(Diclaimer: I do not own the Heroes of Olympus. It is an awesome book series, so I wish!)

Jason is Incredulous

Jason has roamed Camp Half-Blood. It made him wonder about what made this, Percy Jackson, so missed on by all the campers. It just wasn't believable. Children of the gods never agreed on something unless it was war and or battles. Demigods agreeing about them needing a specific hero with them, was just unheard of. What made him great; worthy of the amount of respect each camper - those who know him and even those who haven't - had for him? Was he as heroic as everyone made him out to be? No, he was a Graecus, and though he now respected them and befriended them, Romans were undoubtedly the stronger aspect of the gods themselves as well as their children.

He toppled Saturn's throne and defeated Krios! What did the son of the sea-god do? Though Jason have heard of the tales of the Greeks defending Olympus, he couldn't help but think that there was no way they could have succeeded. They must have gotten the gods' help. The gods not helping them during the war last summer, only helped Jason to become even surer, that the Greeks were too weak to defend Olympus without help from them.

Piper sidled up next to him when he passed the archery range. Gods, she was beautiful. He felt honoured to have her as his girlfriend, especially when that girl is a strong daughter of Aphrodite. There are some Greeks that are strong, Piper and Annabeth proved that. Annabeth was the deadliest wielder of a knife, his memories remembered that even Reyna had no matched skill against Annabeth. Piper. Piper must be the most powerful charm-speaker sired by Aphrodite and Venus. Not one of Venus's children possessed that ability. That also reminded him of Leo, for he wielding the power to control fire was unheard of any Vulcan's children possessing.

"Hey, Sparky. What's up?" Her melodious voice asked beside him.

"Not much, just wondering what this, Percy, did to claim the title of 'Hero of Olympus'." He began, "Juno swapped us, leaders, so that both aspects of demigods would unite against the war with Gaea, right?" Piper nodded at him, urging him to continue. "The camp hasn't made me their temporary leader, Piper. I'm failing, all because the campers look towards Annabeth, because she was Percy's subordinate." Piper looked at him with a shocked expression, and Jason became confused. Out of all the people he befriended and have known, he thought that Piper would understand how he felt. Piper proved him right, but not in a way he expected.

"Jason, I think you need to talk to Chiron about this. Annabeth is too focused on helping Leo build the Argo II, so I'd doubt she'd say much to you at all. Chiron'll probably be able to tell you about him and why it isn't wise to question why you have not been made leader at camp. You understand don't you? If you want questions to be answered, Chiron is the best person to go to. He won't exaggerate things and he won't tell you lies either. Trust me in this." With the speech Piper gave him, Jason decided he should go to Chiron. He pecked Piper on the lips and gave her a brief hug and a thanks before he made his way to the Big House.

"Knock, knock."

"Come in." A wise voice said.

Jason opened the door and stepped into Chiron's office. Behind him he could see a bulletin board with schedules and pictures of campers. One in particular, seemed to dominate the board. It was a picture of Chiron behind two teens. He identified the teens as Annabeth and who must have been Percy. They were all smiling, Annabeth was laughing as the picture was captured. She seemed to be happy, which shocked the son of Jupiter, he thought that it wasn't possible coming from a daughter of Athena to freely laugh or have fun. Percy was behind her, embracing her from behind. He had his head resting on top of Annabeth's lock of golden hair. He was beaming with a lop-sided smile. Chiron had his two hands rested on each of the teens' shoulders, It seemed to have been a sunny day, but all day was sunny in a demigods' camp. "Hi Chiron, can you tell me about Percy please? Piper suggested I go to you since Annabeth's busy. I wondered because, well, I'm supposed to arrive at the roman camp as one of the leaders of Camp Half-Blood, and I haven't done that..." Jason trailed off.

"Ah, yes. Well Percy came to this camp at the age of twelve. He didn't know anything about being a half-blood and when he came here with his protector, Pasiphae's son was hunting them. It was unfortunate that his mother was with him..." Chiron then proceeded to tell him about Percy's adventures and the battles he went through as well as his feats. "I'm sure that the camper's don't mean to offend you by not claiming you as their leader. They just feel secure with something that is accustomed to them, this something being a someone. Annabeth. So do not feel adversed here at camp, lad. It will do you no good. Percy doesn't go by his achievments, but by personality and character. He does not care for titles. Remember that and the quest to defeating Gaea will surely succeed."

By the end of it, Jason was incredulous at it all. A Greek couldn't have done that, no hero could have done that, except from the heroes of old. Jason didn't believe the stories Chiron told, and thought that Piper must have been mistaken of the mentor's character. Anyway, no one does the things like that and not want to take the glory of it. The only thing good about being a demigood is power and the right to boast and lay claim to credits.

As the days dwindled to the departure to Camp Jupiter, everyone seemed to start losing respect for the Roman at their camp. Jason had tried to convince the campers that they needed a strong leader. This insinuated that he thought, Annabeth, was weak. It angered the campers. Piper and Leo stood by him. If not for the fact that he was their bestfirend, they were sure that they would have started disliking him too.

Jason wondered what was wrong with the campers. He told a young Trivia (Hecate) girl of his accomplishments, "I slayed the Trojan Sea-monster and Toppled Saturn's throne after defeating Krios." He boasted about the legion he commands, about being a good praetor and Roman warrior, so he should have been made leader at Camp Half-Blood too. The girl humphed at him went to turning her back on him. Promptly walking away after the girl deserted him, Jason wondered what was wrong with the people there.