Chapter 6: I make a new enemy, from my friend

Okay i know it's kind of late, but I wanted to bring up the incident with Japan. Why should we care; we bombed them, they bombed us, but that's the past. they gave the freedom that we never had, over about 80% of the people in Hawaii(that includes me) have either lived there,visited,or is japanese or have family and friends there. Japan is so much alike us; were islands, were prone to tsunamis and natrual disasters, and we need to help them. We( the people in hawaii are due for a big tsunami and/or earthquake, we only have one world, we can't have countries fighting just because something happened in the past. It's The past, we have to forgive ourselves and others actions, it's the only way to to save ourselves.

Sorry i didn't mean to go full on, i just got really bored of sitting around watching the tsunami/earthquake, i want to do something about. So plz, plz donate to red cross, it's okay if your on the opposite side of the earth, we need to gain everyones trust to have peace in this world.

Okay, back to the story, this is Zoe's POV and some things that i explained last chapter. thanx for all the reads, over 50 yesterday and today.i'm so happy. umm, just let me know if you want grover and juniper, or any of the other campers. i am also including chris and clarrisse for this one oh and also:

Disclaimer: I do not own PJO, THO, or any of the content used in Rick Riordan's awesome series.

thanx
-Zoe

Zoe POV

I hope I didn't make it worse for everybody, everyone was acting weird after I became claimed. i knew it was Gaea in the first place. When i just turned one i remembered my brother acting crazy and screaming 'It's youw bwithday,happy bwithday Sis', He couldn't pronounce his"r"s right,While Mom would yell and say 'Don't make aunt Terra come', Then he would apologize and we would give each other big hugs. I miss him so much. He used to hold me so close, and i could feel his vibrant heartbeats. Keith. that was his name. It still upsets me that my mother had to take him away from me. Sometimes it gets so bad, I just want to curl up into a little ball and scream untill he would hush me and hold me the way he used to. I would give anything just to see his face, he must be what, seventeen now. I used to get empathy links from him every birthday. but that stopped right after dad died. I think the only time i saw him again was after our dad died I was roaming the streets and he saved me from a Draceanae. Before when he would communicate with me, he would tell me everything would be okay, that everything was going to be fine, Just like Michael of Michael, he talks to me with that soothing voice of his like Keith would. Does he really...? No, he's not like that other boy, Leo, and how he was acting like that. But the way he looked at me the other day, at archery, the way he guided me. I shooked all those thoughts away and started to draw some landscapes, untill a familiar voice interupted my drawing world.

"Heroes" Chiron yelled. I put my stuff down and ran out of my cabin, and joined the large group of demigods.

"Me and Mr. d has decided that we are going to have a camp dance." He said cheerfuly. Some moans let out, and almost all the aphrodite cabin shouted 'yes' in unison, including Leo and one of those twins that i saw, i think Piper said he was Travis. As soon people shouted their responses, they headed to their daily activities. Then michael and piper ran up to me with smiles upon their faces.

"Why are you two smiling?" I asked, followed up with a chuckle of mine.

"Well for me, Jasons coming back, I'm so happy" She said then jumped up and down.

"Calm down there Piper" michael said. then laughed. just then a super pretty, with lots of make up hugged michael. Michael looked stunned, so did Piper, then got really upset.

"michael it's me, remember, I'm Drew, I thought you were dead, Im so happy your okay." She said playfully like how Leo did.

"I don't know you" was all he could manage.

"Oh, how can you forget your favorite girl" Then she looked at me and rolled her eyes." So this is the gaea girl, aren't you the enemy" she said. Piper looked seriously mad like she knew her.

"drew, get away, this isn't your business." Piper replied. Drew shot her a look and focused on Michael.

"So you want to meet me at the lake tonight at seven" she asked pinching his shirt.

"uh-umm... sure" he replied as if he was in a spell.

"Bye" she said and then skipped back to her cabin.

"So whos that?" i asked.

"Drew" Piper said. By the tone of her voice, it sounded like she had bad memories with her.

"She thinks she can get away with everything, just because she can charmspeak."

"Wait, she just charmspeaked me?" Michael said.

"yep" As soon as piper said that he cursed and then scowled. probably a natrual thing of his. then he looked at me like at archery, the way he stared at me, like he was speechless. Great, he probably does like me, but i can't fall in love, i'll just break his heart, he's too nice to deserve that.

He finally spoke up."Sorry" he said. Then Piper got into this, she looked back in forth between us. She was curious, as if she could see the tension between us. I got all nervous in my stomach, I didn't know what to say.

"Well i have to go" I said gesturing to my cabin, trying to relieve the tension.

"yea..." he added, then i started to walk away. piper talked to him out of curiosity, then started to catch up to me.

"Hey, you heard about the dance, why don't you go ask michael?"she said.

"Why?"

"I know you like him, the way you both looked at each other just know"

"No, were just friends." She rolled her eyes at me when i said that

"i'm a child of Aphrodite, i've seen this many times, this is not a regular friend relationship, trust me" When she said that, i felt insecure, like maybe i have started a relationship with him that i never wanted. Great, i won't be able to complete the oath. But if i try to protect Percy, annabeth would kill me, but if i don't protect Percy and try Michael, maybe it would be easier to open up to him then to Percy. no, Mother told me that i was assigned to Percy, not Michael. Ugghh. why does my life have to be so complicated.

"Please, for me" she said with a puppy-dog face. Obiously she had charmspeaking because i felt tempted at first, but i know better. I replied no, but with another look of her i just had to agree.

"Fine, when do i ask?" She was thinking very hard untill a light bulb went off. She looked so devious.

"How about the lake at around seven" she said with a look in her eyes.

"but that's when Drew is going to be there." i replied.

"Not if you beat her there, she usually takes at least an hour to do her hair." she said deviously. " I'll meet you at your cabin at around 6:30, ok." she said as she ran off. let's see, that gives me about three hours.

I wanted to go to the forest and see if that mastiff again. Chiron said the hellhound, as it's usually called was in some sort-of depression. Percy, the real owner, had forgotten her and was upset with the whole world, and that's why she tried to attack. I headed in there, trying to spot her. No luck. Then I remembered something i used to do, that drived everyone crazy. I started to run like crazy. where? no clue, but soon i got to a point that instead of footprints in the dirt, it became into paw prints. Hopefully that would attract The hellhound named Mrs. O'leary, because, well i'm in a dog form. I used to love dogs, i mean, i still do, but it brings back to many bad memories. When my brother was taken away from me, he got cursed into a dog form, or wolf, maybe both, but i'm sure he can't turn back to his normal human form. See, us Gaea children, can use life manipulation, which basically means that we can convert ourselves into any life form. I can't describe how i felt being like this again though, I felt, for once in my life, free. I felt like i could, for once escape from the burden i hold forever on my back. But that all ended when i hit my head on this metal door. I heard footsteps coming torwards me from the inside. I quickly turned back into regular form and manipulated the dirt to look untouched. Yes, we can do this too.A boy came out and i recognized his face instantly.

"Hello?" Leo asked."Oh, it's you" He said sadly, like the other day had never happened.

"I'm sorry, i kind-of ran into this side of the forest"

"It's okay"He said, then smiled.

"Why so glum?" I asked

"Oh, another machine malfunctioned, and that stupid dance"He said and put his head down, like this happened alot.

"Why you don't have a date?" i Asked."Who do you want to go with?"

"Oh, no one, She wouldn't want to go with someone like me" He said. Then chuckled. "I asked her, but she's going with Conner." he said. He breathed heavily."Miranda" He said with dreamy eyes.

"Well i have to meet Piper soon", wait it has been over two hours already, wow, its like the labyrinth that Annabeth and Percy have been in. We gaea children know everything because of my mom, who created almost everything.

"Bye" he said, so i walked back out of the forest and headed to my cabin. Suprisingly Piper was already there, and was, great, full of hyper.

"Zoe, how should you tell him,oohh,oohh, how about a letter, and a rose." she said.

"Slow down monkey, i have a better idea" i said, and then quickly showed her my dog form. Her mouth turned into a big 'O' and i just had to laugh.

"So how do i look?" I asked.

"You can talk in that form" she asked, still amazed.

"yes" i replied.

"Your idea wins" she said shaking her head." here, just hold this and perfect." She stuffed the rose that held the note in my mouth.

"Go, it's almost seven." she squealed exictedly.

"Ok,ok" i said as i jumped down from my bed, and walked torward the dock. As i headed there, something made me stopped. I hid behind the bushes and listened in to their conversation.

"Oh Michael, your so lean and handsome" drew said as she laid her head on his shoulder.

"Thanks, but you look nice too. he said, which i thought maybe she was charmspeaking, then i saw him holding her hand. That made my heart skip a beat.

"You know that Gaea girl, Zoe, she's probably just using you, I mean her mother is the creator of destruction, and she's probably only here to cause more trouble, you saw what happened with annabeth and her. She's practally here to ruin camp." She said with a sweet and calming voice.

"yeah" Michael said in a sweet voice too. i couldn't help it anymore, i dropped the rose, completly forgetting why i came here and dashed back to my cabin. Sadly, Piper was there.

"Zoe, why such the hurry, did he say yes?" she asked. i didn't want to talk to anyone at that point. She noticed and had a worried look on my face." What happened?" she breathed. " What did he say?"

"He's going with Drew" I replied warily. She asked, why i was so sad, i simply replied "It' nothing" suddenly i heard someone coming, and I recognized exactly who it was, So did Piper.

"hide" she squealed. I hide under the bed.

"Hey, Piper" Michael yelled. "Have you seen Zoe?, I found this note and a rose on the ground, and I can't seem to find her, I thought you two were over here since the light was on" Thankfully Piper covered up for me.

"No i haven't seen her since like three o'clock."

"Oh, well if you see her, can you tell her i feel like we could be more than just friends" he breathed shakily." And i know i can trust on you to tell her." He said. my heart stopped, i Couldn't believe what he was saying, he really wants to be more than just friends. I now have to break the news to him that i might have to break his heart. I can't do that right? How would he take it?

"Well bye" he said with a shaky breath. piper looked under the bed to where i was and gave me the signal to come out.

"He really feels that way about me?" i asked unsteadily.

"You heard what he says"

"So when is the dance?" I asked

"Tomorrow, exactly the day, Jason comes" She said excitidly.

"So that's why your so hyper"

"yep"

So, how will the dance go, who will she go with, well you have to wait till tomorrow or the next day, sorry. well i planned on having chris,clarrise,and Jason on this chapter, sorry, it got kind of long so i had no idea where to stop this one. there is definatly action in the next chapters so plz wait for the next update. Oh and Leo will go with i'm not giving out all the secrets.

But, annabeth,piper,leo,drew,and her brother Keith will get POV soon and maybe Jason idk so yeah, In at least three chapters the big part where Zoe will decide either to stay with Michael or find her brother will happen, plus keith will be sending her a few empathy links and her mother will get involved too. Umm this chapter was to get more background on Zoe, just to let you know so thnx for the help

-Zoe