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Clarisse's POV

Finally, the time has come for round two to begin. I rubbed my hands together as Jason trudged up the hill to Thalia's tree.

"Ready for another round, Sparky?" I grinned.

Jason groaned. "Let's get this over with so I can go spend the night in the infirmary again."

"Now now, don't sound so pessimistic." I threw a corkscrew punch at him.

Jason threw his arms up to protect his face, and winced as my fist connected with his arm.

"Feel the pain? You deserve it for insulting us." I growled and roundhouse-kicked him.

Jason stepped back and dodged it, but I lunged at him, grabbed his hair, and punching his nose.

I watched the light leave his eyes, and let him crumple to the ground.

Leo clapped slowly. "Wow. That was fast."

Percy pouted. "There wasn't enough action."

I glared. "Not in the mood, Percy. What is it? Are you complaining about me winning? Wanna try?"

He gulped. "Um, no. I'm good."

"I thought so. Now, let's go get him some ambrosia so we can beat him up again." I cracked my knuckles.

Jason groaned, and opened his eyes. "Wha-what happened?"

I smirke. "You were knocked out cold in a minute by a girl."

Jason facepalmed. "The Pluto? No way."

Leo skipped closer. "Yes way. The old praetor of Rome, reduced to a puddle on the ground in less than a minute. But it's all good. Want a piece of pie to make you feel better?"

"My dignity is in serious jeopardy right now. Gimme some pie."

Leo handed him a slice of pie and Jason gobbled it down.

He stood up and faced me. "The pie has given me power. Let's fight."

I started the fight with a roundhouse kick.

Jason caught my foot and pulled it. I fell to the ground.

Everyone watching gasped, and Leo yelled, "THE POWER OF PIE! OH YEAH!"

I glared at Leo from the ground and said, "Once this is done, you are dead, Valdez."

Leo grinned like an imp. I jumped up from the ground and threw a punch at Jason.

It hit him in the arm, and while he was wincing in pain, I grabbed his arm and twisted it backwards.

Jason yelled in agony and swept me off my feet with his leg. I let go off his arm and fell.

Jason kicked me in the nose and I yelled in pain, in agony.

He kicked me again, and again, and again, until the world faded before my eyes and I finally blacked out.


Percy's POV

For a while, we just stared at Clarisse's unmoving form, no one speaking, no one moving. After a while, when the tension had reached its peak, Clarisse shifted, and opened her eyes.
"I...lost." She said quietly, sounding vulnerable. She whipped her head up and punched Jason, square in the jaw. "You'll pay for that, you punk." She said while Jason grimaced in pain, rubbing his chin.

"GUYS! I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING!" Leo shouted, waving his arms frantically in the air.

"What?" Annabeth asked, raising an eyebrow.

"JASON, PREVIOUS PRAETOR OF ROME, ATE PIE!"

"Yeah, what about it?"

"Nothing, nothing." Leo snickered. "Just wanted to point that out."

"Valdez, my boy, everyone eats pie once in a while." Jason said.

"Yeah! Jason, you're the man!"

"Who's side are you on?!" Clarisse demanded, rubbing her nose.

"My side! Your side! Everyone's side!"

"No comment." I deadpanned.

"Hey, guys? I need to tell you something." Jason said, his eyes looking sincere.

"Fire away," Annabeth said, granting him permission to speak.

But before he could, Leo cut in. "Fire away. Ricochet, you take your aim. Fire away, fire away. You shoot me down, but I won't fall. I am titaniu-" His singing was off key, and his voice was cracking. He was clearly struggling, so I decided to spare him a bit of dignity - not that he had any to begin with.

"Yeah, yeah. We don't care. Continue, Jason?" I said, 'Titanium' now, thanks to Leo, playing on repeat in my head.

"So anyways, there's a reason as to how I've been acting, lately." Jason said, eyes mostly on Piper. "Remember when we rode the Argo II, and those eidolons came?"

"Ha ha, nope." Clarisse said, surprisingly energetic, considering she had just passed out.

"Shut up, smart one. I wasn't talking to you." This earned him an eyeroll and a glare from Clarisse. Jason shrugged, unfazed. "Anyways, like last time, an eidolon came and possessed me, forcing me to, you know, do those horrible things to you guys." The last part came out as a mumble. "So, I was hoping that maybe, we can...start over?"

Leo put on his best sassy voice and snapped his fingers. "NO WAY, JOSÉ!" I rolled my eyes and smacked Leo on the arm. Leo gaped. "OH NO YOU DIDN'T!"

Piper coughed. "Well…"

Clarisse screamed defiantely. "WHOA THERE, BEAUTY QUEEN! DON'T YOU DARE GO FORGIVING THAT-" Annabeth clapped her hand over Clarisse's mouth at the last second before something - ahem - colorfully nasty came out. Clarisse quickly tore Annabeth's hand off. "HE BLOODY BROKE MY NOSE!"

Hazel interrupted Clarisse before she could say anymore insults. "Well, bygones will be bygones. Forgive and forget, right?" Jason glanced thankfully at Hazel.

"Woah! Hazel! Forgot you were here!" Leo shouted, letting the whole world know.

Hazel blushed and began fanning her face. Frank draped an arm over her protectively and glared at Leo.

"Woah! Oh my gods! Frank's here too! You guys were so quiet that we forgot about you!" Leo screamed.

"We'? No, you mean 'you'. As a child of Athena, I am always attentive to details." Annabeth said curtly. She cleared her throat. "Anyway, we're getting off topic. Continue, Jason." Her piercing gray eyes bored into him as Jason hastily continued.

"So, yeah. I was possessed by eidolons, end of story. Can we do what Hazel said, and forgive and forget?"

Piper sighed. "No. I can't forget, as history would repeat itself if I did that. But I can try to forgive. It won't be easy, but I'll try."

Clarisse angrily stormed off, shouting something about Pikachu.

"The moment was too much for her." Leo said, wiping away fake tears with a flowered handkerchief. Where he got the handkerchief, I have no freaking clue.

I raised my hand. "Can we eat lunch now? Preferably with pie."

Annabeth flicked my forehead. "No pie for you. You'll faint again." I groaned.

"C'mon, Wise Girl!" I whined, giving her my best puppy dog eyes.

She shielded her eyes. "Not this again. No cheating, by the way."

I pouted defiantly. "Too bad. I'm eating pie."

I ran all the way to the dining pavilion, with Annabeth and the others at my heels.


Katie's POV

On our way to the dining pavilion, we passed by Connor. He grabbed Travis by the arm, stopping is midwalk.

"Hey," he said. "How'd it go?"

Travis smiled, and pulled out a camera. He plopped it into Conner's open palm, and said, "See for yourself. You decide if it went well or not."

I stared at him as Conner walked away. "You filmed it?"

"Yes. I filmed our prank. I always film every prank that's done by either me or Connor. Let's keep going."

As we walked, we passed Clarisse. "GUYS!" She called.

"Yeah?" I asked, waiting for her to walk up to us.

"In case he comes,make sure you don't talk to him." She looked angry. Uh-oh.

"Um, I'm sorry, who?"

"Jason 'Pikachu' Grace. That punk..." she hissed. Oh yeah. She was definitely mad."Freaking destroyed me, literally from under my nose."

She continued mumbling insults and throwing in a couple of choice words for good measure.

Travis tugged on my arm. "Let's go." he whispered, not wanting to stay to see the aftermath of Clarisse's tantrum. Me neither. I followed him as we finally entered the pavilion without any interruptions.

We split up, me sitting at the Demeter table and Travis sitting at the Hermes table.

Miranda poked me in the arm. "Sooo… how's it goin' with Travis?" She wriggled her eyebrows at me, and I groaned.

"Ew. Just - stop. Seriously, you're sounding like and Aphrodite kid…"

"Me? Them? Nawwww."

I raised my eyebrows at her. "I quote - 'how's it going with Travis?' If that's not an Aphrodite statement, I'm a crazy Zeus balancing strawberries and cream and ice cream on my nose with pillow pets dancing around me screaming bloody murder."

"Aw, sis, it's mild. Strawberry?" Miranda shoved me playfully as I gratefully accepted a strawberry out of her palm.

I rolled my eyes and bit into the strawberry. I smiled in pleasure as the juice spurted out, bursting with flavor. "Dearie, hate to break it to you, but mild still counts. Just like how mild spicy is still spicy."

"I tell you, that mild spicy hot sauce was NOT mild. It contained the flames of a million jalapeños."

I giggled, glad I got the subject changed. "Well, it just might've."

Miranda gasped. "Katie! What did you do to the hot sauce? Did it have anything to do with the several missing pepper plants from the garden?!"

"Eh. No comment." I giggled mischievously again.

"Travis seems to be rubbing off on you." Miranda smirked.

I felt my face light up.

"I knew it! I so, so, so called it! I KNEW IT!" She shouted gleefully.

"Uh… what?" I wrinkled my eyebrows.

"The instant that I mentioned Travis, your face lighted up!"

"Yeah… that was because the sun came out of the clouds above us…" I pointed at the sky.

"Darn it!" Miranda stomped the ground and stalked away.

"Aphroditeeee!" I sang as Miranda stomped away. Miranda turned around, stuck out her tongue, and continued eating her strawberries.

"Tratie would be your ship name!" Miranda shouted over her shoulder as she turned back around, leaving me to my thoughts.

"You're still an Aphrodite child!" I yelled back.

I vowed to avoid Travis until my sister calmed down on the whole 'Tratie' business. Whatever the Hades that was.


Nike: Two months. Sorry. That's all I have to say.

Aqua: So, so, so, so, so freaking sorry! D: So many other ideas that we forgot... D:

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