The Olympians Read The Books

Bianca Di Angelo Makes A Choice (Athena)

[After seeing... is gone!"]

"Thanks for being worried Thals," Annabeth said.

"Why do you sound so surprised? Of course I was worried, you're my little sister," Thalia said.

["Whoa,"... an Olympian."]

"'Thy'?" Leo asked.

"Zoe was... let's say old fashioned," Thalia said.

"Was?" Mom asked.

"There's a reason I'm the Lieutenant of Artemis now," Thalia said.

Mom nodded in understanding.

["An Olympian... a demigod]

"I saw a lot of my 12 year old self in Bianca," I said.

"I did too," Thalia said. "Very skeptical at first, but she adjusted quickly."

[Thalia must've... her presence]

I sighed, and Annabeth rubbed my back in comforting circles.

["Oo!"... half-bloods."]

"Gee, way to make it sound like I'm a stalker," Grover said.

"There really isn't a way to explain it that doesn't make you sound like one," I told him.

["Grover?"... Thalia said]

"You really did not like the Hunt or Zoe," Artemis said, hiding a slight chuckle.

"No, ma'am. It wasn't until the very end that I changed my perspective," Thalia said.

"What caused the change?" Jason asked.

"There are many reasons I had a change of heart," Thalia said.

[Thalia and... on, Nico!"]

"Dude, be glad that Juniper isn't here," I told Grover.

"I know. I love her to death, but she can be slightly jealous," Grover said.

"It's because she cares so deeply," Annabeth told him. "And she knows what a catch you are to other nymphs."

"I know," he said. 

[Nico and... of that?"]

"That was uncalled for, Thals," Annabeth said.

"I know, and hearing about it from Percy's perspective, I can understand where he was coming from. I was frustrated, and worried, so I lashed out. I'm sorry, Percy," Thalia told me.

"It's OK. I would've done the same thing, and I was about to too," I told her.

"What stopped you?" Annabeth asked.

"I found your hat," I said.

[My jaw... my fault]

"No it wasn't," Annabeth said.

"But it kind of was," I protested. "If I hadn't gone off by myself, we could've fought Thorn together."

Annabeth sighed. "Maybe, but we don't know that for sure. If you hadn't gone after Thorn, he could have taken Nico and Bianca instead."

"I think that was his original plan," Nico interjected. "It was once he sensed you coming, that he stashed us in the hall as bait."

"Thorn was too strong for three demigods and a satyr anyway," Artemis said. "At least demigods as young as you three were."

[What had... a tree]

"Do I?" Thalia asked.

"Yes, and it has caused me to nearly have a heart attack on multiple occasions," I told her.