Author's Note: Sorry about the shortness and clunky-ness of this chapter. I just needed to get these events down, but I couldn't find a way to make it longer, or with better words. Anyway,
JASON
Piper screamed first. Everyone except Nico followed suit. Nico, however, almost swooned. Jason came out of the shock first. He leapt into the two-feet deep hole and grabbed Leo, ignoring the searing pain that Leo's burning skin was leaving on his arms. He thought he heard someone else get the girl, who he assumed was the much talked about Calypso, but he was too busy bolting towards the infirmary to look back.
He was approaching the Big House, and saw Pollux asleep in a hammock.
"Get them!" Jason shouted as loud as he could.
Pollux jolted awake. "Sorry, who am I getting? Hey is that-"
"Get everyone!" He didn't have time to explain.
He bust in the doors, put Leo down, and scrambled to find any nectar and ambrosia. Frank, once again Frank-the-human-not-an-alpaca, rushed in with Calypso. The rest of those who had been at the beach, the entire Apollo cabin, Chiron, and the Hephaestus cabin followed. Pollux ran in breathless.
"This is as close to everyone as I could find." he mumbled.
Will had snuck in with the crowd and motioned for everyone to stand back. "I want everyone who saw them arrive in here. Everyone else outside. They need space." He turned to the seven still in the room. "What happened? How did they get here?"
Hazel piped up. "I don't know, they just, soft of, fell out of the sky. Leo was on fire, but that's normal." Jason looked at the company. He gaze stuck on Annabeth. Her expression was a mixture of happiness, confusion, a just a hint of… fear. Will gave them all a scrutinizing look, and eventually said, "Well, if that's all, you should probably leave. I'll need quiet for this." As they walked out, Jason noticed Nico pausing and looking over his shoulder at Will for a few seconds. Is he smiling? Oohh, thoughts.
They seven of them met at the dining pavilion later that night. They didn't talk much. He looked at the Apollo table. Only about half of them were there. He looked towards the Big House. All of the lights were on, and he could hear rushed talking. So much for quiet, Will.
The campfire flared up six feet. A woman with long golden hair, blue eyes, and a clingy purple dress stepped out of the flames. The entire camp seemed to gasp simultaneously. She smiled a cool, seductive smile with her ruby red lips. This maybe just a shot in the dark, but I think she is a goddess. She spoke in a deep sexy voice, "I am Peitho, companion to Aphrodite, goddess of persuasion and seduction. Piper McLean, stand and face me." Piper rose. Something in the back of Jason's mind told him that he might want to stop Piper from leaving the table, but the moment Peitho had opened her mouth, he felt like he had just drank a gallon of nectar, minus the burning.
Piper smiled as she walked over, and took the goddess's hand. In a flash, they were both gone.
A/N: Next chapter dedicated to whomever reviews about Peitho first.
