Heroes of Olympus Epilogue

Epílogos

I didn't want to be a half-blood...

But after so many years, so many adventures, so many wonderfully brave allies, so many scary foes and so many death threats... I've come to embrace it.

It's been four years since the battle with Gaia, and as I stare as my reflection in the mirror I can think about one thing only: I LOOK HOT! Ha. No, that wasn't what I was really thinking... (Not that I don't look on point with this tux...)

I'm thinking about one fact: all I've been through allows me to actually appreciate these years of calmness. I've been so close to death, I've experienced the most wrenching pain, I've lost a lot of friends; all these hardships that happened to me because I was a demigod are the ones that let me enjoy this fabulous years of staying at Camp and going to college surrounded by the people I've grown to love. Of course we fight monsters every day! But I haven't confronted something as terrifying as Tartarus itself for a long time, and I'm thankful for that.

Now, let's discuss a more important question... Why did Percy Jackson decide to change his standard clothes that consist of a camp t-shirt (either from Camp Half-Blood or Camp-Jupiter), his jeans and his flip-flops for a not-as-comfy tuxedo? I tell you why... Today is the biggest day of my life. Bigger than the day I fought Kronos; bigger than the day I fought Gaia. Today I'm marrying my soul mate and best friend; the most amazing and intelligent girl in the world, that is so beautiful that she stills looks cute when she is in full armor and covered in dirt: Annabeth Chase. Our wedding is taking place exactly a week after she graduated from her architecture major and I from my marine biology one.

As I fixed my sea-green bowtie I replayed the night that I proposed to her in my mind; it happened exactly a year ago on a 12th of July; her birthday.

I made a lot of preparations for that day, including asking Leo to make Annabeth a custom made ring with a gem that I got from the ocean. Oh, you ask about Leo? Yes, that douchebag is still alive and I only call him that because he played the worst prank ever on us, the day that he finally decided to show up again.

We were all-the entire gang, including Reyna-together at the traditional campfire when we heard a weird noise.

"Look! It's the bonfire's logs! Something's moving them!" screamed Piper

I hugged Annabeth even tighter. What on Earth was lurking from the bonfire? Just as I asked myself that question the most terrifying thing happened: a fire-lit-Leo-zombie stood out from the bonfire and started coming at us.

"Hungry!... Zombie Leo is hungry!... Brains... brains..." It demanded.

We screamed so loud that we scared all of the seagulls off Long Island Sound.

Then something unexpected happened: the zombie started choking. Oh, but it wasn't choking at all! It was laughing at us.

"LEO IS BACK FROM THE DEAD, BABY!" screeched Leo at the top of his lungs, his arms extended triumphantly and a huge "I'm a jerk" smirk plastered on his face.

As usual, Annabeth was the first one to react.

"I'm going kill you, you stupid boy!" she yelled while she ran after him. We all mimicked her enthusiasm and all the gang ended up chasing Leo to the beach. I finally caught up to him and tackled him to the ground. We all started yelling and punching at him, but at the end of the day they all started crying and hugging the small latino boy. I said they because, of course, I didn't shed a single tear... Not one... I didn't even have a lump in my throat... Why are you being so judgmental?... Ok, yes... I did shed a few tears... But it is only because I'm a Poseidon kid!... Sometimes the tears just well up your eyes and you cry, I don't know why man, it's just a Poseidon thing...