This story is based in the future, about two years after the Argo 2 set out. It has several different points of view, and some of the characters are made up. Let's assume they were unnamed, unmentioned half-bloods.

Piper

The word had spread all over camp. A midnight party. Leo had told me earlier today.

Apparently everybody was going. I hated parties, but I guess this one would be okay, as long as I didn't have to wear makeup and fancy dresses. Ja-... no. I wasn't going to let myself think about Jason.

"Piper?" Leo sat down on the sand next to me. He was about to ask me something when he saw the look in my eyes. He understood. He used to joke around a lot, but since Jason's death he's become more serious.

Leo was the only one who felt my pain. Jason was his best friend.

Jason.

He didn't die on the quest-well, sort of. He caught some disease from a draconae and died about two months ago. Way to go. Defeating Titans, giants, monsters, losing your memories, and then killed by a stupid dragon woman.

I can't stop the tears. Leo puts his arm around me, and we just sit like that. I don't know how long. I just sit there crying into Leo's shoulder.

Nico

"You coming to the party tonight?" Sean, one of Ares's kids, asked me.

"What party?" This was new.

"Dude, you haven't heard? There's a secret party at midnight on the beach. Everyone's going. You coming or not?"

It didn't surprise me that nobody had told me. Nobody likes to talk to me, being a son of Hades.

Eh, why not? I hated parties, I hated people, but I had nothing better to do."I may as well," I told Sean. That confirmed, he started chatting to me about guns. I nodded occasionally, not really listening.

Tayla

"You coming?" That seemed to be the question everyone was asking. At least, Liana was.

"The party? Wouldn't miss it," I replied.

"I wonder who organised it..."

"The party animals, duh. Dionysus, Hermes, Apollo, maybe some of your siblings. Maybe some Hebe kids too. What I'm wondering is, why has no-one reported?"

"Most of us think it's a great idea, and the rest have been blackmailed, I reckon."

"Probably."

Liana

"All clear!" I whispered to the other seven in the Iris cabin. We crept out, wearing black cloaks to hide our rainbow clothing. We snuck down to the beach, one after another. Nobody saw.

The party was at the far end of the beach, hidden from the Big House by a hill covered in trees. The Hermes cabin had snuck in a bunch of soft drinks, and, unsurprisingly, beer. I would try not to drink that. I was only fourteen.

I met up with my friend Trixie of Athena, and together we searched the growing throng for Tayla, my best friend from Demeter. We saw her still coming down from the cabins with her siblings, followed by the other two cabins not yet here, Nike and Nemesis. I ran to greet her, and managed to lose Trixie in the process.

"Tay!" I grinned, grabbing her wrist and dragging her with me. I went to find Trixie again, and found her talking to an Ares kid.

Trixie saw us coming, finished up her conversation and came to talk to Tayla and I.

"Hi," she said. "Nice party, eh? Have you tried the food? It's awesome." She ran off, presumably to get some more.

Tayla and I ran after her, and I slammed into a boy. I couldn't help but notice that he was pretty good-looking.

"Sorry, sorry!" I apologized.

"It's OK," he said. "I'm Nico."

Nico

"I'm Nico," I told the girl. She had beautiful eyes. They seemed to change colour- blue, green, brown, black, grey, amber- to many colours to count.

"Liana," she said with a smile. "Daughter of Iris."

"Lia!" Some girl called. "You coming?"

Liana looked annoyed, but said bye to me and followed.

I stood there awkwardly for a few minutes, nothing to do, before I nearly got ran over by Sean.

"Nico!" Apparently, talking to him once had promoted me to position of best friend.

"Coke!" he announced, and chucked me one, opening his own. I tried to be friendly, but I feel uncomfortable in social situations. "Thanks," I told him.

"Who was that?"

"Some random Iris girl that hit me, why?" I popped open my can.

"Never mind."

He went over to the drinks table and I followed him.

Leo

I had hoped the party would take my mind off of Jason, and let me feel alright again. It sort of helped. I talked to people, danced a little, but mostly stayed with Piper. She must have felt worse than I did. Jason was her boyfriend, and it's gotta hurt.

I passed some sixteen-year-old girls, stupidly taking what the Hermes kids offered them. I wouldn't put it past the Stolls to trick teens into drinking alcohol.

Piper chose a lemonade and handed one to me. I thanked her and popped the top. Some Apollo kids were loudly singing some pop songs nearby. Luckily we were so far from the Big House.

One of the Hermes kids- I think his name was Ryan- came and offered Piper the same "specialty" the girls had been given. She wasn't that dumb. She refused.

Ryan moved along, trying to persuade some Hecates to drink it. Piper sipped her lemonade, staring into the distance.

Trixie

"Would you young ladies care for a drink?" Connor asked with mock formality. At least, I think it was Connor. It might have been Travis.

"What's in it?" Tayla asked suspiciously.

"Don't worry, no alcohol," he insisted.

I wasn't inclined to trust him, his father being Hermes, but I decided to give the drink a try. Tayla and Liana followed suit.

The drink was good, and we ended up having more. Of course, we drank too much. None of us remembered anything much after that.

Sean

Hey, I just met you...

The Apollo kids had bad taste in music, but at least they could sing.

And this is crazy...

I was trying to listen to the stereo, but the singing was drowning it out.

But here's my number...

Some girls about my age danced past- wait, didn't I know one of them? Oh, never mind.

So call me maybe...

I did know one of them...

Well, there goes Chapter One... Not much action there, but some stuff is building up. Haha.