Anyways, so now that we know about Piper and her cluelessness, let's start some action, shall we? This is her first battle since she "lost" her memories, so she doesn't really remember much fighting technics. Except charmspeak, of course.

Also, a shout-out to jupiter123 for giving me an idea for what to do with this chapter and the next one. (Thanks a bunch!)

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

After a week later, I was starting to get the hang of my problem. I decided that it would not be good to hide away from them, or else people would start to question, instead I decided to start getting to know others for a while just to see if I remember anything.

No such luck.

It turns out, Khione's followers had really good aim because I still don't remember anything. Nothing. But that didn't mean I stopped trying. I tried talking to the rest of "the Seven", but I didn't get too far. But I can see why I was their friends in the first place. I mean, sure, they're really weird, but I am too so it all works out. I wasn't sure if I was just imagining it, but I could have sworn I saw Percy create this mini hurricane around him, but I guess that would make sense since he is the son of Poseidon.

I also tried talking to my bunkmates in Cabin 10. Turns out that bitchy girl that woke me up the other day, was sadly my sister and her name is Drew. But not all of them were that bad though. I talked to Lacy and Mitchel, and they seemed pretty cool, even if it is what you would expect from the Aphrodite Cabin. But I still made sure to keep my space. I'll admit, there was sometimes when my bunkmates started to suspect me, but thank the gods Chiron told me about my gift of charmspeaking. I still remember Chiron's words. Don't trust anybody. And that was sort of hard to do. Because I couldn't picture Lacy or Mitchel not worth trusting.

But I have to stop trusting people I still barely even know.

Anyways, things were going... okay until the "monsters", as Leo called it, showed up. And I barely know who I even am, let alone how to fight. Annabeth told me what my weapon was and she even helped me practice the last couple of days with her.

But what's a couple of days compared to an immortal monster?

Trying to remember anything useful Annabeth taught me, I walked straight into battle. I barely had time to look for my enemy before one swung something at me. A tail.

It was a freaking 20 feet long scorpion.

I remembered Annabeth teaching me about those the day before yesterday, but I never thought it could be so big. "Pit Scorpion" she called it. She told me a boy named Luke Castellan threatened Percy with one at the end of Percy's first quest to find Zeus's masterbolt.

But she told me it was the size of a human's hand.

This was not the size of a human's hand.

"I thought you guys trained these!" I yelled to Frank, who had somehow turned into a lion and leaped on one of the scorpions a few yards away from mine. It was no good because the scorpion saw Frank and lazily smacked him to the side, as if Frank were nothing but an annoying mosquito.

"We do, but these aren't ours. You can tell by the collar they are wearing," Hazel replied, who quickly ducked and swung her sword deep inside the scorpion, leaving a long, gory, gash.

"But there is no collar!" I exclaimed, ducking once more to dodge the scorpion's large pincers.

"Exactly!" She replied.

We had finally gotten rid of a few of them, but more were coming in. We were so desperate, that I actually thought about climbing the scorpion's back, just to get a good hit in its head. But I knew that wouldn't work because the tail would hit me before I could even reach its back.

"Piper, tell it to do something!" Percy yelled while extinguishing another scorpion. But before he could even catch his breath, another one took its place.

I knew I could charmspeak since Chiron reminded me I could, but I didn't think the scorpion knew English or French. And I reminded Percy that.

"Well, then say it in Greek!" He replied after a while. I could tell everyone was starting to get exhausted, and I could see everyone taking slower steps by the second. It was just a matter of minutes before the scorpions won.

Even though I thought it probably wouldn't help much, I decided to at least try charmspeaking. I imagined my voice being transferred through the earth and back again. I tried to think of the most hatred thing I could towards the scorpions. They might even be a follower of Khione. I wasn't going to let her have the pleasure of doing something so cruel to anyone ever again. So I tried to put the most pleasant smile I could manage, despite the sweat and dirt that's probably caked all over my face from ducking so much, and said in Greek (and I have no idea how), "Do you really want to hurt us?"

I was scared for a moment that it wouldn't work since everything went quiet all of a sudden. So, I added another part and quickly composed myself so my smile wouldn't waver. "Us children are not worth your time. Look at us, we can barely lift up a sword, let alone battle you. What will you accomplish if we all die?"

Now I had all of the scorpions attention. I knew every single word I say will count a lot, and I can't stutter, or mumble for who knows what will happen? I tried my best to hide my nervousness (for I am not comfortable with the attention I'm now getting) and judging from the looks of the scorpions, I have succeeded.

Ever so slowly, I start to walk up to the scorpions, and the rest of the camp seems to get what I am doing because they follow me. But the attention the scorpions give me, never wavers. Just in case, I added, "Whoever sent you here, must not think you are strong enough to handle a reasonable job, and decided to leave you here with us, because they don't think you can handle it." I say the last part slowly, so my charmspeak will buy us some more time. And it was just enough because the campers (along with me) have now reached the scorpions' pressure points and the scorpions don't even notice that our weapons are raised towards them. I nod at Percy to say the next part and pray that he understands what I'm trying to do, and that if he does understand, the campers will know what to do next. And he does.

"Now!" He screams. And it is amazing what Percy can do to influence the rest of the camp, because every single one of them does exactly what they needed to do. We all thrust our weapons deep into the hide of the scorpions, and every single one of them disappeared into golden dust.

But of course, luck is never on my side.

I still managed to sink Katoptris in the back, but before I could take out my dagger, the scorpion stuck it's pincers in my back. It probably would've been a lot worse if someone hadn't cut the tail off. I couldn't turn around to see who it was, because my eyes started getting really heavy, and sleeping seemed like one of the best options.

So I did.

"How long has she been unconscious?"

"About three hours."

"It could have been a lot worse if Reyna hadn't been there beside her to cut off that tail."

"Yeah, but it is still pretty severe."

"It's all my fault!"

"No it's not."

"Yeah, it is! I saw the pincer aiming towards Piper! I didn't even warn her in time!"

"But you couldn't have done anything. You were busy handling your own monster."

"Guys, shut up, you know she hates to be waken up! Remember what happened last time, Leo?"

"...eeee... yeah... I don't want a repeat of that."

"I think I just saw her move!"

"Not this again, Seaweed Brain."

"No, I'm being serious!"

...

"See, there she moves again!"

...

I slowly opened my eyes to see myself back in Chiron's office, and turn my head to see the same people I saw in Chiron's office as last time, minus Thalia who I assumed to be back at the Hunt, considering I didn't see her for a while.

But there is one extra girl.

She has long black hair that is pulled back in a single braid, with dark obsidian eyes. Her posture and the way her head is perfectly stable, demands authority. She is wearing a purple shirt with a Roman toga that covers it. On her arm, there is a tattoo, that I notice Jason also has, but instead of twelve lines, there was only four. And instead of an eagle, there was a different symbol. One I did not recognize. Roman. Standing to the right side of her, were two metal dogs that look at me with hostility, though I have no idea why.

"Piper, are you alright?" Jason asks me, while helping me up. I gently push his arms away from me, not because I don't appreciate the gesture, but because I generally don't like it when people touch me like that. The girl raises her eyebrows at me, clearly not expecting me to do that. And again I'm clueless as to why.

It is a while before someone talks. And surprisingly, it's the girl that breaks the silence. "Piper, what's happened?"

I didn't know how to answer that one. I mean it was pretty obvious. I just got stabbed by a scorpion, girl! What did you think happened? I had a feeling that I didn't get along with this girl either, but it was pretty obvious that she was nothing like Drew.

"Ummm..." I said, not getting where this was going.

"I'm not talking about the scorpion," she replied quickly with a hint of impatience, her dogs growling at me to say something.

Oh.

I glance around. Anyone. Except for the girl. And my eyes meet Jason's blue ones. He notices and looks at Chiron, then back to me. He nods his head once, barely noticeable, as if to say, you can trust her.

And... there's something in me that actually does, even though her glares creep me out. And the whole thing comes spilling out. And after that, it felt good. It felt good to finally explain what was happening. And after I was finally done speaking, the girl did the first friendly thing I've seen her do since she got here.

She smiled. But as quickly as it came, it vanished, as if she remembered something I did that made her smile vanish. Do I always have that affect on people?

Before I could even think about what I possibly could have done to make her so saddened, she walked up to me in a confident manner and placed her hand out in front of her. Her smile reappeared, though this time, it seemed real.

"My name is Reyna. Daughter of Bellona. Praetor of the Twelfth Legion."

Oooh, now we have Reyna in the picture! For right now, only expect friendship, no rivalry, since they are sort of "starting out fresh." Next chapter, expect some training, and a little bit of gossip. So, you can leave suggestions if you want something in the future chapters. Review, please!

Till next time,

Penguin