I raced back to camp. I dried off in the secretive spot that Annabeth and hazel had found. I ran to camp. hazel and the others were already there.

I ran to her.

"What do we do"

"I don't know Jason says he knows what to do"

"ha ha very funny, what are we going to do"

"no" she hissed. "he's really going to do something."

I looked at her. "Your kidding you are going to let him handle this, You might as well tell everyone we turn into mermaids."

She paled. She fanned herself. "come on just let Jason do it"

"Fine" I said stomping off.

I dove into the lake. I swum in the direction to the place where Annabeth was caught. The tentacle reappeared in my mind. It had looked like a really big rattlesnake made of like electrified water. As i pondered on that thought a voice spoke to me.

"Never thought i would see a mermaid here"

I turned around. A boy about the same age as Jason was behind me. He smirked clearly glad that he had surprised me. He had brown wavy hair. He was taller than me. I would probably reach the top of his chest. He had an even tan. he was evenly muscular and had an athlete's build. He was cute,I'll give him that,but something about him was very unusual. I looked lower. Instead of legs. He had a black tail. It was longer than mine and was very strange to me.

I set my jaw in a grim line.

"i never thought i would see a guy mermaid around here."

" Merman,"he corrected. "My name's Josh."

"Piper"

"So what brings a chick like you here"

"My friend was captured here"

"She a mermaid too?" He asked.

"yeah"

"Huge snake thing made of water"

I nodded.

"Yeah no way your getting her back" He turned to leave.

""Wait why"

"Just good luck"

At least help me try to find her"

Fine i will but if i get killed I'm blaming it on you."

"Wait How did you know about the snake"

"Thing has been after me for a while."

A boat appeared on the surface. I heard Jason's voice mingled with Percy frank and hazel's voice.

"PIPER" Jason yelled at the water.

Josh looked at me.

"You told someone" he asked.

"yeah"

"Do they all know"

"Yeah"

"Were they there when your friend got captured.?"

"Yeah"

"Then i need to talk to them"

"Why"

well if your going to find your friend than I'll have to talk to them.

"Okay"

We swum up. I surfaced before Josh.

"Piper where were you"

"I was here the whole time"

Josh surfaced.

"You guys meet Josh he has a tail too."

I snuck a glance at Jason. He had jealously smeared all over his face. I laughed inside.

Percy leaned over to see josh clearly.

"So you have a tail"

"So you have legs"

"Yep so are you like them" Percy said pointing at hazel and me"when your dry you look like her" He said pointing at me"And when you wet you look like her" He pointed at me again.

"Yep"

"Cool"

Hazel dove in the water.

"So josh"she said as she surfaced as a mermaid. Why are you here"

"piper here said that you guys had a friend that got captured. I can probably help."

"Okay so help" mason said curtly.

"So which way did it go"

"That way" Frank said pointing in the northern direction.

"Are you guys all coming"

"Yeah why" Are you sure we're going to be under the water most of the time."

" I'm a son of posiden, frank will turn into a fish and i will try to get some hippocampi for Jason to ride."

"Okay"

"We'll be fine" i said to Josh.

"Okay"

Something brushed my tail.

"What the heck"

A really big seahorse swum up

"Could you give Jason a ride"

It said a bunch of things i have no idea about.

"jason climb on"

Jason went on the horse thing. Then we were on our way.