It was a couple months of peace; Percy visited Artemis' dreams where she would tell him everything that was happening with her or stories of her past. He modestly told her about his adventures, but he liked telling her of his childhood with his mother.

It was after those months that Percy asked Artemis to do him a favor. So the hunters were spending a few days at camp when Thalia and Artemis went into New York. Sally was in her ninth month of her pregnancy and she was about to head to the hospital when they arrived.

Sally and Paul had packed their bags for the hospital and Paul had them loaded in his arms when their doorbell rang. He set the bags down and hurriedly opened the door, standing their was a 18 year old with auburn hair and silver eyes, a wolf with raven black fur and a gray streak and a familiar face. "Thalia?"

"Hey Mr. Blofis, do you mind if we come in?" Thalia had met Paul through Percy and had even come by after Percy's death.

"Well we are about to head to the hospital, so this isn't the best time." Paul stated, starting to escort Sally to the door.

"Actually Mr. Blofis that is why we are here." The girl with the auburn hair replied, "My name is Artemis and I was asked to come and help you."

Sally's eyes grew wide and she tried to bow but Artemis stopped her by gently holding her shoulder, "Why don't we go to the bedroom."

Artemis led Sally into the bedroom with Thalia following closely behind. That is when Nico appeared in the corner through the shadows. "Paul why aren't you at the hospital yet, I was waiting for you two there." Nico was slightly frustrated, so he didn't notice the others in the room until Thalia spoke up.

"Why were you at the hospital death breath?" She asked.

"Wow, hey lightning bug," this gained him a scowl, "Well isn't it customary for the godfather to be there for the parents?"

"You are the god father?" She was surprised to say the least.

"Well Sally and Paul are like my adoptive parents, so yeah." Nico shrugged, Sally gave a wince.

"Okay you boys stay out here, Thalia come with me" Artemis said as she ushered Sally and Thalia into the bedroom but before Pistó could join Artemis added, "Pistó stay out here, I am perfectly safe with Sally and Thalia." She said it with no room for Pistó to beg for entrance. Hanging his head he walked over to the 2 sitting anxiously on the couch in the living room. Paul was tapping his foot, wringing his hands; overall it looked like he was the one of the two with ADHD.

Nico placed a hand on his shoulder, "It is going to be alright, Artemis is the goddess of childbirth, she will make sure that Sally is taken care of." Paul was relieved to hear this but he was still anxious. That was when Nico noticed the wolf, "Paul, why do you have a wolf in your living room?"

"He came with lady Artemis and Thalia, I don't know why he is here but he seems tame." Paul replied.

The rest of the time was fairly silent, Paul had gotten up and started pacing, muttering about how it was taking too long. That was until they heard a cry coming from the bedroom.

Both Nico and Paul rushed to the room, hoping to see the new boy. Before they reached the door Thalia opened it and smiled at Paul. They all went to look at the boy; he was small in size with chubby little hand, his eyes shut tight and the smallest trace of brown hair on his head. He was being cradled by his mother, but was still crying that is until Pistó walked between everyone and before they could stop him touched the boy's head with the tip of his nose. At this there was a flash of silver light and the boy stopped crying, he looked up at his mother, blue eyes meeting blue eyes before he grew a bight grin and started laughing uncontrollably. Everyone smiled at the boy while Artemis stole a glance at the wolf that seemed to be able to do anything.

This laughter was joined by a cute little gurgle, which gave him an 'awe' from the 2 girls in the room. Nico chuckled at Thalia ogling the baby, earning him a punch in the arm from said hunter.

"What is his name?" Artemis asked at Sally who hadn't stopped looking at her baby boy.

"Theodore... Theo Blofis" She said putting her finger in front of him, in which he reached up and grabbed it with both hands and laughed harder. His toothless grin adding to his already adorable features.

Sally looked up at Artemis after a while, "Thank you lady Artemis you made this all so much easier. And thank Poseidon for me, he was thoughtful for asking you."

"Poseidon didn't ask me to come here, Sally." She gained some confused looks, "Why don't we talk about it later. Do you mind if I hold him?"

"Of course." Sally replied gently handing over Theo. Said boy smiled wide at Artemis showing off his gums. Artemis smiled at him, her eyes shining bright.

They all spent time adoring and carrying the little boy but when the night got late Artemis asked Nico to take Thalia back to camp so she could speak with the Blofis'.

Once they were seated in the living room, Theo bundled in his mother's arms and Pistó had his head on Artemis' lap.

"It wasn't Poseidon that asked me to help you, it was actually your son." When Artemis said this Sally's eyes started to water and Paul pulled her to him. "He had been coming to me in my dreams for a few months now."

Since Sally's breath was caught Paul asked the questions, "Why was he coming to you?" Artemis blushed heavily now.

"Well... your son and I... well we um... we love each other." Artemis stuttered out. Somehow blushing deeper, even Pistó blushed slightly but his fur hid it well.

Sally beamed at her, she was happy that her son had found love, in a maiden goddess at that, but she was even happier because the hope for her son was back. She was heartbroken when she heard what her son was assumed to have done. She had met several of the children that he had brought back, including Luke Castellan who apologized to her along with Ethan Nakumura both of which said that Percy saved their lives, Nico had brought his sister once to meet his new 'mom', even Silena and Beckendorf came by to meet her, although Beckendorf had once before he and her son went after the Princess Andromeda. But this was new hope because he was still out there, he was seeing Artemis in her dreams.

"What did he say when you saw him?" Sally asked.

Artemis' blush couldn't fade but she spoke, "We usually talk about each other's lives he told me stories about his life with you. I tell him about my hunts. I have been keeping him up on what has been happening but he always seems to know more than me about it, he says that he is always watching over us all. It was two nights ago that he told me to be here at this time, so I came when he asked me to. I think he wanted me to officially meet you."

"Do you think he will ever come back to us, like his friends?" Paul asked, he missed his stepson as much as everyone else.

"He said that he would come back when he is truly needed but he will be there for everyone that he loves." Artemis replied.

"I think he sent a message to me once, it was just a week after his funeral and I was in the park but an old woman came to me and she knew I lost my son, she said it was her motherly instinct but she told me of her children and how she was always so proud of them. She reminded me about how much I love Percy and how proud of him I am." Sally wiped a tear from her eye, "But what caught me was when she told me that my son already was proud of his brother, but this was before I knew Theo would be a boy. And then the lady just disappeared." Paul hugged her tight now, but was careful not to crush his son; he had heard the story before and believed her.

Artemis smiled, "Percy would be, your son is so bright and happy. I know that he is proud of him." The three spent another hour talking about Percy and Theo and Sally learned about Artemis more because she loved her son. It was time that Artemis had to leave though, her duties needed to be done.

When Artemis was walking out the door Sally passed Theo to Paul and hugged her, before pulling away though she whispered to Artemis, "When Percy comes back I want you to marry him, you have my blessing and I want you both to be happy. From now on to me you are my daughter-in-law so come by anytime." Artemis' blush came back deeper than ever.

All farewells were exchanged and Artemis flashed away with Pistó to her sleigh, a permanent blush staining her face but it was accompanied with a smile.

Not to long after the birth of Theodore Blofis, Atlantis was abuzz. The new princess of Atlantis was born for she was the newest sea goddess.

Poseidon was euphoric of his new offspring, it was the happiest he had been since his son's death. Triton was excited to, he hasn't had a younger sibling that was a full relative before and the opportunity of a younger sister was exciting. He had heard the joys of being an older brother and was excited to be able to beat back the suitors. Amphitrite was animated, no one had seen her this excited since she was pregnant with Triton but this time a little more, she was having a little girl and there was something about mother daughter relationships that Amphitrite craved.

Aeráki was the newest princess of Atlantis and even at such a young age was in the running for the most beautiful in the ocean. Her long flowing black hair reached her lower back, her skin had a slight blue tint and her eyes a shining green matching the scales on her tail. She had a single mermaid tail that glinted in the lights of the surface and an elegant fanned fin. But she was also able to change it into two shapely legs when she was on land.

As a goddess she received a grand welcome to the world, even just after a month of life she looked around 16. A party was held on Olympus, a rare occurrence but needed to finally get past the time of grieving the war's casualties, despite their choses to continue to Elysium.

All the Olympians and minor gods greeted Aeráki; many of the males stole longer glances at the sea beauty. It was obviously Apollo that made the first move, asking her to dance, which she graciously accepted until he asked her a rather inappropriate question earning him a rather swift knee to the groin. All the female goddesses giggled at this and Artemis moved in to make an immediate friend.

Pistó greeted his younger sister, although unknown to all, with a lick to her palm. The three of them got along great, Artemis and Aeráki shared many jokes and forged a new lifelong friendship. To any outside eyes the two acted like sisters and with the Artemis' new happier attitude ever since she had Percy first visit her in her dreams, they even giggled.

As a new goddess she was given her new domains, which was held in the throne room of Olympus. It was the fates that flashed into Olympus to give her domains.

"All hail, Aeráki, goddess of the breeze and beach, ambassador of Poseidon." The three called in unison.

Poseidon and Amphitrite beamed at their daughter while Triton smiled taking a break from beating Deimos, who he caught looking at his sister for too long.

At the end of the celebrations Artemis told Aeráki that she could join her at anytime and Pistó gave her a nuzzle before they left to rejoin the hunt at camp.

(That night)

Artemis woke again in her favorite forest clearing, no matter when she wakes up there it is deep into the night, even when she spent the entire night out and went to sleep at sunrise at her camp. But when she wakes up here, she knows that she gets to see her love.

"I saw that you and my new sister got along perfectly," His voice was deep and his breath sent shivers down her spine, "Welcome back my love."

Artemis whipped around and assaulted his lips, after a passionate kiss Artemis pulled away and smiled shyly at Percy. "Percy..." She just smiled at him, they never really had to talk much; they understood each other well and could go an entire romantic night without speaking a word.

Percy pulled her close, the moon shining brightly upon the pair. "I love you so much and I would love nothing more than to stay like tis with you forever but why don't I take you to the beach? The moon on the water is beautiful."

"Beach? Since when is there a beach here?" Artemis asked, she had been coming here for months and she never saw anywhere except the beautiful forest.

"Come with me." Percy grabbed her hand in his, sending the regular warm feeling through her. Percy led her into the trees winding in and out, sending Artemis into a fairytale world. But after just a few minutes the trees abruptly stopped, leaving the two on a beach with the softest sand Artemis ever felt, and the air warmed to the perfect for the beach.

When Artemis looked back to Percy she blushed slightly, Percy was smiling at her but his shirt was gone and he was in a pair of sea green board shorts. "When did you change?"

"We didn't, the clothes here are whatever you want here. And I see that both of us want to go swimming." Artemis shot him a questioning look in which he replied by looking down at her clothes, or lack there of.

Artemis was wearing a small silver bikini; it showed off her curves and matched her eyes perfectly. She blushed at the immodesty of her outfit. Percy swept Artemis up, pulling her into his chest bridal style, all while planting a deep kiss on her lips.

Artemis didn't even notice he was carrying her into the water until she pulled away and opened her eyes to see them both underwater but neither wet at all. "Percy if we are in swimsuits why is it that you won't let us get wet?" Percy smiled at her and shot them through the water into the air, only to splash down into the water next to shore.

Artemis broke through the water only to see Percy smiling at her. "Two can play at that game." She suddenly tackled Percy into the water initiating a wrestling match between the lovers.

Percy enjoyed playing with her, especially enjoying the way her athletically toned and curved body moved and wrapped around him. Many kisses were passed in this skirmish, but Percy finally put an end to it by wrapping his arms around her waist and holding her tight against him. "Artemis, I know that we both want this to last forever but you have to wake up. Your lieutenants are about to enter your room. It seems that a horde of hellhounds was spotted in South Dakota. Wake now my love." Percy kissed Artemis' forehead and she closed her eyes only to open them and found herself in her bed.

That was when Thalia and Zoë walked in, "Milady, there are some hellhounds in South Dakota that were spotted by some campers on a quest." Thalia started until she noticed something about Artemis, "Milady why is your hair wet?" Artemis was surprised when she felt her hair and it was wet and she could still smell the salt of the seawater.

"Oh nothing, so why don't we hunt." Artemis avoided the question but it surprised her too, it had all been a dream. Hadn't it?

Over the next 20 years all was good and peaceful. Theo was a brilliant student, he had lived with his parents for 16 years before he graduated early and started to go to Cambridge for their literature program.

Sally and Paul watched as their son grew, he was always happy, smart and had a very active imagination. He had lived knowing about the gods and was a clear sighted mortal. He even went to New Olympus for a while to visit his godfather and all of the people that came to visit him when he was a child. He even met a few gods, Apollo was nice although he was a little loose, Poseidon was very passionate, Aeráki was beautiful but he saw her almost as a sister, they were born about the same time and she was his brother's half sister. Artemis was always catching up with him as well as his parents, she was considered part of the family and would tell them what Percy wanted to tell them. But the one that stood out most to Theo was Athena, he had seen her at Annabeth and Luke's wedding when he was 5, he was actually the ring bearer. Annabeth and Luke stopped by when they could to see Sally, everyone at camp thought she was the greatest mother in the world so they treated her like royalty. Her books were popular enough that Paul got to retire from teaching and the two moved into a nice house out by the camp.

Many of the immortal campers were wedded in the first 20 years, Silena and Beckendorf were married after 1 year and own a shop in New Olympus, Will and Nyssa after 4 years, Annabeth and Luke 5, Jason summoned the strength after 8 years, Frank and Hazel waited for 8 years until she was 21, Ethan married Lou Ellen after dating for 3 years on their 10th year of immortality. Leo though didn't date a single person for 19 years before he sucked it up and admitted to Reyna his love for her which received a passionate kiss followed by a more passionate slap and a 'what took you so long?'

But the most controversial relationship came in the form of two ambassadors, Nico had grown into a man that can be described as tall dark and handsome, his hair fell to his shoulders but it worked for him, he was 6' 2" and had broad shoulders. Many girls fawned over him but he was always closed down. That is until a rather bubbly goddess met him on the beach one day. Ever since she was born Aeráki only grew more beautiful and Triton had already beaten every single god that made an advance on her without her father's permission. But it was Aeráki who made the move on Nico, they had met a few times when representing their fathers at camp events or New Olympus council meetings but he never showed a single sign of attraction.

Aeráki fell in love with him and watched from afar until she saw her opportunity and took it. She approached him on the beach and after talking and her admission it led to a passionate kiss and Triton punching him in the face only to be beaten and have a stygian iron sword held at his neck. Nico didn't kill him, simply made sure he wouldn't bother them again.

Many gods were jealous of the son of Hades but after hearing that he beat the over protective brother they knew to stay away. They became man and wife not to long after and bonded Poseidon and Hades more as brothers then before.

Aeráki had her first child after a few years, actually two daughters, twins, the kóres thálassas, or sea maidens. Lýpi̱ and Kríma were the ladies of sea death, escorts of the mariner souls to the underworld.

All in all everyone was happy, many new faces have been introduced to the world, love is spreading throughout the demigod world. All were happy for these loves and all grew closer together. Even Aphrodite and Hephaestus made up, through the meddling of their demigod children who after spending much time with each found they actually did love each other and Ares, while not fond of it, couldn't complain after his mother scolded him of trying to ruin a marriage.

Percy smiled on all of this but deep down he was jealous too, but he knew to be patient, he had waited billions of years he can wait a few years more.