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Third Person
Frank made his way back up on the upper deck just as Hazel was heading toward the stairs. Frank smiled reassuringly and she blushed. He took her hand and headed in the direction of other passengers. Piper and Jason wandered over and Nico followed the four of them keeping a close eye on Hazel and Frank. Leo turned triumphantly while Gleeson shouted, "That is how we roll!"
"Uhh, should I be worried?" Jason asked with a skeptical look on his face.
"Err, unless you consider upgrading the ship using the Archimedes sphere, an issue than nope!"
"Wow, good job Leo," Piper exclaimed, "and now that we are all together, maybe we should talk."
"Coach, keep fort up here, we intend on having an all exclusive demigod party now- if you don't mind."
"Leo!" Hazel scolded him. Jason caught Frank grimace as Hazel scolded Leo and Jason silently whistled. 'Love triangle.'
"Fine, only blow up monsters, nothing else, and call if you need help, and do not, I repeat, do not under any circumstance touch anything other than the cannons. Understood?"
"Fine, fine."
The six demigods headed back downstairs to the dining hall. No one sat at the head- that was Annabeth's seat, and at the seat next to it- that was Percy's. Nico pulled over a stool and sat between Hazel and Frank. His stool was a decent foot lower than the other chairs so his chin rested on the table. Hazel patted his head like he was a dog and said, "We should tell camp- Half-Blood and Jupiter."
There was an awkward silence until Jason said, "When Octavian hears that he'll use it against us, two of us are gone and we are weaker."
Hazel shifted in her seat. "Then we need to tell Reyna at least. Please?" Piper nodded, "I agree. Reyna liked Annabeth and Percy and it is up to her if she tells her warriors. Plus Percy was Praetor. "
"Alright. But we tell Chiron and Camp Half-Blood first."
No one went against what Nico suggested. It seemed only fair. "Now the only question is when. Now- when they are eating dinner is probably best but, if you don't want to… then we can wait."
"No. I think we all want to now, right guys." Piper, Hazel, Frank and Leo nodded.
"Soo… who knows how to make a rainbow. "
"Leo, really! Use the hose and open the window. We will need to go in a cabin for that. "
"Exactly, Piper. We can use mine for that. When we after done I can simply either blow dry it clean or blow the water out."
With that, Jason got up to clean up his room and the demigods pondered on who should tell them what.
Hazel started the discussion. "Piper, with your charm speak, are you going to tell them?"
"Maybe- it's probably best someone who knows them tells them- me, Jason, Nico, or Leo. "
"Right, and if I figure correctly then they would all be pretty mad at Nico- and Leo is a little too much of a joke ball."
"Hey!" Leo cried out in protest. "You wish you had more Team Leo in your life."
Hazel and Piper rolled their eyes and Frank simply scowled deeper. Nico chuckled.
"Ohh, yeh Nico- does it feel good to have two camps hate you?"
"Shut-up Leo." Nico grumbled. "They will understand. Hera made me."
"Whatever dude."
"Anyhow!" Piper brought the conversation back to the real topic. "It's either Jason or me. Then again I have charmspeak and everyone knows that so I think Jason should."
"Jason should what?" echoed Jason as he reappeared in the room.
"Tell camp- both actually, that Percy and Annabeth…" Piper's voice trailed off but everyone knew what she meant.
"Sure, fine, who gets to hold the hose?"
"Ohh, ohh I get to!" Leo cried with way to much excitement.
"Let's go then."
The walk from the dinning hall to Jason's room had never seemed so far in anyone's life before. It was like walking to your own execution. A publically held one too. Even Leo was absolutely quiet. In Jason's room Leo picked up the hose and turned it on, while Piper opened the window to let the light in. A beautiful rainbow appeared; like a cruel joke- for through it would be teleported the worst news since Percy's disappearance.
Jason tossed a golden coin through the mist and it dissipated. "O- goddess, please except my offering. Show me Chiron at, Camp Ha-" His voice cracked. Jason cleared his voice and finished his offering. "Show us Chiron, at Camp Half Blood."
This mist changed and color became brighter. The dining hall at Spread before them- like they were standing on an imaginary stage facing the audience. Campers at the tables were passing their plates to dryads and harpies who brought them to the kitchen. Chiron stood and was about to dismiss the campers when he froze. "Jason!" He cried out in disbelief. "You're alive. Where, who-" He seemed to notice the distressed faces amongst the ships occupants and slowed down. "Is everything okay?" He asked kindly- but with a very worried expression on his face. All the campers had froze and were staring at the footage.
Malcolm from the Athena cabin rose, "Where is Annabeth?" "And Percy, " someone else shouted out. "Yeh, we wanna see Percy!" People started yelling demanding to see Percy and Annabeth. "Ohh, are they busy having alone time." Someone suggested from the Hermes cabin.
"How bout Leo, where is he?" Nyssa called from the Hephaestus cabin. Leo waved, "Right here on hose duty," he said, stepping into view.
Chiron stomped his hoof against the marble floor. "Silence! Let the questors speak out!" He shouted- bring even more attention to the Iris message.
"Percy and Annabeth fell into Tartarus," Jason blurted out. No one spoke. Hazel and Piper started filling in the blanks- the entire tale from when they left New York. Frank and Leo adding in occasionally while Jason sunk into he background of the footage. They were interrupted a few times by Iris or Fleecy actually, requesting more money-, which Chiron provided. There was silence- absolute silence. The birds stopped tweeting, the dryads stopped singing, the harpies stopped squawking. Only the waves crashed against the beach. Chiron stared into space. "Thank you for telling us, I'll inform everyone else who should know." Jason nodded, and with that the connection broke.
Wow. I am not usually good when it comes to talking but I like this and have some really good ideas for the next chapters coming up. I am also working on a new story that will overlap with this one. Please review whenever you get a chance- and more soon! Up next someone at camp, not sure who yet. I have some ideas for Chiron, Malcolm, and Tyson.-WaterMimi23
