A/N: I'm sorry I haven't updated in so long. I had some trouble writing this chapter, then I went on vacation and didn't have Wi-Fi, and then I had more writers' block. This isn't my best work- like I said, I had some trouble- and is therefore very short, so keep that in mind. This is mainly just a filler chapter. In one or two chapters the new Olympians will be doing their jobs. If there are any specific things you want them to do/struggle with, please tell me it. Remember to send in suggestions for minor gods (including their domains would be nice).
Someone also asked me (in their words) WHAT THE NICO HAPPENED TO JASPER? I'll be honest, I don't really know. I started writing this a long time ago, back around the time The Son of Neptune came out. I just joined fanfiction a few weeks ago, so I just picked up the story from where I left off and published the chapters. For the sake of this fanfiction (and to create drama), Jason and Piper have had feelings for each other for a while now, although Jason's are all mixed up and he can't really figure them out because he's a boy and therefore messed up. They were dating but broke up soon after they started the Argo 2 because Jason was confused about said feelings for Piper vs. Unknown Roman Girl (Reyna) due to his very fuzzy memories. He didn't want to hurt anyone so he broke up with Piper. The two never got back together due to the raging war and here we are. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Two days after the group had… um… borrowed (fine! Kidnapped) Connor, all of us were gathered in the throne room, kneeling around a piece of paper. A few of them had dressed in either camouflage or all black- although in Thalia and Nico's case, it was just their everyday clothing. The Stoll brothers and Leo had even gone as far as to put on eye black, making them look like miniature football players on a stakeout. All in all, they looked rather ridiculous.
"Ok, here's the plan. Mitchell and Lacy will likely be in the Aphrodite cabin-" Connor pointed to a square on the map they had quickly drawn up "-or at the lake. If we go at night right before the harpies make their rounds or super early in the morning before everyone wakes up, they'll probably be in one of the training areas. We sho-"
"Why would an Aphrodite kid be at the training ground?" Thalia interrupted. Piper glared at her. "Sorry Piper, but most of your siblings only interests are clothes and makeup."
Piper sighed. "It's fine. You're right. But Lacy and Mitchell are actually good at fighting. They've been practicing in secret since before I arrived- they were just to scared of Drew to do it out in the open. I guess you can't break the old habits"
"Drew can't tell them what to do to stay alive. Why would she stop them from training?" Thalia asked.
"Well really she was only stopping Lacy, but that was because 'it's not proper'" Piper replied, making air-quotes as she spoke.
"That's ridiculous."
"Tell that to Drew." Piper waved her hand, making a book appear out of thin air. "She wrote a book."
Hazel picked up the book. "Drew's Guide to Being the Perfect Aphrodite Son or Daughter? Ok, that's… a lengthy title." Being Hazel, she still struggled to find something nice (or in this case, less insulting) about the item.
"Or controlling." Leo suggested.
"Or just downright weird." Rachel stated.
Piper grinned. "Yeah, but it doesn't matter. We had a bonfire and burned every copy. This one was in Aphrodite's library. She has every book on love or beauty or makeup/fashion plus anything that mentions her name ever written. This one checks all the boxes. The book was tossed in the corner under a pile of glittery scraps of paper."
Connor glared at the girl. "Now that we've established the level of insanity the late love goddess' children are on, can we please get back to the task at hand?" Before anyone could answer, Travis continued. "As we were saying, we should go at night, since there will be less of a chance of anyone seeing us- especially if we get lucky and the targets are training instead of sleeping. Piper will go with Connor and a few other people- try to get some of the less skilled people, I think we'll need the others for our more, uh, weaponized targets- to grab them and transport them back here."
"If we are going at night then Clarisse will be asleep. Even if she's at her most vulnerable point, she's still going to be the hardest one to get. Frank, Percy, Annabeth, Reyna, and Nico-"
"Why am I not on that list?" Thalia demanded.
"Because we don't know how good Lacy and Mitchell are and if they're practicing we might need someone who can actually fight to get them! Stop interrupting! The before mentioned people will-"
Connor cut off only to be replaced by his brother "-go to get Clarisse. We're going to need the best fighters." He shuddered. "The remainder of you will be coming with me. You get the task of waking our dear brother. He'll be asleep, most likely, unless we catch him on a night when he's making a raid or setting up for a prank with our siblings. Watch out for that last one- on multiple occasions the unfortunate person to walk in on their planning becomes the one immediately covered with any and all materials involved." The two grinned, loving their plan.
Frank looked uncomfortable. "Wouldn't it be easier to just ask them if they want immortality?"
The Stolls looked at him. "Yes, but where's the fun in that?" They asked simultaneously. "Let's see… girls not before mentioned, with Piper. Boys, with me." Travis added. Connor glared at him. He shrugged. Then they both cried, "Move out!"
Everyone snapped their fingers. The first group did the sensible thing; enter the Ares cabin while avoiding all of the defense mechanisms by using magic, step into the Ares cabin, carefully walk up to Clarisse so she didn't wake up and stab him with the spear she clutched in her arms, and teleport back to Olympus with her. Unfortunately, they went back without Percy, who then proceeded to accidentally set off an alarm which awoke all of the cabin's inhabitants. Luckily for Percy they were all still groggy with sleep, making it easier to use the water molecules in the air to disappear. If he had used his true form to go back, he would have disintegrated them.
Piper had better luck, although admittedly not by much. When she entered the first training ground- the archery range- an arrow sailed past her head, narrowly missing her. A knife came after the arrow. Piper looked up, seeing the knife quivering from the force it had been hurled at the target with. She looked back down just in time to find another arrow had been embedded in the target just an inch from her face. Another knife followed it, this time splitting the arrow in half. She shrieked.
"Sorry!" Someone called. Two people began to run towards the cabins. Hazel flicked her hand. A bunch of thick vines began to grow out or the ground, blocking their path. When Piper squinted, she could see that the flowers on the vines weren't actually flowers, but gemstones.
"I've had a lot of time to work on my powers." Hazel responded to everyone's stares.
The two figures turned back around to look for another exit, and finding none, turned to size up their possible opponents. "Thalia?" A voice unmistakably belonging to Lacy asked, seeing the previous hunter first.
"Hi." Thalia held her hand up in greeting. "And it's not just me." She gestured to her companions, somehow creating a beam of light. The light revealed the rest of the group perfectly. Thalia scowled down at her hand.
"What the Nico?" She shook her hand, which just made beams of light shine everywhere like a disco ball. "Are you kidding me?"
"Piper?" Lacy asked, shielding her eyes with her hand. "Piper, is that you?"
"Yes." Piper called. "It's me. Come over here."
"Are you really a goddess now?" She asked excitedly. "Does that mean you have powers now? And does that mean…" Her voice turned sad. "Mom's dead?" After another pause, she continued to rapidly ask questions.
"Ignore her." Mitchell grabbed his sister's elbow and dragged her along at a quicker pace. "Why are you here?"
Before anyone could respond with something reasonable, Connor shouted, "Explanations will come later. To Olympus! Maia!" He punched straight up in the air in that dramatic way people do in movies before they try to do something really extravagant. He grabbed Lacy's arm and flew up into the air so fast the pair looked more like a blur than actual shape. The only evidence of them left was Lacy's screams.
Thalia rolled her eyes. "Come on." She grabbed Mitchell's arm. "Close your eyes if you don't want to be a pile of ashes." They disappeared. The others followed in suit.