'Come on, girl, just a little further...' Piper thought that things really couldn't get weirder than sweet-talking her grandmother to sleep, but here she was, sweet-talking a hellhound into getting closer to the lake. Mrs. O' leary barked loudly, and an ocean of salvia came out of her mouth.
Some landed on Piper's' face. She wiped it of, with a grossed out expression on her face. 'Just... just a little further...' she muttered. The hound jumped up. Piper screamed and ran away, while Mrs. O' leary landed on the place she had standed just a second ago. She stopped running, and took a deep breath, preparing herself to go back.
Yet, Nico came running past her. He clacked his tongue, and Mrs. O' leary followed him, to a tup which was just big enough for her. Nico ran around it, but Mrs. O' leary jumped into it. Water splashed into her fur, while she was still standing up. Nico sat down, and so did the hellhound.
Annabeth slowly walked to one side of the hound, while Will walked to the other side. Both were carrying a huge sponge and a bottle of soap. While Nico and Piper distracted Mrs. 'O leary, they scrubbed soap into her wet fur. Silently, Jason landed on top of the beast, and started scrubbing soap on her back.
When they were done, Jason got off of Mrs O'leary's back, Annabeth and Will crept away, and Piper and Nico took a few steps towards the lake. Nico walked towards the hellhound, with a dog treat in his hand. Jason lifted him up, and Nico gave it to him.
Both boys walked back again, as silent as possible. Then, Percy put his head above the surface of the lake, and looked around. Annabeth, Nico and Jason nodded, so Percy got out of the lake. He walked to the dog, who had jumped up and had barked again, sending salvia flying through the air.
While most demigods ran away, Percy closed his eyes and felt the wet stuff hit his skin. He opened his eyes again, and looked at his dog. She was happily looking down to him. Piper and Annabeth were brave enough to walk back. 'Say, girl, isn't this... iron tup... made by Leo... nice to sit in? Maybe you should try!' Piper charmspoke. The hellhound turned her head, but didn't do what she said.
While the girls (and the three guys who were finding their bravery back) distracted the hound and tried to get her to sit down again, Percy made the water rise. He hoped this idea would work. An enormous ball of water started to form above the dog and the demigods. Percy looked over at Annabeth, who caught his gaze. 'Run!' She yelled, and as everybody ran away, the ball of water came down from the sky.
It landed on Mrs. 'O leary - and also on the demigods. Jason and Piper, who both had been to slow, got smacked against the ground. Mrs 'O leary barked in surprise, but eventually started joyfully jumping around in the stream of water the splash had created. To avoid being trampled over by the hellhound, Jason picked up Piper and flew up, out of the dog's reach.
He put Piper down to the ground (in a safe place) and landed on the dogs back again. She stopped jumping about, but sat completely still instead, wondering where this new thing on her back came from. Jason used another sponge to wipe the last bits of soap from her fur, and jumped to the ground after that.
The demigods walked away to a distance that felt far enough, and after that Percy signaled to Mrs. 'O leary that she was free. The hellhound ran away, with her tongue out of her mouth, running of into Camp Half-blood (and also into the sunset, because the sun had started setting).