Piper stepped out of her car. She opened the door to the passenger seat, where an open carton box was standing. Piper unbuckeled the seat belt and picked up the box. Some soft meowing came out of the box. 'Sorry, Sweeties,' she whispered, 'But this is the fastest way to get you into the safety of camp.' She looked inside the box. There were five ten-week-old kittens inside.

With the box in her arms, she slowly started to walk towards the Zeus cabin, where she had agreed to meet up with Jason. She tried not to look around while she walked through camp - that would only make people suspicious. Most campers knew what they were doing, but they needed to make sure Chiron, Dionysus and Argus didn't notice - because pets were illegal and they would be thrown out.

She got a few knowing glances from a few campers, but there were no camp counselors to notice her walking around with a box they knew nothing of. She softly put the box on the floor (Which made the little kittens mew again) and knocked on Jasons' door. He opened the door for a little bit.
'Oh, hey Piper.' He pushed the door slightly further open.
'Come in.' Piper picked up the box and stepped inside. 'Quickly!' Jason added as she stepped through the door.

'Sorry. I saw Chiron stepping out of the Big House.' Piper slowly nodded and put the box on the floor. Jason looked inside and smiled. 'They are so cute.'

'I know, right? Do you have the stuff?' Jason nodded. He sighed and together they just stared at the cats for a few minutes.

'Yes. I have some simple food for them, blankets, toys. We can distribute them over the cabins, so that they can eat and play everywhere.' Piper sighed happily.

'Yet, Piper, how do you want to keep them away from Chiron, Dionysus and Argus forever?' Piper shrugged. 'I mean, I know we can't keep them away forever, but maybe we can...' They heard a knock on the door.
'Jason? The horn sounded five minutes ago, are you coming to dinner?' Jason coughed.

'Eh, yes!' He gestured at Piper to hide the kittens.

'Somebody needs to stay with them!' She mouthed. Jason didn't say anything back. Piper put the box on Jasons' bed (Which was difficult to see from the door, because it was close to the wall) and jumped on there as well. Jason opened the door. 'Hey Chiron!'

'Hey, Jason.' He coughed. 'Is Piper also inside, by chance?' Jason nodded. Piper stepped out of the cabin.
'Hey Chiron.' She heard mewing inside and quickly closed the cabin door. Chiron didn't even react to Piper being inside Jasons' cabin. He just turned around and walked back to the pavilion. Piper and Jason followed a few metres after him. 'What now?'

'Do you think they'll survive for ten minutes?'

'I don't know. I hope so.'

'What if they scratch up my sheets?'

'Then we ask Travis and Connor to steal new ones.' Jason noticed that Piper sounded a little desperate.
'Alright, Alright.'

They both ate as quickly as they could. Before Dionysus had even finished the announcements, they were done with their mashed potatoes. While the rest slowly picked up their spoons, Piper and Jason jumped up.

'Piper, Jason, would you two please sit back down and wait until the other campers have almost finished?' Chiron slowly asked. Piper looked over at the head table.

'Well, eh, I left the tab open in my cabin and I think it might be flooding my cabin.'

'Too bad.' Chiron pushed Dionysus away after the god said that.

'Then Jason can go close his tab. Piper, you stay here, please.' Piper sat down and crossed her arms. A few people from her table giggled.

Jason jogged over to his cabin. He had no idea how to feed cats (He assumed that Piper didn't either, though), but he would figure it out. He stepped into the cabins. He was glad to see that, even though the cats had jumped out of the box, they did not tear his bedsheets to shreads. He picked a can of cat food and a can opener from the floor. He opened the can and within seconds there were five cats walking in front of his feet and purring. Jason noticed that the bowl was still on the floor.

With the can of cat food awkwardly held up in the air, he bent down to pick up the bowl. One of the kittens tried to leap up and tap the can out of his hands. Jason quickly got up and threw the food in the bowl. He put it on the floor.

He stared at the cats while they attacked the little food bowl. 'Piper, did you feed these enough on the way?' He whispered. He saw that one kitten was pushed away by the others. He opened another can and gave it to the other cat to eat, but that did not really work, because immediately the most dominant kitten pushed him away again. Jason sighed.

He put out his hand to the pushed away kitten to pet it, but it dashed away. Jason saw the cat staring at him from under his bed. He manoevered past the other cats on his floor (The other cats seemed to be less shy). One almost clawed him in the face. Jason picked up a bag of cat treats and opened it. He put some treats into the bowl and picked out one more to lure the shy cat away from under his bed.

It didn't work. Apparently the cat was just too afraid of him. He sighed and sat down on his bed. Of course, that immediately made the cat sprint to the other side of his room. Jason sighed. He slowly closed his eyes a little.

Suddenly, he heard someone knock on the door. Jason looked at the floor to make sure he did not stand on a kitten and walked over to the door. 'Piper?'

'Mr. Grace, how long does it take to close a tab? Or did your cabin flood this much in seven minutes?' Dionysus asked. Jason yelped.

'Uh, yeah! it's crazy I mean I am just mopping it all up so that...'

'Grace, there is no tab in the Zeus cabin.' Jason looked at the all the cat stuff on the floor and the actual cats running around his cabin. 'I... I had the Hephaestus cabin install one.'

It was silent for some time. 'I believe you should have told Chiron that, if it was true,' was the answer. That was also the moment one of the cats decided to Mew - loudly. One other cat replied. Jason bit his lip while the cats started making enough noise to wake up a Hypnos kid. He turned around and walked to his cabin door. He opened the door just slightly.

He saw that Piper was hanging around in the background. Dionysus stared at him with a mixture of annoyance, anger and interest.

'Did you and your girlfriend sneak cats into camp?'

'No...' He looked Dionysus in the eye.

Jason blinked. The god didn't even look actually angry. More defeated and interested. 'Um, so...' A cat bumped it's head against Jasons' thigh and sneaked past. Jason quickly picked it up. 'They are for emotional support, you know, because so many campers expierence mental problems...' He felt Piper laying her hand on his arm.

'It was my idea. I know pets are illegal, but just... they are so cute!' Piper saw that Chiron was coming up to them as well. A small group of people started to gather around them to see what was going on.

Jason turned back to Dionysus. He had to think of sad sealpuppies to not laugh. The god had clearly completely melted by the sight of the kitten.

'Piper, Jason, what's going on?' Chiron asked. Dionysus turned his head towards the centaur. Chiron saw the kitten in Jasons' head and sighed so deeply that the kitten shivered. 'Pets are not allowed.'

'Chiron, we got them so that the campers have a little pet to pet when they feel ill. It works!' Piper said. Jason noticed some charmspeak in her voice. Chiron looked at the kitten. 'They are cute, I must say.'

'A comfortable home helps with recorving from mental issues and pets make homes more comfortable, so...' Dionysus' voice trailed off. Chiron sighed again.

'We'll see how it works out. I'll put cat food on the shopping lists.' Chiron took a moment of silence. 'How many are there?'

'Five.'

'Alright. Cat food for five, then.' He walked away, softly pushing Dionysus along.

'That was easy...' Piper said. Jason shrugged.

'Yeah. Yet, have you seen how Dionysus looked at this kitten?' Piper shrugged.

'How, then?'

Chiron started laughing as soon as Piper and Jason where out of earshot. Dionysus looked down. 'What?'
'How many people know that you are this weak for cats?'
'I am not.'
'I saw the way you stared at those kittens. If I hadn't told Piper and Jason that they could keep them, you would've helped them hide the kittens.'

Dionysus shrugged. 'Shouldn't you be getting all those kids around their camp fire or something?' He didn't wait for an answer. 'That's what I thought. See you tomorrow, Chiron.' He dissappeared. Chiron grinned.

A girl ran past. 'Sarah! Would you please tell everyone to go to the campfire?' He yelled.
'Cool, Chiron!'
'Don't forget to tell Piper and Jason that they can bring their cats!'