How long's it been? Actually, don't remind me-_-
I'm in a really bad mood because my guitar broke (well it was my sister's, so thank Hermes/Mercury...) and SoN isn't out in my country yet! HOW DARE THEY! I CAN'T WAIT ONE MONTH AFTER READING ALL THOSE SPOILERS!
Well at least I'll be updating another chapter for all my stories this week... and I'm obsessed with the Kane Chronicles right now! How Anubis reminds me of Nico...
Disclaimer: you're an idiot! (no offense...)
Camp Jupiter feels colder. People are minding their own business, especially when a certain daughter of Aphrodite walks by.
Her hair was a mess, yet she looked beautiful. And dangerous. She was wearing a black tank top and black shorts, symbollic because she was mouring her happy days with him. She's at the sword fighting arena, using her anger by fighting off the Romans and charmspeaking them to 'drop dead', which is not a pretty sight. The Romans liked a challenge alright, but this time, they felt like they should avoid this freak of a Greek.
She slashed people's arms and dummies too. She's become destructive, and started destroying everything on her path. Gwen has become very attentive of Piper's recent behaviour and has no idea how to stop it. Annabeth had tried to become a good friend, but it's no use when she's in a state like that. Hazel's come to talk to her once in a while, but in every converation, Piper could suddenly just bring up Jason to it. Leo's always trying to crack the stupidest jokes, but nooo, she didn't even listen. Even Percy tried helping too, and they weren't particularly close, making it more awkward...
She was sweating like crazy, but she won't stop.
Then came Reyna. She was looking as perfect as ever, with her long blonde hair braided behind her back, talking and smiling, happy as sunshine (no pun intended), at the campers passing by. She was wearing a purple toga thing with golden armor plates. Then her eyes darkened when she saw Piper.
She's won this game, but not completely. All she needed was to convince Jason that Reyna is the girl for her.
So she entered the arena fearlessly, holding a sword 3 times the size of Piper's pathetic dagger. She walked over the Venus child confidently, who was decapitating the heads of dummies and slicing it into smaller pieces. She tapped on her shoulder. The brunette turned around to face the blonde.
Piper's dark eyes narrowed. Her nostrils flaring. "What do you want?"
Reyna twirled her sword carelessly. "Oh, just a friendly one on one. You don't mind, don't you?"
Without hesitation, Piper tried to stab her on the stomach, but Reyna parried. "Missed." she taunted with a satisfied tone of voice.
Unfortunately, Reyna jinxed it, earning a scar on her arm. It was too late for Piper to apologize because Reyna didn't take it too lightly and gashed the whole of Piper's right leg. "IT'S ON!"
She tried to keep calm, taking deep breaths. But it wasn't worth it. Not anymore. Not after all she's been through. "BRING. IT. B*TCH!"
Then the fight tensed and all Hades/Pluto/Dis Pater/whichever you prefer broke loose.
People watched around the arena, and of course, the Mercury cabin had to start their betting business. The Mars cabin cheered the loudest and taunted the most like: 'is that the best Greeks can do?', 'I thought Miss Apollo was the best fighter in camp', and 'you fight like a girl!' (by the way, the boy who said that actually got beat up by half of the female campers. Oh, the irony...) Not to mention the Apollo kids cheering on Reyna and Venus kids cheering on Piper. It was like watching a deadly boxing match, but worse.
Piper tried to charmspeak, "SURRENDER."
Luckily, Reyna didn't hear and screamed. "LA LA LA, I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"
They circled each other, the fight was going nowhere. The pain was covered up by the anger. Piper's legs were gashed, her left shoulder stabed, her forehead scarred like Harry Potter, fingers numb from holding her dagger too tight. Reyna's outfit was ripped, amking her look like a hobo, a long scar oon her left arm with flowing fresh blood, her right knee bruised, her tight stabbed severly and her arms are falling off from the weight of the sword. Yet neither are willing to stop.
How long's it been, like, 2 hours?
"GO AWAY!" Piper screeched as she deflected another blow. "Isn't Jason enough for you?"
Reyna cut the skin on her fingers. With sweat pouring on her, the sting was unbearable. She smirked. "It'll be enough once you leave us along FOR GOOD."
"I HAVE!"
"NO YOU HAVEN'T!" Reyna caught her from behind, her sword in front of her neck. She's pressing it against her skin, but something's telling her not to kill her... yet. "You, don't understand; he's all I have."
Piper managed to get out of her grip. "You don't let people understand you-"
"NO!" she yelled. "He's the only one who understands." Reyna disarmed Piper, making the dagger fly far behind Reyna. "You have you're superstar of a DAD, but Jason's the closest thing to a familly I HAVE." She dropped hew sword with a loud clang. The crowd went silent. "You STOLE him from ME! Something I'll have get over and GET BACK." She walked towards Piper threateningly and pushed her.
"He doesn't belong to anyone," Piper said, radiating confidence. "And he will chose who he likes for himself. My mother too."
"Your MOTHER?" Reyna practically wailed, nearly crying. "Dear ol' Venus NEVER listens to me. What's she done to me? That-"
Piper was fuming with exasperation. She puched Reyna in the gut. "You finish that sentence and you're dead meat-"
"I'd like to see you try!" Reyna squirmed, clutching her stomach. The sun shined brighter. She grabbed her sword and used the blunt side to shove Piper where she was stabbed.
Almost like it was rehearsed, the two fell to the ground at the same time on the count of three.
Everyone gasped. The crowd parted to reveal a mad Lupa with Jason beside her, wearing his SPQR purple shirt.
Lupa walked to the centre of the arena and growled furiously. "I thought that this would be avoided. And why is everyone watching?" Everyone silenced. "HAZEL!"
She stepped forward. Her brown-red hair gleaming under the light. She was nervous, biting her lip until it bruises.
"I thought I asked you and the daughter of Athena to keep an eye on them." Lupa glared at her. She gulped.
Annabeth suddenly came out. "Lupa, it wasn't Hazel's fault. The fight was impossible to stop, and-"
"I DIDN'T ASK YOU!" Annabeth became silent. "EVERYONE OUT! DINNER WON'T BE SERVED!" There were sulks, but the smart people didn't, you know, in case Lupa changes her mind.
"I feel bad"
"You shouldn't"
"It was all my fault"
"Stop blaming yourself"
"Zeus knows what Lupa would do to them-"
"Annabeth!" They looked into each other's eyes and kissed for a second or two... or was it a minute or two? He hugged her tightly, smelling the lemon scent of her hair. "It's alright."
She decided not to cry now that he's beside her. "I hope so."
"It's okay, Hazel-"
"PLUTO NO IT AIN'T!"
"I know Piper, she'll be fine." Leo reassured her.
"And I know Reyna. She'll be in a horrid state when she's conscious." she fought back. "And Jupiter knows what Lupa would do to them..." Optimism, daughter. 'No dad, it's not worth the optimism,' she thought.
"I'm- we're here for you," he corrected himself.
The unexpected happened. She hugged him. Leo could've blushed, but he thought that it's best to make that moment last.
But they didn't know that two jealous certain someone's are watching...
He sat there between, in the infirmary, bewildered, with his face buried in his face. They were recovering. That's good. He still can't believe that they were fighting because of him. (A/N: No boy, they're fighting over you.) And he's stuck in between, literally, because until Venus eventually comes to talk to him, he'd be lost in this love mess forever.
Dear Zeus, can you make shippings Par Avion quicker please?
Dear Poseidon, can you make shippings via boat quicker, please?
Dear Hermes, can your delivery go a lot more quicker, please?
Dear Hades, can you, like, convince Mrs. O'Leary to eat people who don't review or follow or favorite me? (No harm intended!)
Sincerely, the very bored and very pissed, the one and only,
GeekAtWork.
