Cassie," Percy protested.

Cassie laid a hand on his arm, "Don't worry about me, 'kay?"

"You're the most important person to me aside from mom. Nothing has changed for me," He told her.

Cassie sighed and stood up, brushing sand off her butt, "It's getting late. Bernie will be wondering where I am. Here's your sweatshirt," she started to pull it off when Percy stopped her.

"Keep it," He said with a smile, "You'll get cold again soon."

Cassie dropped the hem and nodded, starting walk off.

"Who is your patient?" Percy asked her.

Cassie twisted to face him, not fully turning, "A demi-god who got really hurt from a quest. Atlas dropped the world on his shoulders and the Big Three had to force Atlas back in. But it took its toll on his body and a bit of ambrosia or nectar isn't enough to fully heal him. I've been coaching him in physical therapy."

Percy nodded, "You always wanted to help people. Whether you're kicking ass or helping heal them."

Cassie half-smiled and walked away, towards her cabin.

The next morning, Cassie was with her patient. But her head wasn't completely there. Her mind was plagued with thoughts and feelings and memories of Percy. She couldn't believe how far they strayed from each other. She hadn't seen him in six months. Seeing him now brought up all the pain and heartbreak she was trying to forget.

She just took a breath and focused on helping her patient. The burns on his face from being dragged across stone were still covered in bandages. But they cut holds for his eyes and nose and mouth so he could function enough.

His hands were bandaged as well. Cassie was taking them off today and helping him take his first steps since his quest. After he succeeded at that he would just have to take the bandages off his face and he'd be as good as new.

His voice was hoarse when he asked, "Is he really back?"

Cassie faltered in her work at removing his hand bandages, but resumed work, "Yes. You heard from here?"

"His fan club was giggling about him outside the door. Kind of hard not to hear about it," He quipped.

Cassie fought the angry feeling at the mention of those girls and tried to end the conversation. But he wasn't having it, "You still love him." It wasn't a question – it was a certainty.

Cassie didn't look up from her work, "I never stopped."

"Then why don't you be with him? You never liked that Paul guy and you know you'll only want to be with Percy. As jealous as I am, I knew how happy you were with him and that's enough," He said.

Cassie sighed, "It's not that simple."

"You want to be with him. He wants to be with you. It's that simple." He argued.

"Too much happened that I can't just forget," Cassie looked up at him.

"But you can forgive him," he said softly.

So there it is! I hope I shocked you there. Wondering why they broke up? Me too. Not really, I'm the author, I know. Haha.

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