Percy's POV-

"Thalia?" I ask. "Is that you guys?"

Annabeth runs to her, crying. Our friends, dead friends. "Are we dead?"

"I'm sorry to say," Silena says. "But you are."

"No," I say. "But what about our children? What will they do?"

"They will get through it," Bianca says. "Just like Nico did, just like you did."

"How do you know about my mom?" I ask.

"I'm a daughter of Hades, remember?" she says.

"Its nice to see thee- uh, you," Zoë Nightshade says.

"I see that they have taught you how to speak like we do," I say. "Chris, you're dead?"

"Yeah," he says. "Do you know how Clarisse was before you died?"

I shake my head. "Thalia," Annabeth says, "it's not Annabeth Chase. It's Annabeth Jackson."

Thalia laughs and they stop hugging. Annabeth looks up and sees Luke. "Luke!" she says and flings herslef in his arms. She whispers something that I can't hear.

"Hey dude," I say to Beckendorf. "I'm, uh, sorry for getting you killed years ago."

He laughs and says, "Its fine."

Annabeth and Luke stop hugging. "Hey Luke," I say.

"Hey," he says. "How did you guys die?"

"Another war," I tell them. "We were attacking a monster and I got distracted because I saw my son get hurt. Then I died and Annabeth must have died right after me."

"Wait, you have kids?" he asks.

"Yeah," Annabeth says and smiles. "Their names are Carmen and Sebastian."

I wrap my arm around Annabeth's shoulders and a tear rolls down my face. I really hope they are OK.
*****
"Guys," I say, "who are those three people coming toward us?"

"I don't know," Annabeth says and we walk toward them. There is two men and one woman. One of the men and the woman starts to run toward us.

"Daddy!" the girl says.

"Carmen?" I ask. She rushes towards me and hugs me. "Sebastian, is that you too?"

"Yeah," he says, hugging Annabeth. I can feel Carmen sobbing.

"I missed you so much, Daddy," she whispers into my shirt. I stroke her hair.

"I have missed you everyday," I whisper to her. She stops hugging me and I take a good look at her. She is taller and looks more mature. Hades comes strolling toward us.

"Hades," I say.

"Perseus Jackson," he says.

"Why did you do this?" I ask him.

"She wouldn't stop begging me," Hades says while pointing to Carmen.

"That's my daughter," I say.

"Guess what, Dad and Mom?" Sebastian says.

"What?" I ask him.

"You two are grandparents," he says. "I have a daughter named Andromeda Annabeth Jackson."

My face breaks into a smile. "And I have some news as well," Carmen says. "I'm getting married."

"Carmen!" Annabeth says. "That is so great!"

Annabeth hugs Carmen. "That's the reason why I wanted to come here," Carmen says. "I wanted to dance with Dad."

I look at her. Hades snaps his fingers. A song starts to play and Carmen and I get into the dance positions. (Cue the music in the media)

"Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each other's face
So much in love you're alone in this place
Like there's nobody else in the world
I was enough for her not long ago
I was her number one
She told me so
And she still means the world to me
Just so you know
So be careful when you hold my girl
Time changes everything
Life must go on
And I'm not gonna stand in your way

But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But it's still hard to give her away
I loved her first

How could that beautiful woman with you
Be the same freckle-faced kid that I knew
The one that I read all those fairy tales to?
And tucked into bed all those nights?
And I knew the first time I saw you with her
It was only a matter of time

But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But it's still hard to give her away
I loved her first

From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Someday you might know what I'm going through
When a miracle smiles up at you
I loved her first."

"Thanks Daddy," Carmen says when we are done. Tears stream down my face. That song is so true.

"Tell Hunter that he will die if he hurts you," I say.

"How did you know it is him I'm marrying?" Carmen asks me.

"I always knew," I tell her. She smiles at me and we all get in a group hug.

"We will miss you guys," Annabeth says.

"I love you," Carmen and Sebastian says at the same time.

"We love you too," I say and Annabeth comes a little late saying it. They walk away leaving us a crying mess.