Piper woke up startled and drenched in sweat. Leo was appearing in her dreams more frequently. She didn't know why either. It had been about a year since that fateful explosion. She could still see how Octavian flew through the air, slamming into the side of leo. The explosion took out a Greek, a roman, and an immortal. That should be, like, explosion lottery win. Tap tap tap. She swiveled her head to look out the window. Jason. He'd shown up nightly to go and look at the stars with her.
Together, they sneaked between the cabins until they got to the top of cabin one."Dream of him again?" Jason asked. "Yeah. This time he came back. And everyone was there." She said. He simply nodded. "Yeah, I get em to, dreams of leo." Jason admitted. He leaned up against the chimney and curled into a more comfortable position. Piper, however, sat with her legs crossed, back straight, and head pointed to the sky. For a moment, Jason had thought that she was a fantastic dream. In witch case, he should probably wake up from his comma. All the stars reflected off her eyes, hair falling around her perfectly. "I'm gonna see annabeth tomarow. She might know how to stop thinking about him." Jason just laughed. "Man, you would think that you dated him before he died." He joked. Piper giggled at his antics. Leo? Her 'little brother'? No. "Cmon, sparky, time for bed." Jason lost his smile. "Why? It's still early." Jason whined. "Im still tired. It's, like, 12. It's time for bed." Piper said. "Fine" he huffed.
In the morning, piper sat next to annabeth in the mess hall. She looked at piper and smiled as Percy sat down next to her. "Good morning, piper." Annabeth greeted. "Not really. Hey, is there a way to forget about people you knew?" Piper questioned. Annabeth gave a quizzical look. " not really, no. Why?" Piper let out a long sigh. "I can't get leo off my mind. He's been gone for almost a year and I still haven't moved on. I'm pretty sure this isn't healthy." Piper explained. Annabeth gave her a sympathetic look. " I have that too." Annabeth said. "What, problems with accepting Leo's death?" Piper asked, confused. " no, Percy hasn't come back from getting our donuts yet." She replied looking worried. "What if he was attacked by monsters? What if he forget riptide? Again..." Piper shook her head, giggling lightly. " yeah, that's not exactly the same." Piper said. Annabeth simply shrugged, and apologized. Piper sighed and went to go find Chiron to seek advice.
Upon arriving in the front of the big house, she explained her dilemma to Chiron, who simply nodded sagely. "I see. Well, it's not the first time I've herd of a demigod holding on so long. But, it seems I can only offer my condolences. I'm truly sorry this happened." He said. She nodded. " it just doesn't feel right. I mean, he had so much to live for. He had told us all about this ridiculous auto repair shop he was going to make with calypso, and how he planed on taking her to see how the world changed, and... Sir?" Chiron had his gazed fixed upon the horizon, looking vexed. " did you, maybe, dream about leo returning?" He asked, still not looking away from the horizon. " well, yeah, how did you know?" "Dreams are messages from the gods. They Sometimes portray the future instead of just what's happening currently." He said, still holding his gaze. "Okay, why do you bring that up?" Not a word did he say, he only pointed with his long walking stick to where he was standing. She had to squint to see what he was pointing at, but it was clear as day. On the very tip of the tallest hill, stood two figures and a bronze dragon.
