Okay, I'm betting that you people thought I'm either dead or suffering from Carpel Tunnel Syndrome but fortunately, I'm not. Now, this is a very important AN. If any of you have been following my story and got a message telling you about my next chapter, STOP RIGHT THERE! You see, I've been rewriting the first two chapters. Please read them before continuing with this one!

Dria's POV

Piper had several cuts here and there but was otherwise okay. Thalia looked untouched but then I saw Phoebe. I had seen her when the hunters had come to camp. We had a huge argument when I refused to join the hunt but I ran to her side never the less. She was a sickly shade of yellow, her left foot had been bitten badly and she had a long gash running down the right side of her face.

"Someone help me carry her to the infirmary. Phoebe, can you hear me?" I was answered with a low moan. I frowned, "She looks really bad." The praetor raised her eyebrows, "You know this because?" She asked. I smiled at her, "I'm a healer. It's a Apollo thing." She nodded. "Very well." I smiled at Annabeth once and followed the people who were carrying Phoebe to the infirmary.

Jason's POV

Today was tiring and confusing but then again, I had expected it. One thing I had not expected was Piper. Her light brown braided up hair, her high cheekbones. The most beautiful thing was her ever-changing kaleidoscopic eyes. They seemed to be a mixture of blue, green and brown. I found myself staring at them.

I gritted my teeth. What was I doing? I was a Roman, a respected Roman praetor. She shouldn't mean anything to me. Besides, she was way out of my league. She was a hunter of Artemis, like my sister and they weren't allowed to date. The fact that her kaleidoscopic eyes focused on me didn't make it any easier for me, in fact, it made it harder.

Just then, someone jumped on me and tackled me into a giant bear hug. "Hey baby brother." My sister, Thalia, said while embracing me. "I'm almost your age now." I grumbled. She laughed, "You'll always be my baby brother!"

"Jason Grace." Came a voice from behind us. The girl I'd been gawking at smiled, "I've heard a lot about you from Thalia." She said, smiling. She held her hand out, "I'm Piper McLean. Lieutenant of Artemis' hunt along with your sister." I took her hand and shook it. "Pleasure." I said. She smiled at me and then frowned at something behind me.

"How is she?" I turned around and saw the healer girl. She was beautiful, with light brown curls and blue eyes. "Yup, I took care of all the major damage." She frowned, "But she's going to have that scar for the rest of her life." Piper smiled, "I'm sure she won't mind." She probably saw me standing there awkwardly so she said, "Jason, this is my best friend Dria, daughter of Apollo. Drie, this is Jason Grace..." Dria cut in, "Son of Jupiter, praetor of the roman camp, Thalia Grace's baby brother. I know, I've heard." She said, grinning. "Oh, I almost forgot," She continued, "I'm supposed to show you around camp. Is that all right?" I nodded, "As long as you don't call me Thalia Grace's baby brother." Both the girls laughed, "Deal." Dria said.

Time lapse

the tour went pretty well. Piper came along, and I kept both the girls constantly laughing. We were near the big house when a voice came from behind us, "Drie?" It was a guy, but the guy wasn't really here, it was like a talking image. I don't even know what it was.

Whatever it was, Dria beamed at the person in the image, "Malcolm!" Then she turned to Piper and said, "I'll only take a minute, can you please show Jason around the rest of camp?" Piper looked a little unsure but she nodded. It must be weird for her to be around people of the opposite gender. "So." I said, just to brake the awkward silence that was beginning to form. "How many hunters do you have currently?" She looked surprised at the question but said, "Thirteen, if you count Sophie." I gave her a quizzical look. "Sophie's only seven." She told me. "WE came across her a few weeks ago. She was homeless. We found her running behind boys and banging them on the head with a saucepan she must have picked up somewhere. Almost at once, we knew she would grow up to be a perfect lieutenent." I raised my eyebrows, "Seven? Is she of any use.?" Piper frowned, "She is a perfect huntress." She told me coldly. I could feel that she had a specific connection to seven year old Sophie. "Look," I said, "I was only kidding, I'm sorry if you took it in the wrong way." She exhaled, "It's okay, just don't make fun of my hunters." I nodded.

"Is it hard, swearing off boys?" I blurted out. Stupid, I told myself. She gave me a wry smile, "It is hard, sometimes a little harder for me than for the rest."

"Why?" I asked her, meerly out of curiosity. "My mother is Aphrodite." She said, as though the rest was obvious. It probably was, seeing that Venus or Aphrodite was goddess of love and here, love was forbidden.

"Can I ask you something." I asked eventually. She sighed, "You sure have a lot of questions." I took that as a yes and said, "Who was the guy in that image? The one Dria was talking to? And what is that thing?" "That was Malcolm, Dria's boyfriend, son of Athena. That's called an Iris message. It's a way of communication between Greek demigods." I nodded, "Alright, I'm going to pretend that I understand Greeks." She laughed, a sweet genuine laugh and said, "You do that."

Just then a loud gong sounded through the camp. "Come on," Piper said, "Time for food."

That was Jason's first impression of Piper, next chapter will have Piper's. I really hope you enjoyed and please, please, please review! It means a lot to me. I really want to know what you thought of my story.