The Mark of Athena
Annabeth stood on the deck of the Argo II , letting the wind whip her hair around. She could just barely make out the tops of the buildings of the roman demigod camp, Camp Jupiter. Leo had just announced that they would be arriving in about 5 minutes. Annabeth was driving everyone on the boat insane with all of her Percy related worries. Percy. Annabeth couldn't wait to see him, to be able to snuggle up in his muscular arms. Oh, gods she missed him.
Annabeth was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't notice they had arrived at Camp Jupiter until she felt the soft bump of the ship touching down. She walked into the ship's meeting room, where all the campers that had come with the first part of the seven were waiting. The Argo II was big enough to carry about 200 people, so it was decided that all the cabin leaders would come, along with a few other campers.
"Okay," Annabeth said. "Everyone remember, no one walks out until Jason and I give the signal, got it?" She directed that last part at Leo as everyone nodded.
"Hey," Thalia came over and gave Annabeth a hug. "He'll be here, I promise, and there's no way he could forget you, okay? Remember that."
"Thanks," Annabeth replied gratefully. She turned to Jason. "Ready?" He nodded.
And with that, Annabeth and Jason walked down the ladder and came face to face with a bunch of armed roman campers, all their weapons trained on Jason and Annabeth.
"Umm, hi, it's me, Jason Grace and this a greek camper, Annabeth Chase," Jason said, gesturing to Annabeth who was standing beside him. "We, um, come in peace."
The roman camp was dead silent.
Suddenly, a voice cried out,"The greeks have brainwashed Jason Grace! Roman's, attack!" The roman's silence was broken by the yells from the campers. A male's voice stood out above all the rest, though.
"Roman's, hold your fire!" Ayoung teenager with black hair and sea green eyes elbowed his way to the front of the crowd and went to stand next to a girl with long black hair and a purple robe that matched the teenagers. The preators, Jason thought. He heared Annabeth gasp beside him, and figured that the guy that had made his way to the front must be Percy Jackson. The guy every greek demigod admires, and now it seems he's gotten the romans to admire him also, Jason thought as he noticed the romans made way for him as if he were a god. They never looked up to me like that. Jason noticed with envy.
"Hey" Percy grinned. "I'm Percy Jackson, welcome to Camp Jupiter." His eyes traveled over to where Annabeth stood. "I've missed you, Wise Girl." He said quietly. Percy ran over to where she stood and kissed her right then and there. The cheers given to the couple were deafening. After all, who doesn't want to see their preator kiss a girl? When they broke apart, Annabeth said, "I bet I've missed you more than you missed me, seaweed brain." And she broke down crying in Percy's arms. Percy lifted her face up so they made eye contact.
"I never forgot you," he said, as Annabeth stood up straight, a huge grin on her face looking happier than Jason had ever seen her before. Her face was red from crying and embarrassment, and she held on to Percy as if he might disappear, which you never know, being a demigod.
An annoyed voice came from the ship. "Jason, can we come out yet? It takes a lot of strength to hold Leo back, you know." The voice belonged to Piper.
"Hey!" Leo's voice came out of the ship.
Jason turned red, he had forgotten to give the signal so that his friends could come out. "Oh, yeah, you guys can come out, sorry, I forgot to give the signal."
Another voice came from the Argo II. "Yeah, don't worry little bro, we've noticed."
Jason turned even redder at the comment of being called "little bro".
Percy eyes widened when all the campers from Camp Half-Blood came pouring out of the ship. He looked at them, and they stared back. Thalia was the first to recover over the shock of seeing Percy again. She ran toward Percy shouting "Seaweed brain, you left me with no one to fight with! I missed hurting you!" She hugged Percy, and he hugged her back.
"Careful, pinecone face, I'm not in the mood to be turned into some wild animal by your lovely Artemis." Percy teased. Jason got an angry look on his face when Thalia hugged Percy. Thalia never hugged any boys except Jason. It was as if Thalia triggered a bomb. All of Percy's friends from Camp Half Blood bombarded Percy with hugs and high-fives. Grover came out of nowhere and tackled Percy to the ground in a hug.
"G-man," Percy laughed, "great to see you!" After another of the greeks tackling Percy and the romans standing there looking awkward, Percy got up and announced that if his friends could give him space, that be great, and if all people but the seven and the greeks could please resume their activities. Soon, the field had cleared to Reyna, the seven and the greeks.