Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson or Harry Potter.
A.N. I know I said I was going to do the chapters by different people's pov . And I did make a chapter with Leo, but didn't like how it turned out, and I was reading MOA again and this idea popped in my head, so I went with it. The next chapter will be from someone else. But I might have two chapters of the same person in a roll, depends on what idea pops in my head.
Chapter 3 : I get beat up by a bunch of Nymphs
Piper's P.O.V.
Of course nothing was going to go right on this freaking quest. Harry is stock in some tomb dying and here everyone is just playing around. Couldn't Hermione just wave her wand again and fix what ever needed fix. I guess not since we were going to stop, again.
I was standing on deck, with Annabeth, Percy, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, and Jason. Nico, and Luna and taken Hazel below deck to rest, and Leo had disappeared to land, so we could find the things he needed. Why he didn't bring extra stuff with him, I didn't know. He should have known things would go wrong they always do. So he should have brought extras stuff with us incase something needed fix. Don't anybody think of anything.
"Aren't we there yet?" I demanded. "Are is it going to take the whole six days just to get to where the stuff we need is?"
"I'm sure we're almost there, Piper." Annabeth said, trying sound soothing, but somehow it just got on my nerves. I think it was the pity looks they were giving me, when they tried to comfort me, like they felt sorry for me. It made me feel like they didn't believe we were going to make it to Harry on time. Like they believed I was going to lose him. I wasn't, I was going to show all them. I was going to keep my promise. I will have my Harry back.
"Yeah, Annabeth's right. I'm sure we'll be landing soon." Percy said. "We'll make it to Harry on time don't worry, we'll save Shorty."
"Don't call him that." I snapped. "He hates it."
"Okay," Percy said, grinning a little.
"Hold on!" Leo yelled for somewhere, and the ship headed down, and this big wave came up and splash on the deck, but Percy used his Poseidon powers to keep us all from getting wait. I don't know if he was being nice, or if he had just been trying to keep him and Annabeth dry.
"Everyone alright." Leo asked, appearing on deck.
"Where fine." I said. "Now what is it we need?"
"Tar, lime, and bronze." Leo said. "Me and my little bookworm are getting the lime."
"I'm not your bookworm." Hermione snapped.
"Annabeth and I are getting the tar." Percy added.
"And Marauder and I are getting the bronze." I said. "Now where do we go to get it?"
"I know where I can get lime." Leo said. "And the tar will be easy, Annabeth and Percy just have to go into town and get it from a roofing store."
"And I guess I'll have to search for the bronze?" I asked. "Great more time to take up."
"Piper, it's not like we were going to get there in one day anyway." Jason said. "We still have five days after today. You act like the world is coming to an end."
"It is for me if Harry dies." I snapped.
"Piper, you need to just chill." Percy said. "We're doing the best we can, we're going to save Harry, there's also the threat of camp being destroyed."
"The hell with camp." I snapped. "It's Harry I'm worried about."
"You need to calm down." Annabeth said. "We're worried about Harry too."
"Yeah." Ron said. "You're not the only one on this ship that cares about Harry."
I didn't even realize what I was doing, as I walked toward Ron, pulling out my dagger, I grabbed him by the shirt collar and slammed him into the side of the ship, with my dagger at his throat.
"I'm the only one whose acting like it." I growled. If it hadn't been so serious, it would be funny, Ron was a lot taller than I was and his eyes were wide open in fear as my dagger pressed into his throat. He didn't even have to be a demigod or a pure-blood, for my dagger to hurt him, because it wasn't made from Celestial bronze, it was made from the horn of a Hungarian Horntail dragon. One Harry killed on his way to save me, when Voldemort had me held hostage at Azkaban. So unless you're a werewolf. It doesn't matter who you are my dagger will hurt you. Just ask Bellatrix Lastrange if you don't believe me.
"Piper, stop." Percy said, he walked over and got me under the arms and lifted me up, and pulled me away from Ron. I struggled to get free.
"Let go of me, Percy." I ordered. "Right now."
Marauder must have gotten tired of seeing Percy holding me, or maybe he thought he was hurting me. Anyway, Marauder jumped up from laying on the deck, and let out this big roar, then stood there growling at Percy. He let go of me and held up his hands. It was shocking for him to growl at Percy like that. He was one of Marauder's favorites out of Harry's friends. I guess that was the only thing stopping him from trying to tear Percy apart.
"You need to calm down." Percy said. "You're talking about us taking up time, what about you. Fighting with Ron isn't helping you find the bronze Leo needs any faster."
"I know, I'm sorry." I said, putting my dagger away. "I'm just...I don't know what came over me."
"I understand." Annabeth said. "I would be doing the same if it was Percy." I nodded and Marauder had quit growling at Percy and was now licking his hand, like it was he's way of saying sorry.
"I don't." Ron said. Rubbing his neck. "You're bloody mental." My hand went to my dagger again, but other wise I ignored him.
"Come on, boy." I called to him. "Lets go." I looked at my friends. "I'll be back as soon as I can." I left the ship, Marauder right behind me. The sun began to set. The sky turned a weird mix of purple and yellow. In a way it was real pretty, I would have loved to of had Harry walking with me at that moment. When Annabeth had said she would act the same way if it had been Percy, I suddenly wished it had been Percy, then felt bad for wishing it. I was just feeling so confused. And where the hell was I going to find Celestial Bronze.
Suddenly Marauder took off running toward inland. I had no chose but to chase after him. I chased him over the dunes, and there on the boulders in the middle of a grassy field sat a women. On her left side sat a large gold box, that was almost as tall as her, it was filled of what looked like little bottles of lotion and face creams, sitting around her was four little gold boxes, they all had labels on them that read: Works, Doesn't Work and Rip off, but the fourth box was turned the other way, so I didn't see what it said. The women herself looked young and was beautiful, with long blonde hair and big blue eyes. She wore a long light green dress with flower designs. She reached in the big box and pulled out a bottle of lotion, one that was suppose to bring back your youthful looks, she made a face at it.
"Rip off." She announced, then tossed it in the small gold box labeled: Rip offs. Marauder ran right up to her like she was a long-lost friend. "Haven't you gotten big?" She asked, petting his head, before she went back to her box, and picked out another lotion.
"Works." She smiled and tossed it in the box labeled works. I walked up to her, she glanced at me, then tapped the blade of Harry's sword hanging on my side. "That sword does not belong to you, Piper McLean. I believe that belongs to my brother Heracleitus."
"Harry's your brother?" I asked. She nodded as she threw a bottle of face cream in the don't work box. One that was supposed to keep you young looking forever, and it dawned on me. "You're the goddess Hebe."
"Mm," She said, tossing a bottle in the rip off box.
"What are you doing out in the middle of nowhere, going through boxes of lotions and stuff, aren't you Zeus' cup bearer?"
"At the moment no." Hebe said. "Eileithyia and I sided with Mother and was banned from Olympus, at least into Mother return. "Haven't tired yet." She then mumbled and tossed the a lotion in the box the label I couldn't see.
"But that doesn't explain what you're doing out here." I said.
"I was waiting for you of course." Hebe said. "I have news I wish for you to give Harry, if you save him in time."
"I will." I said. "What is it you would like to me tell Harry."
"Enyo has been captured." Hebe said. My mouth dropped, who the heck would what to capture Enyo. And why in the word did Hebe think Harry would care.
"Who took her?" I asked.
"That I do not know, or how they did it." Hebe said. "But there is a number of reasons she needs saved. Voldemort is behind it, he thought if he promised Enyo all kinds of carnage and what not, that she would join his side, ever since he's gotten back from his little dip in the Styx, he's been going around trying to get minor gods to join him, the ones he thinks will be useful to him, ones he feels might be against the Olympians and my father Zeus, but you know Enyo can not take sides in a war, it is not in her nature, her place is to make both sides rip each other apart."
"Let me guess by refusing him, Voldemort assumed she was on our side." I said.
"Yes," Hebe said, tossing a bottle of lotion into the works box. "Even though Enyo is on nobody's side."
"You do know Harry isn't going to care right." I said. "Enyo has done nothing but harass him, why would Harry want to save her."
"Dislike her though he may." Hebe said. "Enyo is still Harry's sister, you know the way he is with family, and she needs saved. What a lot of people don't realize is; Enyo might be blood thirsty and loves carnage and bloodshed, but she also controls the amount of bloodshed that is in a battle or war, and without her, there could be a lot more than usual. A battle or just the slightest fight could be worse that it normally would be. It could get real ugly."
"Where is she being held?" I asked. Hebe's frown deepen and she petted Marauder a while before answering.
"Voldemort has won over someone real powerful." Hebe said. "He is now on Voldemort's side and Enyo is now holding up the sky."
"What?' I asked. "What do you mean Enyo is holding up the sky?" My eyes suddenly got big. "Atlas. He's on Voldemort's side." Hebe nodded. "But none of this make sense. Why would they take Enyo, even if she turn Voldemort down."
"He believes that Enyo and Harry are close." Hebe said. "The twins giants took Harry because they thought he was the son of Hades, that much it true, Gaea wanted to lull you guys in a trap, when you rescued him. But by taken Heracleitus it worked out better, since his kidnapping has caused a stir on Olympus. And Her and Voldemort has planed to try to stop you guys from reaching him, so your road to my brother is going to be a bumping one. Enyo is being held as a back up. If Harry's saved, they want him to try to save our sister. It is another trap."
"Then we won't try to save her." I said. Hebe shook her head.
"Harry must save her." Hebe said. "If anything just mention to Harry that he owes Enyo a debt and if he saves her, he could pay that debt without having to do what ever horrible thing Enyo can come up with."
"I'll tell him that." I said. "But right now, all I want is some Celestial bronze."
"Oh, that's easy." Hebe said. "It's just over the rise, you'll find it with the sweethearts. But you need to hurry the poor curse boy gets agitated in the dark. So you must get to the reflecting pool before the sunsets all the way."
"What sweethearts and what cursed boy?" I demanded.
"Just hurry, Piper McLean." Hebe said. "You'll need to do a lot of charmspeaking with that one."
I frowned and Marauder nudged the back of my legs. So I started walking the way Hebe had pointed.
"Oh, Piper McLean." Hebe called. "Please let my brother know, I did try to talk my husband out of cursing his life, but there is no telling him what to do. He gets blinded when it comes to his hatred for Hera."
I turned around to ask her who she was talking about, but Hebe was gone. Along with her boxes of lotions. She just basically told me who it was that had cursed Harry. I just had to think. Who was her husband. It was on the tip of my tounge and for some reason I couldn't think of who it was. It almost felt as if something was keeping the answer from my mind. Marauder nudged me again. He was right I needed to get to the bronze, I'll think of who Hebe's husband was soon. Heck I'll just ask Annabeth if I couldn't remember. I glanced at the sun, which was just touching the horizon.
"Wonder what Hebe was talking about?" I asked Marauder. "About getting the bronze before dark and something about a cursed boy."
"A cursed boy," Someone said. My hand went to Harry's sword handle, and I looked around, but didn't see anyone. But then as my eyes adjusted. I realized a young women was standing ten feet away from the base of the boulder. Her dress was Greek-style tunic the same color as the rocks. Her hair was somewhere between blonde and brown. She wasn't exactly invisible, but was almost perfectly camouflaged. Into she moved.
"Hello!" I called. "Who's there?"
"Who's there?" She called back, I frowned.
"You first!" I said.
"You first." She called back, and my eyebrows rose up.
"Do you know anything about this cursed guy the goddess Hebe mentioned."
"Hebe mentioned." She said, I frowned, wondering if this girl was just going to keep repeating everything I say, but then it hit me, wasn't there a myth about a girl who was cursed by Nemesis to copy the last words she hears.
"Are you Echo?" I asked. "Have you seen any Celestial bronze?"
"Celestial bronze." Echo said, pointing toward the far shore. I glanced that way then back at her.
"Can you show me?" I asked. "It's real important, without it I can't save the guy I love."
"Save the guy I love." Echo said, then she took off sprinting down the slope, I had to run to keep up with her. Echo led me down into a grassy meadow shaped like a blast crater, with a small pond in the middle. Gathered at the water's edge were several dozen nymphs. I don't know what the heck they were doing, they were all crowed together in one spot, facing the pond and jostling for a better view. Several held up phone cameras, trying to get a shot over the heads of the others.( Which was a first for me, since when did nymphs carrying phones.) They were bouncing up and down and giggling, like a bunch of middle school girls at a boy's band concert.
I pushed through them, to try to get a look at what they were looking at.
"Hey," One nymph cried. "We were here first."
"He wouldn't want you." Other side. I didn't know who he was, but I ignored them and pushed my way on through, and when Marauder started snapping at their heels, they moved pretty quick. When I got to the pond; I saw a young man kneeling at the edge of the pond, gazing intently in the water. I guess you could say he was good-looking if you like that type, he had a chiseled face, with dark hair that swept over his brow. He wore a simple white t-shirt and jeans, with a bow and quiver strapped to his back. The arrows covered in dust. A spider had woven a web in the top of the bow. I edged closer and looked to see what the guy was gazing at, at first all I saw was the guy reflection, down in the water then I noticed it was reflecting off of a piece of Celestial Bronze. I gasped in surprised and one of the nymphs took it the wrong way.
"I know isn't he gorgeous." The nymph said. I noticed she was wearing a shirt that said: MRS. NARCISSUS
"Narcissus?" I asked.
"Narcissus." Echo agreed. I had forgotten she was even there, but now I saw her kneeling on the other side of Narcissus, waving her hand in front of his face.
"Oh not you again." Mrs. Narcissus said.
"You had your chance," another nymph yelled. "He dumped you four thousand years ago! You are so not good enough for him."
"What's she talking about?" I asked. "Echo, why'd you bring me here?"
"Bring me here." Echo said. One of the nymphs rolled her eyes.
"Echo was a nymph like us." She said. "A long time ago, but she was a total chatter box! Gossiping, all the time."
"I know." Another nymph shrieked. "Like Cleopeia, the nymph that lives in the boulder next to me,-I said just the other day, Cleopeia, stop gossiping you'll end up like Echo, have you heard what she's been saying about a daughter of Athena and the son of Poseidon. "
"I know." The first nymph said. "Like the hero of Olympus would want a brainiac like a daughter of Athena." She rolled her eyes. "Anyway Echo wouldn't shut up, so Hera cursed her to repeat the last words everyone says. She fell in love with Narcissus, now she's got some crazy idea he needs saving. "
I didn't really care about any of this I just wanted the bronze. I leaned in and turned on my chamrspeak.
"Hey, Narcissus," I said. "I'm just going to get this piece of bronze out of your way." I bent down to get it, but Narcissus' hand shot out and grabbed my arm.
"NO!" He cried. His grip almost painful. "You take it I can't see him. I need to see him." Marauder growled into Narcissus let go of my arm and went back to staring at himself.
"You do realize you're looking at yourself." I demanded.
"I know," Narcissus said. "Aren't I great."
"Umm, no, not really." I said. The nymphs gasped. I really needed to get that bronze and get out of here. But how, if I reach for it again Narcissus would stop me, and if I did get it, I would have to fight through a bunch of angry nymphs to get away.
"Look, I really need that bronze." I said. "You could still see yourself in the water."
"No, the bronze makes me look so much better." Narcissus said. "You just want my reflection. I don't blame you, but you can't have it. I belong to me."
"I don't want you." I snapped. "Or your damn reflection, I have my own guy, one who loves me and is a lot better looking than you."
"Better looking than me." Narcissus said, blinking. And that gave me an idea.
"Yeah," I said. "Better looking than you." I sat up on my knees and dug in my pocket and pulled out a picture I was carrying around of Harry. He was sitting on the steps of his apartment building, Marauder at his side, Harry had his hand in Marauder's mane and was smiling up at the camera. I hated to lose the picture, but I have a lot of pictures of Harry, even if this was my favorite one, but I needed the bronze. I nudged the nymph in the Mrs. Narcissus t-shirt.
"Look at this." I said. "Isn't he cuter than Narcissus." I put charmpeak into my words. And the nymph snatched Harry's picture from me.
"Who is that?" She demanded, her mouth dropping and eyes going wide.
"That's Harry Potter." I said, still using charmspeak. "Isn't he hot?"
"The-boy-who-lived." One nymph said, sounding shocked. "We thought he was a myth." I snorted at that.
"He's the must gorgeous guy I have ever seen." Mrs. Narcissus said. "Just look at those green eyes, like emeralds, and that smile. Oh my gods are those dimples?" The nymph sitting next to lean over to look at the picture.
"Here let me see it." She tried to snatch it out of her hand, but the other fought her for it. Soon all the nymphs were fighting and scratching each other over Harry's picture. Narcissus soon realized they were talking about someone else and looked over at them.
"Impossible." He said. "I'm the must gorgeous guy around."
"Why don't you go see for yourself." I said. Using all the charmspeak I could master. "It might just be a picture of you."
"Of me." He said. "I've always wanted a picture of me." He stood and walked over toward the nymphs fighting over Harry's picture. (I tried not to get mad or jealous) the moment he made it to them, I reached and grabbed the piece of bronze out of the water and ran for it. Marauder right behind me.
"Hey, this isn't me." Narcissus cried. "This boy is so ugly." I almost turned around and decked him for that. But I had to get to the ship.
"Hey, I'm gone." Narcissus yelled. "Hey, give me back to me. She took me!" The nymphs fighting over Harry's picture gasped. "Which ever one of you gets that bronze, I will like you almost as much as I like me. And I will give you a kiss, right after I kiss me."
"Oh my gods." The nymphs yelled. And started chasing after me. "And kill that wrench. She is not as cool as me."
I looked back to see Narcissus hooking an arrow, but it was so old a brittle it broke into. He screamed out something about a manicure. But I didn't hear. I was trying to out run angry Nymphs, carrying fifty pounds of bronze. But I did noticed one nymph hadn't chased after me. The one in the Mrs. Narcissus t-shirt, she stayed at the water's edge still drooling over Harry's photo. Marauder came running past and snatched the bronze from my hands with his teeth. So I could run faster. Nymphs were usually faster than this, but they were too busy, pushing and shoving and pulling each others hair trying to catch me first.
Suddenly there was a sharp pain in my shoulder-blade and I cried out and fell on my face. I reached around and felt an arrow sticking out of my back. How the heck did Narcissus shot me. His arrows were all old and brittle, but then I realized I no longer had my bow and quiver. I had left it down my the water, in too big of a hurry to get away with the bronze. Narcissus shot me with my own arrow.
The wind was suddenly knocked out of me as the nymphs met up to me, pulling my hair and scratching me. I cried out, trying fight them off. I couldn't reach Harry's sword or my dagger. And charmspeak didn't work, they were yelling too loud to hear me. Then there was a big roar and the nymphs jumped back away sacred; as Marauder came running and stood over me. I didn't know what he did with the bronze. But he gave out another big roar and the nymphs began to run off. My whole body was hurting like hell, my arrow wound was bleeding, I had scratches all over my body, and I was pretty sure half my hair had been pulled out.
"My quiver." I moaned. "We need to get it back. it's got Harry's cloak in it." Marauder gave a giant roar and took off running toward Narcissus, who still stood feet away with my bow and arrows. He saw Marauder running his way, and he squealed like a girl and took off running. I needed to get up, and get the bronze to the ship, if I was going to die from this arrow wound, I couldn't do it into the ship was back heading toward Harry. I slowly stood, and looked around for the bronze, I could hear Marauder roaring and growling, but didn't see him anywhere. But I did see the bronze. I stumbled over to it, picked it up, and headed back toward the ship with it. Marauder could take care of himself, and he could find his way back to us, I just hoped he had my quiver when he did. It was not only a gift to me from Apollo when I took out the mighty python, it also had Harry's cloak in it. On my way to the ship I stumbled a few times, but the thought of Harry and our promise to each other kept popping in my mind. Helping me to go on.
Everyone else had made it back to the ship before me, and their eyes got wide when I saw the shape I was in. Percy and Annabeth was both covered in tar, Leo and Hermione was soaking wet and covered in sand. Nothing was wrong with Ginny and Jason, but they had stayed on board the ship. I guess the others were down below deck with Hazel and when I stumbled passed Ginny to hand Leo the piece of bronze, she let out a small scream and covered her mouth with her hand.
"You've been shot." She said.
"Thanks, I hadn't noticed." I said. I stumbled back and Percy caught me.
"What the heck happen to you?" Leo demanded. As he took the bronze.
"Narcissus." I said "And the sweethearts."
My legs then gave out and I would have fallen to the floor, but Percy scoped me up in his arms. Just as Marauder jumped on board the ship. His paws was covered in blood and my bow and quiver was hanging in his mouth. Percy turned and carried me down to the room Leo had made to take care of the people who get hurt. Percy laid me down in one of the beds, on my stomach, so it wouldn't hurt my wound. Marauder tried to come running in the room, but Annabeth shut the door in his face. I didn't understand why.
"How are we going to get that out?" Percy asked. Annabeth frowned, I was fighting to keep my eyes open. She knelt behind me and started pulling on the arrow. I gasped in pain and she stopped at once.
"Piper, how the Hades did you make it back in this shape?" She demanded.
"The thought of mine and Harry's promise." I said. Percy knelt in front of me.
"If you don't mind me asking." Percy said. "What is this promise you keep talking about?"
"Harry and I made a promise to each other." I said. "Nothing can keep us apart. Not Voldemort, not Gaea or any god on Olympus, not even death it's self. No matter when, where, or how. We'll always make our way back to each other."
"Damn." Percy mumbled in awe. "You two really love each other don't you?" I nodded. He looked over me at Annabeth and she must have nodded or something, because Percy nodded back. Then before I knew it, Percy was holding me down on the bed. Annabeth got behind me with her knee in my back, and then I screamed as she started pulling out the arrow. I could hear Marauder roaring and growling, and scratching on the door. Now I knew why they closed the door on him. He would tear them apart. He was following through with Harry's last order to him. which to Keep me safe.
Finally after what seem like years she had the arrow out. Percy let go of me and went over to a cabinet and got out a flask of nectar. I could barely move and my eyes kept dropping, but I wanted to make sure Leo got the ship going.
Annabeth took my shirt off, so she could get to my wound better and I saw Percy's face turn red, as he covered his eyes and looked away.
"Annabeth." He said. Holding the nectar out for her to take. "I'm still in here." Annabeth was now in front of me and I saw her roll her eyes, as she took the nectar.
"She's laying on her stomach, Sea weed brain." Annabeth said. "It's not like you can see anything. And she still has a bra on. Besides I need to take care of her wound." For Percy's sake or maybe she realized I would rather not be laying in front of Percy with no shirt on. Or maybe she just realized she took another girl's shirt off in front of her boyfriend. Either way, she pulled a sheet up over me and stopped it just beneath my wound. I hissed as she poured nectar into it.
"Annabeth." I said. I knew I was going to pass out any minute now, and there was something I needed to know, before I did. And for the life of me I couldn't figure out way it wasn't coming to me.
"Yeah, Piper, what is it?" She asked.
"Who's..." I swallowed. "Who's Hebe's husband?" Annabeth frowned, confused at why I would ask that. But I was too weak to explain it to her right now. She poured a little more nectar into my wound. Then sat it down and picked up some bandages. "Please, I need to know." She raised her eyebrows and searched my face.
"This has something to do with Harry, doesn't it?" She asked. I nodded. Annabeth sighed. "I want to know the full story when you get your strength back." She glanced at Percy, who even though I was covered with a sheet, still wasn't looking my way. Annabeth shook her head with a slight smile on her face. Percy was a gentlemen, any other guy even if he did have girlfriend, wouldn't think twice to looking at a girl with her shirt off. Even if said girl had a boyfriend. I know Annabeth had to take my shirt off to tend to my wound. But Percy was like an older brother to me. I didn't want him to see me without a shirt. Plus Harry was the only guy that has ever seen me without clothes. And the only guy that ever will. So I was glad when she covered me with a sheet.
"Who's Hebe's husband." I asked again. Thinking maybe Annabeth had forgotten my question. She turned back to me and said.
"Hercules."
A.N. So there was the chapter, hope it was good, I know it's a lot like MOA right now, but it'll start getting different, I have to read some of my myth book, I want to find people from the myths that haven't been used yet. I want to make it different from MoA, but use basically the same story line. I want to find people and gods that haven't been in any of the Percy Jackson books yet. Oh and I don't know if it's true that Enyo would control the carnage in battles, but I thought it sounded good.