Hey, im not going to be posting for another 10 days or so (im back on the 14th) because im leaving on a backpacking/staying at a cabin at a lake trip with my theater group! (its gonna be fun ) so for now, enjoy this new chapter!

Chapter 26: Jason

As he walked, Jason thought about how normal things seemed. They had just played a game of Capture the Flag. And everybody seemed to be trying to stay relaxed, but Jason could still feel the nervousness of the campers as they trained.

The morning after the game of capture the flag against the hunters, Jason came up to Reyna and Bobby, who were heading to breakfast.

"Hey," Reyna said stiffly. She wasn't looking at him. Bobby just nodded at him.

"Hey." Jason replied, trying not to let Reyna's disgust of the place get to him. "We'll go soon." Jason said. "Maybe another day or so, and then we'll be going to Greece." Jason paused, then decided that he didn't want to put up with how rudely Reyna was acting. Jason stepped in front of them and turned to face Reyna and Bobby, forcing them to stop walking.

"Look." he started. "I know you guys don't like this place, I know you'd much rather if someone else from our camp was going with us. But can you at least act as if you're ok to be here? I know you're not used to how things are run here, but its not that bad, and its not all that different from Legion Camp. We need to cooperate with Leo, and Annabeth, and Piper, and everybody else here! That's the only way to defeat Gaea! You do know that she's counting on us to rip each other apart? Well, so far, she's getting what she wants." Jason looked back and forth between Bobby and Reyna. Reyna had her eyebrows raised at him, and Bobby was studying Jason's face carefully, as if trying to decide whether or not he really wanted them to do what he asked.

"There's no point fighting with you, I guess." Reyna said, glaring at him. "But we get out of here ASAP, got it?" she pushed past him and continued up toward the pavilion.

Now Jason wanted to beat some sense into that girl, really bad. He looked at Bobby, who said, "Personally, I think you're right. She just feels betrayed, and she needs somebody to blame."

"Other than Juno." Jason muttered.

"I don't know about here, but the Roman gods don't interact with their children as much, and making enemies with a god is not the smartest idea. I mean the turn-you-to-ashes kind of bad idea." Bobby said.

Jason nodded. "Let's go to breakfast."

Bobby and Reyna had been given places at the Athena and Hephaestus table, but they sat apart from everybody else, at the end of the table, not talking to anyone. Bobby talked to his half-siblings a little bit, but Reyna didn't talk to anyone at all, not even Annabeth.

Then, as everyone was about to get up and start their daily activities, there was a bright flash and a woman was standing in front of the head table. She wore a long, sleeveless white dress. There were golden strands of cloth and jewelry wrapped around her arms. Her hair was braided and put up into a bun.

The woman turned towards Jason, then Percy. "Perseus Jackson and Jason Grace, I wish to speak with you." she said.

Percy and Jason exchanged looks. Jason nodded, and they both got up and walked with the woman outside of the pavilion, a little ways into the woods.

Finally, the woman stopped and turned to them. Jason and Percy knelt. "Lady Juno." Jason said, looking at the ground.

Percy cast him a strange glance, but said, "Lady Hera."

"Rise, both of you." Hera/Juno said. "I came to tell you what is going on up on Olympus. I think you may make some good use of it."

Percy narrowed his eyes at the queen of the gods. "You.. don't.. need anything?" he asked cautiously.

Hera's nose flared. "No, you foolish boy. All I need is for you to use the information I am about to give you, as it will help you in your battle against Gaea."

"What is it, my lady?" Jason asked. He knew that the gods, especially this god, could be very temperamental.

"First," Hera started, "Zeus is keeping Olympus closed. I do not understand why he does not think that Khione was the one that tricked me. Especially since I've told him that countless times. Artemis, or Diana for you, Jason, is trying to help me. She knows what happens at night, anywhere. But Zeus is ignorant. He does not want to blame the minor gods."

"So what do you want us to do?" Percy asked.

"I'm not finished yet!" Hera snapped. "You demigods are the only ones who can convince him that what Artemis and I say is true. Once you get to Greece, there will be more demigods waiting there. They have a sanctuary on the original Mt. Olympus, and they will give you further information about how to defeat Gaea. It will take some work, but if you can convince them to tell you, then they may fight with you too. Zeus might actually do something about Gaea's threat. And the demigods who live in Greece will be able to help you convince my stubborn husband about the truth. If you fail, then the gods will not be able to help, and Gaea will wake and overthrow the gods."

Jason tried to process all this. Well, at least they weren't the only ones fighting the giants in Greece, but that was only if the demigods there agreed to help them. Jason was pretty sure that they would be fine with Percy, Annabeth, Piper, and Leo, but Reyna, Bobby, and himself being Roman, he wasn't sure how they would react.

Percy's voice brought Jason back to reality. "We will do our best, Lady Hera." Percy said, bowing again. Jason bowed too, and Hera started to glow. Jason didn't want to see her go supernova again, so he shielded his eyes. When he looked back, Hera was gone.

"Well." Percy said, looking at Jason. "I guess we should go tell everyone what we've learned." Jason nodded and the two walked back towards the dining pavilion.

Percy

Percy found the whole pavilion waiting for him and Jason to tell them what Hera had told them. After dinner that evening, Chiron called a meeting and Jason and Percy told the head counselors what Hera had told them.

"So we find these demigods," Annabeth started after Percy and Jason had finished, "and convince them to give us information about Gaea." Percy nodded. That was pretty much it.

"Well, four of you guys know Greek," Miranda from the Demeter cabin said, "So it shouldn't be too much of a problem."

"Yes, but three of them are Roman." Clarisse pointed out. "It'll take some work to convince them that you're not enemies. I doubt they'd expect Romans to be with Greeks."

"We have ways around that." Leo said. "Right, Piper?" Piper nodded, though she looked a little guilty at the thought of charmspeaking someone into cooperating with them.

"Look." Piper started. "I don't want to trick them into giving us information we need. I want to be able to get along with them with as little charmspeak as possible. I'm not like Medea."

Leo and Jason both got the looks on their faces as if remembering something unpleasant. "You're not like Medea, Piper. You won't have to be." Jason said.

Piper sighed and said, "Thanks, Jason." Reyna glared at them both.

"Back to these demigods." Chiron said. "So Hera told you that without their help, Zeus won't let the gods help you in your fight against the giants and Gaea?" Jason and Percy nodded. "Well, then, they are crucial to your quest. You must find them as soon as possible." Chiron said.

Percy was about to say something else, but then Annabeth said, "Rachel?" but Rachel didn't seem to hear Annabeth. Percy looked at Rachel, who was sitting next to Chiron. She was staring at the table, her eyes wide open. Suddenly she fell back against her chair and looked up at everybody looking worriedly at her.

"Rachel, dear," Chiron said, "what was that?"

Rachel slowly sat up and said, "Its going to be harder than it seems, at first."

"What does that mean?" Leo asked.

Rachel looked at him, then at the rest of the table. "The demigods in Greece. Something's going to go wrong. They won't cooperate at first, or they'll pretend, or something bad. And its going to be because of Jason, Bobby, and Reyna." Rachel looked up at Jason. Reyna and Bobby, sitting on the couch, were staring at Rachel. "Because you're Roman." she finished.

"Of course." Reyna muttered from the couch. "Its always our fault, isn't it? Blame it on the Romans."

Annabeth said, "No, its not. We can avoid that, though, can't we? Maybe just Percy, Leo, Piper, and I go meet them, while Jason, Bobby, and Reyna wait on the ship or somewhere else. That could work." She looked at Rachel. "Wouldn't it?"

"No, it won't." Rachel replied. "No matter what, something's going to go wrong. I can just feel it. But you have to talk to them. Maybe Piper can ease tensions between you guys and them. But even with that, something will happen, I'm sure."

"Great." Piper said. "Now what are we going to do?"

Nobody spoke. "Well, we're going to have to meet them eventually anyways, aren't we?" Annabeth said finally.

Rachel nodded, biting her lip as if trying to figure out exactly what was going to happen. "I wish I could tell you guys more about what's going to happen, but for now, this is it."

After a long awkward silence, Chiron said, "All, right, then that's it for now. Back to your usual activities!" and the meeting ended.

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