III

Piper

Piper was extremely anxious and happy. They had been searching for this place for the past month and she was glad it was over. She was getting tired of Annabeth always telling her how great Percy was, how he saved the world with her as an inspiration, etc. Also of how she was so determined that he was near. Piper knew the feeling. She'd felt as if Jason was inspired by her, like even if he was sleeping in his cabin Piper could swear he was next to her in the Aphrodite cabin. She was happy for Annabeth the moment Jason had said we were there.

"You're sure that widely huge ditch down from that crack in the ground is your camp?" Asked Leo, Piper had to agree because even though the hill down into the camp was visible, as was the camp, she found it hard that Jason had been living here his whole life because the place looked like the actual fall of Rome, almost like somebody had bombed Camp Half Blood but with different arrangements and a different theme, the theme of the world's greatest trench. Though Piper saw happy campers and the sun was shining on the camp she also saw a wolf, scary woods, and an icy beach leading into the ocean, kind of like Camp Half Blood. They even had the cabins. Instead of the classic Ω, their cabins were arranged in the shape of a Roman numeral: II for two. In fact the entire camp was in the shape of the number 12, XII. The cabins were in the back and the classes, forges, headquarters, etc. were all laid out in the X. At the center of the X was the arena. As they landed before the slope downhill, Piper could hear nothing but clanking coming out of the arena, and they ended only to start again. Piper new these guys were stricter, so she figured that they were training.

They all followed Jason down the hill into the camp only to be stopped by an invisible force. Jason was halfway down the hill when he looked back and saw the others standing back at the cliff. He turned and said in his most impressive voice:

"I, Jason Grace, give you, Leo, Piper, and Annabeth permission to past!" The whole camp looked up, to see the newcomers. They apparently were very confused. Piper and the rest of them walked down the slope and were passionately stared at. Piper waited to see what reaction the campers would have to Jason being back. She figured it must be a good one since everyone looked in shock. Apparently she was wrong because the very first indication of it being him was a tackle.

A dirty blonde haired girl was laying atop of Jason on the walkway. The girl had been mumbling something but Piper couldn't hear it. One of the kids from the crowd came and yanked the girl away from him, Piper was glad she herself didn't have to do it. Piper and Leo helped Jason to his feet and he dusted himself off. The girl apparently wasn't done with her greeting. She threw herself in his arm, squeezing him tight. Piper gave a quick glance at Annabeth and they shared some sort of connection.

Piper, calm down, she's probably just a friend, Annabeth looked.

Doesn't seem like it, Piper thought.

Jason had been standing there smiling just as much as the dirty blonde. Piper was taking this all as a huge threat. She stepped in and cleared her throat.

The girl let go of Jason, still in shock, "Jason! You're back. We thought we were going to have to search for you. We thought your memory was taken. Juno did give yours back right?" The girl went on; never had Piper thought that the Romans might actually have figured it out. Still offended Piper once more cleared her throat.

"Hi, I'm Reyna," The girl said, "Jason's girlfriend. You all must be his new friends," She stuck a hand out. Piper felt a stab in the back.

"You are NOT Jason's girlfriend," Piper tried to control her voice as much as she could, "I mean, girlfriend? Jason never mentioned any girlfriend, except for me." She whispered shooting a look at Jason, who looked guiltier than ever.

The smile was wiped from Reyna's face and they both were staring into each other's eyes, "I...I…What?" Reyna looked heart torn. As if thinking about Jason with another girl, "Who's your godly parent?" she demanded.

Piper answered, "Excuse me?" Piper wasn't about to enter this camp with the upmost cheerful feelings of knowing Jason's past and fight some girl that was attempting to ruin Piper's future. Or was she?

"You are a demigod, right?" Reyna said it lie Piper was stupid, "Let me guess, you're a daughter of Venus?" Now Piper was mad and everyone could see it. Someone had tried to mess with her and if you knew right, you wouldn't want to mess with the love life of a daughter of Aphrodite.

With a hand on her dagger, Piper answered, "Yes, I am, and Jason told about you little camp and how Venus means Aphrodite, I am a daughter of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of Love and Beauty. As in spreading beauty and being loving, by now I'm sure you can imagine how that's true right?" she pointed a finger at Jason and Reyna was glowing gold, and Piper knew she was glowing hot pink.

"You better watch where you point that finger of-" Her words were drowned out by Annabeth's scream.

A black haired, green eyed boy wearing, like everyone else, a purple T-shirt walked up the walkway with the fierce looking she-wolf Piper had seen in the sky. Piper could see how everyone went from staring at Reyna and her to Jason and the other boy who was run over like Jason by Annabeth. Piper could take this new boy as no one other than Percy Jackson, the missing camper from Camp Half Blood.