Heroes of Olympus Children

The Funeral

A/N: The picture is of the funeral. Let the sadness commence. Also special guests in this chapter. Maybe you already know who they are, maybe not.

It was a rainy day in June when the funeral was held. No one said much during the car ride to the cemetery. Inara and Isobel kept close together, Alex and Jake kept close to Lily in case she needed to cry, and Angel and Trenton were inseparable.

While it was only a light drizzle when the casket was lowered into the ground it was a near down pour after and the kids all clung to their umbrellas while the adults talked. When nearly everyone was gone Lily noticed her dad and mom talking to one man in shorts and a loud Hawaiian t-shirt.

"That guys gonna catch a cold." Lily told the others as they waited near the cars.

"Why would he wear shorts and a t-shirt when it's raining?" Inara asks, trying to be heard over the rain.

"No clue." Jake shrugs. "Hey whose the guy talking to Uncle Nico?"

The teens all look at the man Jake spoke of and noticed that Hazel is next to the two, the three in a deep conversation. That's when Lily notices that all their parents are talking to someone they've never seen before. A woman had joined Annabeth and Percy, standing a decent ways away from the man in short and Hawaiian shirt. A woman whose hair and skin tone seemed to change talked to Piper, while a man in a suit talked to Jason. Leo and Calypso were talking to man with a dirty beard. And Frank was in deep conversation with another man.

"Have any of you guys seen them before?" Angel asks, resting her head on Trenton's shoulder, his arm around her side.

"Never." Lily says. "I think I would've remembered."

That's when the man talking to Percy and Annabeth looked over at the teens and starts to talk while still looking at them. Percy looks at the kids then back to the man and shakes his head.

"Anyone else worried here?" Lily asks.

"Not really." Trenton sighs, his arm tightening around Angel.

"Ugh." Lily groans. "I'm going to find out."

"Wait, what?" Alex asks running after the dark haired girl. "No way. Your dad doesn't even look like he wants us being near the guy, why would you go over to him?"

"Because I'm curious as to who he is." Lily says rolling her eyes. "Aren't you?"

"A little, but Lily this isn't a smart idea."

"Since when have I ever had a good idea?"

"That's not what I meant. What I meant was-"

"And who might you two be?" a voice asked.

Gulping the two turned around and saw the man with the Hawaiian shirt was the one who asked.

"I'm Lily and this is my cousin Alex." Lily says instantly, feeling relaxed around this strange man. "Who are you?"

"Not someone of importance." he chuckled and Alex's eyebrows furrowed at that.

"Then how come you were talking to Uncle Percy?" Alex asks.

"I've known him for quite a while now. I was very upset to learn about hiss mother's death. I came only to express my condolences."

Lily nodded but Alex still seemed very wary of the man. "Come on Lily, we need to head back to the car. Besides Trenton looks like he's gonna have another break down." Alex says.

"Right. Bye." Lily waves before they walk back to the car. "Well he was nice."

"Still wasn't a good idea." Alex says.

"Who was that?" Jake asked when they got back tot he car, the rain coming down lighter now.

"An old friend of my dad's." Lily shrugs.

"Why was he here?" Isobel asks.

"I guess he got wind of grandma dying so he came ot say he was sorry." Lily shrugs once more. "He was pretty vague on the details."

"Why was he really here?" Trenton asked.

"In all honesty," Lily sighs. "I have no clue."

A/N: Yay another chapter don! Tell me what you think and how you think I should continue on from here. -G