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Anyway.

Anyway, this chapter is from a lighter POV. This chapie is supposed to lift your spirits a bit. From here, things start to get a bit better for our heroes.

A bit.

It is a bit short, so forgive me, okay?

Now, from Frozen:

Let me know

Let me know

When I can have Percy Ja-ackson

Leo was still nervous about the plan.

The first part was easy. Well, not for Piper. She had to charmspeak Octavian into coming to a party with Annabeth and Hazel at her house, claiming that 'all the ladies love Octavian'. Preposterous! All da ladies love Leo! The hot McShizzle Man! Everybody knew that!

Then, once the party had started (well, as much as it could start without the life of every party: Leo), Piper had to convince him to play Truth or Dare.

Leo, being awesome, had to hide in the fireplace with a fireproof camera. His role was to videotape the whole shebang.

Every single time Octavian said anything, the girls all giggled and looked away.

Octi Wocti was eating it all up.

Leo Weo wasn't sure if he wanted to laugh or throw it all up.

"So, Piper, truth or dare?" Octavian asked.

"Oooo!" Piper squealed. "Dare!"

"Hmmm," he said, thinking. "I dare you . . . to kiss me!"

Leo had to admit: Piper was good. She didn't even show an inch of disgust when she got up, walked up to Octavian, and pecked him on the lips.

Annabeth and Hazel giggled.

Leo almost gagged.

"So, Octavian, truth or dare?" Annabeth asked sweetly.

"I pick . . . truth," he said, winking at her.

Annabeth pretended to think. "Well, what I wasn't to know is how you got Percy's place!" she exclaimed excitedly.

Hazel squealed. "Oh, please tell us!"

Piper eagerly nodded.

Octavian's smile wavered. "Now girls, I can't go telling my secrets to just anyone!"

Annabeth pouted her lip. "Please? I want to know how you so expertly tricked the judges of the Underworld to get what you rightfully deserved."

She had practically crawled into his lap by this point, giving him big baby seal eyes like the ones Percy had.

Like Percy had.

Leo's smile disappeared.

He knew Annabeth was only doing this to get him back. They all were.

Leo's mind flashed back to the image he had seen on Piper's phone. Even though he had seen it for less than a second, it had left a lasting imprint in his mind. The blood on the floor, the countless marks on his back, the look of pure agony on his face. They were all still in Leo's mind, screaming: "Don't you dare forget us!" And Leo wasn't forgetting anytime soon.

"-such an interesting story, Octi Wocti!" he heard Hazel say.

Stupid ADHD, Leo thought.

"Yeah, you were so brave," Piper said with lovey - dovey eyes.

Leo didn't trust himself to breathe. He was sure his ribs were already fractured from trying not to laugh.

"Oh, my! Look at the time!" Annabeth exclaimed.

"I need to go and get my beauty rest!" Hazel said.

Piper let out a big, obviously fake yawn. "I think I'll go to bed, too," she said sleepily.

"Octavian," Annabeth cooed, "you should probably leave, too. Piper needs her rest, and so do you! That handsome face needs to relax!"

Octavian laughed. "Alright! I'll take the hint! You've all had too much of me, and the awesome-processor parts of your brains can't handle it!"

Well he's right about the 'too much' part, Leo thought.

"Of course!" they all cried.

Everyone said their tearful goodbyes. Leo almost cried, too, since Octavian would be out of his ten foot Personal Bubble that creeps couldn't enter.

"Goodbye, Octi Wocti!" Piper called out the door. "I'll miss you!"

As soon as the door shut, real Piper came out.

"Okay, repair boy," she said. "You can come out now."

Leo burst out of the fireplace, laughing hysterically. "I can't believe you actually -"

"Don't say it," she muttered, returning from the bathroom with a gallon of Listerine (TM).

"KISSED OCTAVIAN!" he cried, breaking into more hysterics.

"Oh, shut up," she muttered grumpily, swishing the stuff around her mouth in an attempt to get all of . . . that out. "You know I had to. For -" her voice cracked. "For Percy."

Leo suddenly found himself not smiling anymore.

"Okay, okay," he said. "Annabeth's counting on us."

She nodded. "And Percy, too . . . even if he doesn't know it yet."

Now it was Leo's turn to nod. "So, how did Octi Wocti get Percy's spot?"

Piper tilted her head. "Weren't you listening?"

Leo rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "I kindo zoned out."

Piper rolled her eyes. "Boys," she muttered.

"I heard that!" Leo protested.

"Just go get the camera."

Leo went to go fetch it out of the fireplace. When he got back, Piper snatched it out of his hands.

Leo stifled a laugh as she fast-forwarded through the 'Octi Wocti' junk.

She stopped right as Octavian was about to begin his story.

"All right!" she called. "Everyone can come out!"

Jason was the first to come out of hiding. He dropped down from the ceiling an hugged Piper tightly.

"The next time I get my hands on that slimy, no good -" He continued to mutter some pretty unkind things that would've given his Aunt Rosa a reason to wash Leo's mouth out with soap.

Hazel and Annabeth climbed in through the back window.

"All in favor of never doing that again?" Hazel asked.

"I," everyone said.

Annabeth tensed and was about to flip as a spider climbed out from the bottom of the coffee table, but relaxed when it turned into their resident Canadian.

Frank hugged Hazel. "Please, never do that to me again."

Hazel giggled, and for real this time. "I won't."

"Alright, everybody," Annabeth said. "Phase One of our plan is complete!"

Everyone cheered. Leo gave a little 'whoop!'.

"So who's going to do Phase Two?" Annabeth asked.

Everyone was silent.

"I will," Piper said. "I can use my charmspeak."

"Are you sure, Pipes?" Jason asked. "What if something goes wrong, and they take you away?"

Piper smiled. "I won't let that happen. And if it does . . . at least I'll be one step closer to Percy."

Jason hugged her. Annabeth started to tear up.

"So," Annabeth said. "Once Piper completes Phase Two, I'll do Phase Three."

Everyone shuddered.

"And then what?" Frank asked.

"Hopefully," Annabeth said, "we get our Percy back."

1,054 words. I think the shorter length is made up for with the humor, right?

Eh. I suck at writing funny stuff. Whatever. I tried.

I hope Leo lifted your spirits.

Anyway, please review! I want to know what you guys think! I already have it all written out in a journal (so I have to transfer it to the computer, which takes even longer than actually writing it) but I still love suggestions!

Ta ta for now!