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Piper Mclean

noun

A daughter of Tristian Mclean and Aphrodite with choppy brown hair and a knife that tells the future. Can also charmspeak. See Jason Grace, Tristian Mclean, or Pied Piper of Hamilton.

Jason's girlfriend. Charmspeaker. Daughter of Aphrodite.

Piper closed Lacy's 'dictionary' with a sigh and set it back on her sister's bed. So this is what everyone thought about her? Sparky's girl? Mommy and Daddy's Princess?

Wait a minute. Did she just read the words Pied Piper?

Sure, she can charmspeak. But she used it for good, right? But that doesn't mean she had to be labeled Pied Piper of Camp Half-Blood.

Yes, she beat her sparring partner by charmspeaking him into giving her his sword. Yes, she got Annabeth to let her borrow a book on how to control her powers.

Wait a second... did she charmspeak Jason into dating her without meaning to?

It was possible. She only knew the real Jason for eight months. But if he didn't actually love her and was accidentally charmed...

On the completely irrelevant topic, she wanted to hate Reyna, but she couldn't bring herself to it. Even though they barely knew each other, she had some type if respect for her. Reyna had to lead a camp twice the size of theirs for eight months. And even with the help from a teddy bear serial killer, Piper could've sworn she saw some grey hairs.

Reyna didn't need anything else added onto her baggage. She was human. Or half, anyways. And Reyna was still a teenager. It was surprising that the daughter of war didn't break yet. After all, most teenagers have emotions as steady as a hurricane. Maybe she just matured quickly because of what position she was in.

To top it off, Reyna was a warrior, and Piper is powdered in metaphorical make-up that covered her fears. Fears like her friends, Jason, and her dad would die by Gaia's hand.

Or that Jason would break up with her.

Mist or not, her first kiss made her feel... ecstatic. Yes, the pun.

He was her first kiss. Her first deep crush, her first real boyfriend, one of the people she went on her first quest with...

Once again, Mist or not, he was a lot of first. And she wasn't ready to let go.

There was a chance of him dying tomorrow. There was a chance that they would not live to see the day.

Just look at Percy and Annabeth. They fell into Tartarus.

She trained harder, and faster. She improved her charmspeak, and sharpened her dagger.

Because whether she liked it or not, Death knocked at their doors everyday.

And she doesn't want to open the door and chat.

I would've changed the title to Jealousy, but I kinda/sorta like how this is written out. And have doubts at the same time.

Next chapter's title- Inferior