Jason

2 months later

I sat down in the front row of the auditorium where Piper was getting her diploma. I had waited outside of school for the two months since I started dating her. We had gone to the mall plenty of times, and out to eat even more, and even to Disneyland once on a weekend, because it had been her birthday on Thursday. She had talked me into going, so I convinced Thalia, my older sister and the goddess of the hearth, to come with me. She reluctantly agreed, and we had a blast. The only ride we did not go on was Space Mountain, because it had broken down somehow (the locals were complaining that it was always

broken.) When Piper and I rode back on Tempest, Thalia teleported back to her comfortable fire. I heard the graduation music go on and stood up as Piper led the way, carrying her speech. She had been selected for her 'talent with the spoken word' which I knew to be charmspeak. I sat down when everyone else did and caught Piper's eye before she began talking. I smiled encouragingly at her and she began, starting with how they were all thankful to be here, and that she was sure that everyone was so proud of them. At this her eyes saddened, because her father wasn't here; he was at the set filming some movie. She covered it up well and continued on. Her speech, unlike most others, was not monotonous and boring, it was lively, with the right tone changes to accentuate the word she was speaking. Piper finished with "Thank you for your support and have a good reception! We are graduating!" The whole auditorium cheered and clapped. Piper sat down next to her friend Racheal as the principal started calling out names. One by one they went up recived their diploma, took a picture, and walked offstage with the crowd cheering for them. Piper came up, and I swear her smile had guys swooning as she took her picture. I ran over to her as she was walking offstage. "Hey there! Great speech Pipes!" That was my nickname for her. She didn't mind at all. Piper smiled at me brightly, but her eyes still looked sad. I would ask right after we got outside. "So now that you're 18, do you want to keep living with your dad?" I asked as the door approached. She shook her head. "I want to move out as soon as I can." I reached for the door and pushed it open. I pulled her off to the side and knelt down, taking a ring box out of my pocket. "Piper Mclean," I said looking into her shining eyes as she realized what was happening. "Will you become my Queen, Queen of the gods, living now and forever as my wife?" Piper threw her arms around me. "Yes, of course I will Jason." She whispered in my ear. I picked her up and spun her around. When I set her back down I pulled her toward the parking lot. "Do you want to go to Olympus now? I asked. "I can get a few people to get your stuff." I figured Travis and Conner, now that they ran the mail business, could be easily scared into doing it. She closed her eyes. "I have to leave a note for my father, at least. Since he is not my guardian, I can walk out at anytime. However, he at least needs to know that I am gone and that I am safe, or else he'll have a heart attack when he sees my empty room." She opened her eyes and looked at me, pleading. I nodded in agreement. "Of course." She threw her arms around me again. "After that, we'll go to Olympus." She said, her breath tickling my ear. I smiled, then whistled. Tempest came down from the sky in a flash. We both got on and Tempest took off, speeding toward Piper's former residence. We landed in the front lawn. I dismissed Tempest and flew my fiancé up to her room. She landed and immediately went to her dresser, She got out a piece of paper, a pencil, and an old instant camera. She started to write her letter while I waited patiently and listened with my godly hearing to her dad snoring and muttering something like "…..need my agent…" I sighed in disgust. He was incorrigible. Even in sleep he was thinking about the movie he was making. Just then Piper snapped the camera at herself, and his snores stopped. My eyes widened. He was waking up!. I motioned to Piper, and she got the idea. She put the letter aand picture on the desk, then turned and grabbed my hand. We flew out as her father was opening her door. Once we were far enough away, I set down and whistled a low note for Blackjack (Percy was letting me borrow him.) I turned to Piper and saw that she had some tears in her eyes. I reached out and held her, rocking her back and forth. Blackjack came silently, probably because he sensed grief in the air. I carried Piper bridal style to the Pegasus, and put her on him in front of me. "Hold on tight, Pipes. It'll be okay." She held onto his neck and stopped crying as Blackjack took off, whinnying. We rose above the clouds and headed east for Olympus, Piper holding on to Blackjack's neck, and me holding onto her, keeping her warm.

We reached the Mount Olympus in about 3 hours thanks to Blackjack's speed. I had spent the time telling Piper stories about Camp Jupiter, leaving out the Slaughter of Romans, as the new gods called it, and Reyna, my past girlfriend. I didn't think it prudent to tell Piper about her until she was officially mine forever. We landed softly, and despite her being exhausted, slid down and stood wearily on her feet. I jumped down beside her, and steered her away from the slowly gathering crowd into a guest mortal bedroom, where she sank into the bed tiredly. I turned away and almost immediately I heard her soft, deep breaths, meaning she was asleep. I jumped out the window to the ground and turned to the servants waiting there. I selected one little girl who looked about 13. She stepped forward nervously. "What is your name, little one?" I asked gently. "Sara, sir. My name is Sara. And I feel inclined to let you know that I served Katastrophe in the second Titan war, under my mother Hecate's orders." She hung her head, and looked like she was waiting for a blow. I tipped her chin up. Sara looked at me with afraid, honest eyes. "Here is your chance to prove yourself, Sara. My fiancé is in there sleeping. I want you to be in there when she wakes up, and provide her with all the information she wants, except for the second Titan war and related events, while leading her to the throne room after breakfast in bed. Understand?" She nodded. I ruffled her hair. "Do this right and you are off the hook, and free to go to Camp half blood. If someone does not accept you there, they'll take your former place here. Deal?" Her eyes shone at the reward and dashed up to the servant quarters in Piper's room. I turned to another servant, one that I knew I could fully trust. "Watch Sara as though your life and soul depended on it. Don't get caught. Got it?" The girl I selected, whose name was Angela, nodded at me with wide eyes and dashed after Sara, albeit more quietly. I said to the others, "Dismissed" and they scattered to do their various jobs. I grinned happily. Tommorow at noon, Piper would be mine, and I would be hers forever. I jumped up to the throne room to call Jay. When I opened the doors, non other than Nico Di Angelo greeted me jumping happily, with Jay himself behind him smilng. "What's going on here?" I asked suprisedly. "I'm going to be a god, Jason! A sidekick god, sure, but still. I get to be a god who interferes a little as well! Cool, huh!" I looked at Jay. "What is he talking about?" I inquired. Jay laughed and said "I saw the movie 'Ghost Rider' the other day, and I thought 'Wow that'd be a great job for Nico. He would be able to interfere with the mortal world on Bianca's business, be immortal and look cool at the same time.' So, he's going to be her ghost rider sidekick, and he's okay with that." I nodded like I knew what a Ghost Rider was. "Oh. Okay. So you'll be staying the night, then." Jay laughed again. "I think I can stand one more night in the mortal world." Behind us, Nico bounced around the throne room like he was 11 instead of 15. I smiled and shook my head. This was going to be a long 4 hours til Will drove the sun over the horizon again.

Immortality for two, please

Piper

I awoke in what had to be one of the comfiest beds in the entire world, and sat up. The sun was shining brightly outside the window. I heard a creak of a door opening and then there was a 13 year old girl peeking inside. "Oh, Miss Piper, you're awake." She said, bustling in. I was surprised at her servile attitude and other things as well, as she plucked a beautiful dress out of the air, and set it next to me on

the bed. "That's for your wedding today, Miss Piper." I closed my mouth and my stomach started rumbling. "Oh, of course, breakfast." She bustled back out and came back with another girl although this one was around 16 and had pointed ears. She had a silver tray with all sorts of breakfast foods on it. My mouth fell open again. "King Jason instructed me to lead you to the throne room once you are done eating and dressing." The younger girl said. "Oh, and my name is Sara and that is Angela." She pointed to the older girl, who smiled shyly, and set the tray onto the bed. I speechlessly ate and put on the beautiful blue and purple dress that Sara had produced for me. She led me outside and Angela followed. When we got outside a crowd had gathered outside the hotel-like place, apparently to see me. However, Sara flicked her hand and people were pushed to the side to make a path to the throne room. When we got there, I stopped and turned around. The crowd was watching me, almost like they were expecting something. I raised my hand and waved. They started cheering and stomping, and Sara pulled me into the throne room. As I spun around, I saw a whole bunch of gods staring at me, until I came face to face with Jason. He caught me in his arms and held me tight. "Hello Beautiful." He said before he kissed me on the lips deeply. I could have stayed like that forever, except that I heard someone clear his throat loudly. Jason broke away. "Later" he promised me in a whisper, and turned to the perpetrator. There in front of me was a teenage boy, maybe 18. He was dressed in dark purple, grey and black, which would have been ridiculous on any other person but he somehow pulled it off. He had pale skin and black hair, but what was most astonishing were his eyes. They were so light blue that they looked almost white, with the darkest of pupils. Next to him was a 15 year old kid wearing a black jacket with a black shirt and black jeans and a skull ring with a black sword at his waist. He was bouncing up and down on the balls of his feet excitedly. The older one extended a hand. "I am Jay, and this is Nico di Angelo." I took his hand and shook it. Nico broke in. "Can we start now? Please!"Jay laughed. "All right, already, Nico. We'll start now." I looked at Jason, confused. "What are we starting?" He leaned in and whispered, "The Immortality ceremony." My eyes widened. "That's today?" I gasped in shock. Jason smiled playfully. "You cannot marry me unless you are immortal, Piper. But once you are immortal, you are stuck with me forever." I nodded and faced Jay, preparing myself. Jay called out my name in a commanding voice. "Piper Mclean!" I stepped forward nervously. Jay smiled at me and placed his right hand on my head. "Father Chaos, I call upon you to bestow upon this beautiful young woman the immortality of the Queen of the gods and all of the duties and priveleges thereof." He stepped back and I felt my self floating into the air. I looked at my arm and it was glowing the same colors as my dress; azure and dark purple. I floated down after a few seconds and Jason caught me, bridal style, and faced the throng of gods and goddesses. Jay cleared his throat again. We all looked at him. "I have one more demigod to grant Immortality to." He turned to Nico, who looked like he was going to faint, he was so excited. "Bianca, goddess of the Underworld" A rather pretty young woman clothed in darkness came out of the throng of gods and stood respectfully. "Yes, Lord Jay?" "Do you accept this immortal-to-be as your mortal world interferer, commonly known as a ghost rider?" Bianca smiled a little and nodded firmly. "I do, Lord Jay." Jay turned back to Nico, and placed a hand on his head. "Father Chaos, I call upon you to bestow upon this young man the responsibilities and privileges of an immortal ghost rider in service to the Lady of the Underworld, so that he may catch souls that are evil or that have cheated death, and so make this world a better place, for he has repented." He stepped back and Nico, arms outstretched, caught fire that died out a second after it started. Nico looked around, and laughing, turned his head into a flaming skull and back again. "I love this!" he shouted to no one. He was about to

run into the wall when Jay stopped him. "You forgot these." He said holding out motorcycle keys and a whip with a silver handle. Nico, if possible, grinned wider and looked at Bianca, who was smiling too. She beckoned at him and he came bounding over. They started talking in a low tone.

Nico

I was a ghost rider! I ran over to my older sister who was beckoning to me,. "Good job, Nico." She said, smiling genuinely at me. I grinned at her. "Did you order the Cyclopes to make me one?" Bianca nodded. I almost hugged her until I realized she had something to tell me. I stood at attention. "Here is your first assignment," she said quickly. She showed me a few pictures and information of three guys with turbans and extremely long beards. They looked like the stereotypical terrorist image. I quickly memorized their faces and the information on them. I looked up at Bianca and nodded. She made the pictures disappear in a flash of darkness. "Feel free to take other evil souls on your way to them." Bianca said, waiting for me to acknowledge this fact. I nodded and ran into the shadows to get my bike that I could feel waiting for me just outside the building. My story is one other than this, to be told some other time; pay attention to the Wedding.

The Joining

Jason

As I finished talking with Percy about the joining ceremony, I saw Nico run into the shadows and melt into them. Piper came over with her half sister, Silena the goddess of love, and I knew it was time to do the joining. "SILENCE!" Jay shouted, his voice bouncing off the domed ceiling. All the chatter stopped and everyone stared at Piper and I. SIlena turned to Percy and Annabeth and laughed, embarrassed. "Your Joining was official, but makeshift. Just so you know." She winked at Percy, and he shook his head. Silena turned back to us. "I ask you Jason king of the gods: Do you love Piper Mclean with all your heart, soul, body and mind, and will do so for all eternity?" I said "Yes" in my most authoritve voice. She turned to Piper. "Do you, immortal Piper Mclean, love Jason king of the gods, with all your heart, soul, body, and mind, and will do so for all eternity?" Piper held her head up proudly and answered with a voice that sounded like the prettiest melody you could hear. "Yes, I do and will." Silena backed off and turned to Jay who walked forward and stood in front of Piper and I. "Father Chaos, I have deemed this couple worthy of your blessing. I give unto them the key to each other's heart, to wear upon their necks lest it get stolen by another." He produced two glowing keys and presented them to us with his head bowed. I took the one that felt like Piper's presence, while Piper took the other. I hung the one she took around her neck, and she hung the one I took around my neck. Jay and Silena turned to the throng of gods and shouted as one: "We present: the Newlywed King and Queen of Olympus!" Everyone cheered and rushed forward. Jay stepped away, his wise eyes seeing more than just the present. He nodded, satisfied with what he saw, and cut a path to his world, making sure no one noticed him go, and stepped into the portal.