Home Is Where You Are

Chapter 11

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or HoH! 

Please enjoy this chapter, I had a bit of writers block, so I decided to use a new perspective... namely: Thalia Grace! 

Thalia

"Chiron, please!" I begged. Chirons face had been considerate at first, but after the first hour of begging he just looked plain annoyed - I wonder why?

"Thalia, no," He said flatly,

"But why?" I asked for the millionth time. Chiron refrained from rolling his eyes again.

"Because I said so," He said in return. I folded my arms. He wasn't letting up. Then an idea came to me,

"Chiron, let me tell you a story," I said. Chiron pursed his lips but didn't say anything, so I continued to talk, "Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Thalia. When she was ten, she lost her two year old brother to her insane mother, so she ran away and lived on the streets for nearly a year. 

"After living on the streets with no help from her all-powerful dad, she dies protecting her friends and her all-powerful dad turns her into a pine tree for five years! Then, she became an immortal hunter of Artemis who just wants to go to Goode before her friends get too old to go and die, leaving her alone and ever-living!" I nearly screamed the last part. Chiron looked at me with wistful eyes that I was unable to calculate.

"Very well," He sighed. I couldn't believe it. I raced forward and hugged him tightly.

"Thank you!" I squealed. He tensed at first and then relaxed and patted me on the back. I smiled, before I remembered that I was wearing a skull t-shirt and punk clothing; hug did not suit my reputation. I let go of him and straightened up,

"I am going to go and pack," I said. Chiron was smiling at me.

"You didn't let me finish" He said slyly, "You can go... but not alone,"

***

"Connor, shut up," I moaned. Connor smirked at me,

"Actually, I'm Connor," Said Connor from the corner of the van. I pinched my nose between my thumb and forefinger... this was going to be a long trip. We had only been on the road for ten minutes and they were already pissing me off.

"Travis is the one sat next to Katie," teased Connor,

"That doesn't help me because you both sat next to Katie," I growled. Both of them flashed smirks at me and I clenched my teeth.

"I will kill you," I threatened. At this they shrunk back into their seats,

"If you don't mind, Thalia, I'd like to help," Clarrise snarled. Chris put a hand on her shoulder and she relaxed a little. Next to Clarrise, Nico was asleep on her shoulder. 

She sneered at him and then leaned away causing him to fall and wake up. He looked around confused, and sat up glaring at Clarisse. Grover let out a bleating laugh from his seat, and went back to chewing on his aluminum can.

Chiron had recommended a few of them, and others had volunteered. Just then, we stopped suddenly and most of us were thrown forward. 

We sat up, rubbing our heads and Argus opened the back of the van. Grumbling, we grabbed our bags and clambered out. Seriously? 

In front of us, was a large apartment block.

"Umm... guys," Said Katie uneasily. I followed her gaze and realised that the front glass of the door was shattered and golden dust littered the floor,

"Come on," I said and I led them into the building. As it turned out, Percy Jackson lived on the fifth floor. Okay, sue me, I got tired climbing those stairs.

"Does anyone even know what number he lives at?" I asked when I realised that I had no clue. Nico snickered and pointed to number twenty-two, of which the door was painted a bright blue. Of course. I walked over to the door and knocked on it.

"I got it," I heard someone say from inside. Percy opened the door.

"Percy!" I said as I flung myself at him and hugged him tightly,

"Thalia?!" He cried,

"Wait, Thalia?" Cried another voice from the sofa. I looked around and saw Annabeth sitting there. The sleeve of her t-shirt was torn, revealing a large scar... that would explain the dust and broken glass door downstairs.

"Are you okay?" I asked her as Percy greeted everyone else.

"Hellhound," she said grimly. I nodded and hugged her.

"So, I don't mean to be blunt, but what are you guys doing here?" said Percy from behind me,

"We, Kelp head, are coming to Goode," I said. Percy stared at me dumbfounded. I stared back at him, grinning.

"Attending Goode, Thals, not-" 

"Whatever, whatever," Thalia huffed. 

"Thalia? Thalia!" exclaimed Sally, as she and Paul emerged from the kitchen.

"Hey," I said along with everyone else.

I loved Sally. She was so kind to everyone, "Come in. I've just made blue cookies," Percy's head shot up at this. Annabeth smirked and stared at him. Everyone but Percy seemed to notice her never moving eyes, and I nudged her. 

She looked at me expectantly and then blushed a violent red when she realised she was staring. I grinned. Every time that I visited camp after I joined the hunters, Annabeth would rant to me about Percy Jackson and the stupid things that he did. 

I would always listen and think about how suited for her he was, even if he was kelp head most of the time. After the Titan war, they had gotten together and I had grinned and told her

"I told you so," to which she replied,

"You never said anything about me and Percy," I just beamed at her.

Sally emerged from the kitchen with a tray of cookies stacked on top of each other. We each took one (or four in Percy's case) and flopped onto the sofa.

"So do you guys need a place to stay?" asked Sally as she brought out a second tray.

"Not me," answered Grover grinning, "The Lord of the wild stays in the wild," Everyone groaned.

"We get it, your lord high majesty" said Clarrise drily. Grover beamed and dug into another tin can.

"We don't either," said Connor or Travis, "We've got family here and Katies staying with us," He said blushing - so it was Travis.

"We thought we'd just get some hotel rooms," I replied, as I gestured to Clarrise, Nico, Chris and I. Sally's face dropped, 

"For the whole year?" she said aghast, "no, you can't do that. You have to stay here," she began going on about how she had the spare room and sofa, and some people could stay in Percy's room. Everyone began to grin. This year was going to be great. 

What did you think? Also, I hope you liked the way Percabeth were reunited. Seeing a I'm working with a very cliche story line, I wanted to make their meeting a little less cliche and cheesy... Did you like it? Please let me know, and please vote? :  )