Piper soon realized… even in winter.

Everybody smiled happily at the thought of more campers at camp.

Piper wondered who ran the camp…decided to keep quiet

"You can ask me the questions. It's just that I'm probably distracted because of Percy being missing." Annabeth said. Piper nodded. Percy and the sea gang grimaced.

As they climbed a hill…fiery green torches out front.

The Apollo gang, hunters, Demeter duo, Ares trio and Hades gang grinned.

All of it seemed like a different world…"You're taking this awfully calmly."

"Honestly some times that is worse than them asking many questions." Annabeth said

"Yeah, I mean sometimes it's scared me that the super calm ones are going into shock or something." Will shook his head. There were a few chuckles.

"Well there were weird things that happened to me too and well the family stuff is also there so I guess that it all seemed like a very good explanation to me." Piper said

Piper couldn't tell her why…had warned her this was coming.

"This dream is seeming like a real piece of bad news." Thalia said. Everybody agreed.

Soon they will find you…your father might live.

"No." Piper and Aphrodite whispered.

"This is not good. This is not good at all." Percy said

"I'm sure we'll figure something out." Jason said. Piper and Aphrodite gave him grateful looks.

Piper took a shaky breath…I bet we'll get a sign."

"Most probably." Aphrodite smiled.

Piper wondered if she'd have a big…daughter with massive problems.

"Not true." Aphrodite said sternly. Piper smiled at her.

"Aw man. That feeling is awful though." Percy said. Poseidon sighed but he knew that Percy didn't feel that way anymore because well Percy told him.

"Why thirteen?"

"Scent." Grover said

"The older you get,"… you can catch them by surprise."

Clarisse flinched.

"He might be alive." Nico said

Will nodded. "They might want to keep him as bait."

"Jason's sword just turned…tree or a flower or something."

Grover nodded.

Piper tried to imagine…more people she'd have to betray.

"You won't have to. We can find a solution." Leo said

"That's true. Things will be different now. We'll also know what to do." Silena said

Piper gave them all grateful looks.

Do what we tell you…trying to stop them from shaking.

"Okay, this is some very powerful monster but how did he get a hold of Piper's dad?" Beckendorf asked

"That's a good question but the monster might have their minions along there. We don't even know who the monsters or creatures are yet." Amphitrite said

"It'll be okay,"… sound like she was teasing

"Trust me. Five is less." Percy grinned.

"Yeah, I kind of see that now." Piper laughed.

"Piper, we've all been labeled…we don't fit in with regular kids.

The demigods nodded.

You should hear how much…Her face darkened

Percy gave a small smile to Annabeth who returned one.

"Anyway, demigods get a…Then the police came after me."

"Ooh." The Hermes kids said. Piper snickered.

Piper waited…He can be pretty convincing.

"Thank you." Hermes stood up and bowed. The Hermes kids grinned and high fived Hermes.

"You're welcome." Annabeth said

"Dude you remember that convincing prank that the three of us played on Annabeth." Travis laughed. Chris and Connor snickered. Annabeth glared at them.

"What did you do?" Hermes asked excitedly

"Ask them later." Athena said. Hermes sighed.

But your dad is mortal..."… grounded them in the Underworld.

There was silence for one second before Nico roared with laughter. He laughed like a kid as he rolled around in the sand.

"The grounding in the underworld for kids of Hades is definitely there." Nico choked out as he clutched his stomach. Hades laughed as well.

"Yep. He's been grounded multiple times." Hazel chuckled.

"He's too naughty!" Hades said.

"Nope. Maybe." Nico grinned. Hades chuckled. The demigods and some gods laughed.

"The lightning. Well I honestly have no idea." Thalia said. Her face darkened a little as she remembered when the car had exploded. Zeus grimaced.

"It wasn't him." Percy said, as he looked at her, knowing where Thalia's mind would have gone. Thalia nodded. Zeus was about to give a grateful look to Percy but didn't.

Annabeth was studying her…tells the future.

Rachel grinned.

"I like the cave. I like the condo only when my parents aren't home." She said

I was hoping she could help me-"…Piper felt like a voyeur.

Percy went and gave Annabeth a small hug and placed a kiss on her cheek and went back. Everybody smiled and Aphrodite squealed. Athena didn't look too happy but didn't say anything as she felt the pain that Annabeth felt because of the curse. Percy and Annabeth were blushing.

She forced herself to look away…"That's the actual Golden Fleece?"

The elder Greek campers clapped as they laughed.

"Well that was one good reaction of shock." Thalia chuckled.

Annabeth nodded…He just disappeared."

The sea gang flinched.

Piper was thinking…like her lungs were filling with water.

Aphrodite took in some deep breaths as she was on the verge of hyperventilating. Ares looked concerned and so did Aphrodite's kids.

"Look, I know Jason thought…whole semester at Wilderness School.

The demigods looked pained.

"Aw man." Connor muttered.

She'd liked Jason from the first week…miserable life have to be taken away?

The demigods grimaced. Nobody knew what to say until Leo and Nico broke the silence.

"Sometimes you lose things. You lose people. Sometimes that's irreversible but sometimes you have a chance. When people say impossible, they mean improbable." Leo said quietly

"He's right. Sometimes what happens cannot be reversed. I lost my sister. I lost my mother. Both of those are irreversible. But now I was given another chance and now I have one more sister who is relatively younger and two other sisters who are elder. I have two brothers. I have a boyfriend. I have a family. Jason died but now he's going to all right. Sometimes, things are taken away from you but you do get some things which make your life better as well. Though you might not get the same things back, you will get people and things that will start another chapter of your life." Nico swallowed.

"Your case is a little different. You have a chance to maybe have a chance with Jason for real. Though you might have liked him on fake memories, you never know what the future holds in store." He said. He gave a dry laugh "Well now we will know." He said.

Everybody stared at Nico and Leo. Beckendorf squeezed Leo's shoulder. Hephaestus kept his hand on his shoulder as well. Hazel and Hades hugged Nico. Jason, Thalia, Reyna and Will smiled softly at him. Nico smiled back. The gods exchanged glances because that was deep.

"Wow. Thanks guys." Piper smiled. Leo and Nico smiled.

"By the way Leo, I got the Nikolai Lantsov reference." Nico grinned at him. Leo grinned back.

"There is one more like me!" he said.

"Hey, I know that quote too." Will grinned.

"Yep." Percy, Hermes, Apollo, Annabeth and Thalia said. Leo whooped.

Yes, the dream had…exactly what we say.

"Don't listen to them." Percy said

Hey," Annabeth said…with you guys for real."

"What we said." Nico and Leo said

Not likely, Piper though…what it's like to lose your boyfriend.

"You didn't lose me. I'll find my way back to you." Percy said. Everybody whistled.

"Why are all these lines like Shadow and Bone references?" Nico sighed

"Oh yeah. Yeah, there was a similar line but hey I said it because I mean it." Percy shrugged. Annabeth smiled.

"But I still can't believe…"I'm ready."

Chris grimaced, knowing what it felt like to be manipulated.

On the central green…arrows, basketballs."

The Apollo kids grinned and smirked.

They walked past a central fire pit…"Isn't that dangerous?"

"Medics." Will grinned proudly. Everybody chuckled and Apollo high fived him.

"That's sort of the point,"… Bad pun.

Everybody snickered.

"It was kind of funny." Jason said

That's my cabin over there…something nice for her.

Annabeth and Piper smiled at each other.

Annabeth handed her a massive…"Too flashy."

Everybody chuckled.

She put the shotgun back…Helen of Troy?"

Everybody whistled.

Annabeth nodded… "And it's just sitting in your toolshed?"

The demigods chuckled.

"They're technically our heritage as demigods." Lee said

"We're surrounded by Ancient Greek…heritage as demigods.

"Yep." Lee grinned.

That was a wedding present…front of a roaring bonfire.

"Shit." The demigods said.

Piper had paled very much. Even Aphrodite looked a little sick. Will looked worriedly at his dad. Apollo gave Piper some water which she took gratefully. She opened the cap with shaky fingers. Ares put his hand on Aphrodite's shoulder.

"We can't let this happen this time. We won't." Jason said. The demigods nodded.

She dropped the blade… it's okay," Piper managed.

"No, not really. I don't think that anybody would be okay with that." Will said

"You sure?"… but if it can be our secret . . ."

Chiron raised an eyebrow at Annabeth who just grinned sheepishly. The Stolls nodded approvingly at Annabeth.

Piper took it gratefully… among the woodland creatures."

"Yeah and all of us are the woodland creatures." Rachel grinned.

"True." Piper said

"Well then that makes you a woodland creature too." Grover said

"The woodland creatures of Camp Half Blood!" Percy announced in a dramatic way as he stood up on a mound of sand. Everybody burst out laughing.

Mmm." Jane didn't sound… "Enjoy school."

"She sounds really fishy." Percy said.

"Yeah that part of the word fishy coming from the mouth of a sea kid was not intended." Percy said. A few snickers.

"Though that means that her father really is in trouble. It does not sound good." Frank said

"We'll find out." Reyna said

"No luck?" Annabeth asked…just not the whole truth.

"I have to take a break from watching Shadow and Bone." Nico sighed.

"Why?" Will asked

"Telling you half the truth is not the same as lying. I mean come on!" Nico said. There were a few chuckles.

"Tristan McLean." Rachel said. Piper sighed and nodded.

Most people, when they…appeared over her head.

"Wombats?" Aphrodite asked amusedly. Piper grinned sheepishly.

Cabin Eight was entirely silver…figured she would make a cool mom.

"Eh. I'm cool with the cool aunt part." Will said.

"Agreed." Michael and Lee said. Artemis smirked and Apollo pouted.

"We love you too dad." Will laughed. Apollo brightened up a lot and the demigods smiled.

"Well, there are the Hunters…"Never mind."

Everybody burst out laughing. Artemis shook her head.

"Pity." She said.

Annabeth laughed…"Figures," Piper grumbled.

Aphrodite and Silena raised their eyebrows at Piper.

"Ah funny how things change." Thalia chuckled.

"They're not all bad,"… "We should keep moving."

"Well that's going to change too." Beckendorf grinned. Everybody smiled.

They looked at the other cabins…every plant she ever touched

Demeter and Katie looked very offended.

"Uhhhhh…" Piper started Hephaestus took pity on her and continued reading.

Athena was cool.

Athena smirked.

Or maybe Hecate…forward to the campfire tonight.

"The campers are very accepting. Don't worry." Chris said. The demigods smiled.

"We started with the twelve…emblazoned with lightning bolts.

Poseidon and Hades snorted.

Hera's cabin was smaller…At least, not that we know of."

"Oh well." Hazel said

"Who's gonna tell them?" Jason said.

"Haha so funny." Annabeth said

Jason and Hazel grinned.

"And Hera?" Piper looked…she was trying to avoid cursing.

"That is some remarkable self-control." Thalia said

Hera glared at her and Annabeth.

"She doesn't have kids…good to say about Hera right now."

"Have we ever?" Thalia said. The demigods snorted.

"Thalia." Zeus said quietly. Thalia sighed.

"No one. The cabin… eyes seemed to follow Piper

"That has a statue too?" Jason groaned.

At the goddess's feet…I will have to step on you.

"That's accurate I think." Annabeth nodded.

There was nothing else in the cabin…place reminded Piper of a tomb.

Hera glared at Piper as Annabeth and Thalia covered their mouth to not laugh.

No, this wasn't her mom.

"Obviously demigod." Hera said in a little distaste at the thought of having a demigod child. Piper bit back a retort.

At least Piper was sure of that…she was barefoot.

"I wonder what I am doing in the Hera cabin." Rachel said

"Hey!" She ran to give…Rachel grinned. "That's me."

Rachel grinned.

"I like that description." She said to Piper.

"So you're an oracle?"… this cabin and Percy's disappearance.

"Well now I know." Rachel said

They're connected somehow…since the gods went silent."

"I'm sorry what?" The demigods said at the same time.

"Went silent?" Percy said

"That's weird. I normally deliver messages but went silent?" Hermes said

"Went silent?" Piper asked… "Sure, why not?"

"That was so similar to my reaction." Percy said. Piper managed a grin.

"Annabeth was redesigning Olympus…should see the salad bar —"

A few snickers but not many as everybody was anxious.

"Anyway," Annabeth said… camp director, Dionysus, was recalled."

"What? I'm sorry but what? Why?" Pollux said.

"It must be serious." Dionysus said

"The last time Dionysus was called back was when he had to check on the minor gods." Chiron said

Your camp director was the god of ... wine?"

"Wine dude." Apollo muttered quietly. Dionysus glared at him. Apollo gave a small smile.

"Yeah, it's a —"… "With no memory."

"This has to be something huge." Apollo said.

"For us to go silent. That means that Olympus has to be closed with no means of communication allowed." Ares said. All the gods looked at Zeus but didn't say anything yet.

"Who's Jason?" Rachel asked…And the bad stuff was only beginning.

The demigods swore violently.

"Guys?" Triton asked

"Just had to get that out without any violence or frustration." Percy said.

"Right." Triton said "Easy method." He said. Percy nodded.

"Guys," she said…everything went black.

"Hera, something better not have happened to my oracle." Apollo warned.

"Or my daughter." Aphrodite warned.

Hera swallowed.

"I think something has happened to Hera." Rachel said "I think she kind of sent some message or something." She said.

"If that is true then it is very worrying." Zeus said

"We'll find out." Hermes said

"Done with the chapter." Apollo said

"How come Aphrodite is still awake? Didn't Piper pass out?" Nico asked.

"The next chapter is Leo so I think the phase was too small. However, I think Aphrodite is feeling Piper's dilemma in her chapters?" Apollo said. Aphrodite nodded.

"It is there and I think it was an addition on to my own emotions." Aphrodite said

"You were feeling the pain over Piper's dad so you felt her emotions and yours." Apollo said. Aphrodite nodded.

"I'll read." Ares said. Apollo gave him the book.