House of Hades

Chapter 1: Jason

The Argo 2 was filled with nothing, but tension. The humid air sailed between the remaining six as did the silence between them. Nobody said a word, not even Leo, the jokester of the group. Jason, himself, felt very low. Thunder clouds rose ahead of the ship, yet nobody muttered anything. Jason knew everyone blamed themselves for what happened to Annabeth and Percy, and he could not help but do the same. There were a ton of "What if"'s that flooded through him. What if he had warned Annabeth of the web wrapped around her foot? None of this would have happened. Percy and Annabeth would not be in Tartarus. The ship would have been filled with joy and hope, instead of the gloomy silence and mystery that filled it now.

The six were eating. Nobody complained about Leo's tacos. Everybody just stared, either at their food, or eachother. Nico was the scariest of them all. As the newest edition to their trip, he followed the rest. He was deathly skinny, but he did not ask for any more food. Nothing. Outside, it started thundering, but nobody seemed to care. IT was just dead silent.

Finally, Piper spoke up, "We cannot go on like this."

Jason looked at the beautiful girl. Her hair shone a beautiful shade of brown. Usually, her eyes changed colors from green to brown, but now, they rested on a pale blue. Her voice floated through Jason's head and relaxed in his brain. Suddenly, Jason agreed with her. They could not stay silent. It would ruin them, drag them apart.

"But what is there to talk about?" Hazel asked plaintively.

Hazel had beautiful gold eyes that shone in the dark. They reflected like the metal she could control. Her black curls bounced on her shoulders in hops of sadness. Her lips were secured in a temporary frown. Along with that, she seemed worried. Her eyes kept on darting from Frank and Leo. Jason did not know what was going on between the three, but he knew better than to ask.

"The mission ahead of us. What are we going to do as soon as we get to Greece?" Piper stated. Jason could tell that she did not believe the words she spoke.

Suddenly, everybody's eyes turned to Jason. Jason hated being a son of Jupiter. Since he was, he was supposed to be a leader. Everybody looked up to Jason, hoping that he would come up with all of the plans. It almost felt as if Jason was all alone in defeating Gaea, and he did not want to be. Before Percy disappeared into Tartarus, Jason could always rely on him to formulate the plans and act like a leader with him. It was like a partnership, but now Percy was gone, Jason was by himself. Everybody depended on him. Any mistake made was his fault. He was supposed to be a leader.

"Well, first, we have to do try to prevent the war between Camp Half Blood and Camp Jupiter. We could Iris message Reyna and Chiron," Jason stated. Jason was suprised that he sounded braver than he was inside.

"Beauty Queen and I could Iris message Camp Half Blood. I mean, I want to see what that old pony is up to. Wouldn't want to get insulted by an animal, " Leo stated with a lop-sided, mischievous grin on his face. It was a terrible joke, but the air in the room started feeling less dense and more fun.

"Leo!" Piper exclaimed, "Call me that one more time and I will pound you with your own hammer!"

"Sure," Leo replied, "But don't forget to put conditioner, or else your hair might get ruined."

Jason's mouth curved upwards in a smile. Before Piper could say anything he interfered saying, "I'll contact Reyna then."

Out of the corner of his eyes, Jason say Piper's face rest on a frown again. He knew why, but he had nothing that would cheer her up. As his memories started flooding back to him, Jason's relationship with Piper grew weaker and weaker. Jason sis not know what to do. He loved Piper, but his past memories with Reyna slowly turned his mind in another direction, as if looking at things from a different perspective.

Jason quickly finished his food, then excused himself from the table. Everybody else was listening to Leo's stupid jokes and his success with the Archimedes' Spheres. Jason would too, but he couldn't stop thinking about Piper and Reyna. Both were pretty, and seeing either one of them filled Jason with joy. Jason held his head. He was too confused. The subject tired him dramatically.

Jason found himself automatically looking for a golden dracma. Once he found one, he opened the tap to activate the shower and tossed the golden dracma in the stream of water. He called the godness of rainbows and waited for a reply. As he did, Jason thought of one of his recent flashbacks containing both him and Reyna.

"Jason," a girl's voice called from the horizon.

Jason looked up and saw Reyna. Her black hair flowed behind her and her bare feet rested in the grass. In between the grass and her feet was a bit of glue. Jason was smiling mischievously below the hill. The air around him moved in his command. A lot of air blew between Reyna's feet and the ground, resulting in the glue on her feet drying.

"This is not fair," Reyna pouted, "How do we play tag if I cannot move?"

"You could forfeit and declare me as the winner of this game," Jason was suprised to find himself say. His voice was higher and sweeter, as a little kid's would be.

"You know that if Lupa knew this, she would have never let you into Camp Jupiter," Reyna said again, desperately trying to get her feet unstuck.

"Stop being so serious. It is just a game," Jason replied.

Suddenly, a bell rang from inside the camp.

"Jason!" Reyna cried, "It's time to eat dinner."

"You do not always have to be on time. I never am on time," Jason laughed at the expression on Reyna's face.

"Stop it!" Reyna replied.

As Jason started running to eat dinner, she cried back at him, "I hate you!"

Jason sighed. He knew he could not keep this up for that long. Suddenly, it started to rain. Reyna shrieked as her hair got wet and stuck to her.

"Stop that!" Reyna cried.

"Look down at your feet," Jason replied in a monotone voice.

The glue on her feet stop drying, and did the opposite. Soon, she could move, but her feet were soggy with glue. She used the grass to rub the glue off of her and ran after him. At the dining hall, she finally caught him.

"Got you!" Reyna said, "Now I win."

Jason remembered himself frown, then the flashback ended.

"Jason," a voice called.

Jason shook the memory out of him, then, he looked at the picture reflected in the water. Reyna.

"You need to stop charging at Camp Half Blood," Jason said, suprising himself.

"You of all people know that I cannot do that," she replied.

"I know, but you can try your best, can't you?" Jason asked.

Reyna sighed. Jason compared her to the old Reyna in his flashback. Both Reynas' hair were as black as the night sky. Their eyes shimmered the same color. They were almost identical. That thought made Jason smile.

"I'll try," Reyna said.

"You are preator. Everybody trusts you. They will listen to you," Jason said, trying to convince himself more than the mere reflection of Reyna before him.

"I told you, I'll try, but I may not do it in time," Reyna replied.

"You do not always have to be on time," Jason said remembering the flashback, "I never am on time."

He saw Reyna smile a bit and then the image of her disappeared. Jason sighed in relief, and then he heard a scream.

Piper.

Okay... First chapter is finished. How do you guys like it? What will happen with Jason's relationship with Piper with his new memories coming back? Why did Piper scream?

Leo: She probably realized that she forgot her conditioner at Camp Half Blood.

Piper: LEO!

Me: Uh oh! I'm going to leave before Piper kills Leo, if she does. Anyway, things from HOO and PJO belong to Riordon. Also, comment, reply, follow, etc.

I am not going to update until I get 5 comments. :)