Okay, so I've been talking to Take Your Sweet Time a lot lately(Awesome, awesome writer!) and she reminded me about this story... which I forgot to put on my to-do list... I'll add that now! So, Hera came to me a few days ago with this idea, and I'm not particually fond of it, but I wrote it for her with a loophole, I'm going to write a second chapter! And trust me, I have a lot of work to work on, so I'm keeping this short and sweet before my to-do list gets way too long!
I hope you guys like this and I hope you will enjoy the second chapter more!
I don't own Reyna or Jason or Juno which is Hera's Roman form, but you probably knew that already! Or Piper and Terminus. Or Somnus!
Reyna's Point of View:
My eyes flew open in surprise as I felt a powerful force in my room, I sat up in my bed and turned on the lamp, grabbing my dagger at the same time, what I saw wasn't what I was expecting, Juno stood in the middle of the room, looking at me distainfully, I hurried to put my dagger back and climb out of bed to kneel in front of her. She only watched silently as I did this, when I was kneeling in front of her respectfully she spoke to me.
"Daughter of Bellona, you have done me a fine service, running this camp alone while Jason was gone." Juno said warmly, my breath hitched in my throat, please don't tell me he was going to be taken away from me again. "Don't worry, he won't be taken from you, take a walk with me, we have much to talk about..." Juno said.
"Okay." I replied, I rushed to change into something suitable for my walk, I donned on jeans, a long-sleeved navy-blue top, I pulled on some flat boots and grabbed a jacket before returning to Juno.
"Come on, we have many things to discuss." I followed Juno silently from my house, I was terrified of what she could want with me. I glanced at Jason's house as we passed it, the lights were all off, so I presumed he was still sleeping, which I was glad for. I waited for Juno to talk, but I was not expecting her to stop in front of Jason's house, so I was surprised when she placed a hand on my shoulder, stopping me, I looked up at the goddess nervously. "Again, you have done a great service to the gods, coping on your own until Percy Jackson arrived, you have done well my dear..." Juno praised, I swallowed the lump in my throat and nodded.
"It was my honour Lady Juno." I replied respectfully, Juno nodded calmly.
"Follow me." She instructed softly, I followed her quietly as she walked up the steps to Jason's house, I worried, what could be going on tonight. Juno let us in and quietly led me up the stairs until we were in the doorway of Jason's bedroom.
"Do you want him woken up?" I asked quietly, I could see Jason's face from where I stood, he looked so peaceful, his face was smooth and tanned, eyes closed and mouth slightly open.
"Leave him sleep, dear." Juno whispered in the silence, I nodded and silently marvelled how nice Jason looked, I'd always been aware of it, but I didn't always take the time to admire his looks. "I wanted to talk to you about him..." Juno said, I felt the blood rush to my face.
"What about Jason?" I asked, trying to remain non-chalant when he could wake up any minute.
"Don't worry, you're free to talk, I asked Somnus to put him in a deep sleep tonight. What are your feelings for him?" Juno asked, I feel silent as I gazed at Jason.
"I really like him, he's the first person outside of my family I found it easy to talk to, he was the first person to try and break through my walls to get to know me, he was the first boy I ever let in." I said quietly, I kept my eyes on Jason but I felt Juno daring my to say that final sentence I was holding in. "I think I love him." I said, letting Juno hear what she wanted me to say. Finally Juno spoke up.
"Reyna, I'm sorry I had to take him away before anything could happen between the two of you, but can you be sure he ever loved you the way he fell for her...?" Juno asked softly, I knew who she was talking about, and to add to the sting Jason began mumbling in his sleep.
"You're so beautiful Piper..." Jason whispered, I felt the sting of a hundred whips all hitting me at once, stinging my skin, and destroying my heart. I felt a stinging pain come to my eyes and I fought the tears that threatened to spill from my tear ducts, I refused to be weak.
"Why do you stay? Why not take your own break from this, after all he took an eight month vacation, isn't it your turn?" Juno murmured as she began stroaking my hair, the more she murmured about taking a break the more appealing it sounded, to leave this place for a while, let Jason take over while I sort myself out quietly...
"Okay." I decided, Juno stopped stroaking my hair and smiled at me.
"You can return when you're ready of course." Juno added as she took my arm and flashed us back into my room, when we arrived there was a brand new backpack sitting on my made bed. "Mercury must have been listening in." Juno said warmly, I nodded and walked over to my closet, picking out my most practical clothes for this trip, I packed socks, trainers, jumpers, t-shirts, jeans, leggings, hair ties and a few bathroom supplies, I wasn't sure how long I was going to be gone or where I was going.
"I'm all packed." I told Juno as I zipped up the last full compartment of the backpack, she smiled at me as she pressed a single finger to my forehead.
"That should keep the monsters away from you." Juno informed me as she pressed a wallet into my hand, I looked at it, it was a simple black wallet, I opened it up to find a fake i.d. for myself, and hundreds of mortal money. "That will keep filled until you decide to return, to tide it over on your adventures." Juno promised, I closed it again.
"Thank you." I whispered.
"I shall take you to the boarder, you are on your own after that." Juno said, I nodded and put on my backpack before she flashed us both to Terminus's statue.
"Praetor, out after hours! I would expect this from Jason, not you!" Terminus said, then he spotted Juno.
"Leave her be Terminus, I'm allowing Reyna a reprive from the stress of running this camp." Juno said, Terminus looked at me surprised and I nodded.
"Very well then, got everything you need?" Terminus asked, again, I nodded. "I wish you the best Reyna." Terminus said.
"Thank you Terminus." I murmured before hitching up my bag and heading through the tunnel to the mortal world, I passed out the knocked out night guards, no doubt Juno's work and pressed on. "Good bye home." I whispered as I darted across the road to where I could walk safely.
Terminus's Point of View:
I gave Juno a look as she watched Reyna walk away smugly.
"She'll be back you know, you can't keep her away forever." I informed her coldly, Juno merely laughed.
"I can if she's dead, and she can die if her scent was increased." Juno said happily before flashing away, I grumbled and sighed, I hoped she was strong enough to fend off all the monsters with the aura of the big three put together. When she got back I was cancelling that off again, Juno would pay for this dearly.
Jason's Point of View:
I sat up startled and disappointed, I had been having the best dream ever, in which I confessed my love for Reyna and she said she loved me back, and I woke up just before we could seal it with a kiss, worst time to wake up. Ever. Somnus could have given me ten more seconds at least! But I guess if I wanted to know how that kiss felt, it was time to do something about it, Reyna was going to kill me for doing this in the middle of the night! I made my way out of bed and got dressed in nice, clean clothes and combed my hair before heading over to Reyna's house. When I arrived I noticed one of the lights were on, so I took that to mean she was awake, I walked up to the door and knocked politely, then waited for several minutes without answer.
"Reyna." I called through the door, I finally decided to try the door and it opened immediately, the inside was dark and it took me several seconds to adjust before I headed up the stairs, I headed into Reyna's room carefully, the light was on, but what I found shocked. Made bed, and some of her normal clothes were missing... Reyna was missing.
I needed to find her. But I needed to stay here. Now I know how Reyna felt when I disappeared...
And for the record, it did kill me to have to write that line about Piper, but Hera insisted! I think there would be a lot going through Jason's head but he's going in shock. The next chapter will be Reyna's return, but for now... wait for me to write it! Okay, so this has got to be short and sweet too, I have a lot to work on.
Love always, Jeyna. X