Piper

PERCY JACKSON HAD THE CUTEST GRIN EVER. His and Annabeth's little reunion was so adorable! Gods, I sound like my half-sisters.

He was gorgeous, even I had to admit it. His skin was tanned, his hair as dark as coal and always messy. His green eyes so much like the sea. Truthfully, I wouldn't be that surprised if he turned out to be a god in disguise, what with his aura of power and his great looks.

We led Percy up to the deck of the Argo II and as he stepped onto the shining wooden panels, a cheer errupted. Originally it was only me, Jason, Leo and Annabeth who were meant to come to Camp Jupiter, but all the head campers had demanded to come, along with some of Percy's closer friends. They rushed to their friend, patting him on the back or hugging him.

"Peeeeeeeeercy!" yelled Grover trotting over and tackling Percy in a hug. Yes I did say trot. You see, Grover is a satyr, from the waist up a normal teenager with curly brown hair and brown eyes. But if you look closely enough you can see small horns sticking out his hair. From the waist down, you'll find hairy brown goat legs.

"G-man, I missed you." Percy grinned. His grin was goofy, kinda cute.

"Don't ever disappear again!" cried Grover, tears gathering in the corners of his eyes. "There is not enough tin cans in the world for you to disappear again."

"He's right, don't ever disappear again." said Annabeth leaning upwards to kiss Percy on the cheek which made him blush.

I was a little envious of their relationship; they loved each other clearly, and it wasn't complicated. Jason had told me about him and Reyna months ago, but I never expected her to be that beautiful. Jason said they had been close friends and that they were not together but just the way they looked at each other, I could sense the love between them. I wanted to hate Jason, ignore him, except I knew it wasn't his fault.

Percy continued to grin at his friend. "Have your horns gotten bigger or is that just me?"

Grover blushed at the attention and nodded. "They have."

"PERCY HOW DARE YOU-" shouted Thalia. She emerged from behind Grover, a storm ragin in her blue eyes.

"Thals?" Percy wasn't expecting to see the hunter at all.

"You idiot!" she said running over and squeezing Percy in a death-hug. His eyes looked like they were gonna pop right out his skull, which would be very uncomfortable.

Percy settled into the hug and hugged his cousin back. "I missed you too, Pinecone Face."

"That's it Kelp Head, you can disappear now." said Thalia mock glaring at him. "Where's Hera, she can have you back."

"Prissy." Clarisse shoved her way through the crowd. She quickly hugged Percy. We were all surprised, Clarisse does not hug! Leo's mouth dropped open. Percy smirked at her.

I noticed Frank and Hazel were talking to some campers, who knows maybe Greeks and Romans could get along.

"Does that mean you missed me La Rue?" asked Percy cheekily.

"In your dreams. There was no one's head to shove down the toilet, that's all." she smiled evilly. Me, Leo and Jason were the only ones confused but the rest burst out into laughter.

"I bet they wouldn't have put up a fight like I did. You know, toilet water always seemed to suit you." Percy joked. It must have been a funny memory cause again they laughed, and Clarisse glared at him.

"Just so we are clear, that was the first and only hug you ever get from me."

"I figured. " he turned around to continue meeting his old friends. "Jake, good to see you out of that cast, man."

"Thanks, dude." Jake replied grinning. "It's good to just see you." he joked.

"Percy!" said the Stroll brothers simultaneously.

"Travis, Connor any good pranks happen while I was gone?" grinned Percy facing the brothers who smiled mischievously at each other.

"Us? Pranks? We've never even heard of such a word!" exclaimed Connor innocently.

"Yeah what he said!" shouted Travis. They all bursted out laughing. "But really Percy it's good to see you alive."

"Haha, go collect your bets then!" he said. Percy was so cool; he got along with almost anybody and he seemed like such a good friend.

"Bets? Another strange word…" said Connor and with that they turned and... collected their bets.

"Buy a dictionary!" joked Leo. I couldn't help but crack a smile at his pun.

After many hellos and hugs and kisses later Percy was lifted onto their shoulders and chucked about. But he was laughing all the way. Annabeth, Jason, Leo, and I headed towards Hazel and Frank who were watching Percy with all his friends.

"Oh, hey guys." said Frank turning towards us and smiling. "They seem happy to have him back."

"Hi." replied Annabeth. " Yeah, they are. Do you guys mind explaining how it works around here?" she asked aiming her question and Jason, Frank, and Hazel.

"Sure." said Jason. "First off, you should know the Romans honored Jupiter, Mars and Juno. They're like the Big Three over here. Unlike the Greeks, Neptune and Pluto are the least favourite gods. "

"No wonder Hera's always moody with us." muttered Annabeth who grimaced at the mention of Hera's Roman name.

"Around here, we sort demigods to cohorts, in total there are five." explained Frank.

"I was in the Fifth Cohort." said Jason.

"Me too." Hazel and Frank said.

Piper nodded. "So it must be really popular then."

Jason shifted uncomfortably. "Actually it was kinda the worst Cohort of the legion, the others often make fun of us, laugh at us. Before I disappeared, I was determined to change that, but never got the chance."

Hazel beamed. "But then Percy arrived, he was assigned to the Fifth, he helped us win the war games, and got us our reputation back!"

"Really?" asked Jason surprised, a hint of jealously tingeing his voice.

"That and he retrieved the Eagle of the Twelfth Legion." explained Frank honorably.

"He did WHAT?" exclaimed Jason, shock rolling across his face. "You've got to be kidding!"

Hazel and Frank shook their heads. "That's the truth."

"How did he do it?"

"It's a long story." Hazel said. "But we can take time later to exchange quests and things."

"Okay it's official. Percy Jackson is amazing!" grinned Leo. I rolled my eyes at Leo's hero worship.

"Dude, do you even know what the Eagle is?"

Leo grinned happily. "Haven't the faintest idea, man."

Jason rolled his eyes and I giggled along with the others' laughter. "It's a giant gold staff topped with a golden eagle, given to the Twelfth Legion by Jupiter himself."

"Like I said, Percy Jackson is legend! In two different camps!"

"Guys, can we talk about something else now?" said the man himself, Percy. He looked sheepish with all of this attention and it struck me just how different he was from Jason. Everyone was talking about how similar they are when in reality, they're quite different.

"Hey is that a satyr?" asked Grover leaning over the railing of the ship to get a better look.

"Yep, that's Don." answered Hazel, "He's a faun."

"Sorry man, but around here fauns, satyrs, are basically homeless people." Percy said patting him on the back.

"Whaaaaat?" Grover bleated. Sadness filled the satyr's eyes and I felt bad.

"That's horrible." Annabeth sighed. "So they don't help out around camp? They aren't protectors or anything?"

"Nope." said Frank.

"It's okay G-Man, we'll find a way to change once we get the chance." said Percy.

Grover smiled at him "Thanks Perce. "

"Excuse us, but we're very late for our duties." said Hazel glancing at Frank's watch.

"And trust us, Romans hate tardiness." shivered Frank.

"It was nice to finally meet you guys." smiled Hazel. She then smiled teasingly. "Greeks are actually very nice."

"Yeah, it was nice to put a face to Annabeth, you know he wouldn't shut up about you either." grinned Frank. Frank's hand slipped into Hazel's and they wondered off.

"Come on, let's give you a tour." said Jason. "I actually remember enough to show you around."

"Let's go!" shouted Percy enthusiastically, tripping over what looked like a purple bed-sheet.

"Percy, what are you wearing?" asked Annabeth as if she only realized, like me. Percy seemed to blush, but the rest of us just laughed. He pulled it off and chucked it to one side, luckily he was wearing a purple t-shirt and jeans underneath.

"It's called a toga." he snapped but then grinned. "Lead the way Jason!"

And we set off into Camp Jupiter and New Rome.