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JASON

Jason had faced a whole group of deadly bandits, psycho killers, and a bloodthirsty army with his head held high but facing the king and queen of Greece who could order his execution the moment he makes a wrong move made him terrified.

He made his way toward their thrones, trying not to show that he's afraid. They were having a banquet so there were so many people were staring at him as he walk. They looked amuse. This was either the first time the king and queen invited a Roman to their castle or he looked like one of those men who eats and spits out fire for a living.

He knelt in front of them to show his respect, "Rise, Praetor Jason of Rome." He heard the king said. Jason did as he was told. He was greeted by a warm smile from the king.

Jason had heard so much about the king of Greece, King Fredrick. They say that he is one of the most kind, helpful, and gentle king. There was a rumor that even the gods adored this king that he blessed him. Looking at the queen who looked like she spent most of her life glaring made him rethink about the rumor.

The queen, Queen Athena, was said to be wise, strict, and a perfectionist. Anyone who defies her orders or tells her that she's wrong will either get kicked out of the castle (literally) or get locked up in the dungeon. They said that she's not one of those evil queens who can make people cower in fear. She never smiles though which wasn't really hard to believe.

"We're very pleased that you could come, Praetor." The king said "Isn't that right dear?" he added as he turned to his wife. The queen didn't even blink as she stared at Jason with those calculating grey eyes.

"Very," she agreed, though it didn't even looked like she did

"Thank you my lord, my lady. I'm very pleased to be here as well." Jason responded "Though if your majesty wouldn't mind me asking about the special package that I was supposed to deliver from your castle."

King Fredrick laughed, "Yes, we'll talk about it later." He said, his eyes twinkling with amusement, "But I could tell you it's very special indeed. Please, enjoy yourself." He winked at him then left with his wife, who gave Jason one last look of distaste.

Jason wanted to enjoy himself but he knew that it was impossible. No one wants to socialize with a Roman. Greeks and Romans had been enemies for eons. Jason never had any problems with Greeks though. He even admired their culture and fighting style and even gained Greek friends in his travels.

He remembered being ecstatic when the Roman emperor ordered him to bring the special package that could heal the rift between the Greeks and the Romans. The Greeks here thought that he was a bloodthirsty Roman who wants to fight everyone that stands in his way though so of course they avoided him like the plague.

He made his way to the food table and filled his plate with food (he might be a Praetor but he's still a growing boy.) as he turned around to leave, he bumped to something and dropped his plate as he fell on the ground.

Was there a column* there? He honestly couldn't remember.

Then he heard someone groan, he looked up and saw a brown haired girl glaring at her orange stained dress. Jason braced himself for a rant about how her beautiful and expensive dress got stained by a filthy Roman and how he should watch where he's going but instead the girl just said," Are you alright?"

Jason looked up and came face to face with two gorgeous blue eyes.

No… It was actually green or brown…

Her eyes kept on changing color so he wasn't really sure but it was really pretty and also very familiar.

"Ugh… Yeah… Yes, I'm alright." He croaked

She offered him her hand which Jason took gratefully. He stood up and observed the girl's face. She reminded him of a goddess that they worship back at Rome, the goddess of beauty, Venus or as what the Greeks had known as Aphrodite. When the teachers back at home taught him and his comrades the goddess, he had imagined a perfectly beautiful woman. This girl was even more beautiful than his imagination Venus. But most of all he'd seen this face before, back to his first quest, back when he was still new in the legion.

"Jason?" She asked

"Piper?!"

The memories came flooding to his mind. He could finally remember her. Seven years ago, Jason was sent to find a missing prince. He was ten years old and a new recruit of the legion so he didn't really know what to do. He got lost in woods and long story short; he found a cute ten year old girl that was being drifted away to the bottom of a waterfall and managed to save her. That girl was standing right in front of him and she grew up to be very beautiful.

"I didn't expect to see you here," Piper said "It's been so long. You even got taller."

Jason laughed, "It's great to see you too." His eyes wandered to her stained dress, "And ugh… Sorry about your dress."

Piper looked taken back then smiled as she showed him the stained part of her clothes. "You mean this little thing? It's alright. I never liked this dress anyway. Thanks to you I'll just have an excuse to throw away this piece of garbage."

He was about to say something when they heard a shrill voice call Piper which made them both look at the source. A woman at her early twenties, by the looks of it with a long black hair and blue eyes made her way towards them, pushing through the crowd. She grabbed Piper's arm and smiled sweetly at Jason. He thought that the smile was really fake and wouldn't really fool anybody.

"Hi, I'm Silena, Piper's sister and this young lady who just disappeared for no reason is being requested by our father." She said. When Piper didn't move, Silena glared at her, "Now." She said harshly then dragged her sister away.

"I'll see you later Jason. " Piper said

Jason smiled but it immediately faded when Silena tugged on her arm even more. Though they were few yards away, he could hear the older girl yell at her sister. "Talking to a Roman. I never thought you could do something as stupid as that. And what happened to your dress?!"

He ran his hand through his hair as he sighed. There goes his only chance of not being a loner in this feasting. Just as he was about to start another pity party, the king's voice boomed.

"Welcome my fellow Greeks and our very special guest," He started; he gave Jason another wink as he added the last part. "I hope that you've all enjoyed this special festivity and I am sure that you will enjoy this whole week of celebration."

The whole crowd cheered loudly, "The end of the war between Greece and Rome had finally come and a new era will finally begin." At this, everyone was confused and was muttering to each other. The king continued, "The Roman Emperor and I had both agreed to do something that would heal the rift between the Greeks and the Romans, permanently. My daughter and the son of the Emperor will be married on the next full moon and by then, Greece and Rome will be united forever."

A/N:Sorry if it's short or if it's boring but I promise the story will pick up it's pace soon. Also as always, sorry for the punctuation, grammar or spelling mistakes that I had made for this chapter