Tada! Chapter 11 and up and running. So, read and enjoy! I should be updating the final chapter soon (as in this week), however, I make no promises, just in case. (I hate breaking promises.)

Also, I would like to make an official thank you to anyone who bothered to read or review this story; it really does mean a lot to me! I mean, where would an Author be without it's readers? Nowhere! So Thank You!

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or Heroes of Olympus.

Piper grimaced. She had just tried her luck at the climbing wall, and did exactly well as she thought she would: she almost killed herself. It's not like you can charmspeak a wall into not spewing lava at you, or at least, Piper didn't think you could.

Piper headed towards the dining pavilion for lunch. However, on her way, she passed the arena. She saw a Hispanic kid and a hellhound. It appeared as if the guy was trying to use a shield to defend himself, but it didn't look so good. So, Piper ran down to the arena with her dagger (She still wasn't the best at fighting, but this guy looked like he could use all the help he could get). She stopped next to the guy, but instead of fear etched into his face; he was laughing.

"Why are you laughing? That's a hellhound! He could rip your face off and then eat you!" Piper shouted at the guy.

"Correction: that's Mrs. O'Leary and we're playing catch. And I doubt I'd taste very good to her." replied the kid. (Could Piper call him a kid? He looked older than her.)

"Why would you play with a hellhound?" asked Piper. Then hellhound was scaring Piper, ripping up the shield as if it were nothing.

"She's friendly; Mrs. O'Leary is owned by a friend of mine. I'm Chris by the way." Chris said.

Didn't Jason mention something about Percy having a pet hellhound? Instead of asking which fired, another question flew out of her mouth.

"Wait, are you the guy who's dating Clarisse?" questioned Piper.

When Piper first met Clarisse her first thought was not along the line of I wonder if she has a boyfriend? She looks like she'd make a lovely girlfriend. Not even close.

"The very one." Chris replied with a grin.

"You brave… or crazy." Piper decided.

No offense to Clarisse; she just didn't look like the girlfriend type.

"Funny, I've been told that before." said Chris.

"So why are you playing with a hellhound?" asked Piper.

"She's getting sad with Percy missing and all, just trying to cheer her up." answered Chris.

"You couldn't pay me to play catch with a hellhound." stated Piper.

Part of it had to do with the fact that she was rich enough due to her dad's acting carrier; the other part was that hellhounds were scarier than the thought of Jason having another girlfriend at the Roman camp.

Chris shrugged, "You probably couldn't pay Percy not to play with Mrs. O'Leary. He loves the big thing…er, girl."

Piper laughed, not the type of guy she'd expect to see with Clarisse.

"So, you know Percy?" Piper asked.

"Well, kind of. We're not like best buds, but we had the same cabin for a while. And, uh, he and I were pretty close once I got back to camp from some…stuff." Chris responded, slightly monotone.

Was it Piper's imagination or did Chris wince?

"Oh, well. That's cool. I better get to the dining pavilion." Piper said, and then left quickly, the hellhound still freaking her out.

As she was walking, she came across a very unhappy looking daughter or Demeter.

"Uh, hey Katie. What's wrong?" Piper questioned. Her and Katie were actually pretty good friends, and if Piper were to bet on it; Katie's problem had the last name Stoll.

"Travis. What else?" Katie replied, as if it should be obvious, which it was.

"What'd he do this time?" Piper asked, not very curious, but she could tell Katie needed to vent to someone.

"He stole my gloves and shoes and filled them with peanut butter and jelly! He said that he thought I didn't get enough to eat at meal times or something so he was 'trying to help out'." explained Katie.

Piper resisted the urge to laugh; it was actually kind of funny. However, the look in Katie's face made it clear where laughing would get Piper.

"Sorry." Piper said, trying her best to sound sympathetic.

"No. It's fine. I just wish Percy were here. He could actually control those two. He made them sober from pranking for two weeks with one threat from him and his pen." Katie responded, looking completely serious.

A pen? What was Percy going to do, write on them?

"A pen?" Piper asked, not even trying to hide her disbelief.

"Yeah," Katie giggled, "but I'm not really the right person to ask about it. Actually, there is someone coming back to camp tomorrow who could explain it better. You should talk to him."

And without another word, Katie giggled again and then ran off. Katie didn't tell her who, and what was that about a pen? Piper stood there dumbfounded and more confused than when she found out Jason being her boyfriend was a trick of the mist. (Okay, maybe a bit of an exaggeration. But a pen?)

As always, review and gimme your thoughts on teh chapter. Once this story is done, I will most likely work on Kitchen Duty and Jason's Revenge. Also, once one of those stories is done; I have a new idea! So, I'll be updating at least once a week from here on out.

Also thank you to:

-sibuna-daughter-of-artemis (Katie)

-Izz Fizz (Katie)

-TeamPiper (Chris)

So, Bye and see next chapter for the big surprise (but it's not really a surprise anymore)! Later. (: