The truth about Anastasia's parentage:

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(Ariana Finley runs to the edge of Crown Hill Lake)
Annabeth Chase:(sad)Oh my gods...!No...!
Aaron Finley:(sad)Anastasia...
(Ariana Finley drops her spear to the ground)
(Ariana Finley falls down to her knees and starts crying)
Ariana Finley:(crying/in a low voice)Athena...goddess of Wisdom...mother...please...
(Suddenly,Anastasia gets out of Crown Hill Lake)
Anastasia:I am alright...thanks for asking...
(Ariana Finley gives Anastasia a warm hug)
Annabeth:How did you escaped the Ethiopian Sea Monster?
Anastasia:That is easy,I locked him back.
Aaron:(confused)Lock him back?How?
Anastasia:When the Ethiopian Sea Monster dragged me,I saw the symbol of an owl down at the lake.I touched it and then the monster was absorbed by it.Disappearing shortly afterwards.
Ariana:The symbol of Athena?
Aaron:You are thinking the same thing I am thinking,right?
Annabeth:Think about what exactly?
Ariana:Ever since last year,we have encountered certain places with godly symbols that were being used to lock certain monsters in Tartarus.
Aaron:Yeah,a mountain in Oregon had the symbol of Zeus to lock the Titan Epimetheus and the Grand Canyon had the symbol of Apollo that contained the Giant Tytios.
Anastasia:Do you know what are those?
Annabeth:I wish I knew as well,I am the Architect of Olympus and not even mom told me about it.
(A clap is heard)
(Everyone turns)
Koios,Titan of Intellect:(clapping)Bravo,bravo,what a wonderful spectacle you did.It almost made me cry.
Ariana:You knew about this,didn't you?!
Koios:Guilty as charged.Sorry I did not tell you early,but I could not just had you asking questions.
Aaron:Do you work for Ouranos?!
Koios:(angry)Do not dare to assume I work for that monster! I was the one who came up with the strategy to get him cut to pieces the 1st time!
Anastasia:Then,why did you wanted the Ethiopian Sea Monster?
Koios:With the lord of heavens reforming,is only a matter of time he comes for what remains of the Titans. I through that maybe if I could tame that sea monster, I would have had the chance to defend myself from him,but now I will have to think of something else because of you.After all,it was a spawn of Athena who freed that thing in the 1st place.
Ariana,Aaron,Annabeth and Anastasia:(shocked)What?!
Koios:Now,it is time for me to departure.So...
Ariana:Are you forget something?
Koios:🙄
(Koios passes a paper note to Ariana)
(Ariana grabs the paper note)
Koios:You are welcome
(Koios teleports away and leaves)
(Ariana turns to Anastasia)
Ariana:Anastasia,I am truly sorry for being so insisting on you.
Anastasia:Is alright,I should've just told you the truth when we met.
Aaron:I didn't know that gods could adopt children,how did it happened?
Anastasia:You see,us Cyclopes are left alone in order to learn how to survive,that makes us tough and stronger.However,as you may know by now,I'm not quite neither. I used to live in an abandoned library,that's where I learned how to read.
Ariana:That explains how you know about a lot of things.
Anastasia:The library got attacked by a bunch of Laistrygonian giants and it was destroyed. I decided to rely on strategic thinking in order to make it out in the streets,but stills monsters caught up to me...at least until Athena came to my aid.
Ariana:That's why she adopted you then,but...Why would she made you keep it a secret?
Anastasia:She said that she wanted to make it an "experiment",to see how her children would interact.
Aaron:Well,that's not true.You're more than just an experiment.
Ariana:Aaron's right,you're our sister,no matter what.
(Ariana and Aaron hug Anastasia)
(Anastasia hugs Ariana and Aaron)
Aaron:So,what does the note say?
(Ariana opens the paper note)
Ariana:(reading the paper note)Dad is in New Mexico
Annabeth:Good,now that is settled,would any of you mind explaining what the heck was he talking about Ouranos reforming?!
Ariana and Aaron:😬

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