It had been 10 years since the most dramatic Choosing Ceremony off all times. The old friends had planned a royal banquet at the Pallas, just like first time.

The first to arrive were Percy and Annabeth, since Annabeth had insisted to host, just as her mother did years prior. Percy laughed at his oldest daughter Thena, who was making her sister laugh with silly faces. Annabeth, who was carrying a sleeping Malcom looked back at her family and smiled as her heart swelled with pride.

She then turned her attention back to the planning as Percy decided to  hug her from behind.

"Annie!" Thalia grinned, hugging her little sister. Luke came running after their son Ethan, who was trying to scare Thena. The little family exchanged conversation as they waited for the rest of their friends.

Will and Nico had combined their surnames, di Angelo and Solace, to make them the Solangelo family. They brought with them pleasant smiles and hearty grins. As Bianca napped on Nico's shoulder, the two boys, Apollo and Calvin curiously ran up to a particular human shaped hole in the wall. When the adults noticed, they laughed, recollecting the very happy event that had created the hole.

The Solangelo children ran into their aunt Hazel's loving embrace as their uncle Frank emerged behind her, awkwardly holding the tiny Emily in his large hands. The couple left her in the care of her cousins as they went to greet their friends.

The Rodriguez clan had arrived. The kids all jumped up and down with their friends, laughing at nothing in particular. Clarisse and Chris held hands as they watched the scene unfold with matching grins. Their daughter Sil ran upto them and asked when baby Lena was coming, Sil and Lena were practically inseparable.

Piper and Jason arrived separately, about half hour apart. But when they saw each other, they immediately kissed and hugged their kids. It had been weeks since they had last been together as a family. Since their elder daughter lived with Jason and their younger one with Piper. True to their vows, the distance didn't lessen their love.

Katie arrived, with Connor and Travis about two minutes after her, parading the twins over their heads like Rafiki from the Lion King did. Behind them, Rachel arrived playing the trumpet which startled poor Bianca awake. Katie facepalmed and double checked to see if her kids were still alive, when they were fine, she resumed her conversation with Hazel.

Tyson, Ella and Estelle arrived next. Percy immediately rushed to greet his family as Annabeth hugged her sister in law. Annabeth handed an awake and gurgling Malcom to Ella, who happily tickled his feet. Tyson and Ella loved kids, but didn't want their own yet.

In Valdez fashion, the family arrived in style. Leo tripped on his shoelaces' as he entered, causing Calypso to burst out laughing. Their kids ran off to meet their friends as the couple tried catching them before they crashed into the table with the candy jar.

Reyna and Lacy had shown up late, but when they arrived, Jason went up to give them both hugs, and so did Annabeth. Reyna and Jason walked away talking politics as the other two girls had a rather awkward exchange.

Soon, after they all caught up with each other's lives, the doors to the garden opened and Chiron, Coach Hedge and Mellie walked in.

Chiron, who looked like he hadn't aged a day, stepped forward to greet them, "Hello children. The garden is now open, so you can go have fun. As I recall, you liked informal fun. We'll look after the kids for a while."

"Just the way we took care of you unruly cupcakes !!" Coach Hedge chimed in.

"If I'm remembering correctly, we got into a lot of trouble under your watch, so-," Piper started. Coach hedge shot her a look that got her to shut up immediately.

"Well the babies need to be put down for a nap anyway, so Im sure they eont be much trouble," Katie explained. They made their way out to the gardens, where a table was set up.

Prince Tyson, Estelle and Ella stayed back to help the chaperones look after the kids.

The Kings and Queens of the new age, reminisced on their childhood and subsequent adulthood. They laughed about all the crazy things that they had experienced within these very walls. This was the first time all of them had met after they had parted ways. Running a Kingdom took a lot of work, but yes, they had visited each other, but not once was every single member of their large family was present.

Now, they were finally in the same place where they all connected, to plan their own children's Choosing ceremony.

Soon, Annabeth stood up to make a toast because everyone seemed to be getting hungry, "To the Best experience of our lives!" she exclaimed, looking at her husband lovingly.

All the Royals raise their glasses in unison, cheering like they did years ago, "To The Choosing !!!"

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That's the official ending of this fanfic !!

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Thank you guys so much for choosing The Choosing!! It really means a lot that some of you stuck around to read what we wrote while screaming at each other to type faster because it was almost our deadline. (of course, it didn't work, but whatever)

The comments were literally what kept us going when we lost the mood. The kind words, the not-so-kind words, and the sarcastic ones really made our day.

[Well that ended too soon. This was so much fun to write and I know I'm not going to forget this ever. I'm definitely gonna miss the random "You have 36 notifications" notification whenever a new reader shows up and votes for everything. We wanted this thing to have 63 chapters (basically we were talking S randomly said 63 and we've stuck to that), but we settled for 63 parts. And I'm not gonna miss being mean to S, cause that's literally the definition of zeez friendship (it's not). Yes I'm out of things to say, so THANK YOU !!!!!!! --D]

[No more long weekends...No more Saturday stress no more constantly checking our phones for notification's (Jk, were addicted to our phones, Wattpad or no). No more D being super mean to me and ignoring my calls (Jk, shes still gonna do that). Basically what I'm trying to say is that the Choosing will always hold a special place in my heart. Thankyou to all the people who supported it. I cant type more cause I got an eye infection but...I love you guys! --- S]

(It's 14th August, 2021)

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