ok so this first chapter is sooooooooooo edited. yes i did rewrite this chapter, like totally and completely. hope you enjoy this first chapter and think it better than the original one i wrote, for those reading for the first time, i hope you like it

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Jason

You have already failed.

Jason awoke in his cabin of the Argo II drenched in sweat, and images of both camps in ruins still in his head. He tried to slow down his rapid breathing. He tried to calm his racing heart. He tried to silence the voice of Gaea that was trapped in his head.

Jason, shaking, got out of his bunk. He washed his face and forced water down his dry, sore throat. He stepped outside to the fresh air. The sky was dyed with tones of orange from the rising sun in the horizon. It had been two days since Reyna, Nico, and Coach Hedge had departed with the Athena Parthenos. They had crossed the Ionian Sea during the time and had only just reached Greek waters.

Jason walked over to the side of the Argo II and saw Percy there as well, facing the sea.

"Hey, you okay?" Jason's voice was ragged, like he had gargled with nails. Percy didn't respond, nor did he avert his gaze. He just stood there with his magical pen out in one hand, tapping it on his thumb. Jason sighed and started to stare at the sunrise, the wind blowing on them with gentle, cool breaths.

"Will this ever end?" Jason whispered more to himself than anyone else.

"I don't know."

Percy's voice was in the same condition as Jason's. He wondered if Percy had the same dream he had, or if he had a worse one. He wondered if Percy had been able to even fall asleep at all. Jason studied Percy. His green eyes were covered by a haze as they stared past the existence of the water and looked somewhere else; as they transported him to another place. His body still resembled a corpse. Jason wondered about his experience in Tartarus. Jason's thoughts drifted to Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades, and how he barely came out of there alive and still sane.

When Percy said that he didn't know if these wars and battles would ever end, Jason felt like that was a genuine answer. Now that he had experienced lives of both Greek and Roman, he knew the differences of their lives. For the Greeks, life was a constant battle. You would die before you reached thirty. For the Romans, the battle was in the beginning, and then you moved on.

"If we succeed," Jason found himself saying, "I mean if we defeat Gaea, and the others return the Athena Parthenos, and the rift between the gods is solved; what do you think will happen to our camps? Like their relationship?"

Percy didn't respond or move for a while. Jason almost thought he wasn't going to reply until Percy sighed and shifted his body. Without looking at Jason, he said, "I don't know. I'm an in-the-moment kind of guy. I don't usually plan ahead."

He paused before continuing. "But I do think that both camps can learn from each other. We can learn different styles of defense and fighting. We can have more options in weapons and the course of our lives."

He trailed off.

Jason knew he was thinking of New Rome. Jason knew that the possibility of going to college and having a family was nonexistent for the Greeks, so being given the proof that it was an option must have been mouthwatering to Percy. Now though, Jason didn't know if they would live to do any of it.

Jason's stomach gave a small plea for food. "Come on, Percy," he said, "let's get some breakfast."

After a little hesitation, Percy allowed Jason to lead him away.

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