-ch2: The missing prince-

The palace doors opened and Piper cringed. Inside a big hall was there. There was a masquerade poster on the wall she noticed. It was coming up tomorrow.
She was brought before the king and Queen.
Don't kill me, she thought.
"And who are you?", the king asked annoyed.
"Piper Mclean."
"Why were you brought here?"
The main guard spoke up." I saw her in the forest. "
"And?", asked the king clearly having better things to do.
"She could've had something to do with the princes disappearance.", he suggested.
"Excuse me. But I have no idea what you're talking about.", said Piper.
"But-"
"Silence.", said the Queen. " This young girl would have no idea of such thing. For we know everyone in the land, but she is new. And special. What is your story Piper?"
"I'm not sure. I was alone and found by those people. I'm not even sure who I am."
"Very well."
Piper was surprised but didn't show it. She made no acknowledgement to the boy because she felt bad for him. She promised herself she would find him. But the weird thing was the guards knew she was lying. It was like they didn't care about the boy. Why did they only take her but not him? What was so special about her?
"Since you don't know who you are.. I will let you stay in one of our rooms in the castle. ", said the Queen." Please, Someone show the girl her room. Feel free to enjoy the town and explore. Just don't cause trouble."

The servants left her alone in her new room. Immediately she started crying. This was too much. She didn't know who she was. What was the point of being here anyway? She sighed and laid on her bed. She looked out her big window that wrapped partly around her room. The rain had subsided. Kind of. Instead of pouring rain. It was just drizzling.
"Okay, Piper. Snap out of it. It's time to take your mind off things.", she said to herself.
She got dressed in new clothes. Unfortunately everything was dresses. She had a feeling she didn't usually wear dresses ,but oh well. She wasn't going to complain.

The town was bigger and more normal than she thought. People were running around, working, and carrying on with their daily lives. At one point she found herself looking at the castle. Too big. Too fancy. She didn't care for that luxury. She sighed because of her situation. She looked to her right and saw the town bulletin board. Odd that they actually had one. Seemed outdated to her, like it didn't belong in this time period, but what did she know about history?
She scanned the bored and saw a piece of paper titled " Lost Prince". There was a picture of him. No... It can't be.. , she thought.
It was the boy she met.

The article read: JASON GRACE. Hero or coward?
"The missing prince still has not been found when he disappeared over a month or so ago. Every single guard in the castle has been on the lookout for him but none have found him. Some say he was fed up with palace life and thought it was better to leave and start a new life. Others say that he died in some fight outside of the town in the forest. Whatever the reason, he is still gone and probably will not be coming back.
" Some also suggest that he was kidnapped, although it seems unlikely. The king has asked around accusing his brothers that they hid his son in their kingdoms but they denied such a thing considering they had their own problems. King Hades dealing with his Twelve year old son ,Nico. And King Poseidon dealing with his son Perseus, who is apparently in love with Athena's daughter.
" All said and done there is no real reason why Jason Grace has disappeared. The facts have been proven. He's either a coward or a hero. You decide."
Piper was shocked. Those guards knew who he was. Yet they ignored him. Before she could think deeply about this, a boy was running through the crowd and ran into her. " Sorry!", he said. He ran away quickly. He had black hair and bright green eyes of what she saw. He seemed like he was in a hurry.
She should be on her way. She was tired and wanted to go home. So she began her walk to the castle.