Elysium looked like a paradise, and that is what pleased Silena the most. It was a natural beauty that she could enjoy forever with Charles.

And as she walked through the gates she saw him waiting for her. His face held a small sad smile as he opened his arms for her. Silena ran to him with tears in her eyes, jumping into his arms. She was happy that she could see him again, and feel so small in his arms. Her happiness led to pulling him into a deep passionate kiss.

But they broke apart when someone behind them cleared his throat. He was a tall lean and muscular man, but his face was covered in a black hood. "I see you two are happy to see each other now." The man's voice was deep and smooth; overall it was ominously beautiful, but also somewhat familiar.

Beckendorf stepped in front of Silena slightly, becoming a barrier between the two. "Are you Thanotos?"

The hooded man smirked, "No, he has black wing and currently I have none."

Silena decided to speak up now, "Who are you? What do you want?"

"My name doesn't matter, in fact I don't have a official name only a few ideas or guesses, but most don't believe I exist." He started. "And I want to ask you a simple question."

He paused waiting for them to respond, "What question?" Charles asked skeptically.

"What do you have to live for?"

This shocked them both, they were dead and he asked them about life in their future. "You do realize there are things that can not happen when you are dead."

Silena was the first of the two to respond grabbing Beckendorf's arm, "Charles, we could have a family!" A smile gracing her beautiful face.

Beckendorf smiled at her, pulling her into a warm embrace. But then he hesitated, "Why would you do this for us?"

"One of your friends told me that you deserved it. He wanted you two to live happily just as the heroes that have won the 2 wars."

"Two wars?!" Beckendorf asked bewildered.

"You will join them in a little bit in the future, you two have already sacrificed enough for war. I will be taking you to after the war your friends won, and you will be able to live in peace until time comes again but you will have plenty of peace beforehand. I know your new immortal lives will be full of happiness." His smile was small and slightly sad.

"What friend talked to you, who asked you to do this?" Silena asked.

The man's smile faded but he acted like he didn't hear it, instead he just raised his hand. And then gestured behind them, "If you'd please."

The two turned, behind them had sprouted a forest, identical to the one from camp. They turned back to question him further but he wasn't there. So they did the only thing they could, they walked into the forest.

Ethan felt his feet fall from beneath him and he plummeted. His eye widened as he fell from Olympus, so he closed it tight and braced for impact.

What happened next surprised him; he wasn't falling anymore. But he felt no pain though and he wasn't dead, as far as he knew.

"No you aren't dead." A deep soft voice said next to him. Ethan's eyes snapped open, but that was even more surprising, his hand flew up to his face and in fact his eye was perfectly healed. "Yes, your eye is healed, a reward for bringing balance to the gods of Olympus. Your mother was pleased of this but was sad of your passing. But I must say, your burial shroud was quite beautiful."

Of course in this situation Ethan did the best smartest thing he could think of, "Where am I? Who are you?"

"Well that can be answered simply," The man started, "You are in a forest" He paused but started again before Ethan could remark. "And before you ask I am here to ask what you have to live for." Ethan shot him a confused look, he sighed, "What would you do if you lived again, if I gave you life."

"I don't know, I don't know what is needed but my mother always told me to keep balance so I will do that." Ethan replied.

The man nodded, "Good, very good. Well I would like to give you new life. And since you earned it an immortal life. So if you would," The man gestured towards the woods behind Ethan before he vanished.

So Ethan stood and walked towards the area he gestured to and entered the trees.

Michael, Castor, and some other campers looked around confused, they just died so from what they understood they should be in DOA records or in the line of souls. But they were all pretty solid, standing in a clearing in the forest that looked similar to the one they all just died in.

"Please sit down." They all jumped, turning around towards the voice. A man was sitting at the head of a picnic table, very basic but large enough for everyone to sit down. So they all hesitantly sat down.

"Welcome, I am happy to see all of you again, brave heroes all of you." The hooded man said.

"Who are you? Why are we here? How do you know us? Where are we?" A rather burley Ares camper demanded.

"Well I am here to ask you all a question." The man said simply, not answering any of the questions.

"What question?" Michael asked.

"What do you have to live for?" The man leaned forward at this, leaning on his elbow waiting for an answer.

There were murmurs everywhere, "Pollux" Castor breathed, "Nyssa" Michael sighed, he had just asked her out the other day. All of the campers were sighing reasons until the same Ares camper spoke again.

"Are you death?" He was curious, and even though he would never admit it slightly afraid.

"No, Thanotos would never offer you a new life. Now if you do not accept this offer I will take no offence. You would immediately be taken to Elysium or offered a chance for re-birth." Some of the campers murmured at this, the Ares camper stood and stood proud.

"I died my heroic death, I will go for Elysium." A few campers joined him, standing but once they all decided those that wanted Elysium disappeared.

"You all need to know something of this time..." The man went on in explaining the Roman campers and the second war to them but avoided telling them of how the final battle ended.

"Now if the rest of you would please stand." The man stood and once everyone else had the table disappeared as well. "Step through those trees please." The man indicated at the forest behind them. "But if the cabin leaders could stay behind for a second I need a special word with them," Castor and Michael stayed after their friends disappeared. "For you two I give you immortality just like your brothers. You two will join them now." And the golden light flashed in their eyes so they flinched away.

"But why us?" But when Michael looked back to where the man was he wasn't there. So he advanced forward.

Bianca stood at the edge of the river Lethe, about to step in when some one placed a hand on her shoulder. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." The man behind her was strong and tall but his hood hid his face. His voice reminded her of Thanotos and someone she couldn't place. "You have so much to live for that I don't even need to ask you the question."

"What question?" Bianca asked, obviously avoiding the 'Who are you?' question that she was sure wouldn't have been answered.

"'What do you have to live for?' But you don't need to tell me because I already know." The man stood over her with a smile. "Now would you accept my offer? Your father wouldn't be able to change it but I can. I offer you another chance, your brother has already grown so much and you have a sister I think you would want to meet. And for you I give you immortality, more so than combat immortality you received from the hunters so that you may live as long as your brother who received it for his heroics."

Bianca was surprised, this man seemed to know a lot about her but she didn't question it.

But she hugged him, tears in her eyes, "Thank you." She whispered but what surprised her is that the man wasn't shocked and he hugged back immediately.

The man then disengaged and stepped back before waving his hand in a displaying gesture. Behind him grew a forest, in the middle of the underworld. It was an entire forest and he simply gestured for her to walk towards it.

She looked at it and then back at the man but he wasn't there. As if he never was.

So she walked into the forest, ready to see her brother again.

A man sat in the middle of a forest clearing in a meditative pose. And one by one people started to join him, Roman legionnaires, Greek campers, and Artemis' hunters.

All of them looked around confused. They were supposed to be going into the underworld but they weren't there, they were in the middle of a forest.

When people stopped arriving the man stood and gestured for everyone to sit, the campers did so first, followed by the roman, but the hunters hesitated, not wanting to listen to a man until they sensed the powerful aura around him. "Welcome all you brave heroes. Now not all of you know each other, in fact some of you don't even know that some of these people existed. To my Greek campers and hunters you are the ones who have fallen in the sieges of Olympus. Romans, you are the ones who fought and died taking the palace of Orthys, and defended the palace of Olympus at its roots."

The man paused for this information to sink in but before the Romans or campers could start to protest he continued, "Now before you attack each other I would like to tell you one thing. At the present time Romans and Greeks live in harmony, under one camp. Training and learning from each other. Greeks, you become stronger under the Roman teachings. Romans the Greeks allow you more freedom; no more being thrown in the Tiber in a sack of rabid ferrets. Hunters, many maidens join from the Roman camp, increasing your sisterhood. All in all, everyone is happier."

Many of them were stumped but thoroughly confused, everything was silent before one of the hunters spoke up. "Why are we here?" a chorus of 'yeah's followed.

"I am here to offer you heroes new life. Your lives were lost in a war against evil and you all proved yourselves to me. I offer you a chance to rejoin your brothers and sisters." The man spoke his voice filled with authority but also sympathy. "You are all more than deserving. But if any of you wish for Elysium, I can arrange you a trip there immediately. But this is a one time offer so think on it." With that the man sat down in front of them.

After a good amount of time a roman stood. "I have died an honorable death, I have made my forefathers proud and now I will join them." He stayed standing and was slowly joined by more romans, a few campers and about half of the hunters.

"You all have made this world, your brothers, your sisters, and your parents proud. Enjoy Elysium." And with those words they all vanished.

The hooded man stood again "For the rest of you, I will send you to Camp Olympus. It is the combined camp of Romans and Greeks, located in New York and growing everyday. You will all be welcomed back but they may be a bit wary of you. But remember that you are all heroes. But if I could see all the leaders of the camps, if any of you a governors or cabin leaders, if you could stay for a little bit, the rest of you, please enter the forest behind you." So many of the campers stood and left, followed by all the hunters and most of the Romans. Among the group that stayed was Lee Fletcher.

"You all are leaders of the wars, heroes who deserve to be rewarded just as the leaders that lived from both wars. I give you all immortality like your fellow leaders." There was a flash of golden light and then the man continued, "If you'd please follow the rest." Gesturing towards the forest again and then he disappeared.

...

Luke laid on the floor of the throne room, Percy and Annabeth kneeling down beside him. He had a knife in his side and was slowly dying. "Annabeth," He spoke in a weak voice just above a whisper, "Did you love me?"

Annabeth had tears in her eyes, and cascading down her cheeks, "Yes, Luke I always loved you."

Luke smiled a small sad smile, "I love you too." And with that all the world faded from him.

Everything was dark before he heard a new deep voice, "Wake up Romeo, I need to talk to you for a moment." Luke opened his eyes and saw a starry sky and a bright moon, he looked around and saw that he was in a forest clearing, and a man sat next to him, a black robe covering his face.

Luke propped himself up, "Who are you?" he asked the man.

"Well Lucas," he flinched at the use of his full name, "the real question is who are you?" He paused and waved his hand creating a mirror and putting it in front of Luke's face, his scar free face. "Who would you be if you lived now? Would you live under the gods? Would you love Annabeth? Would you be happy with a life like that forever?"

Luke was flabbergasted. "Would you fall victim to the temptations of Kronos again when he returns?" That pushed Luke farther. "Would you protect the camp from this?"

This got Luke riled up, "Yes." He said definitely.

The man smiled at this; it wasn't big but it was enough. "I will tell you of this time, you will come back after the time of the giant war..." The man continued to explain the Romans and what came up in the war without telling him who ended it. "Now to make it fair with you soon to be girlfriend, I shall grant you immortality for your defeat of the Titan Kronos." There was a bright gold flash before everything returned to normal.

"Now I believe there is someone that wants to see you, so..." The man gestured to the woods behind Luke and disappeared.

Luke understood and walked into the woods.

Zoë had just arrived in the sky, and she was disappointed to say the least. She was sad that she had died but she knew it would happen and accepted it. She was happy the boy had saved her mistress and now she was in the stars and she loved the stars.

"Welcome Huntress," A smiling man stood in front of her, he looked like Zeus but more powerful and with white hair. "You are a very desirable hero my mother is interested in you." Before she could respond another man spoke.

"She will be coming with me grandson, Ms. Nightshade if you could excuse us for a second. I have words to speak with Ouranus." This man was tall and well built but he hid under a black robe so you couldn't see his face.

The white man, Ouranus, was unable to say anything so Zoë hesitantly walked away across the dark sky but stayed with in hearing distance, where she listened to the two men.

"Who are you? I do not have a grandfather but I also can tell that you are not lying to me."

"I understand that you are confused and for that I am sorry. You are to tell you mother nothing of this though and to ensure that I will take your memory. But know that you have always been one of my favorite grandsons." Zoë turned and saw the man with the hood hug the white man before placing a hand on his head accompanied by a bright flash. Then the man disappeared.

"Anything interesting?" Zoë jumped, no one had ever been able to sneak up on her before.

"Who are you?" Zoë asked getting defensive.

"That is unimportant, what you must know now is what I want you to do."

"What do you want?" Zoë was getting suspicious now.

The man got a smile on his face, "I want you to join Artemis' hunt, again." Zoë's jaw fell open at that, "Artemis would be so happy if you joined her now, she has just lost the one mortal man she started to have actual feelings for. She needs her best friend."

Zoë was curious at this, "Artemis' doesn't like men, her hate is deeper than mine and only one man has ever earned my respect." The man smiled again.

"Be that as it may, would you accept my offer?" The man asked.

"Yes, if milady needs me then I will always go."

"Good, good. Now I will make you a full immortal for this but there is one condition for all of this." Zoë raised an eyebrow at this, "When you arrive back to Artemis there will be a wolf with you. He is strong and incredibly loyal. He is to be Artemis' protector. From all harm he will protect her. He is a gift from her protector and something that can not be given back. I expect you to make sure she takes him. And he will protect your hunt that she holds so dear."

Zoë wanted to protest but she didn't, this man left no room for argument and she knew better than fight with him. She nodded and the man spoke again "You will not recognize the time, but I am sure that the rest of the hunt will fill you in. Good bye Zoë Nightshade."

There was a flash of golden light, then felt herself descending slowly until she was in a forest.

A nudge got her attention, by her side was a wolf, his fur raven black with a streak of gray down his side and his eyes black. He looked up at her then to his side, around Zoë she started to notice others, Hunters that she recognized and some she didn't what also surprised her was Bianca. But they all continued to walk forward. Where Zoë saw the light from a campfire, so she walked forward too. When she broke through the trees into the clearing, she found herself in the middle of the hunt.