First Percy Jackson story, never thought I write one of these. Anyways, there is a reason why I am writing this but I can't tell any of you of yet until the end of this two part story.
I hope you guys like this, it's only a two part so the next one after this will be it. Sorry if it's not very good, it's my first Percy Jackson so please don't hurt me!
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!I DON'T OWN PERCY JACKSONS OR HEROS OF OLYMPUS!
The Romans Faith
Part 1
Piper watched Jason and Leo spar with each other from the sidelines, resting back on her hands in the grass. It was a beautiful day today here in Long Island and Camp Half-Blood, the perfect day to train and be out in the sun. Jason was trying to teach Leo a few Roman moves and how to block Roman attacks when they had to go to the Roman camp in San Francisco to form an alliance with them against Gaia. Piper shivered at the thought that they might have to fight against their Roman counterparts.
'They were the greatest empire in early history after all.' she thought.
Leo's cry brought Piper out of her thoughts just in time to see Leo lose his grip on his sword and fall backwards on the ground. Before he could get his bearings together or even reach for his sword, Jason pointed the tip of his blade at Leo's throat, making him freeze on the spot.
"If this were a real battle, you would be dead by now." Jason stated calmly to Leo.
Seeing how close the sword was to his throat, Leo raised his hands up in surrender as he gave Jason a nervous smile. "Y-Yeah, but you wouldn't kill your best buddy, would you?"
Jason's perfect façade didn't crack as he stared down at Leo with a cold look. For a moment, both Piper and Leo were a little worried that Jason reverted back to his true Roman self before they met him, until he cracked a large smile. Jason laughed, pulling his sword away and offered a hand to the fallen Hephaestus camper and helped him up. Hearing Jason laugh Leo laugh to as he got back onto his feet.
"Don't do that again, you almost made me wet my pants." Leo joked.
"Sorry, I guess old habits die hard." said Jason.
Leo nodded and looked over to Piper. "Hey Pips, you want another go around with one of us?"
"No, I think I've had enough for today." she said, getting up from the ground and brushed the grass off her butt. "Plus I think you have a lot of work waiting for you back at your cabin, don't you Leo?"
Leo made an 'oh shoot' face as he suddenly realize how long they have been out here. "Ah man, Nyssa and Harley will kick my butt if I show up late again when we're supposed to make plans for boat. I got to go; I'll see you guys at dinner!"
The daughter of Aphrodite giggled, watching her friend stumbling around to gather his stuff and took off running to the Hephaestus cabin, tripping only twice.
"What do you think the chances of him showing up on time are?" Jason asked Piper.
She watched Leo's form disappear from their sight before she answered. "Not good."
They both laughed and walked side by side back to the cabins in blissful silence.
Piper send sideways glances over to the son of Jupiter and then down to his hand, debating whether or not she should go for it. They were a couple, weren't they? At least they were more than friends she believe; Jason harbors some sort of feelings for her. She can sense that he does since she was a child of the goddess of love after all. But there was something holding him back from expression his feelings to her something that he wasn't sharing with her.
After a long battle with herself, Piper went for it and took his hand in her own. Jason stiffs a little when she clasped his hand in hers but didn't reject her touch. He relaxed a little bit held on to her hand as they came to the other cabins. Piper smiled at this and gave his hand a small squeeze; please that he was actually holding her hand.
"Jason-" Suddenly a conch horn echoed over the camp, cutting Piper off before she could even speak.
"I wonder what Chiron wants." Jason asked out loud, heading towards the meeting spot where they would meet up with the centaur when he was summoning them, pulling Piper behind him.
In no time all the campers gathered around the meeting spot where Chiron stood, waiting for them. Once the campers had gathered, he made his announcement.
"Now that we are all here, I would like to announce that we are having a surprise capture the flag game today."
Cheers broke out from the demigods.
Chiron continued on. "Like always we will break into two teams, the same teams that we've had that past couple of games. And as always you have a half an hour to prepare yourselves, good luck to you all!"
The cabins broke apart from the crowd and formed the two teams.
(B R E A K)
Piper wasn't really one for fighting but she did have to admit, capture the flag was a lot of fun. No one was really trying to kill each other here or out for each other's blood, even if it seems like it half the time. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't be careless in this game either. The whole point of this game was to help you prepare yourself in real battles and facing the enemy. Your skills need to be sharpened and at their top notch if you ever want to survive and win.
But fighting wasn't really an expertise in the Aphrodite's cabin. Many of her siblings weren't great warriors but they weren't terrible either, they are more into the whole peace over war way. But Piper was one of the few cabin members that actually had skills of a warrior compared to the rest. Maybe that's why she was head of her cabin.
An Athena camper was squared off against her at the moment, giving the Aphrodite camper a real run for her money. All that Piper could do at the moment was just dodge and block the attacks with her dagger. Not far from her was Jason, facing down a Hephaestus camper and winning the fight it looks like.
It was scary to think they were going to go see a hundred more like Jason when Leo and his half-siblings have the ship ready.
Piper was pushed back by the Athena camper, falling back on to the ground. The Athena camper made a move to strike her but blocked by Jason who jumped in front of her and took on the other camper. Jason struggled against the Athena camper, almost to the point that the Athenian manage to over whelm him. But wick a quick move of the leg, Jason manage knocked them out from under their feet and knocked out cold.
"You okay?" Jason helped her up.
"Yeah, I think so. Thanks."
"No problem. Now come on, the flag is only beyond these rocks."
Jason and Piper rushed for the bottom of a large rocky hill, hiding themselves from the enemy until they reached the bottom of the rocks. The rocky hill wasn't very wide but it was pretty tall and looked a little dangerous. The Aphrodite camper wasn't so sure at first about the rocks but seeing Jason climb up them, she quickly followed.
"The flag's location is at the top of the rocks, hiding behind one of the larger rocks." Jason explained.
Piper moved quicker then Jason, her frame being smaller and lighter than his. She already passed him half way up the rocks being carefully as she climbed up and where she stepped. Unfortunately, one of the smaller rocks she stepped on loosened from their place and caused them to start tumbling down, releasing large rocks.
But Piper remained oblivious to this and the fact that the large rocks were slowly tumbling down towards Jason.
She reached the top and saw the flag hiding behind a large rock just like Jason said. She turned around and about to call down to Jason that she found the flag when saw, to her horror, a rock slide happening above Jason's head. The son of Jupiter had little time to react as the rocks came tumbling down towards him, quickly, and had only little time to brace himself for the worse.
The daughter of Aphrodite covered her mouth with her hands, gasping in horror as Jason was caught in the rock slide and went with them until they crashed down to where they began at the bottom, buried under the rocks.
"JASON!" Piper's scream was heard from all over the camp, catching every camper, satyr, and nymph's ear.
(B R E A K)
The whole Apollo cabin rushed Jason to the emergency area of the medical cabin; put him on life support as they got to work on him. Outside the medical cabin, Piper, Leo, Chiron, Annabeth, and many others from capture the flag stood outside the cabin waiting for the news from the Apollo kids. Seconds turned to minutes, minutes turned to hours until it nightfall came.
Kids began to leave to return to their cabins to prepare for dinner that will be ready in a few minutes. The only ones that were still waiting outside medical cabin were Piper, Leo, Chiron, and Annabeth.
This was not how things were suppose to turn out, they were suppose to have dinner together by know after they won the game, laughing and joking one another, having a good time. Piper didn't know what to do if the worse should happen to Jason. They've been through so much together, too much for it to end here. No, it can't end; they were supposed to be together, she was sure of it. She was the daughter of Aphrodite herself! If there was someone she wanted she went after them. She and Jason were suppose to end up together, they suppose-
Will Solace, the head of the Apollo cabin, came out looking tired and grim. His sun-kissed hair was a mess and there were heavy bags forming under his eyes, he even looked a little pale. It was most likely he used up to much energy to heal Jason. That wasn't a good sign.
"What is the news, Will?" Chiron asked the question that Piper wanted to ask but couldn't bring herself to do so.
Will sighed. "It's not looking so good, Chiron. His injuries are worse then what we thought they were and he's still on life support."
Piper's gasp was heard by everyone but Will and Chiron ignored her at the moment, while Annabeth tried to comfort her.
"Is there a chance of him pulling through this?" Chiron asked grimly, looking very troubled about the news.
"Perhaps, but I have to be honest with Chiron. The changes of him recovering are not good, even for a demigod. We can't do anymore for him, it's up to Jason now at this point." confessed the Apollo kid.
"B-But Jason isn't just an ordinary demigod." Leo spoke up. "He's the son of Zeus, or Jupiter if you want to call him. Point is he's stronger than that, then us."
The centaur sighed. "Perhaps you are right Leo; Jason is strong, a blessing for being one of the sons of the Big Three. But at this point time will only tell us. Keep him one life support and have someone from the Apollo cabin with him at all times."
Piper let out a large hiccup as Will retuned inside the cabin, Chiron looked at her with sympathy. "There is nothing we can do for him tonight; it's up to Jason now to pull through this. Return to your cabins and then get something to eat and pray to the gods for Jason's recovery."
Annabeth was the one that steered Piper away from the medical cabin and took her back to the Aphrodite cabin. Leo lingered a little behind, not willing to leave yet as he looked up to Chiron.
"Jason can't really die, can he?" he asked the centaur.
Chiron didn't answer right away, looking to the medical cabin. "Even though he is the son of Zeus, Jason is still like everyone else and has the same chances to."
"But… but if he dies what will we do when we seek the Roman's Camp? They will kill us if they learn that we're the reason he's dead, then they'll never trust us!"
"I know, and that is what's troubling me. Jason cannot die, not yet, not like this. Zeus and Hera would never let him come to death this soon. It's almost… strange."
Leo looked a little confused. "You think that someone did this to Jason on perhaps, another god? Do you think its Gaia's doing!"
"Not so loud Leo we don't want to jump into conclusions, yet. I must think more of this." Chiron looked to. "For now just go to dinner, if something changes I will let you and Piper know right away."
Leo still didn't want to go but his stomach was beginning to grow hungry. He nodded and slowly turned on his heel and headed to the large bond fire that they have dinner at every night.
(B R E A K)
Night has fallen over Camp Half-Blood, with a thin fog hovering above the ground. All was quiet around the borders of the camp and the only thing you could hear was the snoring of Peleus, the dragon that guards Thalia's tree where the Golden Fleece hangs, protecting the camp. Peleus was sound asleep, like always, curled around the tree in a protective manor, blocking the way of those that dared to try to get pass him. The only way to the tree with the fleece would be for them to climb over the dragon but that would surely awaken him if they did.
From the darkest corners of the forest, shadows began to move as the fog parted ways as something plows through it. The shadows shifted and then formed into a shape of a tall man who's features were still hidden the shadows. The man walked at a slow pace, no hurry of going anywhere as headed for the camps border and Thalia's tree.
Peleus still remained asleep, completely unaware of the coming presence from the forest.
The man finally broke free from the shadows of the forest and came into the light of the torches of the camp, only a few inches away from the tree. With each step he came closer and closer to the tree until…
He passed it and Peleus, entering the camps borders with little trouble.
(B R E A K)
Piper wasn't hungry; her appetite was pretty much gone since the news of Jason's condition. And if she did try to eat something she feared that she might throw it up in a few minutes later.
"Piper, you should really try to eat something." said Lacy, her half-sister.
"You really shouldn't skip meals, even if you are dieting. It's not healthy." said Mitchell, her half-brother.
"Though Drew would say otherwise." Lacy whispered quietly enough for Piper and Mitchell just to hear.
"I'm just not hungry tonight." Piper grumbled, staring at her food with sad eyes.
Her siblings gave each other concern looks.
"This is about Jason, isn't it?" Lacy asked.
Piper bit her bottom lip, keeping the tears back but nodded none the less. "He's not doing so well, he's on life support. "
Mitchell looked surprise. "Was the rock slide really that bad?"
He got another nodded from her.
"Oh Piper, we're so sorry. But don't worry, he'll make it just you wait and see." her sister soothed her.
"I hope you're right." she picked at her food.
"What are you talking about, of course she right."
Piper jumped in her seat, startled, and whipped around to see Leo standing behind her with his hands behind his back.
"Leo! Don't do that." she scolded her friend.
"Sorry Pips, just came over to see how you are doing is all, is that such a crime?" Leo asked causally.
She sighed. "No."
"Mind if I sit down?"
"That's not allowed, I think." said Mitchell.
"Plus Drew will give you Tartarus if you sit here." Lacy added.
"Oh screw her, you can sit here Leo." Piper scooted over to make room for him.
"That's okay actually; I don't want to cause you more trouble with Drew. I was actually wondering if after dinner you want to go see how Jason is doing with Annabeth and-"
"Of course! I'm done! Let's go!" she cut Leo off before he could finish, jumping out her seat.
"Whoa there girl, I didn't say right now, Annabeth is still eating. Plus are you sure you're done?" The Hephaestus camper looked around her and at her full plate.
She stepped to the side and blocked his view of the plate. "I'm not that hungry, okay."
"Uh-huh."
"Can we just please go see Jason, Leo. Please. I really worried about him."
"But Annabeth isn't-"
"Pppplllleeeesssaaaassseee, Leo." she gave him a puppy dog eye look. "What is something happens to him?"
He groaned. "No, not the face. Oh alright I guess we can go ahead without her."
Piper smiled, giving Leo peck on the cheek. "Thanks Leo."
"Yeah, yeah…"
(B R E A K)
The whole camp was quiet to, much like the border; expect you can hear distant voices from the bonfire where the campers were. Because there was no one around, no one saw the strange man moving slowly through the camp and pass the cabins. Then again no one could really see him to begin with so it didn't matter if the campers were about.
Passing all the campers cabins, he headed for the medical cabin located near the big house. A group of tired looking blonde headed kids came out, unable to see the man walking towards them as they headed for dinner, leaving medical cabin. The only Apollo kid left behind was Martha, keeping an eye on Jason.
He smiled slightly to himself as he watched the children walk by him just as he passed through the solid wall of the medical cabin.
(B R E A K)
"I do hope Jason will be okay."
"Don't think like that Pips. We have to think positive and pray to our parents that he'll make it. I'm sure your mom will make sure he'll live since you two are… well you know."
Piper raised an eyebrow. "Are what Leo?"
"A couple." his faced her turned slightly red.
Now it was her turn to turn red.
"Look, I'm not in the whole romance business like you and you're mom are but I know when I see someone that is totally crushing on someone. That and the fact when we first met him on the bus the mist totally made you think he was your boyfriend." he explained.
She couldn't help but giggle faintly at the memory when they first met Jason even though it was kind of an odd encounter.
"Hey, here comes the Apollo kids." Leo pointed to the coming kids.
Piper looked up to see that Apollo kids indeed coming their way. As they met them half way, Piper manage to catch Will.
"How's Jason." she asked him as soon as they were in ear rang.
Will looked up to her, still looking exhausted. "Still the same I'm afraid."
"Is it okay that we go see him?" Leo asked.
"Sure, Martha is there watching over him but you guys can't stay to long." he told him before he left to rejoin his brothers and sisters.
Both Leo and Piper frowned at the unchanging news.
"I was hoping there would be some change." she whispered.
"I know… I do to. But remember, we have to keep thinking positive."
"Yeah…"
Silence fell over them as they continued through the cabins until they finally reached their destination.
"Here we are." Leo smiled when they reached the medical cabin.
(B R E A K)
Martha checked Jason's IV, being sure it was full before writing down a few notes in her clipboard. Leaving Jason's bedside, Martha walked over to the medicine table and tried to get some food for the gods ready for Jason to take, just in case. But in his condition he couldn't eat or drink anything at the moment. She looked over to him again, frowning at the poor state the Roman Demigod was in.
"You better pull through this, we need you if we have any hope of beating Gaia." said Martha.
She half expected him to reply but of course he didn't. Signing, Martha turned back to the table and started preparing the next IV that Jason will need. Martha then left the emergency room for a second and head for the storage room to get a few new clean needles that she will need later on.
As soon as Martha left, a man stepped out of the wall and into the emergency room after a few seconds the Apollo camper left. Still in no rush, the man walked over to Jason with such grace and silent footsteps that no one notice he was even there. He reached the son of Jupiter's side and looked down at the poor boy's face and took in the terrible injuries that he has taken. The man brought a gentle hand up to the boy's face and gentle stock Jason's cheek with the back of his fingers in a soothing manor.
Somehow, this gesture caused Jason to awaken, groaning in pain as he tries to open his eyes.
Slowly, Jason fluttered his eyes opened and looked around the room he was in. He then noticed something or someone touching his cheek and looked up to them with weak tired eyes.
Leaning over him was not what he was expecting. The man stroking his cheek was a beautiful young man that looked to be in his early twenties, or even his mid. His skin was fair, pale like he hasn't seen the sun in ages but not a sickly pale. He had sparking blue eyes like blue sky on a summer day. His features were soft and elegant, defiantly a blessing of Venus. He had somewhat short shaggy snow white hair the fell over his eyes and framed his face. He wore a pure white suit with a black tie with a black matching handkerchief in his chest pocket.
Just looking at him Jason knew he had to be a god; no mortal could look like that, he had an almost heavenly look to him, as well as a peaceful good nature presence rolling off him, like he was made of pure light.
"W-Wh… W-Who ar… are y… y-you…?" he mange to get out in his weaken state. "Ar… Are y-you… a-a… g… god…?"
The man smiled warmly at him, a smile that somehow made Jason feel at peace and almost feel no pain front his injuries.
"No," the man answered. "I am not a god, child."
Jason stared at him weakly, opening his mouth to ask another question but the man beat him to the punch. "And no I'm not a mortal but I am an immortal."
"A-An… im… im… immortal…?"
The man didn't answer but looked over Jason's condition once more before he looked at him with great sorrow. "You're in pain, great pain, aren't you my child." it was more of a statement then a question.
Jason didn't know how to answer him or if he had the strength to do so. The only thing that he could do was nod weakly.
The man's frown deepened at this. "I understand your pain, my child. I do. I have witness many others that are in the same position you are in, alone, scared, and in great pain and agony. I understand better than anyone of my brothers of how much mortals suffer when they are at the edge of death."
Hearing the last part, the son of Jupiter's eyes widens. Was he really dying? Now that he realize the situation he was in, Jason was beginning to feel his strength slowly slipping away from him. His vision was struggling against the darkness form the corner of his eyes, keeping a clear mind so he wouldn't pass out again. It was only now that he was realizing this for pain and agony he was in it made it hard for him to really know what was happening to him. He really was on death's bed.
"Jason Grace." It really shouldn't shock him that this stranger knew his name but it did. "Do you wish for the pain to go away, do you wish to sleep and feel nothing no more, to sleep forever?"
Sleep sounded really good right now to him, and no pain to. Right now he would give anything for the pain to go numb, to feel nothing. He was sure that the Apollo kids gave him painkillers to help but somehow they weren't working, the pain was too great. It was so great that he wanted to cry from it for it was so bad. Romans were tough, they don't cry when they were hurt. But damn it to Pluto it hurt so much right now.
Without thinking, Jason nodded yes, tears forming in his eyes.
The man then smiled, both of relief and sadness. "Very well then," he leaned forward and place a gentle kiss upon his forehead, the same way a king does when giving a blessing. "I will make the pain go away and allow you to finally rest. And for this, I will give you my name."
He leaned closer to Jason until his lips were hovering near Jason's left ear and whispered something to him. Through his hazy mind Jason tried his best to stay focus and listen to what he said. After a few seconds, his eyes widen in shock as the man pulled away looked at the boy with calm warm eyes.
"Y-Your… y-your…"
"I am." the white haired man confirmed it, stand up as he raised his hand out from him. Black smoke formed from the palm of his hand before he closed his fist to grab the handle of a large black scythe that smoke formed. And it was not the kind you see on a farm.
Grasping handle with both hands, he raised the blade high above him, over Jason. And with one single moment, he brought the blade down upon Jason…
"NO!"
Just then Piper, Leo, and Martha entered the emergency room, just in time to see the blade hit Jason.
Without even thinking, the three demigods pulled out their weapons and charge for the strange man that just attacked their friend, and possibly killed him. The man in question didn't really seem to notice the three demigods at first when they entered, nor really cared of what they witness. But he did care about being attacked by children, skilled children at that.
He dodged both Piper and Martha's swords with no effort at all as well as the swings Leo was making with his hammer. He never made a move to attack back or raised his scythe in a threatening manner. But that didn't mean he was patient with them either. With a single wave of his hand, Piper, Leo, and Martha were suddenly thrown back across the room, hitting the wall or sliding against the wood be some invisible force. Quickly they tried to get up on their feet but as they did they saw that the man was already gone as he walked through the solid wall.
Piper was the first one to rush over to Jason's side and checked him over. Physically he was fine… er, as fine that he is from the accident but the attack with the scythe didn't seem to do anything to him even though Piper saw the blade cut him. Martha rushed to his other side and checked Jason over and the monitors hooked up to him. She frowned deeply as she looked at the machines and turned back to the son of Jupiter and checked his wrist for a pulse.
After a minute of agonizing silence, Martha's face dropped as he looked to both Piper and Leo. "I'm sorry, but he's gone."
Any guesses who the guy was? It's kind of obvious, maybe not, it's obvious to me but then again I know the story.
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