The First Times

First Christmas

Will must have gotten some residual prophetic abilities from his father, because he was right.

The Jackson-Chase apartment was crowded!

As they had arrived early, Naomi immediately spotted Sally and Paul in the kitchen-dining room and began a conversation about kids and grandkids that had them all laughing and looking nostalgic. Estelle, Percy's sister, was looking around while staying close to her Mom's legs. Luke, the only baby around, would go get her, to play, but with little success.

Ana stayed as close to Nico and Will as she could, similar to Estelle. But while Estelle looked scared and kind of bored, Ana was the total opposite. The reason she was staying close was because she didn't have permission to roam around!

Soon, other people started to arrive at the house, leaving it a bit crowded. Aunt Annabeth will greet everyone at the door and Will would introduced them to her. She blushed hard when a woman by the name of Piper began saying that she had a fantastic sense in fashion and shouldn't let her parents dress her up. Will made a fake scandal afterwards.

When Uncle Frank arrived, Estelle lost her shyness and ran to him, hugging him tight and asking him- what Ana thought it was definitely impossible and that she was asking about something totally different -to do certain kinds of animals. Ana screamed in surprise behind Will when the man who was holding Estelle soon turned into a pony, trotting Estelle around the house and everyone was acting as if it was normal.

When Luke saw the pony, he began clapping and chant the words 'Oncle Frack' and 'dofin'. Aunt Annabeth had to pick him up and remind him that 'that can only be done when water was around'. Ana saw the look Luke gave his Dad, as if saying 'I want water!'. Uncle Percy, despite his childhood behavior, shook his head and, well... Luke showed everyone how extremely displeased he was.

The last person to arrive was Aunt Thalia. Ana had heard tales about her, but she didn't expect her to be really young. She now could see the different stages of age in the woman, Grandma Naomi and Sally- she insisted she could call her Grandma -, Aunts Annabeth, Piper and Hazel, and now, Aunt Thalia.

She didn't think twice and voiced it.

"Papà, I'm a baby!" She told Nico, who had to do a double take. At first, he thought she was playing, but seeing the serious look on her face knew this was no play. "I'm really young!" She stressed the word 'really' that sounded 'reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally'. Uncle Jason, who was talking to Nico, chuckled and kneeled in front of her.

"You're a very lucky girl, then..." Ana tilted her head, not understanding. "You know how many of Aunt Piper's sisters would be jealous of you for saying that?" Ana blushed and hid behind Nico's legs with a smile, while Nico smirked and patted her head softly.

"Remind me to never introduce them without any backup..."

Soon, dinner was ready and everyone was juggling to get on their seats. To Ana's big surprise, Grandpa Paul- yes, he insisted too -sat at the head of the table. To his right, Estelle, Uncle Percy, Luke, Aunt Annabeth, Aunt Thalia, Uncle Jason and Aunt Piper. To his left, Grandma Sally, Grandma Naomi, Dad, herself, Papà, Aunt Hazel and Uncle Frank.

"Before we begin..." He got up from his seat with his glass in his hand. "I know I'm no Greek or anything, but I think is fair to give the usual offering..." Ana frowned. They never did offerings at home, and offerings to whom? She looked at Dad's plate and saw that he was separating some pieces of his food. Will looked at her and smiled.

"It's an offering for Grandpa Apollo." Ana kept frowning, but looked at her plate now. Sensing her confusion, Will put her at ease. "You don't have to... It's a Camp tradition." Happier, Ana noticed that Estelle didn't do it too, but Grandma Sally did, so she guessed Estelle was like her. Doubts vanished, she began to eat, making delight noises. But a question popped to mind.

"Grandma Sally..." She asked, getting the attention of the table. "Why Uncle Percy likes blue food? Is he an alien?" Half the table snickered, trying to keep the laugh in, though Uncle Percy showed a pout. Grandma Sally, however, smiled and chuckled softly.

"That would be my fault, sweetie... You see, before marrying Grandpa Paul, I was married to someone else." Her eyes lighted and Ana was scared to ask. "That man once said that blue food didn't exist while I said it did. And, from then on, I've been doing blue food... Plus, is your Uncle's favorite color."

"Oh." Was all Ana could say. Now, she had a explanation, not one she wanted, but had one. Dedided, she turned to Nico. "Papà, I don't want blue food... Can I have orange food instead?" The request was made so naturally that everyone was waiting for Nico's reply, who simple nodded with a smile and Ana kept eating, happily.

"He sure is wrapped around her little finger..." Ana missed Thalia's whispered comment to Annabeth, who smiled at her in return.

"I think is because she looks lots like Bianca..."

"I did noticed that..." Thalia agreed before changing the subject and asking loudly at Jason when was he making her a proper Aunt. Jason blushed hard and was up to Piper to share the good news they were hiding. Ana clapped along and looked around the table, smiling.

She had an Uncle who controls the water.

An Aunt who is super smart.

An Uncle who can fly.

An Aunt who can make everyone do whatever she wanted.

An Uncle who can shift into any animal!

An Aunt who can find riches everywhere.

An Aunt who will be forever young.

A Dad who had magic healing abilities.

A Papà who can talk to the dead.

Being adopted was the best thing that ever happened to her!

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Good morning/afternoon/evening, guys!

First of all... Wow, how fast October went by! I can't believe it, I was pretty sure that last week was the first week of the month but now... I mean, guys! In three days is Halloween!!

Anyway, today I'm posting double as it's the birthday of a close friend and collab of mine, ReeReeWithAngst! Happy birthday! This chapter is also dedicated to Heroesinmyfanfiction , whose birthday is the day after tomorrow... Happy birthday to you too!!

So! Onto today's posting!

The First Times: 1 chapter! I had to write this chapter cause someone (looking at you, Ashuri Benturi) asked for a second part... hope is funny enough!

17 Reasons: 1 Octachel chapter! I hope you guys like my present to you!

See you next week!
xoxo, SilverHuntresses