~~~~•~~~~~• Piper •~~~~~•~~~~

Piper didn't know who the girl was, but she drew her dagger. Coach raised his baseball bat and yelled, "die!" Like he always did.

"Coach! Stop! Why don't you go to your bunk?" Hazel said.

"But- ugh. Fine." Coach walked below deck, grumbling.

Frank turned to the girl. "Gwen? Why… what are you doing here? I thought you-"

"I know, I snuck away to warn you!" The girl, Gwen, said.

"About what?" Jason asked. "That they are going to attack Camp Half-Blood? We already knew!"

"Mostly because I wanted to tell you how much time you have. We are planning to attack on July 12th. We are preparing for battle now." Gwen said. "I really don't want to attack your camp! I have a feeling that you didn't mean to attack us!"

"You are smart, then," Leo said. "I was possessed when that happened."

"Have you told your camp yet?" Gwen asked.

"Not yet, but they probably figured it out," Piper told her.

"Well, I can warn them for you. Just so they are sure."

"Do you think you can carry her, too?" Piper pointed at Allie. "She appeared here, and I think it's too dangerous for a new demigod."

Gwen patted the eagle. "He can barely carry me long distances. I doubt that he could carry two people."

"Well, I guess your coming on the quest," Leo said to Allie. She smiled.

"You didn't think that she could be part of the quest?" Gwen asked. "Why would she just appear?"

"We did, but it's really dangerous for a new demigod." Jason said, "Especially without a weapon."

"That's true."

"Wait, so you just snuck away? How?" Frank asked.

"I am supposed to be going back to camp and getting more weapons." She said. "It's probably not gonna happen, since it's in the opposite direction."

"Octavian is gonna be mad," Hazel reminded her.

"I know. I had to tell you, though."

"You'd risk, what ever Octavian would do, for us?" Piper asked.

"And coming to the forbidden ancient lands?" Frank added.

"Yeah. Again, I don't think you're bad. Hopefully, Reyna won't let him do anything too bad." She said, though she didn't sound sure.

"Is Octavian even taking orders from her?" Jason asked.

"Some, but he's pretty much taken over. He's giving orders and barely listening to Reyna." Gwen sounded miserable. "He's making a lot of the younger veterans join the army."

Jason grimaced, as if the idea made him sick. It probably did since that was his camp. "We're gonna be totally outnumbered."

Piper had seen how many people where part of the camp, and how many people lived in New Rome. Camp was toast if they didn't get help.

"Exactly, that's what he wants. And everyone is too scared to stand up to him. I just wish I could leave. I don't want to attack your camp!"

Then, Piper got an idea. "Maybe you can," Piper said.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"I mean maybe you don't need to go back, go to Camp Half-Blood, tell them that you want to be on our side. Tell them you met up with us, and that we sent you. We could even use one of Leo's holographic scrolls so they know that you're on our side." She turned to Leo. "You got anymore of those scrolls?"

"Heck yeah I do!" Leo said.

"That would be an awesome idea, but Octavian would kill her if he found out." Frank said, nervously.

"Then make sure he doesn't see you. Wear a Greek helmet and Greek armor. If you really don't want to fight against us, fight with us!"

"I really don't want to face Octavian," Gwen added.

"Exactly. This way you don't have to." Piper said. She knew that it was a dangerous idea, but it could work.

"It's really risky, but I think I'll do it." Gwen said.

"Awesome! I'll go get one of the scrolls." Leo said as he ran to his bunk. He came back and had Gwen hold it open and point it toward the group of demigods. "Hey people of camp! Gwen wants to be on our side! Don't try to kill her or anything like that! She's cool. We kinda got the Romans mad so they are coming to attack you. On that happy note, we have a few Romans here that are not trying to kill us! Say hi to the scroll Hazel and Frank,"

"Hi Greeks," Frank said.

"We don't hate you," Hazel added.

"Oh and we have a new daughter of Hermes! Allie, say hi!"

"Hi, I fell from the sky," Allie said.

"Oh and Nico lives!" Leo pointed at Nico. He waved.

"You gonna tell them?" Piper asked. They all knew what that meant.

"Do I have to?"

Piper sighed. "Fine I will. Uh, so I don't want this to be sad or anything, but I don't know how to say it any other way. Percy and Annabeth fell into Tartarus. We are going to get them in Greece. We will get them back alive. I promise." Too late, Piper thought about the line from the prophecy: an oath to keep a final breath. What if this was the oath? Piper tried to swallow her fear.

Jason put his arm around her. "Some good news though! Annabeth contacted Nico in a dream! We know that they are both alive and not too badly injured."

"They found a document on Daedleus' laptop on how to navigate Tartarus. They know how to get to the doors of death. We are gonna have to close them somehow once we get there." Nico explained.

"And I guess that's it. Again do NOT kill Gwen! She's on our side! Peace out!" He walked over and took the scroll from Gwen. "Thank you, darlin'."

"Uh… I guess I should go. Good luck!" She stuck the scroll in her jacket as the eagle grabbed her by the shoulders and flew away.

"Well she was nice," Allie said.

"Yeah, she trusted us, most Romans wouldn't." Jason said.

"If only we could get all of the Romans to go to our side." Leo said.

"That would be awesome. So who's ready for Greece?" Piper said.

Everyone groaned. "Yeah, I feel the same way."