I wanted to do a fanfic of Jason and Reyna but at the same time I didn't want to continue from where SoN ended. Instead I wanted to write about how they met and their years at camp together. Reviews and comments will be rewarded with cookies!
I don't own PJO nor HoO, RR does.
Jason's PoV
Jason was having one of those days. One of those days where he wished he could just sit in bed, covered by his blanket and sleep the hours away. Unfortunately, Fortuna was not on his side.
He didn't mind work or training or delivering messages but he did mind having to spend more than five minutes with Octavian. He had joined the camp three years ago and has acted like he literally owned the place. Of course Octavian came from an important line of demigods, sons and daughters of Apollo. When he first arrived he had so many credentials that he could bury the whole temple of Jupiter underneath. That obviously got him a place in the first cohort and ever since then, he had taken a sick pleasure in bullying the members in the lower cohorts.
Unlucky for Jason was the fact that Octavian seemed to despise him the most and thus always tried to mess with him. Jason was a valuable member of the twelfth legion. He was a good fighter, loyal to his friends and most of the time a rule follower. However, he didn't posses nerves of still and Octavian knew that very well. He would taunt him until Jason finally exploded and that obviously brought him only trouble.
He was determined that no matter what Octavian was scheming he will not get a rise out of him. Calm and cool, Jason. The blond demigod inhaled deeply and a small smile crept on his face. No, nothing and no one could anger him today.
"Ah, Jason. I see you've finished arranging the new teddy bears. Would you be a dear and wax the floor for me? Also, I told some of the guys from the forth legion that since today you're not busy you'll clean Hannibal's stable in their place. I hope you don't mind."
Jason felt a vein popping on his forehead but instead of jumping at Octavian's throat and strangling the life out of him he just stared with a blank expression at that sickening smile. He didn't like having to wax the floors of his father's temple. A part of him felt really weird about it. He also didn't like having to clean Hannibal's stable when he knew he had gotten indigestion again.
"Anything else you'd like me to do, Octavian? Since my schedule is free and everything."
"Well I believe that's all for now, but who knows! Maybe later you could-"
Whatever he was about to say Jason would never find out. A weakly looking girl ran inside the temple and caught both his and Octavian's attention.
"T-The praetors ask for your presence, augur! We have a new member!" The girl called May looked so terrified of being here that Jason couldn't help but pity her. He knew very well that even if Octavian had no fighting skills he could still induce a lot of fear through…other methods.
"I have to give my augury. No member shall join without-"
"The praetors said to make an exception. It's urgent."
Octavian's face turned from its usually sickly color to bright red. He obviously didn't like things being done without his approval nor did he like the fact that he was interrupted the second time today.
"Fine then. The gods won't be pleased but the praetors obviously don't care about that."
With a prideful look he walked right pass the girl like she was some lowly peasant and marched towards Via Praetoria. May let out a sigh of relief and then turned to Jason with a small, embarrassed smile.
"H-He's bullying you again, huh?"
Jason just shrugged his shoulders, not really being interested in talking about Octavian right now. He was, however, very interested in the new member.
"So who joined?"
The girl stared at him looking slightly disturbed. "It's a daughter of Bellona."
Now Jason understood very well why everyone was so agitated. Bellona was the third most important godly figure that Camp Jupiter had and she didn't have many children. That's because her offspring were usually very strong and very violent.
Something about this new member made him feel excited, like electricity was flowing through his veins. He only felt like that when he was fighting or when his life was in danger. Without saying anything to May he dashed out of his father's temple and began to run as fast as he could towards the usual meeting place. If it was a new member then the entire legion will gather anyway but Jason didn't bother to stop and put his armor on. He knew he was going to get scolded but that was the least of his worries right now.
The fifth cohort had assembled last and Jason managed to sneak between them before the praetors saw him.
"I thought Octavian gave you some chores." Dakota, the newly appointed centurion of the cohort, stared at him with an arched brow.
"Yeah well, when the cat's not at home-"
"Romans!"
The voice of one of the praetors covered Jason's and everyone turned to look at the new member. The blond boy was trying so hard to get a better look that he stepped out of line and Dakota had to pull him back. Between the two praetors was a young girl, probably around his age, with dark colored hair and piercing eyes. Most new members always looked either worried, intimidated or embarrassed when they first joined, but not this girl. She looked fearless and held her head high in a prideful way. Leave it to a daughter of Bellona to throne over everyone like that. Even the praetors looked smaller standing near her, they also looked very uncomfortable.
"As you may see we have a new member joining us today, but not just anyone!"
"She's a daughter of Bellona! The most important goddess in our camp has finally gifted us with a demigod! "
"Romans! This is Reyna!"
People were getting so curios that no one was bothering to keep the line anymore. The girl said nothing as she was introduced to the legion. Jason guessed it took a lot more to faze her. Even if she had a fragile figure Reyna seemed like a tough cookie and Jason felt his chest tightening. This girl, despite her deep frown and cold gaze, was seriously pretty.
First chapter is a little short so sorry for that, also it wasn't beta proved so I apologize for any spelling/grammar mistakes. Thank you for reading~
