A/N Sorry, this took so long guys but I've been taking a college course and it was a lot of work.

Percy's Point of View

Although the war was finally over we still had one thing left to do, I didn't realize that though until my dad told me since I had basically still been uncoscious when the battle in Greece had started. Due to that I hadn't known that the Enemy primordials must have made some kind of deal with Atlas since he had been leading their forces in Greece. Not only that but when I heard who they'd forced to take over holding the sky in his absence I was rather annoyed, well actually rather annoyed is probably an understatment, furious would probably be a better word to describe it.

Anyway, as soon as I found out I went with some of the other gods to put Atlas back where he belonged. I was still pretty tired out but I briefly took on some of the weight of the sky until Atlas was shoved underneath it once again. At the same time I let go so did Bob, since he'd been who was forced to take Atlas' place while Atlas was helping our enemies.

That explained why Bob hadn't helped in any of the battles but even though he was freed I was still angry that they'd made him hold the sky. Bob deserved to be able to enjoy his new freedom, not suffering under a punishment that hadn't even been intended for him. Obviously once Bob and I let go Atlas was forced to either take up his punishment once again or be crushed by the sky falling on top of him. Thankfully he chose the first option, and as we were leaving we could hear him cursing us loudly, not that we really cared.

Most of the other gods returned to Olympus after the Greek Demigods who'd been helping Camp Jupiter were sent back to Camp Half-Blood. Before I returned though I decided to return to Camp Half-Blood to see how Luke and the rest of the campers were doing. Unsurprisingly the Apollo kids were helping Chiron take care of the wounded while some demigods either sat or stood by those we'd lost obviously grieving.

Seeing The number of demigods and Legacies that we'd lost saddened me, but I was surprised when I saw Clarisse and Chris standing beside the body of a boy who I quickly recognized as their son. I couldn't help but feel sympathy for them since I knew how they were probably feeling at that moment. I didn't mean to eavesdrop but I could hear Clarisse and Chris talking wondering aloud why they had to lose their son, and blaming themselves saying that they shouldn't have let him fight. I also heard Clarisse say that she should have stayed closer to him rather than letting him be separated from her during the battle.

I'm sure they had no clue that I was there which was probably why Clarisse hadn't told me to leave, and also why she let tears begin to fall down her face. But then again she might not have just let them fall since losing your child is extremely hard, and I knew that it's hard not to cry after that. Clarisse might act tough most of the time but she's still human, or at least half human, so losing someone that important to her would be extremely hard. I thought about going over to talk to them but I thought that Clarisse wouldn't want me to so I just left them alone. I might try to talk to them later but I got the feeling Clarisse would probably rather I didn't.

After that I went to look for Luke to see how he was. I eventually found him and he was talking to Taylor now that the war was over. When I looked it seemed like their injuries had been taken care of. I considered not interrupting them but in the end, I did since I had something I wanted to say to Luke.

Letting him know I was there I said, "Luke,"

Luke turned when he heard my voice, and he said, "Dad, are you okay,"

I guess I probably still looked kind of tired, and that he obviously knew at least some of what had happened to me so he was obviously concerned. I replied, "well enough, I'm not fully healed but I will recover soon enough,"

"You?" I asked since I could see that his shoulder was bandaged and I wondered if that was all that had happened to him or if there was more.

Luke replied, "Yeah I'm okay, an empousa caught me by surprise, and the manticore got a lucky hit but I'll be fine,"

I was surprised when he mentioned the manticore since I know from experience that he's a tough monster to fight, after all, I hadn't even defeated him, Dionysus had.

"The manticore?" I questioned since I wondered how he'd beaten it.

Luke replied, "Yeah I couldn't defeat him myself though, Emily helped,"

I nodded, that made more sense, with her powers as a minor goddess and Luke's abilites as a demigod he was probably easier to defeat.

I knew that my dad still planned to give Luke his full blessing if he wanted it, but something told me that if Luke was anything like me he probably wouldn't want it right now. I wasn't going to mention that to Luke right now though, I was going to let my dad tell Luke that himself.

I eventually finished talking to Luke but just before I did I wished Luke a happy birthday, I know it wasn't exactly the best time considering we'd just finished fighting a war but that couldn't really be helped. It was his birthday, meaning that he was eighteen now, but I knew he'd never made much of a fuss over his birthday like most kids would have. That and the war meant that he'd almost forgotten about his birthday completely but he hadn't and thanked me.

I was extremely proud of him, and I'd made sure that he knew it too. All my children are extremely important to me and I try to care for them equally but with everything Luke has accomplished over the years, it can be hard. Don't get me wrong I love the twins and I'd never forget Christina, but Luke has done many of the same things I did as a demigod along with a few I hadn't and come out of it mostly unscathed.

Hades, he's done so much that he'd technically be worthy of godhood but I think that if we asked him he'd probably turn it down. Sure I'd be happy to not have to eventually lose him but I wasn't going to force him into something he didn't want either. I was pretty sure he had the same fatal flaw that I did and he probably cared too much for Taylor to leave her to become a god.

After I finished talking to Luke I knew that I would have to return to Olympus. Now that the war was over it seemed like my biggest problem was the fact that Amber was kind of annoyed with me since she seemed to think that there must have been a better way to beat Nyx than the plan that I'd come up with. Whether there was or not didn't really matter now since we had defeated Nyx and now we didn't really need to worry about it.

Regardless I suspected we would still end up arguing over it once I returned to our palace. Although to anyone outside of it our marriage might seem perfect, like any married couple we still argue sometimes. We get along well most of the time though and still love each other just as much as we did when we were first married. Like I knew I should I returned to our palace.

Like I quite often do when I go home I found Amber reading a book. She had plenty of time to read these days since gods can split their consciousness to be in more than one place at a time and that makes taking care of our duties easier since we can be in more than one place at a time. She obviously sensed my presence and most likely heard me arrive so she looked up from her book. She was the first one to speak since I could tell I was right when I thought she was annoyed at me.

"What were you thinking!" she practically yelled obviously annoyed, "you could have had to reform or worse,"

I replied, "I know but I didn't, I'm still right here. When I came up with that plan it felt like it was the only option, after all, we needed to defeat Nyx somehow and No-one else had come up with any better ideas. I know it was risky but I knew I probably wouldn't fade so at worst I would have to reform,"

Amber sighed before answering, "You're right, I just didn't want to be without you again,"

"I'm not going anywhere, never again. No matter what happens I'll be with you and we'll get through it together," I promised her.

She smiled before kissing me. I returned the kiss, it was nice to just spend some time with her now that the war was over and she was no longer upset with me. I knew that I would do everything I could to make sure we won't have to be separated again, and as long as no more wars occurred I wasn't too concerned since there wasn't really anything else that could separate us now. I would never hurt her, and my loyalty and how strong my feelings for her are meant that I would never cheat on her. I was also sure that she would never do anything to hurt me either so we would most likely stay together forever, literally.

I love her so much and I always hate seeing her upset. thankfully we seem to be able to get through just about anything. It will be nice to have some peace again after having to fight a war but I knew things weren't quite back to normal yet.

I knew that the shrouds of the fallen Greek demigods would have to be burned, and the Romans still had to finish taking care of their own dead. I also got the feeling that eventually after all that Apollo and Hermes would want to celebrate. They usually always do. I would honestly rather not, but I probably won't bother stopping them either. I just won't bother participating myself. Sure we'd won the war but too many demigods had died so we would win and due to that, I didn't really feel like celebrating.

I was kind of tired after all the fighting, but it was still just early evening so I wasn't going to call it a night just yet. Instead Amber and I just took some time to enjoy ourselves since we no longer had to worry about an impending war and everyone we were close to was safe.

I wasn't sure where the twins had gone after the battles ended and the Greek demigods returned to Camp Half-Blood. I knew they'd been injured in the fighting but they would recover quickly since none of their injuries had been serious. I was sure I'd see them again soon enough but I just wasn't sure when.

Later that night after watching TV for a while, Amber and I eventually decided it was time to head to bed. We quickly got ready and then went to bed, happy that the war was over and that we were reunited once again, not to mention that we both needed the rest after fighting a war.

The war might have been over but although we didn't know it the fates had some more surprises planned for us in the not too distant future, and we would find out about at least some of those within the next few days.