Second one today! Woo! Feeling proud. -3-

[Jason's POV]

It was like introducing two nuclear bombs. [Hehe see what I did there? Remember "Son of Neptune?] Percy held out his hand and she reluctantly shook it. I explained to her what Camp Half Blood was all about, but I could tell that she was hiding something. When we got to the point where we could overlook the whole camp, she muttered, "This place changed."

"You've been here before?" I had asked.

She shook her head but told me in a barely intelligible voice, "Left when I was eleven."

I was shocked. "How did you survive on your own?"

But I knew the answer. Cress was mad at me because I had interfered with Gaia's plans, so she probably had left to join Gaia's forces. I invited her to the camp because I hoped she changed. She would be a powerful ally. I had thought that she wanted Percy to know who she was, they were siblings after all. Wrong, maybe she reasoned that her father had taken their memories for a reason.

"Hello!" Percy said enthusiastically.

"Hi."

She fidgeted with her necklace. I noticed she did that when she was nervous. She had Camp Half Blood beads on it, and a stone. It looked like it was meant to be carved in a shape but more sloppily. I saw a crack in it, and hoped it wasn't anything important.

"Is Piper here yet?" Annabeth interjected.

I shook my head. "She said she might be late, depending on when her father lets her go."

"So," Annabeth looked at Cress. "You new?"

Cress shrugged and her hood slid down. I thought I saw a flash of recognition in Percy's eyes, but it faded away, replaced by confusion.

"Wait- she has seven beads. I don't think I've seen you before," Percy pondered.

I let out a nervous laugh. "Lets uh... bring Cress to Chiron and we'll see what he does."

Chiron took one look at Cress and said that they needed to talk privately. They entered a separate room, Cress's face clearly saying "help". Percy let out a low whistle.

"Man, that girl is weird."

"How does she have seven beads? Jason, you know something. Spill," Annabeth demanded.

I exhaled and shifted uncomfortably under Percy's sea green gaze and Annabeth's stormy gray glare. I told them about how we met, and everything I thought about, her helping Gaia. I excluded the fact that Percy might be her sister.

He had a faraway look in his eyes as he said, "Dry? Do you think she's a daughter of Poseidon?"

"But that wouldn't make sense. They swore on the River Styx, and I thought Percy was the only child Poseidon had from an affair with a mortal. Maybe she's a minor goddess in disguise?" Annabeth shrugged.

"Then why would she have seven Camp Half Blood beads?" I asked to nobody in particular. "Besides, Chiron knows like... everything. He would've noticed if she was a minor goddess before her seven beads."

I heard a frustrated noise, and we all looked to the door Chiron and Cress disappeared behind. "No! I mean.. I don't support her anymore... whatever. Not after Elise. But besides that- I know he's my brother! Dad took my memories of that or something."

I exchanged glances with Annabeth and Percy, and I saw a odd look on his face. Maybe he was starting to remember.

AGH sorry another short one. I'll try my best to update more often, PROMISE! Right now I'm working on a one-shot of Percy and Leo on Argo II. I definitely think there should be more fanfictions on their friendship or other stuff, but otherwise, love you all!