The House of Hades (Fan-Fiction)

Final Thank-You's.

Hi guys. It's me again :) (of course. Who else would it be?)

On October 8, 2012, I started this story. It's so weird. House of Hades is being released on that date, and that's the date I started this fan-fiction.

This story... Overall I'm extremely proud of it. More than you'll ever know, trust me! This story has made me so proud, much more proud than Mark of Athena could ever do.

Over the span of about eleven months, this story has ovre 160k reads, 1.2k votes, and 1k comments. Guys, that's mad! That's completely crazy. Who know a small girl like me could ever acheive so much over only a year!

Thank you so much. I know sometimes I made you wait months for the next chapter (and most of the time I had a major cliffhanger), but I really do hope in the end it was worth the wait.

I already know this story was worth my tears, frustration, overthinking, planning, and just my precious time. In the end, it was all worth it!

I've matured during the span of writing this story. And I know many of you changed with me. I'm so grateful to have found you guys, all 583 of you. I still think that I found you. You didn't find me. I'm the luckiest girl alive to have such amazing fans. You defended me, you supported me... I'm so lucky!

I truly hope that you guys enjoyed this story. Many of you amazing people asked if I really was Rick Riordan in disguise and this was the real story. Those comments always made me happy! No, I'm not Uncle Rick. He is and always will be better than me. These are his fantastic characters. I can't fully understand how he wants them to act. And his cliffhangers are by far better than mine!

I know you guys may be wondering about the unsolved questions about this story. And I'm going to answer them.

- Time passes in mythical places, like the labyrinth or the Sea of Monsters. So I wanted to twist the ending, so I made time pass REALLY fast in the House of Hades. That's why nearly a month passed while they were fighting.

- Coach Hedge saw visions and heard warnings from the Fates, telling him he was going to die defending demigods. He knew it had to be during the quest, which is why he went to Europe wih them. He knew he would die defending a few of them, which is why he leaped in front of Piper and Hazel without a second thought.

- Hazel truly never chooses Frank or Leo. Though I prefer Lazel, a majority wanted Frazel, so I ended the story with Frazel the stronger ship. But think whatever you like. :)

- Lyssa and Aether seem to have vanished, right? Lyssa's last wish was for Jason to die in battle, which sounds like bitter goodbye to me, so that's why I never brought the two gods back.

- Arachne, in my mind, is still alive, but again, that's up to you to determine if she's dead or not. She was more than willingly to die in the earthquake, and Gaea knew the spider was just a pawn, which is why she created such a violent earthquake with the spider still inside.

- A few of you requested fluffy Jiper scenes before the story closed. I thought about the perfect scenes, so I made it so they would say their fluffy goodbyes, not knowing if they were going to survive the battle.

- Percabeth, sadly, did not have a fluffy ending scene, but at least I made them appear in the chapter!

- Yes, Percy and Annabeth are alive. The intention was for you guys to assume Ariadne was going to help them find the exit to Mount Olympus for the final battle.

- Nico wasn't a major part in the battle because he was seeing how to close the Doors of Death, and he obviously found a way.

- Yes, the Doors of Death are closed.

That's really all the things I can think of.

My Percy Jackson fan-fiction days, sadly, are over. This amazing ride writing these stories were a blast. It was beyond amazing. I truly enjoyed writing these books.

In the future, possibly, I may write another version of After The War, which I know many of you will enjoy, if you remember the orginal After The War. I'm still debating if I really want to write another fan-fiction.

Guys... thank you. So much. Writing for you has been truly amazing. It's been incredible, making so many of you happy with my writing. All 583 of you. I love you.

I never imagined getting this far on this site. I always just sighed and thought, Hopefully I can make it to 100 reads. That would be so cool! Maybe some people will even vote and comment!

Soon people were fanning me, saying how well-written my Mark of Athena was. You voted, and soon the gray numbers turned red. Word got around about the new writer, JustColor, and her Mark of Athena fan-fic.

Wow, I'm getting famous! I thought to myself.

When I hit 100 fans, I was so happy. I thought I was so cool and was famous. I was on cloud nine. I remember passing notes to my friend in science class in August of 2012. I was so happy. She tried to be happy for me, but she didn't understand how proud I was.

September 30, 2012. I finished my Mark of Athena story. It had arond 60k reads and I believe 400 votes. I felt so happy. The fan-fiction was ranked I believe third out of all Mark of Athena's.

Now, on September 18, 2013, I can happily say how proud I am of myself. There is 240k reads, 1.2k votes, and 1.2k comments. Don't forget to mention it's #1 out of all Mark of Athena fan-fics! That's huge! :)

I want you to know I am still the same person I was when I was writing MoA. I'm older, a bit more mature, and more emotional stuff has happened. I may not be JustColor anymore, but I want you to know how much I miss being JustColor.

That's why I'm happy to say I'm most likely changing my username back to JustColor in a few days. :) I miss my old identity!

Again... Thank you. For everything. For being a fan, for reading, for voting, for commenting... You guys are the best fans in the world. Maybe you guys should be a fandom... c; Y'all should create a fandom name for you guys!

I love you all, you're so amazing. It's been an honor to write for you <3 :)

I. Love. You. Yes, you, beautiful.

- Megan <3