Hey! I don't know when I'll update next, 'cause I am going on a trip in a few days... But i will try because i love you all! To all fans of Beautiful Creatures, the movie will be released in February, and they have already released movie clips and pictures on MTV, which is cool!

Quote of the Day: "Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -Bernard M. Baruch

Book of the Day: The Alchemyst by Michael Scott (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flammel series 1)... Have i already done this? Oh well. A lot of people were telling me that i should read this, but dudes, I read this along time ago. I liked it, but it was kind of slow at parts. It is about these two twins named Josh and Sophie, who are normal, but then they find out that there is an ancient prophey about them. They both have powers, one silver, one gold. One to save the world, and one to destroy it. And is Nicholas Flammel, who died hundreds of years ago, somehow alive? **** Four stars... i wish it had had more action and a little less of the LONG paragraphs... I'm am reading the 5th book, the Warlock, right noe. My favorite is the 4th, the Necromancer. It is a fantasy!

Happy Reading!


Chapter 53

Piper

Piper had a long dream about the night that Percy disappeared, but it was the dream following it that caught her attention. It wasn't even as long as the first one, but still…

She was at Camp Jupiter, and it was nighttime. Jason was standing there, so happy, surrounded by all of his friends, Gwen, Dakota, and Hazel.

Dakota shook his head of black hair and took a swig from his flask, letting Kool-Aid dripped down his chin and onto his arm, staining the red around SPQR. His smile was wicked. "You're kidding me?"

"Nope," said Gwen. "Bobby really did that!" Her dirty blonde hair was braided down one shoulder, brushing against her medals indicating that she was a Centurion.

"I wish he had gotten through with it," laughed Jason, pulling on his purple praetor's cape. His blonde hair was swept back from his forehead, and curled slightly around his ears, longer than when Piper had met him. His blue eyes were alert yet joking. "The look on Octavian's face would have been priceless." (A/N: Honestly, I forget if Bobby and Octavian were friends or enemies, so let's just make them enemies!)

"Hey, Jason," started Hazel. Her curly hair was in a ponytail, and she had a Roman helmet on over it. Her purple Camp Jupiter shirt seemed a little too big on her. "I know you're praetor, but if I just wanted to really hurt Octavian, only once-"

"I'll turn a blind eye," promised Jason, patting Hazel's shoulder. "No one hates him more than I do."

"Trust me," Hazel replied darkly. "That can be argued."

"Oh, and to think I thought Hazel was all sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows," Dakota laughed, giving everyone a clear look at his red stained teeth.

Hazel stared at him like he was an idiot. "Dakota, you know I'm a daughter of Pluto. I don't think there is sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows down in the Underworld."

"Unless you are in Elysium," sighed Gwen. "Then it always is."

Hazel looked at the ground, as if she were able to see Elysium through the earth. Then she looked up like it was no big deal, just a wonderful wish.

"Well, you guys can go do what you want," she whispered. "I'll leave you all alone." Without another word, she walked off, staring at anything but her friends.

"Hazel, wait," called Jason, but she only walked away faster. Piper almost went after her, wanting to comfort her, but then she remembered that this was supposed to be the night Jason disappeared, not why Hazel was avoiding her friends, even though Piper knew why.

And, she was practically a ghost. She could pat her shoulder, but Hazel wouldn't feel anything.

Jason rubbed his nose like he was stressed. "There's something wrong with her. She doesn't seem to be right."

"It's probably Octavian, threatening to get her thrown out of camp because she's a child of Pluto." Gwen shook her head in disgust. "I really wish Bobby had done that…"

"Oh, don't we all." Dakota looked at the sky. "It's not too late. You guys want to get some coffee?"

"Sure," Jason agreed, and the three friends walked away. It kind of reminded Piper of her, Leo, and Jason, and how they always stuck together. Piper ran after them, and accidently ran through a kid. The girl might not have felt it, but Piper did, and it weird. It was like someone had chopped her up in a blender then tried to tape her back together.

When they got to the coffee place, the guy at the counter said, "Sorry, kids, we're all out. You can buy a cookie if you want though."He presented a plate of chocolate chip, sugar, and peanut butter cookies.

They looked at him in disbelief. "How can you be out?"

"I don't know. Does one just ask how the grass grows? I think not. Now, do you want a cookie or not?" he demanded impatiently.

Jason was the only one who took one, but when he tried to pay, the man waved him away. "Praetor Jason, you have no need to give me your money. Now, be gone," he ordered. The three left, before Piper even noticed. She turned super fast and got her head stuck in the wall, but thankfully was able to get it out.

When she caught up to them, Dakota was saying, "…is so cool."

"I don't know," stuttered Jason. "Being praetor has its perks, but not all of it is fun. Did you know that I have to do paper work? And I'm fifteen!"

Gwen was almost speechless. "That's stupid," she managed.

"Yeah, especially when you're a son of Jupiter. At least you guys treat me like I'm nothing special."

"Well, you certainly aren't!" Dakota smiled goofily.

"Thanks!" Jason said sarcastically.

"Now, you ungrateful demigod!" thundered Dakota, standing up straighter. "Polish my shoes and carry me to my lounge!"

"And by lounge, you mean the Fifth Cohort?" asked Jason, while Gwendolyn laughed silently.

"Yes, yes, no need for proper names!"

Jason rolled his eyes. "I'd better be getting back."

"Yeah, you wouldn't want your girlfriend to get worried," joked Gwen.

Piper's face got hot. Jason blushed a deep red. "Reyna is not my girlfriend."

Gwen smiled at him as if he were stupid. "Well, see you tomorrow then." Dakota and Gwen waved as they walked away, chucking. Jason, who was still red in the face, walked back to his praetor's house in the Via Principalis. But instead of going into his house, we knocked on the door of Reyna's.

He knocked once, then knocked again in a cute little rhythm. Eventually, the door opened, and Reyna was standing there in jeans and a shirt, her hair messed up as if she had fallen asleep.

"What do you want?" she growled, obviously mad that someone had awoken her. Then she saw that it was Jason. Her expression lightened a bit, but not that much. "Oh, Jason… what do you want?" She stretched and blinked a few times, then pushed some of her hair out of her face.

"Do you have anything to eat? I skipped dinner."

"What's that in your hand?" Jason still hadn't touched his cookie.

"Oh, peanut butter cookie," he answered. "I thought we could exchange food?"

She groaned. "Whatever, come on in."

Jason and Piper stepped inside. And Piper was honestly surprised by Reyna's small house. It was only a combined kitchen and living room, a bedroom, and a bathroom, but it was pretty cool. She had a nice sized TV that was on Hephaestus TV. Fama, who they had only seen a few hours before, was giving a news broadcast on how some gods wanted to adopted the euro rather than keep the drachma. According to the bottom of the screen, Olympus's Funniest Home Videos was on next.

The room was cool. It had a pool table against one wall, and an array of weapons on the other that was close to the door. It was painted a light shade of blue. The couch was black and looked velvety. The coffee table had a stack of papers on it. The kitchen was small, just a counter, microwave, and half sized fridge and freezer. A blanket was carelessly lying on the ground next to an arm chair.

Jason was staring at the TV. "I thought the gods had gone silent?"

"Most of them," Reyna answered. "Some of the minor ones still do some things." She looked in the fridge and pulled out something. "Here." She dropped a very nice looking Caesar salad on the coffee table, then stealthily snatched the cookie from Jason, taking a big bite.

"Seriously? Salad?"

"It's nutritious and healthy," Reyna countered. So maybe Reyna and Piper agreed on one thing.

"Yeah, yeah, quite being Jamie Oliver." Jason flopped on the couch. "Throw me a fork."

Reyna did better than that. She threw the fork with deadly accuracy aiming for the wall near Jason. But Jason who wasn't even looking at her, grabbed the fork out of the air, faster than lightning.

"Thank you," he said, wolfing down the salad faster than Piper thought possible.

Time blurred, and skipped forward. Piper found herself standing outside and looking at Jason walking out of Reyna's praetor house. "Goodnight," Jason said politely.

"See you tomorrow," replied Reyna, and then, to her Piper's surprise, and clearly Reyna's, Jason gave her a quick hug. Then he walked over to his house, without looking back. Reyna stood there for a second, still shocked, then smiled to herself and closed the door.

Time blurred again, and Piper was watching Jason sleep, which made her feel incredibly uncomfortable. She caught a hint of plaid pajama pants and a white shirt, which made her feel better.

Suddenly, something glowed. Piper practically jumped out of her skin. Hera was standing in the room too, but she was Juno. She looked more proper, more in control. Her staff was still glowing with godly power.

Piper ran away from her, even though she knew Juno could not see her. She stood close to Jason, then sat on the bed at his feet. She didn't even make a dent in the bed. Suddenly, she wondered how she was able to sit without falling through the bed, but she pushed the thought from her mind.

Juno whispered, "I'm sorry to do this to you, my champion, but it must be done. If you were awake, you would side with me."

Like Percy, Piper could see that Jason fell into an even deeper sleep. She gripped his hand, feeling her own slide through his, but it gave her reassurance.

"Jason, when you wake up, you will not remember any of this. You will not remember your life. You will not even know your last name, at least, not right away. But all of your memories will come back to you sooner or later."

Juno closed her eyes and took a deep breath, laying her hand on Jason's forehead. At the exact same time, so did Jason. A shiver ran down Piper's back, but stayed still and kept looking at Jason.

"When you wake up, you will know nothing, but your trigger will be the word Grace. When you hear it, everything will make sense. You're their saving Grace, Jason. You always have been." Juno coughed, then looked a little mad. "You may have forgotten this, but you have a sister. You will get to learn more about her…" She trailer off not sure of what else to say. Her staff glowed brighter.

Then Jason began to fade into nothing. Piper could see through him just as she could see through herself.

"Where you are going, the demigods may except you, but will probably be suspicious. Leave this camp, son of Jupiter, and go to the Greeks. Become a son of Zeus, and good luck."

Everything around Piper faded into nothing, and she felt herself falling, deeper and deeper…

Then he eyes snapped open. She was lying on the hard deck, and it was dark now. She wondered how long she had been asleep. Judging from her sore and stiff muscles, probably a while. She would have sat up, but it hurt too much to move.

She closed her eyes again. She wondered why she had had the vision, and if any of her friends had had the vision too.

Then, Piper heard bone chilling scream or surprise and sorrow and disbelief. She immediately sat straight up, looking around, fists ready since she didn't know where her knife was.

Nausea was horrible. Piper felt like she had just taken a bite from a cow's butt. She fell back on her back and placed her hands on her stomach, trying to settle her crappy feelings.

The screaming had stopped, but it was replaced by crying, heart-broken sobs. Piper took a deep breath and got to her feet. Then she saw that everyone else was getting to their feet two, rubbing their heads and yawning. But at the same time, they were all turning their heads this way and that, like Piper, trying to find the source of the voice.

"It's coming from downstairs, lowest floor I think," Jason said shakily. He looked terrible, and Piper knew that all of them had seen the same thing. Frank and Hazel were holding hands, looking extremely freaked out.

They quickly climbed down to the lowest floor, and Leo was the only who threw up.

The source came from the end of the hall. The door was shut, but Piper could still here the crying. It was coming from a girl. Piper pushed open the doorway, and the scene before her made her heart stop.

Annabeth was on her hands and knees, bawling. Tears streamed down her face. Percy was near her, leaning against the wall, frozen with shock, not able to move.

In front of them all were three other demigods. One was a strong African American teenager with calloused hands. The girl there had blue eyes a beautiful brown hair. The oldest guy, the one Annabeth was staring at, had blonde hair and a scar running down his face.

Piper had never met them in person, but she had heard enough about them to know their names, and know that they were supposed to be dead.

Before her stood Silena Beauregard, Charles Beckendorf, and Luke Castellan.

Alive.


GASP! They're alive... whaaaaaaat?

Don't worry, all is to be explained in the next chapter!

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