BAM !!!!!
A sudden sound filled the room. Before anyone could process what happened, Octavian flew through the wall, leaving the shape of his body as if it were some freakish cartoon show.

"Nico what just happened?" Reyna checked as the young boy came running into the room. He took a second to catch his breath, panting as if he has run a Marathon.

"I accidentally fired a canon! Is everyone okay?" he asked.

Reyna peered over through one of the holes in the wall. "I think Octavian's dead," she announced. "Oh and the rest of us are fine, don't worry about it. Mistakes happen."

Nico looked aghast, "I...killed Octavian?"

"By blasting him with a cannon," Will said proudly, as if Nico hadn't just murdered his step brother.

Nico blinked,trying to process what was happening.

"It's fine Death Boy, I would've killed him if you hadn't," Luke offered. Thalia nodded.

Nico shrugged, "I'm actually not mad about that. I'm kinda just sad I didn't get to see him go through the wall."

"It was awesome!" the Stolls said in unison.

The door burst open and the kings and queens, along with a bunch of guards came bursting in.

"What happened!" Athena demanded.

Annabeth explained the situation to the royals. After a reunion with her mother, of course.

"I'm really sorry I killed your son, King Apollo," Nico apologized to his future father in law.

"Which one did you kill again?" he asked. He then looked wildly around the room, registering to see if his children were safe. A bored look played on his face once he realised they were fine.

"Octavian, sir," Nico said.

"Oh," Apollo shrugged. "That's fine. I never really cared much for that one."
He paused in thought, "His mother was annoying as well. Umbrige. I banished her. I don't know where she is now"

(Torturing people in the wizarding world)

(Ps: a Dramione story may or may not be coming soon ; )

Athena turned to the guards and said something. They marched off.

Sally rushed forward and hugged her son, and Annabeth as well. She had tears of happiness in her eyes, knowing they were safe.

"Let go of meeeee FiLThYyyy Peasant!" a shrill voice shrieked. The guards returned to the room, holding princess Drew by the forearms. She struggled against their grasp, shouting insults at them. But they didn't budge.

Drew looked straight into the crowd, eyes burning with irritation and anger and something more, "How dare you treat me like an animal?! I'm a princess !!"

"Oh yeah?" Annabeth glared, "You're an animal too, idiot. A mamal."

"Drew?!" Aphrodite called out in disbelief as she saw her oldest daughter in their grasps. "You...you're responsible for this ?"

"And the murder of....of Silena," Piper said meekly.

"And Malcom," Annabeth sighed.

"Beckendorf," Leo joined.

Aphrodite looked furious, she threw her head back and stalked out of the room after slapping the girl with her well-manicured hand.

"Guards, throw her in the dungeon. She doesn't require a trial. The rules are very clear about this," Poseidon said. Athena gave him a nod of approval.

Everyone watched as Drew was dragged to the dungeon.

Trying her hardest to act innocent, she yelled out, "Pleaseeeeeeee! No! I'm just a helpless bystander!"

Piper walked over to her stepsister and slapped her. Something she'd been wanting to do for a long time. The guards finally dragged her away. The room felt 10 times lighter.

"Soooo," Leo said after about 10 minutes of deafening silence. "Can we have our dinner now? All this drama is making me hungry."

Percy and Annabeth wanted to get away, but of course, they were dragged right to the centre of the table.

Piper sat down next to Annabeth. "I missed you so much."

"Missed you too Pipes," Annabeth replied. "Oh and...is Jason still..?"

Piper sighed and looked across the table. Annabeth followed her gaze to find Jason seated next to Apollo.

He nodded at Percy and Annabeth. "Hey I'm glad you guys are alright. I don't remember our friendship much...but yeah," he smiled sheepishly.

"Friendship?" Percy looked wounded. "What we had was a broship man."

"Oh Percy...." Leo sighed. "I understand."

"He made Piper describe how he proposed in hopes that he would remember," Connor added.

"Didn't work though," Travis said. They paused to glance at Jason, who stood awkwardly in the corner. Piper sighed.

"Bob the doc tried everything, but he said Jason had too many ouchies or whatever. He wasn't able to heal him," Connor elaborated

"And we brought doctors from the Apollo kingdom. No luck," Rachel said as well.

"We're not giving up," Piper glared at Rachel. Then she brought her hands up to her face as Annabeth gently patted her back.

"Where were you guys ? What happened to you?" Connor said, trying to change the subject. He waved his hands over Percy and Annabeths somewhat burnt ensembles.

"Where do we begin..." Percy sighed. He plopped himself down next to Annabeth and took her hand, absentmindedly rubbing circles along her wrist.
It made her feel like a blushing schoolgirl.

The tale took almost an hour to complete, considering it was Percy telling it. But he conveniently left off some details. Some very intimate details.

"And we lived...came back and Nico," Percy paused to give a glance of approval to a blushing Nico, "blasted that frog through the freakin wall."

"He deserved it," Annabeth said. She shuddered at the memory of Percy lying helpless on the ground. She never wanted to be in that situation again.

Percy squeezed her hand, "I'm pretty sure that he snuck into my room one day and stole my stuffed panda," he sniffled, rubbing an imaginary tear with his stray hand. "I think he murdered him. I found his remains stuffed into my closet."

"Really?" Annabeth grinned. Percy nodded grimly.

"It's alright seaweed brain, we'll get you a new one," she offered. When he still looked sad, she leaned over and planted a kiss on his cheek. Percy smiled, seemingly pacified.

The crowd that gathered around them gasped.

"They KISSED," some shrieked.

"Oh grow up," the couple said in unison, cheeks turning pink.

Now they were assaulted with a flurry of jests.

Annabeth laughed as she held Percys hand. Both of them protested against the chorus of Ooohs that kept erupting.

Yeah.

This felt right.

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(This chapter is dedicated to D! who was supposed to finish it, but made me do it instead ! —- S )

(We're not doing this again —- D)

Hope this makes up for all the cliffhangers! 😃
Stay tuned !!!!
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