Okay, so here is the newest update, and it's actually really long. If you find any of this sad, I'm sorry, it was necessary. I actually was a little sad while writing this, so I suggest you guys have a tissue ready. So, ON WITH THE STORY!:

Piper

There are fewer things stranger then seeing a flying Leo, that much Piper had discovered when Leo nearly crashed into her. She had watched, in sheer horror, as Leo crashed through a tree, and went flying for a while still, and then smashed into the ground. She was already sprinting over to him, worried for her friend. A Telekhine crossed her path and she slashed it in half. While sprinting, she saw Leo's hammer stuck in a rock. Strangely, it gave her the thought of the 'sword-in-the-stone' story. When she looked back over, there was already another girl crouching by Leo, feeding him something.

By the time Piper got over to him, the girl had managed to give him something, Ambrosia. She crouched by Leo, and she wanted to puke at the sight of him. The skin on Leo's arms had been all but ripped off because of the tree, leaving large pools of blood. His hair was sticky and wet, he probably had a head wound of sorts. His right leg was twisted at an awkward angle, definitely broken. He had a small stream of blood coming from the corner of his mouth, and his entire body was covered in cuts and bruises.

Piper decided to get a good look at the girl who was trying to help her friend. The girl was probably their age, fifteen or sixteen. She had long, curled light brown hair, about shoulder-blade length. She had icy blue eyes that reminded her Khione. She was covered in grime, some soot, and she had a sword and dagger hanging from her waist. The girl had pulled out some bandages and was rapidly trying to wrap Leo's wounds up. "Are you just going to stand there, or can you help me save this guy?" she asked, snapping Piper back to reality.

"Sure, what do you need me to help with?" she asked.

"We need to get this guy to Chiron immediately, or he'll bleed out." the girl replied.

"His names Leo by the way." Piper said, lifting Leo by his legs.

"Okay, sure, let's just get him to Chiron!" the girl snapped back, lifting Leo by the shoulders. Piper shook her head at how rude the other girl was being, then again, this girl had probably been fighting all day. She now really had to focus on helping the mystery girl bring Leo up Half-Blood Hill, which had really long grass. They were halfway up when she slipped, dropping Leo's legs. The girl, in turn, dropped the rest of Leo, his head hitting a rock now. Piper groaned, wondering if Leo would have a concussion now.

"Can you try not to slip!" the stranger shouted at her, picking Leo up again. Piper shook her head, and lifted Leo up again. They were finally at the top, and now they just had to get him to the infirmary. When they finally got there, an Apollo camper ran up to them.

"Aurora, we- Gods, what happened to Leo!?" the camper was addressing the strange girl, Aurora was her name. Aurora shook her head.

"I don't know, all I saw was that he went flying thorugh the air, smashed straight through a tree, and head-planted into the ground." Aurora replied. "Is he going to be okay?"

"He should be if we hurry, I think you're needed in the fight, go on, both of you." the Apollo camper said, and shooed them away. Piper turned to ask the girl who she was, but she was already gone. Well wasn't that interesting, she thought. She pulled out Katoptris again, and charged into the fray. She spent hours, upon hours battling the hordes of monsters, and she was exhausted now. Her leather armor was splattered with grime, slime, and powder dust. A horn sounded, and the monsters began to withdraw. The day had been won. The few demigods on the field, both greek and roman, began cheering.

Piper started expecting the romans to attack them, but they didn't. Instead, they began helping the greeks get all of the wounded and dead behind the camp boundary. The person coordinating the romans at the moment was a guy named Hank. Piper wondered why Reyna wasn't giving the orders, hoepfully nothing had happened to her.

Three hours. That's how long it took to sort through the dead and the wounded, getting them to the right places. There were many dead. Piper didn't know how many demigods died, but she would probably find out later. She saw many faces she recognized, many faces she was sad to see. Travis was bent over the corpse of his brother, Connor. Katie had wrapped her arm around Travis' shoulders, whispering comforting words to him, and holding him tightly. Travis was crying into the body of his younger brother, his cries could be heard among those of many. Campers had begun to gather around the dead, every single one of them was shaken.

Piper looked around and couldn't see Frank, Hazel, or Reyna. Jason was crouching next to a body, his head in his hands. She went over and saw it was Dakota, Centurion of the Fifth Cohort. She looked around, and saw that the romans had divided the dead by Cohorts. There were eighteen other bodies next to Dakotas, meaning there were nineteen dead from the Fifth. She went around, and saw the numbers: 23 dead from the Fourth, 29 dead from the Third, the entire Second was dead, 25 dead from the First including Octavion. If what she heard was true, then that meant 141 roman demigods were killed. The Romans had lost more then half of their numbers.

Piper looked around at the greek side, and saw many familiar faces. Mitchell from her cabin was dead, and so was Drew. Nyssa was among the Hephaestus dead, along with two others. The Ares cabin had four dead, two wounded. Connor and seven other Hermes campers were dead. Five Athena campers were dead, Annabeth was kneeling, crying into Percy's shoulder, while he rubbed her arm affectionately. There were four dead Demeter campers. Five dead Apollo campers. And of course numerous others, but Piper couldn't stand to be around so much death. As she was running, she saw Thalia was praying for seven dead Hunters of Artemis. She also saw Grover planting twenty-two plants, meaning there were twenty-two dead Satyrs.

Piper had run to the Strawberry fields, trying to get away from all the smells, and sounds of the dead and the dying. She couldn't help it, but she broke down and started crying, right there in the Strawberry fields. Piper had probably been there for awhile, crying, she wept for all the dead. She stopped crying when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned and saw the girl, Aurora.

"I know what it's like, seeing all those dead and think of how horrible it is." Aurora said, "I fought in the Titan War last summer, it was just as bad."

"I do- don't understand! Why do these evil beings just want to kill innocent people!?" Piper sobbed out.

"I don't know why they do it, but we can't let them win. Maybe they kill innocent people because they can. Maybe it makes them feel better about themselves. Or maybe they don't care for anything, but we have to try to stop them." Aurora offered her hand to Piper after giving that speech. Piper grabbed her hand and helped bring herself up.

"Why did you come here?" Piper asked.

"Well, I saw you running, I know what that was like. I did the same thing during the Titan War. Second, Chiron needs us at a meeting of all the surviving counselors." Aurora explained. "You okay now?"

"A little." And Piper and Aurora walked up to the Big House, chatting for awhile. It seems that Piper made a new friend. She was Aurora, Daughter of Boreas.

Okay, so, as I said, this chapter was sad. Many demigods died in this fight, and the only reason the monsters retreated, was because Gaea ordered them to. So yes, there are only 84 romans alive, twenty-four of those are wounded. You may be wondering, "Where's Reyna, Frank, and Hazel?", find out next chapter! And As Always, Have A Nice Day!