THE MARK OF ATHENA

Annabeth-I

Anxiety was literally killing her, she was so restless she felt everyone on that ship could see right through her mind, so she headed back to her spacious and empty room she shared with the choppy haired girl, called Piper. Her room mate had noticed Annabeth's sudden absence from the deck of Argo-II, and decided to go have a talk with her. She could comprehend Annabeth's pain; as the ship reached closer and closer to the Roman Camp, Piper too was scared that maybe there could be a girl who was involved romantically with Jason, and for whom Jason could even dump her, though they technically weren't even dating. She snapped out of her thoughts and entered the simple room in which Annabeth sat on her bed holding a picture of Percy, Annabeth's boyfriend who went missing for eight long months. Piper sat next to Annabeth and placed her hand on her shoulder and said "hey", all Piper got was a forced smile and a nod. Annabeth wanted to share something, it was very clear by the way she looked at Piper tried to open her mouth and then shook her head. Piper was like a sister to Annabeth and then finally after wrestling with her feelings Annabeth decided to open up, she said "I'm scared Piper, what if Percy found someone else? What if he can't remember me? What if he doesn't want to acknowledge our relationship?" Piper calmly replied, "He'd be an idiot not to want you Annabeth, you are an extremely special girl, only a complete moron would even think of rejecting you and from what you describe Percy to be like he doesn't seem like a lose screw fellow to me."

Suddenly there was a knock on the door standing there was a handsome blond boy, named Jason, his eyes were calm and soft just like the sky, Annabeth thought it had something to do with his father being Jupiter, the God of the Sky or that he was close to his home turf. Jason said he didn't want to interrupt but the ship was quiet close to Roman Camp and they should be ready.

Piper and Annabeth then started walking towards the deck, the sky was beautiful and blue, and there was Leo Valdez humming a tune and steering the wheel of the boat. He knew that some of his friends were behind him, so he asked "Hey, Superman and Beauty Queen what's my title again?" Piper said" You're the sailor and the repair man" on that comment everyone smiled, even Annabeth. Then Leo suddenly announced" I see something, OH, ITS THE CAMP, guys we reached."

Jason-I

Jason was in deep thought when Leo had announced so loudly, that his voice penetrated through the all the layers of Jason's thoughts, Jason was a little angry that his wonderful thoughts were disturbed. He said "We heard you, we aren't deaf." "Okay. Forgive me for being excited to meet my best friend's other family." Jason lied that he was nervous but he felt so at home, a feeling he had quiet forgotten, although at Camp Half-Blood he had a family but he hadn't felt like this in a long time. Actually he was thinking about the conversation between Annabeth and Piper, she looked so cute when she was comforting Annabeth, he just wanted to hold her close and kiss her but he couldn't, he knew that there was someone at the Camp, her name was Reyna, he knew she and he had a spark and also chemistry but as things became different and they got close Hera/Juno had taken away his memory and he landed in that bus right next to Piper.

He snapped out of his thoughts and felt like a leader, like the praetor of the Twelfth Cohort, he wondered who had taken his place? Was it Octavian that power-hungry crazy augur or Bobby? Anyway he could see a huge number of people gathered around, with their weapons out and anxiousness on their faces. Jason was home at last.

He looked towards Annabeth and she motioned for him to go in first, he nodded and walked towards the Camp and then slowly the others followed. Jason then spoke loudly and greeted his friends and said "Hello, Romans I'm Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, this is Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena/Minerva, Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus/ Vulcan, this here is Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite/Venus, Clarisse, daughter of Ares or Mars as we know him, Will Solace, son of Apollo and this is Rachel, she is an oracle." Octavian seemed upset and said "How can we trust the Graecus? They are nothing but lying, cheating people who want Rome to fall." Reyna told Octavian to shut up and came forward and introduced herself and then the ex-praetor and the present praetor shook hands very formally. He then pointed towards a girl with golden eyes who looked like she was around thirteen, and asked her, her name, a voice said "Her name is Hazel Lévesque", then pointing to a chubby baby faced boy, the person introduced the boy as Frank Zhang and then said putting his hand forward "My name is Percy Jackson and I'm the other praetor."

Annabeth-II

When Annabeth entered the Roman turf, her instincts told her that she was in danger, but she didn't care she had to see Percy, she looked around, scanned faces and came across a face that filled her with delight, his jet black hair, sea green eyes and his tan skin all of it was there, he was there in flesh. At last, her wait was over, standing next to the boy with baby face was Percy, and she just wished he remembered her. She followed his gaze and saw him give a formal smile to everyone who had come from the ship, his face moved from left to right and right then he looked at her for a moment longer than the others and gave her the same formal smile.

That smile broke her heart, so he didn't remember who she was. After introductions, Jason and Percy both shook hands with the new members of both camps. When Percy reached Annabeth he put his hand forward and said "Hey, Wise Girl, how have you been?" Annabeth couldn't believe her hears, Percy Jackson still remembered her, she punched him so hard on his stomach that he fell down, Annabeth then kicked him and called a complete jerk. Percy stood up and put his hands up and in his defense he said "Well I'm a praetor and I need to set an example by maintaining discipline and Camp decorum at all times."

"You could have at least given me a hint seaweed brain."Annabeth didn't know how to react, whether she should be angry at him or to be surprised that he remembered who she was, Percy embraced her and said "You were the only person I could remember even when I had lost my memory." Annabeth was touched and she kissed him. Suddenly Reyna spoke up and said "Percy show your friends around and Jason please come with me I need to speak to you."

Reyna-I

Reyna was so glad that Jason was alive and come home, she wanted to hug him and never let go but she had to control, and it looked like Jason had a girlfriend, the girl named Piper. Jason was talking and laughing with her as though his life revolved around that girl. Reyna was quite jealous, she wished Juno hadn't taken away Jason when they were so close to becoming a couple. To take away Jason from that Piper girl Reyna announced that she needed to speak to the ex-praetor in private.

Jason followed her to the principia, Reyna asked Jason "Can we trust those Greeks?"

"Of course, they have saved my life on many occasions also their camp took me in and treated me like family and they are the kind of allies we need to fight off Terra."

"Good to hear that the Greeks aren't as Octavian describes them to be" Reyna said. "So how was your adventure?"

Jason told her his entire story, how he landed next to Piper in the bus, the attack of the venti, camp Half-blood, the quest Piper, Leo and he were assigned, Festus the dragon, Quebec, the Cyclops, then Medea's department store, King Midas, their encounter with Lycaon, his reunion with his long lost sister Thalia, their visit the palace of Aeoles, how a wind nymph called Mellie had saved all their lives and he also described the fight between Enceladus and the trio and how they saved Piper's dad and then rescued Juno and also how they defeated Porphyrion or at least delayed Terra. All Reyna could say was "Wow".

Suddenly there was a knock on the door; both of them were staring at the person standing outside.

Percy said "Sorry to interrupt but I need to speak to Jason, it's confidential."

Percy-I

Percy couldn't believe Annabeth was right next to him. He was overjoyed that she was there, he was very glad that the Romans and the Greeks were getting along. All the Ares' kids were asking the Romans about their weapons and showing them their own.

Percy got along with all of them pretty well, he liked Piper, she seemed to be different for an Aphrodite kid, and Leo looked like a Latin elf and had a strange sense of humor. Frank and Hazel liked Annabeth a lot. Frank, Hazel and Annabeth were having a blast pulling his leg.

But he had an unsettling feeling; he had to speak to Jason. He deserved to know the truth

And if they were going to be a team then Jason had to know this secret.