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Piper

The Path of Pan was beautiful, its emerald grass weaving its way like a ribbon through the trees. "So where exactly is Ouranos' Spear Grover?" Piper asked.

Grover looked at the path. His face looked gloomy, which was a first. That couldn't be good. "The Spear is guarded in Ouranos' shrine. And it is guarded by his son. Moros. The god of doom."

"Great. Doom. Sounds like a really friendly guy." Frank muttered under his breath, but Piper heard.

However, Piper decided to be upbeat. "Well, Frank, you've met Thanatos, God of Death, and you survived. How hard can it be?"

…

Abruptly Grover stopped, bringing out his reed pipes. "I think that we've reached the shrine's outer borders." In front of Piper stood a colossal, circular clearing, surrounded by trees.

Just then some nearby trees wilted and the grass turned brown. Moros walked up to them, "What is your purpose here demigods?" he said coldly. He was extremely tall, about eight feet. On his bald head rested a crown of crimson thorns. Draped upon him was a cloak of crow feathers, as dark as night. Wherever he stepped, black footprints followed.

"W- well, we need the spear." Piper gulped.

Moros tipped his head back and laughed. His coal black eyes swirled. The rest of the trees surrounding the clearing burst into flame and died, smoking. "You want the Spear? Three mere children want the great Spear of Ouranos, the most powerful weapon of all time. I am guardian of the weapon, and you shall never have it. Never!"

The spear lay behind Moros on a stone pedestal. It was long and thin, and glowed with a bright blue. The tip was impossibly sharp.

Grover narrowed his eyes and boldly intervened. "It is your duty to allow us to attempt to complete the challenge." Moros frowned, irritated.

"Wait, what challenge?" Frank asked bemused. Piper was thinking the same thing.

"Any challenge I want to give you, as long as it is set within these borders. Only then will you be able to fight me, doom himself for the spear. And my challenge to you is to bring me the head of the golden leukrokottus. The irresistible king of the stag monsters. Impossible!" He laughed at them.

Piper had never heard of them, but thought on her feet. "If it is so impossible to kill then surely you might as well tell us where it is?" She challenged.

He snorted, and then smiled, "by the cave of gold."

He stared at each of them in turn, before disappearing with a swish of his cloak, leaving a circle of inky blackness on the ground.

…..

Piper looked at her friends, but Frank spoke her thoughts.

"So where are the golden caves? And what is a leukrokottus?"

Grover grimaced, "Well the leukrokottus are a race if half stag, half lion. They lure their prey by imitating voices. They have unimaginable strength."

Franks eyes were wide open." So how do we kill it?" Frank asked thoughtfully.

"I have an idea," Grover started. Once he had finished, Piper nodded.

"Lead the way." Piper gestured.

…..

They walked through the old, sturdy trees and green leaves. Finally Grover came to a halt at the mouth of a dark cave. Grover turned round and whispered. "Shhh. Don't awake it. Use the element of surprise. And remember it's not your friends, whatever you think." He turned back and crept towards a cluster of tight trees.

On closer inspection, Piper saw that the leaves had a thin, gold thread coating. As they passed these , a dark cave appeared.

Suddenly, Jason called out from inside. Piper remembered what Grover had said, but Piper was sure this wasn't a trap. That voice was Jason's. She ran in ready to embrace him. Grover yelled at her, but she ignored him. Frank also ran in, muttering something about Hazel. Grover was quick to follow as Piper weaved round rocks, racing towards Jason.

Grover played the reed pipes frantically behind her, and she dodged as a vine crept up in front of her. She cut her way through vicious ivy as Grover got closer and closer. Jason spoke again, "Piper, Frank, come here!" He said.

Piper added more speed and raced round the last corner to see a dazzlingly bright stag. As Grover entered behind her it viciously attacked. It attempted to kick her with his hoof in the leg, but Grover played a tune and it's leg became tangled in a knot of ivy and twisted roots.

A lion charged into the room, and Piper realized it was Frank. But the stag had easily pulled away from the vines. It opened its mouth and revealed razor sharp golden teeth. It leapt on the charging lion, but Piper shouted first.

"Peace. Stop, " laying on her charm speak as heavy as she dared. "We are friends."

The monster hesitated, saving Franks life. Grover had retreated, gone to set up the trap. But the deer like creature passed its moment of confusion, and rolled away as Piper attempted to stab it. Quick as a flash it stood up, lifted a hoof and slammed it at Piper's head.

Piper dived out the way, landing on the floor in pain. Her head hurt, but as she stood up she saw a maze of cracks snake outwards from a crater in the cave wall. Frank had transformed into a human and was trying to swordfight the beast. As he slashed at its head the leukrokottus jumped into the sword, biting it and snapping it in half. Frank was left holding a hilt.

Piper crept behind it as Frank stood there, dazed. She attempted to stab it in the neck, but it whirled round and retreated. Piper smiled. It was working! She quickly saw that Frank had caught on as she tried this again. Together they edged out of the cave, forcing the beast out. As mighty as it was, it couldn't get the upper hand against two opponents.

Just then it gained a golden opportunity to strike Frank. Immediately Piper screamed, "NO!" Fortunately she had added her charmspeak without realizing, and the beast had once again let Frank get the upper hand. Frank attacked, wasting no time. He forced the beast towards the entrance of the cave.

The only thing Piper heard was a twang as two rocks smashed into the leukrokottus' hide. It howled in pain as trees whipped it. Finally it was caught in a tangled fern net and hung from a couple of tall pines.

Grover winked at Piper, "Calm it down please, quickly or else it might escape."

"Shh peace, happiness. Joy." Piper murmured, laying on all the charm speak she could muster. It stopped writhing and listened, lying still.

Frank, drawing his dagger took the opportunity and cut off its head in two swipes. The rest of the body, dissolved in dust. Even though Piper was a vegetarian and hated animals dying, she felt no regret. This beast was a monster.

They all congratulated each other, before heading back to the clearing. "Now let's go get this spear from Moros!"

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They jogged all the way back to the shrine. Grover stopped when he reached the dead sycamores surrounding the shrine.

"Moros, come here, we have the head of the Golden leukrokottus."

Silence descended eerily. But then a cold wind whistled, and suddenly a lightning bolt fell from the sky and burnt a tree. A hissing noise came from a greenish smoke, which spread out quickly. Piper coughed and watched as a 10 foot Moros emerged! Fuming (quite literally) from the smoky poison.

"YOU FOOLS! You dare face the mighty doom. You may have killed the stag, but now you face yourdoom." He pulled down his hood, now revealing his previously shrouded face. Pure fire burned where his pupils should be, and sparks flitted off his scarlet thorn crown.

"But you said you would give it to us!" Frank yelled. 'If you don't, Gaia will win!"

Moros hissed. "I want Gaia to win, you pathetic thing. I had no intention of letting you have the spear. I thought you would die in the task. Well, it matters little. I shall kill you now." He waved his hand, and inky blackness descended upon them.

"Watch out!" Grover screamed, "That's the doom smoke, which will dissolve your soul, killing you for eternity!"

Piper and Frank leapt back. Grover squeezed out some notes and suddenly golden light filtered out of some nearby trees, and darted towards the soul-eating smoke. Frank closed his eyes, his face wrenched. He transformed into the hydra he had seen on board. He hissed and spat its poison at Moros.

Moros laughed and engulfed the poison in his inky blackness. "Stop! Gaia is evil!"Piper hollered. Moros sneered, her charmspeak having no effect. Piper knew the only way to get rid of Moros was the spear. They had to distract him.

Frank and Grover provided that distraction, Frank spitting poison, while Grover played his pipes.

Piper sprinted towards the Spear, as Frank yelled in agony as the mist veiled him. Just then she realized the sheer size of the spear.. It was over 6 foot long. Frank would have to carry it. As she turned around she saw Frank on fire, losing thr battle to Doom. She lifted the spear up with all her strength and urged it to use whatever power it harnessed.

BOOM!Spots appeared in Pipers eyes as she opened them. In the floor was a black, sizzling robe. Doom was gone.

…..

Piper woke up in the clearing. She had passed out. Frank was standing next to her, holding the spear. He saw she was awake, and nodded at Grover.

"Well you guys, its time for you to go to meet your friends." Grover said, a hint of sadness in his voice.

"What about you?" Piper asked.

"You don't need my help. I have to go rally the nature beings, get them to help and fight."

"But… but.." Piper knew it was time to part ways with Grover, but he had become a really good friend. She promised herself they would meet again. "How do we find our friends?"

Suddenly, Aphrodite and Ares stood before them. "We're going to take you to the council, Piper. That's where you're friends are." Aphrodite told her, offering Piper her hand.

"Goodbye Frank. Goodbye Piper." Grover bleated. "I'll see you soon. Tell Percy and Annabeth I say hi."

Frank nodded. "We will. Seeya man."

Piper smiled. "Bye Grover." Then she took Aphrodite's hand and they disappeared.

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