Thanks to all the unknown peeps who do read but don't review. I want to espsally want to thank the people who have reviewed more than once. Now...remember to read my story co-written with thisiscorinth, Operation Wizard. Hp and Pj crossover. Also, an reenactment of joy.

Am looking on a random profile... OH MY FREAKING GODS! I GOT MY HANDS ON THE REAL FIRST CHAPTER OF MARK OF ATHENA!

Other peeps who just read my freak out: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!

Thank PeaceLoveAndCheese. I found it on their profile. Here is the WONDERFUL link. Just take the spaces out when you go there.

http:/ cedarleaf-7. livejournal. com/795. html

Ok. And now... Chapter 3! Sorry for the stalling.

-SAVE THE NARGLES

The day Tristan found the box was three days ago. He had forgotton of the box until he stubbed his toe on it when he was looking for his other shoe, which happened to be behind it. He then remembered what it was and why it was there. Tristan looked at his watch.. He had time to spare to look at it. He pulled the key out and opened the box. He faced the same items that were there three days ago. He saw the books, the photo book, the wind up dragon, and the letter. He also saw a leather pouch that looked full. He was not sure what to look at first. He probably should not look at it at all. But he decided to look at the books first, since he thought that her books were on the book shelf.

The books were very interesing, Each book was made of leather, but the spine and the inch of the cover closest to the spine were protected with some bronze metal. the corners were also tipped with bronze. There was nameplate on the back. The plate said,

Piper McLean

Πιπερ ΜκΛεαν

Below the name was a simple dove. He realized that the same language that her name was written in was also the same language that she wrote the note on the wall. He flipped open the book. The title page was written in the same language. But underneath it in tiny letters it said, Iliad. It was the same with the other books, Odyssey, Aeneid, Punica, Metamorphoses, Pharsalia and Theogony. Inside the pages, it was written in the same language but parts of it were highlighted, and notes in Piper's handwriting were in the margins.

He looked at the dragon next. It was made out of the same metal as the books were. It was about 5 inches long. The details on it were crafted with great delicacy, the ruby eyes the size of a pinhead and teeth that could be part of a toothpick, but were razor sharp. The dragon had plates that covered some metal mesh that covered some wiring. It seemed that it could run on electricity, but there was the wind-up key. There was a stand that was with it, with a metal plate that said,

To Beauty Queen, from Repair Boy

Scale: 1 inch = 10 feet

In honor of the real Festus 'Happy' the dragon.

Tristan figured that Beauty Queen was Piper, she had told him that her best friend called her that. But who was Repair Boy? Well the only one of her friends with her in Rome who seems familiar with tools was Mexican Elf. So he must be Repair Boy. Then must be a genius with technogy and buildings. And a criminal mastermind, like all of her friends.

He decided to try to get the dragon operating. He tried to get the key twisted open, but it would not budge. He tried twisting it the other way. Still, it would not budge. In the end, it would not move. Then it fell off. The hole where the key was instantly closed and the eyes lit up. It snorted a bit of fire, then started to fly around the room, He chased around the dragon and managed to catch it and put the key back in, but not without getting a bite and a bunch of burns. He put the dragon back on the stand and picked up the pouch.

Tristan saw that the leather pouch had a draw string and he pulled it open. He poured the contents on the bed. They were large gold coins. One side had pictures of men and women in Greek togas, the other a picture of the Empire State Building in Manhattan. They seemed to be very valuable, being gold and all, Tristan thought. He placed the coins back, eager to look at the box more.

He picked up the photo book next. It was small, with only enough room to fit a photo in the slot. When he quickly flipped though it, he saw that all of the slots were filled. He decided to go back to the first one. He saw that the first few were with Piper, himself and his father, before he died of lung cancer and he was not a movie star. Then there were her school pictures, when she started cutting her own hair and picking her own clothes. She looked pretty even when she was seven, he thought as he saw the picture. But in the pictures, her eyes seemed to get darker as the years passed, showing sadness that she never showed to Tristan.

He was getting kind of depressed by her school pictures but they ended with a picture of Piper and the guy called Repair Boy. She was smiling and the other guy had his arm around her sholders. She did too. Tristan flipped the page. On the back it said, 'Piper and Leo at Wilderness School in Nevada.'

The next two pictures had Piper and Leo, and the blond guy, who's name was Jason, it said on the back of the photo. The pictures after that had the blond girl and Piper. One was that they were in a canoe, the next they were fighting. Not with words, but with armor and knifes. There were pictures like that with her friends, all with names and orange t-shirts and sometimes armor. There was her and a bunch of other people, including Leo, Jason and Annabeth, the blond girl, with tools and lots of grease on their clothes.

The next picture was of a huge ship. It was a Greek warship. It was plated in bronze and had a cool mast head. The masthead was put on and it had a dragon's head on it. But as Tristan looked closer, the dragon had ruby eyes and sharp teeth... The dragon's head was the same as the mechanical dragon's head. that must of been the real dragon.

He flipped to the last page. The picture had him and Piper in it. But it was at the hospital, and a tired Tristan McLean and his girlfriend were holding a newborn Piper in the hospital room. They were both grinning like crazy. Piper was looking around curiously, with big bluish eyes and was holding on to her mother's finger, as if she knew she was going to leave in the future. He remembered that his girlfriend used to whisper words into her ears and she would smile and giggle, even at a few days old. He started crying. What he did not understand was how she got a picture of her mother when he had none.

He closed the book and put it back in the box and pulled out the letter. It had his name on it. He flipped it over. Then in pen it said.

You will know when to open this letter, when you are lost and want to know my fate.

He did feel lost an he wanted to know what happened to Piper. It was from Piper, he knew that, and he wanted some answers. He opened the letter.

Dear, Dad

If you are reading this, I am most likely dead. If not, I will be dead soon. I might live, but it is a 1/ 1,000 chance I will. Not very good odds. Anyway, I am writing this because I am different. I am part of a prophecy that will determine the end of the world. If I die, all of humanity will die. But I ran so I could help people.

You probably saw the books, photos and the dragon. Please don't look at my stuff. It is rude. But you would of needed to look at it to help make this letter more sense. I wrote this during my last visit. I visited you during that time because I knew I would be leaving two weeks later. I had to do it. It was my destiny to save the people like me.

I think that you will figure out who I really am. I have skills that make me dangerous, and I use them to help keep my friends from dieing. I have told you what I mean, but by then you were on the brink of insanity. I had to erase your memory of what happened. It is why you cannot remember that week last winter.

One more thing. The camp that I go to, its not their fault that I left. It's not Mellie's or Coach Hedge's fault either. They have helped me a lot in the past couple of months. They helped me get in contact with Mom. She can't see me, but she knows who I am. She still loves you and me, it is just dangerous for her to be with me and you. It is why she left. She gave me the picture in the photo book to prove that she loves us. Just remember, I love you. You should be proud to have a daughter like me. If not, just remember I am trying to save our kind and what achievements we have made, so there will be more to come.

With love, Piper

Tristan stared at the letter. She said that she was going to die. But she was going to face it like a hero, not run away from it like a coward. That was what he would do, not like the King of Sparta or the spy. But he might never see her again. Ever.

Yay! That is done. So here is what I am planning on doing with the story. These first chapters are backround info. I want to make the next chapters 1st person, with Piper's and Leo's POVS. When it is not Piper of Leo, I will do Tristan's POV in 3rd person. Besides that review or PM me. I also am switching this to K+, but it might have some T parts. See ya, peeps.

-SAVE THE NARGLES