*gives long, pointless explanation to why I haven't updated in like... five days... that no one actually reads*

Anyway, I literally screamed in excitement when I read your reviews.

If you asked a question, I responded at the end of the chapter.

Sooooooooo...

Oh! And, duh, I don't own Percy Jackson!

CHAPTER FOUR

-_-_Zachary Jason Grace_-_-

I GET TURNED INTO CHARCOAL… ALMOST…

In the simplest words possible, I'm terrified.

After Piper refuses to choose someone to die with her or whatever, I hear Jason and Percy both gasp, and I see Jason's eyes were gold.

What the *BLEEP*?

Piper turns, "Jason! What's wrong–?" he looks down at her and she sees his eyes.

"Percy, help!" Piper yells at Percy, stumbling away from Jason.

All of a sudden, Blackjack spins around and gallops away so quickly, I lurch forward and wrap my hands around the Pegasus's neck to prevent myself falling off (I have no clue how Percy's staying on so don't ask), yelling, "Whaaaaaaaat is going onnnnnn? Perccccccccyyyyy tell Blackjack to SLOW DOWN!"

It was only a few seconds before Blackjack stopped and spun around, facing back.

A swirl of silver passes by my ear: Percy's sword. He's pointing it at Jason. What?

"One will die," a voice speaks from behind me, making me freeze in fear. Hint: the voice wasn't Percy's. I'm afraid to turn and look at Percy because I'm not sure Percy will be looking back at me. I don't move. Whoever's behind me hasn't seemed to notice me yet.

One half of my mind is going: please don't kill me! I'm not even supposed to be alive yet, technically! Get me out of here! Ahhhhhhhh!

The less weird and possibly less sane part of my mind is going, I wonder if elevators are invented yet.

Yep, I'm totally sane. Notice? *Smiles innocently*

Ugh, I must be going into shock or something. I'm all loopy.

And suddenly I'm thrown back into the present by, I don't know, the fight that may or may not be going on between two demigods… with me in the middle!

Anyway, la dee dah de dah, Jason is facing us now and he responds in the same voice Percy just used.

"I will choose," his voice echoes.

"No!" Piper screams.

As Tempest and Blackjack charge, I wail over the wind, "Isn't Piper supposed to choose?! Not Jason?! Help me!"

I lean so far forward against Blackjack's neck that I hope I'm barely noticeable to whatever's inhabiting Percy and Jason right now.

The horses halt for a half second and I catch sight of Piper's brown hair as she rolls away.

Because of the coward I am, I bury my face in Blackjack's mane and resist screaming. I hear clashing of metal, which is a loud, unpleasant clanking, occasionally screeching sound.

We're in Kanas, right? Wizard of Oz's main character lived here, right? There's no place like home. There's no place like home.

I open my eyes slightly, even though the loud sound of sword fighting (above my head, mind you) assures me my chant/prayer didn't work. Crap.

I can feel the Pegasus's reaction, as he whinnies in protest of the fighting, and I can also hear the other horse's confusion.

Where the heck is Piper? Drinking iced tea on the sidelines?

My question is answered by her scream, "Stop it!"

I can't see, but I hear a sickening thud, a sound that I've never heard before. I'm 99.9% sure I don't want to know what made that sound. The remaining 0.01% is just my insane part that I mentioned earlier.

If possible, I clutch tighter to Blackjack, especially as I hear Tempest's loud neigh of confusion, and instinct tells me the horse is probably gone. A quick peek gives me this update: Jason is laying on the ground, his horse evaporated, and he looks quite unconscious. To me, anyway. But if he's not, forgive me, I don't do this daily.

"Piper!" I scream, my voice hoarse, "Help me before I die! I've heard that's not always fun!"

"Percy! Jason's your friend. Drop your weapon," I hear her call.

There is a slight pause, and since there is no movement, I work up the courage to look up. I sit up on Blackjack and look around and see Jason getting up. Is that a good thing, or a bad thing?

I decide it's a bad thing when he roars inhumanly, lightning strikes down from the perfectly clear sky, and ricochets off his sword.

I'm too busy thinking: wow! Thor and Jason would be perfect BFFs! that I don't notice what's going on until the lightning that was probably intended for Percy blasts me off the Pegasus.

Honestly? When I hit the ground, it hurts more than the actual lightning strike. The lightning almost… I don't know… boosted my energy.

You can ship me off to the asylum now.

I hit the ground and roll over a few times into the wheat and lay still, petrified, and turn my head, opening my eyes to watch the exchange.

Percy is circling Jason on Blackjack, and Piper looks torn and horrified.

She keeps lancing in my direction, then at Percy and Jason.

I hear Jason growl again, and lightning again blasts out of the sky, this time finding its original goal of Percy.

Please don't let him be dead. If he's dead, then Aubrey doesn't exist.

Wait, but if he's dead, then Aubrey never would have existed in the first place, since this is technically before Aubrey was ever born.

I'm surprised I don't have a migraine by now. Yeesh.

Lucky for me (and Aubrey) I don't think he's dead yet. Don't worry, though, I think Jason's getting up to finish the job. I want to do something so bad. But what can I do?

"Hey, pretty boy!" I yell before I'm thinking straight, "Get your butt over here! My mommy told me it's not nice to beat up strangers with lightning!" I try and throw all my frustration into my words, and it seems to work.

Jason turns. "I cannot stop. One must die."

"Yeah, well, it's not gonna be him," I say. As Jason's face twists into a snarl, I realize that I'd said that out loud.

He lifts his sword and starts towards me.

"No! Jason stop!" Piper screeches. The feeling of relief I'm getting right now is literally indescribable. Thank you Piper for directing Freaky Jason away from me!

Jason freezes and turns slowly to face Piper.

She stands on the side of the road, "Who are you?" she asks.

I can't see Jason's face, but his voice comes out even worse and overall cruel-sounding than before, "We are the eidolons. We will live again."

"Eidolons…?" Piper asks.

Come on, Piper! An eidolon is a possession spirit from the Underworld! Duh! You're the one who taught me that!

Now that I think of that, I remember when my parents were telling me about eidolons, they seemed a little distant and freaked. But I'd brushed it off.

"You're– you're some kind of ghost?" she stutters.

NO! Possession spirit!

"He must die," Jason says, referring to Percy.

But as Jason turns to Percy, Percy's leg comes out and sweeps out Jason's legs from under him.

The sickening thud from earlier is repeated on Jason's head for the… second time? Poor guy.

My mind doesn't comprehend the sight of Percy's sword about to be brought down on my future father, but I think Piper gets what's going on pretty well, because she yells, "Stop it!" but it's strangled, and Percy doesn't freeze.

As the danger of the situation finally hits me, I scramble to my feet and run behind Percy. I hope I don't hurt him that bad, but all I'm thinking about is him not killing my dad.

I deliver a well-aimed karate kick to his back that's so hard, he flies onto the ground, and is most likely unconscious. Slightly ironically, Uncle Percy is the one who taught me to kick like that. My life is so weird.

I'm breathing hard, and I see Blackjack wandering back towards us. "Blackjack!" I call, "Can we use some help?"

The Pegasus appears.

Piper is staring at me oddly, like she's met me somewhere, but can't remember where. And also, she is visibly shocked.

"What?" I ask.

"Do I even want to know how you survived that lightning without a scratch? Just burned clothes?"

I shrug, "Probably not."

For a moment she stares at me, before she shakes her head slightly and turns to Blackjack. "Can you carry all of us?"

He snorts like he saying: Duh. When are you going to give me a real challenge? It takes a while, but we eventually heave the unconscious people onto the Pegasus Express and climb on behind the bodies (that makes it sound like they're dead, but don't worry, they aren't) and we head back to the Argo II.

~~~Aubrey Sally Jackson~~~

WE MEET THE GODDESS OF TATTLE-TAILING

As soon as I see Arion, I fall in love with the horse. He is lying down, watching us come closer.

He has a beautiful black mane and a honey-colored coat that contrast perfectly together. Majestic and graceful-looking. He looks so powerful and strong.

Of course I do. Who are you? the horse's voice spoke in my head. I was used to horses speaking in my head by now, but his attitude still caught me off guard.

Hazel walks up to Arion and swings onto him. She pats his side, "This is Aubrey, Arion, she's a friend.

He studies me as I approach. Just because your grandpa invented horses, don't expect me to bow down to you.

I try to hide my shock, and say before I think straight, "It's okay. I don't."

Hazel looks at me weird. "What?"

I realize my mistake. I can almost feel the blood drain from my face in fear. "Uh, nothing sorry."

I walk forward and reach out to pet Arion's nose.

"Aubrey, wait!" Hazel yells in warning. Arion just nuzzles my hand and I get on behind Hazel.

The ride is amazing. Arion goes so fast, that I feel like I'm flying. He almost floats on the ground. I want this horse so bad.

I scream in excitement. Sometimes Arion makes comments on the ride. I learn he has a very dirty mouth. I learned a few new curse words from him.

I'm not sure how long we've been riding when Arion suddenly freezes so quickly that Hazel and I are jerked forward on his back.

"What is it?" I beat Hazel to asking.

A humble, yet beautiful lady stands in the middle of the road, facing us. Her long blond hair intertwines with her pure white robes that twist around her down to the ground.

Hazel draws her sword. "Who are you?"

The lady only gives a kind smile. "I am Hebe. Goddess of youth. Hazel Levesque. It is time for you to truly meet your friend here."

Hazel glances back at me nervously. "What?"

Hebe nods slightly, "Hazel, daughter of Marie Levesque and Lord Pluto, meet Aubrey Jackson. The daughter of Percy and Annabeth Jackson."

Hope you liked it! I think I'll update tomorrow.

Thank you for the reviews! You made my week!

For the reviewers:

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Emely q: you're spoiling me with the two reviews! Jeez! Haha, anyway, thank you, thank you, thank you!

ilovefonandalaude: You also reviewed twice! If I could, I would give you all cookies! and about your review: O... M... G... you are a genius! I am totally going to do just that, if you don't mind! I needed a way for Aubrey to find out, and your Charleston idea is perfect! I'm going to dedicate that chapter to you! (sadly, though, that's not the next one, because the Seven, plus Couch Hedge, Aubrey and Zach, have to go to Atlanta first)

AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ANYONE WHO'S READING THIS!

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