Jason and piper were currently helping set up the party for the anniversary of the defeat of Gaea. The party was supposed to go like this: first, the Romans would arrive at camp half blood, then there would be a feast of celebration, then there would be a war game, then they would roast s'mores by the fire, and finally, they would pay tribute to all those that had died in the war. They had about an hour before the Romans started to show.
"Piper. Could you please wipe that frown off your face? If I knew leo, he would never want any of us to grieve over his death." Jason said. "I know, but I really miss him. His corny jokes were the only reason we all still had our sanity on that ship. He was part of our family, no matter what nemesis thinks." Piper looked at her shoes, regret filling her eyes. She still had that blue feather in her hair that she had obtained on the quest. She had one braid today instead of two small ones. It kinda looked like reyna's hair, if you took a hacksaw to it. she had on a long blue dress that swayed elegantly around her ankles. It was soft to the touch, like the fabric itself had been made out of fur. On her feet she wore tennis shoes.
'Gods, I love this girl' he thought with a smile. They finished putting up the streamers at the big house and the black SUVs arrived and the Romans started gathering around the center of camp. It was a little weird though. They couldn't stand in a straight line with all the statues of the (extremely) minor gods that Jason had erected. Chiron stood in front of everyone with Reyna, frank, and Percy by his side. He spread his arms out wide. "Welcome, Romans, back to camp half blood! Today we will celebrate the defeat of Gaea, and the death of a legend! Be sure to thank Reyna and Nico as well for bringing back to us, the Athena parthenos!" The crowed roared with appreciation. Honestly, it was kind of hard to tell who was who in the crowed. It all was blurred in. Sure, the Greeks and Romans looked very different, but they were all dressed for the occasion. Even Jason today was dressed in a tux. With a purple bow tie. Leo had once told him, out of the blue, that bow ties are cool. So this was him now. This was his tribute to leo.
The night went fantastically. He and the other five sat down and talked while they ate at the feast. Ironically enough, there were a lot of tofu tacos and hamburgers. Piper had quite a few of those. Frank and hazel sat across from him and piper with anabeth and Percy next to them. They all laughed and told stories about there adventures on the ship to Reyna and nico. Eventually, it just turned into stories about Leo. "I'm telling you guys, he's still probably out there." Jason said to them. The thought brought small smiles to there faces. "Yeah, probably flirting with someone out of his league." Offered frank. "He did always say that calypso was out of his league, she just had an unfortunate streak at base ball." Piper recalled. This brought a few giggles forth.
After the feast, there was the war games. It wasn't Greek vs. Romans, it was basically sons and daughter of whom, against sons and daughters of what. That part ended rather humorously, and you could see the bonding happening between the two camps. It was prominent in the way they played. They all acted like brothers and sisters. Greeks and Romans went back to back against each other. Everyone laughed and poked fun at others. By the end of it, you could tell that Greek and roman was the best possible tag team ever. In fact, the only thing that could beat a Greek and roman combo was a Greek and roman combo of gods.
Then it was time for the dance portion. Jason was very content, holding piper close to him. They danced slowly under the disco ball's light. It was dark out now, and there was just the perfect temperature. August 1st. The day they had defeated Gaea. It seemed like a distant memory now. It felt as if Leo should still be alive, building in bunker nine for a few days straight and settling pipers worries with a joke to assure them he was ok. It ended so suddenly, The explosion it just wasn't fair. There wasn't an option. There wasn't three different ways like his dad had told him. There was just fire. Fire and death. The song ended and Chiron stepped on stage. "Alright everybody, the night is almost over." He said. There was a soft groan from the crowd. "I know, I know. It's that time though. Please bow your heads and share a moment of silence. Remember all that have died in this war, and hold them in your heart." Everyone bowed there head. Five seconds past with no sound. Then seven. Then there was an explosion over half blood hill.
All heads looked up and turned. Fire broiled in the sky. No one knew what to do, they were all stunned. But all those who knew leo ran. All the Hephaestus campers and the six of prophecy, Reyna, and nico ran. Upon reaching the top of the hill, the fire stopped. Everyone stopped running. Over in the distance was a giant bronze flying dragon that was doing a lot of cool tricks. It leveled off, and all around, a heart filled laugh filled the air. Jason was the first to notice. Someone had spray panted on the base of Thalia's tree. All da ladies lov leo.