They spent the rest of the day walking; Jason held his coin in his hand gripping it tightly, had this sword killed others like that girl?
He didn't mean to kill her, it just happened, it was an accident.
Piper kept looking around, she didn't believe the hunters were gone. She looked up at the sky, the sun was setting and it casted an orange glow through the trees
Leo stopped walking; he clutched his arm and leaned against a tree
"Guys I'm not feeling to good, can we find somewhere where we can eat?"
Piper knew how he felt, her stomach hadn't been full for such a long time it hurt and her mouth was dry, they had stopped by a stream to drink and wash but that was yesterday
"Sure we can Leo" She lied for she knew they was no places nearby, they was nothing except trees.
She went up to Leo and put her arm around him, encouraging him to walk, as she passed Jason she shot him a foul look, since they had met the hunters he hadn't spoke or helped in any way
"We'll look for food tomorrow but now we need to find a safe place to camp for tonight, I think we should stay in the thick trees as they give us more cover, Jason are you watching tonight?"
Jason said nothing
"Jason, are you going to watch or just sulk all night, that girl would have killed us, you just stopped her, so don't feel too bad" Piper told him
"Yeah, I'll watch tonight" Jason murmured, it would give him some quite to reflect on the days events.
They found a tree and started a small fire; they three of them sat huddled close together, feeling the warmth of the flame
The fire died down and only the embers glowed in the dark, Leo and Piper lay down close to them and fell asleep.
Jason took his coin and flipped it; the blade had cleaned itself in the coin form. He ran his finger over the cold blade. Then returned it to coin form
The night was quite, it was a cold night so Jason kept close to the burnt out fire, he looked around into the dark, they were a few animals out, an owl hooted from the trees and hares hopped over the leaves.
In his dreams the cold high voice spoke the Leo again
"What have you learnt from today Hero?"
"Don't show female hunters you have a sense of humour or they will kill you, oh and my friend is now a murder" Leo said "Not bad"
"I did tell you he has murdered before, do you recall that?" The cold voice reminded him
"Yeah, who did he kill?" Leo asked
"I will show you, well someone else will, very soon" the cold voice said, than the voice changed into a more serious way
"I'm going to wake you up, I want you to see something, but you must not move and only open your eyes a little bit, but Jason is being very interesting at the moment"
Leo felt his eyes open, he squinted through the dark, the embers cast a dim light over Jason's face but he was looking down at his sword, he ran his finger over it and turned it back into a coin
"Leo, close your eyes" The voice instructed
"Did you see what he was doing Leo?"
"Yeah he was looking at his sword, he does it sometimes" Leo explained
"That is not all he was doing, I can read his mind just like I can with you, he was thinking about killing you" The voice was so calm
"Why?" Leo asked in a panic
"He believes you are a spy, he thinks you are praying to your father and updating him on your location" The voice sounded amused again
"I'm not" Leo said angrily
"It is now time to learn the truth about Jason" The voice said "Listen to me, I want you to open your eyes, wake the girl and ask Jason to come with you, tell them any story you want but make sure all three of you are moving, keep walking until you see a young girl sitting next to a fire, tell her you're a friend"
"Ok" Leo said
He opened his eyes and sat up
"Go back to sleep, I'm okay" Jason told him, seeing him awake
"No, we must go" Leo said, Jason looked at him, frowning a little as Leo's voice was too hipper for someone who had just woken
Leo bent down and woke Piper
"What is it, is someone coming?" she muttered getting up
"We got to move" Leo told them, he walked out of site behind a tree
"Leo, where are you going?" Piper said to him, she followed him into the dark
"Wait, guys we can't go off like this, we can't see anything" Jason tried to reason with them
"Ignore him and walk on, he knows the truth is about to come out, he will try to stop you" The voice whispered in Leo's ear
Leo walked on like he was in a trance
"Leo, stop!" Piper shouted, Jason winched as her voice echoed into the dark trees
Jason hurried closer to her and took her hand, they needed to keep together or they will get lost as the trees were thick and blocked out the moon
Piper took hold of Leo's jacket, he didn't seem to noticed, he just kept walking in a daze
They walked deeper, the tress grew older, their roots had lifted making Piper and Jason stumble, Leo walked on like he hooved over them all.
"Jason look" Piper whispered, pointing
"Leo stop" Jason made to grab his friend and pull him back but he just walked on
A light was ahead, it flicked in the dark, it was a fire. A dark shape sat in front of it
"I'm a friend" Leo called out suddenly making Piper and Jason jump
Leo walked down to the camp fire, Piper and Jason followed looking at the dark figure
"Then welcome, friend" A female voice called back to Leo
Leo sat down on a log and Piper and Jason stood behind him
"Sit my young demigods" The speaker said, she was a girl about ten years old, her kindly voice soothed them and they sat down
Piper than noticed the food, the girl was sat next to a BBQ, burgers in buns, hotdogs and fizzy pop
"Eat my young heroes" The girl said "My name is Hestia"
Leo seemed to come out of his trance and helped himself to the food
The three of them soon filled their stomach with food and drink, when all the food had gone Piper turned to the girl
"I'm sorry to be rude but who are you?" she said
"I am Hestia, Goddess of Hearth and Home but don't worry, I will not hurt you, goddess I may be but I will help any hero in need"
"That's very nice of you" Piper said
"Now I understand that you have come to me to remember?" The goddess looked at Jason
"Remember, you can bring my memory back?" Jason asked hopefully
"I can, but if I bring back your memory I must remove The Mist from their eyes" Hestia warned
Piper, Leo and Jason both were confused about her last few words, but kept listening anyway
"I want to remember who I am" Jason said
"I can make you remember Jason, but it was you who chose to forget" The girl picked up a stick and started to tend to the fire
"What do you mean, I chose to forget?" Jason asked, his heart was pounding
"You wanted to forget yourself so you did, but I have the power to show you yourself and you will remember" the goddess said, now adding more wood
"I want to remember" Jason said, certainly
"Then I will give you a warning and if you want to remember after I will show you your memories, do you understand?"
"I do" Jason said quickly
"You may not want to remember after I have shown you, you will hate yourself and once you know who you are I will have to remove The Mist from your friend's eyes, they will also remember, do you still want me to bring your memories back?"
"Please do" Jason said, he didn't understand her warning at all, but he wanted to remember
"Very well" Hestia reached her hand out to Jason's forehead