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Chapter 11: I fight the ice princess
A.N. Here's what's been happening with Ginny and the others, this is happening the same time Piper and the others are fighting the Dolphin people, so that means the next day would be the next day for Piper and them too. Sorry if that's confusing.
Jason's P.O.V.
I hoped Piper and the others were doing better than we were, first we had a run in with Amazons, then we stopped on an island full of smelly women, who tried to feed me to a sea monster. Ginny and Hazel fought the women and helped get me untied from the rocks just in time for me to send a lighting-bolt at the monster killing it.
Later when we flow somewhere safe Hazel had explained who the women must have been. In one of the old myths. There were these women who lived on the island Lemmon, they failed to honor Aphrodite, so she cursed them with a foul smell. Their husbands began to neglect them and took lovers from Thrace, so the women killed them. But apparently the feeding guys to sea monsters was a new thing. I guess they had gotten meaner since coming back from the Underworld.
What happen was we stopped on this island so we could stretch our legs and give Pegasus some rest. We soon noticed the bad odder, but ignored it. We got food and drinks at some diner, but then Ginny noticed that there were only women around, no guys or even kids. But we put that out of our heads too and rented a room at a little Inn. Hazel and Ginny shared a room, while I had a room to myself. But our drinks must or at least my drink must of been drugged, because the next thing I knew; I was waking up tied to rocks with a sea monster on its way to eat me. I had heard shouting and saw Hazel and Ginny fighting their way to me. Which they made it just in time to untie me and I used my javelin to call down lighting and strike the sea monster killing it. We then fled after fighting our way back through the smelly women hopped on Pegasus and took off.
Now we only had three days to save Harry and I didn't know if we would even get to Harmonia in time. Hazel seemed to know what she was doing, but it still didn't stop me from wishing that we could have brought Nico with us instead. Though I doubt he would have come, he was too sat on saving Harry.
Harry that's all anyone thinks about. I know I sound cruel and Harry can't help that he was kidnapped. But I couldn't help but feel jealousy toward him. I hate to admit, but before he was taken I was starting to dislike him. Zeus was my father, why did he go to Harry to find the sword and not me. And why did he keep visiting Harry. He was my father and Harry has gotten to see him more than I have. I've never even met him. Thalia has a couple of times, but I never did. He even gave me to Hera when I was a baby, that's what she said anyway. Leaving me to live a life in and out of foster homes and on the streets. I thought I had found good friends in Hylla and Reyna, but they ran off and left me a defenseless ten-year old to fend for myself when something better came along. I was then picked up by cops and took to a boys home; that was run by an abusive drunk. I finally had enough there and runway, I lived on the streets stealing to get food for a year. Then one day when I was being chased by a monster, Thalia and a couple other hunters showed up and killed it. The other hunters just wanted to leave me there and go on, but Thalia realized I was a demigod and had taken me aside to explain everything to me and tell me how I could get to camp, she then relaxed who I was and took me to camp herself, and stayed a few days until I got used to being there.
When I had got to camp and Zeus claimed me, Chiron had taken me aside and gave me my coin/sword/javelin. Said it was given to him with the instruction that he was to give it to the son of Zeus when he showed up at camp. A month after coming to camp Leo and Piper showed up and I had finally made two real friends. Then two months later Harry showed up. And he became like a bother, but then he started spending more time with Nico, training and whatever it was they did. And if he wasn't with Nico he was with Percy. Him and Percy are best friends. If they're not hanging out with their girlfriends, they were with each other. It was like Harry had forgotten all about me and Leo, but then Piper and Harry disappeared and my brotherly feelings toward Harry return, and I was worried about him and Piper. Then I got the owl from Ginny telling me Harry and Piper had showed up at Hogwarts and Harry had been hurt.
I learned my father had sent him on a quest to find some powerful sword that my father had made himself. I couldn't believe it. And the jealous feeling returned. And this time I was even feeling dislike toward Harry, but then he was dragged down into Tartarus. And I felt guilty for what had felt. And the feelings were gone until I found out Ginny use to have a crush on him, then they all came back and I felt like the worst friend/step-brother in the world.
I didn't know what to feel, I was just so confused and I really cared about Ginny. I didn't like the idea of her liking someone else. Was she just with me because she couldn't be with Harry, or was I someone she was using to try to get over Harry and the moment she did, would she move on to someone else. No Ginny wouldn't do that. I shook the thought from my head. I just wanted to hurry up and save Harmonia, I wanted to be there to help save Harry, I had to prove to myself and everyone else that I do care about Harry and still consider him my friend and brother. We only had three days left.
"Jason, are you alright." Ginny's voice came into my thoughts. I looked over at her. We were sitting around a fire camped in some woods. Hazel had already gone into her and Ginny's tent to sleep, Ginny and I were the only ones left awake. "I'm fine, just thinking."
Ginny frowned and moved closer to me and wrapped her arms around my arm. "Do you want to talk about it?" I shook my head and Ginny frowned deeper. She was so beautiful, it was hard to believe she wasn't a daughter of Aphrodite; with her brown eyes and fiery red hair, that hung down to her waist. When we were riding on Pegasus I was so close to her I could smell her flowery sent. I know Harry loves Piper and he would never do anything to hurt her, but somehow I couldn't get the thought of him taking Ginny from me out of my head. Like someone was planting it there.
"Jason, are you mad at me?" Ginny asked. I looked up at her surprised.
"What makes you think that?" Jason demanded. Ginny looked down.
"You haven't said much to me since that goddess announced I use to have a crush on Harry." Ginny said. "Look, I don't anymore. I like you. No, I love you. Harry was just a crush, more like a hero crush. I grow up hearing stories of The-boy-who-lived. How he defeated Voldemort. And Harry never thought of me that way. To him I was always the little sister of his best mate. Even when he saved my life. It was only because he thinks he has to save everyone in trouble and partly was doing it for Ron. Now that I know who Harry truly is. I don't think of him like that anymore. I care about him though, as a friend" Ginny ran her hand through my hair and I grinned a little. It sounded like Ginny's crush was nothing more than liking a famous person. Like when girls in their early teens gets all mushy eyed over their favorite singer or movie star.
"When Hecate announced you had a crush on Harry, for a minute there I thought Piper was going to attack you." I said.
"I didn't like hearing Piper announce you were her first crush." Ginny said. She leaned in a gave me a kiss. I smiled when she pulled away.
"We dated for about a week." I said. "But then every time we kissed it felt weird, It's hard to explain, it was like we didn't belong together. We decided then we were better as friends, that maybe we really didn't like each other."
"Dose Harry know that?" Ginny asked. I leaned in and kissed her.
"He knows we dated, but I don't think Piper ever mentioned the kissing part to him." I said. "So, if you would keep that just between us. I wouldn't want to get killed by my younger brother." I kissed Ginny again.
"I thought you and Harry was the same age?" Ginny asked. I grinned and laid my hand on her cheek.
"I'm thirty days older than him." I explained and Ginny rolled her eyes with a smile.
"I don't think that really counts." She said. "Does it?"
"It does." I smirked. "Though Harry doesn't seem to think so." Ginny laughed.
"Yeah, I bet he doesn't." She said. "I've heard Ron mention how Harry hated the fact that both he and Hermione was older than he was, and taller." I laughed.
"Yeah, I know how Harry hates being so short." I said. "Sometimes I wonder if Piper never wears heels, so she won't make herself taller than him." Ginny laughed hard about that.
"Are we sitting here making fun of our friends?" She asked, smiling. "It's not that I could talk anyway, I'm short. I have to stand on tip toes to kiss you." I smiled and kissed her.
"Yeah, but I love you the way you are." I said. "You would look funny tall." Ginny smacked my arm. Then we kissed again. I laid my hand back on her cheek and rubbed her jaw with my thumb. I then gave her a long passionate kiss. Then pulled back, put my lips to her ear and whispered.
"Do you want to spend the night in my tent?" I then kissed her cheek and pulled back waiting for her to answer. She looked over at her and Hazel's tent then back at me and smiled.
"Okay." She said. I kissed her again and pulled back.
"Are you sure?" I asked. "You do realize..."
"I know what you meant." Ginny said. "And I'm sure." I smiled and stood, and reached my hand down to help Ginny up, she put the fire out with her wand and took my hand and I pulled her to her feet, she then wrapped her arms around my waist and kissed me and I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her back deeper, I then pulled back, took her hand and led her into my tent.
The next morning I was the first one up or at least I thought I was, but when I got dressed in jeans and a sweat-shirt, then put on my coat and stepped out of the tent to start a fire for when the girls got up, I saw Hazel already out of her tent and in front of a fire.
"Good morning, Hazel." I said, cheerfully, then sat down in front of the fire. Hazel didn't answer but moved around nervously, and glanced toward my tent.
"Is Ginny.."
"Yeah, she's in my tent." I said. "She's still asleep." She nodded and looked down, her cheeks a little pink.
"Oh, um.. Good." She said. "I woke up and Ginny wasn't there and got scared that maybe something happen to her, but then I thought maybe she was in. Um.. Your tent."
"No, Ginny's fine." I said. Hazel nodded.
"Good, because I promised Ron I would look.. Look after her." Hazel said. "And make sure she stayed safe." I frowned. I had a feeling there was something else in that promise. But Hazel didn't say more and I decided to let it drop as I got over the shock that I just realized that Hazel liked Ron. Why she would I couldn't figure out. I know that looks don't matter, but I didn't care too much for Ron. I know he was Ginny's brother and everything, but sometimes he could be a real jerk.
At that time Ginny came out of the tent fully dressed in jeans and a sweater and coat and sat down next to me. I gave her a grin and she smiled back, but had a slight blush on her face, probably thinking about last night.
"Good morning." I said, then leaned in and kissed her cheek. She smiled.
"Good morning." She said. "Hey Hazel."
"Good morning, Ginny." Hazel said.
"So, what are we doing next?" Ginny asked. "Should we pack up the tents and I call Pegasus?" Hazel shook her head.
"No, we should pack up, but I think we should walk around for a while." Hazel said. "I'm pretty sure cross-roads should be around here somewhere. We just have to find it."
"Okay, good." I said. "Maybe we can hurry up and find Harmonia then get back to the others."
Not long after that we packed everything up and walked on foot into the woods. Ginny reached over and took my hand, and gave me a huge grin. I grinned back. None of us talked as we walked, We were all a little nervous of what we were going to find and what we were going to have to do.
Hazel was leading us as we went on farther and farther into the woods. I wondered if we were at the right place, since nothing had jumped out and attacked us. But I didn't voice my thoughts out loud. Afraid if I did, I would jinx it and something would attack us.
We walked for over two hours before we saw an ending to the woods up ahead. It took about ten minutes to get to the end and then walked out on this road. Hazel turned left and went walking down the road.
"It's not too far" Hazel said, as Ginny and I followed her. We walked for I don't know how long, before we came up to a part the road where four roads crossed. Hazel frowned and looked around. Then suddenly as if the mist had covered it from our eyes a woman appeared behind the four roads. She was in the air in a cage a lot like the one Hera had been in. But this one was being held up in the air, by roots that formed a giant hand.
"Is that Harmonia?" Ginny asked, pointing at the women leaning on the front bars and looking down at us. She had on a simple white dress and gold bands on her arms. Her wavy brown hair was all tangled. She was looking at us with dark blue eyes. In a way she looked like Hermione. Annabeth did say one of the Myths about Harmonia had a daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. If that was the right one, then she would be Hermione's half-sister, also Piper's. I frowned. That means Hermione and Piper were sisters.
"It has to be." I said. "Don't see any other goddess locked up do you?" Ginny tiled her head.
"She kinda looks like Hermione." She said.
"I was just thinking the same thing." I said.
"I don't see anyone around." Hazel said. "Do you think it might be a trap."
"Most likely." I said. "But we have to try to got her out anyway. We'll get attacked either way." Hazel frowned at me, but she got out her spear. Which made Ginny take her sword off her neckless and I pulled out my coin and flipped it in the air. When I caught it, it was now a sword.
"Let's do this." I said. We all took a step.
"NO WAIT!" Harmonia called, but too late, the moment we stepped toward Harmonia dozens of Inferi came out from behind the tree. Ginny gasped as one reached for her, I swung my sword and cut off its hand, but it just kept coming. Ginny swung her sword and cut off its head. I then spun around and took off the head of one that was coming up behind me. I gave Ginny a quick kiss before we separated to fight.
I saw Hazel on the other side of the road taking out inferi after inferi. Ginny was going through them with her sword trying to get to Harmonia. I ran my sword through one, then twirled around and took its head off before moving on to the next one.
I suddenly heard Ginny scream and turned around in time to see she had stepped off the road toward the roots holding Harmonia up in her cage and a net made of roots shot out of the ground and trapped her, she was now dangled from a tree that I was pretty sure wasn't there before. She had dropped her sword so she was unable to cut herself free.
"Ginny!" I cried. I tried to get to her, but the inferi wouldn't let me. Suddenly the wind started blowing hard and snow began to fall. And everything got darker. And I suddenly felt as if I would never be happy again. I looked up to see a dementor heading our way. I backed up and took a swing at it as it came up to me. I missed and tripped on the inferi's arm I had chopped off just moments ago and fell. The dementor go closer and I heard every bad thing that has ever happened to me.
"Jason!" Ginny cried, then "Expecto Patronm."
A silvery Pegasus burst from the end of Ginny's wand and chased the dementor away. She may have dropped her sword when she was trapped, but she didn't drop her wand.
Then there were more dementors around us, I picked up my sword and stabbed the ones that came near, and Hazel took the others.
Then we begin fighting the inferi again, as we both tried to make our way to Ginny. When we had taken out the last inferi, I tossed my sword up in the air and when it came back down it was a javelin. I then tossed it at the top of the net and it went through the root holding it to the tree branch and the net and Ginny fell to the ground. Thankfully Ginny wasn't hurt when she fell. I really hadn't thought that through.
I took a step toward her when there was suddenly a big gust of wind. Blowing our hair and clothes and making it hard for us to walk. It was storm spirits. They flew at us so fast we couldn't defend ourselves, they pulled on our hair and tugged at our clothes. My javelin was too far away to reach, and I had to do something. I closed my eyes, I could feel the electricity in the air and I could feel it running through my body. I opened my eyes and raised up my arm and this lighting bolt form in my palm and I thrust it out and it hit the ground with a big bang and the storm spirits were all blasted away.
"Jason." Ginny looked at me wide-eye. "That was brilliant." I smiled at her praise as she ran to me and threw her arms around me, but then there was this big gust of snow and I heard this mad laughter as a girl in a white dress with long black hair and dark eyes stepped out of the twirling snow.
"Khione." I growled. Ginny looked between me and her.
"Who?" She asked.
"Goddess of snow." I said. "I've had a run in with her before. Well, actually it was Leo who fought her, but anyway, she once wanted to make me an icy statue to play with." Ginny looked toward Khione with narrowed eyes.
"Khione!" Harmonia cried. "You're not going to get away with this. You let me out now." Khione only laughed and waved her hand and made ice cover Harmonia's cage was covered in ice cutting her next words off.
She then turned back to us and thrust out her hands and ice began to form on the road. Hazel who was closest to her turned into an icy statue. I grabbed Ginny by the waist and put my arm out and flew into the air. Ginny put her arms around my neck to hold on.
Khione laughed. "Do you think you can get away from me." Snow was making it hard to see. We had to stay in the air to fight her, and not step on the icy ground or we would become icy statutes like Hazel. I'm sure Khione could turn us to ice up here too, but it would be a lot harder.
"Call Pegasus." I told Ginny. "I'm going to need both hands to fight." she nodded and gave a big whistle and within seconds, the solid white Pegasus came flying to us. And Ginny climbed on his back and gripped her wand.
"Good, now try to free Harmonia while I distract Khione." I told her. Ginny nodded.
"Be careful." Ginny said. "I love you."
I gave her a little smile. "I love you too, Red." She smiled at the nickname then took off down toward Harmonia. I turned to Khione.
"Hey, Ice Princess." I yelled. I was going to do anything to make sure she didn't notice Ginny flying toward Harmonia, there was no way I was going to allow Ginny to be turned to ice.
"You think you are so clever." Khione sneered. "How about I freeze that mouth shut for you." She held out her hand and shoot ice toward me. I raised myself up higher so it would miss, then flew in toward Khione, I shoot a small bolts of lighting toward her, Khione dodged out-of-the-way. It hit the road and made a large crack through the ice. Khione laughed and sent a big gust of snow at me, it twirled around, spinning me and almost knocked me out of the air. Then it suddenly stopped. And I looked down to see Khione fighting this flapping things with wings that was flying in her face. I looked to Ginny to see her give me a smile holding up her wand. I smiled back and held up my arm again and formed the large lighting bolt again then I tossed it down toward Khione, it hit her knocking her backwards and crossed the street. Where she slammed onto the ground hard. But of course it didn't kill her and she was soon back on her feet, though her dress was smoking and had a burn hole in it and her hair was standing on edge.
"You'll pay for that, son of Zeus." Khione said. She raised her hands, but this time I raised both my hands, the sky had grown black, and the wind was picking up, I saw Pegasus take off with Ginny as the rain that had come down turned to hail, maybe it wasn't a good idea for Khione and I to mix warm and cold air together. The wind began to blow so fast, I was having a hard time staying in the air and Khione was having a hard time standing on her feet. Lighting flashed and thunder roared, then the clouds began to twirl like a funnel.
Khione laughed and tossed ice cicles at me. I dodged the best I could, but one did hit my shoulder, putting a cut crossed the side. I threw more lighting-bolts her way. She moved out-of-the-way, and one hit the ground right in front of icy Hazel, she shook then turned over and went rolling off the road and into a ditch.
"Nice shot." Khione laughed. Just as the wind began to howl, and pick up. I didn't see Ginny anywhere, so hopefully Pegasus flew her somewhere safe. The cloud that I had been worried about; began to twirl more and looked as if it was coming down. Lighting flashed and thunder roared and rain, mixed with hail came down. The ice Khione had covering everything melted away, I could hear Khione laughing over the howling wind as the funnel came down, she disappeared in a swirl of snow, the next thing I knew I was being blowed away out of the sky.
"Wake up, Jason Grace." I heard a voice say, I opened my eyes and Harmonia was out of her cage and standing over me. "Your little... Um storm broke my cage, knocked down a few trees too." I sat up and looked around. Harmonia was right, there was falling trees everywhere.
"What happen?" I asked. "Where is everyone?" I stood. "Ginny, where's Ginny?"
"Your fight with Khione made a tornado." Harmonia said. "Your storms were making warm air, and Khione was making cold air, and it mixed together and made a tornado. She took off before it touched the ground."
"But where is Ginny?" I demanded.
"Pegasus hasn't brought her back yet." Harmonia said. "And your friend Hazel is still lying in the ditch. She's alive, just knocked out."
"JASON!" Ginny suddenly yelled. I looked over to see her jumping down from Pegasus and running toward me. I took off running to her and when she threw her arms around my neck I lifted her off her feet and spun her around. "I was so scared something happened to you."
"I'm fine." I told her, sitting her back on her feet. "I was worried about you."
"Where's Hazel?" Ginny suddenly asked, looking around. I frowned at her and pointed toward the ditch.
"Harmonia said she was in the ditch." I told her.
"I hope she's okay." Ginny said, she took off running toward the ditch, and I followed her. When we got to it we saw Hazel laying on her stomach in the mud. I climbed down in it after stopping Ginny from climbing down. I tuned her over, her face was covered in mud, along with her outfit.
"Is she okay?" Ginny asked.
"She's alive, just knocked out." Harmonia appeared next to Ginny, making her jump. "Here gave her some of this, Jason Grace." Harmonia said, reaching down and handing me a flask of nectar. I took it, went back to Hazel and lifted her up, and pour some into her mouth. At first nothing, but then Hazel coughed up some mud and dirt, along with water. She opened her eyes and looked around confused.
"What happen?" She asked. As I let her go, then helped her to her after I stood.
"Thank Merlin you're okay." Ginny said, she reached down and helped Hazel to climb out of the ditch. She then grabbed my arm and tried to help me as I was climbing out, I smiled at her before turned to Hazel and telling her what happen.
"You children did well." Harmonia said. "I've been trapped in that cage for almost a year. I thank you." We nodded and as she disappeared our bag appeared in front of us. Along with a new bag full of ambrosia and flask of nectar.
Not long after Harmonia left we climbed one Pagasus and headed toward Greece and Mount Olympus, since we didn't know where to find the others we decided to meet them o the mountain. Hopefully we don't get there too late.
A.N. I hope this chapter was good and the fight between Jason and Khione. Sorry I didn't actually do a chapter where Jason was tired to the rocks, I tried but just can't get it right, no mater what I do, I'll still work on it though, and if I can get one right, I might put up a one-shot of it. And the next chapter will be Piper's P.O.V. But it may not have any action.