This is Piper's POV and things are cleared up in the Senate Meeting. Greekfreak101: I am in the 7th grade and am 13, thanks to all my subscribers and hope you enjoy, criticism allowed 100%
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Piper
Piper was in a pickle. The moment she laid eyes on Percy, she was in love. And yeah it was bad. Piper was in love with Jason and they had finally kissed while working on the Argo II. They were a couple after all of Piper's pleading to her mom. Her mom even approved of Jason! But Percy was so handsome. He was a perfect tan, had a VERY visible 8-pack, the most beautiful sea-green eyes, a gleaming white smile, messy jet-black hair, and a strong aura of power unlike Jason's in every way.
It was messed up to the max. At least piper wasn't the only one with cheating-on-boyfriends-kind-of problems. The girl Hazel seemed to glance at Leo but then hurriedly go back to whatever she was doing. She was with the Frank guy. Leo seemed to know her too. It was like a ghost in their pasts. Piper shouldn't have even been thinking about that, curse Aphrodite for being her mother.
So anyways, when Percy kissed Annabeth in their little reunion, Piper couldn't help but being a little jealous. The girl Reyna also looked like she was in pain at the reunion. She and Jason apparently had a "thing" except Jason never remembered she like Percy did Annabeth so he obviously didn't love her…plus he seemed more protective of me especially after my few giggling and blushing fits whenever I talked to Percy. Annabeth only noticed Reyna's affection thank the gods. Annabeth was like her best friend and that would be backstabbing her if Piper fell in love with Percy. Even Thalia, the hunter who swore off boys forever, hugged Percy.
They were good friends that was easy to tell. The camp definitely loved him more than Piper thought. They were kind of depressed up until the moment Jason announced that him and Percy switched places, but now they were all so different especially Annabeth. Piper had never seen that girl smile for so long.
Of course there just had to be a catch. No way was that reunion going to go as smooth as that. Gaea and the gods saw to that. The agony Percy was in was too unbearable for Piper. She had such a soft heart. She went to go comfort Annabeth as she sobbed into Piper's shoulder. She tried to charmspeak her, but Piper's voice was shaking too much to take effect. They soon found out that Percy had been taken by Gaea.
The entire camp, both Romans and Greeks, fell into a trance. They all thought Percy was dead and almost everyone including Clarisse started to cry. Clarisse didn't seem to hate Percy as much as everyone else other than her boyfriend Chris Rodriguez.
The moment Percy was trapped in the bolt of lightning and in the sky, a boy named Dakota yelled, "It's Percy! He's not dead!" all of Percy's close friends and Leo, Jason, and Piper tried to get him, but their efforts were useless he was transported to gods knows where through a portal. With that happy note everyone fell back to the gloomy mood that had taken over Camp Jupiter. It felt like years until Percy was thrown out of the portal. He used his amazing sea powers to land safely. Millions of questions were asked but with a worried, soft voice. Leo didn't even look excited. Percy told everyone that he swore on the River Styx he wouldn't say anything.
The only information they received was that he paid a visit with Gaea and all twelve Olympian gods. Sure Piper had heard rumors but that's all they were, rumors. Even with his short explanation he managed to shock everyone. He even lost his invincibility! Reyna seemed thrilled to have a private conversation with Percy making Annabeth mad. Jason finally apologized for his rude behavior. Piper was wondering why Jason had to be so uptight.
The Senate Meeting was taking place immediately. They had a lot to discuss. Reyna and Percy took their praetor seats while the Greeks sat on one side while the Romans sat on the other. The meeting turned bad in a matter of seconds. The brat who tried to kill Percy earlier, Octavian, decided to interrupt the chatter by accusing the Greeks of the most ridiculous reasons Piper ever heard.
"THEY'RE HERE TO CONSPIRE AGAINST US! I HAVE SEEN IT IN THE ENTRAILS-" He yelled.
"Yeah you mean stuffing, you kill stuffed animals for a living…" Percy muttered loud enough for everyone to hear. The entire room started to snicker.
"OUR SO CALLED HERO WON'T EVEN TELL US WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN HIM AND THE GODS. HIS PAST IS FISHY TOO-" Octavian said trying to ignore the smirks.
"If I tell you guys then I have to face something worse than death, and then one of the seven will be gone. You really want that don't you?" Percy countered.
"HOW CAN WE TRUST YOU, YOU WERE BASICALLY A DIVERSION-" Octavian couldn't finish because Clarisse couldn't take anymore of his accusations. She threw her electric spear at him with deadly accuracy.
"SEE! THE GRACEUS HAS ATTACKED!" He sputtered clearly befuddled.
"Look I owe Prissy here for saving my life so don't even try to diss him, that's my job scarecrow." Clarisse yelled.
"Hey don't talk to the augur like that you Greek!" a roman soldier yelped. Soon everyone was fighting. Piper tried to charmspeak anyone who had caught her attention. It was no use, even Reyna and Jason tried to calm them down. Suddenly, a booming voice silenced everyone.
"STOP! YOU GUYS ARE PATHETIC. FIGHTING LIKE LITTLE KIDS, YOU REMIND ME OF THE GODS. CALL ME BACK WHEN YOU'RE READY TO GET SERIOUS." Percy shouted with such anger and discipline it was scary. Camp Half-Blood was surprised at his change.
He apparently was much more laid back, that was what Piper heard. He stormed off leaving a stream of water behind him. No one was arguing now they were too ashamed. Octavian was booted out so he couldn't cause anymore interruptions. Piper knew someone had to get Percy.
"I'll go get him. It's better if I do because well first of all I can charmspeak him if needed, second I can risk getting yelled at I don't think anyone else would like that, and third I'll sacrifice myself in case he gets a little too angry." With that everyone agreed although Jason grudgingly. Piper set off to find the son of the sea god.
He wasn't that hard to find. As Piper predicted he was just sitting in the Little Tiber completely dry. He looked so good…no! I can't betray Annabeth like that, stop it Piper you love Jason not Percy…He was lashing his anger out on a flower nearby. Percy finally noticed her, and he stopped.
"Hey you're Piper right?"
"Um yeah that's me."
"I've wanted to ask you something."
"Really…" calm down Pipes
"Is your dad the Tristan McLean? You know the big movie star?"
What was I expecting? "Oh yeah he is my dad."
"You don't like talking about it do you?"
"No not really I actually try to avoid it."
"You know Piper you're kind of like me but in mortal-er form. I wish I could ignore that my dad is a god."
"You're a child of the Big Three, you're powerful, and a good friend or so I've heard."
"Huh if only I could enjoy it and I miss my friends back home so much but Camp Jupiter is like another home, if I make it back from this quest alive I'll have two choices. I'm half roman half Greek now the way I look at it and Gaea sees it too…oh crap, forget I said that."
"Yeah well I personally can't wait until you're back. And don't worry your secret is safe with me."
"Thanks, and why is that?"
"The camp is like the Underworld but way worse. Grover told me about it."
"Ha! And I miss G-Man too he's my best friend…"
"It's amazing how so many people like you, even Clarisse."
"Yeah well she owes me or she would be stuck with Polyphemus right now."
"Oh wow I really can't wait to hear all your amazing adventures. No one would even talk about them they were too depressed. Leo looks up to you a lot even though he barely knows about you."
"Don't worry you'll hear all of them, we have tons of time you are one of the seven after all."
"Great thanks for reminding me."
"No problem, and I think you can handle it."
"Yeah I'm not like most of my siblings, especially Drew, gods I hate her."
"Ditto, and the only other Aphrodite kid that had a heart like yours was Silena…"
"Could you tell me about her? No one said much about the second Titan War either."
"You have the right to know. Silena fell in love with a Hephaestus kid named Charles Beckendorf, after months of teasing. It was last summer when Beckendorf and I had a mission to go on. We had to stop the Princess Andromeda, the cruise liner of the bad guys, and we were going to blow it up. Of course something had to go wrong and I made it off because I'm Poseidon's kid and diving into the ocean from a far distance isn't anything for me but he sacrificed himself. Silena was heartbroken hearing the news. She cried even harder once I mentioned that the spy that we had known about since the quest for the Golden Fleece, was responsible for his death. Clarisse swore to kill whoever it was. I even told them about the scythe charm. During the war a drakon intervened. The Ares cabin was a no show because Clarisse was too stubborn. Only a child of Ares can kill a drakon you see so Silena pretended to be Clarisse and convinced all the other Ares children to fight, so she charged and was struck by the monster's poison. Clarisse and Chris arrived just as she was dying. She confessed that she was the spy. L-Luke he was always nice to her and convinced Silena to help him, he promised nothing would happen to Charlie. She left me a note saying how sorry she was and the charm which I strung onto my necklace as a reminder. No one talked about her being a spy because in the end she was a true hero."
"Wow..I don't think I'm like her at all."
"Yeah well I think so and people tend to be influenced by me."
"Sure or they're just scared."
"Ha ha very funny."
"What was Luke's story? I know him, Annabeth, and Thalia used to be good friends but he died, that's all that Annabeth told Jason. I even saw a picture of you and him taped in your cabin."
Silence followed Piper's question. She figured it was a touchy subject. Obviously a worse topic than Silena. She nodded her head signaling it was okay not to explain. He looked up at her grateful, tears swam in his eyes.
"Annabeth really loves you, you mean the world to her. She would even sacrifice herself for you."
Tears started to fall fast. Piper was speechless she didn't imagine she would ever see Percy Jackson cry. Yes she did see him AFTER crying but not while. He looked so fragile. Piper put a hand on his shoulder not knowing how he would react. He tensed but relaxed just as quickly.
"Wisdom's daughter walks alone, the Mark of Athena burns through Rome."
"Wait what, is that about Annabeth?"
Percy nodded slowly. The gods had to have told him something about a sacrifice Annabeth would make. Piper understood. Her heart started to pump faster at the realization. She helped Percy up and held his arm the entire walk to the Senate House. They entered the doors. It was bizarrely quiet. Everyone looked up at the duo. Annabeth looked thankful and Reyna looked outraged.
Piper quickly took her seat next to Jason. He seemed jealous. Piper knew how much he cared for her at that moment. She gave him a peck on the lips an turned her attention back to the front. She stole a quick glance at Jason. He was much better and blushing. Reyna stared at me with daggers. Piper knew she deserved it. She took Jason and in a way Percy too.
"Jason why don't you tell us your story first?"
"Sure why not?" Jason told the whole story. After he finished all the Romans looked impressed. Percy was unfazed.
"Bet your adventures didn't beat that Kelp Head." Thalia interjected a smug look upon her face.
"You're kidding right? Since when did your quests ever beat mine…Pinecone Face?" Percy said with a wide grin. Thalia scowled at the mention of the nickname.
Percy recounted his story. He was right it was much more exciting than Jason, Leo, and Piper's. Once he got to the gambling on his life part Annabeth screamed at the top of her lungs.
"YOU ARE SUCH A SEAWEED BRAIN! WHO ELSE WOULD GAMBLE THEIR LIFE WITH GAEA? WHAT OTHER STUPID THINGS DID YOU DO?!"
Apparently a lot of stupid things happened. He fell off glacier with a lost ghost army of a Roman legion. Frank said it looked as if they were meeting for lunch and Percy fell twice that far off St. Louis Arch. The guy could make his own hurricane, defeated Ares when he was twelve, freed Death, killed the bane of his father Polybotes, killed Alcyoneus, and raised as praetor shortly after. Piper thought the Greeks would be used to this but even they were in disbelief.
"Wow Percy that's busy even for you, and who knew you were smart enough not to get killed? Wait Hazel and Frank helped take that back." Thalia commented.
"Terminus, that statue with no arms that scares the daylights out of me, helped defeat Polybotes?" Butch asked.
"Yup and thanks, see I'm not a Seaweed Brain all the time." Percy replied.
"Well that was enlightening, but now we discuss the quest to Rome." Reyna said.
"Okay so we know me, Jason, Annabeth, frank, Hazel, Leo, and Piper are the seven heroes of the Second Great Prophecy. Nico Di Angelo is a Greek demigod of Hades and somehow found out about his place probably after all the time he spends in the Underworld. I, Thalia, Annabeth, and my friend Grover saved him and his sister Bianca three years ago. His sister died on a quest and he was left. He went to try and find the Doors of Death and he was captured by Gaea. He knows something she doesn't so after she gets the information she plans to kill him. I won't let that happen because of me Bianca died-" Percy was interrupted by both Thalia and Annabeth.
"It wasn't your fault!" they said simultaneously.
"Whatever you say…well I am going to save him no matter what plus he has info that's probably pretty important to us so that's our mission to save Nico and close the Doors. My personal mission will be to strangle the kid for pretending not to know me."
"I can't believe him! He could have told us too!" Annabeth exclaimed.
"Well I only got here a week ago…"Percy murmured.
"What were you doing for eight months?" Katie asked.
"Uh, sleeping in the Wolf House then last month I started to train and last week I came here."
"WHAT?!" Now it was Piper's turn to be angry along with almost the rest of the Greeks. They had been to the Wolf House to rescue Hera. They could have saved him earlier. They explained this to Percy again and he looked mad.
"Ridiculous I know." Jason sympathized.
"No not that, I can't believe I slept through that whole thing!" Percy said. Everyone burst out laughing.
"So should we leave now? You know to Rome?" Leo asked.
"Whoa we go to New York first all the way to Camp Half-Blood and my mom because she'll kill me for leaving a very vague message. Plus I want the yelling to be over with especially after she sees the tattoo. Paul better not start the dad act now or I'm doomed." Percy complained.
The meeting was adjourned and the Greeks went back to sleep on the warship. Percy went to go have his "talk" with Reyna much to Annabeth's dislike. Piper had to drag her away before things got ugly. Jason, no longer praetor, went to join them on the ship. Apparently Percy didn't even sleep in the house and wanted to give Jason the job back but that would cause Octavian to bring another reason why the Greeks were conspiring against them so he kept the job.
Annabeth got ever madder once she learned that the two praetor houses were right next to each other. It took all the counselors including Jason to restrain Annabeth from running Reyna through with her knife. Piper thought about their first day. It was definitely interesting.
She couldn't wait to think about tomorrow…
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