Whoop! I'm back with the next chapter (obviously)! If any of you guys are confused, hopefully this chapter will help you. But if you still are confused after this, then tell me because maybe I forgot to put it in this chapter, or it might come in the future chapters. And if you have any suggestions, you are free to tell me them.

Also one thing I forgot to mention: this story takes place after the war is done and nothing changed. Piper's still Jason's girlfriend by the way, but they are trying to take it slow so Piper won't have to worry about that too much. But she will find out eventually, of course, since this is a JASPER story.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Percy Jackson characters.

"What do you mean my mother is a goddess? Are you trying to hit on my mother?" I asked, completely disgusted. Who did this person think he is?

"No! No, I mean she literally is a goddess! Ever heard of Aphrodite? Goddess of Love? Goddess of Doves?" The boy with green eyes, who I recently found out that his name is Percy, said getting really flustered. "God, was it this hard to convince her the first time?" I heard him mutter to the blond-haired girl named Annabeth.

"Listen, I have no idea what the hell is going on so can someone please explain?! And stop it with these lies! We are getting nowhere!" I exclaimed, starting to get really annoyed. I just wish all of this was just a nightmare and I could just wake up soon. Like real soon. The entire time they were trying to convince me that I belong in some group called "The Seven", or at least that's what Percy kept calling it since everyone else was too shocked to say anything. And the reason why I supposedly "lost my memories" was because someone named "Khione" wanted revenge on me and sent some of her followers from the underworld to attack me and they supposedly hit me straight in the head with this ragged ice block... and some other thing I can't recall the name of. And they were telling me how I was a "demigod" and how I supposedly helped them defeat Gay-a.

Wait, that doesn't sound right... is it Gaea? Whatever. Either way, the way they described her sounded gay... so apparently I'm Greek... and Cherokee... which is possibly the strangest combination I have ever heard of. All I know of right now is that they are hesitating to tell the truth. But judging from their worried faces, their fidgeting hands, and how they are looking at me like they actually have concern for me makes me think they are actually telling the truth. This is just a lot to take in. And I told them so.

"It's okay. It was hard for me to understand too, but we learned to accept it." Annabeth said, understanding. Then she turned to the others and she said back to me, "Together."

"Right." I muttered back, feeling a little left out and a little annoyed by how cheesy that sounded.

"So anyways." Jason, the guy with blond hair, said a little awkwardly as if knowing how clueless and isolated I feel right now. "We should probably take you back to camp now... maybe we should let you talk to Chiron to sort this whole thing out."

"Yeah, and when we get there, don't draw too much attention to yourself. At least, not until Chiron figures out something." The punk rock girl with choppy hair, named Thalia, said. The others shot her glares, probably at how rude that statement sounded even though I could tell she didn't mean for it to come out that way, but I had other things to worry about at the moment.

"Yeah, alright." I said back. Like I didn't notice anything.

"Well, we should get going." Annabeth said. And, if things could get anymore confusing, it just did. She whistled. Like a true New Yorker. Then, a moment of silence followed. Just when I was about to ask what the point of that was, I saw two shiny eyes surrounded by smoke heading our way. And it seemed especially weird that, at the same time, they looked nothing like eyes at all. They were headlights. When the object finally came to a stop in front of us, did I realize that the entire thing was a New York cab.

Whistling. Smoke. Headlights. Cars. This just took confusing to a whole new level. I could feel the dizziness creeping back into my head, urging me to shut my eyes and faint once again. But I didn't because Jason was holding my shoulder in a feeble attempt to steady me.

"Hey, are you alright?" He asked, his eyes filled with worry and concern.

"Yea, I'm fine." No, I'm not.

And after Annabeth paid the weird 3 old women that somehow managed to fit in that dusty, tiny, old driver seat, we were on our way.

"So, she basically lost her memories." Chiron, who happened to be half horse, said after Annabeth explained the situation. And it didn't make me comfortable how he said his conclusion as a statement, and not a question. As if this same situation had happened before.

"Yeah, she did. Do you think this is Hera's doing?" A boy named Frank asked, who him and two other people happened to be in the same room with us. There was a girl named Hazel, who I assumed to be Frank's girlfriend judging by the way they were holding hands, and a boy named Leo, who annoyingly kept on calling me "Beauty Queen" ever since we got here.

"No, it can't be. I mean, she has no good reason to. The war is over and we haven't heard from Rachel that has anything to with another upcoming threat since. This is completely and one hundred percent Khione's doing." Chiron asked, now starting to get up and started pacing around the room but still somehow managed to look calm, but I think it was only for our sake.

"What would she want from me? I haven't done anything to her... right?" I asked, quietly, getting the feeling that I did. And I was right, judging by the way the rest of the people in the room are nervously glancing in different directions. Glancing everywhere. Except on me. "Nevermind, don't answer that. I don't want to know." I mumbled hurriedly, before things could get more awkward.

"Ok, Piper, you look very tired and I think it is best for you to get some sleep. You will have a long day ahead of you." Chiron said after a while. I know the real reason why Chiron wants me to sleep. He needs to talk to the others about me, and for some reason, I'm used to this, even though I don't know why. It was then that I realized that I was very tired. It might have been because I lost practically all my memories and people keep pushing things on me like telling me who I am and it was getting quite annoying. So I agreed and said my good-nights and I headed to the Aphrodite cabin to get some sleep.

Before I left though, Chiron called me back and said with a nervous smile, "Piper, I know this is a lot to ask from you, but it is important that you must not tell anyone of your memory problem. Not until we have this Khione situation figured out. Just know that you can't trust anyone anymore in this camp except the people in this room until this is over, alright?"

I nod even though I don't really understand, but I don't feel like comprehending what he just said because I'm too tired to figure it out. And with that, I headed to the Aphrodite cabin after Chiron told me the small duties about my life (like how I'm the counselor of the cabin, etc.).

It wasn't too hard to find the cabin considering it is the only one that looks like a rainbow barfed all over it and looks like the world's biggest Barbie doll house. I sighed. If this is how my life is, then I did not want to see what tomorrow will bring.

"Hey, Dumpster Queen, wake up!"

I groaned. Can't a girl get some sleep? For some reason I was feeling really tired. And who does this person think she is? It took a while for my brain to catch up on whats been happening lately. And that just made me groan again. I slowly let one eyelid open to see who disrupted my sleep.

I wish I hadn't.

Standing before me, was an Asian girl with long dark brown hair with pink eyeliner to probably bring out her brown eyes. That was weird. I didn't even know pink eyeliner existed. But then again, I didn't even know demigods existed until yesterday. I could already tell, just by looking at her, that I didn't get along with her very well. And judging by the way she looked at me, I was right.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm getting up." I said, a little exasperated.

"You better. Everyone already left and you are the only one still sleeping! I'm reporting this to Chiron. He should know that you really aren't counselor material. Maybe he'll let me step up and put you in your right place. Like I always say, 'Dumpster Queens always belong in dumpsters," she smirked.

...

Well, that was a lame comeback.

Who does she think she is, walking around like she's freaking the queen of London? And counselor of what?

...Oh yeah.

I wish someone would give me more details on what the hell is going on. But for now, I just had to find a way out of this situation. And I was so clueless as to what exactly is going on, that the only thing I can think of doing is laughing. And I do.

And it's a good thing too because the girl is looking at me like I'm crazy, but I don't care because she's absolutely right. And that just makes me laugh more that I'm almost in tears.

After I'm somewhat calm, the girl starts to speak again, clearly annoyed, but also utterly defeated,

"Whatever. Just get up and go do something." Then she turned on her freaking 5-inch heel and stalked away out the door.

After I shower and brush that annoying taste of sleep out of my mouth, I walk outside to get some fresh air. Everything is just so confusing to me, that I can't even acknowledge the most simplest of things like random people waving at me, or my "sisters" coming up to me and start talking to me about how someone named "Percabeth" is so cute. I just nod and pretend I know what they are saying and even add my own comments to make them think I get what they are saying like, "yeah", and "totally". But the only thing I really want to say is, "Whhaaaaatttt?!"

Finally, after my "sisters" leave me, I start blindly walking around, not really caring where my feet take me because really, I'll have no idea where I'm gonna end up. But I do end up in a place called the "Sword Fighting Arena", as Chiron called it, and I can already see Jason there ripping off a dummy's head in the corner. I decide to head there because I really have nothing to do and also because Jason notices me and waves me over.

Even if I barely know Jason, I can tell that something was bothering him. He just looked so... lost. His face was always so stony and I haven't seen him smile since I lost my memories. He's had a rough past, I could tell, and I don't think I've met someone that's so quiet. But I know that's not a fair judgement, considering I don't really remember meeting anybody.

After a long, uncomfortable silence, I decide to break it, "So... who's Percabeth?"

...

What? I couldn't think of anything!

He laughed, and even though I didn't meant it as a joke, it was the first time I ever actually heard him laugh so I let it go unquestioned. After a while, he let my question go unanswered and asked his own question in a much quieter tone, "So... how's everything going?"

I winced. I knew the answer to that one, but I didn't really want to say it. But I could tell he didn't really need me to answer that question because he let it go. But I answered it anyways even though I really didn't want to. I felt that I needed to get it out. At least once.

"Not good. I mean, it's not everyday you lose your memories like that. I feel like I'm missing out on something important, but I have no idea what... I feel like someone took my brain out of my head, rattled all of my memories out, and put it back in, leaving me with almost nothing. Do you know what I'm saying?" I asked, even though I knew he didn't.

Turns out I was wrong. Again. "Yeah. I do," he answered. Then he turned, looking out in the horizon, with a distant look in his eyes. He didn't really elaborate on that, but I didn't ask him about it. "But don't think of them necessarily as lost memories, think of it as... hidden." Then he glanced back at me and saw my confused face and smiled. "It helps," he added as if that explained everything.

"Hidden memories." I repeated, watching the kids in the Ares cabin getting challenged by some kids in the Apollo cabin to play some basketball. Then, I turned my head and saw some Hermes kids, twins, playing a prank on some of the Demeter kids and laugh as the Demeter kids storm out of their cabin, yelling (what I assumed to be a Greek curse) and started to sprint after them. No matter how weird this crazy life might seem, I can't imagine myself not liking it, no matter how confusing it can get. And maybe... at the right time... I'll understand these strange people they call my family.

And is it so strange that I don't find it strange at all?

I turned my head back to Jason, who was now watching me with a sad expression on his face. I didn't get why that was, or how long he was watching me, but I decided to not worry about that right now. He started to give me a small smile to hide his previous expression (even though it's not completely gone), and he raised his eyebrows at me as if wanting to know what I was going to say about his stupid little comment.

The next thing I did say, surprised even me.

"Yeah, that could work."

...And there you have the title :)

So the next chapter will probably be coming next weekend and... be sure to review and tell me what you think and if you have any suggestions about what I should do in the next chapter, well you can let me know.

Till next time,

Penguin