A/N: a halloween epilogue for you guys! also, please read the note at the end of the chapter!!! love!
The weeks and months that followed Nico's speech in front of the General Assembly seemed like a dream. Time sped by as the world reacted to the existence of gods and their children. The camps were in a frenzy of both excitement and anxiety.
The UN elected Troia as the new Secretary General and in her first meeting as acting SG, she repealed the unjust sanctions that Luthor had put on the Justice League and announced that she was organizing a summit in order to address the attacks on 'Advanced Individuals' (a term she stated was to be used in lieu of 'powered', 'mutated' or 'non-human' in any and all official documents).
At the summit, she announced the creation of a new Committee whose entire mission was to advocate on behalf of Advanced Individuals and work towards implementing protections for them internationally. The panel was made up of representatives from not only an array of countries, but of people who were Advanced— including demigods.
The Olympia Project expanded from the 15 demigods originally placed there to nearly 150 adults and teens after the first year. Kids were getting to actually graduate from high school and gained the ability to go to a mortal college, and the adults were able to grow a life outside of New Rome. They were getting opportunities that they never had before. They were getting to be normal.
The world changed. It didn't happen overnight and it didn't happen without quite a bit of pushback, but it changed.
~~~~Five Years Later~~~~
"Get back here!" Nico sprinted down the halls of the manor, eyes searching each room he passed. "How can someone so small be so fast," he muttered under his breath.
He turned the corner and saw little feet sticking out from behind the curtains.
Nico smiled lightly and let out a breath. "Oh no, I lost her," he said into the air, slowly wandering around the room as if looking for her. "Where could Helena have gone?"
Quiet giggling came from the curtain.
"I guess she's gone forever, which is too bad since now I guess we'll have to cancel the-"
The curtain suddenly flew to the side and a wide eyed little girl ran at him. "No, no, no, no!"
Nico smiled, picking her up as she threw herself at him. "There you are!"
"I'm here," she said, staring at him intently with her big blue eyes. "I was playing."
Nico smiled at her, walking back down the hall to return her to where she was supposed to be. "Okay, okay, I guess we won't cancel, but you can't run off again. You have the most important role."
The girl nodded eagerly, bouncing slightly in his arms as he finally got to the door and knocked, hearing a muffled 'come in' before opening it and smiling at the sight in front of him.
"You have raised a speedster in the making," Nico said, setting the little girl down as she ran to her mother.
Selina smiled, picking up Helena and putting the girl on her lap as Steph finished pinning the woman's hair. "Blame my father, apparently it's genetic."
Nico snorted, going to sit on the small couch in the corner. "The entire Hermes cabin keeps asking when I'm bringing their niece for her first summer at camp."
"I go, I go, I go," the little girl began chanting, flipping around in Selina's hold to give puppy dog eyes. The little girl began rambling, half of it nonsense, about how she wanted to go to camp, even though she definitely didn't actually know what camp was.
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